<p>First, let’s remember the answer was something along the lines of we might be there for 100 yrs…news flash, we are still in Germany (60+ yrs), Korea (50+ yrs) That was the point that he made when asked to expound on his remark. </p>
<p>Second, the military does not need the draft, they continually meet their recruitment goals and have no need or desire to implement the draft.</p>
<p>BTW interesteddad’s wife and my MIL are not uncommon. 30% of Hillary voters exiting from SD and Mt will stay at home or vote for McCain before voting for Obama. This early in a general election to have to fight to get traditional democrats to come back in the fold and at the same time fight the RNC is a difficult situation. When was the last time we can remember any party being disenfranchised to this level at this point. I can’t remember one</p>
<p>As someone who is following politics for basically the first time ever, I have to say that the media coverage of this race is appalling. I heard today on the radio that Obama was “the clear winner.” “Clear?” The 123 pledged delegate different that separates Obama and Hillary (3% of the 3403 total PD) really does not seem like it’s providing a “clear winner” to me. He just barely eked by, and it’s offensive that everyone is acting like Obama beat Hillary by a landslide and that she’s a nutbag to stay in the race. It would be ridiculous for her to back out now.</p>
<p>I hope she’s the nominee just to spite the Obamafied press.</p>
<p>It’s just as appalling to someone who has followed politics for a very long time. The media in the United States is essentially backrupt in their approach.</p>
<p>I really don’t see Obama winning this election regardless of who he picks as the VP. The democrats are in the best position they have ever been in to win an election, yet Obama and McCain are neck and neck. Dukakis, Kerry, Gore were all looking at double digit leads at this time and lost. I just don’t see how Obama, who is tied with McCain, is going to go UP in the next few months.</p>
<p>^ I think Obama will win the debates but Americans care more about substance than a good talker. Also both sides will be “swift boating,” don’t kid yourself. I also think that this country is slightly to the right, and has been since 9/11</p>
<p>^ I don’t think Obama will win the debates. He’s not giving a prepared speech in front of a teleprompter…McCain is a very good debater and his experience on the issues will come through.</p>
We’re almost always called racist. As well as being war mongers who want to deprive seniors of prescription drugs. It’s interesting in an observational way to see other democrats outraged and upset by the tactics that have been used on us for years.</p>
<p>He may not go up, but it is possible that support for McCain, who is not well loved, may not materialize. I’m a republican and I know I won’t vote for Obama, but I am at total odds with McCain on the number one issue on which I cast my vote. So for me, eh, whatever.</p>
That’s correct. Immigration is the number one issue for me, hands down. I would vote for a candidate who takes that issues as seriously as I do. That candidate is not Senator McCain, but neither is it Senator Obama. My number four issue is terrorism. I don’t support the war in Iraq, but neither do I believe that it has made us less safe. In light of the fact of 7 years with no attacks. I don’t presume to know the why of that, but I do know that we aren’t less safe. My number three issue is taxes. I don’t think reversing the Bush taxcuts will be a good thing for the economy as a whole. My next issue is energy. I don’t think environmentalism is the answer to our need for energy options. I guess the final issue is justices. I am fairly confident that Senator McCain won’t appoint Senator Clinton to the Supreme Court. On Senator Obama? I don’t know. That idea has been floated and, frankly, makes me ill.</p>
<p>Ok, some of you have to realized Obama isn’t running against Clinton anymore.</p>
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<li><p>Obama will not get “pwned” in a debate by McCain. Have you ever listened to McCain speak!? He is possibly the worst politician at public speaking I’ve ever witnessed in my life. He sounds over-coached and awkward to the point where it’s unbearable. </p></li>
<li><p>You have to remember the GOP is in serious trouble right now. The country is immensely dissatisfied with their platform and they’re losing seats in congress left and right. </p></li>
<li><p>The McCain campaign is already trying to bite the democratic “change” theme, letting Obama set the pace for the election, and trying to add their own fear-mongering spin. “There is good change, and there is bad change that makes the world more dangerous for our children.”</p></li>
<li><p>With such stark contrasts between the two platforms, their won’t be any room to get stuck on the trivial things we witnessed in the primaries. If the Democrats can stick to the issues, they’ve got no problems. In fact, age is much more likely to become an issue than race. </p></li>
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<p>The fate of Barack Obama will be determined by how well he can mobilize new voters.</p>
<p>^^And the small minority of people who’s number one issue is “immigration”, which is ridiculously foolish and selfish, are never going to vote democratic anyway.</p>
<p>Already proven successful in that area. The one great thing about the long primary election season for the Dems is that Obama now has strong, current grassroots organizations in most if not every state. He has been working it these past 18 months. Obama has harnessed the energy and financial prowess of the Internet; McCain has virtually no e-presence. This is not just the metaphorical difference between Mac and PC (Obama and Clinton), this is the difference between 21st century and 20th century campaigning (and hopefully governing). People like LAXattack continue to look back at the old electoral paradigms of Gore/Bush and Kerry/Bush instead of looking at what is right in front of them (stadiums of 20,000 plus, historic levels of donations from ordinary people, historic records of new voters, a movement of young voters that hasn’t been seen in a generation or more, a Democratic candidate that has been tested in a primary like no other). The evidence is right there but some people cling to their old electoral play book like a talisman. Clinton underestimated Obama from the start; at this point, even if McCain learns from her mistakes, there isn’t much he can do about it.</p>
<p>I guess we have to wait and see. The Republican party always do their HW. The Democratic party better not underestimate McCain. </p>
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<p>If I remember correctly, Kerry was leading Bush in the hypothetical electoral college until people actually went to the polls. Let the people vote.</p>