Novak: Hillary Up; Obama Down

[WiseOne]

[ Sen. Hillary Clinton's upward bump in Democratic presidential polls is viewed by insiders as a delayed reaction to Sen. Barack Obama's mediocre performance in the opening debate April 26.

Not many people actually watched MSNBC's telecast of the debate from Orangeburg, S.C., but press accounts and word of mouth have spread the news of Obama's performance. When asked by moderator Brian Williams what he would do as president if he learned that "two American cities have been hit simultaneously by terrorists," Obama replied -- citing Hurricane Katrina -- that "the first thing we'd have to do so is make sure that we've got an effective emergency response." In contrast, Clinton responded that she would "retaliate." ]

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WiseOne's Comments, I do believe Hillary Rodham Clinton will receive the nomination of the Democratic Party for the 2008 Presidential Election at this point, Just MHO

[PeroW-Cheney]

I heard that Oprah endorsed Obama, so I think there is still a race here.

Hillary as commander in chief who retaliates against an attack? I'd expect a third and fourth city to get hit. I seriously don't see any troops deployed. Maybe some missles and air strikes, but never any invasion. I hope there are stronger responses from Republicans who answer the same question.

[Herb Schaffler]

It looks like Edwards is the one to knock out Hillary now. It looks like Obama's days are numbered. The latest Marist Poll shows Obama being defeated by both McCain and Guiliani, but Hillary and Edwards both defeating both McCain and Giuliani.

Hillary 47 McCain 42
Hillary 48 Giuliani 43

Edwards 49 McCain 39
Edwards 49 Giuliani 43

Obama 39 McCain 46
Obama 41 Giuliani 43

In other news, there is information coming out that Gore will enter the race if Hillary's likeablility drops to the low 30's.

I'm sick!

[WiseOne]

Fascinating. I tell ya, I do believe Barak Obama will wither away due to lack of experience now (saying 10,000 people died in Kansas, etc.). Oh man, Edwards being President is just a freaking joke, I can't see that happening. IMHO he is a POS for letting his wife suffer with cancer while he gallivants around, combing his hair trying to be President. Sheesh.

I don't know about Al Gore, seems to me even HE knows most people think of him as a bit off of his rocker...so I doubt he will, never know though!

[Brickman]

One thing that afflicts all politicians and the ones on the left to an even greater degree is that they are basically clueless about how to run a country in the best interests of America. Even today the best that Bush can lay claim to is securing the country after 9/11. He refuses to do any thing about our borders, other than to continue the status quo or even hinder efforts to slow things down.
He refuses to pardon border patrol agents that from every thing I've seen are treated unjustly.

[nohil-billy]

I respectfully disagree, Brickman. George Bush has done everything right and almost nothing wrong. With unemployment at 4.4%, it would be hard to remove 12 million illegal immigrants from the equation and come to the same economic result. True, we need to be more selective in who we let enter this country, but we couldn't survive in this world economy without cheap labor.

I hope that you are not letting the relentless attacks on "W" from the Main Stream Media cloud your judgement. The man has performed flawlessly as a conservative which was proven by the vote totals Republicans received during the '06 mid-term elections. Most of our losses were close and attributed to independants (political ignoramuses) voting for democrats.

I can only hope that the next president of this great country has the conviction and the balls to react as Mr. Bush did.

[Brickman]

Originally Posted by nohil-billy

I respectfully disagree, Brickman. George Bush has done everything right and almost nothing wrong. With unemployment at 4.4%, it would be hard to remove 12 million illegal immigrants from the equation and come to the same economic result. True, we need to be more selective in who we let enter this country, but we couldn't survive in this world economy without cheap labor.

I hope that you are not letting the relentless attacks on "W" from the Main Stream Media cloud your judgement. The man has performed flawlessly as a conservative which was proven by the vote totals Republicans received during the '06 mid-term elections. Most of our losses were close and attributed to independants (political ignoramuses) voting for democrats.

I can only hope that the next president of this great country has the conviction and the balls to react as Mr. Bush did.

I don't see Bush as a conservative. Back to his stand on the border, his allowing the border patrol agents to be railroaded, and I'm really not happy with him basically allowing the R congress and house to run wild and spend money like drunken sailors without controlling some of their spending and growing the size of the gooberment.
And I do not think Iraq has been run in a sensible fashion.
Bush allowed the bleeding hearts to dictate really really bad ROE which has led to more troops being killed. And my personal opinion is that if the Iraq war would have been run properly our brave soldiers would be home by now. I understand that the Dems have been fighting us every step of the way, but if Bush would have had the nads you say he wouldn't have allowed the Dems to make a mess out of this war.

[nohil-billy]

I agree with one point and that is the treatment of the border guards, but I don't know all of the details.

From day one of his first election victory the democrats have been on his a*s with a desire to make him look as bad as possible. After nine major Main Stream Media outlets went to Florida and counted the votes and determined that Bush did indeed win the election, the democrats 'til this day still insist he stole it.

When Bush tried to give the American people an alternative to the current Social Security system, the democrats, with help from the press, did all they could to derail it and then had the audacity to cheer it's failure to pass during the State of the Union address. Why? Because the democrats use the Social Security crises as a tool to scare people and win elections. They have no intention of actually fixing it.

Bush's prescription drug plan was another success, means tested so that you get help according to your needs. Had the democrats come up with a plan it would have been at least three times more expensive and all inclusive regardless of a persons means or income. By my way of thinking, he saved us money. He also took the prescription drug plan off the table as another tool that the democrats used to garner the votes of the elderly. And even though the current prescription drug plan has an 80% approval rating by those who use it, the democrats want to redo it so thay can claim it as their own.

He has given us tax cuts that have not only saved the taxpayers money and stimulated the economy, but that are also pulling in record revenues for the national treasury.

As for the war in Iraq, after 12 years and 16 broken resolutions, somebody needed to do something about that madman. It's hard to get those fanatics to take you seriously if you allow them to thumb their noses at you without retribution. Maybe the war hasn't gone as well or as quickly as we would have liked it to, but the soldiers that are fighting it seem to be the only ones that understand what is at stake and want to finish the job. The democrats and the embedded media have caused much of the strife in the field by over analyzing every action of the soldiers and our interrogators trying to gather information. If I had it my way, many of those in the news media and in congress would have been arrested for treason, tried, and summarily executed.

As I said earlier, from day one the democrats had decided that George Bush's presidency was going to be a failure. With a constant barrage of critisizm about everything he does, and a cooperative left leaning press to parrot every negative uttered by the dumbocrats, this man's administration has been held under a microscope like no other president before. I am amazed that he hasn't just given up and thrown in the towel.

[Herb Schaffler]

I agree with nohil-billy on immigration. I believe in open borders. They will keep coming as long as we have jobs for them. We need for those low paying jobs to be filled in order to maintain our competitiveness on the world market. Our natives aren't willing to fill those jobs. We also need more workers to pay into Social Security and Medicare for us baby boomers.

On Bush not being a conservative, I agree with Brickman. I don't think he has vetoed a single spending bill since he's been in the White House.