Obama closing on Clinton in N.H., poll finds

Experience is not what's going to lead the country where it needs to be, but someone that can change the mess of the current government.On that point, to me, Obama is a better candidate than hillary.

As soon as everyone looks around them and realizes they aren't voting for Hillary, she'll lose the "inevitability" factor, and her lead will shrink even more.

Good news for America.

These guys should just go home right now!!! Listen people!!! 2008 is going to be a woman's year!!!!

PRESIDENT HILLARY CLINTON - 2008!!!!

GO HILLARY!!

I 100% agree. Hilary's experience as First Lady does not constitute presidential capability. Obama seems more honest, open, and a stronger leader. I feel that John Edwards is the best candidate, but Obama is not far behind with me.

Go Obama !

Obama CANNOT win.

Fiscally/ diplomatically conservative Democrats, like me, would consider voting for any of the moderate Republicans first. The same goes for Edwards.

If you liberals don't want Clinton, we would be fine with Dodd, Biden, or Edwards as well.

Obama has already shown complete INEPT at Social Security. And, he has proven to be the biggest PANDERER going.

Obama can and will win because he has been a visionary on issues like terrorism,social security,the economy,social injustice etc,etc....

If all you read is the main stream media, then all you will know is what their owners want you to know, and not what the real news is. Go to CREW at http://www.citizensforethics.org/ and type in the candidates' names, and then go to their websites and see what their positions are all about. Look at the local media, not the national; the local media are locally owned as well. Read the blogs. LEARN before you vote. Then vote. Don't vote because he's Hispanic or she's a woman!

OBAMA IS A LOSER!!! HE IS JUST IN THE RACE AS A SPOILER!!! WAKE UP FOLKS!!!

LETS BE REAL FOLKS.OBAMA CANNOT WIN,AND WE ALL KNOW IT.DONT WASTE YOUR VOTE ON HIM!!!

Bush outsourced his presidency to a raving, neocon vp Cheney and other inept cabinet appointees because he had neither the intelligence or the experience for the top jpb in the world. Never again should Americans vote for a 'personality'. Obama has neither the wisdom & mettle of H. Clinton. All he has is a spotted record on charisma and lots of money raised from the misinformed. And I am not impressed with Edwards either. H. Clinton will work for the interests of America.

KY,

First you say that conservative democrats would vote for a moderate republican before voting for Edwards ("same goes for Edwards")

Then in the next line, you say "we would be fine with.....Edwards"

Which one is it?

D

"Fiscally/ diplomatically conservative Democrats, like me, would consider voting for any of the moderate Republicans first. The same goes for Edwards.

If you liberals don't want Clinton, we would be fine with Dodd, Biden, or Edwards as well.

Obama has already shown complete INEPT at Social Security. And, he has proven to be the biggest PANDERER going."

You can pocket your vote or vote for whomsoever you wish BUT DON'T try to educate us on who can or cannot win? Have you gone to the future and come back? Your writeup smacks of insincerity and deceipt. Who is as BIG A PANDERER AS HILLARY CLINTON. She keeps on evading questions, a little to the left....then a little to the right, just don't tell the people what you stand for. She's so concerned about just getting to the oval office. Listen to her...she shows no conviction about almost anything.

That reminds me....they have coached her on BODY LANGUAGE....always smile (no matter how plastic and unreal), stand straight and look PRESIDENTIAL

America desperately needs people who can lead and NOT THOSE THAT "LOOK PRESIDENTIAL".

What's that her quote during the debate organized by labour again in answer to what Obama BOLDLY said about Musharaf of Pakistan? "...you can think big but you don't have to say what you think..." Now this is someone running for the presidency of this nation??? Majority of the media lambasted Obama for that. Now that same media and the American government is all over the place on Musharaf's and Pakistan's issue.

Some people argue that Obama was not in the senate when he spoke against the war. IMO I think it ONLY shows INTEGRITY and FORESIGHT to have taken such an unpopular stand when he wanted to get into the senate, and THAT ALONE IS A SERIOUS POINTER TO HIS KIND OF PERSON. Most poeple will pander and boot-lick and listen to their conscience and voice of reason, and take the popular stand of WAR so that they can court favors and get into the senate. While some WHO WERE IN THE SENATE THEN WOULD NOT READ THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS PROVIDED THEM. The result.....THOUSANDS OF AMERICAN YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN HAVE EIGHTER LOST THEIR LIVES, LIMBS, NORMAL FACE, ETC. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE GOING THROUGH???

With all due respect to the families of wounded or killed soldiers, WHY IS THE WAR IS EVEN UNPOPULAR NOW?? Answer - because american soldier are being killed and maimed and fighting against someone who does not value his/her own life, but thinks it an honour to die and kill othersfor whatever cause, is pretty much a daunting task. Let truth be told. Only a few % of american would not want the war for the real reasons. Else it would have been business as usual. Then down the line, you see people trumpeting all over the media and beating their chests that AMERICA has brought DEMOCRACY to Iraq. MEANWHILE THE REAL REASONS FOR THE WAR ARE BASED ON SELFISH INTERESTS AND DOMINANCE. Then a large number of naive individuals will believe it.

Hillary hasn't even repented for casting that terrible vote!! What does she say about that??? "....IF I KNEW THEN WHAT I KNOW NOW I WOULD NOT HAVE VOTED FOR THE WAR.." ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!!!! Whoever knows the future except God??? She made a WRONG CHOICE - which was popular then, and she can't blatantly accept it without conditions.

I'm not against against Hillary because she's Bill's wife or anything of the sort, but simply because she's NOT GOT the substance leaders are made of. I PREFER ANY OF THE OTHER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES (AND MAJORITY OF THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES) OVER HER ANY DAY. She's just power hungry in my opinion and she had always wanted this.

She keeps on TRUMPETING EXPERIENCE. What experience??? SHE, AS USUAL HASN'T ANSWERED THIS QUESTION. She just wants to glide under the radar until she can pick the democratic ticket.

I'm yet to see where she has stepped out as a "leader" to make bold statements (albeit popular, don't even mention UNPOPULAR) that others can follow. NO. Instead she waits for people like Obama to speak then she tries to score CHEAP points by .....the usual stuff she does. She's busy scheming against others, that why she doesn't display the necessary leadership qualities required to be a president.

I listen to SO CALLED political analysts (especially CNN's) say there views after most of the debates. The kind of thing you hear is...Hillary won....Hillary was strong....Hillary was the clear winner in the debate....and so on and so forth. I then wonder what debate these people are talking about. The one that I just watched???? They put spins and twists on the whole thing. This is REALLY Very pitiable.

For me, let the candidate that can take America to higher heights (morally, educationally, etc.) win.

Much love to KY with Love!

Outside of CNN's pro-Hillary debate, the press has largely given Obama a pass for his own goofs, backtracking, mudslinging and various hypocrisies of which *all* politicians are guilty.

Giuliani would have this guy for breakfast. Edwards and Obama tend to speak in elliptical, predictable rhetoric, things like "end corruption", "raise the moral tenor of the conversation", "bringing people together"--lovely ideas but lacking pragmatic approaches, and lacking the relationships and know-how I think a president must have in order to avoid being isolated and rendered redundant by the highly practiced politicians of Congress.

The more candid the candidate the less traction they get. The more we know about how they really feel, the less we feel like voting for them. The more a candidate successfully waffles and leaves you not knowing what they would do if elected, the more likely they are to be perceived as a "winner." And everyone likes a winner. Small wonder we get dishonesty, graft, corruption and bad judgment from our government. We value winning over morality and American values.

Obama is what the Doctor ordered. Go Obama, the country need you.

Hilary is GW in purple suite

I'm not sure who I'm voting for but I can say this ANYBODY BUT HILLARY...maybe just maybe

STEVEN T COLBERT!!!

I like Clinton and I only wish she would lead on an issue or two. She never does or seems incapable. This country wants a leader. That is what put Bush in office. He took a stand on polarizing social issues such as gay marriage. He spoke his mind (what little of it he has) and a majority of the country ate it up, not once but twice.

Obama has more foresight than Clinton especially on foreign policy. Such as not getting us into this war, which has become a breading ground for terrorist, is turning the world slowly against us and draining us of money (all of which was predicted at the time by many people who where against it including Obama). And what is up with that vote of Clinton for defining the Iranian national guard as a terrorist group?

I like Obama but I only hope as a black man he has a far chance of becoming president of this country.

It would be wonderful to see the states of Iowa, and New Hampshire get on board Hillary's campaign...After all we have to over come Mr. Bush's challenge of the glass celing..."We heard you Mr. President."

Obama is clearly the only good choice.

Why is it that the Hillary supporters here write in uppercase and make grammatical errors...?

Obama 2008 !

Ron Paul/Dennis Kucinich - the dream ticket for getting the US out of the crapper, my friends. Anti-war, anti-NAFTA, and pro civil liberties. I'm sick of presidents who "lead," because they lead us into debt and wars. I want an executive branch which will do as little damage as possible and allow us to restore our economy and international standing.

The rest of them are a bunch of hacks, across both parties. If we have to be limited in our choices by this vile two-party system foisted upon us in lieu of Democracy, we might as well pick the best people from both parties.

if you are the person who logically analyzes before vote, don't be suprised that most of us who want change in Washington want Obama. Go to his websiste and read his plans for America in comparison with the rest of candidates. Vote Logical, Vote for OBAMA

if you are the person who logically analyzes before vote, don't be suprised that most of us who want change in Washington want Obama. Go to his websiste and read his plans for America in comparison with the rest of candidates. Vote Logical, Vote for OBAMA

I will caucus for Obama. Sorry Hillary! He is the man for the job. Hillary can’t beat his honesty, sense of judgment, ability to bring people together. He has new ideas and will restore our credibility in the world. The Rep would eat Hillary, they are used to her politic. Many people have realized that her politic is not different from what we have always been seeing. Only Obama will bring the change we can believe in. Clinton is not electable. http://youtube.com/watch?v=tydfsfSQiYc

The Republicans I talk to are salivating over the possibility of an Obama candidacy, because they know it is the only way the Republican Party can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat after the disasterous Bush presidency. Democrats are free to vote as they choose, but if they want to reclaim the White House they will vote for Hillary. She alone has the strength and experience to beat the Republican candidate, and to vigorously defend the interests of the American People in a time of crisis. Put differently, this is no time for rookies

SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THIS RACE THAT CAN AND WILL WIN!!!!

Like other Iowans, I have had access to all the candidates seeking nomination.
To be able to see and hear them, upfront and close, on a regular basis is a great privilege. Upfront and close, the candidate who I believe offers voters the best hope for rekindling the soul of America, is Barak Obama. For only the second time in my voting lifetime, which stretches back to the 60's, am I filled with unwavering hope about the political process and a political candidate. He is a person who will be worthy of the trust placed in him. Smart, competent, courageous, and compassionate, he has lived a life that reflects what he values--a belief that he is his brothers' keeper and a commitment to the American dream that "government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish form the earth."

The only thing that will work against Obama is the color of his skin but not the content of his character. Shame! America is yet to mature-- to give the top job to the best candidate. If we did not learn any lesson with Gore vs. Bush, we may not see the obvious difference in Obama vs. Clinton. Clinton would have been good. But she will continue to divide Wasington DC and America. Give Obama a chance.

If Hillary Clinton's last name were not "Clinton", I would consider voting for her in the primary. However, after a Presidency being handed from Father to Son, I think it's not in America's best interest to then pass from Husband to wife. What's next, the Bush twins? Then Chelsea?

Normally, this type of nepotism is seen in places like the Philippines, or so-called banana-republics, where power is concentrated in a few small families. ** The U.S. electorate should not continue to allow the same two families such enormous control - power corrupts, eventually **

I am comfortable that Sen. Obama is smart enough, charismatic enough, and has a sufficiently global world-view, that he will do fine as President. Obama is actually MORE "electable" in a general election than H. Clinton, since he draws a larger percentage of Independents and Republicans (he usually does better than Ron Paul and other minor GOP candidates in Republican polling). I also really do like the fact that having "President Barak Hussein Obama", whose father was a muslim from Kenya, would be the single best "weapon" (and a seductive, soft weapon) against some of the hatred towards America stemming from the Muslim world - it's hard to paint us a nation of rich, white, priveleged muslim-haters when the head of state is Obama. I live in Thailand, and just returned from Amsterdam, and America seriously needs a rebranding, and Obama is exactly the "marketing campaign" we need to restore our soft power abroad. He's got my money and my vote, and I hope enough people realize that Hillary's nomination is certainly not invetible that this perception is not a self-fulfilling prophecy. People put so much state in Iowa, or NH, but most of the actual delegates are in other states. We'll see. (and finally - if it's Hillary versus any current GOP candidate, I will vote Hillary, but with a heavy heart).

Hillary is the same ole same ole" She takes money from the Chinese Government via Hsu, She can not answer a simple question posed to her by a media figure unless they are in her pocket and pre screened. She has no other experience than being an Ex Presidents wife, and that she hasn't done very well or Bill wouldn't have strayed... the old tom cat . But worst of all could you as an American trust her?

Hillary is Tammany hall.

Absolutely. Obama 08! Keep in mind: the only way he will win is if we RECRUIT otehr voters and DONATE. That's how he gets MORE votes. Do this, supporters!

Obama '08! There's more to running the country than experience...sometimes what it needs is a little hope.

As far as New Hampshire goes, it will be the Independants who determine the winner for the Dems. The Independents will most likely go for Obama.

I think obamas going to win for the following reasons 1. health care his plan gives lower class and middle class u.s citizens the same health care he gets hilary clinton complaining about those who would not be covered stupid if your making over 250,000 plus a year then obamas not worried about you . 2.theres more minorites who understand that these minority children need a great role model and there are more of these than racist americans.3.The war in iraq he s the only one to say anything about my biggest question if obamas in the mountains between pakistan and afganistan then why dont you get the job done pakistan cant or they dont want 2 he said quote" If pakistan cant get it done then I would unlike president bush send our troops 2 finish the job" then he would get us the hell out of there and open peace talks he s not 2 pompous to speak 2 these terroist 2 figure out what is really going on the conspirousy is real remember half of the arabs depicted on camera as being the 911 highjackers are still alive they didnt even do it also people have tracket who made money threw the market jewish bankers.

Here's my stance. I think Hillary is more qualified, and you get the added benefit of the Bill Clinton factor. If I could choose the president myself, I'd pick Hillary over Obama, at least until he's got a bigger track record.... However, Obama is WAY more electable. He's way way less polarizing than Hillary. People in the midwest and in Iowa and all of these parts of the nation love his charisma. Also, he's able to snag black votes, and he's able to snag to young voters.. and even the masses of women voters who have a crush on him. Realistically, he's got the best chance of winning, the least amount of scandals that could come back to bite him, and the only consistent stance on Iraq, which might add some votes too. As we saw with Kerry the flip-flopper factor is way worse than being liberal.

I voted for her husband twice -- right person, right time -- Hillary is neither of those. Our country needs inspiration not calculation.