When Obama says things like this...

[classicman]

New Iowa polls: Obama, Huckabee tied or leading
The Quad-City Times has a new poll of Iowa showing Democrat Barack Obama and Republican Mike Huckabee leading their respective fields by 9 percentage points each.

Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Edwards were tied for second place behind Obama at 24% each. Mitt Romney was in second place with 22% on the Republican side and no one else was in double digits.

Another new Iowa poll by the online political newsletter Hotline shows Huckabee up 13 points over Romney, 36% to 23%, and Obama and Clinton tied at 27% .

What happens if she loses? What looked like a shoo-in, now looks like a campaign ready to implode.

P.S. - Anyone else notice that up until a few weeks ago every pic of Hillary had her smiling or looking real confident - ie: favorable image. Lately they all seem to look really bad. Did the liberal media jump off her bandwagon or are they just hedging their bets?

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by classicman

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What happens if she loses? What looked like a shoo-in, now looks like a campaign ready to implode.

P.S. - Anyone else notice that up until a few weeks ago every pic of Hillary had her smiling or looking real confident - ie: favorable image. Lately they all seem to look really bad. Did the liberal media jump off her bandwagon or are they just hedging their bets?

Not a chance, I would not count her out. The Clitons have a long history of dirty tricks in their bag.

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Originally Posted by classicman;417023P.S.

- Anyone else notice that up until a few weeks ago every pic of Hillary had her smiling or looking real confident - ie: favorable image.

History repeatedly suggests nothing of this presidential campaign is relevant until after the Super Bowl. Giuliani and Hilary are front runners. That traditionally is irrelevant after January which is why current presidential campaign discussions are extraneous.

More relevant is Mitchell’s report on baseball – lessons that apply well beyond baseball – lesson more appropriate than current presidential contenders.

[ZenGum]

This is so depressing.
For all that I detest the "leader of the free world" line, the US presidency is still the most important election on Earth. And here we are, about a year out from the poll, not waxing enthusiastic about how wonderful the candidates are and how hard it will be to choose which of these great people should be president, but instead, sifting through the chaff trying to find one that doesn't seem like a total loser. Inexperience is bad. Too much experience is bad. Idealism is bad. Lack of ideals is bad. Firm opinions are bad. Having no opinions is bad.

Darn it, America. 300 million people and this is the best crop of potential leaders you can scrape up? The last candidate who I thought was worthy of the post was Gore, and that was probably because I didn't look closely enough to see his shortcomings.

[lookout123]

unfortunately the best and brightest won't go anywhere near the realm of politics. those that won't sell their souls for a vote won't make it past the state office level. national politics is a theater reserved for only the most self-impressed attention whores now.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by ZenGum

This is so depressing.
For all that I detest the "leader of the free world" line, the US presidency is still the most important election on Earth. And here we are, about a year out from the poll, not waxing enthusiastic about how wonderful the candidates are and how hard it will be to choose which of these great people should be president, but instead, sifting through the chaff trying to find one that doesn't seem like a total loser. Inexperience is bad. Too much experience is bad. Idealism is bad. Lack of ideals is bad. Firm opinions are bad. Having no opinions is bad.

Darn it, America. 300 million people and this is the best crop of potential leaders you can scrape up? The last candidate who I thought was worthy of the post was Gore, and that was probably because I didn't look closely enough to see his shortcomings.

I hate to tell you but for many of us this has been the situation for the last 3 election cycles (to include this one). Who is the best of the bad choices is becoming a common theme. I think the media frenzy and the power of the internet has contributed to the current environment.