Obama is winning because No one supporting him cares about his awful senate record or where he stands on any issue and that FACT he has no original thoughts or solutions for our very troubled country. WE ARE IN SERIOUS TROUBLE AMERICA.. Voting for a man based soley on his skin color is a horror! You better hope there are enough blacks to do the job, Obama has shown he is a TALKER, not a worker! RESEARCH PLEASE! OBAMA SIDED WITH BUSH EVERYTIME! YOUR GETTING A REPUBLICAN CLAIMING TO BE DEMOCRAT.

***OBAMA IS THE ANTI CHRIST***just wait for the blue turbin

Obama NEEDS to answer questions about his dealings with one of his largest contributors, Exelon, a big nuclear power company that he cut deals behind closed doors to protect them from full disclosure in the nuclear industry. In addition, Obamas TRUE, record that he and the media want to hide shows he supports the war!!!!voted twice against bringing America's troops back home. He voted for war appropriations giving our money to Chaney and Halliburton/Blackwater. His latest bit of posturing S 433 allows the Bush Administration to suspend any troop withdrawal!!!!if not suspended, still keeps the troops in Iraq for a long time to come. Record shows Obama when faced with tough choices ALWAYS gave in to pressure from the Bush administration and corporate lobbyists. Obama voted for Bush's energy bill, sending more than $13 billion in subsidies and tax breaks to oil, coal, and nuclear companies. Obama voted with Republicans to allow credit card companies to raise interest rates way over 30 percent, INCREASING STUDENT LOANS RATES AND FEES increasing hardship for families. Obama voted for one of Bush's top priorities - expanding Nafta to South America - even as President Bush obstructed all the top Democratic priorities. Obama voted with Bush to make it harder for ordinary people to hold big corporations accountable when they do things like sell toxic toys, poisonous pet food, human food or just plain rip you off. ( See why China likes Obama) Obama also the Senate's biggest Democratic advocate of subsidies for liquid coal, even though liquid coal produces twice the global warming pollution of the crude oil it's meant to replace and voted for increased subsidies, albeit with conditions.Obama, a Hamiltonian believer in free trade and supporters of globalization has lent his support to the "Hamilton Project formed by corporate-neoliberal Citigroup chair Robert Rubin and other 'Wall Street Democrats' to counter populist rebellion against corporate tendencies within the Democratic Party. Obama provided assistance to pro-war candidates (such as Joe Lieberman). Obama voted for "business-friendly 'tort reform' bill that rolls back working peoples' ability to obtain reasonable redress and compensation...from corporations!!! Obama considers single payer universal health care too socialist and has stated that he prefers voluntary solutions. **He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive. Abortion opponents see Obama's vote on medical care for aborted fetuses as a refusal to protect the helpless. Some have even accused him of supporting infanticide. He supported allowing retired police officers to carry concealed weapons, but opposed allowing people to use banned handguns to defend against intruders in their homes. And the list of sensitive topics goes on. With only a slim, two-year record in the U.S. Senate, Obama doesn't have many controversial congressional votes which political opponents can frame into attack ads. But his eight years as an Illinois state senator are sprinkled with potentially explosive land mines, such as his abortion and gun control votes. recent land purchase from a political supporter who is facing charges in an unrelated kickback scheme involving investment firms seeking state business. Obama has no substance. He has provided no solutions.

I did like reading this Obama fans article. This presidential race should not be about race,sex, or gender but about the best person for the job. And the candidates records speek for themselves. So come on let's put the best person in.

Dale Anderson
Baltimore city resident

So once she got over the color of his skin your reader likes Obama because he's not Hillary. What's so impressive about that? That Obama can even woo the racist vote?

There are many things that Obama and Clinton have in common, and a few where they differ (in my opinion, mostly in the categories of diplomacy, rhetorical skill, and personal appeal). However, if we must stretch so far for differences that we paint Senator Clinton as an emotional (read manipulative) campaigner, let’s just have a look at her voting record and look at Senator Obama’s as well:

“Senator Clinton, who has served only one full term (6yrs.), and another year campaigning, has managed to author and pass into law, (20) twenty pieces of legislation in her first six years.

These bills can be found on the website of the Library of Congress (www.thomas.loc.gov), but to save you trouble, I’ll post them here for you.

1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Hon
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O’Shea.
7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty.
Only five of Clinton’s bills are more substantive:

16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11
18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.

There you have it–the facts straight from the Senate Record.

Now, I would post those of Obama’s, but the list is too substantive, so I’ll mainly categorize.

During the first (8) eight years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills. He introduced:

233 regarding healthcare reform,
125 on poverty and public assistance,
112 crime fighting bills,
97 economic bills,
60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills,
21 ethics reform bills,
15 gun control,
6 veterans affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These inculded:

**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.”

I laugh to tears when those who support other candidates come up with lines like "no one has figured out his middle name" or " no one knows or cares about his record". These people are desperate.

Wow!

Did these folks go through the metal detector before posting?

I happen to think honoring the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death is very important!

Stop raining on my parade with your crime fighting bills. What's a crime fighting bill anyway? Does that sanction the activities of Batman? I'll be at the Kate Mullany National Historic Site until this all blows over!

I don't care for Mrs. Clinton personally, but I have a different reason to believe it's not her time, or any woman's time, to be President. In many parts of the world, particularly the Middle East, a woman is at best a second-class citizen, and usually ranks below male children and the male dog. It won't matter to those nations that she is the leader of "the most powerful nation in the world." They will see only that the leader is a WOMAN, and therefore worthy only of disdain. I fear Madame President's words and deeds would carry no weight in those countries. We're in deep enough now--let's not dig a deeper hole by electing a female President.