I realize this is a controversial subject, even with pro-choice advocates, so I thought it was important to tell the story of what my husband and I went through this summer. My husband and I have been married for 14 1/2 years and we have two sons, ages 13 and 10. So, when we found out we were expecting again early this year, it was quite the shock. But it was one of those blissfully wonderful shocks... exciting and scary all at the same time. We and our children were absolutely thrilled to b...

:scared: OBAMA: (from a speech in South Carolina) That's his job, get you to the polls, vote for Obama. My job is to help him do his job. So I am going to try to be so persuasive in the 20 minutes or so that I speak that by the time this is over, a light will shine down from somewhere. It will light upon you. You will experience an epiphany. And you will say to yourself, I have to vote for Barack. I have to do it. And if you make that decision, if that moment happens, then it would be grea...

I used to love and respect Wes Clark. He is, after all, an expert in foreign policy and national security. He is a brilliant man. HOWEVER, now, his true self has been revealed: Wes Clark is nothing but a Hillary-shilling hack. Fuck him. How DARE HE use his considerable experience and intelligence to question Obama. He's been fooling us all along, tricking us into instilling HILLARY as CIC. Other people who are dead.to.me. Joe Wilson and Valerie Plame. DEAD TO ME. What do they know, an...

You guys have given plenty of ammo for such a thing. Here are just a few of the links I could use when doing so.... Wait... in reading your fictional OP, did I miss when Kucinich endorsed Obama? Oh right, more fiction. I also wasn't aware that most of those media personalities had the kind of respected authority people like Clark and Wilson used to have on DU.

Now, that's just four links from the over four pages of threads I get when I do an archive search in this forum for threads with the subject line "Krugman". There's lots, lots more out there. Again, just four links from the over four pages of threads I get when I do an archive search in this forum for threads with "Clark" in the subject line. Again, like above, just four links from many, many threads.

Speaking to a BBC interviewer, Power said Obama would not necessarily base every military decision he would make in 2009 would be based in full on a plan crafted now. "He will of course not rely upon some plan that he’s crafted as a presidential candidate or as a US senator," said Power, who resigned after calling Clinton a "monster" in a separate dust-up. "He will rely upon a plan, an operational plan that he pulls together, in consultation with people who are on the ground, to whom he doesn’...

PRINCETON, NJ -- Hillary Clinton has moved ahead of Barack Obama in national Democratic nomination preferences, 48% to 44%, in polling conducted Sunday through Tuesday. (Image) (Link) The momentum has shifted....

I mean, at first, I wanted it all to end, one way or another. There is just so much infighting and hostility, and that can't be good for the party. But now, I want it to go until someone has the magic number. All the way to the end, if need be. Obviously, this is a very huge primary for us. There is a lot riding on this, and a lot at stake on various levels. I've never seen a primary like this before. This race is so close, and I think that alone means we should ALL get a chance to vote. ...

I've heard that from more people than I can count. He turns off a LOT of people. I hear many say they can't even put their finger on it, they want to like him, but they find him condescending/passive-aggressive/annoying/disingenuous/etc. After Edwards dropped, I thought my support would go to Obama, because I really wanted to like him and had a positive opinion of him at the time. I'm actually quite surprised that after lots of research and soul searching, I ended up backing Clinton.

to implement a plan now. She knows what works and what won't, intimately. She has important connections. I don't really understand why she's criticized for trying to get us all healthcare. Hell, at least she TRIED. It's an issue that is near and dear to her heart. But, her work as First Lady is not the only thing she's claiming as experience, it goes way back to include things like her being a member of the impeachment inquiry staff advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the ...

A Number You Probably Haven't Seen It’s well-known that Barack Obama’s success has depended largely on independent and Republican voters. The corollary to that, however, has been less thoroughly reported: Obama is losing among Democrats. Over at the Perfect World, Cal Lanier crunches the numbers and finds that Obama, despite being ahead among pledged delegates, has fewer total votes among people who identify themselves as Democrats. (He has 7,392,809 votes; Clinton has 8,229,063.) That gives C...

Because so were these states that Obama won: Alabama Alaska Colorado Georgia Idaho Iowa Kansas Louisiana Missouri Nebraska North Dakota South Carolina Utah Virginia But guess what? They're staying red in November, too! However, we have a shot at Florida and Ohio, and that's what we need to win the GE.

Because I, for one, would love to know. In 2003, he spoke out against war funding: Obama Opposed War Funding in 2003 In video obtained by ABC News of a Winnetka, Ill., Democratic event from Sunday, Nov. 16, 2003, then-state senator Obama told a cheering crowd that it was wrong to vote to fund the war. "Just this week, when I was asked, would I have voted for the $87 billion dollars, I said 'No,'" Obama said to applause as he referred to a bill to fund troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I said...

He said in 2003 (before he was in the Senate) that he would have voted against war funding, because the only way to stop the war was to stop funding it. BUT, when he had a chance to put his vote where his mouth is, he failed MISERABLY. Obama Gaffe on War Funding? April 01, 2007 11:06 PM ABC News' Jonathan Greenberger Reports: In what may be a blow to his support among the anti-war left, the Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says that if President Bush vetoes the w...

Her work as First Lady is not the only thing she's claiming as experience, it goes way back to include things like her being a member of the impeachment inquiry staff advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal, which culminated in the resignation of Nixon, but you cannot deny that being an insider in that capacity doesn't equate to experience. And she accomplished a great deal as First Lady... Along with Senator Ted Kennedy, she was the major force behind the St...

And it's what made me start to feel a little cautious about Obama, and then eventually downright skeptical and suspicious. One thing we should ALL know by now... when the media is for something, it's a very good indicator that it's a REALLY BAD FUCKING IDEA. But what makes the media money? Lots and lots of news and people interested in that news. News like wars, big events, controversial news. Now suddenly we're to believe they have our very best interests at heart for a peaceful, prosperou...

I'm not only a Democrat because of the Iraq war. I didn't have an epiphany and decide to change when that happened. I've always been a Democrat, yellow dog, straight ticket voter. Always will be. I hate the war, and was against it from the very beginning. I want it to end. My husband is an Army vet and my children were born in Army hospitals. I care very deeply about our men and women in uniform, because they're not some "theoretical entity" to me. They're my friends, my family. I've do...

She is a policy expert, through and through. She knows what it takes and knows how to be realistic about what can be accomplished. That's what I want. I want a president who knows full well the magnitude of the shark tank she's getting into, has a firm grasp on the issues and will fight to do what is right. I also want a president who won't roll over in compromise when it comes time to appoint judges. I don't need a savior, I don't need to be uplifted... I need results. Will it resonate wi...

I'm Italian and Irish, so I'm dramatic that way. Anyway... this entire process... egads. What a freaking pile of bullshit. I was one of those people who hoped Gore or Clark would run, and when they didn't, found myself behind Edwards. Eventually passionately. Now, I should know better than that, because I've been hurt like that far too many times to count, but what can I say. I love the guy. I'm a populist through and through, and he just speaks to me and really inspires me. That ended b...

And first off, at least she TRIED to get us Universal Healthcare. During her post-graduate study, Rodham served as staff attorney for Edelman's newly founded Children's Defense Fund in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and as a consultant to the Carnegie Council on Children. During 1974 she was a member of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C., advising the House Committee on the Judiciary during the Watergate scandal. Under the guidance of Chief Counsel John Doar and senior member Bernard ...

Oh, you would post those, but they'd be TOO SUBSTANTIVE, huh? Well, I'll do it for you. Here they are: S.RES.133 : A resolution celebrating the life of Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson. Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 3/28/2007) S.RES.268 : A resolution designating July 12, 2007, as "National Summer Learning Day". Sponsor: Sen Obama, Barack (introduced 7/11/2007) OBAMA HAS CHANGED THE WORLD! MY SAVIOR! What a ridiculous, disingenuous post. In the U.S. Senate, Clinton has auth...

(Image) Clinton at New York's Gay Pride March in 2000.Photo: Getty Images Why did twice as many gay Democratic voters prefer Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama on Super-Duper Tuesday? Despite Obama's soaring rhetoric of inclusion, according to exit polls, Hillary won the gay vote 63 percent to 29 percent in California and 59 percent to 36 percent in New York. In tony coastal Massachusetts, Obama carried Martha's Vineyard (the Clintons' on-again, off-again summer home), but Hillary tellingly swept...

When they called me I had told them that I was an Edwards supporter who switched to Hillary, and at the end of our rather long conversation when they asked if they could send me a pledge card I told them no. I told them that if Obama gets the nomination, I would consider donating, but at this time, no. Now I have a pledge card for $200 in my hand. "Thank you for your generous donation! Dear XXXXX XXXXX, Thank you for speaking with our caller and for pledging to Obama For America." :wtf:

She stood firmly behind MoveOn. Where has Obama taken a firm stand on a controversial issue? All I ever see is him SAYING the right thing sometimes. But when he has a chance to back up that rhetoric with a VOTE, he shys away and crumbles... like with Kyl-Lieberman. You want another example where she stood up for something, that doesn't have to do with voting? Anti-War Crowd Turns On Obama As Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. defends himself against anti-war critics this week, his rivals are taki...

Anti-War Crowd Turns On Obama As Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. defends himself against anti-war critics this week, his rivals are taking the opportunity to cast themselves as more firmly opposed to President Bush's Iraq policy than Obama – who happens to be the only leading Democratic candidate who publicly opposed the war when it began. Obama has found himself facing a storm on leading liberal blogs over a weekend interview in which he spoke as though he were an observer, not a participant, in th...

Obama Gaffe on War Funding? April 01, 2007 11:06 PM ABC News' Jonathan Greenberger Reports: In what may be a blow to his support among the anti-war left, the Associated Press is reporting that Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., says that if President Bush vetoes the war funding bill because of its timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq, the Congress will then swiftly provide the president with another version that lacks such a provision. According to the AP, Obama explained this by saying that no la...

Let's see here... DU has been screaming for Bush's head on a pike for years. Then, Obama said he didn't support impeachment, that it should be reserved for grave offenses. Not "it's too late to impeach now"... he said it was never warranted. Obama supporters agree with him. DU has criticized the Clinton administration for years for their compromises with the right-wing, which led to shitty policy like DADT and welfare reform. That criticism is very valid. But Obama is running his campai...

Along with Senator Ted Kennedy, she was the major force behind the State Children's Health Insurance Program in 1997, a federal effort that provided state support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage. She promoted nationwide immunization against childhood illnesses and encouraged older women to seek a mammogram to detect breast cancer, with coverage provided by Medicare. She successfully sought to increase research funding for prostate cancer and childhood...

I've noticed something that is pretty ironic lately. Now, for years, many here on DU have criticized the Clinton administration for it's compromises with the right-wing, resulting in rather crappy policy... there are a few examples, like for instance DADT, but most notably welfare reform. The criticism is valid. Now, if you can wade through the right-wingish attacks on the Clintons prevalent now (cigars and blue dresses, damn woman is only a wife, that sort of thing), you'll notice that the C...

People that don't support Obama aren't doing so because they're anti-charisma, or anti-hope. And charisma and hope isn't why his supporters have been accused of acting like a cult. BTW, it's only swiftboating if the allegations have absolutely no merit. They've been accused of acting cult-like because so many of them are uninformed. So many are just falling in lockstep, because it seems it's the hip, cool and fashionable thing to do. At the rallies, they do a lot of chanting. Obama's spe...