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I am not so sure, Pejman, that he is so dangerous. First, I think that there are still an awful lot of people who just aren't going to vote for a black liberal, and I think an awful lot of those voters are concentrated in places like Southern Ohio -- eg places where a Democrat needs to do well in order to win.

Plus, the guy hasn't been thoroughly vetted, even less so than Huckabee. There's rumors that there's a video of him doing blow out there, there's the whole Rezko thing, there's the fact that he's a lot of style and relatively little substance, there's the fact that he wanted to ban handguns (and then blamed the questionairre answer on an aid), there's the fact that he's never run a competitive campaign in his life, and has never been on the national stage. Giuliani leads him in almost all of the Northeast (at least for now).

He has a much higher upside than Clinton. There's no doubt about that. He, more than any other Democrat could put together a Reaganesque electoral victor. But he, more than any other Democrat, could go down in a Mondale-esque blaze of glory.

http://www.myelectionanalysis.com

He's tied with Giuliani and behind McCain in Massachusetts.

That said, he could be dangerous...to either party. Much more room for him going up and down.

...he could devastate the GOP, and he could have coattails in congressional races. I am a HUGE Hillary proponent in the primaries. This woman would get torn apart in a general. I hate the way conservatives are digging their own grave here.

“.....women and minorities hardest hit”

I don't think Obama is that frightening. He will be a tough candidate that shoudn't be taken lightly, but at the end of the day he is extremely naive and inexperienced.

The Clinton campaign doesn't seem to be responding well or holding up under pressure. What this means for the future waits to be seen, if early losses snowball against her.

As far as the general election, I believe each democrat candidate has very exploitable flaws & while none should be taken lightly, none would be that much more or less formidable than the other. It's up to our candidate to run the better campaign & be right on the issues, as well as point out the flaws in the opposing candidate. None of the big 3 democrats have a long resume from which to campaign. I think & hope & pray that the American people will vote based on which candidate can keep the country safe, truly deal with the illegal "immigration issues, & make the most economic sense for those of us who work for a living & employ others who work for a living.

you must expect at least probing questions, next time put your hands in your pockets.
Time enough to knock Obama down a few pegs, for now let's enjoy the spectacle of the two nastiest, venal, most corrupt people[?] ever to degrade the White House melting down in front of us.

After fifteen years of artificial reputations, undeserved praise, thuggery, bribes, sexual assaults, cowardly waffling by a inconsequential junior Senator protected to now by the media, just why shouldn't we appreciate their self inflicted miseries?

It's like asking us not to laugh at a good joke, which in a way this is.

"a man's admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him". Tocqueville

There I said it.

My fear at this point is that we will end up with Huckabee and we will get whooped in the general.

Obama is a tougher candidate than Clinton because he will get a lot of conservative voters. I've stated it before on Redstate, but I know close to a dozen conservative, So-con, die hard Republicans who have openly discussed voting for Obama.

All of which would leave their dying mother's bedside to go out and vote against Hillary.

But the middle of the road voters are not going to feel that way about Huck, I fear. They may just decide to sit it out.

So let's bump Clinton off at the primary stage and be done with it.

If I had an extra $4000 laying around right now, I'd probably split it between Fred (since he's the best) and Obama (so he can finish off Hillary).

There is much to exploit here, a veritable gold mine of incompetence, whining, and back pedaling. Is not Congress's approval ratings lower than Bush's, although right now you might not know it from the media. Obama's vapidities which play so well with the numbskull Reality Based Community, are easily punctured by any Republican who cares. He can be had.

For now the exquisite implosion of two ugly clowns who are increasingly failing to hide their soiled selves is a once in a lifetime circus. Sit back and enjoy.

"a man's admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him". Tocqueville

the danger with Obama is how the MSM will shape the general election. It will be about race and nothing more. It will be a young, black, "progressive" politician running against the white, good ol' boys club.
Obama, substance notwithstanding, can probably hold his own in debates against any of the Republican candidates. It's not what he has to say, but how he says it.

with Hillary in the race, the MSM will try to play the gender card, but I don't suspect that will resonate with voters as much as the race angle. I'm also looking forward to HRC debating any of the Republican candidates.
R.J.