Comments on: The Blue-Collar Swing Vote

Could The Ohio Campaign Come Down To How White Industrial Workers Vote?

[tessablue]

Senator Clinton has demonstrated inordinate strength, a quality that is necessary if one is to be an effective president. She has withstood harsh attacks from every direction for the last 15 years, and Clinton is not only standing, she is thriving. Very few people could continue to function effectively under similar conditions.

On the other hand, when Obama has faced direct questioning in the last few days, he has appeared sensitive and defensive. Clearly, he could not have endured the ongoing assault that Clinton has. Therefore, it seems reasonable to expect Senator Clinton to be tougher, if necessary, in protecting America. In a crisis, she would not fold; she would stand her ground and face difficult situations with equanimity. If you don%u2019t like her policy positions, that%u2019s okay, but don%u2019t label her as weak. It%u2019s obvious that she isn%u2019t.

[samthetvcat]

pt 1

--"Typical chauvanistic comments made by neanderthal men that would rather see women on the centerfold of an X rated magazine than in the Whitehouse."--
Posted by Addie111

I really don''t think gender and race ultimately matter as much as substance. Whoever can deliver whether it be a woman, a black, or a senior will win imo

One other lesson Barack hopefully learns from losing Ohio is that while he''s fast to respond in kind to Hillary''s cheap shots, they were slow to re-establish superiority on that more primal level where last-minute deciders make decisions based on their gut.

I don''t know whether it''s the lack of opposition research, or whether it''s having too much respect for a competitor who doesn''t respect him back, but maybe it would have helped for them to have raised the question first about what crisis response experience Hillary actually has which makes her more qualified to answer the red phone in the middle of the night.

[samthetvcat]

pt 2

And maybe it would have helped them beat back both criticism that Barack''s never chaired a meeting on Afghanistan and the NAFTA debacle by pointing out that she''s the co-founder and the co-chair of the Senate Manufacturing Caucus, and that she none of her meetings have resulted in net job creation. They could have also pointd out that given her chairmanship, she should be able to know already what it is about the trade agreements she wants to freeze that needs to be changed.

Hillary''s been playing the gender card big-time, and now that she''s used it to win, I think that opens the door for Barack to start fighting back if hesitancy was the problem leading up to Ohio...

[tjcll1]

I am a proud democrat, however people who are voting for Hillary are throwing this election away and with it a chance of a generation to for real change in this election. With over 40% of the electorate saying they will not vote for Hillary under any circumstance, I fail to see the reason to vote for her.

[keithepike]

What is this. This election is about the future of are children, who is best to do this, i say HILLARY is. In the last 8 years we have as adults have blown it. I dont care abot are difference, but you have to foucus on what is best for our country,not what is best for youself.

[cfin5]

Posted by PetefromNZ at 10:32 PM : Mar 04, 2008-----But we Americans still have plenty more rights than you do in New Zealand. Everything else is second fiddle. Spell Check- get it.

[judemers]

I believe the children are our future. Whitney Houston sang this years ago.
A successful African American Senator from Chicago Sen. Barak Obama is the key to the future of this country. I am currently reading Come On People On the Path from Victims to Victors by Bill Cosby and Alvin F. Poussaint, M.D. It shares statistics on African American men in America. Sen. Obama has achieved a miracle with support from the American People. Let''s change the world for the better together. May peace be with you.

[petefromnz]

Hey guys,
We''ve had a woman prime minister, with more power in our system than your president has in your system, for the last 8 1/2 years. And we''ve got lower unemployment, lowish inflation, and our economy won''t tank unless yours does and takes everyone else''s down with it.
You''ve had a man in charge over the same period - admittedly not a great example of the speies - and just look where you are. Messes everywhere, and desperately trying to stave of a major recession.

Thought... maybe you''d do better with a woman in charge!

[keithepike]

Come on Cbs You where right there when Obama won Vermont but when Hillary won Rode Iland no news. Is it becuse your corporation is scared of the payback that will happen if Hillary wins . Your proudecers have no Ba---

[addie111]

I can not believe the narrow minded thinking about electing a woman president. What about England? A woman has run that country for more than 6 decades. Many of our favorite sports stars have been raised by strong single Moms. Many strong men (including Obama) have been raised by single woman. What about women in the armed forces that fight along side the men in recent wars. What about the Moms that are raising our children and holding their families together while their husbands are at war. What about your mothers, grandmothers or great grandmothers who kept this country running during WWII. They kept the factories going. Built ships and planes used during WWII. I myself raised a family while holding a full time job to put my kids through school, pay off the car and the mortgage while my husband was off acting like a teenager.
Typical chauvanistic comments made by neanderthal men that would rather see women on the centerfold of an X rated magazine than in the Whitehouse. I don''t think the men have done such a great job running this world, why not let a woman try. You might even be surprised!

[samthetvcat]

"But, for all their effort, some voters still can''t relate to Clinton or Obama. "Neither one of them talk in specifics or are so general that you can''t get a good feel for what they would really be able to do," said Tom Rostance, who works at the Arrow Machine Company."

Point taken, message understood. I guess the white guy vote in Ohio isn''t really a vote FOR Hillary, it''s a message to all three candidates saying they don''t really see ANY of them as Presidential right now, and if any of them can really nail down particulars of a viable plan to bring back jobs, then they''ll get the job in November in return.

I guess it''s easier said than done, otherwise they''d have all done so. Still must be very frustrating with so many plant closings . . .

[cfin5]

.......and the Unions endorse candidates that have eliminated the 47 million "American Union-Made Product Purchasing Customers" they could use right now since 1973.......ATTABOY BLUES!!!

[ezslimtoday]

Mike Huckabee rocks! Proved his mettle by losing over 100 pounds. Anyone with that kind of discipline can surely govern. (www.ezslimtoday.com)

[twocanpete]

The reason the jobs are gone in the first place is because Clinton and Bush gave us NAFT and WTO ''free trade''. Now Hillary wants to garnish our wages to feed the insurance companies. No thank you we DO NOT want another eight years of Bush/Clinton. We''ve had that ''experience'' and it wasn''t pleasant, thank you.
http://twocanpete.blogspot.com

[Syndicate]

You have Hillary constantly bashing men. You have Obama who dam near bashes whites. So where does a white male go?