Comments on: 8 Questions About The Pennsylvania Primary

Washington Post: The Expectations, Lessons, And Potential Repercussions Of Today's Contest

[samthetvcat]

PS Oh, and I guess that failure to hit the mark I meant mostly with those hit hardest by blue-collar manufacturing job losses . . . many of us think Barack is GREAT!

[samthetvcat]

oops that was supposed to say ''when none of the candidates hit the mark'' or ''when the candidates fail to hit the mark'' . . .

[samthetvcat]

-----"One Republican described Obama''s weakness as elitism. Another called it an "out-of-the-mainstream view of the world," and a third described his problem as a liberal-cultural disconnect of the kind that hurt John Kerry and Michael Dukakis in their elections."-----

That''s not it . . . when none of the candidates fail to hit the mark with voters, ppl will tend to gravitate towards the candidate most like them. And usually that means race, gender, age, and to a lesser extent life experiences. Blacks prefer Obama, white women prefer Hillary, and white men prefer McCain.

So just by virtue of the numbers, the burden is on Barack more than any other candidate to hit the mark.

Being against the war, and the Democratic platform which is antithetical to ''let them eat cake'' helps, but really making the case that we''re going to get from where we are to a place of greater peace and prosperity would be even better . . .

[jgunther7]

Hillary has been following along behind Obama in the last few primaries hoping he would make the big fatal mistake that would blow him out of the water. Hillary was ready to pounce and take the lead. This last nuke option proves she is finally giving up. Obama hasn''t made the big mistake and she is faced with keeping her word and going the distance. However, she is no Rocky Balboa and doesn''t have the character to stick it out. She is out of money and out of support and can%u2019t go the distance. So what doe%u2019s she do, make a grand stand play promising to nuke Iran as President of the United States. Not so good with the American public because it would be our military doing the killing and incriminating us as a country of war criminals. This is a very desperate political move on her part as there is no turning back. Even Hillary Clinton could not lye her way out of this one. But she now has another cunning plan, her empty promise to nuke Iran makes her a big hero in New York were they don%u2019t like Iranians. This gives her a clear path to win the next New York Senate election. She could care less what people in Pennsylvania or anywhere else think of her; New York is now her focus. She has given up the race.