Comments on: Do Democrats Fear Winning?

CBS's Dick Meyer Examines The Party's Latest Brand Of Self-Defeating Tactics

[skeezix06]

I really don''t see much that''s "against the grain" in this column but good luck at your new job with NPR.

I don''t know where or why it became such an anathema for a political race to be run to the finish. It seems to me that an excellent way to discourage people from voting in the general election is to manipulate the race into ending before people get to make a choice in the primary.

Maybe it''s time to start an investigation into who is calling for the premature end of the primary and why?

[ajmarine1]

They will pull together when it''''s time - don''''t you worry your little head about it..

Posted by oleander8 at 01:07 PM : Mar 06, 2008


If the Clinton''s manage to steal this nomination from Obama, this years Democratic Convention will go down in history as another Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention.

[davidlar2]

Interesting observation:
Obama has the best educated supporters.
McCain is in the middle.
Hillary has the least well educated supporters.

Today''s Economist had an interesting discussion of this.

[aldon61]

sesander1: You''re right, Bush did a number on McCain in 2000, but I said rarely, not never. Most Republicans follow Reagan''s "11th" commandment. Bush has broken more rules, stomped on more faces, than any other in his party''s history.

[fulluvit]

Take a look at the turnout numbers in Texas and Ohio. Either one of the Democrats pulled more votes than all of the Republicans combined. They won''t be getting my vote in November (I''ll vote Green or Nader), but the Republicans are kidding themselves if they think they have a chance in hell.

[sebastian27-2009]

Sorry that you are leaving CBS, but NPR is gainig someone that thinks for themselves. The Dems try to be too many things to too many people. They sometimes end up being so uneffective in vocalized their message that they become marginalized in the political process. The time is fast coming, if not here, where a third party would be necessary to fill the void vacated by the present parties

[janiet3]

Barack Obama is the breath of "fresh air" this country so desperately needs after all the war and fear mongering the Republicans have handed us - and still are as a matter of fact. This is not to even mention all the misery and debt they''ve brought to our beloved country. Perish the thought even!!

We need a whole new attitude, period. And out of the 3 leading candidates, who offers all of us that? Why, Barack Obama, of course.

[j-whitman]

notblue,,,, It''s just one man''s opinion --- Take a look at the democrat turn out at the polls & the number of people voting in support of Hillary or Obama that had voted republican in the past.

Either of these candidates can raise money...they are exciting, interesting candidates not willing to throw in the towel...this may actually work for the Democrats in the long run. All the focus inspires a great deal of interest. Obviously, Democrats have not made up their minds on a candidate and it is going to take longer. Of course, it would have been nice if the Democrats would have selected a "safe" candidate, one without the gender/race problems. If we did not hold our first primary in Iowa, things might have turned out very differently. I am all for changing the system. It is not right that Iowa which doesn''t even vote Democratic in the general has so big a say by being first. A national primary might get this thing done more efficiently but this has drawbacks, too.
Aldon, it is not true that Republicans rarely say or do anything in the primaries which could reflect on the final candidate. George Bush has maligned and spread rumors in the past...ugly rumors against McCain. And this is just a sample.

[notblue]

Most at these posts every day state the majority of American voters are idiots as they elected Bush not once but twice. Now these same people claim the general electorate is responsible and intelligent enough to not be bigotted or biased based on the two historical firsts, namely the demograghics the Dems are presenting to this same electorate as in a minority or Female candidate for president of the U.S. ????? AS much as I hate the vile Rush LImbaugh, he has a point and so does Mr. Meyer.