Comments on: Biden Says Hillary Might Be A Better VP

[rational_1]

Porritt wrote, %u201CBarack Obama has zero record of bipartisanship.%u201D

Well how could he? He''s voted the Dem party line 97% of the time (factcheck.org). McCain votes with the Repubs about 75-90% of the time, depending what year you look at. Obama''s bipartison credentials are about as solid as his credentials to be Commander-in-Chief.

[pmsnbc1]

How obvious that nobama''s judgement is lacking when his own VP choice says he made a bad decision. Not that it wasn''t already obvious.

[katharine9]

Hillary didn''t ask for, or want, the VP slot- they worked that one out long ago, and you can see from Joe''s comment that if she had wanted it she would have gotten it. Politics is a complicated business, people- don''t pretend to know what''s happened by what you see on the surface. All the details are worked out where we do not see them. Do you think Obama has all this backing from Biden and others without giving Hillary what she wants? Hillary is very capable of making her own decisions and getting what she wants, and it is obvious from the time and the timing of her and Bill''s appearances at the convention that that was what they asked for and Obama gave them everything they wanted there. Do you doubt that she has not gotten the position she wants in an Obama administration? It is not VP. Yes, Joe Biden was a second choice pick, but not Obama''s second choice pick. And he''s a good pick, and greatly approved of by Hillary. Vote Obama, and Hillary will end up on the Supreme court, or perhaps Secretary of State, or wherever it is that she wants to be. Of course they cannot tell this while they are still on the campaign trail, but Biden let the cat out of the bag (a little) for a reason. Jeez,look at things a little smart, for once.

[Ed Abelia]

Obama, made a huge political mistake!

Remember Obama only got 1/2 of the votes of the Democratic Party.

The election will be determined by the other 18 million voters that he tossed aside and put them in their place, along with independents.

Again Obama only got 1/2 of the votes from his own Democratic Party.

Why because he did not appeal to the other 18 million. His first real decision in politics was to pick the best V.P., and what a political mistake he picked Biden. It divided the party. Many passionate female democrats will not forget for a long time.

Obama could not even unite the Democratic Party, so how will he unite the nation. Fireworks at the White House?

McCain on the other hand has united the Republican''s.

[ddssttrr]

McCain is straight-up lying about taxes. Under Obama''s plan, your taxes would only go up if you make more than $603,000 per year. On the contrary, McCain plans to further reduce taxes for the richest 1% at the expense lower and middle income workers.

.............................. MCCAIN ....................... OBAMA
Income ................. Avg tax bill ..................Avg. tax bill
Over $2.9M ....... -$269,364 (-4.4%)...... +$701,885 ( 11.5%)
$603K and up...... -$45,361 (-3.4%)...... $115,974 ( 8.7%)
$227K-$603K...... -$7,871 (-3.1%)................. $12 ( 0.0%)
$161K-$227K...... -$4,380 (-3.0%)............ -$2,789 (-1.9%)
$112K-$161K...... -$2,614 (-2.5%)............ -$2,204 (-2.1%)
$66K-$112K ....... -$1,009 (-1.4%)............ -$1,290 (-1.8%)
$38K-$66K ........ -$319 (-0.7%)................ -$1,042 (-2.4%)
$19K-$38K ........ -$113 (-0.5%)................... -$892 (-3.6%)
Under $19K ......... -$19 (-0.2%)..................... -$567 (-5.5%)

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/?postversion=2008061113

[basementfrog]

The best-kept secret in this presidential campaign is Barack Obama''s substantial package of middle class tax cuts--most political junkies can''t even tell you what''s in it and most working-class swing voters don''t even know it exists.

Indeed, those voters would be shocked to discover that, according to independent analyses, Obama is offering 80% of Americans four times as much in tax relief as McCain on average.

For example, I bet you did not know that:

--Obama would provide an immediate $1,000 tax cut to 95% of working families.

--Obama would eliminate income taxes altogether on seniors earning less than $50,000.

--Obama would more than double the Hope tax credit for college, up to $4,000 and make it fully refundable.

--Obama would eliminate all capital gains taxes on small business start-ups.

--Obama would not raise income, payroll, capital gains or any other taxes on any family making less than $250,000.

--McCain''s tax cut plan would provide no new direct relief to 100 million households, but would give a $4 billion tax cut to Exxon Mobil (which recently posted a $40 billion profit) and other big oil companies.

The McCain plan for health insurance and privatization of schools would add a terrible burden on families who would be required to pay for these costs themselves.

[akhajawall]

Dear concerned citizens of America and mass media of the U.S.A.

1. Does the joint ticket have a calm, cool, and collected " temper
and impulse" [Presidential Temperament]?
2. Does each ticket have sound and sustained "Judgment and Caliber"?
3. Does each ticket have a "presidential depth and degree" in regard
to their purpose, policies, and positions?
4. Does each ticket have adequate, "understanding and knowledge" of
workings around Washington"?
5. Does each ticket have enough "vigor, wisdom and Vision" for the
future of our beloved Great-grand Nation?
6. Does each ticket possess enough joint foreign policy experience
and exposure based on "American Values, Virtues, Vastness, and strong
soul"?
7. Are their campaign talk, slogans, ads, plans, and programs based
on facts and are they free of fear, fiction, frivolous labels, unfair
attacks, negativity, and impulsivity? [Danger to country and countries
mission[s].
8. Does the ticket keep country or politics first? [McCain stole
Obama''s change and is running with it.]
Freedom team.

PS: This nation will not buy into the kitchen sink strategy. We are
getting deeper into internal and external holes through these attacks
and the world is laughing at us as they enjoy our partisan Pitt Bull
wounds. I am sure the collective deceptive measures of the GOP, RNC,
FOX, RUSH, ROVE, McCain, and his surrogates will fail to deprive
American voters of their deserved leadership. Media stop cultural
divide and wars.