Obama Concentrates On Closing Arguments

The Countdown To The Iowa Caucuses Is On, And Obama’s Still Pushing Change

(CBS)  Barack Obama dismissed a poll out today that put him well behind rival Hillary Clinton in Iowa. He said he was concentrating on making his closing argument as effective as possible.

“Did you have a good Christmas?” he yelled to a crowd.

At every turn, Obama reminded his Iowans that it’s time for them to make up their minds, CBS News correspondent Dean Reynolds reports.

“Don’t let this opportunity slip away,” he said.

Obama’s drawing power was undimmed by the two-day Christmas layoff. He turned empty halls into packed auditoriums and laid out his case for changing Washington, while mocking his political rivals who says have picked up the same pitch.

“Everybody now is talking about change. If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then we're doing pretty good here,” Obama said.

In Webster City, the call for change resonated with one prospective caucusgoer.

“It’s time for a new look, a new way of doing things in Washington,” said one man.

And in Mason City, Obama won the hearts and minds of at least two undecided women.

As one told CBS News: “He touched something inside me. He touched a passion inside me.”

Another said: “To me he just seems like the candidate who will bring change."

As Reynolds asked: “Change is more important than experience?”

After a long pause, the woman answered: “Yes.”

Experience, of course, is the Clinton campaign’s calling card. But Obama derisively suggested what a vote for her would mean.

“Even though you know what’s been done in the past doesn’t work, stick with it,” he said.

Obama also took some shots at John Edwards, mindful that Edwards has a history of a strong finishing kick that still has the potential to turn this race on its head.

[denn034]

Americans don''t like lawyers. Period!

[hillary4sout]

OBAMAS WIFE IS THE BIGOT TRUTH019, THE WOMEN SAID IF SHE LIVED IN OUT HERE IN THE HALKEYE STATE SHE WOULD NEED A GUN, DAAAAAAA WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS SOUND LIKE MEANING FOR YOU SLOW ONES THAT SHE WOULD HAVE TO FIRE A GUN AT WHITE PERSONS WHO DID NOT LIKE THEM IF THEY LIVED THERE NOW THIS IS WHO YOU WANT IN THE WHITE HOUSE NOW THATS A BIGOT FOR YOU BLACK HATE IS JUST THE SAME AS WHITE HATE OK . YOU WILL NEVER SEE THIS IN HILLARY OR BILL YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THIS MAN AGAIN, NICE YOU WANT A BLACK MAN THAT TELLS YOU GOOD THINGS AN THATS COMENTDABLE BUT OK HE IS NOT THE FIRST TO HAVE RUN FOR PRESIDENT GET OVER THAT AN LETS GET THE BEST PERSON FOR THE JOB OF PRESIDENT AN WORLD LEADER .. HILLARY 08 A PRESIDENT FOR ALL OF US.

[hillary4sout]

HILLARY IS OUR NEXT PRESIDENT THAT HOW CONFIDENT WE ARE THAT SHE WILL WIN THE REST OF THEM ARE JUST STANDING IN THE WAY AN WILL BE OUT OF THE FREY SOON AN ONLY A MENTION IN HISTORY SO LET THE GAMES START AN ROLL OUT THE RED CARPET FOR OUR NEXT PRESIDENT OK HILLARY 08 LOL @ THE OBAMA SUPPORTS .... YOU ARE QUITE FUNNY AT TIMES BUT YOU CAN GET BEHIND HILLARY SOON CANT WAIT TIL JAN 3 SO WE CAN END THE OBAMA MESS.

[truth019]

OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT BECAUSE "THE PEOPLE" ARE "TIRED" OF "THE BUSHES & CLINTONS"!!!!!

"20 YEARS OF THOSE 2 FAMILIES IS ENOUGH"!!!!

PLUS I AM "IRED", OF BILL CLINTON TELLING THE WORLD HE IS/WAS AMERICA''S 1ST BLACK PRESIDENT!!!!

NOT ALL BLACK PEOPLE SUPPORT THE CLINTON''S....

THEY BOTH ARE CLOSET BIGOTS WHO "USE BLACKS AS PROPS", FOR "POLITICAL GAIN"...(BLACK MINISTERS WHO ARE CORRUPT & THERE ARE MANY OF THOSE IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY)!!!!

WE AMERICANS, BLACK,HISPANIC,ASIAN & YES WHITE ARE UNITED.... YOUNG & OLD!!!!

NO DRAMA WITH OBAMA!!!! 2008 FOR PRESIDENT!!!

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Ron Paul will take away Social Security
Ron Paul On Social Security!
http://www.issues2000.org/Con
tact_House.asp?name=Ron_Paul

* Allow young people to get out of the system. (Oct 2007)
* Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one''''''''s future. (Sep 2007)
* Federal government won''''''''t keep its entitlement promises. (Mar 2007)
* Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
* Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
* Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
What do you think entitlement promises are?
and No to the SS Lockbox!
Ron Paul will take away Social Security

Of course this is why the younger generation will vote for Him. So they do not have to contribute to Social Security!

[werchange]

HOPE FOR AMERICA: PRESIDENT RON PAUL
RonPaul2008.com

-- No more meddling in other country''s political affairs
-- No more aggressive military actions overseas
-- No more torture prisons
-- No more pseudo-wars like the "War on Drugs"
-- No more IRS and unconstitutional income taxes
-- No more Federal Reserve (the group of private banks which owns our government)
-- No more erosion of Social Security to pay for militarization
-- No more U.N. (one world government) participation
-- No more NAFTA, CAFTA, WTO or GATT (globalist trade cartels)
-- No more North American Union (loss of U.S. sovereignty)
-- No more federal gun control laws
-- No more illegal aliens pouring-in over our country''s borders
-- No more illegal aliens allowed to roam freely in our streets
-- No more national ID cards (Real ID Act)
-- No more government invasion of your privacy
-- No more federal Laws which force you to take unwanted injections
-- No more federal Laws which are not authorized by The Constitution
-- No more federal erosion of State sovereignty
-- No more unlimited federal government

"Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human liberty; it is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves."
- William Pitt

"The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home."
- James Madison

"Wars are poor chisels for carving-out peaceful tomorrows."
- Martin Luther King Jr.

[pilgrimsway-2009]

Ron Paul On Social Security!
http://www.issues2000.org/Contact_House.asp?name=Ron_Paul

* Allow young people to get out of the system. (Oct 2007)
* Personal retirement accounts allow investing in one''''s future. (Sep 2007)
* Federal government won''''t keep its entitlement promises. (Mar 2007)
* Voted YES on raising 401(k) limits & making pension plans more portable. (May 2001)
* Voted YES on reducing tax payments on Social Security benefits. (Jul 2000)
* Voted NO on strengthening the Social Security Lockbox. (May 1999)
* Rated 30% by the ARA, indicating an anti-senior voting record. (Dec 2003)
What do you think entitlement promises are?
and No to the SS Lockbox!
Ron Paul will take away Social Security
Of course this is why the younger generation will vote for Him. So they do not have to contribute to Social Security!

[rowdytexan2]

Change is your friend NOT! However cleaning house is!

Anybody with any sense knows that presidents can NEVER deliber all of their campaign promises. And Mr. Obama speaks of all these changes like they''re a done deal.

Mr. Obama is going to have to deal with the Congress we have now, which is still overshadowed by neocon republicans in the Senate.

And even though most of the democrats all agree on what needs to be changed, they are not all going to agree on how to change it or how much to change it.

Mr. Obama beliefs that we are just going to sit down at the table with all of the factions of the middle east and there is going to be peace, is definitely somewhat naive.

Experience in foreign affairs certainly does count in this race, and he doesn''t have it, YET. Someday he will be a fine president...someday but not NOW.