Over 1,000 voted in a poll at the state Democratic website. Over a 48 hour period (March 4th and 5th) people could indicate their choice for presidential candidate and most important issue. Full results will be available later this morning on www.padems.com
Friday, March 07, 2008
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Huffington Post
March 8, 2008
10 Questions for Hillary Clinton
by Kevin Hench
1. When did Sen. Clinton cross the Commander-in-Chief threshold?
2. Was it before or after October 11, 2002 when she flunked the biggest foreign policy test of her career and voted to authorize the war in Iraq?
3. How can a candidate claim to be ready on Day One when on Day 646 of her senate career she voted for a war without reading the 90-page National Intelligence Estimate that so convinced senate colleague Bob Graham the war was a mistake?
4. Are you okay with the Clinton campaign darkening Sen. Obama's complexion in its ads and would you be okay with it if that's what it took to win the nomination?
5. Do you think Sen. Clinton's failure to plan for a primary campaign beyond Feb. 5 -- best exemplified by the Iowa insult of Mississippi that she figured would never come back to haunt her -- demonstrates the foresight you want in a president?
6. Do you think Sen. Clinton's top-down, consultant-heavy campaign spending -- that necessitated her $5 million loan to the campaign -- is an indication that she'd be a good steward of the economy?
7. Are you okay with a Democratic candidate suggesting that the Republican nominee would make a better Commander in Chief than her Democratic rival?
8. Do you agree with Howard Wolfson's charge that asking a presidential candidate to release her tax returns is tantamount to Ken Starr's $40M fishing expedition?
9. Do you agree with Mark Penn's suggestion that some states are significant and some states are insignificant?
10. Are you looking forward to another I-was-for-the-war-before-I-was-against-it general election campaign?
Voters in PA need to take a hard look at both campaigns here for the Democrats from a very real standpoint. Voters need to ask themselves some very important questions and be honest with themselves about their answers.
1. Which campaign has demonstrated the organization, leadership, inspirational motivation, overwhelming grassroots growth, and consistency of message since Iowa?
2. With content of character being at the very core of Democratic values, which campaign is truly committed to genuine transparency, advocating full disclosure of any and all monetary sources (ie. where did a spare $5,000,000 come from?)
3. Which candidate is truly less polarizing and has the greatest ability to reach across party lines in Congress to actually get things done in Washington?
4. As a Democratic voter, does it matter if one campaign destroys another with all out negativity, essentially arming Republicans with damaging political ammo and a more likely victory for Republicans in November? (While it may be fair, is it ethical?)
5. Which candidate offers the clearest contrast to the current administration appealing to the overwhelming sentiment that where we are is not where we want to be?
6. While it doesn't necessarily affect the political process here in the U.S. - does it matter to you that there is overwhelming International support for one of these candidates and do you think that this support might ultimately strengthen the U.S. alliances worldwide?
Open, honest answers to these questions should help decide what our country says to world as the largest free Democracy.
It should be noted that most of the entire country had no idea who Barack Obama was 1 year ago and looking over the growth and support graphs over the past few months should be a clear indicator as to where the U.S. wants to go.
Best of luck to both campaigns. This is a remarkable time. Let's try to focus on bringing people together to get this done in November.
I give - who?
I would ask all to research a bit about Obama. He was a state legislator for seven years. Every bill that he touts to have sponsored occurred in his seventh and final year of the legislature when it finally became Democratic-controlled. By this time, a local politician had decided to promote Obama for the federal senate seat, so legislation was given to him that other black legislators had advanced for years. One legislator compared it to carry the ball 99 yards, only to hand off at the one yard line and watch someone else get credit.
If you compare Obama and Hillary's votes in the Federal Senate, they're not too different, although Obama opted to vote "present" versus going on record on anything too controversial.
Instead of listening to Obama's speeches, please READ one and see if it excites you as much as hearing it.
Lori
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