Clinton creaming Obama in Ky.

MCCAIN LEADS CLINTON AND OBAMA BY DOUBLE DIGITS

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By Ryan Alessi
ralessi@herald-leader.com

U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton enters the final week before Kentucky's May 20 Democratic presidential primary with a commanding 27 percentage point lead over U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, a new poll shows.

She leads the Illinois senator 58 percent to 31 percent, with 11 percent uncommitted, according to a Herald-Leader/WKYT Kentucky Poll of 500 probable Democratic voters.

But either Democratic candidate would trail the expected Republican nominee, John McCain, in the state by double digits if the November general election were held today, reveals a companion survey of 600 likely voters from all parties.

The results reinforce the expectation that Obama will lose Kentucky, even as he seems on the verge of securing the Democratic nomination.

Also, the numbers put into doubt whether Kentucky will be a battleground state in the fall. McCain leads Obama by 25 percentage points and Clinton by 12. This could bode well for McCain, since the state has backed the winning presidential candidate in every race since 1964.

"This is a tough state for a Democrat for president," said Del Ali, president of Research 2000, which conducted the surveys. "If Obama's sitting down with (his chief strategist) David Axelrod going over the electoral map in the fall, Kentucky isn't part of the equation. I think with Hillary it could have been."

The telephone survey of 500 likely Democratic primary voters was conducted between May 7 and May 9 and has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points. The poll of 600 likely general election voters has a 4-point error margin.

Obama's campaign has long downplayed expectations in the Bluegrass State, as well as in neighboring West Virginia, where Democrats go to the polls Tuesday.

"€œSen. Obama is certainly the underdog in Kentucky," said Obama campaign spokesman Clark Stevens. "President Clinton and Sen. Clinton have been campaigning here for two decades. And people in Kentucky are just now getting to know Sen. Obama."

Stevens said Obama'€™s goal in these states is to personally deliver his message of change and to introduce himself to Kentuckians, which he will do at a Louisville rally Monday and at yet-to-be-announced stops Tuesday.

Ali said Obama could chip into Clinton's sizable lead, especially if some Democrats are persuaded by his leads among superdelegates as well as the popular vote, the number of states won and among total delegates needed to win the nomination.

"€œI actually think this polling shows an improvement for Obama,"€ Ali said. "If we had polled prior to the (May 6) primary in Indiana and North Carolina, my guess is that Hillary would have been over 60 percent."

Key numbers for Clinton

Clinton, meanwhile, is banking her survival in the race on big returns in Kentucky, as well as on Tuesday in West Virginia and Puerto Rico on June 1. The goal, Clinton strategists have said, is to overtake Obama in the national popular vote.

Depending on voter turnout May 20, a 27-point advantage in Kentucky could yield Clinton at least a 100,000 net gain in votes to cut into Obama's 710,000-vote lead.

But Clinton'€™s campaign expects the race in Kentucky to get closer in the last week.

"That margin is going to be difficult to maintain. It is going to tighten because we are being outspent,"€ said Clinton spokeswoman Jamie Radice. "€œSen. Obama, in other states, typically outspends us 3-to-1 or 4-to-1."

Clinton dominated Obama among most demographic groups in the poll, supported by about 60 percent of men, women and white Democrats.

Obama was the choice of 78 percent of blacks.

But because the black population makes up less than 8 percent of Kentucky's 4.2 million people, Obama'€™s support from that group isn'€™t as significant as it was in North Carolina, where about 30 percent of Democratic voters were black.

Clinton also received support from a majority in every age group.

Divergent Democrats

Despite the hard-fought primary, a majority of Democrats still viewed both contenders positively. About 33 percent had unfavorable opinions of Clinton, compared with 36 percent for Obama.

One of the biggest knocks against Clinton, said some Kentucky Democrats, was that she couldn't represent change.

"€œIf Hillary is elected that would mean the same two families have controlled the White House for 30 years," said Scott Zumwalt, a 36-year-old Obama supporter from Lexington. "If it were a business, it would be a monopoly."

Zumwalt said Obama "€œseems so well-qualified and has so much to say."

Many Kentucky Clinton-backers, however, questioned Obama'€™s experience and remarks by his retired pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.

"€œHe's not seasoned," Miriam Picconi of Lexington said of Obama. She said Obama showed poor judgment by remaining in Wright's congregation for as long as he did.

Among demographic groups, Obama performed best with the 18-29 crowd.

Still, only 37 percent of those youngest Democrats picked him. In the general election poll, McCain also ran ahead of Obama in each age bracket --€” including 18-29 year olds. McCain led 51 percent to 37 percent, which is the same margin Clinton held over Obama with that group.

"This is the only state so far where that holds true,"€ said Ali, who has polled across the country during this race.

What's ahead

Clinton's campaign touted the poll results as confirmation of one of her key messages.

"It shows what we've been saying all along, which is that Sen. Clinton would match up better against Sen. McCain,"€ Radice said.

Clinton trailed McCain 53 to 41 percent, with 6 percent undecided, among the 600 general election voters.

Obama's deficit against McCain was twice that -- 58 to 33 percent, with 9 percent unsure.

That gives McCain a good starting point, Ali said.

"White, rural voters are not going to vote for an African-American in Kentucky over a white, male conservative," Ali said.

Comments

[Hah!]

This poll was obviously taken before Mongiardo demonstrated his CHUTZPAH and endorsed Obama!

[KY knows how to pick our presidents]

Some idiot posted this earlier today:

"Good call on Mongiardo's part -- and it's indicative of exactly how misinterpreted is Obama's support in Kentucky. Mongiardo is not politically tone deaf - he knows Kentucky can and likely will go Obama in the primry."

Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha!

[KY Voted Against Lincoln]

Obama puts far more "red" states in play in November than Clinton. Just look at the sheer turnout in all the primaries he's won in the entire Great Plains and Mountain West regions and states like Virginia and Iowa.

[Linda Meyers]

Obama's campaign wants you to THINK and HOPE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGW38Zy4bJo

[Jim]

And we wonder why there is deadlock in Frankfort?? Kentuckians do not seem to vote in their own best interests.

Kentuckians elect Repulican State Senators who block any attempts to look for new revenue sources to fund infrastructure like schools and roads.

Kentuckians also elect US Senators who will not bring back dollars to fund interstate highway bridges in Covington, Louisville and Henderson. Instead they pass the buck for repair of federal infrastructure to the legislature and no one seems to care.

Now it looks like Kentuckians are favoring McCain a man who supports to the failed economic policies of the Bush Administration.--Borrow money from China to pay for a war without an exit strategy.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Kentucky is still very much operating in the GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM. Look at the party that is running the Clinton Campaign, none other than Jerry Lundergan, the disgraced former chair of the KDP.

A leader that was had to borrow money for the KDP because of his inability to raise large sums of money. I thought it rather humorous that Lundergan was appointed to help raise funds for Hilary Clinton, when he could not even raise money for the KDP without borrowing.

Kentucky will go for Hilary Clinton because that is still the mentality of our Democrats in Kentucky.

Because of his popularity numbers being so low, our Governor is non committal. Yet, the current chair of the KDP is carrying the Hilary banner and waving it fast and high.

When Obama in nominated, I wonder will the KDP party "big shots" stand up at the National Convention and see if any of the at large supers cast a vote for OBAMA?

Hilary Clinton is part of the GOOD OLD BOY SYSTEM that rules politics . . . and offers false promises for the future and makes up stories about her combat incident in Iraq.

If she lies about that, what else has she lied about?

And,lending her campaign millions of dollars. I guess she feels old "Slick Willie" will make that money back for them if she is elected.

It rather interesting that THE CLINTON'S WHEN THEY CAME TO THE WHITE HOUSE, had a net worth of less than one million dollars.

Today, the Clinton's have a worth of over 100 million. Who says politics does not pay well, not this blogger.

WITH OUR WITHOUT KENTUCKY OR WEST VIRGINIA OBAMA WILL BE THE DEMOCRAT NOMINEE. There exist too much momentum by OBAMA in the previous primaries to consider anyone else.

As for John McCain. The WHINNIER. When the real campaign starts after the convention, there exist, enough press clippings to take out John McCain who, as a GOP candidate, shares the same values as George W. Bush.

And, America has had enough GEORGE W.
And so have the families of the 4000 American Troops KILLED IN IRAQ AND AFGAN.

"I just wanna say!"

Jim Anderson Stivers
Frankfort, KY.

[Emalea]

First of all, typing out that someone you don't know is an "idiot" is not really much of a defense against someone's politial opinion.

Are you then happy about the price you are paying at the pump, your health insurance premiums, our national debt: http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/, the number of soldiers and contractors injured (physically and mentally--please read about the soldier suicide rates) and killed overseas in relation to the progress of our "goals" in Iraq? If you are not, then maybe Kentucky doesn't historically know how to pick presidents.

[Bucky]

It's easy to see why the Republicans do so well in Kentucky. The Democrat leaders never point out what is wrong with Republicans. They never remind the voters what the Republicans have done wrong.

[honestabe]

We should all thank God for Republicans!!!!

[Bill Adkins]

That was a swipe at me, Emalea - but look at the demographics of Indiana and how Obama lost only by 2 points. How differnet is Indiana from Kentucky? Not very. What you're seeing here is the Republican preference to run against Hillary. Obama is a tougher candidate, he has more organization than McWho, more money than McWho, a better presentation than John McWho (McWho sounds just like Truman Capote, doesn't he?) and McWho hasn't even gotten the attention he's going to get, attention he is NOT going to enjoy. Keating 5; Ted Sampley's noise; Myanmar lobbyist running his campaign; John Hagee's hate from the pulpit --- Obama will do fine in Kentucky as is reflected in his endorsements,i.e., Mongiardo - McCain has a tough row to hoe.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Mr., Adkins Sir,

The endorsement of a do nothing, say nothing Lt. Governor is not quite dynamite for Obama.

And, the Lt. Gov does not have to play his super delegate card, as he is not able to cast a vote - - as a super. But, he has opening endorsed Obama.

I don't know if that is posturing for a future run for some office, or just a back up in case Obama does do well in Kentucky.

Obama will not do well in Kentucky unless his grass roots organization gets out the vote. And, I would agree that . . . some Kentucky politicos, would rather see Mr. Hilary Clinton as the candidate as they think she can beat McCain.

And the truth is, when the real FIGHT GETS NASTY McCain will loose it with his temper.

Perhaps there has been a psychological impact on the GOP candidate from his years of captivity as a POW. Not, many . . . if any . . . come out of mental torture unmarked . . . in some way.

To vote for Hilary Clinton would the same old same old in Washington. I found it interesting the stock portfolio of THE CLINTON'S . . . IS MOSTLY INVESTED IN COMPANIES THAT MAKE PRODUCTS FOR GOING TO WAR.

If the Clinton's are going to protect their investment, then A WAR would serve Clinton and so many other USA citizens that buy stock in companies that make products for fighting wars.

She is not the answer, Hilary and Bill Clinton are part of the problem and we need to end this dynasty along with the BUSH dynasty in Washington.

[Bill Adkins]

Oh, I understand, JAS - it's Hillary v Obama right now. And you're right, grassroots organization is necessary. I simply believe Obama can put it together and he's got the necessary people to do so. Mongiardo is not alone - remember Chandler and others. I am not so negative against the Clintons as you appear to be- Hillary would make a good president and Bill is the best president since Roosevelt and for some time before FDR, too. But people would, I believe, turn out in large numbers to vote against her. McCain is a weak candidate and that's to Obama's advantage. McCain offers Bush's third term with no indication of progress or solution to our problems. Obama is a superior candidate in all ways to McCain.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Mr. Adkins,

To compare Bill Clinton to FDR is absolutely wrong. Bill Clinton could not wipe the shoes of FDR. Your evaluation of Clinton's performance, while serving two terms, was not the political ability of Bill Clinton, the market has a way of correcting itself in time.

So, "Slick Willie" had his hand on the wheel, but the economy would have rebounded anyway.

As for the present economy. How can we build infrastructure in the USA when George Bush is spending $400 Million dollars per day in Iraq?

And still no revenue from the Iraqi oil.

This economic downturn if far from over. And, it will be impossible to predict a recovery as long as the FEDS keep baling out the unscrupulous BROKERS, BANKERS AND MONEY PEOPLE.

There was absolutely no reason to BAIL OUT BEAR STERNS. It was the executives of Sterns that got the company in over its head in bad mortgage loans. When will government subsidies for greedy banks and brokers ever end.

ANSWER....never.. They make some very significant donations to both parties.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Economic Bill of Rights

PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D.ROOSEVELT.

As World War II drew to a close and industrial production dropped off, the question of full employment once again came to the fore.

President Roosevelt's program for individual economic security, promised in his message to Congress in January 1944, was presented in the Full Employment Bill of 1945. It called for the federal government to gear its investments and expenditures to provide jobs for everyone.

Congress devoted intensive study to the bill throughout 1945. However, the Full Employment Bill became the considerably whittled-down Employment Act of 1946. That act generated the Council of Economic Advisors, which had no teeth but to advise the president on matters of economic policy.

The so-called Second Bill of Rights was a proposal made by FDR in his State of the Union Address on January 11, 1944, to add a second bill of rights to the Constitution.

Roosevelt's rationale was that the political rights granted by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights had "proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness."

Roosevelt's remedy was to create an "economic bill of rights" that would guarantee the right:to a useful and remunerative job in the nation's mines, industries, farms, and shops;to earn enough to provide adequate food, clothing, and recreation; of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return that will give him and his family a decent living;of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;of every family to a decent home;

to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

to a good education.

Roosevelt asserted that having those rights would guarantee American security, and that America's place in the world depended upon how far they and similar rights were carried into practice.

In Roosevelt's Second Bill of Rights are found the elements of massive social change in postwar America. The bill did not pass, but a certain mentality ensued in Congress that lasted a full 40 years. Here is found the spirit of the Social Security Act, the GI Bill, the Civil Rights Movement, the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), Affirmative Action, universal health and what may be termed the “Welfare State."

[Bill Adkins]

You misunderstand, JAS - I said Bill is the best president since Roosevelt and for some time before FDR, too" FDR is in a class by himself - and the Republicans still hate and revile him and attack his ideals and programs. That said, Bill Clinton is superior to each and every president since FDR, bar none. This current Bush is a disaster of 1929 proportions. Are you saying the market will create his blunders, including that one in Iraq?

[Bill Adkins]

And no, I am not enamored with Truman or Kennedy or even Reagan who, absent Clinton, would be second to Roosevelt.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Epilogue

FDR

FDR, handicapped by polio, then later, an ailing heart, through three full and one partial presidential terms, had seen America through some of its most dire days. They included the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl of the Midwest and World War II. The accomplishments of the New Deal, that daring, innovative mega-scheme that ushered in a peaceful social revolution, has earned the nation's judgment of Roosevelt as one of the great presidents of U.S. history.

He did not witness all the fruits of his labors, such as the Manhattan Project, the United Nations, and Social Security, but all Americans live with them. Many hold dear the memory of those days in the mid-20th century cognizant of his devotion to America's security and the plight of the common man.

Mr. Adkins, the best I remember was Billy Bob . . . ran off to England rather than serve in Vietnam. There is not way to compare the thinking and the ideology of FDR to Bill Clinton. To post otherwise is a disgrace to the four terms served by our most popular President in the history of the USA politics.

No, Bill Clinton, is not, was not and never will be even close to the legacy of FDR.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Yes, the market will correct itself, only this time it will take a lot longer as we keep pouring billions of dollars into fighting an ideology. In Ideology you do not win . . .

You do what we are doing . . . waste valuable lives of young people. The very people who are in the lower economic scale - - to fight a war for oil, power and revenge.

How many Senators or Congressmen have ever served in the military in times of war?

George Bush could not take the physical because of his excessive abuse of mind altering, thru drugs and whiskey.

And . . . his serving two terms is an international embarrassment to the United States.

[Bill Adkins]

1) FDR
2) WJC
3) RWR

That's the best I can do for you besides type it slowly, JAS. I didn't say Clinton was better than Roosevelt - I said FDR was the best and Clinton came in second - you know, next in line?? and then Ronald Wilson Reagan. You remember Reagan? In so many war movies he thought he was at Harper's Ferry?

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Your post infers I am some kind of dim bulb Mr. Adkins . . .

Your arrogance is apparent. And I wonder . . . WHY THIS IS NECESSARY.

Jim Anderson Stivers

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Perhaps you should read some of the political history of HARRY TRUMAN and LYNDON JOHNSON.

They were able to pass some very significant legislation during their terms. Regain is not even close. Regain did and Nancy continues, to live in their own FANTASY WORLD.

Do actors really qualify as candidates to be President of the United States?

Not in my book they don't.

All their life . . .they had someone else mange their affairs and did little . . . other than act to achieve economic success.

[Bill Adkins]

It wasn't necessary, JAS - it appeared to me you were not picking up what I was laying down. Am I wrong?

[Bill Adkins]

I think Truman squandered some major American gains, JAS - and Johnson, well, he had great potential and he was a FDR protege - but Vietnam destroyed him. Johnson had great skill as a congressional leader, demonstrated in both house and senate. Reagan, for all his flaws, helped lift us out of the '60s - '70s depression.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

I can normally pick up what post put down however, since perhaps your post lacked clarity, for me, my reply was not what you expected.

When USA and World History is recored, and surely you will see Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson will be among the most respected for their term in office.

As to VIETNAM my history of this says the movement was started while we had a General as President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. From this administration the ideology was sold to the next and then the next and we ended up loosing 50,000 plus brave fighting, young men, in Vietnam.

I do believe this war spanned both the D and the R administrations.

It was- as many refer, "THE LONG HAIRS" that CONTRIBUTED much . . . to end the conflict. A conflict- we should never have been involved with.

Saw a good bumper sticker the other day.

"SOMEWHERE IN TEXAS . . . AN IDIOT IS MISSING!"

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Historical Significance:

Johnson escalated the war in Vietnam and eventually had to turn to peace when the U.S. was unable to achieve victory. He is also remembered for his Great Society policies where Medicare, Medicaid, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 1968 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965 were passed among other programs.

Events and Accomplishments of Lyndon B. Johnson’s Presidency:

Johnson created the Great Society programs which included antipoverty programs, civil rights legislation, the creation of Medicare and Medicaid, the passage of some environmental protection acts, and the creation of laws to help protect consumers.

Three important pieces of Civil Rights legislation were as follows: 1. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 which did not allow discrimination in employment or in the use of public facilities. 2. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 which outlawed discriminatory practices that kept blacks from voting. 3. The Civil Rights Act of 1968 which outlawed discrimination for housing. Also during Johnson's administration, Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968.

The Vietnam War escalated during Johnson's administration. Troop levels which started with 3,500 in 1965 reached 550,000 by 1968. America was divided in support of the war. America in the end did not have a chance of winning. In 1968, Johnson announced he would not run for reelection in order to spend time to get peace in Vietnam. However, peace would not be achieved until President Nixon's administration.

Mr. Adkins, as you can see Johnson got credit for many of the issues that were initiated and being structured during the John F. Kennedy years. It was Johnson who was in the right place at the right time.
And as you have emulated . . . Johnson was very experienced in what in takes to get issues approved by a Congress. He seemed to me, from his public image he was a whiskey drinking, loud, arrogant Texan politician . . .and had a way with both the House and the Senate.

Lyndon Banes Johnson will be remembered for the good and not the Vietnam era, which was passed to him by Kennedy. It was the USA citizens, thru the media and public demonstrations that forced Nixon to end the war.

[No, Bill]

Bill Adkins, you are wrong.

Republicans fear Hillary and are salivating at the chance to run against Barack Hussein Obama.

After all, only one candidate can claim as his spiritual adviser, a member for two decades of a church where he spewed his hatred on almost a weekly basis, a man who said "No no no, not God Bless America, God Damn America!" A man who said "God Damn America" three (3) times during one sermon.

Please, Democrats, nominate him.

He'll get votes from blacks and the ultra-left. That'll be his base. And that won't win nationally.

[Get a life, or at least let us have one!]

Why don't Stivers and Adkins simply IM each other and quit clogging up this entire blog with their self-indulgent nonsense.

[Bill Adkins]

Why don't you go color your books and play with your Hooked on Phonics while we grownups discuss politics?

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Get a life...

A mind . . . is a terrible thing to waste.

[Joe]

Sadly, we in Kentucky are not known for being on the leading edge when it comes to politics. We, along with our neighbors in West Virginia, are often caught looking backwards and fighting the battles of the past rather than looking for solutions and opportunities for the future. So, it is no surprise to me that Senator Clinton has a lot of support here the state. People fondly remember her husband's tenure in the White House, and let's not forget that Senator Obama is African America. Here in Kentucky, race is a big issue. If you don't believe that, just look at how we handled the whole issue of Tubby Smith's tenure at UK. If I had a son that was able to play college basketball, I could think of no finer man that I would want my child to have as a mentor than Tubby Smith. But a lot of backward people where in Kentucky despise the man despite everything he has done for this community both on and off the court. They are willing to swallow hard to prop up our current coach just to give some legitimacy to their own prejudices. The same is true with what is happening with Senator Obama's candidacy. Some people were just looking for an excuse to act upon their own deep seated prejudices. For those who need the extra push, enter Rev. Wright. Sadly, I think we need to look to what these poll numbers say about us and our state versus what they say about the candidates. Do we really like Hillary that much, or are we just holding our noses as a way of expressing continued intolerance?

[Brian]

Joe, no one is totally free from bias, not even you. However, your analogies do not hold water. I LOVE Tubby. But he had 10 wonderful years here and was treated like royalty by most people. It was time for a change. His character was impeccable, his coaching excellent, but his recruiting was just not up to Kentucky standards. All good things must come to an end. To blame that on race is a disservice to Tubby and to most fans. Frankly, it is a cop-out and it is divisive to allege such a thing.

Regarding Obama, it is his liberal record, lack of experience, and, to some degree his association with Rev. Wright that goes to his judgment that are the issues, not his race or his gender. Colin Powell would carry Kentucky and the nation over anybody.

Your comments may apply to some people. I do not believe they apply to most people. If Obama loses it will primarily be because of his liberal politics, not his race.

[Jim Anderson Stivers]

Brian:

You mean the same Colin Powell that appeared before the United Nations and issued false statements.

I would find it hard to believe Colin Powell did not know better, having served in the military his entire adulthood.

He allowed Condolessa Rice to use him in an effort to give credibility to George W. Bush and the lies he told the American public.

Is that the same Colin Powell?

Is in the same Colin Powell that caved in to George Bush Sr, during the fist Iraq conflict. Top Generals wanted to go into Baghdad and take out Saddam, but with George Bush Sr. approval ratings at 90% , at that time, he allowed the President to pull the forces out . . . an act which later developed into the current conflict in Iraq.

Not humiliated by that, Powell returns as Secretary of State with the JUNIOR. And he was able to land a job for his son as the head of the Federal Communications Commission, a job which he later resigned, when Powell Sr. decided he had enough and resigned, or was perhaps "encouraged to resign."

I like Colin Powell's public persona, but I think he is to easily swayed to political positions . . . that involve perception of those he represents. He knew better when he said the Iraq Army had mobile biological labs.

"I just wanna say!"

Jim Anderson Stivers

[Dr Hubert, Lt Col, USAF, Retired (2005)]

If Sen. Barack Obama was the right Democratic candidate, he would have won all or most of the states since two Black journalist let Americans know the truth about Obama's friends and questionable past. Even Obama's wife has raised questions for the average American.

Michelle Obama has been on the campaign trail for her husband. Few can ignore the hatred that Michelle Obama holds towards America. For someone whose law firm just raised her salary from $121,000 to over $320,000, Michelle Obama is experiencing the American dream not only in the workplace but also as a couple that is in the millionaire’s list. To make matters even better, Mrs. Obama seems to think that some Americans only paying $3 for gas while others are paying near $5 reflects some type of progress and should be grateful.

This seems to the be same type of hype that her husband, the Senator from Illinois uses on the campaign trail as both do not offer solutions to this growing problem. What is clearly known, since Democrats have taken over Congress, Americans are paying more in the gas pump and at the grocery store. At the same time, the DNC promotes its only politician, the Senator from Illinois and shows that as a political party, the DNC cannot be impartial. I hope the super delegates represent the voter’s desires and not the DNC party desires as promoted by Howard Dean and U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi. Americans can fairly blame the Iraqi war on President Bush but everything else in America including our failing economy is at the hands of the Democratic Party. Mostly through in action and supporting special interests that keep providing hidden donations.