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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1312694</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once a Goldwater Girl, always a Goldwater Girl.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;It was really just a matter of time.
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&lt;p&gt;I agree completely. Now, just what is Obama?&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Once a Muslim’s son, always…&lt;br /&gt;
Once a surfer dude, always …&lt;br /&gt;
Once a weed smoker and coke sniffer, always …&lt;br /&gt;
Or, once a Columbia Univ. Political Sci. major, always …&lt;br /&gt;
And, once a Harvard grad, always a Harvard grad, just like George W. Bush.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I still don’t know what influences made Obama and I still don’t have a clue what he really is politically. He has a Liberal-ish voting record and yet calls for Independents and Republicans to join him. He repeats Edwards speech lines and then is depicted as authentic. He lets his followers call people racist and he doesn’t say a word.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a terrible situation for us all.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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<p>Once a Goldwater Girl, always a Goldwater Girl.</p>
<p>It was really just a matter of time.
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<p>I agree completely. Now, just what is Obama?</p>
<p>Once a Muslim’s son, always…<br />
Once a surfer dude, always …<br />
Once a weed smoker and coke sniffer, always …<br />
Or, once a Columbia Univ. Political Sci. major, always …<br />
And, once a Harvard grad, always a Harvard grad, just like George W. Bush.</p>
<p>I still don’t know what influences made Obama and I still don’t have a clue what he really is politically. He has a Liberal-ish voting record and yet calls for Independents and Republicans to join him. He repeats Edwards speech lines and then is depicted as authentic. He lets his followers call people racist and he doesn’t say a word.</p>
<p>This is a terrible situation for us all.</p>
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		<title>By: MarkH</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1312611</link>
		<dc:creator>MarkH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;CNN is running another of their insane online polls on their front page. It asks “Who would you prefer to have answer a White House crisis phone call at 3 am?”&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The votes now are McCain 27,986, Obama 27,779 and Clinton 20,326&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Don’t forget that’s&lt;br /&gt;
Republicans 27,986&lt;br /&gt;
Democrats 48,105&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;which, if I count right, is a blowout of vast proportions.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>CNN is running another of their insane online polls on their front page. It asks “Who would you prefer to have answer a White House crisis phone call at 3 am?”</p>
<p>The votes now are McCain 27,986, Obama 27,779 and Clinton 20,326</p>
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<p>Don’t forget that’s<br />
Republicans 27,986<br />
Democrats 48,105</p>
<p>which, if I count right, is a blowout of vast proportions.</p>
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		<title>By: ChrisO</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1312580</link>
		<dc:creator>ChrisO</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I haven’t read all of the comments, but so far I’m surprised no one saw it the way I did. What she was saying was in response to the head to head matchup against McCain. She was saying that Obama would be at a distinct disadvantage against McCain because of his lack of experience. The Obama campaign is always making the argument that he does better against McCain, so it’s fair for her to address that.She wasn’t saying McCain would make a better President, for Christ’s sake. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I know there’s a lot of Obama supporters out there who will always believe the worst interpretation of a story involving Hillary, but this is a primary. Candidates are running against each other. There are often contentious primaries, and how often do you see criticisms in a primary used effectively by the other party in the GE? All this talk about Hillary helping the Republicans is just more of the entitlement I’m seeing from many Obama supporters, who think he should be given the nomination now. If Obama goes to the convention with less than 2,025 delegates, guess what? It means he didn’t win enough to get the nomination. The nomination isn’t automatically his for coming closest. I think constantly telling your opponent to drop out is a really annoying move. I hope she stays in it to the convention.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven’t read all of the comments, but so far I’m surprised no one saw it the way I did. What she was saying was in response to the head to head matchup against McCain. She was saying that Obama would be at a distinct disadvantage against McCain because of his lack of experience. The Obama campaign is always making the argument that he does better against McCain, so it’s fair for her to address that.She wasn’t saying McCain would make a better President, for Christ’s sake. </p>
<p>I know there’s a lot of Obama supporters out there who will always believe the worst interpretation of a story involving Hillary, but this is a primary. Candidates are running against each other. There are often contentious primaries, and how often do you see criticisms in a primary used effectively by the other party in the GE? All this talk about Hillary helping the Republicans is just more of the entitlement I’m seeing from many Obama supporters, who think he should be given the nomination now. If Obama goes to the convention with less than 2,025 delegates, guess what? It means he didn’t win enough to get the nomination. The nomination isn’t automatically his for coming closest. I think constantly telling your opponent to drop out is a really annoying move. I hope she stays in it to the convention.</p>
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		<title>By: redX</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1312454</link>
		<dc:creator>redX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Who would you prefer to have answer a White House crisis phone call at 3 a.m.?&lt;br /&gt;
Hillary Clinton 25% 105132&lt;br /&gt;
Mike Huckabee 6% 24893&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;John McCain 31% 131579  &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;strong&gt;Barack Obama 38% 162386&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
Total Votes: 423990&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who would you prefer to have answer a White House crisis phone call at 3 a.m.?<br />
Hillary Clinton 25% 105132<br />
Mike Huckabee 6% 24893<br />
<strong>John McCain 31% 131579  </strong><br />
<strong>Barack Obama 38% 162386</strong><br />
Total Votes: 423990</p>
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		<title>By: xaxnar</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1312376</link>
		<dc:creator>xaxnar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;So, if McCain wraps up the GOP nomination, will Hillary campaign for him? Think of the time it would save us all!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The short summary of Hillary’s political record is this: she’s been on the ’safe’ side of too many issues too many times.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, if McCain wraps up the GOP nomination, will Hillary campaign for him? Think of the time it would save us all!</p>
<p>The short summary of Hillary’s political record is this: she’s been on the ’safe’ side of too many issues too many times.</p>
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		<title>By: shell</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1311685</link>
		<dc:creator>shell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I always remember Bill Clinton (he is not running BUT is her No. 1 campaigner) saying it would be very hard for Hillary to say anything negative about McCain in a general campaign.  Because he is so nice.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;What the ….?  Leaving aside everything else, that is outrageous.  And if Americans select Hillary as the Dem candidate, don’t be surprised what happens this fall.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Yes, yes — I REALIZE that he was trying to get swing voters.  But he has to realize that, in the process, he loses many progressives.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I always remember Bill Clinton (he is not running BUT is her No. 1 campaigner) saying it would be very hard for Hillary to say anything negative about McCain in a general campaign.  Because he is so nice.</p>
<p>What the ….?  Leaving aside everything else, that is outrageous.  And if Americans select Hillary as the Dem candidate, don’t be surprised what happens this fall.</p>
<p>Yes, yes — I REALIZE that he was trying to get swing voters.  But he has to realize that, in the process, he loses many progressives.</p>
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		<title>By: moondancer</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1311523</link>
		<dc:creator>moondancer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I finally found it.  Salon.com  March 3/ War Room by Alex Koppelman.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I finally found it.  Salon.com  March 3/ War Room by Alex Koppelman.</p>
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		<title>By: wasabi</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1311522</link>
		<dc:creator>wasabi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Yes, that’s kind of like Obama saying he’ll get all her voters, but will she be able to get his.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, that’s kind of like Obama saying he’ll get all her voters, but will she be able to get his.</p>
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		<title>By: CalGeorge</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1311514</link>
		<dc:creator>CalGeorge</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;If experience leads to knee-jerk patriotism - resulting in flag-burining amendments and pro-war votes, then experience is &lt;em&gt;way&lt;/em&gt; overrated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I want a President who thinks independently and doesn’t suffer from the dreaded herd mentality. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;That’s Obama.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If experience leads to knee-jerk patriotism &#8211; resulting in flag-burining amendments and pro-war votes, then experience is <em>way</em> overrated.</p>
<p>I want a President who thinks independently and doesn’t suffer from the dreaded herd mentality. </p>
<p>That’s Obama.</p>
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		<title>By: snowbird42</title>
		<link>http://firedoglake.com/2008/03/04/protecting-the-brand/#comment-1311462</link>
		<dc:creator>snowbird42</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I like what Booman is saying&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/3/4/10307/37263&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.boomantribune.com/s.....0307/37263&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like what Booman is saying<br />
<a href="http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/3/4/10307/37263" rel="nofollow">http://www.boomantribune.com/s&#8230;..0307/37263</a></p>
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