Comments on: Obama Doesn’t Do As Well As Clinton Against McCain With White Voters

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 22 May 2008 19:35:38 +0000

Jewish Americans are not demanding this of Israel.

Bull.

I suggest you read this article by Glenn Greenwald: http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/04/...

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:20:15 +0000

“Could you imagine the reaction if Mexican immigrants demanded that Obama or McCain pledged his unwavering fealty to the government of Mexico?”

Jewish Americans are not demanding this of Israel. (If you claim or even try to insinuate they are, then your words become true: “No. Sorry. Wrong.”) You are overreacting to obvious common-sense concerns Jewish Americans have with Obama's leftist foreign-policy statements and likely views (concern that extends to normal Americans outside the heavily Democratic and liberal Jewish American cohort).

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:23:47 +0000

DLS,
That WSJ writer apparently forgot that this is an election for the President of the United States of America.

Yet the significant question isn't whether Mr. Obama is "pro-Israel," in the sense that his heart is in the right place and he isn't quite Jimmy Carter. What matters is whether his vision for U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East – and the broader world view that informs it – will have ancillary effects favorable to Israel's core interests.

No. Sorry. Wrong.

The primary responsibility of the President of the United States of America is to the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Could you imagine the reaction if Mexican immigrants demanded that Obama or McCain pledged his unwavering fealty to the government of Mexico? They would rightly be laughed off the national stage. And yet, that's exactly what's being asked of every American politician of any significance. It's a sickening double standard.

By: DLS

DLS — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:15:23 +0000

Obama's weak elsewhere. Just in case any of you Obama lefties were planning another right-wing Samuel Francis-style attack against Holly the next time she is criticizing Obama...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121124017412505...

By: pacatrue

pacatrue — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:25:58 +0000

Thanks for the poll link, Joe.

Of course, the difference between the Clinton numbers and the Obama numbers are about 4%, which is likely just out of the margin of error, and, while numbers don't shift as much as one might think with campaigning, 4% is surely a manageable difference.

By: John McCain » Obama Doesn’t Do As Well As Clinton Against McCain With White Voters

Wed, 21 May 2008 23:10:56 +0000

[...] Starked DC wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A new Gallup poll says Democratic Senator Barack Obama will not do as well when matched against GOP presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain among white voters as Senator Hillary Clinton would — particularly because he has problems with white women voters: Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee, will likely enter the general election with more of a handicap among white voters than would have been the case if Hillary Clinton had been the nominee, based mainly on Cl [...]

By: Obama Doesn’t Do As Well As Clinton Against McCain With White Voters | Politics in America

Wed, 21 May 2008 22:40:43 +0000

[...] enewstopia.com wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt A new Gallup poll says Democratic Senator Barack Obama will not do as well when matched against GOP presumptive Republican Presidential nominee Senator John McCain among white voters as Senator Hillary Clinton would — particularly because he has problems with white women voters: Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee, will likely enter the general election with more of a handicap among white voters than would have been the case if Hillary Clinton had been the nominee, based mainly on Cl [...]