It was interesting to hear the voices of traditional republican voters moving towards democratic candidates.  I really believe the last ten years have increased awareness of the environment and instilled a respect in a lot of people.  Will be interesting to see what happens when voting day arrives.

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Hillary is far from abandoned.  Just yesterday evening, Mario Cuomo in conversation with Wolf Bltzer on CNN was suggesting that an Obama/Hillary ticket might be very powerful for Democrats moving toward November.

Nevertheless, the opinions of all American voters are interesting, not least for reflecting the perceptions that they have received.

Also, Melinda Henneberger is IMHO one of the best journalists working today.  She was excellent when she was doing the Vatican beat for the NY Times, following the silly Alessandra Stanley.  And now, I enjoy reading her columns in the Catholic opinion magazine Commonweal.

But some opinions of good American voters can be very frightening indeed.  Here is yesterday's remarkable article in the Washington Post, on racist assaults on Obama campaign workers:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008 ....

Fortunately, CNN's usually very good Jack Cafferty paid some attention to this.

Chickens deserve our true friendship! So do fish! So do other sentient beings! Let us learn to be kind.

After I read Hillary's comments last week

("Senator Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans is weakening again," Clinton said, apparently citing an Associated Press article, which also found "how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me.")

I couldn't help but chuckle. Ok I laughed pretty hard. I know it is a very stereotypical bit of humor but still, it's funny.

Then again, since all of the major media seems to just expect Obama to get the lion's share of the black vote all of the time for no other reason than he is of mixed race then why not expect Hillary to get the hillbilly vote? I mean, she essentially said it herself in the quote above.

But the question is, can the white trash vote be the determining factor in who becomes our next president? An interesting thought. I mean Jesse Ventura (former pro wrestler) became governor of Minnesota didn't he? So it could happen. Someone needs to ask Hillary what makes her the white trash candidate.

Maybe she ought to do a guest spot on Jerry Springer. It could be her and Bill and Monica and Hillary and Monica could get into a catfight. Oh wait, that is what Jerry is always about so maybe Hillary really is the perfect white trash candidate...

Mike Johnston

The peoples are voting in the election every time for getting a good leader to manage them. But there is no way, because lot of persons are getting corruption and doing some illegal activities. We need good one to leadership our government.
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