That’s just a prediction tho. I suppose I could be wrong.

It really comes down to how you want to perceive things.

Yep, it’s sad but true. If Obama’s the nominee, I’ll crawl over broken glass to vote for him if I have to. But still, I don’t think we’re doing some disservice to our party by pointing out that he’s not perfect. I know all the Obama fans in the “netroots” have visions of “permanent majorities” and “change” and “people-powered revolution” and sugar plum fairies dancing in their heads, but let’s get real. He’s had an easy time with the media so far, and that’s about to change if he wins tomorrow and becomes the nominee. If you thought the right’s attacks on Kerry in 2004 were nasty, then be prepared for a total onslaught against Obama.

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We’re not “giddy”. We’re only asking the tough questions that need to be asked before we have a nominee. Is Obama ready for primetime? We know Hillary’s survived it all over the last 16 years. But since Obama has NEVER been in a competitive election against a Republican, we don’t know how he’ll be able to handle the heat. We already know the same old garbage the GOP has always been throwing at “The Clintons”… But how will Obama handle scrutiny over his voting record? Over his inconsistencies on trade & economic issues? Over Rezko?

We should deal with this now, so that we’re prepared when the GOP comes to smear & swift boat us to death.

You have to admit that the media has taken it pretty easy on Obama. When they decide to finally be critical of Obama his public perception will decidedly suffer. The American public is on his bandwagon right now because it is “hip” and “cool”. They will disembark once it isn’t the “in” thing.

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I keep hearing this as well. They’ve thrown everything at her yes and I know many Dems and Republicans who will not vote for her no matter what. That is not going to change any time soon. I however would vote for Hillary and will work hard for her. But really, I’m tired of hearing Dem get giddy over the idea of Obama crashing and burning just because they dislike him so.

You say the perception of him will change. That is something neither of us can know and this would be the case with ANY candidate!

Just wait until the media’s love affair with Obama ends. I believe that will be shortly after he wins the nomination (if he wins it). They will turn on him like a pack of wild dogs.

The perception of him will change quite a bit once they start in on him like they have continually done with Hillary.

We already know what they are gonna throw at Hillary, they have been throwing it since 1992. He on the other hand is unchartered territory. It will get ugly real fast and the only thing that will “change” is his poll numbers. That change will be a big downward spiral.

Wow, that’s taking it rather far, too far. I’m tired of this demonization of either candidate. 130 present votes is troubling but out of how many votes he cast in the state senate? It is actually 130 “Present” votes out of a total of 4,000. That comes out to roughly 3% of his votes.

Hillary said that she voted for the bankruptcy bill but hoped it wouldn’t pass. I’m sorry, none of our candidates are above this and the issue with Obama is he’s merely another poiltician, nothing more, nothing less. And if we hold all politicians to this standard and that they can never say the system must change, then it never will. Politicians still have to operate within this system. Hillary taking millions from lobbyists will not change the system, business as usual. You can argue this until you are blue in the face with either of them.

What drives me crazy is that Clinton supporters refuse to admit that there is an issue with Clinton herself, not even her, but the perception of her. As the campaign has gone on she’s lost supporters, she started out way ahead of everyone else and we don’t need this for the GE.

Present votes and mistakes will not mean that Obama is going to press the wrong button and your fear mongering will not make it so.