17 blog reactions to www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080129_obama_clinton_and_the_war/

if the party’s presidential nominating contest is not resolved after the last primaries June 3...."Racism In The Ranks | AlterNet:"The results of the Pennsylvania primary show that racism is a problem that still plagues the Democrats...."Obama, Clinton and the War | Truthdig | Robert Scheer: "It should mean a great deal to progressives that in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Ted Kennedy favors Sen. Barack Obama over two other colleagues he has worked with in the Senate. No one in the history of that institution

What scares us about Hillary is she wants to seem like she's the toughest and strongest. Maybe it's the flack women take for the stereotype that they aren't as tough as men but her record

wins the nomination will ultimately get the support of most voters. But some have concerns that Obama supporters have been more deeply critical of Clinton than vice versa. For example, Robert Scheer, a long time progressive journalist in California, in an article promoting Obama on the basis of his anti-Iraq stance, was devastating on Clinton's record, and finished his article by reluctantly admitting that "Hillary would probably be better than the Republicans." "Probably"?! No difference between her and McCain who wants to

wins the nomination will ultimately get the support of most voters. But some have concerns that Obama supporters have been more deeply critical of Clinton than vice versa. For example, Robert Scheer, a long time progressive journalist in California, in an article promoting Obama on the basis of his anti-Iraq stance, was devastating on Clinton's record, and finished his article by reluctantly admitting that "Hillary would probably be better than the Republicans." "Probably"?! No difference between her and McCain who wants to

sense that his campaign has focused on building enthusiasm rather than bogging down in policy details. Yes, those details must come eventually, and probably pretty soon. Clinton has a couple of marks against her in my mind. First, as Robert Scheer has pointed out, she has a history of hawkishness which anti-war progressives just can’t support, and not only with respect to Iraq — see her positions on Iran and her public admonishment of Obama for suggesting that we might actually talk to our enemies. Second,

Neither wish to decrease our national defense budget or get rid of the PATRIOT Act. Neither will immediately remove all troops from Iraq or comment on the fact that the United States tortures people. Just because Obama has "charisma" and Clinton has "experience" doesn't mean anything will really change if one of them becomes president. In a new article on Counterpunch.org, Ralph Nader states his belief that neither of these two Democratic candidates have been asked questions that really reflected the current

dominate Clinton's, I worry that on this crucial matter too he will dash to the middle and find excuses for not ending the war. But there you have it, the slenderest difference. Obama gets my vote.* __________ * I found these essys by Gary Younge, Robert Sheer, Christopher Hayes, Ari Berman [1] [2] and Earl Ofari-Hutchinson useful in thinking about all of this. P.S.: Within minutes of posting this, my friend Susan Orr roundly berated me for my decision. It is not that she has any great liking for Clinton.

possibility. Clinton would be a valuable and competent executive, but Obama matches her in substance and adds something that the nation has been missing far too long -- a sense of aspiration. Also of interest is Bob Scheer's brilliant new piece for Truthdig.com: "Obama, Clinton, and the War.

Obama, Clinton and the war By Robert Scheer, Truthdig, January 29, 2008 It should mean a great deal to progressives that in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Ted Kennedy favors Sen. Barack Obama over two other colleagues he has worked with in the Senate.

we are just going through the motions of nothing but pure theater..? There still may be the Bloomberg factor to shake things up a bit… Where’s Al Gore when you need him? There’s a very good article over at Truthdig by Robert Scheer called “Obama, Clinton and the War” that is worth the read.