The old hag(Ms. Clinton) is not even talked about. She is a has been. It is time for new ideas and younger people. We don't want a senior citizen as president again.

Wow, Maria - gender AND age discrimination in a two-line post. Way to go! If you'd called her a cracker you could've hit the trifecta. Love that mature and reasoned debate!

(BTW, Hillary is 60, which in many places and situations does not qualify one as a "senior citizen"....)

Edwards #2 finish was strong for his efforts, lack of funding and who he was up against. I'll respectfully, quietly disagree with the assessment that he's spoiling for a VP slot.

Back in November, the NYTMag did a detail piece on his relationship w/ Kerry during the '04 race and it was clear that it was a means to an end and he remained, the entire time, his own candidate. I sort of doubt he's got room for one crumb of humble pie a second time. However, I'd like to be proven wrong.

Once I stopped laughing from the hysterical and dead-on comments of my man Party Ben, I realized all during the Obama speech, I had a wonderful feeling of deja vu. Nothing wrong, merely an all-too-seldomly-remembered feeling of pride in those who stand as leaders. When it comes to political speeches there are very few that resonate so deeply. Jesse Jackson's in 1984 at the Demo convention in San Francisco had me in tears of pride and hope (and on the damn Jumbotron and national tv with makeup streaming down my face). I worked for George McGovern in 1972, being one of his cadre of national staff travelling in swarms about the country wresting primaries from the old guard and thinking we were invincible. It's a heady feeling being right. And then came the 1972 General Election. Being right meant almost nothing.

A new day in a new century and I have hope again. I'm a grandmother now, and my hope is not so much for my future, but for that of my beloved grandboy...actually all the beloved grandboys/girls. There's been precious little to smile about in the last two decades of political dynasties. Even with the glory days of the Clinton administration, there was always the presence of that venally vicious pack of liars and thieves calling themselves the Republican leadership. Not all of them were despicable, but the few dedicated despots overwhelmed the thinking and human side of their party. We lost all hope of reason and trust in our government, especially with the illegal coronation of the idiot prince "dubya" (he doesn't merit a capital D). And for the last seven nearly eight years, it's been really bleak when it comes to pride in being an American (which is something we must find another word for...America is a hemisphere with many countries not just our word to isolate for our own use - another thing to get over in the 21st century). But I digress.

The Obama speech had every hair on my body tingling with excitement. I've been giving him money since he announced and I'm going to continue until I max out, and then find many more to do the same. What's even more powerful than Obama's words is the spirit and promise he puts behind them showing he intends to follow through on his pledge to lead this country into being a better place to live...not just survive. He thanked his wife Michelle who I think shows even more strength and poise. He says she is his rock, adding he has to do what he says cause he's afraid of what Michelle would do to him if he didn't. I believe him. This is a woman who doesn't play, and quietly and rather elegantly goes about the business of being a mother, a wife, and a statesman in everything she does. We need her to help right this country. The intellectual, emotional, and physical strength of this duo is what we need. I have every hope for u.s. with them and the kind of allies they would bring to the table leading us into the 21st century. The nightmare of the last eight years should remind us we are electing a whole administration not just a President.

Hope is a empowering thing. It makes you want to live and see and feel. Once again, it's part of my political lexicon, thank the gods. Think, listen and vote people...our future is at stake. No time like the present to make it a good one. Obama '88!

Grandma

Obama does sound good. Now, who gave him a hundred million bucks and why?

what John Edwards need to work on that we have been working hard in Iraq but we are not at peace there, so we need to realize that when you say you are to make change by working hard, well what is the fact is what are you working hard about . Terrorists work hard but that is not good for the world either.