2008 is not 1988.

That's astute!

Everyone is saying that Obama represents hope.

I have to ask - but what are his proposals that will fulfill that hope? Wasn't Bill Clinton the Man from Hope (now that's Huckabee)?

Where's the beef? I can't name one proposal that Obama has put forth. Not one. (And I have been paying attention!)

That's scary.

I am with Sha...I am having a hard time finding substance over rhetoric..But he does have the Oprah blessing so there hundreds of thousands of people who have instantly made up their minds - in either direction.

What people need to know about Obama is that he employs on his staff a man named Zbigniew Brzezinski, who worked in the Carter administration. Z.B. wrote a book called "The Grand Chessboard," which is one of the most fascist and insulting books I've ever read. The man is like Dick Cheney, intelligent, but totally absent compassion. His book is a layout of our current strategy to subvert the rest of the world to American Imperialism and expand our Empire until there is one world gov't...this is done by manipulating all the countries in what he calls Eurasia, through various means of war, economic manipulation, etc. I know Kucinich would not have given Obama his endorsement were he familiar with these facts..unless, like Obama, Kucinich is not the man he appears to be. But I believe he is--that's why he's being silenced through a new level of corporate favoritism.

The guy is a compulsive liar. No one in Illinois likes him.

Reality check: Obama won last night, so a whole lot of Iowans like him. We'll see how Illinois feels.

I know, it hurts.

On Jackson and Obama: No comparison. Jackson was a "Saul Alinsky dude".

Obama appears the consummate politician.

On Brezinski's book: He was writing for Kissinger's (former)clients. Carter already had a tough time convincing the Hawks he was tough enough: But they booted him out, anyhow,after stalling SALT 2 in the Senate.

I'm a life-long Illinois resident and everyone I know loves Obama. I've been volunteering across the river in St. Louis
as he is already strong here at home.
Paula

Why so much negative publicity about Romney's religion and no mention. about Obama's Muslim religion

Because Obama is not a Muslim! He is a Christian and if you paid any attention or did any research at all, you would already know that.

Senator Barack Obama is not Jesse Jackson! They're not the only two people in the world that have run for President. There is no logic whatsoever in making a comparison between the two.

I'm with PJL. I don't see the significance here at all. Obama won. Jackson didn't. They're both black.

What, exactly, is your point?

Because Bernie old chum, Obama is NOT...I repeat NOT a Muslim!!!

And if he were a Muslim, what would that signify? Would he automatically become a 'radical Muslim' or a terrorist? You guys need to stop jumping for the bait regarding his faith. The reaction is as if someone called him a thief or a murderer - being Muslim would not be a crime. And if his faith were a concern to you because he is a politician, now you know how concerned I am with the presense of so much Christianity in current politics. Judge not the guys faith but whether or not he can seperate that from his duties to our diverse culture and state.