The article above states that ' ...she had referred to Mr Obama's repeated comparisons of himself to Dr King and John F. Kennedy...'. I have neither read nor heard Obama compare himself to these two great leaders. Is this accurate?

Obama is a leader because his vision and strategic insights move people on an emotional level. Hilary Clinton is an excellent school teacher, a very good swot and needs to bring these attributes also to serve America. She polarises America instead of bringing people together.

At the end of the day, when you take out all of the detail, you see very clearly that Obama is a one in a generation leader. America needs a leader. Obama is the one. It will also be good to have Hilary Clinton on side as well.

After reading much about these primaries thus far, I truly believe that Obama is the only real hope for progress. Let the Architect (Obama) supply the design and the bricklayers (incl. Hilary Clinton) work to build the house.

Joe Hammond, London, England

Hitlery ahem I mean Hillary just wants to take the 2008 race off issues where she is weak compared to anyone.

Nate, Las Vegas, Nevada

Aren't these people on the same side ? What a strange way to do politics !

Paul, Rennes, France

Au contraire. It is the Clinton camp that has injected race into the campaign. They are skillfully trying to bait Obama so that he will make the campaign about race... something he has avoided. Evidence: Which campaign mentioned "cocaine" twice on national television with reference to Obama, suggested he was a drug dealer, called him a "kid" (i.e., "boy"), characterized him as lazy, cartoonized him as a street basketball player, and obliquely referred to his campaign as "shuck and jive"? Answer: Hillary Clinton's campaign.

Lynn, Cincinnati, Ohio

The commenton the LBJ enacment is a coded racial message.
Look at the facts , governments pass laws not protesters
which of course we all know so why did she bring it up.
Simply to reassure the white southerners .
She has a large black support which she needs to make it to the whitehouse, so she is playing with fire here.

shaun Gibbs, meerbusch, Germany

It is absolutely true that a civil rights bill would never have passed in the US as early as 1965 without the skillful political mastery of Lyndon Johnson. We forget his political genius because of the Vietnam tragedy that followed. I think that was Hillary's point, though perhaps poorly made, that a President cannot live just by soaring rhetoric, but must know how to run the machinery of government. And in that I think she does have a point.

James Lachowsky, Swindon, Wiltshire

When you look at the Clinton campaign in particular, and also the popular reactions to these political games, you understand how the Americans ended up with someone like Bush. The dynasty approach is perhaps the worst aspect, and for this reason alone it would be a mistake to elect Clinton: at least the UK and most other European countries are not ruled by a small number of political families. (The exception is Greece, of course.)

Martin Baldwin-Edwards, Athens, Greece

Why is Obama deliberately distorting the Clinton's views and why is his campaign distributing packets of disinfo? Is this the change Obama and his followers expect the rest of us to vote for?

no thanx

Dante, Charleston, SC

Barack going to school in another country and playing Monopoly does not give him foreign policy and financial experience.

Hillary DOES have more experience than Barack, and has earned a shot at the Presidency.

Barack is NOT Dr. King, so he should stopped knocking off King's speeches. Barack is going to have to bleed & sweat for a few years before he can even pretend to be like King.

And yeah, Barack's camp is pulling the race card. He's so transparent, it's pathetic.

What a wannabe!

Too Much., Bay Area, USA

obama should know his facts because it is true it rtook a president to help Martin luther king dream by passing the civic right law. obama needs to read books and history

frank, houston , texas

I don't think the issue is about race issues, as much as it is the fact that Clintons are denying Barack the right to say a simple message of hope , liking himself to the Movement of MLK and JFK , as a Inspiration of Hope , so the Clintons instead of attacking Barack on him personal point of view , should have instead gave people their own version of their message of hope being a similar liking to someone they felt association with , like who , I don't know , maybe they feel they are the best there is , that there just is no way to improve on the Legitimacy of the Clinton political war machine . I mean if Hillary is willing to deny Baracks comments , challenging his freedom to speak about MLK and JFK , then what do Ordinary Americans get to look forward to if she is President ? Freedom of the Press will be censored for sure ! they attacked him when Hillary mis-read the NH polls , so what will happen is she mis-reads Intel reports like Bush did , will she attack a country too????????

Tony Newbill, Wickenburg, AZ

Mrs Clinton has no more experience than Obama. When she speaks of her experience at the white house, she really is referring to the way she coped with her husband’s roving eye and the scandals that engulfed his presidency.

John T Cunningham , swindon, UK