Go Obama .......Go. You can do it.

Joy.T, london, united kingdom

I have been reading through comments on the Hillary Clinton facebook group and I came across a comment stating: "Barak Obama and Ike are Islamic lovers!"

The kind of attitude that the 'author' of this comment has is so backward-thinking and horrendous. Many of the comments written by Americans on this facebook group in such a modern world are seriously worrying.

Shouldn't politics be about things such as, human rights, social & economic policies? It is a shame that some people are narrow minded enough to base their views on skin colour & religious views rather than political ideology. People who have these views need to go out into the world and mix with different people. I'm currently a law student and in realising how racist the world still is, feel that I should put my degree to good use by helping in any way I can to eradicate these backward views.

Sophie , Liverpool, UK

Um... Nebraska is 90 percent white and has a black population of 4%. Obama won NE handily.

Maine is .4% black. Yet again Obama looks to have won that state handily.

The only place where there seems to be polarization is in the South.

Bad reporting, Sarah Baxter.

Bruce, Santa Barbara, USA

Democracy through dollars spent on advertising is ridiculous. The US government should provide for equal advertising for all canadidates through donors or even tax dollars. The voters can decide based upon the campaigns. Untested Obama is charismatic, but Clinton is what the US and the world need right now. I'd supoort Obama in 2016 after eight years as VP.

Emma H., Ottawa,

Go Obama!!

Kris, Kansas City, MO

"I think this is stereotyping: "...the Democratic race remains polarised between race, gender and class in some states, with Obama winning 82 per cent of the black vote and Clinton winning 70 per cent of the white vote, according to CNN." If you're talking about Louisiana that may be the case, but not Nebraska and Washington, especially Nebraska where whites are in the vast majority and thus had to have mostly voted for Obama.

Simon, London, UK"

Exactly, can someone help the reporters here. They are DUMB. It's not that hard to point out what you pointed out

John, St. Louis, MO,

America, please save us all from that Clinton woman!

Glenn - Brit ex-pat, Auckland, NZ

Barak is a very bright, charismatic, personable guy. I just hope he doesn't win the presidency. He is, also, the most liberal candidate in the election. We would be taking a huge step towards becoming a nanny state if he gets in office.
The U.S. is pretty much split in half when it comes to conservatives and liberals. Only a small percentage are on the extreme fringes of those groups. The average American doesn't mind the government involved in their life in a limited way but Barak is a huge government candidate.
As a conservative, my hope would be Hillary wins. She is a joke. She would be all but impotent as a president. Unlike her husband, who served for eight years, she is very unlikeable.
Republican candidate John McCain has zero chance of election. A large number of republicans will not vote for McCain because, even though he belongs to the party he is more democrat than republican. A huge number of conservatives I know will be voting third party this coming election.

Bryan, Enid, Ok, US

I am a keen watcher of US politics, with all the healthy debates that are especially issues based.I look forwarwd to a time that politics in my country would be run with so much transparency and good organisation.I wish the best candidate would win.

andy, akure, nigeria

Hillary Clinton is a woman of substance. Barak Obama.is like a rock star. She has worked tirelessly all of her life for the disadvantaged, It's disgusting how she has been treated. I am sure Barak will one day be a great President but right now he does not hold a candle to her experience.

lorette phillips, new york, ny

Typical...Hillary talks about the future of America, Obama talks about how people like him better than our Hillary...

Chris E., Merthyr Tydfil, Wales

With all this interest and momentum in the Obama camp, let's hope that some idiot with a gun doesn't put pay this promising exhibition of democracy in action. Parallels with the Kennedy's has often been made, we can only hope that this is in policy and charisma only and not their eventual fate at the hands of a fanatic or political plot.

The US has a dubious track record of sorting out such charismatic leaders with the bullet rather than the ballot.

Bruce Robinson, Plymouth, Devon

The Clintons had their chance for 8 years. The debacle of the Clintons led to the Bush dynasty that has proven to be a disaster for our country both at home and abroad. When we ask ourselves what country should we visit the bigger question is, "Who doesn't hate us?" Well, Ireland and Australia seem friendly enough.

Did you ever watch Hillary during a presidential state of the union address? It's embarassing as she rolls her eyes with her arms folded. I don't care who is president. You are supoosed to be cordial and give that person your attention. You don't act like a child. The woman, like her husband, has no class. Speaking of which, he has been more of a detriment to her campaign than anything else. She should send him away until the primaries are done. Where's Monica when you need her?

If Hillary wants more votes she may have to turn on the tears again but then again...we know that trick..

Ron, Chicago, IL

Yeah yeah.... But what does Obama actually stand for?

DickW, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Who suggested Hillary as Obama's running mate? Don't make me laugh. She would never accept second place. If she did I would seriously fear for Obama's safety. And Hillary in the White House again? What will she take with her when she leaves the next time? Who will she pardon on her departure? What other skeletons from her closet will come back to haunt her? This is a ruthless woman, the claws will be out for Barack from now on. His past, I am sure, is already being raked over with a fine toothed-comb by the Clinton team.
But, Barack, don't give up because yes we can!

Caroline, San Jose, Costa Rica

I would ask that the nails be taken out of the coffin as the race is not yet even close to over. I still fully support hillary despite the increasingly onesided media exposure for obama and everyone who have let their decision be decided by the news media.
I urge you to make up your own mind no matter who you support just ask who will best complete the tasks they claim they will. Do you honestly think Mr Obama will be able to follow through with such Hurculean tasks???

John R, Miami, fl

Barock, This email about today's winnings is sounding a bit arrogant, in my opinion. Please don't alianate and split our democratic party at this stage.

Bernadine Irwin, Loma Linda, California

Twice as many voters turned out at my caucus in Washington than organizers were ready for. We overflowed out of the gym and took up the library of the elementary school. This surge of new voters were for Obama, and they swamped the Clinton voters. Many were young, but some were retired, some had even been Republicans up until today. Obama is just bringing these people out of the woodwork.

Martin, Redmond, Washington

Now is probably the time for Hispanic-Americans to be reminded that if Obama wins the Presidency, they will need his goodwill.

Tom Benford, Kyoto, Japan

Dear Prudence,
"Untried, ill equipped , rabble rousing fire and brimstone orator" Hmmm. I must say that Obama's oratory moves me as no has since Bobby Kennedy...and I hope I'm not "rabble." But to address your other issues - In what way may I ask, has Hillary Clinton been "tried" in the office of president? Sleeping in the White House does not qualify her per se. If you are speaking of legislative experience, Obama has more. If you are speaking of organizing experience, working directly with people in need, Obama has more. I am a middle aged woman, not I think, a misogynist, and I support Obama. If Hillary wins the nomination, then of course, I will be behind her, but I firmly believe Obama is the better candidate.

Linda, Bloomfield, CT (currently in Tokyo)

Obama is the real deal... just as Bush has been the real deal for the last 8 years.

Pathetic!

Satyricon, Boston, MA

"He's inspiring so many, and we desperately need to be inspired." - David, Black Mountain, NC


Best statement of the day...

Aaron, Birmingham,

Record of Sen. Barack Obama:

During the first 8 years of his elected service he sponsored over 820 bills:
1. 233 - healthcare reform
2. 125 on poverty and public assistance
3. 112 crime fighting bills
4. 97 economic bills
5. 60 human rights and anti-discrimination bills
6. 21 ethics reform bills
7. 15 gun control
8. 6 veterans’ affairs and many others.

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These included:

1. The Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law)
2. The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law)
3. The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate
4. The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law)
5. The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.

Joe MB, Luton, United Kingdom

from all that i have read and heard ,through the internet, is just enough for me to beliee that obama is the right person for the presidency of the USA. i mean hes a real man full of integrity and greater hope for the future nation of USA.
God bless

nicholas ssengonzi, kampala, Uganda

The problem with Hilary and hopefully it will be her downfall, is how she took everything for granted, she felt it was her divine right, now it is even being reported she is planning early April to ask the Grand of the Democratic Party to ask Barack Obama to stand down.

Barack Obama has the momentum, their is a genuine excitement that politics has not seen for a long time, it would be totally wrong now for the democrat superdelegates to turn against the voters wishes as it could really come back on them.

BARACK OBAMA can bring about a UNITED States of America and make Changes in the world as well.

John B Sheffield, Newton, LA

I think this is stereotyping: "...the Democratic race remains polarised between race, gender and class in some states, with Obama winning 82 per cent of the black vote and Clinton winning 70 per cent of the white vote, according to CNN." If you're talking about Louisiana that may be the case, but not Nebraska and Washington, especially Nebraska where whites are in the vast majority and thus had to have mostly voted for Obama.

Simon, London, UK

i hope britain can be inspired by barack obama's political success in america to move forward from the subtle racism that exists in its country.

i believe obama will become the front-tunner for the democrats and subsequently be the 44th president of the usa.

christina smith, London, United Kingdom

Finally ....someone who uses the right words "Trounced" Tonight Hillary Clinton was trounced. There is no way around it......it doesnt matter that he ran more ads.....he has more money because hundreds of thousands of people give him 10, 20, 50 dollars. Tonight I will go and give him another 100. He is a movement that cannot be stopped. He is like a train coming at you. There is no way to stop the excitement that he stimulates in voters.

Staci, Los Angeles, CA

As a resident of Illinois, I have followed Obama for quite some time. He is the real deal. I think he is this country's best hope at uniting our country.

Lois, Granite City, IL

Osama Bin Laden just faded into the woodwork after masterminding the single worst atrocious act of terrorism against the American people.
What do the citizens, do then, according to the world press, try
to elect as it's President, an untried, ill equipped , rabble rousing fire and brimstone orator, instead of a savvy intelligent woman!I
Misogyny is certainly alive and well and living in the USA!
Well, at least as far as Democrat party members are concerned.
Still history has it that this party is well used to shooting itself in the foot!
It looks like another Republican eight years in the White House!

prudence eely bond mcguire, LONDON, ENGLAND UK.

Barack Obama can rock more than just our heart, He can rock the whole world!

Tami, Virginia, USA

I would love to be the first person to say "Welcome to the White House, Mr. Obama", ha ha, I said it!!!

donna, powell river, B.C. Canada

I think it's sad that so many Obama supporters have the attitude that, should he lose the nomination, they will stay home on election day. I think this attitude is childish. Such people are willing to let the Republican nominee win out of mere spite.

I've done a complete 180 on Hillary, from dislike to admiration and respect. She's not charismatic -- though she's becoming more personable; have you noticed? -- but she's more passionate than Obama and far more qualified. Obama has proven himself as a spellbinder, and only as a spellbinder. History is replete with examples of spellbinders who have brought ruin in their wake. It isn't enough to be able to command crowds. Experience matters. To suggest that Hillary's experience is useless or counterproductive because it's experience gained in Washington is ludicrous.

Mike Frazier, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Whatever the outcome of this election, I am so proud of my country for the candidates that we are putting forward. The diversity proves that America is finally "America"....a land where we have government "BY THE PEOPLE".

God Bless America

Donna P., Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Obama is energetic, a good talker and above all he's untarnished by years of Washington D.C. life (he's only a first term Senator.) He will give Hillary a great run, but I'm not convinced that Mrs. Clinton has pulled out the 'Big Guns' yet.

The states that are left to win for the Democratic nomination lead down a hard left turn in the road. A hard left that only Hillary can feint and get away with.

Let's put it this way, Obama prides himself on maintaining a steady discourse. He wants some things that are left of center but he's not willing to really put his socialism on the table - because it's going to be hard for him to back out of it for the general election. Hillary knows how to steer left and then center up before anyone catches her just enough to snag those hard left delegates. Not to mention the 'Superdelegates' - yes Britain, in America, in Party races at least one person does not always equal one vote. You don't like it? talk to the Electoral College :)

Angelo, Atlanta, USA

I don't particulary embrace either candidate and would have voted for Kucinich, but at least Obama will open up the doorway to real change. Maybe 20 years from now people will vote someone like Kucinich into office. I am looking towards the future and being so patient. I did vote for Obama, by the way what kind of picture is that of Obama. Isn't that showing your bias, just a little.

ISP address-whatever, Lincoln, NE

GO HILLARY GO! Hillary is inspiration and hope and has led the path for real change she is a backed up with policy and solutions. Forget name race and gender. Hillary has a base of grass root supporters I am one of them. Yes Obama as become the establishment and now everyone believes he has a cult. Stop acting like you guys don't care about this country. No matter who wins we should all want what is best for our country. Leaders lead and people need to think. There is obviously a divide between big states and small states more then red and blue. I support Hillary because of her commitment to several issues and the only reason why Obama can't compete with that is because he doesn't have a national record on it. Many people stand beside Hillary for the right reasons. Many people like me live pay check to paycheck and know thát Hillary is committed to working families. Viva Hillary and don't worry Obama fans even if he is the nominee he won't ask Hillary to be VP. YOU CAN BET ON THAT ONE

Sara, Cecil County, MD

He will lose to Republican!

Cleark, Mobile, Alabama

HIs strong suit, to me, is experience. Yep, experience.

Experience organizing on the south side of Chicago for 12K/year instead of accepting any of the big money job offers he had on the table after graduating magna cum laude from Harvard Law. Forget words, where you put your *time* shows what you care about.

Experience growing up in Indonesia and coming to know his African cousins – Clinton has met many heads of state, but Obama knows the people on the ground. He understands the world in a way she may never do.

Clinton? The fact that she served 6 years on the national board of Wal-Mart is enough information for me. She owes too many people favors. Her campaign has been hugely financed by PACs, while Obama has turned down all corporate donors.

His political resumé is as long as Lincoln's was when he ran for President, and I count the fact that his experience inside the beltway is limited as a significant plus.

He's inspiring so many, and we desperately need to be inspired.

David, Black Mountain, NC

Money will not buy you the presidency. An ex-President as a spouse will not get you the presidency. Having a household last name will not give you the presidency.

What will give you the presidency is to have vision, wisdom, a character strong enough to not be bought by shady interests but open enough to listen to one's "enemies."

Never before have so many Americans of different genders, ethnicities, ages, hometowns, income-levels, education backgrounds and political parties united behind one individual. Obama is not just another politician running for office. Obama is a leader that is on par with the greatest leaders in history.

Anna, San Francisco, CA, USA

Hillary Clinton will not get the nomination, and I hope Obama does not accept her as his running mate.

Paul D, Miami , Florida USA

Enough already with the "polarised between race, gender and class" nonsense. There are virtually no blacks in Nebraska and Washington state and Utah and Minnesota where Obama beat Clinton by 2 to 1 margins. Most of the rich folks are in the Republcan party. The ovewhelming majority of Obama and Clinton voters are middle class. The non voters are disproportionately poor. Obama beat Clinton for the Hispanic vote in Ilinois (4th largest Hispanic pop in the country) and New Mexico (50% Hispanic). And in which category would you place the black women who have, again, overwhelmingly voted for Obama?

Winston, minneapolis, USA

When this is over the pundits will have a field day explaining to the world where Hillary went wrong was in riding Bill's coattails. Tag team Clinton will go down as one of the worse self inflicted mistakes in the history of political campaining.
When Obama takes the nomination with one landslide victory after another, come the general election I will be amazed if whomever the republican's put up can do better than 1-3 against him.
Not only is Obama bringing in more votes than all the reps combined, but on the issue of Iraq America is 3-1 on bringing the troops home now. That's a lot of registered republican's who are either going to stay home, or vote Obama in November.

Christopher Dunn, Eugene, USA/Oregon

Obama's campaign does not suffer from a white-black divide. His enormous victories in heavily white states like Washington and Nebraska prove that he appeals across the spectrum of US communities. Only the spinmesiters of the Clinton dynasty's campaign want to distort the uplifting record of Obama's wins among senior citizen women like myself, young college students, union organizers and the working class, and so on, to ghetto-ize and race-bait his candidacy. Where the race is polarized, it has been the Clintons that have worked those divisive and hurtful wedges. The Clinton dynasty has had its day. The Democratic Party must heed the wishes of the majority of the American people and not just the special interests and lobbyists that have bought the Clinton dynasty, whose private fortune now funds the Clinton dynasty campaign, "a good investment," Hillary said, as proven by the $10 million that her investment pulled in in just a couple of days. Indeed, she may just buy the presidency.

shirlin, Eureka, USA

These were not unexpected - Texas will show just how well Mrs Clinton is doing. And to Ron M, Mrs Clinton does not "support" the war, she has a reasoned view of how to disengage the US from what has happened. Mr Obama makes much of his supposed antipathy to the invasion - but why didn't he prevail upon the then current Senator from Illinois to vote against it? He wasn't in the US Senate when the "facts" were presented, so his 20-20 hindsight is not particularly relevant. It's easy to be correct after the event. Unfortunately, Mr Obama will never win against Mr McCain - but Mrs Clinton just might; she's the best hope we have!

David Cunard, Los Angeles, United States

I think that Maine will swing to Mr.Obama; he really is on a roll and his speech tonight after his sweeping victories in Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington State and the Virgin Islands was stirring. The biggest cheers were when he condemned the war in Iraq and Mrs. Clinton's support for this war continues to be her Achilles Heel; she is a Senator who readily embraced political expediency and who voted to give Bush his war without even bothering to read the NIE that purported to justify it.

Her Coronation is not proceeding as Bill and she had planned and we will see some really negative actions by both of them as they see the Orb and Sceptre begin to slip from their grasp. Look out Obama.

Rob M., Mobile, Alabama

He won;t have to chip away. Obama is the real deal

mike, boston, ma