Thank you Doug.

Senator Clinton did good last night. She came through as a champion of democracy and a champion for our nation. Hillary Clinton is a real leader who has the conviction to rise above herself for a greater good - that of the people of her country. Our leaders would do well to learn from her example, and follow it. It is what leaders are supposed to do - work for the common good of We the People.

Only one correction, a McCain win WILL destroy our nation. The Democrats need to stand up to the republican attack machine in this election, and shove back harder - they certinally have enough material to use. If they do not, our country will fall into a third world wasteland.

If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain

Being a "red bloodied" American male, I must confess that Hillary would have been a much pleasant sight to look at for the next 4 or 8 years than Obama(she makes my hormones flow), but we all must put our personal tastes behind us and focus on the future of this nation. This nation cannot stand another term of G.W. Bush with the puppet of John McCain.

When will the voters of this country cease listening to the crazy right-wing nuts who spout their poison out over the air waves daily and recognize what has happened to this nation under G.W. Bush and will continue to travel the same path under John McCain.

Doug, you may recall a while ago wanting to view things differently. In this article you stated, "...abandon their anger...'" a reference to the division between members of the same party.

That anger is caused by ego identification. It is the ego that needs to go away. Politics, and particularly campaigns, have become nothing more than a parade to get votes. A circus perhaps. And we voters, when we identify ourselves by a party, by an issue, by a candidate, fall into the same ego trap that blinds and divides us.

Maybe the national level of politics works for you. For most of us, the state capital is another world, a tourist destination. So it's better for us to get involved locally, and make a difference where we are, by being the change we want to see.

For example, take the energy policy, or lack thereof. I am involved in not only becoming a public utility district where I live, but in getting our local community off fossil fuels altogether. We can utilize solar, tide/wave, and geothermal sources to create the energy our town needs, and still put some back in the grid. Meaning that businesses and residents cooperate to get everyone all the power they need at merely the cost of the initial set-up.

Anyway, I think you get the point. Yes, some folk resist it. But I've learned to listen, and I am surprised that there is a few good points among the mostly empty talking points from a particular ideology. But why get bent out of shape about it? Basically they point out things to look out for, or oversights. Eat the meat, spit out the bones, and be grateful.

Yes, I believe we can change our country. Even without the politicians.

"I must confess that Hillary would have been a much pleasant sight to look at for the next 4 or 8 years than Obama(she makes my hormones flow)."

You appear to be confusing 'flow' with 'freeze'.

I hope.

A nation of gullible, starry-eyed teenagers worshipping at the feet of a corrupt and soulless Political Class. It never ceases to amaze me how we fall for the same ridiculous production year in and year out. Beaten dogs that still love their masters - and we'll worship them to the very end.

Beaten dogs that still love their masters - and we'll worship them to the very end

Not all of us, Griff.
A friend left her husband. The incredulous reaction from her lawyer and others was, you left him over one incident?
Well, yeah.
See, we ain't all dumb.

Politicians have so many faces that they often forget which one is really theirs. The only thing you can count is they will do what their biggest contributors want. Follow the money.

And fortunately for us, Obama's biggest contributors have been "We the People".

I don't believe that Obama is perfection incarnate, but I do believe that he has a sincerity and a sense of direction that is unmatched by McCain.

When McCain can offer up coherent reasoning why he'd be a better leader than Obama, I'll consider it, but thus far, he seems to be focused on an attack of Obama, indicating that that's all he's got.

I don't support McCain.

...even though I am an Arizona resident. But saying "...a McCain win could destroy the nation" is pretty extreme. Mr. McCain is walking a VERY FINE line, between coddling the Bushies and recruiting independents. True, he's lately been been putting more energy into enlisting the Bushies than recruiting moderates. Granted. But remember he is NOT George W. Bush.

The deciding factor in my mind will be who he chooses for VP and anyone he pre-announces for his cabinet. (I wish more candidates would do that.) Then we might get some idea of the direction of a hypothetical McCain presidency.