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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Land Shark who wrote (116965)	3/7/2008 3:22:21 PM
From: jlallen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 173976

You don't think...you vomit....bile and nonsense. J.

To: Land Shark who wrote (116965)	3/7/2008 3:29:27 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 173976

You sound as ignorant as AS. Stick to Canadian issues, eh?

To: Land Shark who wrote (116965)	3/7/2008 3:33:58 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 173976

To: Land Shark who wrote (116965)	3/8/2008 3:26:18 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 173976

“He folded like a cheap suit,” said Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and a close ally of Mr. McCain. “What it showed me is you are not an agent of change. Because to really change things in this place you have to get beat up now and then.” Laying the Groundwork Early on in his tenure in Washington, Mr. Obama began meeting every few months over late-night pizza with a handful of classmates from Harvard Law School and a couple of senior advisers to discuss his future. Being a 2008 presidential candidate, participants said, never came up. The only race mentioned was for Illinois governor in 2010 — the year Mr. Obama’s Senate term ended — but the group decided to put off considering the idea until at least his fourth year in the Senate. Mr. Obama chose Hurricane Katrina in September 2005 to step into a more prominent role, speaking to his party’s caucus about the importance of using the disaster to focus the party’s efforts toward ending poverty. The next February, he appeared on several Sunday shows in a row. “People are getting tired of me already,” he said in an interview. In fact, outside Washington, people were clamoring for more. He was received like a returning hero in Africa in August 2006. On a book tour two months later, crowds mobbed him, and people urged him to run for president. During the midterm elections that year, Mr. Obama was his party’s most sought-after campaigner — he helped raised nearly $1 million online in a matter of days that spring for Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia, the institution’s senior member. His appearances on the trail helped lay the groundwork for a possible presidential campaign. He earned the good will of some Democrats who have now endorsed him. And most campaign events required tickets, so his staff members collected names and addresses of potential supporters. Finally, Mr. Obama did what he had done when he first arrived in the Senate, quietly consulting those who knew the institution well — Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Daschle — for advice on whether to run. They told him that these chances come along rarely. His celebrity was undeniable. And yes, he was green, but that also meant he did not have the burden of a long record. “For somebody to come in with none of that history is a real advantage,” Mr. Daschle said. “I told him that he has a window to do this. He should never count on that window staying open.”