The Candidates

Clinton Compares Obama to a Blank Screen

February 28, 2008 8:15 PMTahman Bradley-->
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: In an interview with ABC's Cynthia McFadden, Sen. Hillary Clinton, when asked about the Barack Obama phenomenon, used a quote from Obama to describe her opponent. "I think the best description actually is in Barack's own book" Clinton said, "where he said that he is a blank screen and people of widely different views project what they want to hear." Clinton continued saying "he just hasn’t been around long enough." Clinton continued saying "But with the blank screen it gives you a chance to just really infuse it with whatever you hope for, whatever you want without knowing."
You can watch the entire interview on ABC's "Nightline" airing tonight at 11:35 pm ET.
Clinton was asked her reaction to the many women around this country who say they feel sorry for her. "I think a lot of woman project their own feelings in their lives on to me." Clinton stressed that it is a hard what she is doing but she gets up every day and thinks about what she is going to do – not dwelling on past mistakes, or what will happen if she loses Texas or Ohio.
When asked if Clinton was surprised by the outcome of how the race has shaped up, Clinton said she wasn’t but "he might be, because I think that he believed that he could, once he won Iowa, wrap it up. Then I won New Hampshire" Clinton said. When pressed on how she ever hated being treated as the front runner – Clinton complained that nothing has changed. "I’m still being treated like that – in terms of people coming after me."
Clinton says that she doesn’t listen to the pundits or the commentary about the race. "Everywhere I go people say ‘Don’t give up, don’t give up, stay with this.’" Clinton said, "There is something going on here."
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Meanwhile Obama is still saying nothing,words Yes

On Supporters’ "Infatuation": Obama says he can Relate to Media Skepticism

February 29, 2008 6:29 AMMichael Elmore-->
ABC News' Sunlen Miller Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illi., told a crowd of 12,000 in Dallas/Ft. Worth that it’s him that is infatuated – with them.
Obama was addressing criticisms that his campaign caused people to flock to him to a delusional way.
"This isn’t about me. This is about you," Obama preached, "I'm just the excuse for what you are accomplishing, for what you are making happen all across this country. See, I am inspired by you, I'm infatuated with you!"
Obama said that the media is suspicious of his supporters' enthusiasm, offering that up as an explanation to the criticism of his supporters' reactions. He then flipped it around and offered up his own criticisms of the press, singling the out the 4th estate at the three specific times in his stump speech – two times addressing the concerns of how he can excite a crowd.
"Reporters don't know what to do. They have been shocked at the high turnout in every early states," Obama said, and later, "A lot of reporters don’t really understand what y'all are doing…"
The crowd reacted viscerally to the flipped tables, in agreement with Obama – who confirmed he knew that feeling, "So in the same way people are skeptical about you, they are skeptical about me," Obama complained, sighting how his credentials have been questioned based on years in Washington.
Obama's lines of critique of the press, comes at a time where the press are being critiqued for their coverage of him, even mentione
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I am completely baffled by the press they should be ripping Obama apart for his lack of experience lack of accomplishments as either Legislator of Senator and yet they don't ;ay a glove on him. Please someone explain to me in words that I can understand why this guy deserves to be elected to the presidency. He has no record to look at. In November of his first year( and only year where he showed up to vote), he put together a commitee to run for the presidency some guts I will say that.If elected and the novelty of a black in the office will he have the guts to make the TOUGH decisions? His voting record shows he mostly ducks the tough questions where he will have to make a stand.Obama will have only maybe one third of the country behind him,not the Hillary supporters and not the republicans nor the good ole boys from the south and the just plain ole "nigger haters", the last group will probably try and kill him!
Hillary is tough,smart dedicated to her country not like Mrs Obama who says she is only now proud of her country. What she hated us the rest in her past forty years or so.
I don't pray much but I am now the the people will come to their collective senses and give Hillary an over whelming victory in Texas,Ohio and Pennslyvann
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WHAT A WASTE AND BUSH/CHENEY WON'T BE PUNISHED FOR THIER MADNESS

Out of sight, out of mind
By: Attaturk Friday February 29, 2008 2:03 am

Of all the terrible and shallow performances of the American media in regard to Iraq, with perhaps the exception of the early cheerleading days, no topic has been more poorly covered than the war's financial cost. After nearly five years, I have still rarely seen a White House Press reporter not named Helen Thomas even broach the subject.

And yet, while the reports in general about Iraq diminish and the topic becomes less important to the public the expense becomes ever greater, up to $15 billion a month.

When McCain starts saying Obama or Clinton wants the wave the white flag, it's not only preposterous strategically, even if it were true we could not afford the white flags.

When U.S. troops invaded Iraq in March 2003, the Bush administration predicted that the war would be self-financing and that rebuilding the nation would cost less than $2 billion.

Coming up on the fifth anniversary of the invasion, a Nobel laureate now estimates that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are costing America more than $3 trillion...

The book, co-authored with Harvard University professor Linda Bilmes, builds on previous research that was published in January 2006. The two argued then and now that the cost to America of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is wildly underestimated.

When other factors are added — such as interest on debt, future borrowing for war expenses, the cost of a continued military presence in Iraq and lifetime health-care and counseling for veterans — they think that the wars' costs range from $5 trillion to $7 trillion.

"I think we really have learned that the long-term costs of taking care of the wounded and injured in this war and the long-term costs of rebuilding the military to its previous strength is going to far eclipse the cost of waging this war," Bilmes said in an interview.