Twofer with Andrew Sullivan - Obamatastic

In my latest Twofer with the wonderful Andrew Sullivan, I find out why a former Clinton supporter is now Obama's biggest fan. Bear with us through the technical glitches.

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[Nigel Kat]

DF,

I see you are using Sightspeed for this interview. It's good, isn't it. Lovely video quality. I've used it fairly successfully for a couple of years but have not seen many others doing so.

I have found their help link good in resolving the odd technical glitch, too.

[John Chuckman, Toronto, Canada]

http://bp2.blogger.com/_NtgXlrcvXZA/R9aFE_z7G0I/AAAAAAAALfw/ex8gJ0axWwY/s1600-h/CHUCKMAN+-+CLINTONS+-+NIGHT+OF+THE+LIVING+DEAD+-+SHARP.jpg

Your page has a listing of 16 news links, but for some reason "Canadian News" is not one of them. You cover the globe but leave Canada out? Why? Is Canada that irrelavent? I guess Canada's sacrifice in Afghanistan is that irrelavent as well.

[David]

Thank you, Daniel and Andrew. It comes over very well here in Cape Town, South Africa. It's so pleasant to hear your voices when, until now, you have both only been text-supported identities. Well done!

Of course, Andrew is right: Obama has already won by any standards that are halfway fair. But Clinton will have be taken away in a straitjacket before she concedes. Power must be a terrible drug, and she is clearly addicted.

[Paul Turner]

"Bear with us" isn't intended as a pun, is it?

[john]

Good job. I am glad to see technology allowing these type of conversations. Please keep it up!

[andy o'donnell]

This country is not in support of this war. Any democrat will unite the country against the country. In fact the country is already united against the war except for Bush and Chaney extremist supporters.Hillary has reached across the aisle to form alliances with Republicans on many issues.More so than Obama who has received the support of the ultra liberal wing of the Democratic Party i.e. Kennedy and Kerry.Is that a centralist position? I don't think so.

[Sean Bresnahan]

I just viewed the Finkelstein/Sullivan interview regarding the ongoing US primary, and I must say the analysis was brilliant (i.e. I agreed with every word.) Sullivan has a clear view of the Nixon-like Clinton character and her determination to win at any cost. In the end, however, it is becoming evident Obama has the permanent lead. May I add Times-On- Line is superb and you have a steady American follower in Los Angeles!

[syed aziz ahmed]

Mr. Sullivan makes a lot of sense. One other thing that B. Obama would do is bring back America's crdibility with foreign nations specially the Islamic and other Asian and African countries.He is a likable personality, his face reflects a person who is Honest and Sincere.

[ren]

Hillary is a stronger candidate than Obama and has a stronger record. His reaction to the fiasco with Samantha Powers was to attack the Clinton campaign. He has divided the Democratic Party with racial issues and false accusations. He is slipping with voters in the States and his ability to keep his standing in the final election against Mc Cain is lower than that of Clintons according to gallup polls. Every time he uses negative remarks towards the Clinton campaign he can not support them. Never once has he been able to finish an argument. Also his caucus wins may be attributed to his supporters disrupting and decieving voters.

[ren]

Hillary Clinton is not comprable to Nixon. In fact she was on the committee that tried him for rigging the election. This is gross and Obama campaign should be ashamed of such personal attacks. The election is not over yet and these comments and articles will not make her stop the commitment she gave to her party and supporters.

[Mark]

The thing I love about Obama is that I believe he clearly sees that we as a nation cannot continue in our current course. I trust him to attempt to heal our relations across the world.

I sincerely believe this man can do the most good for our nation.

[WhatYouDon'tKnow]

Clinton is a disaster, and for those of you who are gushing over Obama you need to take a look at the following link. All of this information was available in 2004 when Obama first stepped on the stage. Watch and listen to the vids. Both Democrats are a disgrace. Shame on the media for not doing a better job of vetting them.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/03/12/obamas-controversial-pastor-puts-church-in-hot-water/

In my opinion, Mr Obama has already won because he has succeeded in showing that an african-american can formulate a different political culture. That is a political rhetoric which is not exclusively inspired by or based on the civil rights movment. But a political discourse which is potentially directed to every and any American citizen. It seems to me that this is a revolution in the american political history.

A B KAMENI
Strasbourg
France

[Mickey]

Grudging respect where it's due - Sullivan started off as a rabid Bush supporter, and remained one as late as 2004. He has seen sence since then and confessed to his prior mistakes - a lot of public figures, Billary and Bush himself chief among them, would never do that.

[albert jackson]

The Clintons addiction to power at any price is costing them their legacy. They have used the kitchen sink mentality to race bait, distort and out right lie about their opponent. They look very foolish with claims of this and that. They get people to say things that are so out landish that people see right threw it. Their advise from James Carvell has already backfired on them. The ignorant of Ohio and Texas fell for the bull the Clintons fed them. Won't work in Pennsylvania. Voters don't want to go back to the nightmare on Clinton street. Obama wants to turn the page and Bill Clinton wants to go back to the White House to get back at the Pages.

[Chrysoprase]

Obama has waged a brilliant campaign. For someone whose opponents claim he lacks experience, his sure-footedness has proved he has the necessary judgement anyway. I'm sorry but Ren's comments don't square with reality as we have observed it. If Hillary Clinton gets the nomination - for whatever bunch of reasons - the disappointment across the globe is going to be heart-stopping. That sense of loss will be the first big problem she will need to face as Mrs President. America can afford to wait a little for its first woman president. A Barack Obama only comes along once in a century.

[Jesse]

Lately, Obama has slowed his usual frantic campaigning pace to a stroll, and instead of stumping, he's launching a voter registration drive and having chummy interviews on cable TV.

The once steady stream of superdelegates endorsing him have stopped completely, and there's been an eerie silence from party leaders - with the exception of Nancy Pelosi, who definitively announced that neither candidate will be the other's vice-president and included a rebuke to the Clinton campaign as an aside. Obama seems like he knows something the rest of us don't know (other than the fact that Hillary Clinton cannot catch him in either votes or in delegates).

Everyone watching is aware that this primary cannot go on for another three months without the party fracturing. It can't even go on for another three weeks. I think they're about to close ranks behind one of the candidates.

-Jesse, New York City

[newton york]

(correction ren 12 march)
hillary wasn't a member of the committee that impeached nixon, the members were congressmen, she was an intern and she worked for the team that helped advised the congressmen.
(now my comment)
she graduated from law school 35yrs ago (note:she once failed her bar exam), she worked mostly for the corporate world, and as first lady she didn't have any security clearance, and thus wasn't involved in an serious or important decision making, she was there to give her husband moral support (that is her main experience).

the only elected president in the US since richard nixon that had more experience than barrack obama on day one in the oval office (on their first term) was george h bush senior. obama actually has more international experience now than gov bill clinton did in 1993, and more experience than reagan, jimmy carter and george w bush.

[John P]

The media here in the U.K. and abroard have slavishly followed the "him" and "her" battle of the sexes between Obama and Clinton, seemingly overlooking the simple fact that both are left wingers, socialists, just like the stupid posers we have giving us a right royal screwing. The man Bill was just the same, who drove many experienced and wiser politicians up the wall with his reactions to situations based on emotions and not logic. Hilary, to me would be the true disaster, with Obama taking longer to achieve the same result. I think the older, wiser man should win for the republicans, he's a better man than Bush, and ultimately, will pull the U.S. out of it's recession.

[mitchell robinson]

I know this; Hillary has shown terrible judgement in lining herself up with Spitzer and Ferraro. Then again, these are people who have shown they will use their power, voice and money for illicit sex and racial attacks. I've yet to hear Obama play the race card; he instead appeals to the intelligence of all voters. Also, I fail to see where he attacked the Clinton campaign with Samantha Powers apology to Hillary Clinton and resignation from his campaign. I still have not yet heard Geraldine Ferraro apologize for such a vile racist attack. Intelligent people see that Mr. Obama is running for the Democratic nomination as an American, not a black man. Just think, at one time Ferraro was a teacher; no wonder there is still KKK considering what she must have taught her students. Still I am glad Obama has not chose to get in the mud with the Clinton's and just continues to plan for a new America. Didn't Bill Clinton say he would "always choose the candidate that offers hope" during John Kerry's campaign. Now he is calling senator Obama's hope a fairy tale. Make up yopur mind Bill. Also why does Hillary receive so much support from women? You would think the last role model mother's would want for their children would be someone who has allowed her husband's indicretions and lies under oath to just be another day in her marriage. I would definitely want my daughter to leave such a husband, but she may have had political motives for sticking with him, showing the lengths she will go to for political gain. Bill was speaking in Canada just before the whole NAFTAgate episode, which I believe by calling in favours from certain cronies he had in the Canadian government, he managed to spin at Obama when it was clear NAFTA was his flawed plan and Hillary is on tape saying she supported it. I guess this was the only way he could deflect the real problem for Hillary. Now it seems there is so much confusion over what was said by anyone and the Canadian government is dodging it like a bullet, but the damage had already been done to senator Obama's campaign. These which I have mentioned above, the fear mongering pictures that just so magically appear from no where according to the Clinton's, and other lies according to Bill Bradley lead me to hope the USA will give Obama the chance to staighten out the mess the USA and their political system has become before it's too late. He wants to change the image of the USA in world politics from a self absorbed non caring bully full of corruption to a well respected country that uses it's financial and military might wisely. Seems Hillary would like to see another election debacle like 2000 George Bush; after all, she knew in September that there would be consequences if Florida and Michigan moved the dates for their primaries up. Now she wants the rules changed in the 4th quarter of the game; and Michigan governor Granholm is sure looking more and more like Katherine Harris. Please American, restore my faith, let's change the future to hope instead of getting inthe mud for 4 years with Hillary

[A.Thomson.]

It is not so much a comment, as a query, if the states where Obama has won, the democrats have given him more delegate votes but they have less democrat voters, and Hillary has won in states where the majority vote is democrat, that surely means that Obama can not win the states in a run off with McCain, since his support is essentialy based in states where there is a Republican majority, this surely means more voted for Hillary, than him, why then is anyone convinced he can beat McCain ?, when she actually is polling more democrat votes overall, what a system !!! no wonder Bush ended up as president, you have just got to hold all primaries under the same rules, and on the same day, you are just wasting votes and money !!!, no delegates, just straight votes, voters registered, with only one party, as paid up members, the overall total to decide the winner, no state should get more influence than another, except in the sense that more voters exist there.