Somebody help me here...Putting teenagers who are attracted to each other in the same sleeping arrangement is bad for str8s as well as gays. PERIOD.
And the whole political activism component? Who does that help? the youth who is going back to his straight family and community?
OR THE ORGANIZERS OF THE CAMP?

And the simple fact is that even if Obama was trying to play the race card (Which is in left field if you have ever heard him talk) SC Blacks still weren't pulling for him until they saw that White voters supported him.
He didn't start off campaigning to be President of Black America (like Jesse) even when he was 20 points down. He isn't doing it now, and  he won't be doing it in the future.
The ugly simple fact is that he is running against a husband and wife team, and Americans aren't  ready for a 'First Couple'.
Bill Clinton handed Obama the SC primary when he went tit-for-tat with him, instead of highlighting the relationship that Bill has with the Black community.
After a while, all the AAs in SC saw was their former president beating down on somebody who was trying to take the high road. Was that accurate, I don't know. I do know that Clinton talked about Obama in SC a lot more than Obama talked about the  ex-president.

You just can't say that 'so goes FL, so goes 22 other states'. This primary and the attached issues are just too complex to pin it down like that.
Obama is picking up endorsements left and right. That will have an effect on the endorser's states.
Teddy Kennedy represents the Democratic party's OTHER most successful President  besides Bill. Many are saying that if Al Gore endorses, it won't be for Hillary. And Al represents the last Democrat to win a presidential election. I know you are a hillary supporter, but you have your head in the sand if you think that the landscape for each Super Tuesday state is the same as FL.

Campaigning counts. Especially when time and time again we see Obama trailing Hillary the weeks leading up to a primary/caucus, then suddenly the gap closes when people actually hear him speak and see him in action.

Which states are you talking about?
FL? Probably.
CA, NY, and MA ? I think not. Try not to forget that most of these primary states are not 'Winner take all"

I think you misread. Oprah was bought in to pull at Hillary's core of white women. I'm not sure if you know this or not, but Oprah's audience and supporters are not Black.
As far as Barack pulling the race card first, welll, that's a discussion left for the ages. We do know that race has never been part of his stump speech or any of the speeches that I  have heard. He still remains as a unity candidate.  Ultimately though, I think history will say that Bill Clinton remarks toward Obama before (and even after) the SC primary is what pushed the thousands of Black democrats to vote for Obama.
Bill SEVERLY misplayed the race angle in trying to win over Black voters in SC. Instead of focusing on Barack, and making it a Black vs. White thing, he should have focused on the 1990's, the period where his support among AAs caused Toni Morrison to make that first Black President remark.
By focusing on Barack directly, he leveled the playing field and eliminated his own advantage.
If he would have focused on himself, Barack wouldn't have stood a chance.
Some say he was setting Hillary up for a win in the long run. That's assuming that mainstream White Democrats will somehow be turned off by a Black candidate that can win the Black vote. The problem with that thinking is that it assumes that White Dems will vote for Hillary  based on color, and that Baracks message doesn't transcend race.
Well, Dems in NV, IO and NH seem to think it does.

That remains to be seen. If you're right however, it shows what a sad state of politics this country is in. A HUGE portion of a untapped demographic comes out to be part of the democratic process, and thier candidate may get punished. The Democratic Leadership main concern should be on how to NOT alienate Edwards/Obama supporters should Hillary win.
If anybody can turn conventional wisdom on it's ear though, it's Obama.

All  that is fine and well but let's remember that Al Gore is the GREENEST Democratic Presidential candidate that we have ever had. Remember his stance on hoping that gas goes to $5 a gallon to force a hard look at alternative fuels?

And THIS is the guy that Ralph Nader decides to run against, do or die, come hell or high water?

Screw Nader. He is a selfish prick and if he really cared he could have affected the Democratic Party the way McCain has affected the Republicans. He didn't need to run against him to get noticed. Everybody knew  months going in that it was going to be close and that Nader's 4% was crucial.

You propose to stop illegal aliens from comming to work in this country?
Please explain to me how you intend to stop these people from using healthcare, education and other social services paid for and intended for Americans?
Gary ,  months back when I was advocating the Democrats for Life of America Plan that proposed putting more money in to Single Parent Education programs that would allow single mothers to go to school and keep thier kid, you said that Americans would pay for the education of single mothers.
You think America wants to pay for the healthcare and education of thousands of illegals?

More than Va and NC come into play. In downplaying Governor Elect-Kaine's victory the Republicans have been saying that Kaine rode on the coattails of a good conservative, who happens to be a Democrat.
Yeah, that's right, Virginia Republicans have very little negative to say about Warner. They have supplied more than enough audio clips to paint Warner as a moderate to the Souteastern US.

Well hell, sign me up!

"Lieberman has a liberal voting record on the environment, choice, and GLBT rights."
Fine, but these issues pale in comparison to things  like the war, oil prices and the economy. Why? For the most part, they are idealogical talking points that are resoelved at teh state level, and are used nationally to 'motivate the bases'. I have been preaching for mnonths that the Repulicans use these issues to demonize us, when in reality they aren't that important because  teh RNC knows that Roe v Wade will never be overturned, and if it does, it will just make them loook bad in the long run.

Joe supporting these issues means nothing in a Northeast. It doesn't prove that he's a real Democrat, because NO Democrat in the CT  can get elected by going against choice and GLBT right.

Hell, even  the Republicam Mass. Governor is choice.

NEXT...

I am a moderate or a conservative Democrat. I think we need to remember that all Liberals are Democrats, but not all Democrats are Liberals. I respect what Joe tried to do, that is be part of the centrist wing of the Democratic party. We need that wing especially in the South. But the problem with joe is that :

1. He consistently vocally opposes his party, which is not always bad but,
   
2. He consistently votes against his party. And that's the problem. The Democratic Party is for the little guy. His voting record doesn't show that, especially on Bankruptcy. Finally,
   
3. He status as 'Bush's favorite Democrat' is sickening, especially when Bush is the type of guy that doesn't  do ANYTHING  for ANYBODY  unless they can help him. I can safely say that and friend of Bush is an enemy of the Democratic Party, Bush likes Libermann.  

People, the world is not Black and White. There are many conservatives Republicans that are fed up with Bush, but that doesn't make them  good candidates for our Party, it just makes them disaffected Republicnas.
Deborah Jo Durr, Burr is against Iraq, but so is a lot of people nowadays, that's no longer a partisan issue.
She is also against Bush because he's not fiscally responsible. Hell, that's what Republicans say about Democrats  when we want to spend money on Social progreams for the betterment of society!
The only reason Bush is caled fiscally irresponsible is because of what he's spending money isn't getting us results. Period.
Reagan spent billions on defense, but nobody said anything because our boys weren't dying and it appeased everybody's ego to have this military machine in the face of the percieved communist giant.
Lincoln Chaffey and the Northeast Crew are different because they are on the geographical mindset of  the the Norhteast, which is in line with core Democratic values.
Everybody else needs to pass muster based on a Democratic  checklist, not just because they are disgruntled Bush voters.

I think the General is damaged goods, and that's why he can't win. Namely, there is too much videotape of him supporting Bush's War in 2002 floating around. Without a doubt, a sucessful 2008 Democratic presidential candidate will have to be  left of center to compete in the general election, but they will have to be homegrown to be viable, not ex-Republicans.
Richardson, Bayah and Warner are all moderates respected by many Republicans for being DEMOCRATS. That is the key.
ANd like I have always said, the last two Demcratic Presidents were Southern Governors. That is the formula.

From your standpoint, was there a question of guilt?
There's a guy on Death Row here in Maryland. It's gotten the usually opponenets in a quandry since he is extremely guilty.
Dems are going to have to learn not to be pulled into a trap if there is no question of guilt.