Hello Everyone:

I saw this alarming report on CNN yesterday talking about how that "Voters who attend Obama events these days walk away talking as if they're enraptured" while at the same time "Many of these supporters don't actually know Obama's position on the issues of the day: education, health care, the economy:"

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/07/sitroom.01.html

THE SITUATION ROOM

Clinton Gets Emotional; Make-or-Break for McCain; Interview With Bill Bradley

Aired January 7, 2008 - 16:00 ET

WOLF BLITZER, CNN ANCHOR: "Barack Obama heads into tomorrow's crucial primary in New Hampshire ahead of Hillary Clinton in several new polls. And it's hard to miss the enthusiasm for him on the campaign trail.

Let's go right out to the campaign trail.

Jessica Yellin is standing by. She is getting more on this story.

You have been watching what tremendous crowds showing up for Obama.

JESSICA YELLIN, CNN CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT: That's right, Wolf. And it's not just the size of the crowds, but there's something different. People come and wait for hours for him. Sometimes, they start crying when he talks. Now, granted, no doubt, some of this is the celebrity factor, people coming to see the famous guy.

But, I have to say, as an observer, there is a fervor there that's unlike anything I have seen covering politics.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

YELLIN (voice-over): It's not Beatlemania. It's an overflow crowd for Barack Obama. Several hundred people who couldn't get into a rally gathered outside for a glimpse.

OBAMA: What an unbelievable turnout.

(CHEERING AND APPLAUSE)

YELLIN: Obama insists, the interest in him is part of a larger national craving.

OBAMA: There is something stirring out there, where the American people are saying: We want to try something new. We want to try something different.

YELLIN: Something has happened since Iowa. Voters who attend Obama events these days walk away talking as if they're enraptured.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's thrilling. It's exhilarating.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He really makes you feel like, wow, we can actually do this. It's -- it was really -- it was great to listen to.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It reminds me of the Kennedys and the great election of '68, that reaching out for something new and something different.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: My friend just felt like he met a rock star, but I kind of think it's a little better than that.

YELLIN: Many of these supporters don't actually know Obama's position on the issues of the day: education, health care, the economy.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm learning more all the time.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: No, you're -- you're pressing me here.

YELLIN: But that seems less important to them than who he is.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm getting a sense of how he -- how he would view most things. He's -- he's got a big, broad mind. And -- and I like that.

YELLIN: Obama's growing popularity is troubling to some in the Democratic Party.

STUART ROTHENBERG, EDITOR AND PUBLISHER, "THE ROTHENBERG POLITICAL REPORT": I think some liberal Democrats don't like Barack Obama because he's not angry enough, he's not partisan enough, he's not out for George W. Bush's blood.

YELLIN: And you will find them here, too.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I guess I expected a little more from Obama, more change. I like Kucinich (INAUDIBLE) to be Kucinich.

YELLIN: But in these crowds, they're certainly the minority.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

YELLIN: And, Wolf, the Obama camp is still being cautious. One of his senior aides said to me today, not so long ago, they were left for dead by the side of the road, and, once that happens, you never get overconfident -- Wolf.

BLITZER: Jessica Yellin, thanks very much..."

I do not deny these people their right to vote for Barack Obama for whatever reason they choose to BUT I definitely think that it is a very dangerous thing for people to vote for a candidate based only on their charismatic and emotional appeal without actually knowing where they stand on the key issues which will affect the world for years to come based on who wins the 2008 election!

I understand very well that MANY people are sick and tired of Bush and want some very serious "change" to happen as quickly as possible:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10819

ANALYSIS: Bush's ineffectiveness and why so many people are looking at 2008 now!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 1, 2007 - 5:22pm.

However we need the right kind of "change" that is also accompanied with the right kind of experience because the next President will for certain inherit the entire foreign policy and domestic mess that Bush will leave behind on 1/20/09 which will not be an easy job and which emotional appeals and personal charisma will NOT be able to solve:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/13206

A blunt and accurate analysis about what will probably happen with Bush & Iraq!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on September 4, 2007 - 5:35am.

Bush is intentionally trying to make Iraq as difficult as possible for the next President to deal with as this post verifies!

People should have learned a very important lesson from 2000 that George W. Bush, the Republican "rock star" at that time and the candidate who you would most likely want to have a beer with, has been a disaster because he did not have the right kind of experience when he became President:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10547

Obama to explore 2008 White House run; EXPERIENCE MATTERS: Look at Bush in 2000!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 16, 2007 - 5:38pm.

Enraptured people who are voting for Obama based exclusively on his personal charisma and emotional appeal without knowing where he actually stands on the issues are definitely taking a very huge risk of repeating what happened in 2000 when an unqualified and an inexperienced Bush became President in my opinion!

I definitely think that people need to vote with BOTH their heart and their head as opposed to John Clayton's comment here when he said "Primaries, I think people tend to vote with their heart instead of their head:"

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/04/sitroom.01.html

THE SITUATION ROOM

Obama's New Hampshire Challenge; Can Huckabee Succeed in New Hampshire; Interview With John Edwards

Aired January 4, 2008 - 16:00 ET

JOHN CLAYTON, "NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER": "Primaries, I think people tend to vote with their heart instead of their head. Now this is about passion, and I think Obama has incited a lot of passion."

These posts will credibly verify that Barack Obama has received a free and easy ride from the press so far and discuss why it very dangerous to vote for a candidate based only on their emotional and charasmatic appeal:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14336

Howard Kurtz on Obama's "easy ride" & will the press "provide tougher scrutiny?"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 7, 2008 - 2:44am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14319

Carl Bernstein said about Barack Obama "he had a kind of free ride up until now"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on January 5, 2008 - 9:40am.

Like Carl Bernstein, I also agree with David Gergen's comments that Barack Obama "ought to be carefully vetted" and that "the country deserves to know more about him before we, in effect -- before, in effect, he wins the prize:"

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0801/07/acd.01.html

ANDERSON COOPER 360 DEGREES

New Hampshire Nears First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary; Hillary Clinton and the Women's Vote

Aired January 7, 2008 - 22:00 ET

DAVID GERGEN, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL ANALYST: But I do think there's a legitimacy on her part of saying, let -- what is this rush to judgment? Let's -- everybody ought to be carefully vetted. This process, don't -- don't rush in. Let's -- there's almost a coronation.

I happen to think that Barack Obama is a phenomenal candidate, but I do think the country deserves to know more about him before we, in effect -- before, in effect, he wins the prize.

CARL BERNSTEIN, AUTHOR, "A WOMAN IN CHARGE: THE LIFE OF HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON": Absolutely..."

While I respect everyone's right to vote for whoever they choose to for whatever reason that they choose to, I definitely think that every vote should be an informed vote because of how much that is on the line for the entire world with who wins the 2008 election!

Mitch Dworkin

http://www.securingamerica.com/

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
StopIranWar.com: "War is not the answer"
Submitted by Wes Clark on February 21, 2007 - 11:40am.

http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
Listen to Gen. Wes Clark fight for Dems on Sean Hannity's radio program: An excellent example for all of us to follow and what we all need to be doing to help fight back against extreme right wing Neocon smear propaganda!