After tonight should Obama go negative

[u2spirit]

Should he damn the torpedoes and go with a full on assault on Clinton? If she continues to throw the "kitchen sink" at him will he have a choice but to get into the mud with her?

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

1. He should go after McCain.

Clinton's over.

[Kaylee]

5. Ditto.

[anigbrowl]

11. Times 3.

He needs to start his general campaign, so to speak.

[AntiFascist]

28. I agree, especially if Clinton continues to support McCain...

just make Clinton irrelevant. Counter McCain's WOT crap by talking about taking out Al Qaeda from the top down and stress foreign policy points that make Hillary look like an amateur.

[depakid]

19. That's problematic

as he's painted himself into a corner as a "uniter," the Kumbaya candidate.

How's he supposed to stand up and do what it takes to win, when it would blow his entire image?

[earthlover]

32. Attacking McCain is the ticket....

Responding to Hillary just gives her more credibility.

McCain just won. So now, go after him. This avoids dividing Democrats, ignores Hillary, and gives us all a show of how he can campaign against Repukes.

[Whisp]

43. he should go after them both at once.

lots of things those two a-holes have in common.
2fer1 sale.

[AX10]

2. He has been negative.

His surrogates painted her as a racist and kept smearing her with the "polarizing" crap.

[Dinger]

3. Pot Calling . . . .

never mind.

[BuyingThyme]

4. He's been negative for some time now.

On the defensive, but still negative.

[Unsane]

6. I hope he doesn't have to (i.e. Hillary steps down).

[Roxy66]

7. No, I think he should just drop out...lol

[goldcanyonaz]

8. He's been negative for a long time.

[Pryderi]

9. Agreed.

[soleft]

10. I think he needs to show he can beat McCain

Clinton's strongest point against Obama seems to be the commander in chief issue. He has to prove he's ready for the job but he has to do it in context of challenging McCain.

[u2spirit]

12. I mean overtly negative

Throw every fake or real Clinton scandal at her and make her go on the defensive. He hasn't done that at tall.

[THUNDER HANDS]

he should completely ignore her

fighting her is what she wants.

[bigtree]

13. He'd do better keeping his focus on McCain.

They'd both do better with that approach.

[DJ13]

14. He wont need to go negative if he wins Texas

The super delegates will be breaking away from Hillary in a mad rush to get our party a nominee to begin building towards the GE against McCain.

Hillary wont have any choice but to concede if the super delegates abandon her.

[caledesi]

26. Txs DJ...I needed that! NT

[DemGa]

15. BO's been negative from the start---NT

[cboy4]

16. Yes, he should follow the lead of his supporters.

Particularly the ones at DU who have negative down to a science.

[Trajan]

17. I disagree ...

I think BOTH candidates should pull their punches, admit they are nearly in a draw, and persuade Delegates at the Convention to sway their direction using reasoned arguments instead of a constant barrage of negative attacks ....

But alas: Many DU'ers would be so disappointed ....

" ... and just when I was tasting blood ...."

[Maddy McCall]

18. He should just go ahead and drop out.

And quit dividing the Democratic Party. Get behind Hillary so that we can start working toward defeating McCain.

[islandmkl]

20. this isn't a game, but it would be interesting to see what Barack is capable of...

he might have to find a path through the shit to get over on it...he surely seems intelligent and strong enough...

maybe Hillary's folks, and Johnnyboy's as well, will find that the genie was better when it was in the bottle...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE BARACK OBAMA...HE WANTS TO LEAD THIS COUNTRY, NOT JUST BECOME PRESIDENT...

[Iceburg]

21. He has been negative from the gitgo ...that's his problem./nt

[galadrium]

22. He should respond with facts... not the bullshit Hill is throwing at him

Obama's appeal is that he stayed above the petty attack style politics. I don't want to see him start slinging mud.

[Bluerthanblue]

23. no- If he can't win being who he is, it isn't worth winning-

because he would be selling out to what is NOT good about Hillary.

peace~

[rwheeler31]

24. No

[RoadRage]

25. Nope.. he's been classy so far, and I hope that he will stay that way.

No reason for him to sink to her pathetic level.. it wouldn't suit him anyway. People like him because of his personality... and his above the rhetoric style.

[chascarrillo]

27. Negative against who? He's won the nomination.

I'm not sure that there's any point in going negative against someone who's already lost.

[u2spirit]

35. But Clinton needs to be buried

If she is unwilling to face reality, she will be like a hemmorhoid to him until the convention.The only to end it is to bury her politically.

[chascarrillo]

38. Sound and fury, signifying nothing.

She's doing a good job digging her own grave already. No need to expend the effort in lifting her a hand.

[Major Hogwash]

29. No, instead he should just keep on keeping on. Wyoming on Saturday!

Hillary has already demonstrated that she doesn't care about half of the United States.

[burythehatchet]

30. No. Its the antithesis of his message n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

31. No, I don't think he should.

He should cool it already. :eyes:

[GreenTea]

33. Negative ALWAYS works...just watch the republicans.

[Algorem]

34. go from covert negative to blatant negative?

[islandmkl]

36. and can this f***ing Kumbaya shit be left to the RWneocon propaganda hacks that smear us all with it

and try to see some strength and leadership in whichever candidate we support?

Kumbaya, my ass....maybe we could all use some Kumbaya...

are you ashamed to be: Democratic, Liberal, Progressive, anti-war, anti-conglomerate control of every facet of everyday life, fervent supporter of the Constitution, a believer in the equal rights of ALL men and women...


F***ing whiners are why the neocons took over this country with minimal support: we all cried after the fact and blamed Kerry for giving in, W and Cheney screwed us, Rove and the RW talkers swayed the 'masses' against us...

Kumbaya your ass into your local precinct...get voters out...for Barack or Hillary...quit preaching to your own choir...find those RW middle-class people that can not defend their own situation and/or position and talk to them...

Kumbaya America back to the people...I say make Kumbaya a sign of good things, not some badge of shame...

F*** those people who can't feel good about ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THIS COUNTRY RIGHT!

[StevieM]

37. He's been negative all along. His campaign has been hateful and vindictive, just like Obama (eom)

x

[Double T]

39. Quit your whining. obama has done himself in.

obama is finally getting EVERYTHING he deserves and there is a lot MORE to come.

[Gore1FL]

42. The nomination for example

Hilary cannot mathematically have a realistic chance wih he performance tonight, unless he wins PA withj 100% and makes a strong shhowing in all the states deemed as unimportant.

[Gore1FL]

40. Why?

Hillary didn't close the gap enough tonight to win. What would be the point?

[u2spirit]

41. The point is that 3 more months of this

Will destroy either candidate.

[Gore1FL]

46. Granted

But it is effectively over tonight.

[kentuck]

44. No.

...

[DUyellow]

45. she is running on false experience