The Cafferty File: Sen. Obama in the race?
On "The Situation Room" today, we asked viewers the following questions, and here are some of our favorite responses that we didn't get to read on air:
Should Senator Barack Obama run for the White House in 2008?
I sure hope so. He represents a new way of politics and brings to the political field an energy not seen for years. He seems practical, capable of sound judgment, articulate, and willing to find consensus on issues. As for his lack of experience, can he be any worse than what we have now?
Gary, Eerie, Pennsylvania
Barack Obama moved me with his keynote speech in 2004 and I have been waiting for this. He can bring the country together and I do hope he will run and of course win.
Elise, Toledo, Washington
I don't think that Obama should run for president in 2008. I don't think he has enough experience to be president. I also think racism is still too much of an issue at this point for him to win enough states.
S., Massachusetts
When it comes to ethics reform, does size matter?
Graft is graft...size makes no difference. Neither party had the guts to do the right thing.
Joe, Oswego, Illinois
The answer of course is: no. What matters most is integrity, something that has been in short supply in DC of late. And if our legislators are serious about reform and restoring the public's confidence in our legislative branch, they would establish an independent ethics body to make sure that our congressional representatives remember whose interests they were hired to represent.
Mike, Carver, Massachusetts
Everyone knows ethics is a matter of quality not quantity.
Tony, Statesville, North Carolina
Does size matter? No, conscience does; not that conscience has anything to do with Congress. They just tell us what we want to hear when somebody gets caught with their hands in the cookie jar, then let the publicity drop down and pass reform on to the next elected House or Senate, or the one after that... and so it goes...and so on, and so on.
Buddy, Douglas, WyomingWhy are there more single women in the United States than married ones?Have you seen what is available for single woman as partners? I have dated too many non-working little whiny men.
Susan, Jacksonville, FloridaWomen have found that they cannot take care of children, go to a job and wait on a husband without a nervous breakdown so they have cut their losses and cut out the men. I think more women are not marrying at all because of the stress put on them. Think about it, why should they?
Genny, San Antonio, TexasOkay, Jack, let me help you with this one. Why get married, get saddled down with debt, ungrateful kids and an old lady who takes you on guilt trips every day? Being a bachelor you have freedom to come and go as you please, spend what you earn on whatever pleases, without waiting for some judge and/or lawyer looking over your shoulder for their cut. It's a life sentence Jack, and I'm on my 31st year.
Floyd, Westbury, New York
Women have figured out that they don't need a man to have a successful, happy, peaceful life. Life lasts too long to put up with an annoying man, or woman, for that matter.
Jan, Corvallis, Oregon
