Who told Obama to run??

Obama was first urged to run for President by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin back in 2006 after one of Obama's speeches he heard in Boston.

I definitely think there is something fishy going on with this election but I don't think your theory is accurate. It's simply a distraction. Smoke and mirrors to draw our attention away from the fact that the last two elections were rigged. With more controversy more citizens will get involved and vote, believing that it actually matters and not think about the protest we should be having about ridiculously high gas prices, record oil company profits, the fact that the war on terror has been going on almost 8 years and we feel less safe than ever and nothing has been accomplished in the middle east. There are a lot of other things we could be focusing on that would make far more difference in our lives. These candidates are our employees. They are supposed to do what we want them to do. They are all just saying what they think the most people want to hear to get the most votes from them. Hillary is a different person in every state. No integrity. Let's focus on the real problems and make whoever we elect fix them.

You must live in a trailer with no TV. Can't Obama decide for himself? No one told him to run. And why can't minorities be part of the process? Why is Hillary considered a minority to you? There are more women in the U.S. than men.

Yeah, and every single time we have primaries it's a "set-up" against a single candidate.

The extreme left wing on the outside fringes of the democratic party orchestrated this fiasco.Years ago, the extreme left wing hijacked the democratic party, because they don't have enough members to influence a presidential election on their own.

The extreme left wing is backing Obama's presidential campaign, and they are presenting him as more of a moderate to trick the American public into supporting him. It isn’t going to work this year, any better than it has worked in the past. More than 30% of registered democrats will support the republican candidate if Obama becomes the democratic nominee. The extreme left wing doesn't even share the core values of the democratic party, so the base of the democratic party is not going to support Obama.

The extreme left wing wants to create chaos in America, because they believe that is the only path to achieve true socialism here. One of the ways they can create chaos in America would be to start a race war. They don't actually care that Obama can't beat McCain in November. What they are concerned with is getting him the nomination. That way, when Obama looses the general election, they can claim that America has refused to elect a black man to the presidency, that racism was the reason he lost, and they expect this will intensify the racial tension that Obama's campaign has already stirred up across the country.

This may be the plan of some, but is not the plan of the Democratic Party as a whole. It's the plan of the extreme left, they are notorious for maintaining destructive agenda, and this is the reason so many democrats have continued to support republican presidents over the last 40 years. In fact, the changes that were made to the democratic primary process, such as proportional allocation of delegates, were implemented by members of the extreme left wing... because this was the only way they could possibly have a chance to influence future general elections.

If the democrats still used the same method to assign elected delegates that the republicans do, Hillary Clinton would already have the nomination by now. The democrats would have a nominee who would appeal to a broad enough portion of the Democratic Party to win the general election this year. If Obama is the nominee, we will have a candidate who only appeals to the extreme left members of the Democratic Party, independents, new 'impressionable' voters, and black voters. Obama's base of support will not be enough to beat McCain in November. (and it's a good thing too, because an Obama presidency would not be good for America, or the American people)

The new Generation of Voters! The veterans who keep getting screwed by old Washinton Politics like Mccain. The tax payers who want to know how we pay so much taxes and rich companies get breaks. The American people who ask, how did China get this country? They own most of our deficit thru treasury bills!

Obama originally said he was not experienced enough to run. He later changed his mind. Why? Who helped him change it and convinced him he could do it?

Either the Democrats that hate Hillary. Ted Kennedy supports Obama.

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The Republicans...they need a weak candidate to ensure victory.

Obama won most of his delegates before all of the controversy. (Would they vote for him again)

Obama won many due to Operation Chaos. (Republican cross-overs)

He won red states. (Republican states)

He did not win Ca, Fl, NY, Ohio, Tx, or PA.

The Democratic party will split slightly. Some will not vote at all. Some will vote for McCain.

Who will win? McCain easily

That's an interesting question. He publically stated in an interview back in 2006 that he would NOT run for president. My how things change. No matter what happens in November, history will be made and each of us will have played some small roll in it.

It was big news when Obama won his seat in the Senate. I clearly recall the media saying around that time that there was a possibility that he could be an upcoming presidential hopeful. I thought that they were crazy at the time.

Two different minorities? I guess you must mean Richardson? Anyway, there is no one behind the curtain pulling strings. Obama chose to run.

It was a set up against Hillary.. or certainly against Bill, some of the old party faithful have never forgiven him his indiscretions.. even tho they are all just a guilty.

Nope..this is going too easy for Obama.. he is going to have a lot of puppeteers holding him up.