Hillary says that she won't be "bullied out" of the race for the White House, saying that the "big boys" - such as Senators Chris Dodd and Pat Leahy and Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico, who are all key Obama allies - are trying to push her out of the Democratic race because she is a woman. But when asked whether Barak Obama could beat John McCain in the presidential election, she said:

So... she thinks that women would - or should - vote for her because she is a woman too? Rather patronising, really. Women, just like men, vote for someone because they like their policies. They're not going to vote for anyone just because they have a pair of tits and lack a penis, like they do.

Just think if a man was to say that, replacing the word "women" with "men". Or even if Obama was to say the same phrase just using the word "black" instead. There would immediately be an outcry against it. And the same should apply to Hillary Clinton over this.

I admire the way that Barack Obama has not playing the "I'm black, so vote for me" line. He has made it quite clear that he is about representing everyone who shares his views, not just his race or gender - but everyone.

With this phrase - and her continuous "mis-speaking" - Hillary Clinton has shown herself not fit to be a Presidential candidate.

It's Super Tuesday in America. The day when 22 states are voting in their primaries to select their candidates for the Presidency. It really is a crazy system they have.

It is down to Barack Obama v Hillary Clinton for the Democrats and John McCain v Mitt Romney for the Republicans. McCain is expected to emerge triumphant from the Republican race today, but no outright winner is expected to emerge for the Democrats.

If I had a vote, it would got to Obama. He is the future of America.

UPDATE: What if the whole world have a vote? [Hat-tip to Norfolk Blogger]

I think he's slightly getting ahead of himself here. Even if he wins New Hampshire with the same - or even a higher - level of support than in Iowa, he still isn't even a shoe-in for the Democrat nomination, yet alone to win the Presidential election! There are, after all, 50 US states, and winning two of them hardly makes Obama's victory inevitable.

What an Obama victory in New Hampshire certainly could do, however, is all but end Hillary Clinton's presidential ambitions - but I wouldn't completely rule her out quite yet, whatever happens.

Even if [or as many seen to think, when] Obama gets the Democrat nomination, he will still have to fight an election against whoever the Republicans select. No matter what, that isn't going to be a battle with an inevitable result. If Obama really truly believes that victory in New Hampshire will definitely get him the Presidency, he may well be getting caught up in his own spin. A week is a long time in politics, and November 4 is still the best part of a year away yet.

Source: The Telegraph

America likes to have the biggest everything. This time, they really have gone for the prize - for the largest number of Presidential candidates ever. With eighteen candidates already declared - eight Democrats and ten Republicans - and several others expected to throw hats into the ring, it's more like a mob and a mad dash than a race!

What has caused such a large number of candidates to put themselves forward? Part of it is simply down to the fact that, for the first time in eighty years, there is no sitting president or vice-president running for their party's nomination, the last time this happened being the 1928 Presidential election. Another part can be oput down to the fact that their is no clear winner in either party. Neither Hilary Clinton, Barack Obama, John McCain, or Rudi Giuliani are head and shoulders above and ahead of the other candidates, which has thus enabled more candidates to enter the race.

The current candidates are [alphabetically by sirname], for the Democrats:

• Joe Biden
• Hillary Clinton
• Christopher Dodd
• John Edwards
• Mike Gravel
• Dennis Kucinich
• Barack Obama
• Bill Richardson

And for the Republicans:

• Sam Brownback
• Jim Gilmore
• Rudi Giuliani
• Mike Huckabee
• Duncan Hunter
• John McCain
• Ron Paul
• Mitt Romney
• Tom Tancredo
• Tommy G Thompson

Now how many of them have you heard of? Before this race, I had only heard of Clinton and Giuliana. Even since it has started, only McCain and Obama have made any extra impressions on me at all. It seems that most of these people are just putting their names frowards because they can, rather than because they actually believe they actually have any chance of winning their party's nomination, let alone the presidency.

Even considering how large the field already is, there are even more people who appear to wish to enter the race: former Vice-President Al Gore (Democrats), Fred Thompson (Republican), Newt Gingrich (Republican) [what a name!], and Michael Bloomberg (as an independent).

If all of them actually did enter the race, that would take the number of candidates to a whopping 22! And I thought the Labour Deputy Leadership election was full, with [just] six!

Source: The Telegraph