That having been said, on matters of policy he's the guy who seems to best match my interests, so I'll probably still vote for him. Or maybe Bill Richardson.

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You value her experience as First Lady much more highly than I do. The one real task she was given -- health care -- was a complete disaster and was enough to publicly sideline her as a policy force for the rest of Bill's time in office.

I'm not a Hillary supporter but I can't let this one go. She spent 12 years married to the governor of Arkansas and 8 to the President, and as we all know she didn't spend that time baking cookies.

So how much experience does Monica Lewinsky have? Maybe Hillzilla should pick her as a running mate! Think of the cabinet meetings!

Hillary Clinton has the same issues with experience with just four additional years in elected office.

I'm not a Hillary supporter but I can't let this one go. She spent 12 years married to the governor of Arkansas and 8 to the President, and as we all know she didn't spend that time baking cookies. Her resume isn't 6 years in the Senate -- 60 years in the Senate probably wouldn't equal the experience of her 8 years in the White House. It seems pretty clear from the Dem debates that Hillary has more real experience than anyone else in the Dem field (or the field on either side) -- the real knock on her is that maybe she has too much experience for a country that might be happier with a fresher face/name.

PS, Hillary has 4 more years of experience in a federal elected office, but Obama has 4 more years than Hillary as an elected officeholder if you could his time in the Illinois legislature. I'm not looking to debate the relative value of experience in the state Senate vs. US Senate vs. CEO vs. mayor, just noting that I think the highlighted sentence isn't actually correct.

I couldn’t care less about the race or sex of the candidates but realize some do. I suspect many will vote for Obama or Hillary for that reason alone. If Obama losses, I doubt it will be because of his skin color.

The Black vote has been 90% Democrat for quite some time and don’t see it changing in next election. Possible higher turn out but unlikely any higher then the anti turn out.

I would prefer Obama over Clinton but unlikely to vote for any of the Dems that are running.

Though in Iowa and New Hampshire, no one will admit to this,but I bet you a bottom dollar that they vote the Oprah party line.

I'm still waiting to see if Oprah's endorsement helps or hurts.

Me, too. My guess is that it won't help as much as one might think.

I'm still waiting to see if Oprah's endorsement helps or hurts. I'm guessing it will help, but most celebrity endorsements tend to hurt candidates. Oprah, however, is a person that people can relate to.

I agree that Obama is a great prospect for the first black president, and if he's nominated he might get my vote, depending who the Republicans pick.

Charles Moskos has characterized as the “Afro American community”

He may have used the term, but he swiped it from someone else. Ida Reid was talking about the "Afro American" community in her 1927 Social Forces article on Harlem.

Moskos did come up with the catchy phrase, "don't ask, don't tell."

I've always wondered whether he'd have a harder time convincing African Americans that he was a good standard bearer than white Democrats. Oprah's imprimatur probably settles that question.