4 hours after what could possible be the final democratic debate...we find ourselves in the same situation we were in 4 hours before it. Brack Obama stands tall, unshaken, while Hilary Clinton stammers and studders for a clear message on which to stand.

From the get go, it was clear which Clinton had shown up at the debate. The combative, dirty tactic Hilary. The Clinton, that had no clear definitions for any of her plans. The Clinton, who had no answer to the questions posed of her. The Clinton who round-a-bouted several clear, pointed questions from both Senator Obama and the moderators. Instead, Clinton was more content badgering Obama, attempting to drive home points that Obama systematically refuted, while still remaining out of the combat zone that Clinton direly wanted to draw him into.

It began with Health care. Clinton opened, saying little about her plan, only saying that Obama's was faulty, that it would leave millions out in the cold, without a plan. Obama retorted, saying that his plan was not flawed, defended his major points, discredited Clinton's facts (By using a quote from her Husbands ex-head of Labor), then asked Clinton to give examples how her plan was superior. How did Clinton respond? Did she defend her point?

No. She launched into Obama again. Repeating her earlier charges, which Obama and defended and refuted, then proceeded to talk until the moderators suggested the candidates move on. During that time, Obama attempted to chime in at pauses, but Clinton would not allow it. She ran right over Obama, shouting at times to keep her voice heard. Near the end of her tirade, Obama said, with his hands raised in the air,

"Brain (Williams, the moderator), I'm being Filibustered."

For those of you who don't know, the Filibuster is a tactic used in the American Senate and Congress. It occurs when a member of the House wishes to kill a legislative movement, before the house or committee members have a chance to vote on it. How it is done...is a member of congress will take the podium...and never yield the floor back to the chairman, or any other member present at the hearing. They will talk, about everything and nothing, for as long as is necessary, until the bill or action is killed. In last night's debate, Clinton attempted to Filibuster Obama on the issue of health care. She attempted to make sure that her voice was the last one filling the room on the topic. Luckily for Obama, and for the American People, Brain Williams allowed Mr. Obama a brief response period.

As Obama finished, Tim Russert, the moderator opposite Williams, began his next question...and found himself in a shouting match with Hillary Clinton. Mrs. Clinton would not back down, she would stop it nothing to get her word in about health care one more time. Russert attempted to fight it, but eventually yielded. Did Clinton have anything new to say? No. More scathing remarks about how Obama's plan was incorrect. She even went as far as to say that Obama was not being true to the democratic party, because he did not believe in universal health care, claiming his plan was not actually focused on providing cheap and effective health care to the masses.

Never once did she focus on her plan. Never once did she answer a question pointed at her about her plan. She was relentless in her assault of Mr. Obama, who easily brushed off her remarks...and ignored the invitation to fight.

The debate continued in much the same fashion. Rarely did Mrs. Clinton answer a question directly. She continually got into shouting matches with the moderators (something which Tim Russert would have nothing of). In a sense, this felt more like a school yard fight than a debate for the Presidency.

A point that a friend of mine recently brought up, and something that has been on my mind as of late, and became more evident as I watched Clinton shout over the other members of the debate tonight...is simply this. She went from the strongest Democratic candidate, in a field of talented candidates...to a neck and neck race with Senator Obama. Something happened along the way in the Clinton camp. As the walls began to close in, as the gap between her and her closest competitor slowly began to close...her campaign shifted. Her message changed. She went from strong, confident Presidential Candidate to a mixed-message, confused, bully. Her actions over the past few weeks have caused me to raise one, simple question.

If she reacts to something as unexpected as Barak Obama in this fashion, if she looses sight of her goals, if she looses her message against something as small as an opponent for the Presidency...what would happen when she becomes President, and something arises nationally that she did not expect? Would she react the same way? Would she lose her composure? Would she lose sight of her goals? Her message? Would she be able to unite the American People together...or force us apart, much like she is doing to her own party? It is a legitimate fear, legitimate question...a question made more so valid by the way her opponent has handled her attacks and criticism.

Obama has remained stawart in the face of Clinton's vicious assault. He has stayed on message, ignored her calls for conflict, ignored the claims of inexperience...in essence, he has demonstrated his ability to weather some of the attacks he will receive as President. He has show that he will not be forced to stray from the path in front of him. He will not be deterred from his goals, that he will not let anything cloud his visions of what he sees in store for America. Obama, in these past few weeks, has given a glimpse as to how he would react to attacks on the Presidency...and possible, on a larger scale, an attack on America and her People. Stoic. Rock Solid. Unmovable.

And, perhaps most important of all...Obama has remained above the political fray.

Not many remember, but at the onset of Obama's Campaign for the Presidency of the United States, he made a promise. A promise to stay above the political infighting, to refrain from the dirty tactics that most politicians employ during their campaigns. Let me ask you this, then.

How many attack ads have you seen launched from the Obama Campaign? How many attacks on a candidates character has Mr. Obama launched? How many times has he gotten off message to assault an opposing candidate?

None.

In the recent weeks and months, the Clinton campaign has been heard complaining that the American Media is unfairly shedding a negative light on her, that they are only covering her pitfalls, and not those of Obama. There is a simple answer to why. He has given them nothing to report. No negative actions. No slanderous acts. He has truly run a clean, noble and honorable campaign.

Change you can believe in. Change in Washington. Change in the American Political Structure. All slogans, all promises of the Obama camp. Analysts aroung the nation, as well as Senator Clinton, have questioned this. They have questioned whether or not Barak Obama will be able to put actions to words, if he will be able to truly shift the American Political structure...or if its all simply that; talk.

My friends...these past few months...it is Change we are Seeing.

For years, in countless races before this current one, it has been nearly common practice to engage in dirty politics, to slander your opponents, to drag them through the mud with attack ads, with negative rhetoric. For the past year...we have seen none of this from Obama. We have seen no dirty tactics. Even when his character is being called into question...when his opponents are all but begging him to step into the ring with them...he has risen above, stayed clear of the political mire and sludge that is a dirty campaign. This has all come, not from a distant third party candidate...but from a Front-running, major national party's candidate. We are witnessing a shift in the American Political structure right now. Obama has reshaped the way a candidate campaigns for office.

It is in this moment, seeing the change that Obama has already brought to the political structure of America, that the voters allow themselves that little glimmer of hope they see in Obama to shine a little brighter. The hope for true change, the hope for Washington Politics to finally revert to a political structure by the people, for the people. To long, it has been a structure built by big money, ruled by special interest. In Obama...the American voter sees a chance at a future that is different than the present and past we have been forced to live through. In Obama...the American voter hears the change he speaks of, the hope he promises...and allows themselves to believe. His actions over the past year, through these past few weeks...have brought that belief more credence, made the light of hope burn that much brighter. Change you can believe in. Change, we are seeing. Yes we can, America. Yes. We. Can.

This was written a few days ago, the quote are not as current as they appear to be lol

"President Bush on Thursday predicted victory in the war on terror at a time of increasing public anxiety at home, likening the struggle against Islamic fundamentalism with the fight against Nazis and communists."

Thats a quote taken from an article that was posted on MSNBC.com earlier today. I read those lines there...and couldnt help but shake my head. The Bush government obviously has alot to learn about Islamic Fundamentalism...as well as Nazi's and Communists.

How can you compaire the three? Thats like compairing apples to oranges to bananas. Its rediculous. Yes, the three of them are oppressive ideals and against the american way. Good work Bush. But in most cases...Nazi and Communists governments have a single leader, or leaders, whom without the government structure would fail. For proof, please note WWII and Russian history. Hitler died, the Nazi war machine was crushed, Germany became a democracy, the threat to America was neutralized. Stalin died, the Russian People begin to realize that Communism does not work, hold democratic elections, and are no longer a threat to America. Islamic Fundamentalism...has no set leader. It has no set war machine, it has no set oppressed people....What does Bush plan to do?

How can you destroy, or even fight, and Ideal? A religion?! You can not, nor can you hope to. There is no way. Sure, people will say "If we capture Osama Bin Laden, we win!" If you honestly believe that....you are ignorant beyond all belief. You have killed a man. He will be replaced by two more men, probably far worse than himself, who will carry on his mission. There is no way you can ever hope to win against someting like this, when you cant even grasp a feasable victory plan. Look at Iraq right now. We captured Saddam, we installed a democracy...and yet there are still insurgants, who are fighter harder and harder each day, killing more and more.

"A series of attacks killed at least 51 people across Iraq Thursday, including 43 within a half hour in a Shiite section of Baghdad, officials said. Scores were wounded in the attacks, part of a violent week that has seen hundreds slain."

Taken from another story on MSNBC.com. We took out their leader...why havent they stopped fighting? Because they weren't following Saddam, they were following an ideal, a religious belief, that the American Infidel should not be impossing himself and his beliefs onto other people. So they fight, and kill, in the name of this ideal. An ideal, which the American Military, in all of its might and power, will never be able to touch in a thousand years. If we arfe going to accomplish what Bush wants, what he sees as a victory in this "War On Terror", then we will need to destroy and ideal...which in the entire history of the world has never been done.

So, Mr. Preisdent, I wish you luck in your endevor. The only thing you will accomplish in your campaign is american casualities, because this war...will never end.