Yale Daily News

thank you for being on the right side of History!

"right side of History" is a thinly veiled racial argument for Obama. Leave it alone, and try to defend Obama's thin record on its own.

Hopefully voters will realize that the point of an election isn't to elect a rock star.

There is a wonderful video available on MSNBC where Brian Williams asks Sen. Obama this question (in a series of others). He has eluded that certain members of his cabinet would include Warren Buffett, Al Gore, and the rumor mill is circling now regarding Sen. Edwards as a possible Attorney General.

On the contrary, Sen. Clinton, will more than likely include Jennifer Granholm as her attorney general. I wouldn't trust Gov. Granholm in my cabinet after the way she's run Michigan into the ground.

Very eloquent and inspiring endorsement!

I thought people at Yale (especially faculty) disliked the Bush dynasty. Why does the article express gratitude for the 11+ years of Bushes in the White House?

W. was not a good president

The endorsement suggests that he was not a good president — (if that) is in parenthesis. Don't worry; I'm sure the YDN board would not hesitate before calling for his impeachment. Focus on the point of the piece, maybe?

Endorsement from a media, that is shameful.

As much as I love my alma mater, this endorsement doesn't even get the facts straight.

Obama representing his actual home state? He grew up in Hawaii

He has lived in Chicago, Illinois since he graduated from college. Clinton moved to New York months before running for office.

After hearing him speak, I think of Obama as an inspirational leader who can unite the country. Unfortunately, I see little substance to his talk of uniting people to solve problems. In Hillary Clinton, however, we have a leader who may be unpopular and polarizing, but one has risen to the occasion in the past and will surely rise to it as our next President!

I am impressed that Yale did not endorse Hilary simply because it is her alma mater. Forward thinking, wise, insightful! Thankyou!

Obama is a Condi-Rice/Colin-Powell, who has been packaged by the ruling elite and marketed to the masses:

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/feb2008/obam-f04.shtml

Clinton, not Obama, is the true anti-establishment candidate.

I think most the people on this commentary are just stupid. Obama was the editor if the Harvard Law Review, I mean his life is an inspiration. Instead of making millions on wall street he decided to be a community organizer making 13k a year, just think about the integrety of this MAN. HILLARY WAS MAKING 200K A YEAR ON WALMART'S BORAD OF DIRECTORS WHILE RAKING IN MILLIONS AT THE CORPORATE LAW FIRM SHE WAS EMPLOYED AT. ANYBODY WHO VOTES FOR HILLARY IS JUST PLAIN DUMB AND IS VOTING FOR THE SECRET SOCIETY.

Listening to the HRC supporters talk about HRC being the only one who can lead us or the 'true anti-establishment candidate' is laughable...there must be some Clingon trolls gallantly running about or people who can't read.

HA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clinton is the true anti-establishement candidate, righttttttttttt.

My God, her tricks really do work!

Obama = No Health Insurance.

Unfortunately, celebrities don't care about the poor.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04krugman.html

i'm impressed. OBAMA 08!

this is ridiculous. "he seemed genuine. he probably was." this is supposed to be a newspaper, an institution that questions potential leaders rather than taking what "seems" to be true.

Thank you for an honest, brave and thoughtful endorsement!

Let me see if I possibly get this straight: As editors of The Yale Daily News, you are saying that Bush Sr, Clinton, and Bush Jr. are all basically the same -- "good but not great." That's your whole wrapup of those men. Not any real difference. Nothing particularly good about the Clinton years '92-2000. Um....are you insane? Why should any intelligent person take you seriously when you can't even differentiate between Bill Clinton and Bush? Yeah -- really brave to endorse Obama when every kid on every campus supports him. It would have shown some real balls to endorse Hillary, but of course you can't do that because she is part of some -- what is it again? -- secret CIA evil conspiracy to destroy us all and lie and control the universe (wait sorry -- i have to check past Rush Limbaugh shows online to get all the dirt against her straight.) Way to go out on a limb. Glad to see you are standing by the right-wing Republicans as they knew you would. YDNews: "Bush-Clinton -- no real difference." How sad and pathetic.

"Still lingering, though, is the question of substance."

Like Obama's speeches, your endorsement has impressive rhetoric but fails to mention concrete issues (health care, education, etc.).

I'm still trying to figure out how the 90s economic boom jumped into Hillary Clintons's resume. There's no mention of Al Gore in the Clintons' campaign speeches.

Al Gore is known as one of the fathers of the Internet. That economic boom was driven by the Internet which was new at the time. How come so many people out there think the Clintons have this magical power over the economy? When will a true American visionary, Al Gore, get his due?

I am Asian. I am tired of all the racial comments. I am tired of everyone giving Obama a "pass" because he is black. Everytime something is not favorable for the Obama's camp, it is about race. What happent to hard work and rating performance from his record? He has done nothing with his years in the senate. I am tired of giving a black person a pass because it makes everyone feels better. Did Obama get a free pass into Harvard? A very valid question since blacks are accepted at a lower standard. These free passes are resulting in discrimination against hard working Asians and White families. Has anyone notice that Asians are not even mention in this 2008 primary process...

obama is both black and white. but i only hear him talking about his afro-americanism.

he is using the black side of his ethnicity to play on the sentiments of the young who want to be in vogue and to ride the fence to capture the vast majority of americans who want to make up for past descrimination.

what a shameful and abuser of empty speech rhetoric and psuedo-african/america, obama is.

do you need to be a lawyer to see this?

the media is not reporting responsibly by using african american commentators to racially blind the american public.

what injustice is being commited on us.

stand up like a man obama and get off of your denial of just being a good american. keep race out of it. you are not just african-american. stop your half lying of who you are and stop making our great country a mockery based on race.

This is a response to Adrienne the Asian.

The last time I checked Asians were not outperforming African students in American universities. As a matter of fact the African community has the highest percentage of college graduates in America.

One of Obama's Harvard professors in fact said Barack was 'the best all round student he had seen in decades'. No one in his right mind can question Obama's intellectual strength.

What amazes me is how Asians who come from some of the worst kinds of poverty and deprivation arrive here and suddenly put on a superiority complex.

I applaud white Americans who have refused to be blinded by racism. But this election is about to expose is the racism of (non-Philipino) Asians. These people would never employ a black person even in a business that depends on a black clientele. Black people who visit their native lands return with horror stories. I don't see them hiring a black person to be president of the country. This election may finally open the eyes of Africans-Americans who support their businesses.

This is painful to read/watch. The democratic party is yet again going to undo itself in the presidential election. I can't even count the number of times I've heard either Obama or Clinton supporters saying they won't vote for the other candidate if they win the primary. This is absolutely LUDICROUS. They are not going to vote for the other candidate even though their legislative records are almost identical (they share over 90% agreement rate on legislation)? This election matters. The next supreme court justices to retire are liberals. Please get over this bittnerness and realize that we'll be looking be saying goodbye to Roe V. Wade if a democrat doesn't win.