Charlie Rose

Helenka  04/17/2008 09:00 PM Report

Come on, Pennsylvania, youâ??re not only the state of brotherly love; letâ??s hear it for sisterly love. Vote for your sister Hillary!

Hannah  04/16/2008 09:54 PM Report

Hillary is a woman in the same league as many outstanding female leaders throughout history. To mention but a few of the most famous: Katherine the Great, Queen Victoria, Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi, Margaret Thatcher, and Benazir Bhutto.

What do men fear from women in power? Why?

As J.O. Hobbes has said, "Women may be whole oceans deeper than we are, but they are also a whole paradise better."

Helenka  04/16/2008 09:53 PM Report

Come on, Pennsylvania, you're not only the state of brotherly love; let's hear it for sisterly love. Vote for your sister Hillary!

Deborah  04/16/2008 06:28 PM Report

Is this what the election has come down to? Who is perceived to be the most blue collar candidate? People will vote against their own self interests because a candidate doesnâ??t bowl or drink shots of whiskey. Itâ??s quite sad and illustrates how people increasingly canâ??t participate in a democracy.

Further, Charlie shouldn't consider Florida in this primary. Clinton went into Florida with the benefit of name recognition and the absence of Barack Obama's affective campaign. The state doesn't count and both candidates, including Clinton, agreed to these terms.

This election is far too critical for this type of distraction.

Carol  04/16/2008 12:25 PM Report

Maureen Dowd's column in Today's Times speaks to this issue (and she is no fan of Hillary). Obama does come across as someone not-in-touch with the "lunch box" crowd. He refused to eat one piece of chocolate, and then "puts down" the product to the workers. (In the interest of fair disclosure, I like chocolate.) I also did not know he went to a prep school before Ivy League colleges. His mother received a PhD. One can act "elitist" without having grown-up elitist. Why wasn't Charlie prepared to bring these points up to Casey instead of having him paint a picture of someone who grew up struggling? (Again, I am just someone who hates the spin, and not Obama. Once again the mistake is in the campaign.)

Mark-MyWords  04/15/2008 10:51 PM Report

Somebody peel the archival footage of Obama discussing small town anger in 2004, and submit it to YouTube!

LV Duckworth  04/15/2008 04:32 PM Report

I agree with Senator Casey about Obama being the better candidate.

Though I am surprised that Charlie was not more knowledgable about Barack Obama's meanings and lack of elitism in regard to the now infamous "Bitter" statement. Especially seeing how Barack Obama had in fact spoken clearly on this very issue in a 2004 Charlie Rose interview. Perhaps Charlie needs to refresh his memory in this regards - I suggest he check out the following YouTube video of that very interview.

Here is the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a88wMPAWc90

Jake McGraw  04/15/2008 02:09 PM Report

I have not yet decided on who would make a better democratic candidate but I find the media's infatuation with Barak Obama unacceptable. I see that Charlie has now become a mouthpiece for the Obama campaign, and lacks any semblance of objectivity. It is obvious that Charlie wears his bias on his sleeve and promotes that bias on his show. Furthermore, to allow advocates and talking heads for Obama and no opposition voice is the same as Fox News.

I am very disappointed.

Shaft  04/15/2008 02:08 PM Report

Sen. Casey is so accurate when he states that while many of the policies between Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton is similar, but Sen. Obama has more and superior plan of implementing the policies than Sen. Clinton would have. Sen. Obama is THEE caditate of choice despite how one clices what was said last weekend. I agree with Sen. Obaba that many people when they are faced with economic depression they do turn into apathy towards other minorities, that is a common understanding by people who study the behavior of society during difficult times. This time we are in is difficult, and there is frustration and people will undoubtedly turn into religion as to how they can get by. Recently, there was unscientific research done in Canada less have provinces, and it just happen church attendance is more in those economically less appealing provinces. It is also revealed that there is more alcohol and drug abuse in those places. This is a common understanding amongest all knowledgeable people. This media campaign against Sen. Obama is nothing but frustration driven by the other camps. Sen. Obama has shown to the average American he is their candidate and he does have the solutions for almost all the probles that can be fixed by a politician.

Irish  04/15/2008 01:57 PM Report

I'll take one Gov Rendell over all these pro Obama guys. This is really turning into a class distinction issue and we really didnt need this in the Democratic Party. Obama is a nitwit to be talking negatively about struggling people in a fund raising venue with billionaires like this and I dont care who thinks he is right. And remember Charlie, if you are not overtly in agreement with each of your viewers you are clearly uninformed. :-)

welsh woman  04/15/2008 03:17 AM Report

I did not watch the Casey interview in its entirety - he was better than a dose of Ambien. Not the liveliest speaker on the Obama bench. Unlike Allie Terry I have never had the impression that Charlie is a Clinton admirer. It's news to me that you think he might be - he rarely allows his personal choices to interfere with his interviews.

I could do with a lot less Joe Klein. He's a bit of a cracked record now.

The trailer for tomorrow's Frontline on Healthcare was fabulous. Charlie let his guest do the talking and he was rivetting.

Now let's make sure that Frontline is mandatory viewing for all 3 presidentail candidates, then Charlie Rose should have all 3 at his oak table together next week.

That would be a show for the ages indeed.

Kate Galligher  04/15/2008 01:37 AM Report

Once again Charlie Rose had an insightful, indepth discussion of a topic that the main stream media runs in 2 minute sound bites. Hillary Clinton was met with boos at a rally today and had to cut her speach at the Jefferson/Jackson Dinner to 5 minutes because nobody was listening. Her tactics will backfire on her and Obama will come out of this a better candicate. Everything Obama said is true, and that is the point, Obama speaks the truth and Clinton tells people what she thinks they want to hear - or worse yet, she lies!

disappointed  04/15/2008 01:09 AM Report

I'm small town KS, and I'm disappointed, disgruntled, despondent and mad as hell. So having my feelings described by a hopeful candidate resonates. So don't apologize, but keep defining. The wise-guys in the financial community (Citigroup et al) has subprimed us into irretrievable chaos. Am I embittered? Damn right!

Kathy Struewing  04/15/2008 01:03 AM Report

I don't agree with you Allie, I did not get that perspective at all and I love Charlie Rose. Yes sometimes he interrupts when you just want to listen more fully about what that person is saying, but there is no one better that Charlie Rose, it is like sitting in the living room and listening to two or more intelligent people discuss things that you need to know about, sure I always want more, but it unfortunately is only an hour long, I could listen to some of them for hours, as I love to learn, and so does Charlie Rose, that is what makes him a great interviewer, he just wants to know everything and he knows a lot. He is impressive how much he knows and can carry on a conversation with just about anyone. I think he is fair, and I think he is impressed by Obama and wants to know what and why, he is just curious, which is a good thing.

That clip of Obama tonight shown from '04 made it clear to me what he meant by the "bitter" remark. He was talking about how people, when they are fed up with their government and the economy, they vote for the party who is talking to them about issues that make them feel good, and nostalgic; people who grew up, shooting the gun with their dad's or going to church with their families. And guess what party that has been the last eight years. I now understand what he meant, by seeing him in that clip explain it. The democratic party needs to address those issues of faith and guns, and reach out to those people who take comfort from those things. He didn't mean it was a bad thing to take comfort from those things,he was just saying that those nostalgic things that people feel may influence how they vote, and the republican party has exploited this. I saw it when Bush was running the first time he ran, and it scared me how he was using the "born again language", I knew when I heard it what was going to happen. I saw the climate of that issue at that time. And I was right, look what has happened, now there are books written about it. So what Obama was saying is whoever speaks to those deep comfort emotions in hard economic times wins, even if they are retarded like Bush. Does that mean that people are stupid? I don't know, but I think a lot of people are waking up to the wrongs of the conservative movement now. The conservative movement is dying, look what it has done to this country. We all know this now, and they know it too. If McBush gets elected I am going to move to Canada. I will have lost all faith in the American people. I don't know if I could take it again. I have been non party all my life, but I became a Democrat just so I could vote for Barack Obama. I may be projecting hope onto him, but I believe he is the best person for the job right now in this time in our history.

Kathy Mae

denise carroll  04/15/2008 12:52 AM Report

The previous writer might remember that the Republicans have been exploiting American Evangelicals and the gun toting lobby for years. This way the important issues like health insurance, the excesses of Wall street, the environment and many others, are not addressed. So, yes, people living in hardship become easy targets for such deceptive tactics.

As to Obama kneeling and begging a woman to vote for him is not the political correct thing to do according to the standards of some feminists. But then graciousness or humor was never a strong point for the p.c. crowd. Lighten up!

denise carroll  04/15/2008 12:52 AM Report

The previous writer might remember that the Republicans have been exploiting American Evangelicals and the gun toting lobby for years. This way the important issues like health insurance, the excesses of Wall street, the environment and many others, are not addressed. So, yes, people living in hardship become easy targets for such deceptive tactics.

As to Obama kneeling and begging a woman to vote for him is not the political correct thing to do according to the standards of some feminists. But then graciousness or humor was never a strong point for the p.c. crowd. Lighten up!

Pat Davis  04/15/2008 12:47 AM Report

Dear Charlie,

I am from western PA and have more than 100 aunts, uncles and cousins there. We are all furious at the stupid big deal the media is making about Obama's bitter comment. I had to call 20 relatives and discuss this -- ALL of us like Obama. Obama got our situation exactly right. Our govenment has been totally incompetent--getting no good jobs after the steel mills left. Never thinking about keeping the smart kids at Carnegie Mellon and Pitt in Pittsburgh to create companies until lately.

We are all furious at the media for wasting our time on Obama's correct statement. We want to get jobs!! It's allll about jobs and health care.

We are all now hating Hillary. My whole family voted for Bill and we will never, never vote for Hillary!

Obama is correct when he said this is distracting us from what is important. We want jobs in PA. Let's talk about our economy and health care.

Annette Niemtzow  04/15/2008 12:09 AM Report

In my experience, this was the most disappointing show that Charlie Rose ever broadcast. It was a (not-so) covert love letter to Obama. The conversation was centered on how to save Obama's candidacy--get him back on what Charlie and his guests see as his inevitable path to the nomination.

There was never a moment of recognition that his "clinging" comment perhaps suggests that Obama truly doesn't understand Americans and their values....perhaps the issue is real, not just a "gotcha moment." Perhaps Obama is just more comfortable with the "arugula" crowd--and is condescending to working people.

Ah, but we should remember too those women he got on this knees to and begged for their vote--that was his sexist condescension. Perhaps he is just an arrogant guy who feels superior to others.

Charlie, did you ever consider that? Charlie, did you ever consider too that you and Joe Klein and Dick Polman are all white male intellectuals,just the people who find Obama "inspiring"?

A balanced show would have included some Hillary centered conversation: Can Hillary win based on this? What should she do next? Instead, it was an all male, buddy game for "the guy." This was very sad. It is unfortunate that even on Charlie Rose's show, one only finds media bias of the white male type.

Allie Terry  04/14/2008 11:28 PM Report

Senator Casey's voice was a welcome contribution to the Charlie Rose show this evening and I celebrate Casey's endorsement of Barack Obama. As I have written to this site before, Charlie Rose is an interlocutor that does not allow his interviewees to fully flush out his or her ideas, which is a very clear indication of Rose's own biased views on the very issues that he proclaims to listen to. Rose needs to step back and listen, as any good interviewer should, and, as a prerequisite, be able to do. Obama is THE candidate for this presidential election and Rose clearly indicated to his listeners that he supports the regime and Hillary, which is an extreme disappointment. I was under the false assumption that Rose was a much more informed individual that would promote an educated viewpoint and a better direction for the American people. I'm tired of Charlie Rose, and I definitely do not support his degradation of Obama in any way.