[Non-Sequitur]

For all those historians and political naysayers, Sen. Barack Obama's allies like to point out that Abraham Lincoln served just two years in the House before becoming president.

Different times. And just because Lincoln proved that he was up to the challenges doesn't mean Obama is.

[MadIvan]

Furthermore, nothing that Obama has produced is of the same quality as the Lincoln-Douglas debates.

Regards, Ivan

[PhilCollins]

If Obama wants to be like Lincoln, he should be more conservative, since Lincoln was a Republican.

Instead of comparing himself to someone who was President about 145 years ago, he should remember how well recent democrat presidential candidates have been. The last five democrat presidential nominess who had ever been U.S. senators are John Kerry, Al Gore, Walter Mondale, George McGovern, and Hubert Humphrey, and all five of them lost. If the Democrats nominate Sen. Obama, Sen. Clinton, Sen. Biden, or Sen. Dodd, the Republican will probably win.