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Strange morning after. President Obama's press conference last night has resulted in our Readers Who Comment suggesting he did great, asserting that he was awful, and in some cases blaming the MSM for letting him off the hook. There are relatively few comments that address issues, such as the economy,...

By Doug Feaver | March 25, 2009; 06:42 AM ET | Comments (0)

Federal Reserve Under Fire

Washington Post readers are steamed that Federal Reserve officials knew for months about the bonuses paid to AIG employees, but failed to tell the Obama administration.

By Doug Feaver | March 19, 2009; 07:46 AM ET | Comments (0)

Readers Debate 'Israel Lobby,' Freeman

Readers debate Freeman's withdrawal from intelligence post.

By Doug Feaver | March 12, 2009; 07:47 AM ET | Comments (10)

Obama's No Politics Science

Readers debate implications of President Obama's decision to end restrictions on stem cell research.

By Doug Feaver | March 9, 2009; 07:33 AM ET | Comments (3)

Readers Battle Over Health Care Plan

Readers debate President Obama's health-care proposal.

By Doug Feaver | February 26, 2009; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (3)

Readers Dissect Obama Speech, Applause

Reader debate effectiveness of President Obama's speech.

By Doug Feaver | February 25, 2009; 07:24 AM ET | Comments (0)

Readers Angry About Foreclosure Rescue Plan

Readers angry about President Obama's $75 billion mortgage foreclosure prevention plan

By Doug Feaver | February 19, 2009; 07:33 AM ET | Comments (7)

Military Coffin Photos Stir Debate

Readers debate ban on photographing return of War on Terror fallen.

By Doug Feaver | February 17, 2009; 06:31 AM ET | Comments (0)

Readers Debate Obama Performance

Readers debate Parker and Marcus columns on Obama.

By Doug Feaver | February 11, 2009; 07:24 AM ET | Comments (1)

Readers Split on Obama's Pitch

Readers discuss President Obama's [op-ed piece](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/04/AR2009020403174.html) urging action from Congress.

By Doug Feaver | February 5, 2009; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (2)

Readers Vote No on Daschle

Readers attack Thomas A. Daschle's apology for tax errors.

By Doug Feaver | February 2, 2009; 09:18 AM ET | Comments (4)

Readers Question Obama's Second Swearing In

Readers wonder about President Obama's second swearing in.

By Doug Feaver | January 22, 2009; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (19)

Next Up: The Economy

Readers discuss the markets and the inauguration .

By Doug Feaver | January 21, 2009; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (1)

King, Obama and Racism

Readers comment on and King Holiday.

By Doug Feaver | January 19, 2009; 07:48 AM ET | Comments (0)

Oh, Just 2 Million People

Readers discuss predictions of crowd size, other issues related to Inauguration Day.

By Doug Feaver | December 22, 2008; 07:34 AM ET | Comments (0)

Party Line Debate on Blagojevich

Readers debate Illinois situation.

By Doug Feaver | December 11, 2008; 07:48 AM ET | Comments (5)

Arrest Fuels Anti-Obama Crowd

Readers discuss Illinois governor's arrest and Obama.

By Doug Feaver | December 10, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (11)

Transition Hope, Fear, Witch Hunts

Readers advise presidential transition team on where to look.

By Doug Feaver | December 3, 2008; 07:39 AM ET | Comments (0)

Frets About U.S. Troops on U.S. Soil

Readers debate Pentagon plan to detail active duty troops to domestic security.

By Doug Feaver | December 1, 2008; 07:36 AM ET | Comments (1)

Hillary and Bill's State Department

Readers debatel whether Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton should be secretary of state.

By Doug Feaver | November 19, 2008; 07:42 AM ET | Comments (1)

Obama Woos the Feds

Readers suggest ways for President-elect Obama to improve federal services.

By Doug Feaver | November 17, 2008; 07:35 AM ET | Comments (0)

Closing Guantanamo: Constitution vs. Security

Readers debate President-elect Obama's reported intention to close Guantanamo Bay prison.

By Doug Feaver | November 12, 2008; 07:47 AM ET | Comments (1)

Obama and Racism

Most of the comments on Eugene Robinson's column about Obama's victory applaud and endorse Gene's response and affirm the joy and pride that many feel. There are also some that underline the continuing existence of racial stress in the United States.

By Doug Feaver | November 6, 2008; 07:43 AM ET | Comments (3)

Win Brings Change -- in Tone of Comments

Readers took on a different and, for the most part, more civilized tone Tuesday in their congratulatory and celebratory comments about the election.

By Doug Feaver | November 5, 2008; 09:25 AM ET | Comments (2)

Readers Believe Obama Polls

It's over except for the voting and almost all polls show Democrat Barack Obama as the likely winner of the presidency. Our Readers Who Comment this morning seem to agree.

By Doug Feaver | November 3, 2008; 07:38 AM ET | Comments (2)

The Barack Obama Show

Readers critique Tom Shales's review of Barack Obama's TV show.

By Doug Feaver | October 30, 2008; 07:44 AM ET | Comments (8)

Are the Polls Wrong?

Readers debate the question: "Could the polls be wrong?"

By Doug Feaver | October 29, 2008; 08:30 AM ET | Comments (9)

Obama Leads in Virginia

Readers discuss new Washington Post polll showing Obama leading by eight points in Virginia.

By Doug Feaver | October 27, 2008; 07:38 AM ET | Comments (17)

Powell's Endorsement

Powell's endorcement of Obama has generated more than 1,400 coments -- many alledging the endorsement is about race, since both Powell and Obama are African American. Others decry that characterization.

By Doug Feaver | October 20, 2008; 09:49 AM ET | Comments (2)

Angry McCain, Cool Obama

More of our Readers Who Comment seem to be scoring last night's presidential candidates debate for Democrat Barack Obama at the hour this is written, but it is by no means unanimous.

By Doug Feaver | October 16, 2008; 07:32 AM ET | Comments (63)

Obama Polls Ahead

Our Readers Who Comment this morning are unusually unified in their views of two articles, suggesting either that most of them are Democrats or that Republicans have decided to take a pass.

By Doug Feaver | October 13, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (110)

Readers' Town Hall Letdown

Our Readers Who Comment were not thrilled by last night's presidential candidate debate.

By Doug Feaver | October 8, 2008; 06:38 AM ET | Comments (65)

Democrat Registration Edge

Barack Obama's campaign is "poised to benefit" in the presidential election from significant voter registration gains by Democrats in several key states, Alec MacGillis and Alice Crites write this morning. The question, raised both by Republicans quoted in the article and by many Readers Who Comment, is whether those new...

By Doug Feaver | October 6, 2008; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (34)

Bailout Rescue Derided

The Senate of the United States may be trying to rescue the bailout plan, but the vast majority of our self-selecting Readers Who Comment continue their opposition. Dan Balz and Jon Cohen write this morning that a new Washington Post-ABC News polls finds registered voters divided over the plan. That...

By Doug Feaver | October 1, 2008; 07:45 AM ET | Comments (28)

McCain's Gamble

Readers discuss the wisdom of McCain's suspension of his campaign.

By Doug Feaver | September 25, 2008; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (610)

Poll Results Attacked, Cheered

Reader discuss new Washington Post-ABC News poll showing Barack Obama with a nine-point lead.

By Doug Feaver | September 24, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (341)

Economy Bites McCain

Readers discuss economy's impact on McCain campaign.

By Doug Feaver | September 18, 2008; 08:20 AM ET | Comments (116)

Battleground States Will Pick the Winner

On a day when the financial markets are in turmoil, on a day after the Redskins won (that's what's really important here in Washington), our political staff has talked to both Democrats and Republicans and discovered that voters in the same old so-called Battleground States will decide who becomes our...

By Doug Feaver | September 15, 2008; 07:23 AM ET | Comments (24)

Much Ado About Lipstick

Readers debate whether the presidential race is over and David Broder argues that it's too soon to tell.

By Doug Feaver | September 11, 2008; 07:45 AM ET | Comments (649)

Palin Reinvigorates the Base

Readers discuss vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's popularity with the Republican base."

By Doug Feaver | September 8, 2008; 07:49 AM ET | Comments (301)

McCain, Palin Draw Sniping, Support

Readers debate the state of the race for the White House finals.

By Doug Feaver | September 5, 2008; 07:33 AM ET | Comments (828)

Bill Clinton Leads the Charge

Readers mostly praise Bill Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention.

By Doug Feaver | August 28, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (31)

Not All Have Been Healed

Readers debate whether Hillary Clinton's speech brought unity to Democrats.

By Doug Feaver | August 27, 2008; 07:34 AM ET | Comments (24)

Hillary Supporters Still Angry

Readers debate whether Democratic unity is possible.

By Doug Feaver | August 25, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (399)

Turning Virginia Blue

Readers debate whether all those new registered voters in Virginia will vote for Obama or McCain.

By Doug Feaver | August 18, 2008; 08:00 AM ET | Comments (15)

McCain, Georgia and Lobbying

Readers debate John McCain's reaction to the Georgia-Russia situation.

By Doug Feaver | August 13, 2008; 08:03 AM ET | Comments (71)

Low-Wage Workers, Poll Timeliness

Our readers debate poll finding that low-wage workers favor Obama.

By Doug Feaver | August 4, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (16)

Campaign Coverage: Fair or Fouled Up?

The Post succeeded in charging up the partisans from both major political parties with an article about a lack of evidence for a McCain ad and a column about Obama's presumptuousness.

By Doug Feaver | July 30, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (16)

Obama and the Surge

If you like Obama, you'll like the Post analysis and hate its editorial today.

By Doug Feaver | July 23, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (27)

The Truth About Rumors

An Ohio community is wrestling with the false rumors that Barack Obama "is a possibly gay Muslim racist who refuses to recite the Pledge of Allegiance."

By Doug Feaver | June 30, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (35)

McCain, Obama and the Rights of Terrorists

The question of whether Barack Obama or John McCain have the best handle on how to deal with the rights of terrorism suspects is a huge issue with readers.

By Doug Feaver | June 18, 2008; 09:48 AM ET | Comments (0)

Obama-Clinton: Nightmare or Dream?

Many readers have serious questions about whether Sen. Barack Obama -- the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee -- would be making a big mistake if he invites Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton to join him on the ticket.

By Doug Feaver | June 5, 2008; 09:25 AM ET | Comments (144)

Obama's Win: Small States, Big Media

How Obama did it is documented by Jonathan Weisman, Shailagh Murray and Peter Slevin in an article that shows Obama chose campaign strategists who wrote a brilliant playbook.

By Doug Feaver | June 4, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (82)

Racism vs. Sexism

Shankar Vedantam Departmentof Human Behavior column says that the Democratic presidential battle has caused supporters of Sens. Obama and Clinton to feel that the campaign "has pitted race against gender."

By Doug Feaver | June 2, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (0)

Obama, Clinton, Misogyny, Racism

The Democratic presidential nomination contest took another lurch forward last night with Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sweeping Kentucky and Sen. Barack Obama winning easily in Oregon.

By Doug Feaver | May 21, 2008; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (179)

Democratic Disunity

"the Ill will" between supporters of Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama has become intense.

By Doug Feaver | May 19, 2008; 09:45 AM ET | Comments (187)

Obama's Candidacy and Racism

A story about Obama surrogates encountering raw racism has generated more than 3,300 comments from our readers, an unusually high number.

By Doug Feaver | May 15, 2008; 07:42 AM ET | Comments (0)

Clinton and the Dead Parrot

Dana Milbank suggests that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential prospects are as dead as that Norwegian blue parrot in the famous Monty Python bit.

By Doug Feaver | May 14, 2008; 09:00 AM ET | Comments (75)

The Limbaugh Factor

Readers express special interest in a story that asks if radio host Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" actually held down Obama's totals.

By Doug Feaver | May 8, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (149)

Time for Clinton To Quit?

There is unusual near unanimity among our readers. Many of them seem to want Clinton to concede and go home.

By Doug Feaver | May 7, 2008; 09:20 AM ET | Comments (0)

Politicians and Gasoline

Economic arguments mostly about the gasoline tax are fueling the comments of our readers today.

By Doug Feaver | May 5, 2008; 09:35 AM ET | Comments (52)

Does Obama Get It Wright?

Our Readers Who Comment are all over the map in their reaction to the Obama-Wright situation.

By Doug Feaver | April 30, 2008; 09:50 AM ET | Comments (168)

The Beat Goes On

Sen. Clinton's victory kept her candidacy alive, but her path to the nomination remains "extraordinarily treacherous."

By Doug Feaver | April 23, 2008; 09:10 AM ET | Comments (0)

Readers Distrust Polls, Candidates

A new Washington Post - ABC News poll today says that Sen. Barack Obama holds a 10-point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when Democrats are asked whom they would prefer to see as the party's presidential nominee.

By Doug Feaver | April 16, 2008; 09:55 AM ET | Comments (0)

The Bitterness Lingers

Sen. Barack Obama's Democratic opponent, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, and the presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, seem to have joined the same church choir in finding fault with Obama's observation about bitterness.

By Doug Feaver | April 15, 2008; 09:30 AM ET | Comments (0)

Obama-McCain Letter Exchange

Paul Kane writes about a short-lived, 2006 collaboaration between Sens. John McCain (R) and newcomer Barack Obama (D) on a lobbying and ethics reform bill. Readers Who Comment -- depending on which political persuasion they represent -- see it either as a classic example of McCain's famous short temper that might not serve the presidency well, or as a classic example of Obama's eloquence not matched by an ability to get things done.

By Doug Feaver | March 31, 2008; 09:15 AM ET | Comments (0)

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