Obama-Backing Senator Calls for Clinton to Drop Out

that is the most sane move to be adopted by Clinton.

I think Hillary will bow out before July 1 to back up Obama against McCain. Yesterday she asked her supporters NOT to vote for McCain if she wouldn’t become the nominee, but to strengthen a unified Dem Party instead.
At Politico there’s news about Dean pointing out July 1 as a deadline for the SD’s decision:
“Harry Smith asked if after the nominating contests end with the South Dakota and Montana primaries on June 3, “Do you want the superdelegates to have some sort of vote immediately so that you’ll know months in advance of the convention what the outcome is?”
Dean replied: “Well, I think the superdelegates have already been weighing in. I think that there’s 800 of them and 450 of them have already said who they’re for. I’d like the other 350 to say who they’re at some point between now and the first of July so we don’t have to take this into the convention.””

Why should she quit? she is a fighter and that is what we need in Washington. I believe that though Obama might get the nomination, but comes in Nov, the Republicans will have a field day with him. Besides without the revote in FL & MI, I don’t see how the democrats are going to carry those swing states.

Best thing she could do for this country. She won’t mark my word, they want power so bad it hurts.Nothing would please me anymore then see Billy boy out of the lime light He is a big black hole in this countrys history…
She is NOT capeable of running this country.All her big help in Billys reign were in her head ,she was hoping.I read now Irland, was to do a little plot in a park. Now tell me does that give her the right to say she was part of this settlement.NO

Why is everybody urging hillary to drop out right now??? Could it be because they’re afraid of the results in Pen?
If Obama loses there by double digits it should give the superdelegates something to think about.

Senator Leahy is correct and I am grateful to him for speaking up. Yes, Hillary will likely win PA and a couple other states but Obama will win the majority of the remaining states and delegates. The super delegates are clearly moving to him. He is the right candidate for this moment in our history. For all her good work over the years, we do not need another Clinton era in the White House. Hillary would make a great Senate Majority Leader or cabinet member.

Can Obama win enough delegates to win the nomination? No. Should he drop out because of that?
Come on. To these old liberals, Obama is a baby who needs to be protected. But
the truth is that, the longer the race
goes, the worse Obama will look like.
Let the voters vote.

don tufts says:
|”i am sending my resignation to the dnc today,and i am going to email sen clinton to ask her to run as a independant and will support her financially if she does”|
She can’t even win half of the Democratic vote, why would she run as an indy? She would lose her own stature and all of her seats in the US Senate.
If you want 4 more years of Bush-McCain, I can see your point.
I can’t stand people who call themselves Democrats or progressives and vow not to vote for either Obama or Clinton if they win.
It’s sour grapes and shows a lack of intelligence character.

Bob Casey endorses Obama? That is the fourth Superdelegate going his way in the last few days, though we don’t hear a lot about that at ABC, don’t know why.

ANOTHER WHITE MAN ASKS HILLARY TO STEP ASIDE. LOL. LET IT GO, GUYS.

I AM VERY MUCH ASHAMED, THE WAY YOU TREAT EACH OTHER ON THE WEB.
IT IS GOOD TO LOVE A CANDIDAT/ BEING A HUMAN SHE/ HE CAN FAIL. LOOK AT THE MESSAGE HE IS BRINGING TO HELP THE COUNTRY. SOME DO NOT LIKE OBAMA BECAUSE OF HIS COLOUR AND SOME LIKE HILLARY BECAUSE OF HER GENDER THAT IS NOT MATURITY

I don’t know why the superdelegates are waiting to make a decision. There’s approximately 79 that have not endorsed anyone even though their state has already held a primary/caucus. Senator Leahy is correct about McCain. The longer this thing is drawn out the easier it is for McCain. Superdelegates make a decision since that’s the only way for the Dems to get a nominee. Don’t wait until June or worse August! Stand for something now.

Obama should drop out today. He’s hateful Rev Wright, his American loathing spouse, his Rezko problem, his throwing his grandmother under the bus…
he can’t be elected.
He puts himself above the Party and above America.
Please for once Mr. Obama, do something for your country, DROP OUT

To the Clinton supporters:
It’s over. We know you love Hillary. We, the Obama supporters, would have had a hard time with this part too — the breakup. But it’s time to begin to come to terms with it. McCain is not the answer. He’s a terrible candidate, and deep down you know it. When Hillary is standing side-by-side with Barack at the convention and all this fall and asking for your support for Obama, we hope you will listen.
We’re sorry things did not work out better. Hillary was a strong campaigner. But she has lost. The longer she puts off dropping out, the worse off for our party — your party — and you, her supporters, should not want that.
We love you and we want you to have a voice in the Obama campaign. Please come back to the Democratic party and help us win the White House in November. We need you.
signed,
your Obama friends

Looks like the DNC is afraid of whats coming in PA,WV,KY,IN,PR. Well all the pundits have written her off so many times they have lost all credibility! Nither one of them will have the delegates to get the nomination without the help of superdelegates. So MSM let’s do like Bill Clinton said and saddle up because this ride is not over!

Dennis: Is that the same grandmother that he threw under the bus for his friend Rev. Wright!

Let the Voters decide.
I find it disturbing that the Obama supporters are for suppressing voters.
I heard Obama say that he wasn’t afraid of any man or any women…then why is he afraid to have the voters of Michigan and Florida vote.

James: It’s winner take all in November and Hillary has won where we need to win! If McCain wins Ohio,and PA game over, and the way things look now thats going to be the outcome! So why not give the nomination to someone who has a shot at these states. I know we are not supposed to pick the canidate who has the best chance!

russell Do you need a calculator? Can you tell me how you get a delegate lead out of the remaining states, in which OBAMA will carry most of? This race is over!!! Interpretation of throwing someones family member under the bus, does and should not get reactions just from print. If we want to down this road then How about about Whitewater!!! Talk about people getting thrown off the bus, Hell some of them are now underground.

Leahy only has what’s best for Hillary at heart.
If she drops out and goes back to the Senate still can still have a wonderful and productive career.
But if she keeps buring bridges…this would be bad not only for her party but for her career.
Thank You Pat Leahy for looking out for Hillary.

Pile on Hillary time. The party brass is putting the screws to her. This will only embolden her, scrappy fighter that she is. Its effect on her supporters is less clear, but if the posts on this blog are any indication, the sentiment will be: “Fight on Hillary”!

What a crock this party is! Obama supporters asking Hillary to step down after blocking 2 states from voting and knowing that she has the momentum! This party is the most crooked I’ve ever seen.
They & Obama have done everything to disrupt the democratic process. And to see so called party leaders doing this makes me sick.
I will never vote for Obama because of what HE stands for even if Hillary Clinton says vote 4 him. It’s insane.

YOU ARE RIGHT FOR SAYING THIS! IT IS ALL ABOUT PUBLIC RELATIONS. BUT DONT THEY KNOW THEY NEED HILLARY TO CAMPAIGN FOR THIS MAN? LOL. HE CANNOT WIN WITHOUT HER SUPPORTERS VOTING FOR HIM….
“As a lifelong Democrat, I find Leahy’s remarks to be way out of line and undemocratic. How dare he even suggest that Hillary drop out of the race! What a bunch of BS!
Pretty obvious what Leahy and folks like Pelosi and Dean are up to. They want Hillary to drop out before she defeats Obama by huge margins in PA and before those PA exit polls show that Obama has lost all the white vote.”

US VET posted:
“As a lifelong Democrat, I find Leahy’s remarks to be way out of line and undemocratic. . .
Pretty obvious what Leahy and folks like Pelosi and Dean are up to. They want Hillary to drop out before she defeats Obama by huge margins in PA and before those PA exit polls show that Obama has lost all the white vote.”
I absolutely agree. Also, hidden in all the MSM reports, and ignored by Leahey:
1. Hillary received more registered Democratic votes than Obama in the primaries; the registered Democrats will vote Democrat in the GE;
2. If FL and MI votes are counted Hillary and OBAMA have exactly the same number of pledged delegates;
3. There is definite buyer’s remourse, post Rev. Wright. Many who voted for Obama in primaries, are now adamantly opposed to him as the nominee;
4. Rezko trial is just beginning.
5. Superdelegates are supposed to vote independent of the popular vote in their locale.

LA IN INDY: I DONT WANT OBAMA TO DROP OUT. AND ASK YOURSELF THE SAME QUESTION – IF HE TRAILED BY 100 DELEGATES AND HAD WON MICH/FL, YOU WOULD WANT HIM TO STAY IN AND SOME DEAL STRUCK WITH THOSE STATES….OH, AND YOU WOULD BE SAYING THE SUPERDELEGATES SHOULD PLAY BY THE ESTABLISHED RULES AND VOTE INDEPENDENTLY.

My opinion is that Obama should drop out.
Are you people insane? His believes are the same as his pastor, or he wouldn’t of kept going to that church! I would not trust this man to run our country. I will vote for McCain, as much as I hate to say that.
Clinton is the one person who has the most experience. She has done a wonderful job as senator in New York State!

I think its sad that it has become so divisive, but the claim that Obama (who leads in every meaningful metric) is being told he is unelectable by a candidate with a 37% favorable rating and less than 50% who believe she is trustworthy is laughable. By the way, the 20 millionaires she has threatening the DCCC (made up of Superdelegates) was pretty smart, Obama has gained 3 superdelegates since Wednesday.

The commander guy- They should have Obama’s interests at heart also. If he gets the nomination, which most likely he will, and loses the general election
after the Republicans play harder ball with him then what he’s experiencing with Clinton, then his shot at a future Presidential run will be over. He’s a young man, if he went back and acquired the expertise and experience he won’t have when coming up against McCain then I have no doubt if he were to run again that he wouldn’t be going into the election with a divided party and he would be a sure bet for the Presidency.

The commander guy- They should have Obama’s interests at heart also. If he gets the nomination, which most likely he will, and loses the general election
after the Republicans play harder ball with him then what he’s experiencing with Clinton, then his shot at a future Presidential run will be over. He’s a young man, if he went back and acquired the expertise and experience he won’t have when coming up against McCain then I have no doubt if he were to run again that he wouldn’t be going into the election with a divided party and he would be a sure bet for the Presidency.

Obama supporters, don’t fret. When his campaign started, cynics continuously said what he couldn’t do; What WE couldn’t do. Obsticle after obsticle, he achieves. Challenge after challenge, he takes it head on and overcomes. Almost 2 million donors later, cynics are still whining and pointing fingers.
Just so you know, where there is progress, there is always a cynic stating what can’t be done instead of contributing to a solution. Where there’s fruit, there’s always a fly or two.
Just remember that and don’t get all worked up from those who are riding camels totally nude when that same fly is getting ready to land on that camel and you know how the ole saying goes, BROKE THE CAMELS BACK.
Hillary’s done. Barack will be the nominee and on to being the next President of the United States. Everything else is circumstantial.

la in indy: obama didnt cause fl/mich. if someone said that they are wrong. BUT the states and the dnc said no revotes unless all candidates approved. which one didnt? let me guess…
also – obama wants the superdelegate rules changed. his fans also want politics to look like kindergarten. for a black man. give me a break. typical.

Hillary is perfectly entitled to run.
She is perfectly entitled to keep lying about her record on NAFTA and Iraq and Bosnia and the Michigan and Florida delegates, just as any voter is perfectly entitled to point out that she is being deceptive.
Where she should just stop is in her efforts to distort Senator Obama’s record. That is the damage she is doing, and it is taking so long to point out her deceptions and smears that John McCain is getting pass on his lack of economic plans or inability to distinguish Al Qaeda from the Shiites they are murdering to this day.

There are nine people in my Democratic family and we are all voting for John McCain if Obama is the Dem nominee. Three of us were devoted Deaniacs.
Barack Obama is the worst thing that ever happened to the Democratic Party. He lies with the same ease as George W. Bush.
God help our party.

Please those quoting that new poll need to go to MSNBC that poll was slanted by their own admission. They purposely over used the African American population because of the questions they were asking. They even said that in the article. So keep dreaming of the White House cause it will not happen.

Barack Obama will never become president of the United States. And if you think Hillary is done, you don’t know much about politics.She was done in Iowa, done in New Hampshire, done in Texas & Ohio, done in PA, and yet, she is still standing and growing stronger and getting financial support from those whop believe in her. Obama cannot win the general, and if the Dems are too ignorant to see that, they deserve to go down in flames for another 4 years.

Joris: Well because of his good friend the Rev Wright Obama is like a turkey you can stick a fork in him he is done! He even makes Kerry look like a winner and thats saying a lot!

The time has come, Senator Clinton. Please listen to Leahy. There isn’t a single Democrat I know that is not disgusted with you. We can’t bring ourselves to vote McCain – but we will stay home.

It’s pretty where the DNC stands on Obama versus Clinton, isn’t it? So, imagine what will happen to Hillary if she’d decide to take the fight to the floor in Denver. It would devastating and humiliating for her, and it might be the end of her political career and affiliation with the DNC. Well, good for her, her supporters might say now, but all of you know very that it will NOT be. Is is for that reason that even senators who support her advice her to bow out in June or July, just to save her skin and her position as a NY senator. The bottom line is, I think, that people who really care about her and about her job as a US senator, try to convince her she’d better leave the lost race before she lost all her appeal to the party that would ensure her future political career.

Jay: Nice try, but your assertions just aren’t supported by the facts. Your comments don’t even qualify as white-lies or half-truths…sad.

“And you can take those numbers and
You hillary sheeple still don’t get it. Over half the country, over half the democrats, do not want the clintons back in the white house.”
That right there is why I will never support Obama!

Obama and his supporters are worried that they will start losing the primaries now on and want to shut down the process.
They blocked Florida and Michigan and now want Hillary to drop out.
If Hillary is not the nominee, we will not just vote against Obama, we will vote against every democrat.

YEAH, RIGHT. THEY ARE CONCERNED WITH THEM HAVING POWER THAT OBAMBI HAS PROMISED THEM. DONT TRY TO DRESS IT UP. WHEN OBAMBI WAS GOING AROUND SAYING THAT CLINTON IS EXPERIENCED BUT UNFIT, THAT THE REPUBS HAVE A DUMPTRUCK OF DIRT ON HER, THAT SHE IS MORE OF THE SAME (I.E., OLD), THEY WERE NOT JUMPING IN TO SAVE THE PARTY. SORRY, THEY ARE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES. I APPRECIATE WHAT LEAHY HAS DONE ON THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, BUT HE IS CLEARLY BIASED FOR ONE CANDIDATE – JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
“I believe that Sen. Lahey – and others – are legitimately concerned about the well-being of the Dem party and its chance of success in Nov. and therefore have every reason to voice their opinion.”

According to the New York Times, Obama’s lawyers succeeded in stopping re-do primaries in Florida and Michigan. Obama supporters want Clinton to drop out. Why are folks in Obama’s camp so afraid of allowing the will of the people to play out?

NBC oversampled blacks and they call the poll ligitimate! If you oversample whites then I am sure you would get a different results. Garbage in Garbage out! Talking about a biased poll!

to dave dial,excuse me ,lack of caracture,talk about calling the kettle black.OBAMA HAS COSISTANTLY LIED,HE IS A CLOSET RACIST AND MARXIST ,HIS WIFE HATES THE US AND YOU HAVE THE UTTER GAUL TO SAY I LACK CARACTURE.GOOD LUCK BECAUSE IF SHE DOESNT GET THE NOMINATION OR RUN AS A INDEPENDANT THE COUNTRY IS IN BIG TROUBLE.I WOULDNT AND I BELEIVE A LOT OF OTHER MODERATES WOULDNT VOTE FOR OBAMA FOR DOGCATCHER.

People, including P. Leahey, should review the 1980 democratic convention in which Ted Kennedy entered with merely 1,225 delegates to Carter’s 1,981 and 122 uncommitted, and no states were disenfranchised. In 1980, Ted Kennedy argued that he was the agent of change and the delegate count should be set aside. Note, Kennedy was not even close to Carter’s delegate count.
The superdelegates were created after the bitter Jimmy Carter-Ted Kennedy convention-floor fight in 1980. Elected officials, who had to endure the fallout from the presidential race but had no role in choosing a nominee, felt disenfranchised. As Louisiana Rep. Gillis Long, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, argued before a DNC reform commission in 1981, “We in the House, as the last vestige of Democratic control at the national level, believe we have a special responsibility to develop new innovative approaches that respond to our party’s constituencies.” (Elaine Kamarck, a lecturer at Harvard’s Kennedy School and a current superdelegate, has posted online a highly useful history of these unpledged electors drawn from her 1986 doctoral dissertation). And so we have Ted Kennedy as the originator os the superdelegate and their independence.

30 percent of white Democrats — a group Clinton needs in order to win the remaining primaries — regard her as a “phony.”

THEY ARE COUNTING ON PEOPLE NOT KNOWING ABOUT HISTORY. JESSE RAN ALL THE WAY EVEN THOUGH IT WAS ABUNDANTLY CLEAR HE WOULD NOT WIN. I GUESS YOU NEED A PEN!S TO RUN ALL THE WAY, EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL PROBABLY LOSE.
“People, including P. Leahey, should review the 1980 democratic convention in which Ted Kennedy entered with merely 1,225 delegates to Carter’s 1,981 and 122 uncommitted, and no states were disenfranchised. In 1980, Ted Kennedy argued that he was the agent of change and the delegate count should be set aside. Note, Kennedy was not even close to Carter’s delegate count. “

HILLARY WILL HAVE TO COME KNOCK ON MY DOOR AND CAMPAIGN FOR OBAMBI. LOL.
“If she doesn’t get the nomination, she and WE will backup Obama in his fight against McCain, a third Bush term, against the most desastrous policy the USA has seen in many decades. An illegal and very deadly war, senseless destruction, a rise of terrorism and hatred of America, an economy that is almost knock out, and no health care for 50 million Americans…”

Leahy is an old veteran, and of course, he would prefer to see his man, Obama, unchallenged. But Obama is not on path to having a majority of delegates either. In the old days, that happened quite a bit and the nomination was settled at the convention. When all is said and done, I will look at the popular vote, simply who got more votes — isn’t that what democracy’s all about. Leahy says: “McCain…is getting a free ride on it because Senator Obama and Senator Clinton have to fight with each other. I think that her criticism is hurting him more than anything John McCain has said.” Again, this is blaming Clinton for Obama’s vulnerabilities, which will certainly be exploited by McCain during the general election.

OMG….Kurt is the ONLY hillary supporter I have seen on these boards that has said this.
Kurt, I respect you for your honesty.
Damn….there ARE some intelligent people voting for her.
Kurt’s response has lowered (slightly) my contempt for her.

CHECK OUT THE POLLS THAT SHOW OBAMA LOSING TO MCCAIN AND HIM LOSING 1/3 OF CLINTON’S SUPPORTERS. THAT’S A POLL TO WORRY ABOUT….NOT SOME LA TIMES POLL FROM A MONTH AGO. LIVE IN THE NOW.
“A Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll conducted Feb. 21-25 found registered voters thought Senator John McCain, 71, the presumed Republican nominee, “has more honesty and integrity” than Clinton by a margin of 45 percent to 31 percent. Obama rated equally with McCain on those qualities”

[Hillary] embraced Suha Arafat in November 1999 after a speech in which the late Palestinian leader’s wife, in Arabic, accused Israel of using toxic gas on Palestinians.

(The following is adapted from “Structure as Strategy: Presidential Nominating Politics Since Reform,” a doctoral dissertation submitted to the political science department of the University of California, Berkeley in 1986, by Elaine Kamarck, now a superdelegate.)

As a Barack Supporter, I couldnt agree with Tony more in this regard.
Fl and Mi should be counted. However, I do think that both camps Clinton and Obama need to go through a seperate party to come up with a conclusion..They’ll never agree with the current process. Besides, the person we ALL should be angry with is Howard Dean. He stripped them of there delegates….not BO..He’s only playin by the rules layed out. The same Rules HRC agreed and signed to uphold.
Also, as a BO supporter, I say this very easily. If somehow he loses, I will vote for Hillary. Even if it means, holding my nose closing my eyes and crossing my fingers, you best believe she’ll have a friend in me. One can only hope that those who say otherwise, with respect to there canidate are only sayin this in frustration. Is 4 more yrs of Bush really worth it b/c BO made a comment that was taken out of context?? When did we as democrats place such a heavy emphasis on religon? I thought that was a Right-Wing thing?
For those who consider BO a racist,did you all forget the FACT that BO is half WHITE??? And, the reason he was trailing in the polls amongst AA at the begining of this was many in the AA community felt he wasnt Black enough.
Bottom line, I dont think as democrats, sayin that you’ll cross the party lines is very loyal. We need Bush, and all those who wanna be like him GONE. I to am also an ex-vet, and I know that this is a war that needs to be ended.

Another example of the Clinton campaign’s dirty lies: Obama would NOT have been a ‘Law Professor’.
Here the University response -
As the first in a bill of particulars titled “Just Embellished Words: Senator Obama’s Record of Exaggerations & Misstatements,” the Clinton campaign charged earlier this week: “Sen. Obama consistently and falsely claims that he was a law professor. The Sun-Times reported that, ‘Several direct-mail pieces issued for Obama’s primary [Senate] campaign said he was a law professor at the University of Chicago. He is not. He is a senior lecturer (now on leave) at the school. In academia, there is a vast difference between the two titles. Details matter.’ In academia, there’s a significant difference: professors have tenure while lecturers do not. [Hotline Blog, 4/9/07; Chicago Sun-Times, 8/8/04].”
But the University of Chicago Law School has now posted a statement declaring his claims semantically sound: “The Law School has received many media requests about Barack Obama, especially about his status as ‘Senior Lecturer.’ From 1992 until his election to the U.S. Senate in 2004, Barack Obama served as a professor in the Law School. He was a Lecturer from 1992 to 1996. He was a Senior Lecturer from 1996 to 2004, during which time he taught three courses per year. Senior Lecturers are considered to be members of the Law School faculty and are regarded as professors, although not full-time or tenure-track. The title of Senior Lecturer is distinct from the title of Lecturer, which signifies adjunct status. Like Obama, each of the Law School’s Senior Lecturers have high-demand careers in politics or public service, which prevent full-time teaching. Several times during his 12 years as a professor in the Law School, Obama was invited to join the faculty in a full-time tenure-track position, but he declined.”

The great myth is that anyone who is not for Obama is a racist! The five page memos from the Obama campaign branding Hillary and Bill and many of their supporters as racist started in South Carolina.
The idea that Obama did not understand the false teachings in his own church and never stood up or changed them has been going on for 20 years.

Ignoring all other aspects of this primary competition, the letter from the rich donors to Nancy Pelosi on bahalf of the Clinton campaign – literally trying to buy the election process – puts the Clintons on a par with the Juan and Eva Peron or Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos.
Out Constitution was not written to accommodate such persons. Hillary should bow out now.

I am glad to see some movements towards pressuring Hilary to drop out. Chris Dodd weighed in this morning too. Hilary is great, but she needs think about the consequences of mutual-destructive fight. They will both go down – THIRD BUSH TERM starts on Jan 2009.
Look what is happening in Iraq last four days. It is easy to see that how fragile the so-called surge gains. The key to peace is on the hands of the Al Sadr and other militias. They can start any time they want.

If the campaign had a civil tone, that would be one thing. But Hillary increasingly spends all her time attacking Obama, and Obama defending himself. They aren’t discussing the issues I care about. Hillary has to go ASAP.

To the Hillary supporters,
We get it. You are angry. It is understandable. You prefer Hillary to Barack. This is fair, and you are entitled to your opinions and votes.
But the time has come to embrace reality. She has no path to the nomination that doesn’t destroy the party. Every pundit, every media organization, every poll confirms this. It’s not a conspiracy against you. It’s the cold, hard math. He has won too many contests and has too many supporters. Hillary cannot win.
Obama supporters do not hate you, even if you hate us. We know that Hillary and Barack are nearly identical on 99% of their policy positions. We would have voted for Hillary; you should consider Barack.
But mainly, you should think about your party. You should think about whether or not it is worth tearing your party apart and creating a third Bush term just because your favorite cannot win. Hillary herself has said you should NOT vote for McCain.
Obama supporters are your friends and neighbors. We’re not crazy. We want a progressive direction for this country. We’ll need your help, and Hillary’s, to get there. Please try to move beyond cynicism and sarcasm. Hillary’s run was a good one, but she will come up short. Obama will be our nominee. He’ll need your support to win.
sincerely,
your Obama friends

I am amazed of how haters can never grow and accept the facts this is the twenty first century, and the entire world should move beyond race and ethnic background. What Obama did thus far gave me hope about the future, but still there are some voices spell ignorance and hate which I do not understand, move up people, grow-up, and join the new atmosphere of hope and support Obama.

Apparently Senator Leahy does not understand how the delegate/superdelegate system of the Democratic party works.
Calling for any candidate to drop out before the primaries, convention, and elections are finished when the race is this close is pathetic.
Until their votes are cast at the convention(of which there may be several), there are no “committed delegates.”
The members of DNC have failed the party miserably resulting in the disenfranchising of several states’ voters and a party that is in total disarray.
As such, the members of the DNC, not any presidential candidate, are the ones that should step down.
Senator Clinton is the only viable, electoral candidate of the Democratic party and needs to remain as a candidate until the last vote is counted in the general election.

i don’t like obama! He should get toasted in Kentucky and West Virginia

Hillary trails Obama by every measure, and it’s obvious to everyone that she has virtually no hope of winning the nomination.
Yet the former first lady trudges on in some phantom contest oblivious to the sea of doubt around her.
She is completely unwilling to accept the cruel truth that she has been rejected by her own party.
She was first lady, for cryin’ out loud! She is the queen of this party!
No one she trusts has the courage to tell her she’s done, much less force her into the car to take her home.
So on we march, scandal after scandal, contest after contest, hoping with each one that she finally accepts what everyone else began realizing long ago.
And the certainty with which she recalled all that sniper fire raining down on her as she ran out after landing in Bosnia 12 years ago convinced others that she’s nearly gone out of her mind.
She has become disassociated from reality leading many to believe she’s staying in the race only to damage Obama so badly that he can’t win in November, thus leaving the Democratic ticket open for her to run again in 2012.

Rhys and Jay, you talk about disenfranchisement of Florida and Michigan by Obama? Don’t be rediculous. These are states that Clinton signed to disenfranchise until she was losing and then suddenly made 180. Be honest to yourselves, you think Hilary is fighting for Michigan and Florida because she really cares about those state? If you think so then I am forced to conclude there must be something wrong with you two as well.

Could hillary….or maybe I should ask, is hillary qualified to be a supreme court justice?

Senator Clinton is Toast!

Given the closeness of the race, it stands to reason, that neither will reach the delegate votes. Leahy is speaking from his bully’s pulpit and proclaiming HRC can’t win the needed delegate votes, disregarding the obvious and same predicament for Obama. He’s presenting quite a double standard for the candidates in alleging Clinton needs to step down.

Contrary to his rhetoric, Barack Obama’s campaign has criticized Hillary Clinton’s character in a manner inconsistent with his campaign’s promise to change the tone of American politics.
In reality, Barack Obama preaches about hope and unity to cult-like crowds while his campaign staffers and aides relentlessly assault Hillary Clinton.
Rather than working to build up Obama’s credentials on the economy and national security, the Obama campaign continues to employ tactics designed to tear Sen. Clinton down.
This is not change but simply the bait-and-switch campaign of a Chicago-style politician with a socialist flavor.

Don’t worry Leahy, Obama is doing enough to disgust the voters without Clinton staying in the race. Those who see him for the racist, anti-American charlatan will NEVER vote for him. I will be voting for the Senate and House races but will leave the presidential vote unmarked if Obama wins the nomination. I can’t in good conscience vote for McCain. Maybe voters like us can write-in for Gore to make our displeasure known.

Jayhawk,
This race is not any close. You Hillary supporters make it appear closer than it is. There is huge delegate, popular vote, and states won gap between Obama and Hillary and all the math points to the fact that she can never catchup in any of them. Then how is this vote close?

Obama supporters, don’t fret. When his campaign started, cynics continuously said what he couldn’t do; What WE couldn’t do. Obsticle after obsticle, he achieves. Challenge after challenge, he takes it head on and overcomes. Almost 2 million donors later, cynics are still whining and pointing fingers.
Just so you know, where there is progress, there is always a cynic stating what can’t be done instead of contributing to a solution. Where there’s fruit, there’s always a fly or two.
Just remember that and don’t get all worked up from those who are riding camels totally nude when that same fly is getting ready to land on that camel and you know how the ole saying goes, BROKE THE CAMELS BACK.
Hillary’s done. Barack will be the nominee and on to being the next President of the United States. Everything else is circumstantial.

jasonborne,
Yeah, im in Tx. at the moment, and was stationed in FL, with family in LA. I can say this with the utmost certainty, neither BO or HRC will emerge from the South with to many states in there pockets.
To the BO supporters..I cant say this enough. You have got to count MI and FL. Even if you hold a special election after PR, you have to count them. Remember what happened to Gore b/c of Fl?? Mi has one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, not to mention that Detroit is atop the nation in city’s people are defecting from.

YES, WE CAN… WRIGHT…
YES, WE CAN… WRIGHT…
YES, WE CAN… WRIGHT…
BARACK HUSSIEN OBAMA IS A SNAKE GUISING IN A SUIT…
SNAKES ARE LETHAL…BE CAREFUL FOLKS…

Teresa: I don’t care if the republicans win the election as long as Obama is not the president of this country. And who is Senator Leahy to make statements like that. There is still several states ahead. He is just afraid that McCain will win. Obama cannot win the big states and if she doesn’t win the nomination her supporters should not give their votes to Obama give them to McCain and let him win.

Once I heard someone close to the Clinton campaign make note that very few of the pledged delegates were legally legally bound to vote for their candidate, I realised the race is completely over. The only thing that keeps it going is the Clinton camp’s refusal to bend to the onslaught of reality. Clinton may be a fighter, but that is a very different thing from a winner.

Hillary should drop out because there is “no way” she can win enough delegates to win?
Ehem, there are plenty ways she can.
In fact, it’s time for Obama to drop out. High time.

Has anyone done the general election state delegate count between the two candidates? Does Clinton come any closer? Let’s be realistic about counting the red states that Obama will definitely lose in light of his racist pastor? Has any polling been done in those red states since the racist, African-centric remarks made by Obama’s pastor? The only ones sacrificing the Democrats chances in November are the Obama supporters that refuse to believe race will not be an issue by then. Every Republican mailer will have Wright’s screaming God D**m America! And those Republicans are such patriotic folks!

Hillary should stay in the race IF she can avoid kneecapping Obama. Think about it folks, if O. and H. are really so close on policy positions, she’s actually delivering Obama’s message to people who otherwise wouldn’t listen. In the general election, those blue-collar country folks will be hearing from Obama something close to what they heard from Hillary in the primary. That’ll help O.

OBAMA IS A TOAST. HE WILL NEVER WIN THE NOMINATION AND THE GENERAL ELECTION. IT’S HIS DESTINY NOT TO WIN.

In 2003, Software engineer Judy Shaw learned that her entire unit of more than 30 workers at Cutler-Hammer, a Pittsburgh division of Cleveland-based Eaton Corp. was to be terminated by year’s end. The company announced that TATA Consultancy Services (TCS), one of the largest of the Indian staffing and contracting companies, would be taking over her team’s projects. A senior company executive announced the contract, adding that it would save $1 million a year. TATA, which has more than 50 offices in the United States, also has a key supporter in Sen. Hillary Clinton who claimed credit for encouraging TATA to open a new office in Buffalo, NY. Asked about the company’s practice of replacing U.S. workers, Clinton’s office provided statements from the company promising to provide jobs in the Buffalo region. TATA is the largest user of L-1 visas, which allow them to “transfer” Indian nationals into the U.S. with no immigration caps and very little regulation. TATA wined and dined HILLARY CLINTON. They brought 10 jobs to Buffalo while costing us thousands of jobs. Hillary sold out American I.T. workers. VOTE OUR JOBS AWAY, VOTE HILLARY.
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Jest_Faks 4:50 Mark As Violation

It seems strange to me that obama, his team his surrogates, and supporters-do not practice what he preaches-
They all know they cannot beat Hillary on the issues before us-so all they can do is try to tear her down in other ways.
Believe me-Obama wants more than anyone
to keep the conversation off of the issues. because he has not got a clue on how to solve the country’ problems
Al Gore was the smartest and most capable to be president and his opponent suckered the people then-
and Hillary is the smartest and most capable of the two now. But we the american people are the ones who will suffer in the wallet the most. the working class.
I thought healthcare, affordable education etc was a concern for all working americans. but reading you obama supporters comments I guess not
you all are doing pretty good.
thats great.

The entire of a presidential nominee should be the candidate that can win the electoral college.
Baseless, feel-good rhetoric does not win presidential elections as Democrats found out with Stevenson, Goldwater, McGovern, Dukakis, and Kerry.
Senator Clinton can and will win the electoral college in November.
Caucus Obama cannot.

There are 10 states left ,not forgetting Michigan and Florida.Why does Obama,his Senate friends and the media want to end the primary.I think that he cannot keep up with Hillary and they know that she will win…They need to let the primary continues.

Sen. Obama has won more states, more pledged delegates and has more of the popular votes than Sen. Clinton so far. The rules state that whomever has the most pledged delegates wins the nomination.
It is mathematically impossible for Sen. Clinton to catch or pass Sen. Obama unless she wins 70% of the vote in the next remaining 10 contests, which is highly unlikely. My guess is if after the primaries in Penn., N.C. and Indiana are over and Sen. Obama is still leading in all three of the above categories, then the super delegates will throw their support behind Sen. Obama in order for him to reach the 2025 number of delegates needed to win the nomination.
Sen. Clinton was the favorite going into this race and yet in the 41 contests held so far, the people have chosed Sen. Obama. That is a fact that cannot be denied. Regardless if she has won the states with larger populations, the fact remains Sen. Clinton was leading in the polls in just about every contest so far and still lost 27 out of 41 contests. Sen. Obama can probably win states in the general election that Sen. Clinton could not, even the big states like California, New York and Pennsylvania.
There are also house and senate races to be held in November, and the Dems want to not only win the White House, but they also want to have a majority in the House and Senate. The powers that be in the Democratic party are also looking to see which candidate can have the longest “coat tails” in November. Not to mention the possibility of choosing a Supreme Court justice or two.
That choice may very well be Sen. Obama. And if supporters of Sen. Clinton don’t like that choice and want to vote for Sen. McCain, they if Sen. McCain wins, this country will have four more years of the same old mess.
Think long and hard about that.

Gee Steve,
Did you ever consider that people in Fl and MI voted for Clinton becuase they WANTED TO. But if you are so confident in obama why does he refuse to back a revote?

Talk about divisive politics! By calling for a candidate to step down when the race is still this close, you only create more animosity.

I just watched Barack on the veiw. He is a wonderful caring highly intellegent person .I love how he just said i know i am not always right ,I can and do listen to others.
Obama 08

Senator Clinton, the hand writing is on the wall! Leave the race, don’t let them take you out balling, kicking and scraming!

Think about it in these terms: the problems with the financial markets, mortgages, jobs, and NAFTA (Clinton is on record supporting NAFTA – Prs Clinton signed off), the tax cuts for the rich, and of course the war in Iraq (draining our economy) all are problems that need to be dealt with. The only party able to do so and full of solutions is the Democratic party.
Large numbers of voters, grassroot support, engagement of previously frustrated voters (like me) – all of these things are happening because of the excitement about Barack Obama and his involvement with us in this process.
Had this election been Clinton vs. anyone else there is no way the turnout would be what is is this year.
The average middle-class family (me and mine) want change. The Clintons do not represent change and as is readily apparent, they are mean spirited and polorizing. That does not get the needed legislation passed.

Maltymum,
There is absolutely nothing wrong with that! It’s great you’re keeping an open mind…I plan on doing the same if the cards play out the other way, despite my passion for an Obama presidency.
What I think is frustrating for a lot of us is the militant one-sidedness of the Hillary supporters who are playing a zero-sum game right now.

And why would the press want to harm America. That doesn’t make any sense.

Good news for Obama, the senator of Pen has endorsed him, a big win and an open door for the catholic vote for him. The final minutes of the match Hill-BO are close, the writing is on the wall. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

All of this talk about Clinton dropping out…….. give it a rest……. They will have to call security at the Convention to drag her out. Clinton has no shame. She is also suffering from insomnia, she really doesn’t understand where she is and she is being propped up by her supporters hanging on to the back of her neck so she doesn’t fall over. I would bet that if all the superdelegates backed Obama tomorrow, she would still find a reason to stay in this race. The Huckabee factor. She attacks Obama on his economic speech as being “just words” and with the same breath says he stole the ideas from her. So which is it ?

The magic word here is “obama supporter”! the answer from a Hillary supporter is NO WAY! Obama folks are really scared of the fact that MANY have noot voted. And the Super Delegates should be VERY concerned about two things
1) the right of ALL to vote
2) the electability of Obama in a GENERAL election which is just about nill.

I hope Clinton doesn’t drop out against the NO RECORD Obama! I get an uneasy feeling about him, and I trust him about the same as I trust Bush, and I detest Bush and his incompetent, moronic, lying administration!

Mariann Pepitone: So you are a Black American, are you a voting Black American?

You’re right Bishop I am very afraid of having the Clintons back in the white house. Time to move forward not backward

What I really want to see is how Hillary and Obama will perform without interference from high ranking democrats, media, cable talk shows, republican right wing conspirators, extreme campaign supporters, etc. Let them play out till the end of primary and caucus including Michigan and Florida delegates. Then we can truly see what people want. Is not that what democracy is all about? Why settle now? Every votes count!!
noreasontoend

Duh,
Obama can not mathematically win the election w/o the unelected super-delegates. Neither can Hillry.
If the contest was whoever has the most pledged delegates at the end of the primaries wins – there would not be any super-delegates. Super-delegates specific role is to pick the best candidate.
Thus, everyone who says one candidate or the other should drop out is a dope. Ever heard the phrase “thats why they play the game” – it is because the favorite or the leader at halftime – does not always win.
So cut the silly, so & so s/ drop out nonsense and let the 10 final states vote.
Geez, one would think Barry O is a scaredy cat – afraid to count all the votes, afraid even to have some votes (FL & OH). Whats up with that?
What happened to the FL 2000 count all the votes mantra?

To the Hillary supporters,
Barack Obama will end the primary season, whenever that is, with more delegates than Hillary. Not that it matters, but he’ll have more popular vote, states won, etc., too. Upcoming primaries will not change that. FL and MI will not change that. She is simply too far behind, and the rules are the rules. She knew them as well as he did, and she will lose. He is extremely popular, though you wouldn’t know it from reading the angry posts on this board.
What does this mean for you?
You have a choice. You can continue to support Hillary. That is your right. If you support not just Hillary the candidate but also her policies, and those of the Democratic party, then you will try your best to support her in a way that does not tear down Obama (like smearing him personally, calling him names, etc.).
Or you can begin to pivot from “I support Hillary” to “I support the Democrat”, which will be Obama.
No one is trying to deny you your right to have your voices heard. But many in the party and the country now see the writing on the wall. There is a big difference between attacking John McCain as a united party from April – November and only doing it from September – November. Which do you think helps your party more?
Once again, there are many in the Obama camp who are not bitter, not angry at you. We understand that you deeply believe that Hillary would be a stronger candidate and/or a better president. But regardless, she will not be the Democratic nominee.
The time is coming for you to decide if you will follow your party — and Hillary’s advice not to vote for McCain — or if you have convinced yourself that Barack Obama is such a terrible candidate that you’ll vote for a third Bush term.
sincerely,
your Obama friends

james4Hill: Sound like you are a follower of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robinson, are you a follower? Just curious.

The one should drop is Obama.
He should NOT have run the campaign. If his pastor’s video was posted at the beginning, he would have already lost.
Obama has been too negative to Hillary. For example:
1) When Hillary’s first lady schedule is released, Obama never looked at the positive accomplishments from Hillary, he always looked her mistakes.
2) He was too negative on Hillary’s personality. Obama says too high on himself. He really thinks he is that likeable? No, I don’t like Obama at all, I even hate him. He is too bold, too aggressive, too risky, not earnest, not hard working, trying to take chance, he tries all the means in order to win–he brought his pastor to the campaign. We know, pastors should be neutral in politics, but he wants to win, he USED pastor.

I think the first Woman President is a move forward. And like i said count all votes.

Hillary supporters should be asking for Obama to drop out.I agree, Hillary should not quit.
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I used to love Hillary Clinton . It was not just her vote for the war that turned me off . It`s the way she handles it . Telling me if she knew then what she knows now is the kind of insult to my intelligence that I would expect from Karl Rove . If I`m that stupid , then she really is that incompetent . I certainly dont think she is stupid or incompetent . But to rely on a statement like that tells me that she has studied the Karl Rove playbook . That kind of statement pits liberals against one an other . It speaks volumes about her Character . She should give up and support Obama . And my opinion has nothing to do with her gender .

Greta: Dean should step down as chairman and let someone that knows what their doing take the job. Dean is a supporter of Obama and that’s why he wont seat the MI and FL delegates. So is Nancy Pelosi and she needs to take a long trip. New Hampshire changed their primary date and never got penalized because Dean thought Obama was going to win that state and he got fooled. Pelosi is a supporter of Obama because she doesn’t want Hillary as president. Hillary would be above her then. Obama got his speeches and ideas from JFK and RFK and the word hope he uses is from the speech of RFK. How could he run this country if he is so dumb he cannot create anything himself. And Howard Dean has no business telling the candidate’s what to do. The convention is not here yet and its too soon.

Yes Hillary supporters , vote McCain !
We have to stop this Racist , Anti -American from getting in the White House.
God help America if he does .

Hillary is a fundamentally dishonest person who has shown herself to be much too desperate to be top dog in the party — regardless of what the voters say. That’s the scary part. When the voters don’t back her, she insults them and implies that they are insignificant, and will freely change her position to whatever’s most convenient for her (like her 180 on Florida and Michigan.) Not cool. Perhaps most alarmingly, she even has the audacity to bully the Democratic Party as a whole, threatening to tear it down before the general election and actively pushing her supporters towards McCain — McCain! — if SHE can’t win. What a baby.
But Dems shouldn’t be *too* discouraged by all the whiney “I’m voting for McCain if Obama wins!” moo-mooing (and he will; that’s been clear to everyone but Hillary devotees for weeks now.) Luckily, *most* of that noise is just GOP shills trying to stir the hornet’s nest on the web. Just like GOP shills are crossing party lines in some states to vote for Hillary just because they think she’ll be easier to beat (a point that they’re probably right about) and/or realize that the prolonged in-fighting hurts both Dem candidates. (Yes, these people apparently have nothing better to do with their time than try to cheat the American system and encourage divisive partisanship — thanks, fellow citizens!) But what’s more troubling is that it doesn’t seem to bother Hillary’s camp in the slightest, as long as it helps HER win — which is all they care about at this point, even though it’s been clear for some time that that ain’t happening. It’s amazing to watch the same Dems who raised a ruckus about what happened in 2000 (with Gore winning the popular vote but losing the general election) now defend that same proposition for Hillary. Not that that’s going to happen either, unless Clinton is blackmailing people or something.
Let’s get it together people. Wake up and smell the coffee. Obama will change this country for the better. Early on I figured Hillary would win, and though she wasn’t my choice, I could deal with it. What we don’t want is McCain. McCain will mean World War III with Iran, No End In Sight for Iraq, no relief for the mortgage crisis, a furthering of the anti-abortion agenda, and God knows what else. If you’re for Clinton and you vote for McCain after she loses the nomination (and she will) — just remember that vote every time another nineteen year old American kid get slaughtered fighting for him in Iraq.

no one should drop out until the last states votes and MI and Fl. have been counted

To LOM,
I would happily support Hillary if she were the nominee. In a heartbeat. I would never vote for John McCain, which would be like voting for a third Bush term.
The rules I speak of are the rules of apportionment, which will make it impossible for Hillary to win enough delegates to overtake Obama in pledged delegates. These rules also guarantee that he will not win enough delegates to win the nomination outright. Each will need the additional support of superdelegates to win the nomination.
Since Super Tuesday, Barack Obama has won the support of several dozen superdelegates while only a handful have stated support for Hillary. Several have actually switched from Hillary to Obama. Many are publicly and privately fretting that the nasty tone of the race helps McCain and hurts the Democratic party — and them, and others who will be on the ballot in November.
Hillary Clinton would forever be remembered as a gracious and self-sacrificing individual if she put party and principle before her own desire to win and suspended her campaign now. She could stop short of dropping out of the race in case an enormous crisis erupted that engulfed Obama. She could leave the public eye and allow Obama to attack McCain directly.
Her remaining in the race hurts our chances in November. There is no other way to look at it.
As a Hillary supporter, I would invite you to take a fresh look at Barack Obama. Try to cut through the spin and caricatures that have been painted by the media. He’s a hard worker, very smart, and favors policies almost identical to Hillary’s.
We’ll need your support to win. When you’re ready to get behind him, we’ll be ready to work with you to put a Democrat back in the White House.
sincerely,
your Obama friends

Ciao Ciao Bambina
!)6 1/2 yrs of undistinguished elected public service.
2)8 yrspost-white house 40mm net worth (70+ mm pre tax earned) How
Stonewalling tax returns and Bill’s donor list
3)17 yrs as fulltime corporate lawyer
4) Shamed by a flawed, disgraced very popular Pres/husband. Not strong enough to leave him but still used name and victim status to win office
5) The old baggage will come up – the old gang many in jail,dead or disavowing her candidacy.
She tries to bring Obama to her mud-slinging level and when she loses she will make sure McCain has enough help to beat him- and she can comeback in 2012.

TO your Obama friends:
I have no Obama friends , All my friends are for Hillary and will be voting for McCain if Obama steals nomination..
I will diligently work for Mccain and Republican Party if he”s nominee

“The one should drop is Obama.
He should NOT have run the campaign.”
See, that is that silly ‘Hillary entitled to win’ idea again.
The fact is that she will NOT win because she cannot any longer (if she ever had a serious chance against someone of Obama’s rare stature).
I even predict that Hillary, when she drops out, will use the opportunity to express her sincere and great admiration for Barack Obama. She actually feels honored to compete with him in this historical campaign, and Hillary being an political animal knows fully well that Obama will make history as a great American President.
She’s a lot more clever than her so called followers (who are NOT prepared to follow her by answering her request yesterday to backup Obama would HE fight mcCain) in these blogs.

Hey, long term and all you other fairweather democrats. I will vote for HRC if given no other choice b/c I can not allow McCain to give Dumbya 3 terms. That is what a TRUE DEMOCRAT would do. A TRUE DEMOCRAT would not abandon the party and principles b/c they did not get their way. You are over 5 years old aren’t you, if you are not then that would justify your behavior and position.

free to speak………I think you’re talking about Hillary supporters.

Well I guess we can thank the Hillary supporters for us being in Iraq another 100 years, there goes universal healthcare too. I wonder how our troops will feel when you tell them you voted to keep them over there. And your votes will allow more to be killed. What will you say to these families.

Why is it that the Obama people don’t want the votes of all Americans to be heard? Do they want these people to realize Obama isn’t who he is advertising before Novemeber so they have time to realize he is a phony?
Nobody should drop out. Obama has more than enough right to lose this fair and square.

The only people destroying the Democratic party are Sen. Obama and people like him. It’s the people who came up with the rules for the primaries. No one can hardly understand them. If there had been straight forward rules allowing everyone a chance to vote, Hillary would be ahead. If Obama had been up front with his past history with Rev. Wright, Hillary would be a head. These democratic elected officials have to realize not everyone is going to swallow Obama’s excuses and even lies about his being by the Rev. Wright’s side for 20 years and he never heard any anti-Country rants. He said on The View he had never heard those things even though the Church has it on its DVD that they sell. All these cover up things and excuses he gives doesn’t make sense. Now we Democrats alone with Sen. Hillary are being forced to go alone with Obama and his Rev. I will become an Independent first. I will write in Hillary’s name and that may not help but at least I will be putting my Country first and my loyalty. Loyalty can’t be something you put on and take off at my party’s convenience. TheDemocratic party has proven they have enough of those kind of people, i.e. This Senator Leahy, Gov. Richardson, etc. Obama has received a free ride. He has been as racist and negative as Hillary but people close their minds and deny such. On The View this morning, Sherri practically swooned over Obama and swallowed everything he said and Joy and Whoopi tried to make everything the Rev. has said isn’t any part of Obama. Everyone has the same type past. Get Real! Rev. Wright is a racist, anti-American and he has always been that way and he has stated so in more sermons than Obama will admit. The church members love to hear him spew his hate for the Country and most of the people or he would not have been their pastor for 20 years. A pastor is not hired for a life time. The members can vote them out anytime unlike the Pope who Joy and Whoopi like to bring up. But, I can honestly say I have not heard any preacher as anti-race and anti-Country as Rev. Wright so if Sen. Leahy approves of that association then he can do so but this Democrat will never support anyone who says that association was on the up and up. I will never support someone who has gotten a free ride from high party officials and the press. I can’t believe this party has turned into such a hypocrit type party. Country first!

WINNER TAKE ALL is the method that was used by Republicans for their primary elections.
That has been the method used by the Democrats in the past. That is the method used in the General Elections since 1776 and is blessed by our forefathers when they wrote the constitution. The current method used by Democrats where proportionate method is being used in a micky mouse fashion is totally illogical and results in infighting and is weakening our party. In addition the Caucus approach causes 2% of the eligible voters (inexperienced voters plus independents + Cross voting by Republicans) to select a winner in a state. For example in Texas, Hillary won by 100000 votes yet Obama got 6 more delegates than Hillary. This kind of approach has never been used in any country throughout history. THUS WE ARE USING A METHOD WORSE THAN ANY BANANA REPUBLIC. The whole world is laughing at us specially the Al Quida and the Iranians who see B. Hussein Obama leading in an
Illegitimate fashion using the results from a faulty election process where Florida & Michigan results will not even be counted. If we had used the WINNER TAKE ALL method , Hillary would have been declared Democrat nominee by now. Let us see whether it is true.
USING THIS METHOD HILLARY WILL HAVE 1427 PLEDGED DELEGATES AND Obama will have 1260 pledged delegates. Hillary has 246 super delegates and Obama has 210 super delegates resulting in 1673 total delegates for Hillary & 1470 for B. Hussein.
Now let us assume that Hillary wins, PA, WV, IN, KY, PR and Obama gets NC, SD, MT and may be OR, and also assume the remaining superdelegates are split in the same manner as upto now, Hillary will have 2234 delegates and B. Hussein will have 1828 total delegates. NOW YOU GUYS & GALS TELL ME WHO SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THE TICKET? Mind you I did not include FL & MI in this calculation otherwise Hillary will be leading B. Hussein by 2501 to 1914.
DNC members and both pledged and super delegates , you can still change your vote based upon the momentum and electability of the candidate . Using any criteria, Hillary should be the nominee and we should have the DREAM TICKET. GOD BLESS AMERICA not a MILLION TIMES BUT HUNDRED BILLION TIMES

It is the media that keeps this dead race alive by publicizing every ridiculous claim made by Hillary Clinton, who lost this race in February!

Everyone beats up Hillary clinton for lies about Bosnia when Obama lied about Wright and benefited in the vote from it. On the Other hand, those involved in the trip to Bosnia, including sinbad, were on Larry King and spoke very highly of her trip there and clarified exactly what happened. After hearing the truth I think AMERICA OWES HER AN APOLOGY.

Yesterday, a Pennsylvania editorial board asked Sen. Clinton how she would have “responded if [her] pastor had said some of the things that Rev. Wright said?” In response, she said Rev. Wright would not have been her pastor, an honest view shared by many Americans.The Obama campaign’s response? Attack Sen. Clinton and accuse her of trying to divert attention from the Bosnia trip story and her record of foreign policy experience. Sen. Clinton’s response was sincere. The Obama attack was disingenuous.We are happy to discuss Sen. Clinton’s foreign policy experience and her record overall. Unfortunately, the Obama campaign doesn’t want to discuss its candidate’s record and prefers personal attacks instead. Sen. Obama knows that if he focused on his experience, he’d get questions about the shortcomings in his record and the efforts he has made to embellish it. He’d have to deal with the fallout from this week’s Washington Post report on his gross exaggeration of his role on immigration reform and housing policy. Sen. Obama would have to explain why the New York Times reported that he claims credit for passing nuclear leak legislation that never got out of committee. He’d have to confront reports from FactCheck.org and other independent organizations that say his claims of providing a universal health care plan are based on selective, embellished and out-of-context quotes from newspapers. He’d have to discuss the LA Times story that reported on how his fellow organizers say he took too much credit for his community organizing efforts. He’d have to explain why he regularly claims he was a law professor when in fact he held no such title.Sen. Obama seems to think disingenuous attacks on Sen. Clinton will address the concerns voters have about his record and readiness to be the Commander-in-Chief and the steward of our economy. They won’t. In the end, Sen. Obama’s words cannot erase Hillary’s 35-year record of action because when all is said and done, words aren’t action. They are just words.

It’s evident that the two candidates aren’t the ones ruining the Democratic party…it’s the Superdelegates and the party heads! How dare he!
It’s not up to YOU, Senator! It’s up to the people and up to Senator Clinton! If this unfairness keeps up, those of us whose voices don’t matter will be crossing the party line. Howard Dean says he doesn’t want to stir up angry voters?? He’s kind of late…WE’RE ALREADY ANGRY!!

Countless Americans, without specific number, don’t believe Sen. Obama has any intention of renegotiating the free trade agreements (NAFTA) as indicated by the follow-up to the debate in Ohio. After he had told the American people that he would renegoiate NAFTA, he tried to placate Canadian fears by allowing one of his advisors to tell Canadian officials that it was just “political posturing.” And you expect to win Ohio in the general elction!
Fellow Americans, we face an enemy that has repeatedly attacked us and remains committed to killing Americans and the destruction of our most cherished values. This election is about who is best prepared to lead and defend our nation and its international allies as Commander-in-Chief from day one. This election is about MAKING SURE we have the experienced leadership to guide us to victory in this war, protect the nation against future terrorist attacks, and support our troops and first responders who are on the frontlines of the war.
We ALL like Sen. Obama, BUT we have the United States of America to govern in a very difficult time of Islamic jihad, the economy, health care, housing crisis, Iraq, nuclear weapons and our image abroad; the OVERWHELMING challenges confronting us in the 21st century. The stakes in this election are so very high, and it will take a leader with Hillary Clinton’s strength, will, resolve, determination and experience to tackle the challenges we face.If Hillary should succeed, America and the world would be changed forever and for the better, FOREVER.
Not only is she the best qualified candidate, Hillary Rodham Clinton will win in November, take back the White House, and deliver real tangible and VALID results for America and globally by creating a strong, secure, prosperous and globally respected America, AGAIN.
About Sen. Obama: I am saying, DON’T WE ALREADY have ENOUGH WARNING SIGNS?
Fellow Americans, there will be a clear choice November 2008, and I strongly believe that Hillary Clinton’s life has prepared her to lead our country, the country we love so very much in the transcendent challenge of the 21st century. God bless Hillary Clinton, OUR NEXT President for a secure, strong, prosperous and globally respected America. God Bless America.

The article leaves out the following VERY important comment by Senator Leahy:
“Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go, there is not a very good reason for drawing this out.”
To this, I can only add a hearty “AMEN!”

Senator Leahy also said:
“Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go, there is not a very good reason for drawing this out.
To this, I can only add a hearty “Amen!”

Unfortunately, Clinton isnt too big on logic and reasoning.
She is clearly big on relentless pursuit of personal glory (out of a sense of entitlement).
I hope she comes to a reasonable decision, but I would not predict it.

For gods sake Obama won Utah… Utah is always red and will always be red. If John Mccain picks Romney as his Potential VP. Who will win in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Most likely colorado?Mccain/Romney will
We need Hillary Clinton to hasve chance. she knows she won’t win Utah and so on.. She didn’t waste her time there. She understands how to really win an election. She has done it more than once like Obama. And has done a national election where Obama has never been on this national stage. Many of Obamas staff had never even been involved in political campaigns before Obama. He is not a professional politician. Professional politicians don’t go to controversial churches where the say GD AMERICA..
Excperience matters folks. If not just in washington but along the campaign trail too. If Obama divides people in america over his pastors remarks how is he going to unite us with Russia and Iran, Iraq, Cuba and so on and so on???
I’m sure one of his advisors will tell the Iranians one thing and he’ll tell us something different and then the Iranians will think they are beiong lied to and the we get a mushroom cloud in Washington DC..
This guy is as big of an idot (or bigger)than GW Bush..
I say we impeach him now for being too questionable.

What I find interesting is that Obama who claims to be the great unifier and a possible president for all americans wants to disenfranchise the Michigan and Florida voters!

Hillary lied AGAIN… about Obama NOT being a law professor at the University of Chicago. The UC sent out a statement he actually earned the ‘professor’ status.
And he appears to have been a beloved and popular one as well.
A Sun-Times review of student evaluations from Obama’s 10 years of teaching part-time at the University of Chicago Law School shows that students almost always rated Obama as one of their top instructors, except for one quarter in 1997.
“Those are tremendous ratings, especially for someone who had a day job,” Professor Cass Sunstein said. “We wanted him to join the faculty full-time at various different junctures. That’s not a trivial fact. . . . If we want to hire someone, the faculty has to think they’re tremendous. But he liked political life.”
While a state senator, Obama held classes early on Monday and late on Friday during legislative sessions, running right through the school’s popular Friday evening wine-and-cheese hour. Obama was so popular, students signed up for his class anyway.
“We’d be in class and get messages that he would come in 45 minutes late and everyone would wait for him,” said former student Andrew Janis, now a New York lawyer.

What’s Hillary and her followers have in common? Racism.
If the white snake doesn’t win they’ll vote for the other white snake.

To Obama supporters,
Don’t ever dream of Hillary will drop out the race because of some jerks out there try hard to change the voters’ minds. Hillary is a fighter and so are her supporters! She will keep going until the bitter end. Those ones sitting in the senate seem like don’t have a glue of how much damage Obama has done since his stupid pastor story broke down. Want to say about Hillary in Bosnia? At least she was there in the war zone for the good cause, not like Obama, who has been sitting in the pulpit to listen the hate speech toward Americans and the Jews from his UNCLE Wright for the past 20 years! Vote for Obama is vote for Racist person! A vote for terist!

Hot 200, the only killing will be in Iraq because you so called dems will vote for McCain and another 100 years there. I want our troops home and I am appalled at people like you.

I see a lot more Obama supporters sling insults than I do Clinton supporters. IIt’s pretty obvious that Obama team is getting scared and the only way they can still get votes is by making people feel stupid or uneducated if the vote for clinton. I make a lot of money, I am 32 straight, white male, with a graduate degree and I support Hillary clinton all the way. Rather trying to convince people on here why they should vote for Clinton. It’s by far more entertaining explaining to Obama supporters why he will lose the general if he does get the nomination.

“Professor”:
there is a difference between being a professor and lecturer. A professor is a full time employee of the institution. And a lecturer is paid on a class by class basis. The lecturer is not fully affiliated with the school and it doesn’t carry the same prestige as being a professor.
So it wasn’t a lie. He wasn’t a professor. He was a lecturer.

Yes, Obama “seduced” me, too. He has brains. Brains. Oh, and a soul – the kind that really glows with compassion and sincerity. I can’t remember the last time a politician ever inspired me. I can remember teachers and writers who have – and Obama possesses that exact same quality. He very much reminds me of the kind of teacher that makes me feel as if my IQ and self esteem have jumped through the roof.
Obama isn’t a saint – He’s PART of a movement. This country is hungry for someone who can reflect back what we all have in our hearts — We want someone who will represent our best selves.
We – Americans who care about creating real and lasting progressive change – are the ones creating this movement. It’s not Obama – it’s those who are supporting him that are the soul and backbone behind this new movement.

Howard Dean and Leahy wants Clinton to drop out, because, they say, that longer the race goes, it will split the party.
Hey1 they are forgetting the fact the party is already split. It got split when the party leaders (Kennedy, Kerry, Dean, Leahy etc, supported Obama when even couple of primaries were hardly completed. It appeared they hate Clinton and wanted to do everything so she loses.
What they forgot, that just like them, Clinton also is party leader and she (and President Clinton) has tremendous influence in the party. Their wing of the party will never forget what Kennedy et tal. did to hurt Clinton.
They will never support their candidate even that means staying home on Election day.
Democratic party will be better of, it gets rid of Kennedy/Kerry extreme liberalism, which has hurt us so badly.
And the party should know that Obama just cannot win the Presidency. Just now it is too radical for the country.
SJG

To Ian,
“What really makes me laugh about Hillary supporters is that Hillary gets her votes from the elderly and the uneducated….”
The survey number will not speak for the whole. We are a large group of educated Asian living in Dallas came out to vote for Hillary on March 4. Does it make you laugh? How about 90% of the Blacks came out to vote for Obama, do you think most of them are educated?? sit down and think about that! It’s a joke, isn’t it?

Sen. Leahy is right. At this point, the only way Hillary could be nominated is through maneuvers that would destroy the party and make the nomination worthless. The time has come for people who want change and progress to unite and elect Barack Obama to the presidency.

To those who say Obama is the right leader for this time. Have we sunk so low that we are willing to just dimiss his past just because of his pretty words after the facts. He has made so many different statements about the Rev. Wright. He still says he didn’t hear him preach his anti-American hate yet it is on the Church’s literature and on the dvd the Church sells. His excuse, he doesn’t read the literature and hasn’t listened to the dvd. He wants people to believe he sat there in close association with the Rev. Wright for 20 years and the Rev. only preached his hate when Obama wasn’t there. Yet, Obama also said he was there many times when the Rev. preached things he didn’t like. For a man who says he wants to bring change, he sure didn’t want it for those 20 years. There is no way the Rev. Wright just preached the hate messages a few times. Preachers pretty much preach like sermons quite often especially the ones who bring hate for Country and hate for people into the pulpit. So you people who think this is the right time to ignore such hate for this Country, vote for Obama but don’t expect everyone to close their mind to such hate. White or black or any color should leave the politics and their hate for the Country and other races out of the Church. Again, Country first.

“I really get sick of people like Leahy, Dodd and Kerry who think that half of the democrat voters don’t matter.”
Awww, Christine… Sweetheart, don’t feel bad… …NONE of the democrats matter.
Now put on your happy face and let the real Americans do what they have to do.

Hillary Clinton is a corrupt politician, and John McCain a warmonger – like Bush. I understand that this is insulting to their supporters but it’s the truth. No one with a shred of integrity would vote for either of these politicians.

@Kelly | Mar 28, 2008 1:29:10 PM:
Are you single and live in the NW? Just kidding.
I’m in the same boat as you and love how Hillary supporters are always categorized as uneducated and brainwashed. There are many Obama supporters who are trying to spin the math such that the rules are dependent on pledged delegates only. Keep spinning–the only reason they are saying this is because there is a probability that EITHER candidate can win the nomination.

1 count all the votes
2 let Hillary stay in until the end we
might need her.
3 Get ready for MCcain to be our next
President because the republicans are
not going to forget who Obama’s
friends are.

Lets see
Neither candidate can get 2024 delegates.
One has 53% of the pledged delegates so far and the other one 47%
One has 48.3 % of the vote -the other has 46%
And you DEMAND the other one drops out?
Wow. How democratic can you get.
If Obama was a shoe in to get 2024 delegates , she should drop out. If he had a petition with 150 more super delegates on it , then he could make a case.
If Clinton gets a 250 super delegate petition, should Obama drop out?
If party insiders try to force clinton out, the party itself will self destruct. This is a sure way for mc Cain to win.
Dont blame Clinton if Obama is being riddled with scandals and his electability is in question.
She never forced him to goto that church.

TO tomedavies – Your quote “She never forced him to goto that church.
My response – he never forced her to stay with bubba either.
She commented that you can pick your church & the flip side to that is that you pick your spouse – her choice was flawed & she has chosen to stay with him only for her own benefit to claw her way to the highest office in the land. An office that he did not deserve & she doesn’t wither.

If the democrats losse to the republicans in 08, after going through, the “worst” administration in reacent history, then doesn’t that make them the “worst” opponents in reacent history. If the repubs win 08 then their score card will be 7-3. If that happens my voice will be better herd as an Independant with the republican party. Although the idea of having to deal with all the crazy “neo-cons” is not my idea of a good time. My goal will be to become a thron in the republican’s side within there own party. This is so I can manipulate their platform, even if it is only a little, it will be a little more then what I will get with the lossers.
COME ON DEMS! WE CAN DO IT!

The VT senor should just shut up. He’s afraid more things about Obama will be discovered. Like his leftist radical endorsements. If Obama and his supporters can’t handle the minor attacks in the mostly anti-Clinton media he and his followers should drop out. He definitely can’t handle attacks from foreign countries if he can’t handle attacks from a mere woman!!!!

All the Obama supporters are calling for Hillary to quit now. Why are they so scared??? Because the longer this campaign goes the more we will learn everything about the REAL Obama. The more the American people will be turned off by him and in the end the Super Delegates will choose Clinton. He is now saying he would have quit the church if Wright did not retire and if he did not acknowledge what he said was wrong….give me a break. He is just saying that now. I do believe with all my heart that he agrees with the Black liberal theology that the church is preaching. That is their main doctrine. Why would he stay if he does not believe that? HILLARY CLINTON FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH IS WILLING TO FIGHT UNTIL THE END OF THIS CAMPAIGN FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THEY WOULD NOT WANT THE COUNTRY TO END UP IN THE WRONG HANDS. We have a $3 thrillion deficit right now…Who are we going to trust to turn this around? Mccain (who will check with his economic advisors what to do with the economy?), Obama who obviously copies everything Clinton has in her platform except for the health insurance issue or Clinton who have been talking about these issues from the get go.

Typical Clinton supporter. Take something someone says and lie about it. I didn’t ask her to pull out. I asked the Super Delegates to step in and call this thing before someone get’s seriously hurt. Read the article.

The Democratic Party leaders threw Hillary Clinton under the bus early on. It was clear who they wanted. The media overwhelmingly supported their choice as shown by their completely biased news coverage. But now their chosen on is on the hot seat. He is getting some well deserved criticism. The Rev. Wright story just keeps getting more traction. New revelations and comments are stilling being revealed.
But now they want Hillary Clinton to drop out for the good of the Party. Who cares what they want? Did they care about Hillary Clinton? No. Well I think most Democratic voters know what is good for the party and they don’t want to see this end. They want all votes counted,including FL and MI — unlike the DNC and the Obama campaign. They want the next 10 states to be able to vote. If it has to go to the convention, then so be it.

“There was a poll the other day that said 22 percent of democrats want me to drop out and 22 percent want Senator Obama to drop out and 62 percent said let people vote,” Clinton said.
106%… I’m guessing math education isn’t part of Clinton’s agenda ;)

Whomever you support – LISTEN UP.
Read whatever you want into this article but remember this. Those that are reaching out to us are indeed those who work with both obama and clinton.
In case you have any compassion for hillary, this message of “drop out” can be also seen as a “caring” message.
Some of us can see the end, some of us know it’s been the end for a while. Some of us know that all votes haven’t been counted an NO one is telling you not to vote. Instead, maybe there are enough people who care about clinton and see that (from a caring position) that she is doing herself harm. OKAY. Did you hear the message – THEY CARE and they’d like our support to stop her. That’s all.
Sometimes we can’t stop people from self destructing. Those that see the writing on the wall are trying to help. That’s all. I’d hope if I was her and my public display, my credibility, my actions, my judgement, etc. were just as hers and bills are today, I would hope that someone would do something for me. That’s all.

Obama and Clinton have antagonized their rival’s supporters to the point they CANNOT win in November. They should both desist ans agree jontly on an alternative. In order…
1.Gore If only for sheer name & momentum
2.Bloomberg The independants & economy
3.Richardson Merging Blacks and Mex.
4.Dean For REALLY opposing the War
5. Total Unknown As pure “Not McCain!”
Pierre JC Allard

Many posts here seem to imply that if a Hillary supporter does not support Obama if he were to become the Dem nominee that “we” will destroy the party. I beg your pardon. I think a great many of us are more concerned about destroying our country. Handing the WH over to an extreme bleeding heart liberal is just as damaging as handing it over to a Neo-Con.
I for one will not, even if encouraged to by Hillary, vote for Obama. He is a walking contradiction and his lifelong associates have no doubt formed his philosophical ideology. And that, as has been demonstrated by his associates is NOT GOOD for our country. Many of us have been around or have known people like Obama. Highly educated, smooth, charismatic, motivational, charming, good looking, eloquent, pathalogical con men. You don’t walk away from these types…….you RUN.

Leahy is the guy that talked a big line but supported the credit card industry 100% in their shafting of the consumers. Getting an endorsement from Leahy is just another very good reason not to vote for Obama. If Obama had any brains he would reject that endorsement.

To Phil,
I share your frustration with the nasty tone the campaign has taken. Both sides should do better. We are all Democrats who want to see a better future for the country, want an end to the obscene Bush administration and want progressive choices to guide our policies. I would vote for Hillary to do this if she were the nominee. I think Obama will also be a great president. I would hope you could be as open-minded in return.
Sadstateofaffairs — you are of course free to support Hillary but then vote for John McCain if you like. But his policy positions are nothing like Hillary’s. Obama’s are like Hillary’s. Every four years during the primary process we hear from many Democrats who wish to be president, and who would govern in slightly different ways. Obama and Hillary are extremely similar in policy and positions. To say one is a bleeding heart liberal is unfair; they are nearly identical. If you believe otherwise you need to research their positions further.

Just as I think that perhaps the DNC can be effective working behind the scenes, another Obama supporter comes forward telling Clinton to drop out. Why should she. Because she’s a woman? and that’s what women do so well, sidelining their careers in favor of a man’s. I don’t think so.
What this is telling me is that either the DNC is being heavyhanded in their blind lovefest with Obama (who can’t win)or Obama is straying from the DNC “reservation” i.e., not on board with DNC calls for respectful treatment of each other. We Clinton supporters are digging in our heels. A copy of my change in party affiliation is “in the mail”. I’m really put off by the DNC’s sneaky tactics or their ineffectiveness in dealing with the Obama campaign.
Remember: Bill Clinton is the only Democrat to be re-elected to a full presidential term in nearly 50 years. Neither Clinton deserves to be treated like this.

In response to his call for Clinton to drop out, I would repeat to Senator Leahy the famous words that Vice President Cheney said to him.

She should drop out, not because she is a woman, but because she has lost the election, her credibility, and the hearts and minds of the American people! The race is NOT close as some would want to believe–it is over! By not dropping out, but rather “dragging out” the process to feed her own ego, she continues to demonstrate her indifference to the electoral process, and to her lack of goodwill to the party which represents the majority of left-of-center and Independent constituency, not just her single-issue shills.

What, really, is Mrs. Clinton doing? She is having the worst case of cognitive dissonance in the history of modern politics. She cannot come up with a credible, realistic path to the nomination. She can’t trace the line from “this moment’s difficulties” to “my triumphant end.” But she cannot admit to herself that she can lose. Because Clintons don’t lose. She can’t figure out how to win, and she can’t accept the idea of not winning. She cannot accept that this nobody from nowhere could have beaten her, quietly and silently, every day. (She cannot accept that she still doesn’t know how he did it!)

If I could survive an eight year stint with Bush as President, I can live with John McCain for 4 years. He has integrity and if there is a significant number of democrats with similar intentions, he may just be able to shake those right wing, evangelicals from the Republican Party.
However, I’m still hopeful that the DNC will wake up and let the voters decide. Whoever the candidate is who is way ahead in the popular vote should get the support of the superdelegates. One caveat though: If the Obama campaign continues to marginalize Clinton in the ways they have been doing and we see her support falling in those states she is expected to carry, then I’ll have no problem moving over to John McCain.

Dan,
Obama’s positions are simply a cut and paste of Hillary’s. This is what I’m talking about in regards to Obama. He has no thoughts of his own. Except of course his speech on race which was at best, average IMHO. Not what one would expect from one who posses such a “highly intellectual package”.
He is idealistic. And naive and dishonest and frankly I think he harbors some very deep phsychological issues regarding who he is. Not great traits for a leader. He is an aberrition. A facade.
But mostly, he is simply insulting. Telling everyone that he had no idea of the ideology that was being spewed from the pulpit by his mentor of 20 years. How disgusting.

This race is way too close to call and far from over. Hillary Clinton should not drop out and or take it all the way to the convention and let it be decided there. Senator Clinton has every right to let the voters decide and since she won every state with more “ELECTORAL VOTES” than Obama. The Obama won states have less “electoral votes” or some are sure won Republican states anyway.
The rules of the DNC say the “super delegates” should decide. The rules should be followed.
Michigan and Florida also go to Senator Clinton yet due to total bungling by the Democratic Party they are trying to make them not count.
Obama and his staff just wants to use evil scare tactics to try and intimidate and sway the public.
What angers me most is that Obama has no accomplishments to show for all his talk and his short career except his latest evil and divisive hate speech calling white people like his grandmother a “typical white person”.
This racist remark by Barrack Obama is the shot heard around the world saying all white people are racist. As if all white people are typical racists? How evil to not only spit in the face of the white voters that supported him but all white people. Racism still exists in small fringes but for the most part it is over. He is a pefect example to prove it attending Harvard and his wife a Doctor attending Medical School. If anything the Obama’s practicing reverse racism affirmative action is the reason they got where they are.
Then he insults our intelligence saying that in over 20 years he never knew or heard his close friend and mentor Rev. Wright make these racist statements(which he also prints in his bulletin and sells the sermons on cd in his church).
And Obams adamantly states we should vote on his judgment. The only judgment he shows is obvious bad judgment and racist judgment like his pastor.

I am changing my party affiliation from this undemocratic, spineless, disorganizes party. We Florida and I am sure Michigan voters also are fed up with our votes being invalidated, no revote, and listening to the pandering of the unamerican caucuses, superdelegates, apportionments. How many other ways can they find to erase our votes. Now Sen. Leahy has deemed, “who made his god?”, that Hillary should quit. I guess the voters in Pennsylvania, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oregon and Puerto Rico won’t mind if their votes are disregarded too. He should keep his mouth shut and let the process play out all the way to the convention if it has to. Let it all out and get on with it. Having Obama deny our revotes and having him shoved down our throats with his race baiting speech. Anyone could have made that speech. It was calculated to make all the cowardly pundits, media hacks and politicians fearful to be call racist if they even dared utter an opinion. If the party thinks that we will cool down and follow the party line they are sadly mistaken. I and millions of others are leaving your party. Get used to that!!! Just remember that your reputation is made and judged by the company you keep; Obama has soiled his forever.

“But she cannot admit to herself that she can lose.”
Can Obama and his supporters admit that there is also a possibility that he will LOSE the nomination?
Take it to the convention floor and let the process play out! What are you all afraid of?
If his nomination is a certainty it would a) be over with, which for SOME reason is not (maybe because he doesn’t have the necessary 2,024 delegates) and b) why worry if it goes to the convention if you guys are so sure that Clinton has “no chance of winning?”

Right on Judy! Well said.
Careful…here come the Obama folks to smite you down. Brace yourself but know that you are not alone.

Pa people vote for who they think is best for the country and they know Clinton is best the avg age is 50

You’d think she’d pivot back to showing a likable side, chatting with women, Weeping, wearing the bright yellows and reds that are thought to appeal to her core following, older women. Well, she’s doing that. Yet at the same time, her campaign reveals new levels of thuggishness, though that’s the wrong word, for thugs are often effective. This is mere heavy-handedness.

LOM — Polls showed Hillary ahead in Missouri by 13 and 19 points just weeks before the primary, yet she lost. Comparing head-to-head matchups between hypothetical candidates in November is really unhelpful.
Also LOM — taking the fight all the way to the convention is a lose-lose situation. The convention is at the end of August. If both candidates enter the convention hoping to win, and then one loses, it will leave very little time for the party to “come together” around the winner before November. It would also mean that John McCain would have another five entire months of a free ride. In short: it would virtually guarantee a McCain win. That’s what *all* Democrats should be afraid of, Hillary and Obama supporters alike. Does that make sense?
Judy — you’re obviously very angry about Barack Obama and an ardent Hillary supporter. I certainly hope you don’t mean what you say about the Democratic party. They *are* letting the process play out — it’s gone many weeks longer than the GOP contest already — and the people, so far, have chosen Obama. Future contests may, but are extremely unlikely to, change this outcome. If you believe in the principles of the party as you say you do, I hope you’ll come around to the idea that majority rules and believe in the millions of other proud Democrats who believe Barack will be a fantastic leader for this country. I would certainly do the same for Hillary if it were she who was nominated.

Sad State of Affairs:
Hey, great idea! I’ve been sending back their begging letters with notes attached saying not another penny until they count MI and FL, but I like your idea even better. It really gets the point across. Go Clinton!

product of affirmative action
So Obama is asking his surrogates to tell the Media that HILLARY should drop out
OBAMA you are HIJACKING THIS ELECTION!
you are leaving out michigan and florida because you would lose!
YOU ARE STEALING THE ELECTION AND YOUR CRONIES ARE DOING YOUR DIRTY WORK!
THANK YOU MSM FOR DESTROYING THIS ELECTION

obama IS A WIMP!
I hope he gets destroyed by the republicans in the general election
I HOPE THEY VETT THIS MAN ABOUT HIS THIN THIN THIN CREDENTIALS!
I HOPE THEY SHOW WHAT AN EMPTY THIN SHALLOW MAN HE IS
I HOPE THEY SHOW HIS THIN RECORD IN THE SENATE
I HOPE THEY EXPOSE HIM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN ABOUT HIS RACIST VIEWS OF AMERICANS
I HOPE HE GETS DESTROYED IN THE GENERALS ELECTION AND
MCCAIN WINS!
I WILL NEVER EVER EVER VOTE FOR HIM

Theresa,
“she did lead in the polls last year, but of course, that was prior to the horrendous media bashing 24/7 of Hillary Clinton this year…”
This is your opinion. But if you think the media is pro-Obama and anti-Hillary — which do you want running in the general election? Which stands a better chance of beating McCain, if the media prefers one over the other?
“…as we all know, caucuses are unfair, and do not show a true representation of the voters in a particular state…”
This is your opinion. But even if caucuses were unfair, why did Obama win them? Hillary Clinton had every opportunity to complete in them, but did not. Why was she less organized? Why did she only criticize the caucus process after losing, rather than before, if it was so undemocratic?
“Hillary has won the Big states. The states that a Democratic candidate will need to win in the general election.”
Again this is your opinion. Hillary won, for example, New York and California, both of which will be Democratic wins in the fall; ditto Barack and Illinois. Each candidate won some red states, some blue states, and some purple states. The bottom line is that all states count, and that each candidate knew the rules of the primary season long before it started.
“…if the DNC had not sanctioned MI and FL, Hillary Clinton would have won these states, picked up more delegates and would have been able to create even more momentum going into Super Tuesday.”
Again, your opinion. Because no other candidates’ names were on the MI ballot, and because no one campaigned in FL, we will never know who might have won. Certainly the results would have been different than they were; that is certain.
“Did the DNC not know about Obama’s 20 year past history with a racist, hate-filled, anti-American pastor. A man he considers to be his mentor. Didn’t they bother to check out their candidate? Or did they think they could hide it?”
Barack Obama is not the candidate of the DNC. He is running to become their nominee. It is not the DNC’s responsibility to check candidates in this manner. Every politician has past problems that can be spun to create the appearance of scandals. Certainly Hillary has many — Whitewater, Lewinsky, cattle farming, etc., and more recent events, that have been completely ignored by the media (and the DNC).
“And I really appreciate all of the ‘love’ being sent out by the Obama supporters. I hope you will love Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee. She will become the 44th president of the United States of America.”
Thanks. I would certainly vote for Hillary over McCain, just as I hope you would vote for Obama over McCain. I’m frustrated that the contest is so nasty, and hope it will end soon. Hillary would be a vastly better president than John McCain. But it is extremely unlikely she will win the nomination. I hope ardent supporters like yourself will begin to process this reality soon and start to come to terms with the Obama candidacy. We will need your help to succeed in the fall, and we want to make your voices part of the larger Democratic party come this fall. Consider taking another look at Barack Obama, looking beyond the spin and smears. You may like what you see.

Barack Obama did not call for Hillary to drop out–Sen. Patrick Leahy did.
Barack Obama did not make the rules concerning delegates that were agreed upon by both him and Sen. Clinton prior to the beginning of the election process–the Demoratic Party did.
Barack Obama did not make or endorse the remarks that Rev. Wright made–Rev. Wright made them.
Barack Obama did not claim to be under sniper fire–Hillary Clinton did.
Barack Obama has not sent down Hillary’s campaign in flames–you are dong that.
And yet, those who support the Clinton campaign act and talk as though all of these things are Sen. Obama’s fault. I think this is patently unfair, and for you to protest the issue of fairness so much, it seems like to me, if you were that concerned about anyone being unfair, you would be pointing your finger(s) at yourselves first. It is this kind of unfairness that has made me turn away from the Clinton candidacy, and I believe it is turning off alot of other voters as well. If you don’t respect the rules which your candidate agreed to play by; if you don’t respect the pledged delegate count that the voters have properly elected; if you don’t appreciate the values of the Demoratic party, then you probably aren’t a Democrat anyway, and when you switch your vote out of spite, then you will find yourself in a minority that will have no influence in American politics anywhere. When you leave, it will simply make room for those who are more closely aligned with the rules and values of honesty, and fair-play that you are so willing to abandon.

Clinton ride on show them that you will be another American Magret Tatcher that will condone no indiscipline OR CORRUPTION. The race has just started and we will fight it out till the end. American Press will be disappointed. and all sAy AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MSM and OBAMA are DECIDING the OUTCOME OF THIS ELECTION NOT THE PEOPLE

CNN,FOX, ABC,CBS etc are forcing us to vote for OBAMA.
Obama you are ACTING like a DICTATOR, forcing the WILL of the people to ONLY HAVE YOU AS THE CHOICE!
you are a THUG and a DICTATOR.
YOU ARE NOT THE CHOICE OF THE PEOPLE

Obama=The last 1 term Dem. president.
Hilary = The last 2 term Dem. president.
Figure it out before its too late.

“What’s Hillary and her followers have in common? Racism.
If the white snake doesn’t win they’ll vote for the other white snake. ”
WOW we are now to the root of the problem with Obama and his supporters. If you disagree you will be called racist. Much like if you disagree with GWB you are enabling terrorist activity. Is this what you all want? I sure don’t I can take McCain he is a central Republican with Democtratic leanings much more than another zealot no matter what he or his supporters call him.
On his choice of Rev. and Church please wake up. If he did not agree with this Church he should not have stayed. Also what good does it do his children now if he disagrees? He has subjected them to the hate filled sermons since birth.

@cindy | Mar 28, 2008 4:09:06 PM:
I’d be happy to tell you if I thought you’d even listen. Is your question an invite to find some ways to tear Hillary down?

Jean Thompson, I agree totally. I was just saying yesterday that Obama is Bush all over again. Runs on change. No experience. Says “I’m a uniter, not a divider”.
I said a year ago that I would never vote Republican again, but guess what? McCain is a true American hero and a fine man. Though I disagree with many of his ideas, he’ll be saddled with a Democratic Congress which will keep him in check.
The Dems are burning bridges and don’t even realize it. Why are they more concerned about African Americans than they are about women and blue collar workers? Their wanting to stop this process now confirms that. I know that no matter what happens in the remaining states, they’ll throw Hillary under the bus. Well they’re going to have to look her and every one of her supporters in the eye and do that. And then they can pay the consequences in November.

It’s unfortunate that the remaining state primaries will drag this on for several more weeks, leaving Clinton and Obama to fight among themselves and distracting from every McCain screwup. But I believe the voters in those states have a right to be heard, as I would feel (NY here).
I voted for Clinton in our primary, but at this point support Obama, for many reasons – her 24/7 personal bashing of him (she has been far and away the instigator of the intra-party fighting), the BS about the sniper fire (as one delegate was quoted in a recent news story, “I may forget what movie I saw two weeks ago, or even what I had for dinner last night, but I could never forget coming uner sniper fire no matter how long ago.”), her casual dismissal of her “memory lapse” with a laugh and a “hey, I’m human” (sort of like Cheney’s recent “so?”), Bill Clinton’s adulation of McCain and Hillary while dissing Obama – AFTER McCain’s telling statements about not really knowing who’s who or what’s going on in Iraq/Iran, etc., etc., ad nauseam. A good fight is a good fight, and so be it. But the style and substance of Hillary’s campaign of late has become desperate and destructive, and she shrill and at times appearing only semi-coherent.
In the ensuing, remaining weeks, both candidates need to clean up their acts, Hillary in particular, and commit themselves to a discussion of the issues and the differences between what the democratic candidates have to offer versus, as Obama put it, McCain’s pursuit of George Bush’s third term.

“What’s Hillary and her followers have in common? Racism.”
Wow, I had no idea I was a racist. This is such a revelation for me seeing how I’m Thai, have a half asian/white sister, two white brothers and one black brother, married to a Jew and have two half asian/Jewish children.
I’m going to go repent now for my 32 years of living a lie. My life has been such a scandal. Shame on you LOM!

Rico: Ireland peace treaty? Bosnia “sniper fire”? (note: i’m a vet. and let me tell you, it’s not something you forget IF it ever happens. S-CHP? (ask Hatch/Kennedy). now … those are some pretty world class lies. i mean… “we had to dodge….” ? Rico: you have no shame?

One thing it says to me is that Obama and his campaign, supporters are quitters. When the chips are down they run away. On the other hand, Hillary Clinton proves there are Some democrats who are fighters. Some democrats that will stay in for the long run, some democrats that don’t run when the chips are down and some democrats that stand by the people who put them where they are today and allow the voices of those to be heard. Hillary Clinton is a democrat that can win in Novemeber.

CARINGFOR SOMEONE:
ummmmm.. ok.. Thanks but no thanks.

I really resent Obama backers who claim that those who don’t support him are influenced by his race – in other words, we’re racists. I don’t have a problem with the color of his skin. I have a problem with his inexperience, the lies he’s been caught in, and his lack of judgment that brought on his Rev. Wright problems. I’m also concerned that I don’t know much about him – other than his pretty speeches – but I do see the company he keeps and their views (his wife and Rev. Wright). “Show me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are.”
I support Hillary. If she doesn’t get the nomination, I’ll support McCain. I don’t have to wonder whether or not they have a hidden agenda. I don’t have to worry that they’ll make a novice “boneheaded” mistake when it comes to our national security. I trust them. I can’t say the same for Obama.

I didn’t know Chelsea had a black 1/2 brother? The Link is below
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WalMart Queen conned the Ohio and Texas unions to endorse her, So much for the UNION!
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RON: That was wrong. you know it was wrong.. we all know it was just flat out wrong.
obama supporter here

Kelly, is this a joke to you? Since when has failure been something to brag about? This is our nation we are talking about. What is so hard for people to understand that sometimes it takes someone with a different view to change the status quo? Obama is not dreaming of light bulbs. For someone who had written not one but two books, I feel has accomplished more in life than someone who would put his country in great peril and sacrifice the lives of 4,000 of its citizens for a war that should never have happened. I do hope that your view of life is more than, “at least you failed at something”.

Edison said I havn’t failed I have only found 10000 ways that haven’t worked. How many ways has Obama found that haven’t worked?

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sometimes touted as a contender for the Republican vice-presidential slot, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has aired her thoughts on race in the United States, a prominent issue in the presidential election campaign.
Rice, the top ranking African-American in President George W. Bush’s cabinet, told The Washington Times she had watched Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama’s major speech on race last week.
“I think it was important that he (Obama) gave it for a whole host of reasons,” said Rice in a transcript of the interview released by the State Department on Friday.
Obama would be the first black U.S. president if he wins the Democratic nomination and beats Republican candidate John McCain in the November election to succeed Bush.
Obama’s speech — which he gave after a storm of criticism over racially charged sermons by the black pastor of his church — spoke of a racial stalemate in the United States and a need to heal racial wounds.
Rice said the United States had a hard time dealing with racial issues.
“There is a paradox for this country and a contradiction of this country and we still haven’t resolved it,” she said in a detailed reply to questions about Obama and race issues as a whole before next week’s 40th anniversary of the slaying of civil rights leader Marin Luther King.
“But what I would like understood as a black American is that black Americans loved and had faith in this country even when this country didn’t love and have faith in them, and that’s our legacy.”
Rice said her own father, grandmother and great-grandmother had endured “terrible humiliations” growing up in the segregated south and yet they still loved America.
—-Condoleeza Rice, a Republican woman, is acknowledging the “uniter” in Barack Obama. This is a woman who is a true role model, and an example of success, for American women who do care about this country.

Seems to me all those college graduates may be voting for Obama but they sure aren’t campaigning for him.

Senator Obama, despite the unprecedented help from media and other power groups, you still lost in almost all the important states, and your win largely come from caucuses and crossover rotes from republicans, you have no chance winning in general election, so for the good of democratic party and our country, please drop out of race right now!

kelly: how can you reward someone… in the case Hilary… for her vote to go to war with Iraq… that as we all know has killed 4000 of “ours”.. and destroyed 100′s of thousands of other serviceman’s lives… and killed probably a million Iraqis… HOW CAN YOU REWARD THAT VOTE with your vote for President? and dont give us that crap that “she didn’t know”. SHE didn’t know. Al Gore did. Ted Kennedy did. Barack Obama did as well. and… SO DID SHE! how can you be part of killing those 4000 with a vote for her??

I rsally don’t care about the facts. Facts don’t win elections. Ask Karl rove and the 527 if they used facts to beat John Kerry.

dirve by: seriously. where did you hear anyone is abandoning Obama. every poll out there right now (WALL STREET JOURNAL)… shows her in a free-fall.

All I can say is that Hillary clinton is the best chance against John Mcain. He has way too many political fouls against him. And when the uninformed unconcerned voters hear him say “I would Quit” and His rev. “GD America”, Muslim name, kenyan father, Michelle Obama “I have never loved america.. They will come out in packs to vote against him.. Bush had the christian right.. Mcain will have the christian white…

What about rewarding someone a vote for the Presidency who chooses racism and hatred for America for more 20 years?

and it was her responsibility to be careful with their lives with her vote.
you have no idea how offensive that is to a vet (me) to be so dismissive of their lives like that

well for a person who likes to quote a poll that some how adds up to 106% I think, as per usual, she is exaggerating, I mean, mispeaking, I mean lying through her teeth.
She has not released her taxes that would answer the questions regarding some questionable financial issues. Her first lady itinerary does not back up her experience claims. The company she worked with Wal-Mart on labor issues is suing a brain-damaged employee for her medical costs and has no qualms about leaving her destitute. Exactly what qualifies her for President again?

VOLUNTEERED….
Nobody asked you to do it. DRZOON…
If you didn’t want to fight join the peace corp.

Wow, Kelly, you are right. I have not thought about all this until reading your posts. You are so right. I am glad that there are some people that are still using their heads instead of a dream to see what is happening. Obama is clearly a bad choice for the Democrats.

drzoon, my husband has been in Iraq and he too is a vet. He also knows that while Obama was against the war, he had no vote on the war because he was not in the Senate at the time. He also has said many times that he doesn’t know how he would have voted had he had the same information about the war as did Senator Clinton, so this is all just a wonder and no proof as to where he actually would stand on the war. Hillary has fought for so much for our veterans. My husband who is still active duty is still very much in support of Hillary because she does have a plan to get the troops out. Her foreign policy endorsement of 34 flag officers, as a vet, you should know, that this is a very very good thing for America. Obama’s minister damned the nation that our troops have died for in Iraq. He lost credibility as a candidate by not denouncing the man, not just his words.

Leahy’s never been to swift anyway! What’d Obama promise you?

texas diane: with all due respect… and i mean that… don’t trust what Hilary says she will do. and although my service was four years in early 70′s…. i still “get it”. and for the record: i think we should yank the US out of Iraq… and put most of them in Afgan and melt that place down until we kill Bin Laden and his boys.. every last one of them.
but let me be clear… please don’t believe anything Hilary says. she just can’t help herself

texas diane: i didn’t know there was a timing thing on the Wal-Mart thing. let me look into that! thanks…
(note: i did see and watch about 30 minutes of board mtg footage where they were talking about killing unions. and hilary was in attendance. they were very proud of having her on the board… i think they said something about her being their “first woman” on their board)

i’m glad to see other people see the bias in the media.cnn msnbs just want us to see what they want.wright comments he didn’t hear them for 20 years wright says i’m sorry i didn’t hear it i’m not jewish or italian but i would be outrage.i’m irish i’m waiting for wright outrage against us

Obama is a candidate that would support and understand the need for change and that we have to get away from the machinery of the parties taking the vote away from the people.

Just for saying that Sen. Leahy, I will be contributing to Hillary’s campaign today. :P

So if everyone loves Hillary why is her approval rating at 37%

maggie! your pro life! and … you would love to have a pro life supreme court for the next 30 yrs! wow.. you must be a great democrat ! Who would have known that we had all these mother-in-laws that were pro life?? judge Thomas…. mover over.. we’ve got a lot more just like you on the way! THANKS MAGGIE!

Steve
With in the confines of the Democratic Party the attacks on Clinton have a soft landing. If Hillary runs as an independent and sticks to policy, ignores attacks these attacks will not have a soft landing for those making them. There is not much she won’t be able to answer from this position.

The constituents of Senator Leahy should call for his immediate resignation. Not wanting a democratic process to proceed is grounds for termination.
Senator Leahy has no business calling for either candidate to drop out, regardless of who he supports.
Remember, Senator Leahy, 10 states still have to vote. Michigan and Florida voters still deserve to be counted and their delegates seated.
Regardless of what the DNC and Barack Obama supporters (maybe the same thing) are calling for, no United States Senator (Leahy) has the right to attempt a coup in the Democratic nomination process.

People like Senators Leahy and Casey are sorry representations of Democracy to the rest of the world.
Rather than let the process continue and risk defeat of the candidate they support, Leahy and Casey would rather install their candidate of choice.
Definitely not the best America has to offer.

JAYHAWK:
Then what about those that have endorsed Hilary? are they not interested in Democracy as well?

Jayhawk, Hillary should have dropped out several weeks ago. She has bad judgement. She would rather cheat and delay her exit. She’s putting on quite a show, but no one is fooled by it.

kelly: give it a rest. at least have something NEW to say. oh… and thanks for your vote to kill 4000 of our servicemen and women. Hilary didn’t have a problem with that vote either! if you dont have a problem killing more … vote for her again!

A message to both sides from an Independent:
Obama supporters: stop letting Clinton supporters get to you and being reactive.
Clinton supporters: tone it down and reign in the anger and negativity.
You both want the same thing: a Democratic president. Now make it happen… or elect McCain instead, and let’s have some more tax cuts for the rich, aid for large corporations, shunning of the poor and middle class, and a long, drawn out war in Iraq.
Peace.

Ok…. and this means what to me? I appreciate that you volunteered but 4000 deaths is expected. I didlike bush as much as anybody but 5 years ago the same people who want out of Iraq now were the ones lining up at the recruiters office becasue they wanted their chanve to get revenege for 9/11. There wasn’t a draft and nobody made them go. They knew the risk and in some some weird way I’m glad they took that risk so I didn’t have to. But that doesn’t matter. what does matter is that if the WE DEMOCRATS want to win this election in novemeber we need a candidate that has a chance against mcain. This guy is a war hero who spent 5 years in a prison cell in vietnam. He has fought for president in two primaries. He doesn’t give up. Obama is sending the image to america that itt is ok to quit sometimes when it becomes obvious you will fail. He said on tv a while back that if he lost 12 electiosn that he would quit. Hillary Hasn’t quit. That is why Hillary is a better fight against mcain. If you think I am kidding about this the just ask all of your military friends who they would elect. The guy who served his country was a pow and fought for his life. Or the guy who admitted he would quit. admitted he would leave his church… No matter how you spin the wright controversy he comes out losing in novemeber…

What’s wrong with Obama suggesting Hillary drop out of the race, he didn’t drop out of his church even after Rev. Wright preached messages of hate for 20 years.

Why should Hillary drop out? It’s really quite simple: Either she steals the nomination with superdelegates or does everything to take Obama down with her. Excuse me while I choke up with emotion as I remember her saying at the end of a debate (compliments of plagerizing her husband and John Edwards) that no matter what happens in the campaign she will be fine, but expressed concerned whether the American people will be alright.
It’s sincerety like this that will change the Democratic Party to the Doomed Party.

drzoon, Hillary is not being endorsed by 34 flag officers because she is pretty. She is being endorsed for her policy. Obama was put in charge of NATO IN AFGHANISTAN and has yet to hold one committee hearing. Your views of Afghanistan are right but still Obama has not even acknowledged these troops. This is not good for our troops there. My husband has seen the inside of Iraq and has been to Afghanistan once, so forgive me for being more than angry at Obama’s little dance of “I was against the war.” He was not a United States Senator, neither were the troops but they did what they were told to do.

It doesn’t matter what obama is for he’ll never get past the election anyway. He could offer free money tpo every person under the sun and he wouldn’t be any more electable.

Phillybabe: (and i love that name by the way)…
i’m not blaming her for the job loss. it was a promise she made! she made that promise. she did she make that promise if she can’t deliver on it in the first place? because… she will SAY or DO anything to get elected.
to be clear… george bush and bill clinton are more responsible for that job loss as much as a president can be for the economy. bill de-reg’d banks (housing/sub-prime mess and NAFTA/ and george’s “hands off”/protect the rich policy)

Obama has no more bragging rights that he can get the independents from John McCain. With the Wright revelation and aftermath, Obama is showing more and more everyday that he is wait out there in the left field. Hillary DO NOT drop out!

I just came back from a Hillary rally in Gastonia North carolina where Bill Clinton spoke. The gymnasium was packed, Hillary supporters were pumped and Noone that I could see wanted Hillary to drop out. North Carolina is pumped up and we want a say in who our next president will be. Maybe Obama and his supporters should focus less on Hillarys dropping out of the race and figure out why so many democrats still want her in it.

OBAMA GETS AWAY WITH LIES ALL THE TIME, while Clinton is crucified for exaggerating a story. That’s how powerful the media is.
The media can twist and report lies to Obama’s benefit. Obama was on the View (aired 03/28/08) and he basically said the same thing, lying contradicting himself again regarding Jeremiah Wright and his church.
REMEMBER IN OBAMA’S FAMOUS SPEECH, HE SAID HE COULD NOT DISOWN WRIGHT ANYMORE THAN HE COULD DISOWN HIS WHITE GRANDMOTHER, WHO LOVED HIM AND HELPED RAISE HIM.
Now he sings another tune. Can anyone see how deceitful this man is?
TODAY, OBAMA said, “IF THE REV .WRIGHT “The Minister Of Hate” HAD NOT RETIRED I WOULD HAVE LEFT THE CHURCH”.
ONCE AGAIN, OBAMA IS PLAYING THE AMERICAN VOTERS LIKE A PIANO!

Dan, no way will I look at Obama, he is much too frightening to think of as president. I am about sick of the democratic party as well.

I know that Senator Hillary Clinton is a fighter that we can believe in and that she should stay in the race. Senator Obama is a dishonest opportunist and will say or do anything to get elected, even spy or tell lies.
He has always used race when it was to his advantage and Geraldine Ferra was correct in her statement. Most of the racist statements came from his camp or supporters. He has lied about his pastor’s statements, his association with Toni Rezko, Larry Sinclair, special interest groups and even known terrorists. He may tell some truths only after getting caught and exposed by the media. Even most of the policies that he says he supports have been highjacked from the Clinton campaign.
Americans may think we are in trouble now but will really know trouble if Obama is elected. His love of country does not come before his need for power and perhaps, revenge.

God forbid we continue to debate who is best qualified for the most important job in the country. There has been talk about this contest going on too long ever since no clear winner emerged from the Iowa/NH contests. It’s ridiculous. Millions of people haven’t had the opportunity to go to the polls yet. Will their votes change the outcome? Maybe not. But how arrogant are these handful of Democratic leaders to believe they have the right to determine when “enough” voices have been heard.

SENATOR OBAMA IS A GOLDEN BOY WITH A SILVER TONGUE. THE ONLY PROBLEM, IT IS FOOL’S GOLD AND THE TONGUE IS FORKED.
SENATOR OBAMA AND HIS MENTOR SHOULD TAKE A VERY LONG TRIP BACK TO AFRICA AND BRING PEACE AND SALVATION TO ALL HIS FIGHTING RELATIVES.
WAKE UP AND VOTE FOR A TRUE AMERICAN, HILLARY CLINTON

Leahy is my senator. He is showing signs of becoming senile. Leahy has been a bigtime Obama support since January. Leahy and his wife did a radio commercial for Obama and they sounded like a couple Alzheimer patients.

I am really uncomfortable with Obama. Anyone, But absolutely no Obama

dont you think bho arrogance of thinking he is ready has played into this?

Leahy is right! Clinton has no chance
of winning the nomination now(short of cheating)! Dems should be happy about that! There is No Way that
Pinnochio Clinton(Hillary) can beat
The Straight Talk Express!
Honesty and Integrity Matter!

There are many people on this blog who do not understand polling. Yes, the NBC poll include more African-Americans, but in the tally they count as half a vote. So the poll was not skewed in favor of Senator Obama – actually he scored higher then the poll showed.
There is so much hate on this blog – more than any other blog I have been on. I am a bonafide supporter of Obama, and I hope he wins the nomination, but I will not sell my party down the tube if he does not win the nomination. You are either a Democrat or you are not. A vote for McCain means more dead soldiers, a longer recesssion then we are already in, more government spending, more etc., etc., etc. If you want to see more body bags coming home, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Iraq forever, our great-great-great-grandchldren paying for the Iraq ‘war’ – then go ahead vote for McCain, but do not sit on this blog and call yourself a Democrat. If you are willing to sell your soul for another 4 years of bush then please – change your voter registration to reflect what you truly are – a Republican. Democrats do not need or want turncoats in the party, or people who will destroy the party because the candidate of their choice is not the nominee. You wonder why you are characterized as brainwashed or uneducated? Go back and read your posts – you bring it on yourselves.

sandy, nice diatribe, as a die hard democrat, i will not vote for bho because i do not like him, do not trust him, do not believe the wright story, think he and his wife think little of the country, think he is a smooth talker who has won over many by his oratory skills, think he has no agenda, and think he has a poor grasp of the issues relavent to the country.not voting for bho is a conscious decision based on my opinion of the man, and i am a democrat, and you cantry to dis me all you want. it is the bho supporters who are destroying the party, by putting their own arrogance and self-righteousness above the party.

SAM — “I refuse to accept that the American people would stand by and watch the sexist media and the so-called Party leaders try to push the only female candidate in this election, who happened to be the most qualified, out of the race.” — Explain to me how she is qualified? of for that matter how either of the democratic candidates are qualified…?

No fed-up – what you are is a person easily swayed by built-in bias and prejudices. In order to vote for Hillary I will have to hold my breathe until I turn blue and force my hand to mark her name on the ballot, but I will do that before I will vote Republican.
Instead of spewing hate on a blog, I did my research. I have read his books, done research on Senator Obama’s background as well as Rev. Wright’s, and I really listen to Senator Obama’s speeeches. I do not depend on soundbites to help me make up my mind.
I am 66-years old, a female, and part of the voting block Hillary is depending on. The problem is I am also educated – halfway through my doctorate degree studies. One great advantage of education is that one develops exceptional critical thinking skills and reasoning power. It is precisely because of those traits that I support Senator Obama. I am neither self-righteous or arrogant, just smart.

Obama’s promise of a “new” politics is now defunct. His mantle of hope and change is tarnished. In recent days he seems to have little or nothing positive to offer. What a shame his “new” politics has descended into the muddy morass of pettiness, lies and personal attacks, not to mention the ditch of racial hatred and anti-American sentiment preached by his spiritual mentor and former member of his campaign. Obama has dug himself into a hole and gotten dirty. His esteemed judgment is now called into question. His promise of transcending what divides us has now split the Democratic Party. His willingness to disenfranchise the voters in Michigan and Florida for fear of losing to Hillary Clinton, along with his campaign’s call for Hillary to concede the nomination makes him seem weak and frankly un-American. I see no promise of success for him as the nominee, just a victory for McCain.

Obama should drop out.
He has too many un answered problems.
Like Pastor Wright, Rezko, No record of accomplishment.
Obama Promises too much.
Hillary is a better choice!!
Leahy or Lazy whatevere his name should drop out of the senate his been there too long.

Even the supposed PHD is duped by Obama. First it was Richardson who was offered VP or he is applying, then Casey, and then Leahy. Now, I hope these men will not be fighting each other if Obama will choose not aming them or if they have “sintodo comon” common sense, they are hoping agains hope. As for Hillary, better she will run as independent, the democratic party has gone crazy and stupid if they ever nominate Obama. All registered democrats who supported Hillary will have to change their party the moment Hillary lost the nomination.

I don’t trust Hillary on day one or day twenty one or day 221. Why, because she had all those days to get health care through under Billy boy and in the end, simply failed. Yes, health care is an issue for me but track record is a bigger one. If she couldn’t manage to succeed with just one important issue in the minds of many uninsured then, how on earth’s name is she going to handle numerous important issues as president?
As for the Obama-preacher issue. I respect him for sticking with someone who he may have close ties with, yet at the same time he may disagree with in other ways. I am certain there are many of you out there who’ve had differing views with someone in your own life yet still care for and respect that person.

Why should Hillary drop out? America can’t survive with out her Tax increases, government health programs, and socialist governing politics. Why!!! Queen Hillary is the ruler of the hen house and she’s not leaving as long as there is one rooster in the pen.

Senator Lehy, Senator Kennedy, Governor Bill “The Judas” Richardson and Howard “Looser’ Dean are acting like bullies in the high school. They simply are jealous of the Clintons and it shows. Senator Clinton should not drop out even if Senator Lehy says she cannot win. All states must have their say in the process. Ultimately only the God decides who will win and not these bullies.
there are six months to go and who knows what will happen except the God. Senator Clinton should keep the faith and march on. Even if it means splitting the party that time may have come.
Keep the faith Senator Clinton. All the way to Denver.

hillary should have dropped out a long time ago she does nothing but lie she can not be trusted he bosnia story is what ended it for her. it’s time for someone fresh & new.
GO OBAMA

LEAHY AND DODD: These Obama cronies are from two tiny states (who represents about 4 million people in Vermont and Connecticut) are lecturing over 70 million people [(Pennsylvania (>12 million), West Virginia (>1.8 million), Kentucky (>4 million), Oregon (3.7 million), Indiana (> 6 million), Guam (0.17 million), Florida (>18 million), Michigan (>10 million), North Carolina (8.8 million), Puerto Rico (3.9 million), South Dakota (0.7 million), Montana (0.9 million)] that their voices won’t count. What arrogance. This is democracy not dictatorship. What right these two people (Dodd couldn’t even gain a single delegate in presidential election) have to tell over 70 million people that their judgment is inferior. Give me break. Let the people vote

To the post by American. The calls for Mrs. Clinton to quit are not about affirmative action. They are about coordinating a strategy to win the Whithouse in November. Something that the Democrats are sorely in danger of botching the longer the race for a Democratic nominee continues. If the numbers were reversed there would be strong pressure for Mr. Obama to quit.
The Clinton campaign uses the term “voter disenfanchisement” a little to liberally and too conveniently. The Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan were cast outside DNC rules. There are rules for voting in this country. Rules for voting in the election, rules for casting absentee ballots. You have to be of age to vote. Rules are what they are and they are in place for a reason. Vote outside of the rules and your votes don’t count.
Disenfranchisement to me means that a person in keeping with the rules is somehow either stripped of their right to vote or their vote, duly cast, is not counted.
In fact the Clintons seek to disenfranchise many people by taking their “fight” to the convention floor, brokering backroom deals with super delegates and overturning the will of the people as reflected by the pledged delegates. Bravo to party leaders for urging super delegates to vote in line with the popular vote.
When Mrs. Clinton says “I will fight for you,” I, as an American voter, see a couple who wants to return to the Whitehouse so badly that they are willing to sacrifice their party and the American people to get there. I have watched the Clinton campaign pander to America’s fears and predjudices by running that rediculous “3AM ad” and leak pictures of her opponent in traditional African garb hoping that American voters would believe him to be a “closeted muslim”. Mrs. Clinton could have run a brilliant campaign. Instead I have watched her take frequent trips to the gutter in an effort to win.
The only way that Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race is if she can campaign on the issues, put forth her vision for America and attack the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain. A candidate who has admitted he knows nothing about economic issues and is in favor of expanding the war in Iraq. If Mrs. Clinton cannot do those simple things she needs to drop out of the race and the Democratic Party needs to do all within its power to accomplish that end.

Hillary should stay in the race. Let the voters decide. If Wrightgate had happened 4 months ago, the political landscape would look much different today. Many voters are feeling buyer’s remorse.
Americans were shocked when they watched videos of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Rev. Wright’s preaching is a reflection of his world view. Rev. Wright agrees withe world view and teaching of James Cone and Black Liberation Theology.
Voters need to be informed about a candidate’s world view. This is not a peripheral issue. Any person aspiring to be our President should undergo that scrutiny. Barack Obama needs to be candid and answer 3 questions.
Why did you choose a spiritual advisor/mentor who agrees with the world view and teaching of James Cone and Black Liberation Theology?
Why didn’t you choose a spiritual advisor/mentor who agrees with the world view and teaching of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Rev. King warned against “drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.”
Why did you give significant amounts of money during the past 20 years to support Rev. Wright’s preaching of Black Liberation Theology?
Rev. Wright and his congregation should be commended for establishing ministries that help people with a variety of needs. However, nearly all churches have ministries that help people with a variety of needs. The good works Rev. Wrright has done does not excuse his unpatriotic and incendiary preaching.
Barack Obama has said he was not in church when Rev. Wright made his unpatriotic and incendiary remarks. That does not matter. Barack Obama understands the world view of his spiritual advisor/mentor for the past 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

This is another example of the Obama camp trying to call time before the game is over and attempting to deflect closer scrutiny on them. This is a close contest being fought by two very committed and passionate candidates. Mcain is shadow boxing at the moment! Let the contest continue.
Go Hillary

I think the voters have decided since national polls show Obama 50%, Hillary 42%. I doubt she’ll be able to catch up

PS…the polls mean nothing..I’ve never been polled have you? The polls change all the time. Like I said….let’s let the rest of the states have their say.

Why all the panic about Hillary staying in the race?? Senator Leahy may support Obama but there are many who feel Obama would not be in the lead had voters known about his racist mentor/pastor who he is still making excuses for and remaining loyal to. We knew nothing about Obama when the primaries began other than he delivered a speech well. Now we’re learning more about this man and not liking what we’re finding out so late in the game… Are Leahy, Kennedy and Dean afraid Hillary will win all the upcoming primaries?? That can be the only reason there is so much panic on the part of Obama backers. But what they need to realize is that the public will be outraged if they don’t let the American voters decide. You can only bully someone so long without a reaction. So certain Democrats need to stop bullying Hillary Clinton or people will pull the lever for John McCain in November in retaliation.

OK
We ALL know that all the politicians say exactly what we want to hear, until they are elected, of course. Then it’s all theirs. 43 presidents, all men, have proven this fact!
Why not give a woman a try and see what she can do. I know every time my Mother or Grandmother spoke everyone listened or paid hell for it.
GO Hilary, or should I say Madam President!?!

The only predictable thing about this democratic race is its unpredictability. May the best man or woman win!

Let the voters decide. Hillary is not that far behind. The Dem Party wants their dream boy to win so badly, they don’t even want this to be about votes. First they whined about superdelegates voting the way their states did. What about Mass.? What about NM ? Hillary won those and she isn’t getting those superdelegates and that is alright with the Obama folks now. He is just a show pony, or is that phoney?

Danielle wow, telling him to shut up, that’s telling him.

Erin…let’s see the “negative” ratings after the rest of the elections. Obama is dropping and will continue to. She has EVERY right to stay in this race
(sorry mis-typing in previous post should have said after not have)

Superdelegates should pay attention to the Clinton supporters too. Senator Bayh said in an interview on CNN, “Who carries the states with the most Electoral College votes is an important factor to consider because ultimately, that’s how we choose the president of the United States,”. So if Clinton wins PA and Indiana, she’s ahead in the votes that count in November. Obama can count all the red states he wants, but those Republicans and Independents only voted for him because they know he will be easier to beat in November.

Ken Blackwell is a black man too.

Mr Leahy i hope you are doing this on your free time, which i doubt. You are an elected official so you should know how it feels to be running for something and being very close to winning. The process is still on going and millions of voters are waiting to vote for one or the other candidate, don’t try to squash that chance for voters. It’s their given right when they turn 18 or become a citizen of this great nation. Stop acting irresponsible by talking nonsense, neither candidate have what it takes to grab the nomination. We all know you are talking because you are a Obama supporter, but please stop talking and don’t take momentum away from the voting process.

Jacksmith; I love it!!!!

If the most offensive thing about Obama is his old pastor then he will have my vote

That was poetic Jacksmith..

Senator Leahy affects a condescending attitude, especially with that little word “frankly.” We already know Leahy is being frank, the use of that word apparently is just to highlight the fact he is trying to act like somebody’s daddy, a trick right out of Reagan’s playbook. Why should anyone pay any attention to what this tired old representative of the New England hoity toity liberal elite, bereft of new ideas, has to say?

Somebody making an opinion of what he views is Right does not make the person as our enemy.
As such you lots stop bombarding Lehy for his thought. I know deep down if Obama is in such situation, peolpe will always have their opinion about a way forward.
Hillary supporters seemed to me they all would have graduated from the same School of Thought, different from we others. As such, if only the Hillary supporters shall stop draging the Democrats and Obama and his supporters in to Political Gutter.
I hope at this juncture Hillary will stop henceforth not to continuosly damaging Democratic party or think of causing Caeos among supporters by not Restricting herself from usin Gutter Politics to stain Democratic Presidential Rules and Process.
She can therefore stay as long as she wants, that is what Obama wants so that a winninig contender can come up in time whilst the Remaining Super Delegates decide who they are endorsing as quickly as possible so as to save our time to ganner energy and strategy for the General Election against Mc Cain.

I think McCain needs to drop out he just isn’t a powerful enough speaker.Obama is from Illinois and people from Illinois really aren’t that smart. Clinton knows the Whitehoue like the back of her hand.when she was in the Whitehouse she was called the second president.

These men want her to quit because they know she will win,and they are scared. They keep running to CNN TO run another false poll saying she can’t be trusted. CNN was shown up to make false poll against Clinton by the PA voters. They said we trust her. CNN wipes Obama’s nose every time he stumbles, but Americans are smart, and use their common sense, you don’t get programed for 20 years with your Pastors ranting hate for white people that Obama thinks the same way, and he did admit he would not give up his Pastor Wright. Obama lovers you should know “Y0U CAN FOOL SOME PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN’T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME’ Therfore Clinton will be elected President in 2008.