Reid, Pelosi, Dean May Push Uncommitted Superdelegates to Decide No Later than July 1

Superdelegates – Please decide now! Unite the party! We’ve got to campaign against McCain instead of eachother.

“The three of us, we may write a joint letter, we might do individual letters,” he said
These bubble-heads don’t know how many LETTERS they’re writing, but they know they’re going to sock it to the delegates? “Typical,” as tender candidate Obama might say.
Mob princess Pelosi, fresh from her cuddling-on-the-loveseat commercial with Newt Gingrich, will be PARTICULARLY persuasive, of course. Maybe Dean won’t SIGN a letter with her?

Nobody think Clinton (includng Clinton thinks they are going to give this to Clinton)
This is all about 2012.
The Clintons have never…never put the country ahead of themselves. You can’t name me once. They have consistently hurt the public when the choice was between themselves and the country…they have consistently put themselves first.
If people would just look back and try to find one time…maybe then they would realize …these people are not good people. They are self-serving self-empowering…politicians who hav eused the American people for their own power and legacy. Bill because he is an egomaniac and is pathological (I mean King George seems to ring pretty clear here) and Lady MacBeth… I am sure the court thought Lady MacBeth was a fighter too…and that she got things done for the kingdom.

David NH, nobody will change the rules of a game in the middle of a game. You have to be Hillary the Bosnian General to dream that that could happen. Obama has won the primaries and the pledged delegates, so get ready he is the Dem’ s nominee. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.

Frankly I don’t care what the three of them do. As a life long Democrat I am ashamed of all of them. Reid and Pelosi have been the WORST Senate and House leaders in my lifetime. And don’t get me started on Howard Dean.
I don’t care if the nominee is Obama or Clinton – they both will have to account for all talk and no do Reid and Pelosi in the general.

just thought i would mention that today it was announced by hillary’s campaign that Walter schweitzer would serve as a senior advisor to her campaign. Now i am not sure what that meas as far as what he does, but it may be of note that he is Gov. Schwietzer’s brother and I beleive that he played an important part in electing Briam Schwietzer his brother as the Governor of Montana. Also Gov. Schwietzer is a superdelegate so not to read to much into it but could possible for shadow an endorsement.

The super delegates should keep out of the election process. They should keep their mouths shut. They are adding to the confusion. When and IF they are needed- they can vote then. If the people pick a candidate- then the super delegates should not even vote. Otherwise the entire democratic party election process is just an election by the elite!

Hillary and her staff (who are carefully choosing her words for her) need to realize that this thing is decided. Obama is the candidate, he won this year based on the rules laid out for this primary. She needs to step out of the race for the good of the party. She has run a dirty tricks old fashion politics campaign and it is getting her no where. She is winning the states she is winning based on history and not what she stands for today. Hillary get out and do us all a favor. Obama is the nominee and next President of the USA. Obama ’08

Yes. We need to unite.
Obama needs to drop out.

Bishop…………….THAT’S AN EXCELLENT IDEA! HILLARY SHOULD JUST ACCEPT DEFEAT FROM THE DEMOCRATIC ELECTION AND RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT.

The DNC is run more like a gestapo than a Democracy. Reid and Pelosi are inept as Congressional Leaders and Dean has proven himself to be a doctor, not an Exective by any stretch of the imagination. I say let all the votes count. Florida had a valid election and Michigan should redo theirs because Dean messed it up. Let ALL OF THE VOTES COUNT!!!

Mike denhof………The Clintons are crafty strategist dude; however,you are giving them far to much credit man.

Hillary has been told to drop out since NH every win is not a win and talk about spin why can’t it go to the floor if it was good enough for Kennedy and Carter in 80 and Teddy only had 1200 to Carters 1900 why isn’t it good enough for Hillary.

Hillary: If they want to play dirty, then I agree with the previous blogger. Run independent!!! That will shut them up!!!!

Can we really afford to look at Michelle Obama as our first lady for the next four years!
Please, please, please voters don’t do this to us.

It seems like external forces are not willing to let the super-delegates take as much time as each individual may need to make up their mind on the candidate.
If I was a super-delegate, I would insist on my basic rights to make up my mind according to my time-table and not someone else’s. There is nothing magical about a July 1 deadline.
I would also insist that if I continue to receive such pressure, then I would defy the rules of the convention by ACTUALLY NOT VOTING for either candidate as a way of protesting against those who are trying to circumvent the process.
That’s right, put pressure on me as a super-delegate, then I will simply withhold my vote period. IT IS JUST THAT SIMPLE.

Is it true Obama took the day off today

The media could EASILY take this and chastise the Democratic leaders for BULLYING super delegates and corrupting the process.
But they WONT.
The media itself is CORRUPT AND BIASED for Obama.
The media insists on MAKING UP its own news instead of just reporting it.

Obamaforpresident:
Contrary to your belief, the exit polls in Pennsylvania showed that if Obama was the democratic nominee, that 28% of Hillary Supporters said they would vote republican in the fall. 16% of Hillary supporters said if Obama was the nominee they would not vote at all.
But…….Obama supporters said that if Hillary was the democratic nominee, 67% would vote for Hillary.
Now, I ask you, do you want to throw away a Democrate getting into the Whitehouse because of Hillary supporters not voting for him in the General Election.
Also, Hillary Clinton got 85% of the Catholic vote in Pennsylvania. He only gt 18%.
In a national poll, she gets ober 67% of the Catholic vote. McCain gets close to 30% and Obama only gets about 4%.
And, guess what, Obama did campaign in Florida; he was the only one,contrary to what is believed, that ran a TV ad in that state.
SO, I see it as Obama broke the rules. He did campaign. So in that sense, Hillary did win the state and the votes should count.

July 1st?? The Super’s need to make up their mine now and put this thing to bed! Billery cannot win! Obama has fairly beaten her at her own game! He’s won more state, he has more delegates and he’s won more of the popular vote, so what does that tell you?? So what she won PA. She was suppose to win PA! But she didn’t get the 20 point blow-out, which is what SHE REALLY needed to make an impact. So, stop this madness and Billery and her imaginary math! She keeps saying he can’t close the deal. The question should be, why can’t you close the deal. How can you let a junior Senator come out of nowhere and beat you? She had the money, the name, and the machine behind her. Plus, your husband was the Prez for eight years! So, really, what does that say about you?? And now look at you. Your behind in everything, including money and you have the nerve to say that you have more votes?? You agreed in the beginning and said that MI and FL should not count. But now that you NEED them, they are all of a sudden “disenfrachised”. Get a grip. The Super’s need to end this soap opera as fast as possible. Get a spine for god’s sake and tell her to pack her bags!

dl: Didn’t you watch the results of the Pennsylvania Primary. They gave the breakdowns I posted on all the news sites as; CNN, ABC and MISNBC.
Where were You?????

Lets not forget Hillary like Obama signed a contract voting both MI and FL votes nor delegates would not count.
She’s even on tape.
Whats changed?
Hillary NEEDS these states desperately to stand a CHANCE
Its also laughable Hillary’s claim to the popular vote
She counts MI and FL but fails to count the 12 caucasus Obama won
If we were to count ALL the states and caucasus, including MI and FL
Obama is up by 500,000+
Back to the subject at hand
This bodes well for Obama. If this doesn’t go to the convention, we ALL know Obama wins the nomination.

Hillary as an indeoendent sounds good to me and as far as roev wade they have benn using that as an issue for way to long. how about equal pay for women why should some young guy get what hillary has worked for all her life there was plenty of time to revote in FL. and MI. and Hillary would have been ahead the Democrats had no faith in Hillary so they can worry about the mess were in .

I honestly don’t think it’s Obama or Clinton who is ruining the democratic party. It’s people like Dean, Reid, and Pelosi. They’re being heavyhanded, and if they push this, they will be the ones alienating their constituency, not Obama or Clinton. The only sins of these two candidates in this primary campaign are that they are running for the nomination in a party that is tripping over itself and the idiotic decisions it has made in choosing a nominee. The Democrats need to designate some winner-take-all states AND do away with superdelegates if they’re not going to be given the freedom to decide what’s best for the party. I agree with the previous poster — superdelegates who are leaned on should simply not vote. Pelosi Dean and Reid are all idiots — they make me ashamed to call myself a democrat.

I HAVE TO LAUGH BECAUSE WHAT YOU FAIL TO REALIZE, IT’S NOT ABOUT ANYMORE WHO HAS THE MOST DELEGATES….WHO HAS THE MOST POPULAR VOTES…..IT’S WHO IS GOING TO BEAT MCCAIN IN THE FALL.
WITH ALL THE NEGATIVITY ABOUT OBAMA AND HIS COMMENTS ABOUT THE MIDDLE INCOME WORKING FAMILY, HE WILL NOT GET NOMINATED.
WHO DO YOU THINK VOTES IN THE FALL: IT’S YOUR WORKING CLASS, BLUE COLLAR, OLDER WOMEN,CATHOLIC VOTERS. THEY ARE THE STING VOTES.
OBAMA CANNOT DO IT!!!!

you got it right Mary go Hillary

Nowhere does Clinton nor Obama say that the VOTE in Michigan and Florida do not count. That is BS.
The documents says the VOTE doesnt count in SELECTING DELEGATES. This is very clear.
Not that they CANT vote. Not that they CANT have ballots. Not that they CANT select a candidate. NOT that they WONT tally up the votes.
The popular vote arguement is to super delegates about the WILL of the people RHETORIC that Obama is using.
Yes, those VOTES are a direct will of the people. YES , they count in that argument.
Obama lover dont like it cause it doesnt FAVOR OBAMA.
Obama lovers dont mind when Clinton wins Nevada by 6% -but Obama gets an extra delegate. No complaint there.
Or Clinton wins a HUGE primary in Texas -but then LOSES the caucus on the same night with the same selected voters , and the way the delegates are tap danced in a lopsided fashion, Obama gets more delegates.
No sir. No complaint there.
Obama wants it 500 different ways. Tap dancing from one foot to the next.
The will of the people as set down by the constitution is CLEARY majority vote rules.
Al gore got the ‘will of the people’ but the college elected bush.
It still doesnt change the FACT that Al Gore got the ‘will of the people’ .
So yes, Michigan and Floridas VOTES matter. The delegates dont .

Kevin: I’d like to, but I am at work. And boy are we an angry person.
Heh, baby wash out that dirty mouth.
But of course, your just one of those Kool Aid kids, whom doesn’t know better.
Your Obama is toast, baby!!!!

For Mike Denhof:
“FACT = Hillary has already lost the Democratic nomination by the only reasonable metric (i.e., the number of delegates won).”
WRONG! There are several reasonable metrics to use when determining which candidate is more likely to win. One is pledged delegates — the two are closer in pledged delegates than any democratic nomination, even the ones which were contested. One is states won. But Obama has NO CHANCE of winning most of the states he’s won in a general election. Most of those states have not voted Democratic in a general election in years and not by slim margins either. It’s foolish to think he’ll win those states. Whereas Hillary’s big wins not only in battleground states, but also in battleground constituencies shows she’s the stronger candidate. And the last measure of who would be the best candidate — electoral college and electability. Obama cannot win. It’s that simple. So keep fighting for him for the nomination. You’re doing everything you can to ensure McCain is our next president!
“FACT: Many superdelegates are refraining to choose their candidate out of selfishness (i.e., they dont want to take the chance of alianating some of their own supporters in their states if they dont absolutely have to). This is not the behavior of true and worthy leaders. McCain is gaining exponentially every day as a result.”
Um, do you watch the news? The reason most are staying out of it is because this is the closest race for the nomination ever, and they want to see who, at the end of the race, looks like the better candidate to win the presidency. That is, if idiots like Pelosi Reid and Dean would keep their mouths shut and their letters to themselves.

All this bickering -
Anybody ever consider putting them BOTH on the SAME TICKET?
That’d be one way to round up all the votes and insure a victory.

LOM
read the directive of the Sloan committee…
there may not be “rules” by which a super votes …but there is a directive and a purpose for their vote…and that is to support the democratic initiative of their partty members and to be held more responsible to their party members.
That is not making up rules …that is what is written in the commisioning of the Sloan Committee and its’ purpose before that came back with the superdelegates but Hillary’s friends and Geraldine ferraro have spun this in a totally different way.

Hillary is still standing so far every thing that Axelrod who is a real dirty player could think of has brought her down because women are standing up for her all over the states and all the years I have been going to the polls you know who you see at the polls on Election women lots of them.

So they have time to force the super delegates to vote but not time to resolve the Florida and Michigan issue. If they force the issue and allow Obama to be crowned the nominee, I and many other life-long Democrats will actively campaign and support McCain and Republican Senate and Congressional candidates. The Democrats need to lose control of the House and Senate so that we can get Peloski and Reid out of their positions! Obama=McGovern

The candidate with the most pledged delegates, states won and popular vote going into the Pennsylvania primary, the FRONTRUNNER with the momentum, should have reasonably won the election there. Since Senator Obama didn’t, he should leave the race. A democrat cannot win the presidency without the white, blue-collar vote. This is a FACT.

Mary,
I agree with you.
If DNC plays dirty and abandons Hillary .
Hillary should run as Independent and we vote for her.
That’s how we show our protest no need to have a riot like Obamanites treathened the Superdelegates.

Third party anyone? The Democratic party has become a joke.

The only democratic president to win two terms in my lifetime and I am 54 years olds is Bill Clinton. I have a feeling he will be the only one even if I live to be 100 years old. Democrats are just to wimpy to rumble, except for the Clinton’s. We have to play nice-nice.

Dear Kevin true a democrat can’t win without the black vote nor can they win without the women vote. and you don’t have to call people names to get your point across.

Take it to the floor Hill!!!

The American electoral system is over-complicated, and in shambles. The 2000 general election and the superdelegate argument which is currently going on are examples of this fact. The system needs to be modernised and reformed, the entire government for that matter. A parliamentary form of governance would be a grand idea. Vote party not person, whoever is leader of the party automatically becomes president. This makes snap-elections possible, and dramatically reduces the time it takes to get results.

there is no way a Democrat will be president if Obama is the one to run aganist McCain. I frimly believe Clinton can beat Mc Cain.For what it is worth I really do not think none of those running would make a good President.

there is no way a Democrat will be president if Obama is the one to run aganist McCain. I frimly believe Clinton can beat Mc Cain.For what it is worth I really do not think none of those running would make a good President.

So these three have time to force the delegates to make a decision, but they can’t find the time to address the voters issues in Florida and Michigan? What a joke!! If they allow King Obama to be crowned the nominee, I will actively support and campaign for McCain and all the Republican Senate and Congressional candidates. This is the only way to get rid of these 3!! We need our voices heard in November since the Democratic leaders don’t seem open to doing the right thing!! Obama is the 2nd coming of McGovern!! Can’t wait to see him lose in November if he is given the nomination!!!

Like any democrat is going to win North Carolina or Wyoming in Nov. Now Ohio and Pennsylvania that could go either way.

Jimmy: But if 28% of the Hillary supporters vote for McCain, that gives him added leverage and votes against Obama. If the race is close in votes, that added 28% would put McCain over the top.

Why is any of this relevant when Obama’s
going to jail??

Pathological thinking has brought most of you to believe that Obama is not letting MI and FL votes count. He did not make that rule, Hillary can have the votes for all we care ,just watch what is going to happen in IN and NC, then you all will stop weeping. People are not happy with Hillary not loosing honourable thus will be forced out. She is too desperate to be running for the interest of the common man. Screw them bill says Hillary in the past about the common man

In fact the situation that Clinton is trying to pull right now in Michigan setting up delegates to only be for her…is exactly the reason superdelegates were created.

Wells747 Got news for you:
People need to wake up and realize this race is over.  So Indiana and North Carolina, you can vote for someone who has already lost or you can vote for Obama who already has won this race.   I keep hearing there is a race for popular vote.  If there is a race for popular vote, how do you count caucus states (i.e Alaska, Washington State, etc.) where there are no true popular numbers ?  So to me the popular vote rhetoric cannot be used by the super delegates in deciding this race.  Truly superdelegates should take a look at the delegate counts.  Both candidates will beat John McCain, so electability shouldn’t be an issue.  Infact on the issue of electability,  the Republicans appear to prefer to run against Hillary, than Obama.  
Bottom line, the Democratic Party has it’s Presidential Candidate.  It is Obama.  He has won the most pledged delegates, he has won the most states, and given the fact that there is no true way of deciphering popular vote received by some of the caucus states it is unusable.   Regardless of the outcome of North Carolina and Indiana,  Obama has already won the Democratic primary for 2008.   The sooner people realize this, the sooner the party can mend and we move forward against the Republicans.  To vote for Hillary is like the Republicans still voting for Huckabee…   It means nothing..

The Obama people know in their
heart they are with a loser…

Becky: So you’re saying the FL and MI votes should not count?

Beyond personality which every one posses, Obama attracts a high sense of passion, Obama’s words makes tears drop from impossible eyes. Bush love him secretly and if not for partisian allegiance would have long apologized to American people for the war in iraq and endorse Obama. Hillary Love Obama as well but hate the fact that her ambition is reduced to nothing by him. He started off as a non issue and now he is a big bone to swallow. Hate him ,love Him that young man looks inevitable. If you love America better than you love Hillary, vote him when nominated. He means America well and everybody knows this. God bless America

I think putting the words “Democrat” and “Leaders” together to describe these 3 morons is insulting to all democrats.
The only reason these idiots are in power is because the democrats sold the American people a FALSE bill of goods about how they were going to get us out of Iraq, stop the “culture of corruption,” improve the economy, etc.
When will they start to take some responsibility for what has been happening over the last year or so? You can’t blame everything on the Republicans forever (especially when you have a majority in both houses of Congress).
BTW, didn’t Dr. Death (er, Dr. Dean) just say last week that the superdelegates need to decide by June?
What a disaster!

SDW – sorry to tell me. Sounds familiar when Obama dais soory for his irresponsible comments about the Pennsylavnnians. Saem feather flocks together. Grow up kid!

In TX, Obama won caucus by 10%, but lost in primary by 4%.
In WA, Obama won caucus by 37%, but only won primary by 5%.
How could he have any chance against McCain?

Hillary and her supporters are living in a parallel universe. This race was over on March 4 when she failed to win decisively in Texas and Ohio. Her arithmetic gymanstics may become a new Olympic discipline but it won’t change the numbers. The “adults” in the Party should have told her on March 5 to step down or they would step in.

please why is Pelosi so evil and desperately against Clinton a fellow woman like her???????????????????

Frankly, Obama is not qualified
to be more than a legal assistant.

American Idol.
No they should not. They had rules set and they chose to break them, out and out, knowing what it would come down to. I am sorry for the people in the those states but they need to take their frustrations up with their Governors. I would not expect my vote to count if it was my state. You cannot make rules and then break them to benefit yourself. It makes you look bad.

Pelosi should never and never ever be voted again to the house. Americans please vote against this evil woman in the next election she should be silenced she is the main person against Clinton.

Whats the rush ? Are you afraid Obama will be vetted more ? There are more scandals still swirling around him. Thats why he wont debate Clinton again. Reid, Pelosi and dumbo Dean want to give Obama the top prize before all hell breaks out and the American people discover more damaging info on him and its coming !!! these Democaratic BOZOS need to solve the Florida problemand possibly Michigan too btu definately Florida because both were on the ballot. It is our constitutional right to have our vote counted. that vote goes to Hillary!!! most of America is now realzing that Obama is all fluff and no substance. HE CANNOT WIN the MIDDLE CLASS !!!

Not so as long as HRC has another cackle or breath in her body will the supers decide by July 1. She didn’t live this long only to give up to someone who’s a neophyte. She won’t wait another four or eight years. This is her time and she is entitled to the WH.

Too funny. MI and FL did not listen to Dean last year, and Dean has completely failed to fix the mess he created. Pelosi and Reid have not tried to fix it. Why are any superdelegates going to listen to them now? What a bunch of fools. Besides, even if all superdelegates indicated who they were supporting, most of them have freedom to switch prior to the convention or after 1 or 2 ballots anyway.

gang
she won’t win. this is all spin. if she keeps this up you will have your answer she puts ehr own presidency above the party and more importantly the state of the nation…
it would be all about 2012.
knock off obama mccain runs and she has a chance to run in 2012.
I hope that isn’t the case but from what we see and looking at the past history of choices by the clintons (who have never put the country ahead of themselves if it helps them yes…if it hurts them no they come first always)…that very well may be the case…we will see.

House Speaker, Rep. Pelosi should stop trying to inflence the DNC and Democrats to vote for her politician Sen. Barak Obama. Rep. Pelosi should push legislation to stop that fuel costs that have risen 50% under her leadership. American’s know that under Pelosi’s leadership, Democrats have done nothing different that prior to the Democrats taking the majority of both Congressional houses.

And what has Obama done to put his country first .

Writing also from the UK, just out of interest, I have a few questions:
Why as the democratic favourite with, the apparatus lined up for her in the big states, and the ex-president campaigning alongsdie her has Clinton not closed the deal? Why isn’t this question being asked of Clinton?
There’s a lot of talk about Obama outspending Clinton but no talk about the fact that she is double campaigning with her husband, an ex-President!, on the trail. Personal talks in small towns count. The strategy is to focus on white working class voters, no way can Obama compete in time with that and campaign in urban centres. seems to me that the media needs to weigh these things not just expenditures.
Let’s do the real math: Bush Senior 4 years; Bill Clinton 8 years; Bush Junior 8 years; Hillary/Bill Clinton 4 or maybe 8 years. A Clinton presidency promises for 20+ years or 28 years that the USA will be under the control of two families. What’s wrong with this picture? Beginning to look like Third World politics.
This leaves us all worried for where America is headed, especially as our economies are all in trouble because of the way the US economy has been managed.

Obama has had it easy and now even tweety is agreeing Obama is in trouble.

Sam,
No one should vote or not vote for one candidate just based on his or her last name…
If Obama is truly qualified and earned to be next president of US, people will elect him…
The only issue is that there are about 50% of Dems voters who don’t think so just inside his own party, not mentioning Reps….

Why was Obama afraid to put his name on the list in MI. He was on FL’s?
Maybe it is because he knew he was going to advertise in FL. Maybe he knew he would get whooped in MI and was not going to advertise. Why did he deny MI voters another opertunity to re-vote. He knew he would loose. Man of the people my foot. He had a chance to let millions of people have their voice heard and he denied them because it did not benefit him. He is not what he advertises to be. All talk and no action.

Granted Obama is winning on the delegate count and popular votes but he also has not reached the magic number of 2025 therefore for those people that say he has won….sorry to say he has not. Obama as well as Clinton need the superdelegates to win. The supers are contemplating on who to endorse because more and more Obama is becoming unelectable. He cannot cross over the seniors, whites and the blue collar americans (factor in his radical left wing affiliations) and at the General Election you need those votes to win the POTUS. The question to the supers would be: do they want to win or do they want to run an election that they know they will lose?
BTW: Puerto Rico has over 2.5 million voters and they are already pro-Clinton and with the prime time interview of Larry Sinclair about Obama I’m sure it will be a landslide for Hillary and the popular vote will belong to Hillary. – Vote Hillary 2008

You wonder why so many don’t want this to play out because it seems more and more like they should not trust her.
They see what the way she is playing means. She may be putting her own chances ahead of what needs to be accomplished and why this election is so important.
So yeah, they have said let this play out but don’t play slime… but then the ABC debate happened with Bill Clinton’s ex-press secretary asking the questions and it was all about the crap…not hillary’s years of crap and questions (which none outside of her lying escapade with Bosnia were brought up during this entire campaign) but Obama’s
red Flags went off …
okay let it play out but tone down the attacks
they don’t trust her…and maybe just maybe that is why you all perceive the media as biased…they are just hesitant because the Clintons are known for playing the game.

Democrat,
It is not what each candidate says they are going to do it is what they have proven they can do. Just because someone says this is what they are going to do, does not mean that it is just going to automatically happen.
Some people would prefer going with what we got then just taking a shot in the dark with Obama.
If they give him the job and he screws it up then it is to late for the blame game. The way your talking sounds like fear mongering to me.

true truth(Kind of a misnomer isn’t it)
“Obama dumped his pastor”?…
yeah that’s a reach… he dumped his words but if anyone has ever not thrown someone under the bus that could have arguable deserved it…I don’t know the man… but i see 8000 people in one local community that say he is not the man they portrayed him in the media as)…
He could have made this whole thing go away if he just threw the guy under the bus and disavowed him.
you know he did not do that. he disavowed statements…specific statements. that is a sign of a man who not only is smart and reasonable…but unshakable and has a lot of character.
I do not know that man…I know 2 minutes of screen time edited together from his entire life…that I do not like… but I would have to be an idiot to think …there has been no other statements that disgusting shown…and I have seen a lot of attempts to make other statements seem as bad…
I had a salada tea bag say “character” is what you are when no one else is in the room” …I think McCain and Obama have outstanding character. but I hav e strong concerns about the Clintons…and I think if you look at their true history and take the blinders off you will see there is reason to.

DL,
He just had it handed to him in PA.
There where 225,000 people in the state that voted for Hillary, so your point does not make sense. It would be the reverse of what your saying. More and more people are seeing him as the looser. His true colors are starting to show and he is loosing more and more votes. If he did not have basically “ALL” the black vote in Philly he would have been slaughtered.
All his delegate supporters want Clinton to quit because they have already committed to the looser. We’ll see who has the big MO coming into June.

Obama needs to reconsider the offer of the Vice Presidency. If he wins the nomination and loses in the General Election (which a lot of us knows will happen) he will forever be banned from running. He should have waited maybe another 8 years. He should have cleaned his closet, enrolled his wife to a course on “HOW NOT TO HATE AMERICA AND WHITE PEOPLE”, he should have picked a church that do not preach Black Liberation Theology, he should have learned more about the politics, taxes (remember capital gains question at the debate), foreign policies and economics. He should have been opened to us about Ayers and Rezko. I would have let that pass. He is very likable but that is not the basis of being the President. Substance is the key. Hillary knows what needs to be done and how she will do it…therefore to me she is the best candidate for the job.

For as much as Reid has talked about this primary, isn’t it funny that he has not decided on a candidate!?!?!?!
That is rich!

What kind of attacks do you think a president faces? This has been childs play compared to what the Republicans are going to do. What do you think the leader of Iran is going to say, or how about Putin from Russia. These people don’t play fair and nice with sugar and spice. Obama keeps “Acting” like he is better then everyone. He is going to change how I think because he does not agree with it. He is going to change Washington because he does not agree with it.
He should listen to his own words like he described the blue collar worker.
The people are ridiculing things they don’t understand, they cling to relegion, frustration with anyone not like them.
This all describes Obama to a tee.
He ridicules Washington, he clings to his religion, he is frustrated with anyone that does not act the way he thinks they sould act. Shame on Hillary for pointing out my elitist remarks about blue collar workers. But Rev Wright is like my family. I am tired of the same old Washington.
They have a word that describes this.
Hypocrite!

Dr. Herburt,
I agree, Pelosi wants to be the leading women. I don’t know how she and Dean got their positions, but I can tell you that there will need to be tough questions aswered about both of them if they end up supporting Obama. I will cry foul. I will say they did not want FL and MI to be heard because it would hurt their candidates chances. I will accuse them of dragging their feet and not working for the will of the people.
It has been disgraceful how these two have messed this thing up. We are the democratic party with democracy in the name of the party and all the voices are not going to be heard. A disgrace.
I don’t know how anyone has the right to take a persons vote away in the first place. It should be a civil liberty to everyone all the time.

DL,
He did not throw Wright under the bus, because he still needs the black votes.
He would have been sunk by now if he had. It has nothing to do with his loyalty to him. If Obama has lost just 10% of the black vote he would have been sunk by now.
His true colors are showing now, and his unbelievable retorhic is becoming more and more unbelieveable.

Reid, Pelosi, & Dean:
All of you are incompetent, pathetic and a complete embarassment to the Democratic party. It is not your job to pressure superdelegates. This race is not over.
Why were the voters of FL and MI penalized because of these so called “rules”? A rule should not be more important than the will of the people in FL and MI. You have disenfranchized millions of people. Democracy? Right to Vote? I guess you don’t care anymore. You will in November.
Superdelegates: I hope you are paying attention. Who do you think will have the best chance to win in November? The person who has the greatest strength in the states necessary to get the electoral votes needed to win the general election. That person is Hillary Clinton.
The tide has turned. Hillary ’08

“Regardless of the democratic nominee, the congressional democrats have to force Ms. Pelosi to step down. What a disappointment she has been for the party!”
Pelosi’s set “women” back a couple of generations — and sufficiently stuck on her own “first female speaker” schtick to have pushed Obama. The only hope is that Pelosi’s district will turn her out for Cindy Sheehan — otherwise, Congress will never be able to get rid of her, and she’ll be there double-crossing her constituents and simpering with the right, with her dyed hair and pricey pearls, till Gabriel blows his horn.

BKMC: I think you say whatever comes into your head. Obama did not win the popular vote in reality, Hillary won it with 100,000 overage as soon as they seat MI and FL. Dean doesn’t want that to happen because Clinton will surpass Obama and win the nomination. He is trying to prevent that so I hope she gets the majority of the votes from the superdelegates to win the nomination and send him back where he belongs and he doesn’t even belong being a senator.

Reid says he might have to endorse a candidate.
I’m sure that both candidates are praying that it not HIM/HER.

Hillary is UnTrustWorthy, she has told lies, time and time again!

i voted for dukakis and lost
i voted for kerry and lost
i voted for gore and lost
i won’t for obama and lose
i’m done with the democrats if obama wins

Most ultra liberal democrats don’t care about all of baracks baggage:
-James Wright’s “god damn America” sermon,
-Antoine’ Rezco, got barak’s campiagn started, jailed political fixer
-domestic terrorists Ayers and Dorhn
these guys blew up 25 bombs in the US
-bitter small town Americans
-HAMAS in the church bulletin
-he admitted smoking crakc / cocaine
but most mainstream americans / democrats do:
see PA OH vote results and if the media got on barack earlier, he would never have won the earlier states he did…
FOR 16 months hillary got hammered and obama got a free ride… now that some of his skeletons are out of the closet he can’t win dem primary… look at his rresults with PA AND OH DEMOGRAHPICS
smells like mcgovern
and dukakis and gore and kerry.. the ultra liberal democrats are going to give the whouse to mccain…
PA PUTS CLINTON BACK ON TOP
FLORIDA and PENNSYLVANIA are identical demographically speaking.
Barack will be painted quite easily as less than american – wright, rezco, ayers, dohrn, farrakhan, HAMAS in the church bulletin, and the list goes on…
The republican dirty tricks bag is limitless and they can’t kill hillary — her ideas wont die.
Hillary got tough questions for 16 months as the front runner, now obama cant handle the heat unless its from the end of his pipe or cigarette.
no smoking in the whitehouse
and yes … he admitted smoking CRack in his youth…. if hillary did, she would be gone a long time ago…. Hillary fired her campaign manager in NHampshire for talking about it…. though ..the republicans are going to grind him into soup meat, if he wins …
u can’t win in November
WHEN IT COUNTS THE MOST
with out FLORIDA
and PENNSYLVANIA
Obama is electorally doa.

Only 2025 delegates shall determine the winner. Anything below that should go to the convention to let the superdelegates determine the tiebreaker.
Nobody has a right to fix the election before the convention. Pelosi, Howard Dean etc. are fixing the elections against the party rules.
There shall be grave consequence. Nobody has a right to fix the nomination and Hillary shall fight to the end of it.
If they nominate OBAMA and definitely lose in a landslide. OBAMA can no longer run from debates. He is finished so is the party.
The party is nothing but a mess of representative who speak against the will of their states.
We want a new party which is of the people, for the people and by the people.

And Hillary supporters continue to spew lies. They say Obama is unelectable?? Why do all the polls show him beating Mcain??? Do you say this because you know something?? He wont win because he is ….. You know what i mean. To me, Hillary seems to be attracting alot of white supremicists and bigots. That says alot about her message.. Its divisive and wrong. here some math .. Obama is haead in votes, states, delegates. To deny him the nomination will be political suicide for democrats. If Hillary voters feel bitter they can always fund Hillarys third party bid which i think she will do. Stop the Drama Vote Obama

Obama should drop out of the race, he’s destroying the democratic party. He has devastating negatives that the public is just beginning to learn about. The Republicans will destroy him in November. Hillary is the best, vote for Hillary.

I don’t remember being as disappointed about an election as I am this year. Maybe I will just vote independent as a protest.

I am a Texas State Convention Delegate; I have been a Democrat for a long time.
If Florida and Michigan don’t get a re-vote and BO gets the nomination; I will go and vote (I have friends running for other offices) in November but I will leave the President BLANK! I won’t be breaking party rules I will just ABSTAIN on President!
FLORIDA & MICHIGAN THE HANGING CHAD OF 2008!
God Bless America

Doreen, I can’t agree with you more!!! Obama’s been destroying the democratic party and should drop out of the race as early as possible! He’s inexperienced and not ready to be a president, yet he’s so power-driven and has been trying to damage Hillary. By running a negative campaign against Hillary, he’s been damaging the party and in the end, he’ll not win the general election! He’s the one to be blamed! He revolts me seriously!

I am afraid he has been ablel to snow+blind a lot of people! I have checked out his web page! Because I have in countered a lot of BO Followers that beleave he voted no in the Senate on the Iraq War! That vote took place in Oct. of 2002; BO did not inter the Senate untill Jan. 2005!
This is what he has on his web site; it is very missleading! Judge for yourself.
PLAN FOR ENDING THE WAR IN IRAQ
“But conventional thinking in Washington lined up for war. The pundits judged the political winds to be blowing in the direction of the President. Despite – or perhaps because of how much experience they had in Washington, too many politicians feared looking weak and failed to ask hard questions. Too many took the President at his word instead of reading the intelligence for themselves. Congress gave the President the authority to go to war. Our only opportunity to stop the war was lost.
I made a different judgment. I thought our priority had to be finishing the fight in Afghanistan. I spoke out against what I called ‘a rash war’ in Iraq. I worried about, ‘an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs, and undetermined consequences.’ The full accounting of those costs and consequences will only be known to history. But the picture is beginning to come into focus.”
—Barack Obama, Clinton, Iowa, September 12, 2007

What I am saying is people that have been registered for a few years, that vote in most if not all election, their vote can br counted on. She is bringing in those votes because she has more experiaince, a track record of her voting in the Senate, her plans for helthcare and education, she has had these veiws since her husband was President; involment in the Whithouse as First Lady and all her years in the Senate.
BO has had 1 turn in the Illinois State Senate, barely 1 turm in the US Senate.
Who would you hire for a job!

David NH………. I personally applaud what the Dem Party’s in Florida and Michigan did when they moved up the state primaries. Finally someone is growing a set and challenging a flawed system that permits candidates to be picked by small insignificant states such as IA, NH, and SC. Why should those voters have a voice and the vast majority of voters be left out in the cold? The problem isn’t Michigan and Florida, the problem is a flawed system and people who want to disenfranchise voters in pivotal states. The way I see it, the only person being “inconsiderate” here is you. Just because you’re from NH and actually get a voice you have no problem quelling the voices of others. Sounds pretty selfish and self-centered to me…. but that’s what we’ve all grown to expect from supporters of a certain candidate.

To dk:
Snow+Blind?

obama’s just a wuss who can’t take the pressure. first he had to take a vacation when things got a little too tough. then he has a humiliating loss and has to have a day off.
plus abc, unlike the other obama-kissing networks, asked him a few tough questions, he looked like an idiot, so now he won’t do any more debates.
wimp!

OMG! This is the first time that I have connected these three as leaders of the Democratic Party. What a complete and utter joke. I am a lifelong Democrat, however to see these three together is just chilling. Pelsoi, who will go down in history as doing nothing other than running her mouth. Reid, just a total meek little mouse and Dean, well his actions can speak louder that anything that I can say.
What a sad state of affairs this party is in. Embarrassing, humiliating and just awful.

All these comments against Obama are “REPUBLICAN’S”
Every poll says OBAMA WILL KICK McCAIN’S BEHIND!”
“THE REPUBLICANS WANT HILLARY” Because they KNOW McCAIN WILL BEAT HER EASILY”
The Republicans have their propaganda machine working overtime to try to push Hillary thru so they can have another four years to finish the destruction of our country that GW BUSH and His Republican congress has started.
VOTE OBAMA 2008 and at the same time vote to remove every republican in every office and in every state that has helped GW BUSH destroy our nation !!!

I hope when this is done, they run all three of these jokers out on a rail. I was so proud when nancy pelosi became the speaker, being a woman, that made me so proud. But she’s been a massive disappointment.. she’s a san francisco liberal. You’d think Harry Reid would be better, but he’s not. And Howard Dean.. what a wimp. If they nominate Obama, they deserve to lose. But the sad thing is, it’s the regular folks like me who will suffer. That’s why I will hold it against all of them.

Note to all of you Clinton supporters:
Hillary Clinton only won
Pennsylvania by 9 per cent of the vote
she needed 10 percent or more!
She made a net gain of about 6 delegates! Obama still leads by about
140 delegates, 500,000 votes and states
won! Do the math she can’t win!
It’s time for her to pack it in unless
her hidden agenda is to make sure that
Obama can’t win the general election!

I concur, the Speaker and other Dem leaders need to fully support the completion of the contest. Why are we afraid to go to the convention? I want the leaders of our party to take a stand and take it now – get the votes in FL and MI in the game! The only truly unpatriotic thing about this contest is the way our leaders ignore the catastrophe we had in 2000 and the fact that we will repeat that tragedy again if Obama were to be the nominee, for better or worse, he is not a viable candidate and never was – he simply got away with his “American Idol” candidate charade for longer than he should have.

Here is the bottom line. If Hillary wins the popular vote (all of the popular vote, including Florida and Michigan), but Obama wins the nomination based on delegate count, or because the leadership is intimidated by the threat of a Black voter revolt, then it is Al Gore all over again and the Democratic party does not deserve to win the presidency.

dk – - -
It’s never been about when each state votes. It’s about making change the right way, or the wrong way. These state reps (only a handful mind you) decided to try to hold the DNC hostage with these pranks. This is not the way to do it. Perhaps a DNC referendum might have worked. These people were told right up front, what would happen if they did.
The candidates were further told not to campaign there. They agreed, but now Hillary is twisting in the wind and whining. She thinks that the voters of these two states will believe her when she says, “this is an Obama conspiracy.” Let’s be adult here.
If we don’t like the system, let’s change it. But in a uniform LEGAL manner.
The voters in both of those states will still be able to vote in November. It will come down to two different philosophies. That’s all, nothing more. All the bickering will be gone.
I personally don’t care who the Democratic contender is. This person will be subject to the Republican back stabbing and fictional next door neighbor with pervert stories forever.
I didn’t make the rules. You didn’t either. Maybe next time, we can tell the RNC and the DNC just what we ALL think by not voting at all!

All I hear from Sr. Clinton is that she is a FIGHTER, Bush is a fighter TOO. What has their ability to be fighters gotten the American people. We are in a NO WIN situation and if we can get out of IRAQ in the next three YEARS it will be amazing. We need someone as President who can bring together the diversity of the people Islamic, Jewish and Christian to a table to save the economies and the plant from destruction. IT IS A FACT that to everyone in every country is interdepent on each other for the survival of our race and until we start working together with that GOAL in mind we will continue to back pedal. If we advance technology in healthcare and agriculture and combat drugs and corruption in THE USA and around the world. We need to reestablish ourselves as a World Leader who cares about ALL of the problems of this PLANET.

Pelosi is a disgrace. As Speaker of a Democratic Senate she could not even get the ERA bill passed to reverse the absurd ruling of the Supreme Court. What has she accomplished? She took impeachment of Bush off of the table. She is not a person to be dictating who should be the DNC candidate. I am very very disappointed in Pelosi. Replace her.

Ask the DNC why they disenfranchised millions of voters and screwed-up their own party. If they can’t run the party, how can they run the country?

this election counts……how dare you talk about the youth like that. A lot of those flaky youth as you call them are over in Iraq fighting for YOU.

pt, if the republicans in Fl were responsible, which I knew, why would the DNC punish the delegates. I just don’t understand since dems had nothing to do with it

Anyone that questioned Hillarys vote for the war should read Hagels book. He wrote”I voted for the resolution based on the presidents’s assurances that he would do everything possible to find a dipomatic solution before going to war” Just what Hillary has been saying all along.Hagel said he now regrets his vote.

Its becoming increasingly clear that what’s delaying many superdelegates from making their choice clear is fear of retaliation and conflict with the Clintons. This is sad. I didnt realize that a person could bully their way into becoming the president of the United States. Apparently they can.

Addition to what the superdelegates should be concerned about.
Anyone see the ads the gop are running in NC and Washington?
Like I said, the GOP has figured it out. Guilt by association!!!
WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!

11 more days and Hillary is effectively over. Thank God. I am ready to tune out on this race. How about you all?
Go Obama

The superdelegates need to give a FAIR look at the true population stats and realize that Obama is unelectable in the GE!!! The caucus system does not count thousands of seniors and people unable to get off work to attend a lot of these caucuses. There are thousands of uncounted HRC votes out there – not to mention FL & MI. These states will ALL count in the general election. We also need to see OBAMA DEBATE HRC AGAIN so that we can get more of those character questions answered and to see if Obama has the debating skills to stand up to McCain in the GE. GET REAL DNC AND GET US AN ELECTABLE CANDIDATE – AT LEAST DEMAND THAT OBAMA DO ANOTHER DEBATE TO PROVE THAT HE IS WORTHY TO BE POTUS!!!!

BKMC: Your are so wrong as usual. You say any dumb statement that comes into your head. Of course Dean is going to seat MI that’s why their getting their delegates ready. You must be boozing if you didn’t read that. FL I don’t know. Obama is afraid of these states being seated because Hillary will beat him in the popular vote. If he is sure of himself why would he care. That’s because he is afraid he will lose the nomination and believe me he would.

Let me go on record to say, Hillary was not the only senator to vote for the war. Numerous senators did. Obama did not vote for the war but voted for the funding. Same thing. Who is he kidding. Obama is usally absent when he knows a bill is going to be issued so he can I wasn’t there. Congress should hold up the voting until he is there. He is cunning, a liar, fake and will not win the nomination for president.

This is not racist,its facts. Obama hasn’t won the white vote since Feb 19.

joyfullyyors the Okla. Gov was on CNN tonight and said he was endorsing Obama. Asked how he could go against his states voters who voted 55 to 31 for Hillary. He said as a superdel. he had to vote the way he felt was best. Doesn’t this take away the argument that Obama has the numbers.

roncraw:
“This is not racist,its facts. Obama hasn’t won the white vote since Feb 19.”
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When is the last time Clinton won the black vote? As you said, this is not racist, it’s facts.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said that he, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean will give a cause that will make Democratic party big lose in November.
Repurican party will have a big win this fall because of Reid, Pelosi, and Dean make a very bad decision.

The superdelegates should stop fooling around and just put Hillary over the top. What more do they need to see that Obama is unelectable?

Oh sure, Hillary is now going to take her orders from Reed and Polosi ! Hillary cares nothing for the Democratic party or the country, it’s all about her. I wouldn’t be surprised if she runs as a third party against Obama to insure he looses so she can run again in 4 years.

i am with you, average joe!
The party has self-destructed in the past few years. There use to be values that you knew the party stood for. There just were core values we all held. Now you actually need to ask, or investigate to see the latest stand, and then see if the party has moved at all in that direction. Reid and Pelosi have squandered the opportunity the party/country gave them when we voted them in office. They have done nothing. It is a sad commentary. I have been a loyal dem for 36 years, NEVER voted republican. I may well vote mccain this year, as I refuse to vote bho-a racist and unamerican citizen, unfit to represent this country, especially with a white hating non-patriot, wife–. I too, will probably leave the party and un-affiliated, since independent is usually considered a party, too.

Mccain just uses a simple word ” Experience” to beat Obama in 08. Obama has very less EXPERIENCE for the white house. As a result, Mccain will win a big at this election in November.

DNC you screwed up the votes for FL & MI and now you’re trying to stitch up the rest of the voting! People have a democratic right to vote!!! Even if Obama is buying Super Deligates!!! How much are you making?!
SHAME ON YOU DNC, SHAME ON YOU!!!

David- I believe the reason Gore lost was because their was a backlash on Clinton. Think about it- economically things were good. The Democrats should have won easily. But emotionally and spiritually the country was drained from all the scandals, lies and one “gate” after another. Those feelings were expressed at the polls, against Gore. That is why I believe he lost – it had nothing to do with him, hanging chads or anything except people were sick of all the garbage and Bush seemed to be something the Clintons were not – ethical. I’m not saying that proved to be true but it was the perception at the time. That is why Hillary cannot win the nomination – this country can’t go through all that garbage again. Too much at stake right now and too much work to be done.

Get out of here democratic fat cats and let the race finish. Senator Clinton is going to win anyways.

Folks,
We don’t have to guess what might happen in the general election. We have enough polling data to get a pretty good idea.
They take all available polling data (from all 50 states) and plot it on the electoral map. In a head to head comparison between a Clinton/McCain and Obama/McCain race, Clinton is more electible.
Clinton beats McCain 291 electoral votes to 236 with Indiana being too close to call. Obama edges McCain 264 to 263 but does not get the 270 electoral votes required to win. The election would be decided by Indiana which is currently statistically tied between Republicans and Democrats but almost always leans Republican.
Why take the chance when we know that Clinton can win? She is leading the popular vote if you count Michigan and Florida and she will likely be leading in the popular vote at the end of the primaries. That should be enough to give her the nomination since neither candidate can reach the magical number of pledged delegates.