By Ed O'Keefe

May 7, 2008 2:02am

End Game: Clinton’s Exit Strategy

Opinion by Matthew Dowd, ABC News Political Contributor

In the aftermath of the Indiana and North Carolina Democratic primaries, I have at least one observation having watched the results and Hillary Clinton’s speech.

What do President Bush and Hillary clinton have in common? Neither had an exit strategy ready.

The curtain on the long Clinton Broadway campaign is coming down. It hasn’t hit the floor yet, but it’s real close.

The math and the money and the message and the momentum are all now basically and inevitably against her. And her remarks after the results became clear show she is unprepared to accept defeat at this point and exit.

The writing is on the wall but it looks like she doesn’t want to read it.

It will come but may take some time to accept reality.

Barack Obama cleared the last big hurdle he needed to clear this week. He had to show the superdelegates and the Democratic party that he wasn’t damaged goods and could take hits and walk through adversity. That through the last month’s struggle he could bounce back, that he could learn and grow as a candidate, and then win after that. 

Obama’s convincing win in North Carolina proved that he is ready for primetime and can fight the good fight headed into November. And that is one of the most important lessons in this presidential process.

My prediction is that slowly and assuredly superdelegates will move in his direction in the days ahead and that this will confirm his status as the Democratic nominee.

He now has a larger delegate lead than he had before the string of Clinton victories over the last six weeks. That is an undeniable fact. 

Clinton will come to this conclusion at some point soon. It might take days. It might take a few weeks.  But that truth will be faced. First in her head and then in her heart.

So, hopefully one of her campaign generals is putting together that exit strategy so she can implement it soon.

User Comments

Sad, sad night for team Clinton. It’s over, but have they accepted it? We’ll see. In the meantime, I sure wish “WestCoastMessenger” was still posting on here so I could smack him around severely.

Posted by: Mark | May 7, 2008, 2:17 am 2:17 am

LOVE the line “No exit strategy”

Posted by: S W Velsor | May 7, 2008, 2:24 am 2:24 am

I sure hope Hillary starts smelling the coffee very soon. She lost and needs to bow out graciously. She now needs to send a strong message to those who support her that they MUST now support Obama in November. Something tells me that she will not go out graciously and with dignity. She may end up ensuring that John McCain wins… I hope Hillary does the right thing and supports the real winner — OBAMA!

Posted by: Mrs. Tiggywinkle | May 7, 2008, 2:26 am 2:26 am

You dont have to be a GOOF about it dowd.
Its like your entire article is GLOATING like a 15 year old.
Congrats to senator Obama. He ran a brilliant campaign.
But its journalists like you Dowd who dont make it easy for us Clinton supporters to support Obama.
You just make us hate him more when you mock Hillary.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 2:33 am 2:33 am

The math has been the same for 2 months. His ability to stand back up after the media and the Republican Clintons hit him time and time again was already a known. It has just taken this long for the media to crawl off his back.
Will Clinton leave now? Nope. It has never been when to leave..she has always been the embarressing drunk that won’t leave a party until someone man handles them out of a house. In Denver when it is finally over and she has no recourse, then she will leave.
Will her Senatoral seat still be avaliable? I wouldn’t bet the house on it after her racist pranks recently. People tend to have longer memories than politicans wish they had. Her total disregard for the democratic party will also come back to haunt her when a fellow democrat runs against her and uses her own actions.
She has damaged Senator Obama and we will see come November how badly though any hopes she may have had regarding running in 2012 if he loses are long gone now. She has shown a side that decent people won’t support.

Posted by: Brian | May 7, 2008, 2:35 am 2:35 am

Sen.Obama has defeated the shameless media and the Republicans who voted for HRC. I take a look at the Americans news via my mobile internet phone from Holland in Europe , where I live now. For the past days, everything I saw on CBS news as I logged in, as their top stories, were incendiary attacks against Sen.Obama. It was awful! Today CNN mobile hasn’t even posted the election results, Yahoo shows a smily HRC with a Clinton won Indiana,CBS called Indiana early for HRC , it is really a media conspiracy..Anyway, we are very happy here that he will be the nominee, there is just no way around it!

Posted by: carmen | May 7, 2008, 2:36 am 2:36 am

The biggest difference in the 2 of them? Tonight Obama congradulated her on her win in IL. while she was just a narcisstic embarressment to all women and said nothing about his win.
1 adult and 1 child in this race and it isn’t hard to figure out who was the adult. Those type of actions cost her.

Posted by: Deanna | May 7, 2008, 2:39 am 2:39 am

It is time for democratic party to do in depth analysis for November. First look at the states they lost in last two elections. They need a candidate who can win the states won by democrats traditionally and also can capture couple of republican states. They must treat Florida and Michigan fairly. If a state allowed republicans to vote in a primary, try to understand republican factor to affect the outcome. I can see that republicans are very anxious to see
Obama as the democratic candidate who is very much to the left. The country is not ready to elect such a person. The person must appeal middle of the road population. I agree that both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama should sit down with key democratic leaders and make a decision which is good for the party.

Posted by: Ramesh Dave | May 7, 2008, 2:39 am 2:39 am

Deanna. You may want to re listen to her speech. She congratulated Senator Obama for his win in North Carolina.
I wish you Obama folks would be more gracious about all this. Is every Obama supporter a teenager?
Lets face the facts. Obama will be the nominee. Lets move on and unite as a party around him.
You aint going to do that by continuing to bash Bill and Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 2:43 am 2:43 am

The majority of media blattherheads are Republicans and they have done their best to ensure that McCain would go up against the weakest candidate and that has ALWAYS been Clinton. I mean lets be real here, McCain can’t even remember which country we are at war with! BUT with ALL the Clinton baggage that they would rehash and all the new to come, with the 109 million income and who knows what regarding Bill’s museum, they were frothing at the mouth to get Clinton. Guess they can just all figure now what we have known all along. No one really has much respect for most of the talking heads ROTFLMAO

Posted by: Deanna | May 7, 2008, 2:43 am 2:43 am

NO in the SECOND one she gave she did but the first one? She did NOT.

Posted by: Deanna | May 7, 2008, 2:44 am 2:44 am

NO in the first one she gave? She did NOT. In the second one? she did.

Posted by: Deanna | May 7, 2008, 2:44 am 2:44 am

This is what kills me. If someone is honest about Clinton we are bashing her. BUT until she stops and steps down? I will continue to be honest about her and if you see that as bashing? Go talk to Obama about bashing. He has been in THAT seat for 2 months now at the hands of Hillary.

Posted by: Deanna | May 7, 2008, 2:47 am 2:47 am

Hillary Clinton needs to step down before anyone stops. She cannot be trusted.

Posted by: Brian | May 7, 2008, 2:48 am 2:48 am

As soon as she leave the race, I will be leaving with her and joing the race with McCain. Hillary 2008 or McCain 2008. Have fun Obama supporters winning without us traditional, ignorant, uneducated democrats. Pontificate some more about the wonderful Barack…give your diatribes about cheating Bill-no one is listening–that sound you hear is us lifelong dems joining John McCain’s fight.

Posted by: tired | May 7, 2008, 2:50 am 2:50 am

Hillary Clinton does have an exit strategy.
She can quit now and still be President some day….

Posted by: Kottaras | May 7, 2008, 2:51 am 2:51 am

HC has enough contribution already for the Fall election. If FL and MI delegates are not seated, I hope she will consider running as an independent.

Posted by: esvida | May 7, 2008, 2:54 am 2:54 am

I hope all the pundits, including those at ABC, will start to wake up from the deep sleep they have been in since 2001 and Bush’s “victory”. When Gibson defended his actions after the ABC debate by saying “it was about electability, the voters care about that” it was the last straw. Both that and the belief that you have to subject a candidate to withering examination of non-issues are not what politics should be about. They foster ignorance of the issues and pursuade voters that true issues are not important. These ideas were pushed by Rove and his ilk for a specific purpose, and the good of the American people had nothing to do with it. Clinton then adopted them, and so did you. My 30 years of ABC news viewing ended after the debate, and I can truly say that I feel better informed now.

Posted by: orrg1 | May 7, 2008, 2:57 am 2:57 am

One of the sanest pieces of commentary I have seen on this site in quite some time

Posted by: Adrian Millet | May 7, 2008, 3:04 am 3:04 am

Brian: Good riddance to you and your ilk. You’ve unnecessarily prolonged this nomination with your blind support for a contrived candidate. I’ll take intelligent, thoughtful, progressive voters to uninformed, fear-driven, reactionary voters any day. Happy sulking.

Posted by: John | May 7, 2008, 3:14 am 3:14 am

Want to know whats so funny about Dowd?
Hillary is a Yale law school graduate.
She was the first lady of Arkansas for 12 years.
She was first lady for 8 years.
For the first time in US history, a first lady won a seat in the senate and is a two term senator.
But DOWD here says ‘Hillary doesnt get it’ as a bald headed DORKY looking low grade reporter who MASTURBATES when he thinks of Obama.
Like somehow Dowd has 1/2 the brains Hillary Clinton has or has even accomplished anything in his pathetic life compared to her.
And this even isnt about the DUMBO reporters who snide Hillary. There are the same DUMBO reporters who cut Obama a new one, like they are half as brilliant as he is.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 3:16 am 3:16 am

Brian,
Your a typical Clinton supporter who feels that everyone should feel sorry for Hillary. I watched the Indiana and NC primaries and noticed one thing. Hillary went from a double diget lead 14 percentage points to a final of 2 points and less than 40,000 votes in Indiana. You talk about supporting McCain, well go ahead. This is what every sore loser fronm the Hillary campaign will do. Hillary had beaten up Obama to long, stayed in the race to long, and less not forget Bill hurt her more than helped her. Hillary went from the sure nominee in 2007 to a back page weather report trying to keep a Broadway show that had run it’s course still on Broadway. You put up a good fight Brian and Clinton supporters, but it is time to rally around Baack Obama and end 8 years of Republican mismanagement.

Posted by: Robert L. Cox | May 7, 2008, 3:18 am 3:18 am

And to the Obama supporters.
Stop your nonsense. There is something to be said about WINNING graciously as well as LOSING the same way.
Show some respect to us Clinton supporters. Stop ripping Bill and Hillary a new one.
Start to show them respect and invite us hillary supporters to JOIN you and Obama in defeating John Mc Cain.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 3:19 am 3:19 am

Hillary supporters we welcome you. I know the ride has been long and Hillary is a tough candidate , but we need to come together nice people and get McCain,,,,,,,,,,,I hope hillary will take VP seriously not as a joke and we came make history………..If she doesnt she will want all of u to join hands with the Obama campaign…..no more democratic divide……we need to heal for the better good of the US

Posted by: enaudnella | May 7, 2008, 3:20 am 3:20 am

A small note to Hillary Clinton Supporters:
I should tell you that I support barcak Obama. For those of you that say they will vote for John McCain in the fall if Obama wins the nomination, let me ask you a question: Why did you decide to become a democrat? For me, it was my parents. My parents told me to alwayd vote democratic if you want someone in the White House that cares about poor People. It wasn’t until I got older, more educated, and smarter that I actually determined FOR MYSELF why I am voting democratic. Although I do share some conservative views, my core beliefs are democratic. I could write on forever about why I am a democrat, but the question is why are you?
Are you so bitter about the fact that Hillary Clinton will lose that you will vote against your core beliefs? I am talking especially for the mothers out there. Obama and Clinton both have specific plans that will make College and health Care very affordable. Voting for McCain means that this will not happen. McCain has shown that he hasn’t got a clue when it comes to the economy yet you will vote for him anyway? You would risk the health of our economy (meaning you will probably end up jobless or will have to take a paycut) because of your bitterness?
These things happen all the time in Primaries. Someone’s favorite candidate will lose the nomination. But you have to remember that the other democrat is more like your favorite than the republican. Please do not allow the child-like comments of Obama’s supporters take your mind off of what is best for you. Listen instead to Obama. He congratulates her on every victory and contantly commends her for being formidable.

Posted by: DemocratsUnited | May 7, 2008, 3:24 am 3:24 am

I agree with Kottaras
“HC has enough contribution already for the Fall election. If FL and MI delegates are not seated, I hope she will consider running as an independent.” If Hillary Clinton runs as an independent, that will take millions of votes from Barack Obama, if the Democratic Party does not let Hillary Clinton get the nomination I would not be surprise if she runs as an independentt in order to defeat Obama in November and give the victory to McCain.

Posted by: John | May 7, 2008, 3:26 am 3:26 am

Thankyou Enaudnella.
Yes I am dissapointed. No offense to Obama, but I STILL believe Hillary is the better nominee.
However, Obama ran the better campaign and deserves the nomination.
I know we hillary supporters are upset, but what you Obama supporters can do is STOP PUTTING HILLARY AND BILL DOWN.
We love Bill and Hillary as much as you guys love Obama.
We will learn to love Obama , just like you Obama fans will learn to re love the Clintons as part of the family again.
Campaigning is tough. Words were going to be said.
But lets rally around senator Obama and make sure he defeats Mc Cain !!!!
I know that Obama is a great guy. He will offer Hillary a position in his administration if she wants it.
I am certainly hoping he lets her have healthcare.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 3:26 am 3:26 am

Democrats United.
We Clinton supporters are sore right now. If the roles were reversed so would you.
You have to understand Hillary has been running for 15 months, and may not see the reality. Its just human nature.
Let her have a while to accept it.
We Clinton supporters need to rally around Obama . You will not get anywhere if you Obama supporters continue to bash Bill and Hillary.
You dont have to bash them anymore. We are all on the same side again.
As for voting for Mc Cain. Dont touch it. Let us Hillary supporters cool down for a while.
I can assure you that we wont. But dont challenge us on it to antagonize.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 3:30 am 3:30 am

The Democratic Party is divided and I really do not believe that hardcore supporters of Hillary Clinton will support Barack Obama. And I really do not believe that the Clintons will give up easily. The superdelegates better do something to PLEASE BOTH THE SUPPORTERS OF CLINTON AND OBAMA IF THEY REALLY WANT TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER.

Posted by: John | May 7, 2008, 3:41 am 3:41 am

John.
Hillary is sore. She has a right to be. Its human nature. You dont sweat your brains out for 15 months and just give up for something to do.
Just because Pundits or Obama supporters say so.
give her a week to get nudged by her closest advisors.
If you honestly put yourself in her shoes, its not so easy to give up something you fought so hard for this long.
Its really like learning to accept a child died, or a spouce. Its not easy.
Give it a week. I think her advisors might start nudging her.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 3:44 am 3:44 am

Deanna…pull your head out. Hillary did congratulate Obama. She also sent out thoughts and prayers to the people in Burma suffering from a devestating cyclone. Too bad BO doesn’t think of those Presidential moves.
Republicans everywhere will be THRILLED to run against the easiest candidate to beat…Obama. I supported Clinton and will, when I have to, work my head off for McCain. Obama is unelectable in the general, but DEMS haven’t won an election in years…last 8 out of 10 presidential elections were won by Reps. Nov. will be a 9th!

Posted by: Debra | May 7, 2008, 3:52 am 3:52 am

I will not support Obama if he gets the nomination and the majority of the Hillary Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama in the general election.

Posted by: John | May 7, 2008, 3:55 am 3:55 am

Two WORDS: LAKE COUNTY
Obama is a fraud. He sealed it tonight when he proved to the world he’s cheated every step of the way. Chicago politics, indeed.

Posted by: jb | May 7, 2008, 3:59 am 3:59 am

No way I will support Obama if he gets the nomination. I will vote for John McCain. Obama is one dangerous person. Mark my words, America, if he becomes president…be afraid.

Posted by: vicki | May 7, 2008, 4:02 am 4:02 am

The first presidential race I voted in was in 1976, and I havent missed an election yet, local, or national. I started out as a democrat, and have never voted for a republican candidate for any office. I even went to the polls in 96 after my house burned down early that morning, and I had 2 children in the hopsital who were burned in the fire.
Both my father, and my mother, God rest their souls, never voted for a republican either. They’re both going to be rolling over in their graves when my signs for McCain go up in the yard next week. I’ve done a lot of soul searching, looking for just one reason I should cast my vote for Obama, and I can’t find one worthy of going into the voting booth, and exercising the most sacred right I have in voting for him.
I won’t be staying home on election day, because I owe it to myself, and to my country to cast my vote to the person whom I believe will be the best president from the choices on the ballot, and my personal opinion is that unless Hillary Clinton’s name is there, the next best choice is John McCain.
Hopefully, another democrat worth voting for will be on the ballot in four years, but right now, I, for the first time in my life, am ashamed to be a democrat.

Posted by: disappointedindems | May 7, 2008, 4:04 am 4:04 am

It’s not about democrat and republican for me…its about the best and safest choice. So to DemocratsUnited: there are no core beliefs by either party. Haven’t you figured that out yet.

Posted by: vicki | May 7, 2008, 4:07 am 4:07 am

Vicki and Dissapointed,
No need to feel sorry Donna Brazile said on CNN tongigh, they don’t need us. No way, I’m supporting a campaign that hates half the democratic electorate.

Posted by: jb | May 7, 2008, 4:14 am 4:14 am

Debra.
I was going to vote for Mc Cain as well, but take a closer look at him first. He seems confused and lacks a clear idenity.
We all know that Bush has destroyed the republican party. But Mc Cain seems to bow down to Rush Limbaughs EGO to rally the conservative base.
Mc Cain should have emerged as his real self. Hes actually only 2/3 republicans. Hes a 1/3 democrat.
But he so far insists on running a George Bush campaign. No democrat, even Ronald Reagan can win a general election in 2008 using the republican line.
The whole election cycle and state of the nation favors chucking all of washington out and bringing in the new.
Mc Cain fails to chuck out the republican platform and start his own NEW republican platform.
He needs to copy Obamas rhetoric on major issues . Then he can neutralize the advantage, and make it about character.
Obama cant win a character war with John Mc Cain.
The guy is a war hero who spend 6 years in captivity as a POW. There is no way to challenge Mc Cains integrity without looking like a jerk.
Mc Cain needs to corner the entire election into being about character.
But so far, he just sits there and spouts out the usual republican rhetoric.
If he does that, Obama will clobber him.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 4:24 am 4:24 am

Vicki,
You talk about voting for the best and safest choice. What are you afraid of? Let’s be honest here. I am calling you out right now! You are trying to spread your fear onto others… For what? Obama has been in elected politics for over 10 years. He has made some mistakes just Like Clinton and McCain. Why are you so afraid? Is it his race? Are you afraid he’ll turn into 50 Cents when he gets to the White House? I really do hate to make this about race but I find it troubling that you have voted for a democrat all of your life, but when a history making event, like having an African American person become the presidential nominee for the democratic party for the first time ever, you will vote for the republican. Is it his age? Bill Clinton was younger than Obama when he was elected to Office. So was Kennedy. National experience? Or are you angry at the fact that the chance for a woman being elected President was missed? Believe me, I do sympathize with you on that. But is that a big enough reason to vote for the other party? Clinton had NO National experience when he was elected. He was the Governor of Arkansas. And yes, there are core beliefs in each party. That’s what separates them. What do you see in Clinton that Obama does not possess? Don’t quote experience to me, because if that were true, Clinton would have this deal licked up by now. In January of 08′, she had more money, the lead in the polls, lead in super delegates and name recognition. The race was hers to lose. And she did just that. So, what problem do you have with him?

Posted by: DemocratsUnited | May 7, 2008, 4:32 am 4:32 am

If Fl and MI are cheated out or changed to favor Obama I will along with millions of others be voting for McCain. I will advocate it and already have friends in Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Mass who are going to help fellow democrats with the details and petitions to leave the democratic party or at least vote for McCain to show Obama stealing the nomination will not work. So yes Obama will have plenty of negros voting for him, and ignorant whites who if they are so “educated” would know a CLINTON had the best economy in history and longest period of peace, but would stil for vote for a white hating american hating negro. But back to Osama he will have what every dem president has the negro vote but will lost thousands of white people in FL, MI, OH, MA and many other states and will possibly lose CA even (if you look at the polls there McCain is close to him lol pathetic) And I hope the Clintons laugh in there face the democrats have a bad history of picking unelectable people there not very intelligent or that wouldn’t happen and they did it again most likely. And I hope Hillary does run as an independant it would be nicer seeing her do the same thing to him the superdelegates will most likely do to her, take the nomination from him herself than by the thousands of us who will not vote for him.

Posted by: Mike | May 7, 2008, 5:00 am 5:00 am

tomdavie you are disgusting! It’s people like you that makes freedom of speech questionable. Take it from the person you voted for: “If You Can’t Take The Heat Get Out Of The Kitchen!” Those of you that are not planning on supporting Obama: LEAVE! There’s millions of Americans that will take your place! A Change Is Coming To America Whether You Like It Or Not! The People Have Spoken!!! And The Clintons Can Spin That Fact!

Posted by: Ready Or Not | May 7, 2008, 5:10 am 5:10 am

wow mike, you came very close (or did) of showing how bigoted you really are. Obama has never shown a history of hating white people. ever. as far as stealing the nomination….. He won the most delegates fair and square. how is he stealing it? Oh, the whole MI and FL debacle. Well, Obama did NOT do that. The DNC did that. They were rules that all candidates agreed to from the start. Trust me, if Clinton had lost Fl, she would not be making a huge deal over this. If she could not win the delegate race within the rules she agreed to, then she does not deserve to win. That is the way the game is played. I fully expect that thr racist within the party will not vote for Obama. There is no way to change that. Thank God that racist are a dying breed and will not be a problem in 10 to 20 years.

Posted by: DemocratsUnited | May 7, 2008, 5:16 am 5:16 am

I must admit — I’m an Obama supporter and have been anxiously waiting for Clinton to give it up. But now that the time has really come, I sort of feel bad for her. She’s run a great campaign, but she was blindsided by an unprecedented campaign that has been run to perfection. In any case, I’ve gained respect for her over the last few weeks and will hate to see it end — but the time has come. On the bright side, there’s a lot of work for her to do in the Senate with all of the policies she’s been working on during the campaign. If she wants to stand up for the American people, now is the time. The Senate is no job to sneeze at — there is a lot of work that can be done to turn around this country.
Obama ’08.

Posted by: Jane | May 7, 2008, 5:20 am 5:20 am

Jane.
Agreed. Almost all the political experts called Hillary someone who was riding on Bills coat tails expecting to be coronated.
All of them now stand amazed at her courage and ability to be an excellent choice for president in her own right.
I think its time for Hillary to step down as long as Obama offers her a few goodies to do so.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 6:01 am 6:01 am

Now is the time for true democrats to get together and support whomoever the nominee is..Hillary or Obama cannot be worse than George Bush. McCain would simply continue the failed Republican policies and take this country down the slippery slope of economic disaster..we are already on our way..Lets turn the ship around. Obama/Hillary 08 (Unbeatable ticket)

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 6:04 am 6:04 am

Do you really want an unbeatable ticket for 08? Here we go! Obama/Hillary..all the way to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 6:09 am 6:09 am

Earl.
Agreed. We Clinton supporters now firmly stand behind Obama.
Remember that some of us may still be sore about it. So if they threaten to vote for Mc Cain, just take it with a grain of salt and give it a while.
Its just human nature. We love the Clintons as much as you love Obama .
We can get back to being one big happy family again (finally)

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 6:13 am 6:13 am

You know…Once we get past he name calling and trash talking, we may realize that we have two very similar candidates. I like Hillary, although I’m ashamed of her for pulling that “under cover of fire” trick. Do you want to win so bad that you dig up fake sympathy? Shame on her. While trying to be unbiased, I don’t have the same issue with Obama. The Wright situation is not his…it’s Wright’s. I don’t blame him for what happened there. We all have friends who have beliefs we don’t agree with..and we usually say something like “to each his own”. What I do like about Obama is that he did not bow down to lying and smearing in his campaign. Hillary clearly lies. If she’ll lie to get to the White House…what will she lie about when she’s there? We need pure, unpolluted blood in the WH…someone who has very little political debt….someone who isn’t afraid of the oil lobby. Of the three, I think that’s Obama.

Posted by: Dave | May 7, 2008, 6:16 am 6:16 am

Hillary has tried to survive, using the Rove playbook and discutable tactifs. She was just sanctioned by the voters. She has tried to tear Obama down, helped by Republicans and has become more and more impopular and has exasperated some, not only the black community. The voters have sent another message: they want to move on of the 16 years of Clinton-Bush dynasties.
I hope Hillary will keek her promise to help Obama to win the presidency. But, I fear another lie. Can really someone imagine Bill campaigning for Obama in small towns ?
Obama need now to take a good VP, if possible in the “Clinton family” to help unite the party, and if possible in a swing state.
Here is my VP picks
1. Hillary (just let her the choice pro forma)
2. Michael Bloomberg
3. Jennifer Granholm (gov of MI)
4. K. Sebelius
5. Evan Bayh (gov of IN)
6. Wesley Clark
7. Bill Richardson (gov. of NM)
8. Ted Strickland (gov. of OH)

Posted by: Frederic Glassey | May 7, 2008, 6:18 am 6:18 am

tomdavie, I’m one democrat who did not vote in my state primary because I like both Hillary and Obama..My thing is that I plan to wait for whomever the nominee is and vote for that person..it seems as though that would be Obama..If it happened to be Hillary I’ll vote for her..I am a true democrat..I would have to be deaf,blind and dumb to vote for a Republican after seeing how they are running this country’s economy into the ground. Lets turn the ship around.

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 6:19 am 6:19 am

I have been watching the elections on TV with great interest. Hilary Clinton has been caught out lying on more on than occasion (the under fire comment is one of many I could name) and yet some of the American people continue to support and believe in her? This intrigues me, are you living in the real world?. Perhaps lying is a “good” quality for American President. She is hard, cold, calculating, self-centered and a liar. As to the comment by Mike that ignorant whites and negros would vote for Obama and the “educated” whites would vote for Clinton, one only needs to read his comment, it is far from educated from a grammatical standpoint! if you were so “educated and intelligent” then surely you too would see through her! That seems to be the problem though, the ones who think they are educated and intelligent yet are really the uneducated would vote for her as they would not have the mental capabality of seeing through her, the intelligent ones would vote for Obama.

Posted by: Sally Burrows | May 7, 2008, 6:22 am 6:22 am

The Best exit strategy for this very long Democratic campaign season is for Senator Clinton to accept the fact that she would make a great Vice President. She can make her mark in History as President of the Senate. Senator Clinton could influence many bills and shape the O’Bama domestic economic and foreign policy agenda for 8 years to come until 2016. This additional experience for Senator Clinton would be invaluable to the Democratic Party as having the first woman Vice-President which would be the most highly elected woman ever, in USA History. This is a Win-Win situation for Senator Clinton, the Democratic party, and for the American people, if only the Democratic candidates would realize it for themselves.

Posted by: Rich K. (Maryland) | May 7, 2008, 6:23 am 6:23 am

Among all the writers here,deana is the most mature and reasonable.I thank you very much Deana.
Both Hillary and Obama supporters,i suppose are democrats.Why being continually confrontational with your words.
While i congratulate Obama for his victory, i also congratulate Hillary for her terrific fight.She is a real fighter.
Lets stop this name-calling and unite to win republicans in november.Thanks again,Deana.

Posted by: sameroot | May 7, 2008, 6:24 am 6:24 am

Well, assuming Obama wins, the only way he will have a chance in defeating McCain is to have Hillary as the VP candidate because picking another would alienate a good number of Clinton supporters. She could always run a 3rd party campaign with an anti-war republican, say Hagel from Nebraska, for an example, and that would cause a real mess for Obama. So I would recommend to all the name callers and trash talkers in this forum to start showing a little respect for Hillary, because Obama will need her if he is going to have any chance this fall.

Posted by: Rod | May 7, 2008, 6:41 am 6:41 am

I couldn’t care less about Matthew Dowd’s opinion. I’ve seen him on GMA. He’s been ALWAYS supporting Obama, regardless of whether he’s been winning or losing states.

Posted by: DMK | May 7, 2008, 6:42 am 6:42 am

I couldn’t care less about Matthew Dowd’s opinion. I’ve seen him on GMA. He’s been ALWAYS supporting Obama, regardless of whether he’s been winning or losing states.

Posted by: DMK | May 7, 2008, 6:42 am 6:42 am

What I do like about Obama is that he did not bow down to lying and smearing in his campaign.
Posted by: Dave | May 7, 2008 6:16:37 AM
After reading utterly inane posts like this one (Obama did NOT bow down to…? yeah right!), I am even more determined to NOT support NObama!

Posted by: DMK | May 7, 2008, 6:46 am 6:46 am

I think hillary is a great lady. I think she is a born liar publically, but a VERY decent lady privately.
The proof is in the pudding folks. Just look at Chelsea.
Bill and Hillary have served the public since bill first took the govenors office in 1978.
They werent perfect. But the good they did far outweighed the bad by a mile.
Bill Clinton is the only 2 term democratic president since FDR. That in itself says alot.
And believe me, if Obama can rig things back to how good they were in the 90s , NOBODY would complain would they?
So lets unite around Obama, and also get back to beholding Bill and Hillary Clinton as true democrats and people who have served the democratic party very well for decades.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 6:47 am 6:47 am

You guys know why Hillary need to drop out after tonight’s performance right? Eventhough she won Indiana..she did so by a small margin and in Indiana,Republicans were allowed to vote and many did vote by heeding to Rush Limbaugh’s advice..so when you look at the full picture..Obama did very,very well in Indiana..were it not for the Republicans who crossed and voted for Hillary, Obama would have won the state..there goes the “Obama unable to win the big state theory”.

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 6:53 am 6:53 am

we hope hillary ran as independent, we will still vote for her.
why stay in democrat party, after how they trash her, its unfair.
we will vote mccain if she’s not the nominee, most of my friends will too

Posted by: hilfan | May 7, 2008, 7:08 am 7:08 am

I suddenly realize the completely unstoppable nature of Nominee Obama with the backing of Bill and Hillary out on the campaign trail.
McCain does not stand a chance against the energized democratic party.
It’s time to pull together and put an end to the Bush nightmare.

Posted by: mg | May 7, 2008, 7:26 am 7:26 am

If you’re out here saying that now that Hillary is out, you’ll vote for McCain over Obama, it’s hard to believe you’re a real democrat.

Posted by: Rich | May 7, 2008, 7:28 am 7:28 am

The one thing the voters saw that Hillary and the press overlooked. He’s honest.
There are going to be bitter pills for America to swallow. I hope America is as strong and mature as Obama.

Posted by: DAVID NH | May 7, 2008, 7:30 am 7:30 am

I will vote for Howdy Doody before I vote for Barack Obama. And how angry am I that he and his cult following have denied us the chance to have the best president ever! He’s going to be in over his head, he is a dangerous liar, and you all willl regret putting him in the White House. And don’t even get me started about Michelle.

Posted by: Shiloh | May 7, 2008, 7:35 am 7:35 am

Hillary, leave the party, they did nothing for you! I’m leaving after a lifetime of being Democrat. I would never vote for Obama, go McCain.

Posted by: kittyCat | May 7, 2008, 7:35 am 7:35 am

Rich and david, well said! well said! Lets take the koolaid away from hilfan..who believes the economy is good and gas is 75cents a gallon. I would have to be blind, dumb and deaf to vote for Mccain. Real democrats would vote for the nominee. hilfan is a Republican posing as a democrat. Obama/Hillary 08 to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:35 am 7:35 am

As a Clinton supporter, I too think that Obama has now locked down the nomination. Actually, I thought the media gave him the nomination after Iowa. It has been embarrassing to watch the spectacle of fawning by such news outlets as the NYTimes, CNN, and MSNBC (to name a few). It has lowered my already low opinion of modern day media. Even through the toughest moments (Wright, out of touch, Rezko, Michelle’s comments…), only a few media outlets asked tough questions of him. The republicans are salivating at the thought of finally bringing out the “big guns” against him. I’ve been trying to prepare myself to vote for Obama although as a centrist, I deplore the liberal left. The only thing worse in my opinion is the conservative right. If history is a predictor, I have little hope that Obama will beat McCain in November and it is truly disheartening.

Posted by: mhhunt | May 7, 2008, 7:37 am 7:37 am

KittyCat, you are still drinking that koolaid..or you are a Republican posing as a Democrat. Lets rally around the nominee and get the Republicans like KittyCat out of the white house..Lets turn this ship around. An Obama/Hillary ticket is unbeatable..straight to the white house baby!God bless America!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:38 am 7:38 am

I still think they will both run a joint ticket after this is done, and the Bush era will end finally…

Posted by: Joe | May 7, 2008, 7:38 am 7:38 am

I am an independant who if Barrack Obama wins the nomination will support John McCain. It is amazing the number of Obama supporters who have told me they cannot stand Hillary Clinton. If I were to say the same about Barrack Obama, I would be labeled a racist. I am not a racist, I just do not believe that Barrack Obama is qualified to be the President of the United States.

Posted by: annie | May 7, 2008, 7:40 am 7:40 am

Mr Dowd you called on Hillary to pull out three months ago.
You’ll excuse her supporters now if we completely ignore you.
Your oppinion on this has no merit.

Posted by: s.b. | May 7, 2008, 7:42 am 7:42 am

Shiloh, I guess Hillary don’t lie or you don’t read the news..Shiloh, she said that she had to run for cover from snipers in Bosnia..that was a lie Shiloh. I know you Hillary supporters are disappointed but take a deep breath and get over it and support the democrat nominee..if you are a true democrat like I am that is what you would do. Obama/Hillary 08 straight to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:42 am 7:42 am

Shiloh, I guess Hillary don’t lie or you don’t read the news..Shiloh, she said that she had to run for cover from snipers in Bosnia..that was a lie Shiloh. I know you Hillary supporters are disappointed but take a deep breath and get over it and support the democrat nominee..if you are a true democrat like I am that is what you would do. Obama/Hillary 08 straight to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:42 am 7:42 am

By the way when you out spen your opponent 3:1 and you lose votes, how does that make you the winner???
Does Obama have 300-400 million to fight the general?
He outspent her and lost ground. He was up by 23 in NC and 15 in Indiana.
Why didn’t he win yet another white working class state, a neighbor to his home state???
Because he can’t win in November is the answer.
Take it to the floor Hill!
Obama is unqualified and he can’t win. The world is counting on you!

Posted by: s.b. | May 7, 2008, 7:44 am 7:44 am

tired…..I am sorry you are so upset, it was a glorious moment when she beat him in PA, now you are angry saying you will vote McCain, well that’s your choice. It is just like Hillary’s supporters to hold a gruge. The best man won get over it!

Posted by: Emilianna | May 7, 2008, 7:45 am 7:45 am

By the way polls have shown her up by 29% in WV and 38% in kentucky. Why is it she should get out now????
Just because Obama supporters say so.
NO

Posted by: s.b. | May 7, 2008, 7:46 am 7:46 am

annie, can you educate me and possibly others on what qualifies one to be president of the USA? If not! are suggesting subliminally that Obams is unqualified because he is black?

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:46 am 7:46 am

As always, Obama only won in North Carolina because of the high African-American turn out(one third of the voters this time around.
As for Hillary’s exit strategy: She will run for president in four years to defeat president McCain.

Posted by: natekng | May 7, 2008, 7:47 am 7:47 am

I just voted for Hillary here in Indiana. She is an outstanding, experienced, candidate for change.
Unlike the college kids in Indiana, I base my vote on issues and experience, not whether a candidate is younger or whether he’ll play a pickup basketball game with voters.
Obama offers nothing over Hillary except less experience, and poor judgement. How he can be a member of a hateful church for 20 years, then suddenly in 2008 when it’s politically expedient to do so, repudiate the discourse in said church? That symbolizes to me a lack of judgement.
Another issue that is important to me is health care. Hillary’s plan is superior to Obama’s and covers everyone, his doesn’t.
If Hillary is not the nominee I will vote for John McCain in November.

Posted by: Andre | May 7, 2008, 7:48 am 7:48 am

Oh, Matt Dowd who brought us George W. Bush giving us political advice, again? Can we sue ABC for malpractice?

Posted by: charleyChaplin | May 7, 2008, 7:50 am 7:50 am

Emilianna, Well said! Well said!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 7:50 am 7:50 am

If Hillary leaves the race, I’m with Brian, I’ll be leaving the dem party and voting straight republican ticket in November. There’s no unifying the party under a racist fraud. I’m a typical working class white person, so as Donna B said they don’t need us anymore. See YA!

Posted by: cc | May 7, 2008, 7:54 am 7:54 am

tomdavie…. you are the one we should show some respect, you have dogged Obama for so long. Now you want to tell us to show respect! Where was the respect when you Hillary supporters were calling Obama all those names? I just thank God that IN is smarter than that! We volunteered and worked really hard to get him in the running here in IN, so call it for what it is. OBAMA IIN love you!

Posted by: Emilianna | May 7, 2008, 7:57 am 7:57 am

Annie, I’ll say it for you: I cannot stand Barack Obama.
CNN and MSNBC will look like fools in the fall when their dear candidate loses to McCain, when Hillary would’ve soundly beat him. Just look at the electoral map:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Obama/Maps/May04.html

Posted by: pollster | May 7, 2008, 7:57 am 7:57 am

natekng, Yes obama won NC largely because of the black vote..but Hillary won Indiana largely because of the white vote so what is your point? Blacks are the most loyal democrat voters so without the Black vote no democrat wins..thats the swing vote in the national elections for democrats. You want an unbeatable ticket? Obama/Hillary 08 straight to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:00 am 8:00 am

Obama can’t even continue making his claim to have won the neighboring Midwestern states to IL.
He just lost in Indiana next door! And check out the county map – he lost EVERY Indiana county adjacent to Illinois except one.

Posted by: marie | May 7, 2008, 8:02 am 8:02 am

Dowd has been a jerk the whole election. Maybe he needs an exit strategy!!
People can gloat now about Obama, but just wait until Obama/McGovern is defeated badly in November. The Hillary supporters will be there saying I told you so. The Black and youth vote is the only reason Obama has won. These groups will not push him over in November.

Posted by: debbie | May 7, 2008, 8:02 am 8:02 am

Dowd has been a jerk the whole election. Maybe he needs an exit strategy!!
People can gloat now about Obama, but just wait until Obama/McGovern is defeated badly in November. The Hillary supporters will be there saying I told you so. The Black and youth vote is the only reason Obama has won. These groups will not push him over the top to victory in November.

Posted by: debbie | May 7, 2008, 8:04 am 8:04 am

Folks.
I can’t believe we’re having this discussion. Bush’s policies have wreaked havoc on us.
Obama and Hillary are both good democratic candidates…Far better than Kerry or Dukakis.. We’re very lucky to have either of them.
Both would save us from more Republican politics and back-alley antics.
Do you really trust that party? Do you trust them more than Obama or Hillary? Aren’t you tired of the White House ignoring the will of the people?
Vote wisely, people; or else we’re in for another 4 years of the same.

Posted by: Dave | May 7, 2008, 8:05 am 8:05 am

Pollster, you are a Republican and you are running scared. If the democrat field an Obama/Hillary ticket then McCain is done with and you know it. That would be a winning ticket..So if the few Hillary koolaid drinkers want to jump and support McCain that is okay because by November the sensible Hillary supporters(the true democrats who support her) will rally around an Obama/Hillary ticket and its straight to the white house..the Republican know that and they are running scared

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:06 am 8:06 am

Earl: “Yes obama won NC largely because of the black vote..but Hillary won Indiana largely because of the white vote”
So Hillary got 92% of the white vote in Indiana? I had no idea.
The overwhelming majority of Obama’s support comes from one statistical group, and as such he does not represent someone who claims to be “bringing the party together”.

Posted by: pollster | May 7, 2008, 8:07 am 8:07 am

Dave, Well said! you sound like my biological brother dave..are you him? Its an Obama/Hillary ticket and we dems are in..its that simple

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:10 am 8:10 am

Believe it or not you Obamabots will need us Hillary supporters in the fall. If she is not the nominee, I will enjoy watching him get chewed up and spit out by the Republicans. We are on our way to making another BIG mistake just like the last 2 elections. You would think people would have gotten a bit smarter after Bush.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 8:11 am 8:11 am

Obama should’ve left the race a long time ago. This year would have been a slam dunk win for Hillary come November.
Now we’re going to lose again thanks to some half-term Senator’s ego, Oprah, and CNN.

Posted by: j.p. | May 7, 2008, 8:16 am 8:16 am

People say he outspent her as if it is a bad thing. The mere fact that he has raised this much money and Hillary has NOT shows that he is a better candidate.

Posted by: Zia | May 7, 2008, 8:18 am 8:18 am

Pollster, the last time I checked Iowa was a 95% white state..who did they vote for pollster..obama. In Indiana, if you understand the intricacies of politics you would know that obama won Indiana tonight..let me explain..In Indiana Republicans can vote in the democrat election and they did and they all voted for Hillary at the behest of the Republican talking head(Rush Limbaugh). Hillary won by a small margin so if you are honest with yourself..you would concede that obama won tonight because those Republicans are going to vote for McCain in the general Election anyhow..That is the reason why Hillary did not look happy last night..she knows that her argument/s of being the better nominee has fallan flat. When blacks were voting overwhelmingly for white candidates in the past..you did not have a problem with that..when they voted for Clinton in the 90% margin to give him two terms you did not have a problem with that..but now you have a problem. Me thinks your problem is deeper..I hope I’m incorrect

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:19 am 8:19 am

Hello people, my name is J.P and I am not very smart, please see my comment above.

Posted by: J.P | May 7, 2008, 8:20 am 8:20 am

I don’t think that hillary will go out graciously but she will prepare for the 2002 campain since she as done so much damage to the Obama campain. Maybe we are going to see a Mccain/Hillary against Obama/Edwards campain.

Posted by: goDem | May 7, 2008, 8:20 am 8:20 am

Earl, so first you claimed Hillary won Indiana because of the whites. Now you’re claiming she won because of Limbaugh. I can’t wait for your next “excuse”.

Posted by: pollster | May 7, 2008, 8:23 am 8:23 am

Although he’s less qualified, I voted for Obama. See my comment above.

Posted by: J.P. | May 7, 2008, 8:25 am 8:25 am

Candidates don’t need to have an “exit strategy”. They will be eliminated by the process. And bravo to the one who avoids elimination.

Posted by: steve | May 7, 2008, 8:27 am 8:27 am

Rich and david, well said! well said! Lets take the koolaid away from hilfan..who believes the economy is good and gas is 75cents a gallon. I would have to be blind, dumb and deaf to vote for Mccain. Real democrats would vote for the nominee. hilfan is a Republican posing as a democrat. Obama/Hillary 08 to the white house baby!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:28 am 8:28 am

It’s almost funny that self-proclaimed democrats say they will vote for McCain if their candidate doesn’t get the nomination. No matter what your feelings are about the opponent, it’s the height of irresponsibility to do that. There are such incredible differences between the parties that will take our country in totally different directions. When you think of Supreme Court nominees, a woman’s right to choose, economic-based bills passed that could either benefit the middle class or benefit the wealthier segment of the population and corporate America, separation of church and state, the list goes on and on – how is it possible that you so-called democrats could even conceive of giving your vote, a truly precious right and privilege, to a candidate who goes against what we democrats believe in? No matter what I feel about Obama, no matter what I feel about Clinton, we should be sticking together as democrats. It will be a very sad day in this country if your irrational actions elect a man such as McCain, who sometimes seems to not know what the h*** is going on around him and who threatens to undo everything we’ve been fighting for. We will all pay a very heavy price for your very juvenile actions.

Posted by: nikita | May 7, 2008, 8:29 am 8:29 am

And, it’s really time for all of you to stop this ridiculous barking and biting and name-calling. We’re not second-graders. Or are we?

Posted by: nikita | May 7, 2008, 8:32 am 8:32 am

I really can’t listen to Obama’s grandiose speeches/sermons for very long. He stands there lording over the crowd, not smiling, but squinting and posing, like Caesar. Last night he actually called himself an “imperfect messenger”, like did we need to be corrected because we thought he was “Christ”? I think it’s dangerous for a candidate/politicin to describe himself so religiously. Definite Christ-complex…scares me.

Posted by: steve | May 7, 2008, 8:33 am 8:33 am

Pollster, You seem to miss the point..all those Republicans who voted for Hillary(at the behest of Rush Limbaugh) are white..thats not an excuse..that is a fact..and you know it..I hope you get the point now and understand why obama really won Indiana tonight. Those Republicans are going to vote for McCain in the General Elections.

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:41 am 8:41 am

Hillary Clinton does not care about the Democratic party or it being united. Hillary only cares about one thing … Hillary. She cannot and will not ever accept defeat and she will do everything she can to destroy Barack Obama so he will lose the general election. Why? So she can be the candidate in 2012. It is all about Hillary … at least in Hillary’s mind.

Posted by: Hugh | May 7, 2008, 8:46 am 8:46 am

SHE WON INDIANA PEOPLE! WHY DID YOU NOT SAY THE SAME ABOUT OBAMA WHEN HE LOST PENN? AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS MAN WON! HE WILL NOT WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION! IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATES THAT HE WON THEY WERE REPUBLICAN STATES AND HE WILL BE TORN TO PIECES IN EVERY ONE OF THEM! SHE WILL WIN THE UPCOMING STATES! LEAVE HER ALONE OBAMA FANS SHE HAS WON INDIANA PERIOD!

Posted by: christy | May 7, 2008, 8:46 am 8:46 am

nikita, Its refreshing to hear some common sense..well said! At least I know that there are some democrats out there who are true democrats and are not drinking the McCain koolaid. Obama/Hillary 08!

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:49 am 8:49 am

GOD, I LOVE this wonderful and great state of NC. It is a blessing to be living here among such intelligent people.
Thank you NC! Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!Thank you NC!
Thank you NC for making this dream possible for America!
Barack & Roll!

Posted by: Barack and Roll | May 7, 2008, 8:50 am 8:50 am

IT IS TIME TO COME TOGETHER AS ONE SOLID BODY TO DEFEAT MACCAIN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. WE ARE DEMOCRAT WITH ONE AIM AND ONE GOAL. LET US THROW OUR DIFFERECES BEHIND US AND MOVE FORWARD.
”A HINT TO WISE IS QUITE SUFFICIENT”

Posted by: I.A. SMITH | May 7, 2008, 8:52 am 8:52 am

Christy, An Obama/Hillary ticket would be unbeatable in November..you better believe it!The Republicans know it.

Posted by: Earl | May 7, 2008, 8:55 am 8:55 am

Hey – if you guys don’t want Obama we’ll have him here in The Bahamas.
Bahama for Obama!

Posted by: samiam | May 7, 2008, 8:55 am 8:55 am

I don’t believe the spin being put out by these fearmongers. If they really do support Hillary (which is doubtful) they’ll follow her when she starts to campaign for Obama and the Democrats. Bill and Hillary are not stupid enough to throw what legacy they have as Democrats down the drain. They’ll get on board the Obama victory train in due time. You fearmongers who ‘threaten’ to vote for McCain…go right ahead. That’ll be twice you’ve lost this year.

Posted by: Wayne | May 7, 2008, 8:58 am 8:58 am

why are the pundits trying to push this to finish based on their rules? neither candidate can win – that is pretty clear now to just about everyone on thi planet! so why are people saying that hillary can’t win it? the whole thing is a ‘stalemate’ at this point. there will be overtime. let the game play out to the finish line – STOP pushing this notion that hillary cannot win this on the american people! it is not true and not fair for oour democratic system!

Posted by: Average Joe | May 7, 2008, 8:58 am 8:58 am

When will Americans ever grow up in regard to politics and respect for other canditates and the views of others. All Clinton ever seems to concentrate on is the negative, she has constantly tried to smear and belittle Obamha at the expense of her own party and voters. Like us in N Ireland can she not at last, see beyond her own self importance and the halo around her head(or should i say horns) and accept that she is old school, old party and a bad loser. She must step aside for someone who might , rather will win respect for America and americans abroad again, she is Bush with a brain but uses it only for the negative and her own self promotion
Bill

Posted by: Bill Gordon | May 7, 2008, 9:01 am 9:01 am

All of the BS about running to the republican party because The Clintons won’t be the nominee is BULLSH*T. Any woman who believes in choice (see Supreme Court) and any man who wants to keep a roof over his family’s head (see Economy) and any young man who want to have a future without the threat of war (see war for oil) had better think long and hard about what it means to put John McCain in the white house. If you think the last 8 years was bad, wait till the courts get stacked, the economy sinks further and the war dead continues to pile up. Can you live with that future?

Posted by: Tommy Thompson | May 7, 2008, 9:04 am 9:04 am

If the Clinton campaign had the numbers Obama did, they would have been saying left and right, what is he doing still in the race?
Fact is, even with FL and MI counting as is (which is ridiculous because Obama wasn’t even on ballot in MI) then those gains in pop vote and delegates still wouldn’t put her ahead of Obama.
Fact is, if in your “victory” speech you are begging for donations and telling everyone your website address for the 863rd time (we get it, it’s your name with a “.com” at the end), then you may be fighting a losing battle.
Fact is, taking a pandering policy angle AFTER the Republican already came out with it, is just lame.
Clinton was the most famous woman in politics in this country and yet even with an ex-President stumping for her and getting people to vote for “first couple” not the first woman, she couldn’t close the deal because it’s just not her time.
A first woman President will happen in the coming years, it will just be someone without all the baggage and illusions of grandeur of the Clintons.
Time to put your ego aside and do what’s best for the country. Obama ’08.

Posted by: tmarino | May 7, 2008, 9:05 am 9:05 am

The people have spoken. That’s the bottom line. Congrat to Obama’s supporters. It’s sad that the game has ended but it is what it is. Hope and Change are what people wanted, so let it be. The sky is cloudy and it’s going to rain today. ” Wise is a man who does not keep what does not belong to him”.

Posted by: mtr2311 | May 7, 2008, 9:06 am 9:06 am

Has anyone ever considered that this nomination actually belongs to the DNC and their rules and aspirations? The whole primary spectacle is nothing more than a gigangic public opinion survey to help the party and superdelegates pick the candidate. The primary votes are not guaranteed by any Federal Election Commission as with the general election.
IF Hillary Clinton really wants to run, she only need start her own party. Or she could be the Green or Libertarian candidate without going through any primaries.
And if anyone really looks at where the misinformation about the primary process comes from – look at the Clinton spin machine.

Posted by: Sara | May 7, 2008, 9:08 am 9:08 am

HRC won’t step down.
Her ego won’t let her and neither will Bill’s.
The clintons aren’t ready for the country to “move on” without them. Clinton isn’t the darling he once was and can’t come to grips with that.
The new young voters were probably about 10 when he left office, and 2 when he took office.
They have no great love for him, and don’t see him the way the clintons spun themselves in the 90s. He’s “history” to them. They want to move on.
And the clintons can’t come to grips with that. The new voters, and other voters don’t want a repeat of the Clinton administration.

Posted by: Anonymous One. | May 7, 2008, 9:11 am 9:11 am

Dowd, it is all your fault that Clinton is loosing despite her name recognition, her negative campaigning and her getting lots of free air space on several TV networks as well as many ‘Limbaugh’ votes, as it appears. Shame on you, Dowd!

Posted by: mfr_08 | May 7, 2008, 9:14 am 9:14 am

“Barack Obama has a lead that can’t be overcome,” ABC’s senior political correspondent George Stephanopoulos said today on “Good Morning America.

Posted by: Oscar Meyer | May 7, 2008, 9:15 am 9:15 am

Why is Obama being blamed for the Michigan and Florida delegate situation? The problem is with the representatives in those states for not following the rules that was set. All the other 48 states and territories followed the rules. The problem is not with Obama nor with any of the candidates. Each candidate agreed by signature, to support the decision that was made. Rules are not made to be broken but to set guidelines.

Posted by: Clearthoughtz | May 7, 2008, 9:16 am 9:16 am

Have you heard the steady drumbeat —Obama, Obama, Obama? Last night, I was asked why the networks haven’t announced Hillary the winner in Indiana because they announced Obama the winner 1 minute after the polls closed in NC without even counting one vote! The reason I told my friend is simple this is a tribal black vote. In Indiana they were waiting for areas to report that are high black density and they knew that the votes would be for Obama. In NC the ratio of registered black voters is super high, so they knew in advance of Election Day that Obama would win. The blacks are unified and the rest of the country is not. Rev. Wright said clearly and truthfully that “change” is coming and many black pastors announced across the US in several newspapers before this election to “keep an eye on the prize”. Mr. Obama had to denounce his religious pastor but notice he did not denounce the philosophy of his church. Obama has and still does believe in “black supremacy”. If you listen you can hear the steady drumbeats.

Posted by: Anne | May 7, 2008, 9:16 am 9:16 am

Anne,
I noticed that too. They called it with 0% of the vote counted.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:25 am 9:25 am

Mrs. Tiggywinkle,
Are you kidding me? You’re calling Dowd a 15 year old gloater? How childish is it to say that someone else’s like for one candidate makes you hate them? You should probably check yourself if you can dislike a person because someone else supports them. Give me a break!
You are probably one of the simple minded idiots who hold Obama responsible for what his psycho pastor says. Furthermore, how many professors did you have in college that you did not agree with what they said? Did you drop the class? No! You stayed in the class because while your prof may have said some things that you did not agree with, there were a lot of things said that made sense. That is assuming you went to college.
Grow up and start acting like an adult for once and have an opinion of your own. Quit letting the opinions or suggestions of others cause you to make silly decisions. Hillary is a brilliant woman but the reality is, if she cares about her party she would stop this pouting and get behind the Obama campaign. You won’t hear me say that it’s women like her who make me want to vote for a man. She doesn’t get her way and she sabotages the entire party because she can’t see past herself. I appreciate what Mayor Bloomberg said a couple of months ago; “It’s time for us to get a grown up in the Oval Office.” It’s also time for the REAL grown ups to send our next president there.

Posted by: revbuggie | May 7, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am

Wayne…………I couldn’t agree with you more man. I’m a 41 year old African-American man and I’ve been an advocate Hillary Clinton supporter. I’ve never campaigned for any politician in my life until now, but I was passionate about Hillary Clintons campaign…..however I do feel that many of us who were truly Hillary supporters will come together with her and Support Barack. There’s no much difference in their platforms anyway.

Posted by: Jason | May 7, 2008, 9:26 am 9:26 am

The Republicans excel at exploiting weakness. Rev. Wright does not disappear. BO’s long term relationship will be analogized to a non-African American’s membership in a whites only country club. Assuming JM has never belonged to such a club, this analogy will stick. BO is toast in November.

Posted by: stretch | May 7, 2008, 9:27 am 9:27 am

People say Hillary supporters should unite behind Obama in November. Alot of us do not trust this man one iota. What do we actually know about this man except what the media has told us. They haven’t dug into his past like they have Hillary. You had better pray to God that this is not another mistake like Bush if Obama should get elected.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:29 am 9:29 am

Hillary has problems leaving.She should of left Bill and should leave the campaign for Presidency.
If she can’t control Bill, how can she make decisions for the U.S.
She speaks in circles. I am so sick of all the Clintons.
Hillary just won’t be able to steal the rest of the stuff she left behind at the White House when Bill was Prez.

Posted by: Erin Rothschild | May 7, 2008, 9:30 am 9:30 am

Hillary has problems leaving.She should of left Bill and should leave the campaign for Presidency.
If she can’t control Bill, how can she make decisions for the U.S.
She speaks in circles. I am so sick of all the Clintons.
Hillary just won’t be able to steal the rest of the stuff she left behind at the White House when Bill was Prez.

Posted by: Erin Rothschild | May 7, 2008, 9:30 am 9:30 am

The whole point of superdelegates, as opposed to the regular delegates, is that they are NOT elected bu Primary voters and therefore may vote their own judgment as to either i) who would be the best President or ii) who would be the most likely to beat the Republican.
It is perfectly, completely, blindingly obvious that a superdelegate may reasonably believe that Hillary Clinton would make a better President than Barack Obama or be more electable than him. After all, 48% of the Primary voters believed at least one of these things or they wouldn’t have voted for Hillary, so a superdelegate could certainly honestly agree with that 48%.
Therefore, all the attempts by the media to stampede the superdelegates into respecting some kind of popular will are totally beside the point. Maybe the process shouldn’t have superdelegates, but since it does, they’re obviously supposed to vote for whomever they prefer. No one would criticize the Indiana and NC Clinton voters for failing to bow to the inevitable and vote for Obama, they have a right to express their preferences, and so do the superdelegates.

Posted by: Joe | May 7, 2008, 9:32 am 9:32 am

I am sick of Obama and Chewy so I guess we are even.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:33 am 9:33 am

“The land of the free and the brave”…. America, right? this is America where opportunities are limitless and dreams come true, but some of the comments I read I can tell are coming from WHITE racist people and I’m not even racist myself…. It is pathatic hearing some of you intelligent people sounding so ignorant to say you would vote for McCain over Obama should he be the nominee. That sends a clear message that you are racist and acting DUMB. Blacks supported democrats for years and you can’t reciprocate…. An American born of both white and black and you still can’t accept him….Mccain could never get my vote….. NEVER even if Hillary wins the nomination. I am a REAL democrat. You fake democrat need to leave this blogging and find the republicans…

Posted by: Tired of you White Racist | May 7, 2008, 9:33 am 9:33 am

Tired of you White Racist ,
What is pathetic is that people like you who call people who won’t vote for this man racists. Have you ever stopped to think that there are reasons other than his SKIN COLOR that people will not vote for him?
The only REAL decocrats are the ones who haven’t been taken in my this lying fraud.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:40 am 9:40 am

Tired of you White Racist ,
What is pathetic is that people like you who call people who won’t vote for this man racists. Have you ever stopped to think that there are reasons other than his SKIN COLOR that people will not vote for him?
The only REAL democrats are the ones who haven’t been taken in my this lying fraud.

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:40 am 9:40 am

Sorry for the typo but I am so angry that people continue to call those who won’t for Obama racists. It makes my blood boil. His supporters are another reason that people won’t vote for him. They are the most hateful people I have ever seen!

Posted by: J | May 7, 2008, 9:43 am 9:43 am

Enough already!!!
Obama supporters, show some humility and cease the gloating. Clinton supporters, take the defeat on the chin and stop spitting your dummy out. Rules are rules.
The Democrat’s need to calm down and come together, or face a third Bush term in the guise of McCain. Take a look at the damage W has done to America at home (and importantly her reputation abroad) and ask yourself, is that REALLY what you want? To consider voting against your own self-interests and values just because your favoured candidate didn’t win is just so short-sighted it defies belief.
The world is watching to see if if the politics of fear and distraction will win again, and American’s will once again cut off their noses to spite their faces.
Please don’t let us down this time.

Posted by: Ron in London | May 7, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am

lol Barack and Roll…..and the people here in Indiana also thank the good people of North Carolina.
All I can say…we worked our butts off here in Fort Wayne, and WE WON!
The Allen County for Obama (AC4O) volunteers were absolutely awesome. And all the volunteers that poured in here from all the other states….of ALL races (I was shocked) and nationalities….God Bless you all.
Congratulations to Senator Obama for his wins. Now on to the General!

Posted by: LA in Indiana | May 7, 2008, 9:56 am 9:56 am

J,
you’ve never seen me…….. point proven again, you are not that smart are you? Your “blood boils”, I hope it over heats…..

Posted by: Tired of White Racist | May 7, 2008, 9:57 am 9:57 am

It’s time to Hillary to start eating that humble pie she’s been resisting for a long while.
She has no chance to win other than to be a “A-hole” spoiler.

Posted by: Gerald Shields | May 7, 2008, 9:58 am 9:58 am

The presidential democratic nominee came out in full view last night. So glad to see the right candidate win. Bill & Hillary didn’t look too good though & it’s been a long time coming.
Congratulations Barack Obama!
Obama ’08

Posted by: Janis | May 7, 2008, 10:02 am 10:02 am

“But that truth will be faced. First in her head and then in her heart.”
No, first in her wallet. I feel her pain and glory in it.

Posted by: redmanrt | May 7, 2008, 10:02 am 10:02 am

Ron — don’t worry. There WILL be a new sheriff in town come next January. And it won’t be a Republican.

Posted by: Wayne | May 7, 2008, 10:04 am 10:04 am

“Gollum will never relinquish the ring.”
–Andrew Sullivan, The Atlantic

Posted by: Bob | May 7, 2008, 10:05 am 10:05 am

Finally, maybe the Clintons will realize nobody really likes the “witch”.
The American people can stop seeing the Clintons in the national spotlight anymore, and hopefully forever.

Posted by: Polarine | May 7, 2008, 10:07 am 10:07 am

I live in New York City- Hillary is my senator and on Bill O’Reilly she didn’t even know what a sancturary city was !
Obama was the “Uniter”- until his big mouth black separatist minister made him the BLACK candidate !
It’s sad – but this democrat has to vote for the old white guy. He’s been honest about his mistakes all along.

Posted by: tom | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

EVERYONE READ BRIANS ITS HILLARY OR MC CAIN NO WAY OBOMA GO HILLARY ALL THE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Posted by: janie | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

I live in New York City- Hillary is my senator and on Bill O’Reilly she didn’t even know what a sancturary city was !
Obama was the “Uniter”- until his big mouth black separatist minister made him the BLACK candidate !
It’s sad – but this democrat has to vote for the old white guy. He’s been honest about his mistakes all along.

Posted by: tom | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

It’s people like Vicki that make me afraid…………GO BARACK! To the fools that will switch parties because Hillary does NOT get the nomination, well, just as we’re trying to get away from “Washington as usual”, you will be perpetuating “no logical thinking” as usual……something this country no longer needs.

Posted by: Nancy | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

EVERYONE READ BRIANS ITS HILLARY OR MC CAIN NO WAY OBOMA GO HILLARY ALL THE WAYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Posted by: janie | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

It’s people like Vicki that make me afraid…………GO BARACK! To the fools that will switch parties because Hillary does NOT get the nomination, well, just as we’re trying to get away from “Washington as usual”, you will be perpetuating “no logical thinking” as usual……something this country no longer needs.

Posted by: Nancy | May 7, 2008, 10:08 am 10:08 am

For those who say they are off to the McCain camp and will not support Obama illustrates thin support. However, it is good news as losers should seek out the same company in the general election.

Posted by: Edward | May 7, 2008, 10:12 am 10:12 am

Obama cold not have made his way through a paper bag if the Kennedy’s, Oprah and who knows ‘who else’ wasn’t holding his hand. Just wait until the White House has big parties and all the neighbors are complaining!! All you b—- idiots are going to dodge questions then!!

Posted by: Judy | May 7, 2008, 10:13 am 10:13 am

To All Clinton Supporters…….God Bless your hard work and magnificent efforts for Senator Clinton. It’s hard to see a great American Family suffering with the reality that this time it was not meant to be. I respect Hillary Clinton as a great great political warrior. It is so hard for a champion to take the gloves off. She will do this in good time and then we ALL MUST COME TOGETHER. I PREDICT Brother William Jefferson Clinton will lead the great reconcilliation and the Clintons will take their place in American history. Only with Hillary’s good will and Bill’s incredible social skills can this party be made whole. Watch and see…….their finest moment is soon at hand. Serious history and legacy cementing is soon to occur. That’s the secret story of it all.
And this time…..the sage will end “Happily Ever After”.
Be cool friends………….THE BIG WORK is soon to start. Together we CANNOT BE BEAT!!!!!

Posted by: SoFlo Rico | May 7, 2008, 10:13 am 10:13 am

It’s time to have a 3rd Party that represents America. It’s perfect time for Hillary to help form that new party of Middle America. It’s time for REAL CHANGE!
Change the political landscape. The Obama mantra of Change is just rhetoric. Can someone state what he has changed or attempted to change? Nothing.
Hillary, leave the Democratic party and help take back America. Involve middle of America politicians both dems and republicans. This time around a third party would take the presidency.

Posted by: deon | May 7, 2008, 10:14 am 10:14 am

Most of Obama’s votes came from new-registered voters who mostly are Republicans. Republicans deeply fear that Hillary will win because Hillary will be able to defeat McCain in the general election. Last night, 7% of the voters in NC said that they will vote for McCain in the fall according to the exit poll. There is no doubt that Obama will lose the general election if he is the cadidate. Not only because he will lose the votes of Republicans who have voted him in the primary, but also because he will lose most of the votes from Hillary’s supporters.

Posted by: abc007 | May 7, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am

The Clintons were simply out-campaigned and came in 2nd. When my team loses the last playoff game by one point, they STILL lost. The playoff are over… the losers go home and the winners move on. The losers can be one of two ways in defeat. I hope the Clintons show some class in defeat. They fought hard but came up a little short.

Posted by: Tommy Thompson | May 7, 2008, 10:16 am 10:16 am

Why is this being made into a black and white thing? Why are we letting the media dictate to us as to why each candidate won? We’ve allowed Geraldine Ferraldo (excuse the typo) racial comments start the racial divide among voters…

Posted by: Clearthoughtz | May 7, 2008, 10:17 am 10:17 am

The metamorphosis was completed yesterday, at the end of both the North Carolina and Indiana primaries. Barack Obama has officially become the Black candidate, and any other opposing White politician has become the White candidate.
This process began in South Carolina and it has been steadily becoming a reality, with Whites slowly stepping away from the Obama campaign (figuratively) and Blacks stepping into it (literally). Latinos, on the other hand, never even visited his camp and more than likely never will, a factor that Democratic pundits are conveniently leaving out of their calculations. The reasons for all of the racial dynamics of these recent events are quite complex and can be analyzed by simply going back to past SavagePolitics articles, and reading forward in time (start with “Black Voters with a Twist of Bias“). Needless to say, yesterday’s results solidify this historic situation.
In North Carolina, were Obama won by 14 percentile points, he received 91% of the African American vote. In said State, the Black population is only 22%, although within the Democratic Party they represent a larger participatory percentage (almost reaching 45% of it’s electoral power). By simply looking at this community’s obviously tribal support of Obama, it was basically impossible that any other candidate could have won said primary unless the Black candidate was removed from the ballot (since White people are not voting in blocks, at least not overwhelmingly). How much did race play into last night’s results, and what does this mean for John McCain and the rest of America?
In North Carolina, Whites went for Clinton over Obama in a 61% percentile advantage, in Indiana the same voters went for Clinton in a 60% margin. As we already know, in NC 91% of Blacks went for Obama, while in Indiana 90% of the same voters went in the same direction. Comically, when asked by the exit pollsters if race mattered in this race, the majority of both groups claimed by a margin of 50% (in both States) that said considerations didn’t matter. Among those who were honest and admitted that race was an actual factor, the majority were White and voted for Clinton. What is ironic (and to many ridiculous) about this fact is that although only 7% of African Americans admitted a racial component to their vote, it’s 90% approval of Obama not only mocks their contention, but it is also at odds with their other poll answers, in which they usually regard Obama’s capacity to run our Nation as less than formidable.
This racial polarization, as can be easily observed, is more dramatic within the Black community, since Whites did not overwhelmingly go in the direction of Clinton out of race (albeit just slightly). Of course, the fact that Obama is getting such an overwhelming RACIAL vote from the Black community is slowly having it’s negative effect within the White demographic, which is starting to feel annoyed at this fact and is beginning to also vote in blocks, albeit NOT ONLY in the primaries but in view of the general election.
Most of those who have been watching this primary season through the lens of the Mainstream Media do not realize that the African American demographic in this country only constitutes a 12% of the National population. In other words, even if all of them go to the polls in November and vote with a 100% margin for Barack Obama, he simply CAN’T win the election, unless he gets a large percentage of White voters. In addition, even if Obama miraculously received ALL Latino voters, something that will never happen (as history has shown), he still would be UNABLE to win a general election with them alone, since they only represent a 14% of our population (not even combining both communities can bring a victory for him). So, even if many of the current African American pundits erroneously claim that they “don’t need” the White working class vote to achieve a victory in November, the fact remains that Obama will not win said contest unless he is able to acquire the majority of the White vote (or at least a healthy chunk). But how then will White voters react to all of this ethnically charged fiasco? Will they support Obama out of their Media cultivated ‘White guilt’?
Although history does not have many examples from which we can get a basic understanding of what will happen, since a Black candidate is an American first, we can certainly make some good estimations based on what has already transpired during this season.
White DEMOCRATIC voters seem to have been voting AGAINST Barack Obama, and not simply in favor of Hillary Clinton. This can be easily determined by looking at how they viewed Clinton and her trustworthiness (not very good). Another indicator is the large amount of White voters who say they WILL NOT vote for Obama if he gets the nomination (around 50% in both states). This, of course, is NOT out of bitterness about their candidate (Clinton) but out of a simple anger at the fact that the Media and the Liberal establishment has FORCED an unprepared African American candidate down their throats. These same voters have constantly qualified themselves in the exit polling as “moderate” and “conservative” Democrats, and they all have gone to Clinton by a margin of 70%, the same demographic that is expected (more than likely) to go with John McCain in the general election (the so-called Reagan Democrats), in the same manner that Black people have “all” gone to Obama, irrespective of his policy issues (not very good nor original ones by any standard).
Of course, in this equation, most pundits are also forgetting the Latino vote. If the Obama campaign thinks that they can somehow convince this community that a Black president somehow means a “Latino” president, they have a big surprise coming their way. All they have to do is look at the most recent Presidents that have been elected in the Dominican Republic (and other Latin American countries) and they will simply NOT find a successful “Black” politician, even after you consider the fact that the majority of their people ARE Black. The reasons for this are simply too complex for the scope of this article, but needless to say, the fact that even Black Latinos don’t consider themselves Black will give you a fair understanding of why this has happened.
To put it another way, if Whites simply increase their ‘racial voting’ by a few percentile points, like it is already happening, then it is simply impossible for Obama to win the White House. If Latinos continue their large support for any candidate BUT Obama, as they have already been doing, then Obama will lose by one of the biggest margins in American history.
Of course, these same White voters will be labeled by the Media as rabid racists for destroying a “Black man’s chance”, but since African Americans are openly voting for Obama in the high 90% rank, this will (and maybe even should) encourage a similar flooding of White voters to the remaining candidate out of simple anger at their counterparts, while simultaneously fulfilling their “tribal” desire to keep the highest office within “their” cultural realm. This to the detriment of the many (though small in contrast) honest and sophisticated Black voters, who have seen Obama as the Trojan Horse that he is.
When and where have you ever seen a majority population become hostage to an infinitesimally small ethnic minority, simply to satisfy their RACIST wishes to have one of their own in control? Since when one racialist act doesn’t justify another one in response (theoretically)? How can the African American community believe that by supporting ANY Black candidate (that the White Democratic establishment chose for them) in such a wide margin will not create a highly negative racial backlash? Should White (and even Latino) America, who basically reside within the Republican Party and the Independent block, respond with their own brand of ‘racial voting’ by mobilizing against Obama, or simply close their eyes to reality?
We can categorically say that it is indeed a sad day in our history, when our election process basically becomes an ethnic contest for power. But only the Democratic Party, and their Mainstream Media lackeys, are to blame for this fiasco. Not only have they encouraged this charade, and have willingly fallen hostage to this dynamic, but they have even accepted the ridiculous argument that they somehow “don’t need the White population” to pull off a victory in November. Nonsensically, they have chosen to insult and mock the majority of our Country’s population and are somehow expecting to be respected for it (and get their support!). Worst of all, the Democratic elite have basically assumed that even if they lose the White House, at least they have proven to be sufficiently politically correct to nominate the most unqualified, inexperienced, corrupt and sleazy characters in American history, who just so happens to be Black.
©2008 J. Cifre, J.D., of SAVAGEPOLITICS.com. All Rights Reserved.

Posted by: Savage Truth | May 7, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

TO ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS!!!
We have all been defensive about our choices this primary season but I must say ALOT of you have really shown class and have given me hope for a united party. I know its hard to see your person loose but remember WE ARE ALL DEMOCRATS. We must unite behind our party to get rid of bush 3. Your all welcome and My respect for Hillary has come back watching her speech last night. Hopefully we all can win this togather.

Posted by: parick b | May 7, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

I think that EVERYBODY forgets the Obama was the underdog. Hillary was the odds on favorite to get the nomination out the gate. But she made a huge mistake in thinking that she was the only game in town and everybody would line up because of Bill. I was a Hillary supporter early on but she was so negative from the start that it made me take a look at Obama and I like what I saw. And there the race went. Hillary to home now!!!!!!!!!! Let us unite behind Obama.

Posted by: Kev | May 7, 2008, 10:18 am 10:18 am

something had gone wrong fundamentally on
hC campaign and its too late to change now..
Iraq is one of them, but Clinton ignored the blight of US soldiers ripped into pieces every day and dying
Iraqi civilians.
though i am not US citizen, but any reasonable person can see what went wrong in US politics, the media ignored too long because of self interest.
Hope political waves seen in Spain, Australia and other US ally in Iraq invasion will has into your shores.

Posted by: ahmed | May 7, 2008, 10:19 am 10:19 am

something had gone wrong fundamentally on
hC campaign and its too late to change now..
Iraq is one of them, but Clinton ignored the blight of US soldiers ripped into pieces every day and dying
Iraqi civilians.
though i am not US citizen, but any reasonable person can see what went wrong in US politics, the media ignored too long because of self interest.
Hope political waves seen in Spain, Australia and other US ally in Iraq invasion has come into your shores.

Posted by: ahmed | May 7, 2008, 10:19 am 10:19 am

Hillary for VP! Let’s unify and make this dream ticket a plausible reality! Differences aside among us, nobody can deny that this ticket is certainly the best way to beat John McCain!!!

Posted by: Carlos Albert | May 7, 2008, 10:20 am 10:20 am

clinton should accept defeat and bow out graciously.

Posted by: lim | May 7, 2008, 10:21 am 10:21 am

I am a lifelong Democrat who will not vote for Obama if he’s the nominee. I made up my mind months ago. I do not think that he is prepared nor fit to be president at this point in time.
Experience DOES matter……..

Posted by: Bea | May 7, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

All I can say is that, “God does not not like ugly”. Clinton has fought a dirty fight, and throughout these few weeks, Obama has remained professional, and has responded to her statements along with his pastor’s statements very respectfully. I support Obama, not because of color, I sup[port him because of what he stands for, and that is Change. I have children, and I want my children to have the opportunity for equal education. I want a president that is here to hear the voice of All Americans, and do something about our cries. Obama is the truth….

Posted by: Tasha | May 7, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

Reading so many comments strikes me that so many people are so immature and so ill-informed. Hillary Clinton has always believed she “deserved” the Presidency…that she was somehow “entitled” to it…so, run a dirty campaign, lie, cheat or do whatever you have to in order to win. Instead people saw through it for what was really going on…period. Obama is the better choice because he brings the promise of “possibilities”…Clinton brings nothing more than “politics as usual”,as well as her gigantic ego. If “Clinton folk” vote for MCCain out of “revenge”, then they only hurt the party, and the country…Grow up!

Posted by: Marty | May 7, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

Deanna wrote “The biggest difference in the 2 of them? Tonight Obama congradulated her on her win in IL. while she was just a narcisstic embarressment to all women and said nothing about his win.
1 adult and 1 child in this race and it isn’t hard to figure out who was the adult. Those type of actions cost her.” —-
You have your facts totally wrong because Clinton did congratulate Obama on his win & she did say nice things about him in her victory speech for Indiana but by all means keep mouthing off like this along with the others that say Clinton supporters must vote for Obama. No we do not have to vote for anybody, we do not have to follow anyone’s orders & this constant trashing of our candidate will drive us to vote for McCain who is at least open to the idea of gasoline price relief unlike Obama who has taken more money from big oil executives than any other candidate.
Since only educated voters vote for Obama one would think that they could spell “congratulated”, “embarrassment” & “narcissistic”.
Matthew Dowd ought to just come out & say that he loves Obama because he’s been supporting him every time he opens his mouth. Any candidate that Matthew Dowd likes is reason enough to vote for someone else.

Posted by: Miss Ed | May 7, 2008, 10:22 am 10:22 am

I’ve read everything, and yes I’m a huge Obama supporter, and was not surprised to see North Carolinians swing the way of us South Carolinians, and the rest of the deep south. Massive victory, but that wasn’t the thing that pushed her out of this race. It was the 20K vote jump he got around 1130pm last night, to bring the vote to a 2 point lead for HRC. I’m not gloating, but glad it is finally over. Maybe she’ll plan her concession speech, but the media shouldn’t be the reason why you support a candidate. Their supporters shouldn’t either. The candidate should be, and what they stand for. If you support HRC, and you then say you’ll vote for Johnny Mac, then that is what you do. No one is too concerned, because that is your constitutional right.
But Obama v. McCain in the general election? What can McCain say about him that hasn’t been said? Wright, Bitter-gate, Ayers? Let us not get on the list of scandals that McCain is involved in, Keaton-5, and so forth. I just like how this is going to play out. People are going to support BHO from the Clinton camp, and Independents like myself will continue to support the next President of the United State, Mr. Obama. Not being cocky, just being truthful, the RNC Attack Dogs won’t hold up.

Posted by: JAE | May 7, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

I see a lot of comments about HC supporters not voting for BO if he is the nominee. If the superdelegates steal the nomination from BO maybe his supporters should vote for McCain. Afterall, he has more popular votes then she does.

Posted by: George | May 7, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am

To All Hillary Supporters:
Beware of all these “Let’s all Unite Now” posts… They come from Camp Obama… After insulting us, the Hillary supporters, as uneducated, now they want us all to unite behind that bigot? Everyone will make that decision – whether to support him – on their own! I personally will NEVER ever vote for that slick snake oil man.

Posted by: DMK | May 7, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am

disappointedindems, I agree totally with what you wrote. I too am confident Hillary was the best candidate to lead our country. With what we have to look forward to in the next 4 years is bleak. I think the recession that we have all been feeling of late will soon turn to a depression. For those of you who are very young, I implore you to read about the great depression of this country.

Posted by: HolliNoel | May 7, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am

Savage Truth said it ‘like it is’….Many Thanks……However, the nut cases that voted Obama will not understand what you went to lengths to get across, because most can’t read in the first place!! And..NO, I am not racist, only intelligently seeing through the Media Blitz of all those who will no longer have Media jobs once the general election is over!! OOps..perhaps they will have jobs….working for Obama>>>teaching him the ‘Politics’ of Washington!! He has no clue what he’s in for! Oprah, are you ready for the VP nomination?? Hope she gets what she deserves…and don’t tell me that Race wasn’t as issue in her mind!!

Posted by: Judy | May 7, 2008, 10:25 am 10:25 am

it is not surprising to me to read about all these hillary supporters who now say they are gonna wote for john, now that hillary has lost. and frankly, i do not blame them. after all, their best republican candidate – hillary – lost, so they are now woting for the remaining republican candidate.
which is why i will wote for barack – dennis lost, so i am woting for the remaining democrat. thank god we won’t have two republicans running against each other this november! :>)
doug s.

Posted by: doug s. | May 7, 2008, 10:25 am 10:25 am

Obama is the nominee but will likely loose in Big one in the Fall.
Winning the nomination but loosing the presidency.
Message from the contest yesterday unless the democrats unite.

Posted by: Thomas | May 7, 2008, 10:26 am 10:26 am

McCAIN IS ANOTHER BUSH…4 MORE YEARS OF HELL…WAKE UP STUPID PEOPLE!!!!!!

Posted by: JOHN LARATTA | May 7, 2008, 10:26 am 10:26 am

The sad thing about the whole process no matter who wins is the performance of the Democratic National Committee. They hurt their party by penalizing votes for the actions of politicians. By not counting the votes in Florida and Michigan, they will be hurt in November. Do you really expect the people in those two states to vote for O’bama? I don’t think so. I did not vote for any Republicans after the 2000 debacle in Florida. I am having similar thoughts about this year. By the way, I don’t live in Michigan or Florida. It is sad to say, but O’bama will lose to McCain.

Posted by: Tom | May 7, 2008, 10:27 am 10:27 am

Hillary supporters we welcome you. I know the ride has been long and Hillary is a tough candidate , but we need to come together nice people and get McCain,,,,,,,,,,,I hope hillary will take VP seriously not as a joke and we came make history………..If she doesnt she will want all of u to join hands with the Obama campaign…..no more democratic divide……we need to heal for the better good of the US

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 10:28 am 10:28 am

First, from a TRUE independent voter, my thoughts:
There are almost no ideological differences between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. There are a few minor differences on how they would implement their policies, and those differences are not as large as the gap to McCain.
And yet, looking at polling data, it appears that there is a significant difference between Clinton and Obama SUPPORTERS as to how loyal they would be to their party. Frankly, I don’t get it. It makes me think of Clinton’s SUPPORTERS as a superficial bunch, childish, and without a set of values which ground them. If they believe in Ms. Clinton’s stated values, then they would be doing the country, and me, a disservice by voting for McCain. Obviously, they believe more in the person than than the precepts. And that is not good enough for me.
I don’t have any particular axe to grind against Mrs. Clinton, and I have no problem with her staying in the race. However, I personally believe that the longer she stays in the race and continues to lose, the more bitterness and childishness I see in a large percentage of her followers. I don’t see any effort to change that, and I do think it will hurt the Democratic party in the fall.
Frankly, it’s a major factor in my thinking of who I should vote for on the ticket below the presidential race.

Posted by: Rick R. | May 7, 2008, 10:30 am 10:30 am

I am an Obama supporter. I agree with acouple of statements above. Why in the world would you change to the Republicans if your person being HC or obama don’t get in. I think they are running this part of the election a little too long. I have respect for both canidates for running but i think they are doing things wrong. this is such a big election and the two are fighting like this is the end and they will be presedent against each other. they do have to be careful with that. i think they should work it out and wrap it up so we can concetrate in beating Mcain. I have to say after this when HC didn’t stand down i think that is a bad move. she needs to realize that obama is stronger and let him be the runner. the independent vote thing she was thinking about is the stupidest thing i heard yet. it’s just going to give Mcain a lead and we don’t need that at all. They need to realize even though they are fighting to be the one against Mcain that even though they are different they are really ultimately on the same side. I don’t want to bash either canidate because we are on the same side but i think now HC should stand down and stay as seneter to help us with obama to try to make things better for all of us. It’s scary how our ecomomy and everything is now. We really need to join together everyone.

Posted by: M | May 7, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

I don’t see how a man could be schooled by a jeremiah wright for 20 years and then suddenly plead inoocence, that he did not know! That he wasn’t aware!
99% blacks are voting for him like robots and many seem to suggest that it is not about race! We will see, in the general election!
Mc Cain should pick Bobby Jindal as VP. He is what America is all about! He is a minority who is American first and foremost. He has some accomplishments in Louisiana. He brings people together!
Go Mc Cain/Jindal!

Posted by: ayden | May 7, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

I am an Obama supporter. I agree with acouple of statements above. Why in the world would you change to the Republicans if your person being HC or obama don’t get in. I think they are running this part of the election a little too long. I have respect for both canidates for running but i think they are doing things wrong. this is such a big election and the two are fighting like this is the end and they will be presedent against each other. they do have to be careful with that. i think they should work it out and wrap it up so we can concetrate in beating Mcain. I have to say after this when HC didn’t stand down i think that is a bad move. she needs to realize that obama is stronger and let him be the runner. the independent vote thing she was thinking about is the stupidest thing i heard yet. it’s just going to give Mcain a lead and we don’t need that at all. They need to realize even though they are fighting to be the one against Mcain that even though they are different they are really ultimately on the same side. I don’t want to bash either canidate because we are on the same side but i think now HC should stand down and stay as seneter to help us with obama to try to make things better for all of us. It’s scary how our ecomomy and everything is now. We really need to join together everyone.

Posted by: M | May 7, 2008, 10:31 am 10:31 am

hey! whats up guys! its clear Obama gonna be the democratic nominee and the clintonss need to shape up and accept the oblivious. for the party’s sake, we should stand united and we have to quell any sentiments that we consider divisive.
who is out of touch, if there is anyone then there should be none. we were one in the beginning n should remain so till the end.

Posted by: vincent | May 7, 2008, 10:32 am 10:32 am

LETS RECIEVE A NEWS AIR,,NO MORE OLD IDEAL POLITIC,,,IS REAKL TIME 4 CHANGES,,OVAL HOUSE IS NOT A ROYAL,OFFICES,,4ROM BUSH-TO-CLINTON,CLINTON-TO-BUSH-BUSH AGAIN-TO-CLINTON.NO WAY IS TIME 4 REAL CHANGES

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 10:32 am 10:32 am

I keep hearing about Hillary supporters voting for McCain. I think that if someone of that caliber votes for McCain out of spite because their ‘team’ didn’t win, then America truly has started to decline and will continue to do so. So when McCain wins due to their spiteful actions and their children or grandchildren are going off to war, can’t get jobs or just simply struggle to survive- I hope that they remember their actions and can tell their kids what they did. It isn’t about winning- its about making America great again and giving our kids a future. I would be for either candiddate (Hillary or Obama), but I hate what the Republicans have done to this country and my kids have to live through it.

Posted by: Gregsmalltwn | May 7, 2008, 10:32 am 10:32 am

I’m sorry so soooory that Clinton is finished. She had NO idea that Obama would come out of the woodwork and beee as strong as he IS. She should pay off her debts and say GOODBYE.

Posted by: MIKEUS | May 7, 2008, 10:33 am 10:33 am

So, when President McCain can’t remember what year it is, starts a ground war with Iran, drives gas prices to six bucks a gallon and a loaf of bread to three, are you Hillary supporters going to be proud of yourselves? Are you going to be cheering as our economy goes down the toilet? “Yay, we managed to destroy the country in revenge for Hillary not getting the nomination!” Well, congratulations to you, and to all you Nader fans who got us into this in the first place.
That’s the real reason the Republicans keep winning- because a large number of Democrats would rather see their kids sent off to war and wait in the unemployment line than admit that ‘their’ candidate lost fairly. This isn’t a game. Who you vote for will directly affect you, and those around you, for the rest of your lives. If you vote for McCain because some pundit said something not nice about Hillary, you’re hurting yourself.
Maybe you don’t care. Maybe you think you can blackmail Obama supporters, and what would it say about them if you could? Maybe you think that’ll make Hillary President in 2012, as if the Obama supporters will forget what you did.
I don’t think any reasonable person can think McCain will be better than Obama as President. McCain refuses to release his health records for a reason. He forgets who’s Sunni and who’s Shiite. Last night he thanked West Virginia for coming out to see him…when he was at Wake Forest. He’s admitted he has no clue about economics, and he’s imagining insults from the Iranians which must be avenged. In 2000, he was a solid candidate. In 2000, he also wasn’t pandering to the religious right, and was sharp as a tack. Now, he’s not even in charge of himself. Does anybody believe that John McCain would vote in favor of legalizing torture, or give a speech at Bob Jones University? He was against the Bush tax cuts…and now he wants to make them permanent. He was a great man. Now, he’s led around by the nose by the far-right faction of the Republican party.
Regardless of whether you think Obama is a liar, you know perfectly well what he’s going to do when he’s in office. He’s already shown that he’ll follow the advice of the best economists even if it costs him votes. His foreign policy is identical to Hillary’s. And he’s not going to get rattled by some petty dictator like McCain would be. Maybe he has some deep seated resentment of white people. But if he does, it’s not going to change his policies. That’s been clear throughout his life, and what would be the point, exactly?
You know what the right thing to do is, both for yourself and for your country. If you decide not to do it, so be it. But don’t blame it on anybody else.
P.S. I supported Richardson for President.

Posted by: Matthew H | May 7, 2008, 10:34 am 10:34 am

I had a dream last night. After the super delegates had added enough of their numbers to put Obama over the top and make him the official nominee, Clinton was still saying that she was going to fight on even though the Democrats already had a nominee. She has become ridiculous and irrelevant.

Posted by: Lawrence Schulman | May 7, 2008, 10:34 am 10:34 am

HILLARY CLINTON WAS A WINNER LAST NIGHT. SHE SHOWED GRACE and demonstrated she has a lot of fight in her. She has made the party proud.
I support Barack Obama. I have throughout this campaign. I admire Hillary, her tenacity, her fighting spirit and her great family.
However, its time to move on.
This is now a fight for the presidency. We should be past the nomination fight now.
I know Senator Clinton will do the right thing. So far she has helped the eventual democratic party nominee by staying so far and teaching him how to strong for an eventually succesfull winter election for the white house. She was right last night; WE ARE HEADING STRAIGHT TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
Thank you Senator Clinton. And Thank you to Senator Clinton’s supporters. You have fought a great and honorable fight.

Posted by: craig | May 7, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

OPEN LETTER TO CLINTON SUPPORTERS:
As an ardent supporter of Senator Obama since the beginning of this campaign, I, and no doubt millions of others, sincerely want and need your support in the upcoming GE. We need you.
This campaign has been long and hard, on everybody. But the time has come to stop bickering — and that goes for both sides. Everyone needs to stop throwing insults back and forth — and above all — grow a thicker skin. Because, and I say this with a lot of respect for all, a lot of the comments here – from both sides – sound petty and childish. They really do. Aren’t all of you sick of it? It’s stupid and destructive.
By all means, let’s debate — but can we try to be grown up about it? We’re only going to hurt our candidate and our party in the end if it continues — and I don’t think anyone wants that — no matter what candidate you currently support.

Posted by: Liz | May 7, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

Hillary supporters we welcome you. I know the ride has been long and Hillary is a tough candidate , but we need to come together nice people and get McCain,,,,,,,,,,,I hope hillary will take VP seriously not as a joke and we came make history………..If she doesnt she will want all of u to join hands with the Obama campaign…..no more democratic divide……we need to heal for the better good of the US

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 10:35 am 10:35 am

All you Obama supporters think you are so smart. You point out that Hillary is a “liar” and that she stretches the truth and that she’ll “do anything to win the White House”.
So what? She panders. So did Bill. Anybody that doesn’t do that isn’t going to be elected president. Obama does it but he’s the REAL LIAR because he doesn’t own up to the fact that he’ll do anything for power. He PRETENDS to be outside of that kind of politics. HE’S NOT.
Here’s the deal, I won’t vote for a candidate who doesn’t do the dirty things it takes to make it all the way. Cause when you are president, you’ll have to make some dirty decisions. Hillary had the guts it takes. I hope she keeps going because if anybody ever deserved to be president, it’s HER. IF not, I’ll be voting for MCCAIN.

Posted by: Pierre | May 7, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am

Some of you Democrats not only sound like a bunch of whiners, but you are painting yourselves as adverse, if not strongly opposed, to a minority in office. I am a lifelong republican and would not switch parties just because a minority candidate was nominated.
It is ironic because many of you try to paint yourselves as the diversity crowd, but apparently you become very uncomfortable with the thought of a minority in power.
Like or dislike George Bush, you could learn a lot from him when it comes to diversity and the people he has surrounded himself with. Maybe you will learn by 2012. Clearly, you are positioned to lose an election that is almost being handed to you on a silver platter in 2008.

Posted by: Eric | May 7, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am

After reading all of the above comments, it is not hard to realize the problem is not Clinton or Obama. The problem is their supporters. Any person who would vote for John McCain based on the fact their candidate could not win the primary shows that the good of the country is still not a priority. In any competition, one winner is declared. I have taught my children from childhood to always shake hands with the winning team and congratulate them on their victory. Never did I tell them it was okay to be negative or bitter about losing. Losing is a fact of life in all areas. At school, at work, and at home you will lose, the important thing is how you lose. It is always easy to be a gracious winner, but the gracious loser will remain in your memory longer. The gracious loser is always afforded many opportunties based on how they conducted themselves in the final phase. John McCain is a war monger and an extension of the Bush administration. Does anyone truly believe this country can survive on the path we are on? I do not. Unite the democratic party, vote for improved education, healthcare, more US jobs, reinforce the immigration laws, defend our borders and take care of our own impoverished people, regain our standing in the international community. These are the things to worry about, not who said what, not who mis spoke, not who has had the most battle scars currently. Obama and Clinton knew going into this contest what was at stake and what the consequences of a mis-step would be. They are first and for most politicians, they will survive regardless. We the people may not. The only thing I fore-see, if the bickering continues, is a repulican white house for 8 years if we as democrats do not get our act together and defeat John McCain. And to that end I say, WOE IS US.

Posted by: Linda | May 7, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

OVAL HOUSE IS NOT A ROYAL,OFFICES,,4ROM BUSH-TO-CLINTON,CLINTON-TO-BUSH-BUSH AGAIN-TO-CLINTON.NO WAY IS TIME 4 REAL CHANGES

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

1. To Deon the republicans want HRC to win the nomination. That is why Rush urged republicians not to vote for Obama but to vote for HRC so that she can win because she is the weaker of the 2 candidates. Get your facts straight.
2. I am tired of people stating that Obama can not win the general election when since he is the one behind the record numbers of new voters. Every poll in every state says that the newly registered democrats are Obama supporters.
3. What logic is behind HRC view that she is more electable? If she can’t even beat BO in the primary what makes her think she is the better opponent. For Example. If football team A has to play team B to get to the finals with team C. What logic does it make to say even though team A (HRC) can not beat team B (BO) they are the better team to beat team C (JM). How is this logical. 25% of the democratic party are blacks and he is carrying them by 92%. He is also drawing out wide support from independents and more educated whites as well.
3. Lastly, to say you want HRC to run as an indepedent in some crazy hope that she will win the presidential election is just silly. What will happen is the Democratic party will be divided as it is now and the Republican party will unite and win. Then it is 4 more years of hell.
5. Those of you who want to be bitter and vote for JM kiss your pensions and social security good bye. And say hello to the unemployment line and food stamps.
6. Why do the HRC supporters hate BO when it is their candidate that is doing the bulk of the bashing and all BO has done is try to run a fairly clean and decent compaign. I think the real issue is that some of the HRC supporters would rather vote for JM than vote for a black man… sad but true.

Posted by: Nicole | May 7, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

If you are a true democratic why In the world would you go vote for Mcain? I can tell you your answer and its plain and clear. it’s all because Obama is a Black intelligent man.You racial (still behind times people)are so down low that you cant stand to see your democratic party( a black man) when the election all because of your ignorance.That tells me that United States still has a lot of racism even within the party. So you not so true demcrats would rather see a white woman be the next president than a black man any day. Wake up this is 2008 no 1968. Our young american soldiers are loosing their lives cause of bush revenge for his father. So you true democrats that wont to vote for Mcain cause of a black nominee that telss me you dont have a lick of common sense in your brain because your prejudice has blinded you. To the fella that commented about his parents going to roll in their grave, trust me they are not rolling but you showing your racism is going to get you straight to hell if you dont repent!!

Posted by: Mike G | May 7, 2008, 10:37 am 10:37 am

ROTFLMAO!!!! You dems have done it again! Snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. As is typical in politics, when one party views the other as mortally wounded (though no such thing exists in politics), the party w/ the opportunity OVER-REACHES.
America is not going to elect an America-hater like Obama to the highest office in the land. The guy despises the free market ideals and personal responsibility ethos that this country was founded on, and it’s becoming clear how his anti-U.S. thoughts could damage this country. We aren’t going to take a chance on such a socialist hate-monger. Hey, if he wouldn’t wear a flag pin on a certain date/event, no big deal. But this clown REFUSES to wear our country’s colors, EVER! He’s unfit to be the leader of the free world, and now the skeletons in his closet are being exposed!
John McCain, President of the United States of America!

Posted by: cj | May 7, 2008, 10:38 am 10:38 am

We have never had a black president before so why start now. What is this world coming to, I know where we are headed, there is not going to be any whites left because it is already started, the black man is sleeping with all the white women and guess what Yup mixed breed children. Now that means that there is not going to be any whites in I say 10 years. Our race is going going and it will be gone. Ridiculous. We brought them over here why not take them back. We are the minority and they are becoming the majority. That is not right never was and never will be. So lets all end it now before it all starts. This world will go down the tubes very very quickly if we let the black into as the president. Just think about they are taking over and the white man wont stand up because they will call it racism. But its okay for the black to hurt the white and nothing is suppose to be said about it or the black will call it racism. If anyone is the racist its the blacks. Just think about it all and the future of our white children the ones that are left.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 10:38 am 10:38 am

Mrs. Tiggywinkle: Why would a journalist make an intelligent being not vote for another candidate? You have to have a better reason than someone else to not vote for Obama.
My feelings have always been that progressive-minded people are supporting Obama, and Clinton’s “older and uneducated” supporter base, are not reflective of America. We are progressive, intelligent, and fueled by our ability to bring in young energy to renew us in down times and bring about change.
What Clinton is doing now, is making her supporter base get more defensive as they watch their candidate continue on in such a ridiculous and childish manner, and the media pointing out her obvious inability to sweep this campaign like she thought she would. Just competing to save face. For a woman who is so power-hungry, she is leaving the power of her exit in the hands of superdelegates and the voters who will continue to tell her “We don’t want you. We want him.” She’s may win WV, KY, and PR. But she can’t win this nomination without scrupulous activities…just like Bush. And we don’t need another Bush. I think it’s wrong to accuse white Clinton supporters of being racist for NOT voting for Obama, just as I think it’s wrong to accuse Obama’s black supporters as being racist for voting for him. Blacks have proven time and time again that they will not just “vote for black” as Jesse and Al have been dismissed with ease as presidential candidates. And whites (some who were Clinton supporters years ago) are the driving force behind Barack’s success, which proves the MAJORITY of people have moved past race. As he mentioned in his speech, real Dems will come together for the greater good of the nation.
What bothers me most about Clinton not leaving with some dignity and PROGRESSING THE PARTY (and I’m an Independent), is that she’s making it harder and harder for Obama supporters to even settle for her being VP on his ticket, because she’s NOT the type of politician we want to deal with any longer.

Posted by: Niki | May 7, 2008, 10:38 am 10:38 am

Again, I still think that the best way to unify the party and to beat John McCain is to have Hillary as the VP. Now, if anybody here tells me that they will not vote for a Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket, I don’t think he or she is a really a democrat. Am I dreaming for too much? Maybe. But this doesn’t take out the fact that this “dream ticket” is still the best way to beat John McCain.

Posted by: Carlos Albert | May 7, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am

For all practical purposes it’s all over for Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Lookup | May 7, 2008, 10:39 am 10:39 am

Why does anyone think America is going to vote for a Black Man for President? OK, call me racist. The facts won’t change. Obama will not beat McCain. Call me racist again. O.K. He still won’t win. The Republicans destroyed John Kerry. They made him look anti-American. They are smelling Obama. They can’t wait, and Hillary will stand back, smile, and say “I told you so!!” Thank you Oprah for another 4 years of Republicans.

Posted by: Linda | May 7, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

OVAL HOUSE IS NOT A ROYAL,OFFICES,,4ROM BUSH-TO-CLINTON,CLINTON-TO-BUSH-BUSH AGAIN-TO-CLINTON.NO WAY IS TIME 4 REAL CHANGES
THEIR IS NO MORE (ABC)DEBATE,,,GO MY SON AND UNITE TH HOLE WOLRD–ONE LOVE KEEP US TOGETTER–

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

north carolina was the state that finally threw the bucket of water that made hilary melt away…help me..i’m melting

Posted by: mike | May 7, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

Well if everything goes as you say, then we will have another four years of McCain if he lives through it. I had such high hopes for this election and the American dream only to have it trod upon severly. We had our chance and with the help of our Democratic left we will lose. They really outsmarted and outplayed us with hardly any effort.

Posted by: redclary | May 7, 2008, 10:42 am 10:42 am

I feel…finished. Finished with the Democratic party. If after Rezko and Wright and Michelle and all the lies and empty rhetoric and race baiting and PC thuggery on the part of Obama and his rabid cult of fan-boys he can still close the gap in IN as closely as he did and win NC by as much as he did, then I do not give a good goddamn what happens to this party. And let me add–Pelosi, Dean, Leahy, Brazile, Kennedy, Kerry, Clyburn, Reid are the true culprits here, forget about Obama, he’s nothing but a cynical and selfish opportunist who saw a opening on the path to power and took it. I’ll NEVER….NEVEEEER…support this fraud and sham of a candidate, nor contribute a cent to this party…ever again.
I’m through with fretting over the irrelevancy.

Posted by: Bye Party | May 7, 2008, 10:42 am 10:42 am

It isn’t over until it is over and when all is said and done they should run the loser for vice president as both are the best we could ask for! together they would be an unstopable team! That is what we need as another 4 to 8 years of Bushisum is more then we can live through!

Posted by: Alberta | May 7, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

Hillary needs to stay with it and duke it out. The people of Nebraska, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Montana & South Dakota have a right to vote in their primary too, just like all of you have.
The only ones that don’t want this is Obama and his racist supporters. They know there isn’t a strong black vote in those states. Meaning they will be voting on something other than race. Something that should be the main reason for voting in the first place.
Stay with it Hillary!

Posted by: Krissy K | May 7, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

I need someone to help me out here. I don’t care whether its someone from the Obama camp, or the Clinton camp. I have been trying to understand one. Should Obama not only be responsible for what he says and does (which he should be), but also be responsible for what others say and do as well (referring to Reverend Wright in this case), while Clinton claims she was pinned down under sniper fire (which was an obvious lie, as well as Whitewater and other untold or swept under the rug actions).
I need clarification so I can explain to my son one of the following directions to go in.
1)Son, remember, based on your race, gender, religion, etc., you need to be responsible for not only what you say and do, but for what other people say and do. or 2)Son, remember, based on your race, gender, religion, etc., you can lie, cheat steal, etc., and not have to worry about any repurcussions at all.
Anybody want to tackle that one regardless of candidate affiliations?

Posted by: Anthony | May 7, 2008, 10:44 am 10:44 am

tomdavie, I’m an Obama supporter and I couldn’t agree with you more. It’s time for the party to unite and heal the wounds. Please keep in mind that Obama isn’t saying these things. Let’s not do the guilt by association thing again. Those who say comments on this blog will make it tough to support Obama are forgetting that Obama has been gracious in both victory and defeat. Think about the candidate, not the supporters. Sometimes we can be a little over the top because this has been a long, emotional ride, but we will unite to beat McCain in November. A Democrat For President in 08. :-)

Posted by: kat1park | May 7, 2008, 10:44 am 10:44 am

I think clinton made the wrong choice and her strategy clearly wasn’t working.
She should’ve spend more resources on indiana since the demographic there was favorable to her and pull a big win there to even out north carolina. I hate to talk sbout race in this campaign, but one just have to admit after all the speeches,stops, resources, clinton made and used,still 90+ blacks voted for Obama in south carolina. It just hard to admit that blacks will just vote for Obama because he’s black, rather than Clinton which her husband is one of the most favorable president among blacks, and considered to be the first black president. Its just hard to admit, that the strategy she used and the statistic that showed just proved among how wrong her strategy was. In the end John Mccain will win the white house in november and this election just proved how racially divided our country is and how martin luther king’s dream never came true among blacks. Just to remind you i’m asian

Posted by: Benw | May 7, 2008, 10:44 am 10:44 am

Linda: Eight years of George Bush will destroy John McCain’s chances of winner in November. John McCain is as dull as old dash water.
Obama all the way!

Posted by: Lookup | May 7, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am

The sad thing about the whole process no matter who wins is the performance of the Democratic National Committee. They hurt their party by penalizing votes for the actions of politicians. By not counting the votes in Florida and Michigan, they will be hurt in November. Do you really expect the people in those two states to vote for O’bama? I don’t think so. I did not vote for any Republicans after the 2000 debacle in Florida. I am having similar thoughts about this year. By the way, I don’t live in Michigan or Florida. It is sad to say, but O’bama will lose to McCain.

Posted by: Tom | May 7, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am

I’m just waiting for the part where both sides wake up and remember that, no matter what the stupid media say, Clinton and Obama are essentially THE EXACT SAME CANDIDATE.
“I won’t vote for __________ if ___________ gets the nomination! I’ll vote for McCain!”
Then you’re an idiot, because no matter how much you dislike the other guy, McCain doesn’t share A SINGLE ONE of your values. Vote for him because you’re mad at the Dem process. Yeah, that TOTALLY makes sense.
Better yet, stay home and put your head in the oven.

Posted by: GetReal | May 7, 2008, 10:45 am 10:45 am

It is a sad state of affairs when someone hangs on too long. I am a republican who will vote for Senator Obama because he envisions a future of compromise to an end. As lifer in the US Army, served in RVN, 3 tours on DMZ in ROK, and ODS, I have finally found the youth of this country energized about this land I love. Senator Obama does it and we need it. Senator McCain is a hero but heroes do not make great presidents, i.e. DDE versus HT, as time goes by we find that HT was the better of the two. So I hope that my faith and belief in Senator Obama is fullfilled. I love to see these discussions because I know that these people care about the country and will VOTE! IT DOES COUNT! Keep the exchanges civil but keep them up.

Posted by: Roger | May 7, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am

One more comment, from an independent voter,
I think there are significant differences in foreign policy between McCain and either of the Democratic potential nominees.
I don’t think there are vast differences in economic policy, and I don’t think it will make a difference anyway. The effect of the president, and of the Executive branch, is fairly minimal on the economic woes of the country, and the only thing of importance they can really do is to get the right people in the Fed to deal with it. The country is going to go through this downturn no matter what party wins in November. There will be no internet miracle to lift the country out of its doldrums this time, as what happened back when Bill was president.

Posted by: Rick R. | May 7, 2008, 10:46 am 10:46 am

Linda: Eight years of George Bush will destroy John McCain’s chances of winner in November. John McCain is as dull as old dish water.
Obama all the way!

Posted by: Lookup | May 7, 2008, 10:47 am 10:47 am

You are all pathetic. Sect tripping like a bunch of children, running around talking about defecting to the republicans because Obama is going to win. Racist ass weak minded followers of men. This is about principles. The republicans don’t have this issues because they don’t care about those type of things. They just want another term in which they fleece the American people and destroy our image overseas. This is beyond me. The tatics used by HRC were/are not what i expect of the next leader of the free world and if you think them ok, then you certainly are not using your head. No matter who wins i’ll be voting for them in the primaries…democrats….

Posted by: JIMMIE | May 7, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

The sad part about it is that she will drag this out until the convention, wasting more campaign contributor’s money and giving McCain more fuel for the election! The fools who want to vote for McCain if Obama wins are just idiotic traitors to the Democratic party.

Posted by: Irv | May 7, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

It is time for Howard Dean to do his job. We need for Barack and Hillary to be making as many joint appearances and writing as many joint editorials as possible before the decision is final. They should be doing the weekly radio address together and have joint editorials in papers every week. The story has to be the policy ideas they share, not bickering differences. The campaigns cannot initiate this, the DNC must. Each can argue the ability to bring about the policies, but they have to reaffirm the common goals.

Posted by: Raymond J Murphy | May 7, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

not only should HC give up the presidential candidacy, but she might as well resign as senator of NY, for the sake of New Yorkers! she is a disgrace, a bad loser, and a power hungry b*tch.

Posted by: charge | May 7, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

We have never had a black president before so why start now. What is this world coming to, I know where we are headed, there is not going to be any whites left because it is already started, the black man is sleeping with all the white women and guess what Yup mixed breed children. Now that means that there is not going to be any whites in I say 10 years. Our race is going, going and it will be gone. Ridiculous. We brought them over here why not take them back. We are the minority and they are becoming the majority. That is not right never was and never will be. So lets all end it now before it all starts. This world will go down the tubes very, very quickly if we let the black into as the president. Just think about they are taking over and the white man wont stand up because the blacks will call it racism. But its okay for the black to hurt the white and nothing is suppose to be said about it or the black will call it racism. If anyone is the racist its the blacks. Just think about it all and think about the future of our white children the white children that are left. Call me racist if you want, i really dont care. The world would be a 100% better without them in it. Gosh I hope that he dont become president because that will be the start of something very very bad for the future. The world will go down down down hill from that day forward.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 10:49 am 10:49 am

We have never had a black president before so why start now. What is this world coming to, I know where we are headed, there is not going to be any whites left because it is already started, the black man is sleeping with all the white women and guess what Yup mixed breed children. Now that means that there is not going to be any whites in I say 10 years. Our race is going, going and it will be gone. Ridiculous. We brought them over here why not take them back. We are the minority and they are becoming the majority. That is not right never was and never will be. So lets all end it now before it all starts. This world will go down the tubes very, very quickly if we let the black into as the president. Just think about they are taking over and the white man wont stand up because the blacks will call it racism. But its okay for the black to hurt the white and nothing is suppose to be said about it or the black will call it racism. If anyone is the racist its the blacks. Just think about it all and think about the future of our white children the white children that are left. Call me racist if you want, i really dont care. The world would be a 100% better without them in it. Gosh I hope that he dont become president because that will be the start of something very very bad for the future. The world will go down down down hill from that day forward.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 10:49 am 10:49 am

We have never had a black president before so why start now. What is this world coming to, I know where we are headed, there is not going to be any whites left because it is already started, the black man is sleeping with all the white women and guess what Yup mixed breed children. Now that means that there is not going to be any whites in I say 10 years. Our race is going, going and it will be gone. Ridiculous. We brought them over here why not take them back. We are the minority and they are becoming the majority. That is not right never was and never will be. So lets all end it now before it all starts. This world will go down the tubes very, very quickly if we let the black into as the president. Just think about they are taking over and the white man wont stand up because the blacks will call it racism. But its okay for the black to hurt the white and nothing is suppose to be said about it or the black will call it racism. If anyone is the racist its the blacks. Just think about it all and think about the future of our white children the white children that are left. Call me racist if you want, i really dont care. The world would be a 100% better without them in it. Gosh I hope that he dont become president because that will be the start of something very very bad for the future. The world will go down down down hill from that day forward.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 10:49 am 10:49 am

many working class white americans should get over their fear of obama. obama will not replace the secret service with nation of islam guards, neither will obama punish whites for past mistreatment of blacks. stop holding obama responsible for another man’s words. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HAS HAD CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH PEOPLE WHO SAY CRAZY THINGS. WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?get over the guilt/paranoia and GROW UP. you have NOTHING to be AFRAID OF.

Posted by: supersoulbrother | May 7, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

vote for O? like a bucket of poop!i will never vote for him, he has been running since day one on a false ticket, he is not a BLACK AFRICAN, HE IS WHITE AND IRAINAN, NOT ENOUGH BLACK BLOOD TO EVEN CALL HIM SELF THAT, HE HAS MISLED THE BLACK FOLKS TO VOTE FOR HIM, HE HAS MISLED THE WHITE FOLKS TO VOTE FOR HIM ALSO- BLIND LEADING THE BLIND

Posted by: pearl elliott | May 7, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

I wish the HRC supporters would come out of the fog. It is shameless to accuse Obama supporters of trashing the Clintons. The Clintons have done nothing but belittle and trash Obama since day one. The race-baiting and flip-flop on FL and MI is only half of it. During Senator Obama’s 10 straight wins in February, Hillary Clinton didn’t even have the decency to congratulate him. What other candidate do you know of has done that?
And it is simply delusional to state that Republicans think Obama is the easier candidate to beat. Listen to Rush Limbaugh lately? Even the McCain campaign has been firing all shots at Obama while ignoring Clinton. It is obvious they wanted Clinton as their opponent. For the benefit of all Americans, Hillary needs to just go away. She stayed in this way past her expiration date and has hurt her party’s chances in the process.

Posted by: Marc V | May 7, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

barack & hillary have the same agenda? REALLY!!!
hillary’s husband bill propagated “don’t ask-don’t tell” as commander in chief, when he could have allowed gays to serve openly in the military. hillary’s husband bill fired joycelyn elders as secretary of hhs cuz she dared to say condom use should be taught in schools. hillary blew healthcare when bill was prez, cuz she wouldn’t stand up to her corporate buddies in the drug & health insurance industries. hillary was for the iraq war, except when it wasn’t conwenient politically. hillary was for nafta, except when it wasn’t conwenient politically. and, hillary wil lie about anything, shift positions on anything, if she sees a political gain from it. you think hillary really forgot that she wasn’t being shot at by snipers in bosnia? that’s a flat out lie, no other way to describe what she said. cold, calculating, premeditated.
the idea of hillary as barack’s running mate?!? please spare me the need to vote for the green party candidate this year!!! please, send the clinton’s home, enough awreddy!!!
if john mccain were *really* smart, he would pick hillary as *HIS* vp candidate. then, at least, hillary would be in the right party – sucking up to the big gov’t corporate interests. unless it’s not politically expedient, of course…
it’s funny to read how the republicans want smaller govt, but they always seem to be the ones increasing it – it’s yust that the military & big biz gets the benefits, tho, while they gut the programs helping the lower classes. true – the dems want “tax & spend”, but it’s a lot better than the republican’s “borrow & spend” programs…
the clinton’s are the worst thing that ever happened to the democratic party – it’s bad enough to support republican candidates, but to support them when they have infiltrated the democratic party? downright sinful…
doug s.

Posted by: doug s. | May 7, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

Very insightful commentary. I believe Clinton’s undoing was her blatant pandering to uneducated voters. She only says things that are designed to get her votes, no matter how silly or impracticle the ideas are. I also don’t like her confrontational style; she’s a very rude and mean spirited spoiled brat.
Why hasn’t Obama pounded her for her husband’s infidelities or her complicity in getting us involved in Iraq? Because Obama is a gentleman!

Posted by: Kit | May 7, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

Congratulations Obama!!! Enough of the Clinton’s and Bush’s. McCain scares me he is a warmonger. Obama is our only chance. The old saying, “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t” but in this case the “devil” we know is a bitch!!

Posted by: Kris | May 7, 2008, 10:51 am 10:51 am

It seems to me that Barack heads for the Demo nomination. the Fall’s presidential race will be fought on three major issues: the status of nation’s economy, the status of nation’s health and the mounting cost of extending health insurance nationwide, and the status of the unlawful wars which are killing millions of innocent lives in Iraq and cost American lives. On the front of Health issues, the cost of extending health insurance coverage to the poor of the population will be ideal but comes with enormouse health insurance cost. I wonder if Barack’s campaign team has any new thought and innovative ideas such as preventive medical clinic and alternative medicines such as http://www.herbal4remedy.com, http://weightlossreview.ultraherbal.org/ etc which are in some extent quite effective for the national hobby of junk food and national disease of obesity.

Posted by: netweb | May 7, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am

You guys might be braindead robots that vote for the party no matter what. I on the other hand have voted democrat my whole life, not because it is the “party”, but because of WHO was running.
I will NOT ever vote for a “party”. I never will swear to just accept anyone as long as they have the (D) next to their name. I vote for the person. If that offends you, too bad. You offend me and America with your ridiculous voting habbits.

Posted by: Krissy K | May 7, 2008, 10:52 am 10:52 am

Out of all Negativity from the media, Obama still won large.Who cares if the Racists do not vote for a black man, you don’t count anyway.Evidently everyone does not think like you, because he’s winning..Obama will be the president, if you don’t like it leave the country…

Posted by: Edna | May 7, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am

Excuse me…there appears to be far more Obama bashing here than rhetoric about supporting our party so those of you asking for Obama supporters to be give Hillary a break….show her some luv, give her time, blah, blah, blah, I don’t think so! Obama has shown this country and this world nothing but his integrity and character, and devotion to being an honest candidate. He’s taken a thrashing, admitted by even the media pundits, over the past several weeks all initiated and pushed by HRC. And many of you claim you won’t vote for Obama, no matter, no what. Good! It proves only that your racist, have no loyalty to the Democratic party because the candidate of choice is black and are to chicken s–t to admit it. Who needs you? I like my enemies up front, in my face and not slithering behind my back so it’s good that you identify yourselves even w/o admitting your bigotry. Vote no thing McCain whose comfortable with 100 more years in Iran and hasn’t a clue about economy. After the trashing that HRC has done, I won’t vote for her in 2008, 2012 or ever unless hell freezes over naturally. And let the world take notice of the big power USA who still holds such prejudices that they couldn’t support a black leader who brought the message of hope and vision and change in Washington but was slighted by the bigots. Yeah, that’ll restore our moral authority, for sure!

Posted by: Lurrienne | May 7, 2008, 10:54 am 10:54 am

Obama is a politician just like Hillary is. The difference is that HE PRETENDS NOT TO BE. He is tricky and not to be trusted. He says he’s not muslim but even Hillary said “I’ll have to take him at his word on that”. Why would she say something like that if she didn’t know something that we don’t! It’s her classy way of saying “If you vote for him you’ll be getting a snake oil salesman”
HILLARY DESERVES THIS. Everybody should just stop the Obama NONSENSE and get serious about who could REALLY be the president.

Posted by: Pierre | May 7, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

For the country’s sake, stop bashing hillary. As much as the media like to turn these races into a load of BS about snipers and reverends and god knows what else, its about the policies that the candidate will support. I will vote for the democratic nominee in Fall because it is in my interest as a citizen and the country’s interest as a whole to have someone with good policies in power. Are any of you HRC supporters really going to vote against the ideals that you believe in just because you fell in love with the candidate?

Posted by: AaronD | May 7, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

Black American’s has voted overwhelmingly for a white democratic presidents, including Bill Clinton who was the biggest beneficially of Black American votes, they were the most loyal democrats in American today, Barak Obama represents both white and black and other minorities, he is the American Dream, so while will white democrats not support a candidate that has up lifted the democratic that was almost kicked to the curb, this guy is probably the most qualified candidate running for president, so is OBama WHITE OR BLACK?, was he raised by WHITE or BLACK family?
or does OBAMA represent everybody in America.

Posted by: sunday sunshine | May 7, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

Now for a republicans point of view. I have voted republican since 1976. I made it through Watergate relatively unscathed. But after the last 8 years, for the first time in my life I am ashamed to be called a republican. With the choices we had for Presidential candidates, the only one I would have voted for dropped out too early in my opinion and that leaves me with what seems to me to be 4 more years of the same inept leadership. I have changed my party affiliation and I do have a lot of respect for both democratic candidates, and would love to have seen HRC be elected President. But either way my vote goes to the democratic candidate. I do feel that an Obama/Clinton ticket would be the best solution. BTW tomdavie and enaudnella, your comments are intelligent and thought provoking.

Posted by: Tom | May 7, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am

hrc ran an excellent second place spoiler campaign which toughened up obama for the general election..she served a vital purpose for all the real democrats who are all for obama. repub’s and racist democrats who voted for hrc r not wanted in our party anyway

Posted by: mike | May 7, 2008, 10:57 am 10:57 am

I believe that our whole Nation had gone insane!!! Does anyone out there read the Bible? Or read Nostrosdamus wrtings? I quote ” A son of ISlam will begin the next word war.” Has anyone concsiderd this name ” Barak Hussen Obama” sure sounds like a son of Islam name to me ! I for one will not vote for him ! I am a democrate but If he does wins I will be changing sides !!!!

Posted by: C. rogers | May 7, 2008, 10:59 am 10:59 am

Congrats Barack. you are undoubtedly a true leader. I know it might be a little bit tough because of you skin; but you will be there soon.
Hi Hillary, your mistake is that you spent most of your time trying to bring Barack down instead of consetrating more on the camp by telling Americans what you will do for them as President. I am sorry its too late now.

Posted by: Prince | May 7, 2008, 11:00 am 11:00 am

Now that the reality of the situation is more apparent, I would like to acknowledge that there is no victory in continuing to bring up the past. The past is there as a lesson but it is grander to move forward away from it in a dignified manner.
The Clintons’ powerful machine isn’t the issue here any longer…it is the ability of their supporters to come to terms with what has happened and not continue the pettiness that has caracterized her campaign.
Opening salvos were not fired by the Obama camp but he was drawn into that type of retribution by his opponent’s overt willingness to utilize these kinds of tactics. The campaign has to be about more than that. It has to be about the recognition that although we have beleived for so long that we were engaged on a correct course, it is time that we re-examined our belief. It can no longer be automatically assumed that because it has been American, it has been correct. We are suffering the consequences of that mentality everywhere in the world today including right here at home.
It is time for Hillary to work with the clear choice of not Obama, but rather what this opportunity represents to this nation as a means to break with some uneasy aspects of our past that we are no longer willing to acknowledge as “the American way.”
So many people incorrectly assumed that Obama’s candidacy would stereotypically reflect the historically long-standing racial disharmony that has held this nation back from continuing its superiority as the world leader in justice. Some even tried to play that card during hte primary campaign but in the end, the truth of the matter is that despite the demographics, White America has also seen the coming of a day where the interests of all are in the hands of all…in finality, this may in fact be a needed step in the realization of the King Dream. We are all equally affected by hwat has gone on and to maintain those divisions along the traditionally ignored lines is to admit that both the King Dream and the American Constitution hold equally low value.
As a nation of pragmatists, we may now be ready to bridge that gap and reassume our position as the herald of truly free society.
I hope that this will be all-inclusive and that those who have expressed a willingness to vote for John McCain would reassess the value of such a vote.

Posted by: abdullah-clifford | May 7, 2008, 11:00 am 11:00 am

OH YEAH AND TO TOP IT OFF THE AFRICAN AMERICANS OVER IN AFRICA CALL THE BLACKS OVER HERE IN THE USA THE N_ WORD. BECAUSE THE AFRICANS DONT CONSIDER THE BLACKS OVER HERE AFRICANS BECAUSE OF ALL THE BULLSHIT THAT THEY DO AND HAVE DONE OVER HERE IN THE USA. AFRICA WOULDNT EVEN WANT THE USA BLACKS OVER IN THEIR COUNTRY. SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU ALL YOU OBAMA SUPPORTERS AND ALL YOU PEOPLE THAT BELIEVE IN THE INTERACIAL RELATIONSHIP AND BABYMAKING. NOW ONLY IMAGINE WHAT HE WILL DO FOR THE USA IF HE ACTUALLY GETS TO BE THE PRESIDENT. LIKE I SAID THINK ABOUT IT.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:00 am 11:00 am

“I’m sorry for telling the truth”. What has this country come to when we have to apologize for telling the truth. For two months now the Republic of Clinton have been conspiring to bring down obama but all they’ve done is hurt the party. As a democratic voter it sickens me when people use any excuse they can come up with as a reason not to vote for Obama, stop hiding behind your keyboards you wouldn’t vote for that “black man” anyway even if hillary decides to step down and endorse him. I personally am a black man and if the super delagates get together and vote against the people I simply will not vote this year. crossing over to vote for Mccain is something I just can’t do. Do you people not understand that Mccain is a former POW and regardless of what has been said he will seek revenge for the things that has happened to him in the past and use our soldiers over there being killed now as his excuse to keep this war going.

Posted by: NashvilleMAN1973 | May 7, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

Okay, I guess my feelings are these:
Before we all start being divisive, lets remember we don’t want a repeat of Bush’s presidency. So, voting for McCain would honestly defeat the purpose no matter who wins this nomination. Whomever our candidate turns out to be, we need to vote for them. I’m not going to go and vote for McCain if Obama has a surprise upset and loses the nomination. I’ll vote for Hilary. I don’t want to have a Republican in office next year.
We need to ask what we really want. If we continue to fight like this over who the better candidate is and vote for McCain if our candidate doesn’t win, I think we have no idea what we really want and no matter who our candidate is, McCain WILL win if we don’t stop acting like morons. We have to stop being so incredibly dense about our politics.
We hate the ways of politicians and yet on message boards, we act just like them. How ironic is that?
And for my last point: I’m 21 and pursuing an undergraduate degree. I’m not stupid and I can make wise decisions. I’ve done so before on big issues. I’d appreciate it if those who seem to think us “young people” have no brains inside our heads would just disappear.
The 18-24 voter turnout this year is TREMENDOUS. Maybe that says something about the candidates we have, maybe the YOUNG PEOPLE finally think there’s someone worth fighting for (and that doesn’t mean just Obama, I know plenty of people my age voting for Hilary). Maybe those not so young people here should take heed, the young and the restless have their stories and their own form of brilliance. We aren’t dumb, especially not in force.
So if we could stop tearing people apart for their political views (to each his own) and stop being so incredibly divisive over candidates, we might be more in a position to elect a democratic president to office. Which IS what we want, right??

Posted by: Anna | May 7, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

I think you americans do not know what you really need. if you dont vote obama then it will be a wasted four years. why should an established democracy like america become monarchical in its thinking.unless it is pretence.

Posted by: stanslaus apwokha | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

We do not need a token president at this time in the White House. What we do need is experience such as the likes of Clinton or Mccain. Young voters need to go help someone graduate from High School and leave them at the stage. Not the White House steps.

Posted by: Butch R | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

I am a HUGE Hillary supporter. I’ve loved here since she was first lady… Was so happy when she won her senate seat and was extatic when she announced she’d be running for president. I, like every other Hillary supporter am a little dissapointed in the outcome of the primaries… But…never in a million years would I vote for a Republican. John Mccain knows nothing about the economy… and has stated he’d have no problem keeping an American military presence over in Iraq for another 100 years… Do we really need a warmonger as our next president? Do we really need another out of touch, right wing republican in charge? I say if you’re a Democrat AND a Hillary supporter… be a Democrat first and a Hillary supporter second. Let’s not lose sight of what’s really important and at stake here. Obama may not have as much experience… but… he IS a Democrat… to me that seals the deal as far as who I will be voting for in November. Those of you who would switch parties and vote for Mccain are obviously not true Democrats with democratic beliefs.

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

Why is it that ABC is tolerating such pathetic racial remarks? Does it mean that you allow all kind of trash in your website?

Posted by: Ileje | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

I can only vote for Obama if he offers her VP or Sec of State…she derserves it and he needs it…Hell, if JFK could make LBJ his VP, Obama can ask Hillary.
I congratulate them both for valiant efforts and hope to vote for Obama in the fall.
a sad Hillary supporter :-(

Posted by: barbaraPA | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

If Obama is the nominee I will vote for McCain. I owe the Democratic party nothing. I switched from independent to Democrat so that I could vote for Hillary in the Florida primary and help end the Bush trainwreck. What a joke!
I do not believe in blind loyalty to the two party system. I think people should choose the best candidate. Hillary would make the best President. Period. You all know it, but some of you don’t “like” her and you like the warm fuzzy way Obama makes you feel. If you needed a brain surgeon would you pick one who used nice fluffy words with no substance or would you pick the one who could perform the surgery best under pressure and sucessfully performed over 100 operations?

Posted by: Amber | May 7, 2008, 11:02 am 11:02 am

My first time on here. Just one quick comment before my entry. I noticed that North Carolina was called WAAAY before any “vpte cpuntong” occurred. That sure is a big “Hmmmmmm”!
My great and wonderful contribution: A balance of power is necessary in our government, which is why Mr. McCain will win. I just have to add a “dig” here: with people in power that are waaaay over to the far left, like Pelosi, we NEED a balance.
Don’t anyone go after my sanity/insanity, I’m neither Democrat nor Republican, only a dumb/unnecessary/uneducated (only got 2 degrees, not a doctorate)person whi has loved the USofA since a child. You bet, I’m voting to keep our country somewhat “fair and balanced” and quasi centrist.

Posted by: Margarita Ana Noriega Sachs | May 7, 2008, 11:04 am 11:04 am

I AGREE WITH YOU ROGER C ALL THE WAY. IT IS IN THE BIBLE AND THAT IS WHAT THE USA IS GOING TO BE HEADED TO BY VOTING HIM IN. THEY WILL LEARN WHEN IT IS WAY TOO LATE.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:05 am 11:05 am

I am not going to criticize anybody, but I agree that HC cannot win the nomination. However, for the sake of the party, for the unity of the party, for beating John McCain in a definitive way, please anydoby tell me, is there a better VP candidate than Hillary? Perhaps, but I don’t think so. But maybe I am just a “dreamer” because some people like to emphasize “winning over” than “winning with”. Let me tell you, my family is divided between Barack and Hillary, and the only way we all vote together is with a Barack Obama/Hillary Clinton ticket. If my family is in the minority, well, maybe this is not important for the rest of you, but for me it is, and I would be very happy if my family gets united behind a ticket.

Posted by: Carlos Albert | May 7, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am

HRC go it alone that is fine, lets see how well you will do in a general election trying to raise enough money, when you have to give yourself a loan just to get by in the Primary. Please Join McCain if you are not a Democrate but only an HRC you have no bussiness mucking up the party go screw with Republicans, good ridense soar loosers.

Posted by: Pilliger | May 7, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am

tomdavie
Thank You. We Love You.
Cheers from Indonesia!

Posted by: rakaryan | May 7, 2008, 11:06 am 11:06 am

Hey stanslaus apwokha: Mind your own business. Get your nose out of our affairs and worry about your own country…whatever it is. We fight amongst ourselves but it stops at the border. Got it?

Posted by: American | May 7, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am

How many people on this post are white and how many are black? If we are white and are pro-Obama then we should not be ashamed to admit that. If we are black and are pro-Obama then we should not be ashamed to admit that either. I am white and am an Indepdent, but I will vote for Obama and am not ashamed to say so!

Posted by: Kris | May 7, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am

I pray for BO. may he winn

Posted by: osir | May 7, 2008, 11:07 am 11:07 am

I pray for BO. may he winn

Posted by: osir | May 7, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

Alberta, i hate to say it but your right. I’m a well educated black man and I support Hillary. It’s sad to watch this race.I know so many of my race that are only voting for Obama because he’s a black man and who care about nothing else. Its so sad that we have so many uneducated people in this country that they would vote only cause of a mans race. This race should by no means be about race or sex because when it does then the whole country will lose.

Posted by: mike | May 7, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am

Obama 08!!
Vote for Change!!

Posted by: rakaryan | May 7, 2008, 11:09 am 11:09 am

Politics in America seems to be going to hell in a hand-basket.
Personally, I would rather have someone in CHARGE that has the experience and a brain… WAKE UP AMERICA… the Reps want Hilary to lose so they can win another 4-8 yrs behind they reigns.
Did we as a country not learn anything after voting “BUSH” in for 8 long years.
How can people back someone with a very short history in politics? That to me is crazy and extremely risky.
This country is in a major crisis…we need someone in there that knows how to play the game….
GO HILARY…. Save this sorry country!!

Posted by: SlySonya | May 7, 2008, 11:10 am 11:10 am

To all of those Democrats out there ! Just because O’Bama wins sometimes doesn’t mean he is a winner, and for clinton I think she’ll always be a winner ! No one realizes it but it is about time we have a smart WOMAN in there as President.It would be a big change rather than a man.And people we can all say that there has been very few good men presidents in our country for these past few years.Give Hillary a break will you, instead let’s help her win! This country of ours needs a drastic change and if we get a wrong president in there now what’s going to happen to our country next? Our economy . is in a lot of trouble,besides Iraq War, and all the terrorist.My opinion is that with having Bush as president now I have a lot of fear of whats next.

Posted by: Jane Bragg | May 7, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

Seriously? Everyone acts like it is a huge suprise that Obama won by 14 points in NC. The state’s democrat vote is 30% black in a very very racially divided state. The press/media way over hyped that HRC even had a chance in NC, it was not true at all. However, I do point out that it was her best showing in a true southern state that is racially divided with a high african american population. It is time for HRC to concede because Obama has won not based on his views but it truly comes down to who he is and who he appeals to based on his background. As much as I hate it, John Mccain will win in the fall because the blue collar democrats will not unify for Obama and Obama will lose swing states like PA,OH,IN,WV,AR. Today is a sad day for the real democrats.

Posted by: daniel | May 7, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

So you are willing to gamble. Gamble the USA on someone who uses catchy words to campaign on. You would rather have someone with zero expirence vs others that have a lifetime of expirence. Well I do not share the same vision. I vote for the person, not the party. I have voted democrat, and call myself a democrat. I will not just blindly accept the worst of the three just because he has a (D) next to his name.
Shame on you that base my not voting for Obama on race. If that is how petty you Obama supporters are, fine it shows your true selfish selves. My vote has nothing to do with race, but on performance and qualifications. Obama has none. I don’t count “change” as much of a resume’.
As mad as I am now, I don’t care if John McCaine is president. It is better than “nothing but change” Obama. Maybe this is what my party needs anyway, a good house cleaning of the racists that just blindly follow the party instead of the person.

Posted by: Krissy K | May 7, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

WHY DO WE WANT A BLACK PRESIDENT THAT DOESNT EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD. HE DONT EVEN PUT HIS HAND ACROSS HIS HEART WHEN THE NATIONAL ANTHEM IS BEING SUNG AND SAID. HE DONT EVEN SAY ONE NATION UNDER GOD. AND THAT IS THE TYPE OF PRESIDENT YOU OBAMA SUPPORTERS WANT. I SURELY DONT WANT A BLACK MAN IN AS PRESIDENT AND ESPECIALLY ONE THAT DOESNT BELEIVE IN THE LORD ALMIGHTY.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

hey amber – you ask:
“If you needed a brain surgeon would you pick one who used nice fluffy words with no substance or would you pick the one who could perform the surgery best under pressure and sucessfully performed over 100 operations?”
i ask you: would you pick a brain surgeon that has had a history of repeated screw-ups, or one w/little experience, but what experience they have, is good?
doug s.

Posted by: doug s. | May 7, 2008, 11:13 am 11:13 am

I agree:
A small note to Hillary Clinton Supporters:
I should tell you that I support barcak Obama. For those of you that say they will vote for John McCain in the fall if Obama wins the nomination, let me ask you a question: Why did you decide to become a democrat? For me, it was my parents. My parents told me to alwayd vote democratic if you want someone in the White House that cares about poor People. It wasn’t until I got older, more educated, and smarter that I actually determined FOR MYSELF why I am voting democratic. Although I do share some conservative views, my core beliefs are democratic. I could write on forever about why I am a democrat, but the question is why are you?
Are you so bitter about the fact that Hillary Clinton will lose that you will vote against your core beliefs? I am talking especially for the mothers out there. Obama and Clinton both have specific plans that will make College and health Care very affordable. Voting for McCain means that this will not happen. McCain has shown that he hasn’t got a clue when it comes to the economy yet you will vote for him anyway? You would risk the health of our economy (meaning you will probably end up jobless or will have to take a paycut) because of your bitterness?
These things happen all the time in Primaries. Someone’s favorite candidate will lose the nomination. But you have to remember that the other democrat is more like your favorite than the republican. Please do not allow the child-like comments of Obama’s supporters take your mind off of what is best for you. Listen instead to Obama. He congratulates her on every victory and contantly commends her for being formidable.

Posted by: new citizen | May 7, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

white power,i believe that in this country, their is a lot of good black men and women,yes their is a lot of interbreeding going on ,in fact among the mexicans also every race seems to be wanting to mix with the whites, but whose fault is it? long time ago this country had the same problem with the indians, now we have indian blood in most of us- but the thing with Little O, is he is denying his race, he is not black!he is white and irannian he does not have enough black blood to even say he is black, in fact he has got a orange tinge to his skin, why is he denying his race?is it because we are having problems with the irannians?i am for Clinton always have been,Obama wants to give every black child born here a thousand dollars what about the poor white children?dont they count?why has he decieved the black folks about his race?why hasnt he left his church a long time ago?he knew his preacher was going to be a problem, in fact when he first made his decision to run for president he and his wife met the preacher in secret, why? and he promotes hate in his ralleys – i am very sad that this country has been misled by him

Posted by: PEARL ELLIOTT | May 7, 2008, 11:15 am 11:15 am

Krissy…you’re just mad because the girl is getting beat by the boy. Performance and qualifications? Are you kidding? You can’t be referring to Hillary. You obviously need to go to Obama’s website and read his entire platform. There is way more substance there than most people think. Boys rule!

Posted by: Obama rules | May 7, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am

OVAL HOUSE IS NOT A ROYAL,OFFICES,,4ROM BUSH-TO-CLINTON,CLINTON-TO-BUSH-BUSH AGAIN-TO-CLINTON.NO WAY IS TIME 4 REAL CHANGES

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

White power needs to shut his inbred mouth up, nobody wants to hear that mess. White Power my ass more like Loser power, Don’t you have your sister or mother to sleep with instead of writting your thoughts down where intelligent people are gathering? the South would never rise again, let it go sweetheart!

Posted by: bodilove | May 7, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

To the Supporters of the Clinton campaign…. you had a very electible, fierce, and hard working candidate. I think anyone can respect that. I have never been a fan of hers, and to be honest the thought of her as president makes my head spin to put it as semantically as I can. But I GUARANTEE I would give her my vote in November over the cronyism of Mccain.
I remember the Clinton years, they were great. We all had money, life was good, America was the greatest country in the world. And I attribute a large portion of that to the work Bill Clinton did as president, and I would understand why you would want those times again, hell, we all do. And honestly the best news of the week is that we are on the cusp of having them again. Remember that the policy differences between the Democratic candidates is negligible, every reason you supported Hillary is the reason you should support Obama.
Maybe he is the best of both worlds, he is obviously a fighter, has all of the good stuff we look for in a democrat, and doesnt have the baggage of a Clinton (im just speaking logically, not attempting to isult). He has downsides too, but you have to weigh them against those of the others and see which is the lesser.
I think at this point the people have spoken, America has spoken. Now let us speak together in November. Id be hurt if Hillary won, so I understand your pain and I am sympathetic. But its over now, take some time to heal up, get your breath back, and lets get a Democrat back in office.

Posted by: DAN | May 7, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

OBAMA IS STILL BLACK HE IS JUST A LIGHTER BREED OF ONE UNLESS HE IS TAKING THOSE PILLS THAT WHITENS YOUR SKIN OR GETTING HIS SKIN BLEACHED. BUT HE IS STILL BLACK AND I AM SORRY BUT WE WILL END UP IN A NUCLEAR WAR WITH HIM AND IT STATES IT IN THE BIBLE. SO WHY NOT VOTE HILLARY. I VOTED FOR HER FROM THE START AND WILL VOTE FOR HER TO THE FINISH. I WILL VOTE FOR A WHITE PERSON NO MATTER WHAT IF HILLARY DOES NOT MAKE IT IN THE PRESIDENCY. ONLY A GOOD WHITE PERSON I WILL VOTE FOR NOT MCCAIN FOR DAMN SURE

Posted by: whIte power | May 7, 2008, 11:22 am 11:22 am

I can’t believe all the Clinton bashers out there. You must like the economy that Bush has presented us. Doesn’t anyone remember how good the economy was under Bill Clinton or are all posters too young to remember? We would maybe get that back under HRC. I wouldn’t have been able to retire early if not for the 90′s economy. Show some respect for the good job that Clinton did. Wake up America!

Posted by: T | May 7, 2008, 11:23 am 11:23 am

I can’t believe all the Clinton bashers out there. You must like the economy that Bush has presented us. Doesn’t anyone remember how good the economy was under Bill Clinton or are all posters too young to remember? We would maybe get that back under HRC. I wouldn’t have been able to retire early if not for the 90′s economy. Show some respect for the good job that Clinton did. Wake up America!

Posted by: T | May 7, 2008, 11:24 am 11:24 am

Tom,
You’re a liar! You are not a Democrat who is reluctantly going for the “Old Man”. It’s Republicans like you who have caused my Democratic Party so much grief. There will be a Democrat in the White House and it will be Barack Obama as president and possibly Hillary Clinton as his vice president. I’d prefer perhaps Al Gore as vice president but it would seem the underhanded tactics of the republicans have forced this. In any scenario there will not be a John McCain with his third Bush term in that white house. Count on it!

Posted by: Derek Williams | May 7, 2008, 11:26 am 11:26 am

BODILOVE MUST BE A OBAMA SUPPORTER THEM. NO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR AND FOR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE USA THROUGH IF HE MAKES IT TO BE THE PRESIDENT. AND I AINT NO INBREED AND I DONT NEED TO SLEEP WITH ANY OF MY FAMILY YOU STUPID BITCH. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND I WILL POST WHAT I WANT FREEDOM OF SPEECH DUMBASS. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT CLOSE THE SCREEN.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:26 am 11:26 am

BODILOVE MUST BE A OBAMA SUPPORTER THEM. NO ALL YOU PEOPLE OUT THERE NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE VOTING FOR AND FOR WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING THE USA THROUGH IF HE MAKES IT TO BE THE PRESIDENT. AND I AINT NO INBREED AND I DONT NEED TO SLEEP WITH ANY OF MY FAMILY YOU STUPID BITCH. SO SHUT THE HELL UP AND I WILL POST WHAT I WANT FREEDOM OF SPEECH DUMBASS. IF YOU DONT LIKE IT CLOSE THE SCREEN.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:26 am 11:26 am

White Power…
What chapter and verse are you reading that????

Posted by: Kris | May 7, 2008, 11:27 am 11:27 am

I believe that the time has come for the DNC leadership to approach the Clinton campaign to seriously discuss a gracious exit, which I have no doubt that Sen. Clinton will do. It hurts the party to have this contest continue, and distracts us from the ultimate goal of defeating the Republicans and restoring America’s position as the standard bearer for freedom and democracy in the world. To all Clinton supporters, please do not take any defeat personally, after all, we are democrats and should do what’s in the best interest of the party. Let’s get behind Sen. Obama and bring sanity and reason back to the White House.

Posted by: Remy | May 7, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am

Good Morning America! You know, I’ve been watching this thing at a distance not really decided on who to cast my lot in for. The Tuesday bi-State primary has helped me to see something significant in all of the hype going on. One man, Obama, has experienced an unprecedented amount of antagonism and political abuse more than any candidate during any primary in the history of this modern world. And again, IT’S STILL IN THE PRIMARIES. he is weathering storms created from or by the Clintons, McCain’s Camp, his former pastor, all the mass-media “spin doctors” and Rush and his sickening “Operation Whatever it is…”
Point is, it must be something to this man (Obama) because everyone is trying so hard to discredit and humilate him. Some say this is politics, but I say this is racism 101. What really amazes me is that traditional “white male blue collar workersism” and the ideology associated with it concerns me, particularly because the Clinton’s have allowed their true racial suppositions to surface and now you have a black candidate pitted against traditional rural white America, and a white female candidate relying on this to get her into the oval office. Look, for years I have worked in rural white America in Indiana, one of the breeding place for domestic terrorism via KKK. The place where infamous lynchings took place say 40 years in Marion; the same place where the 1st black sherrif for Grant County who in 1999 had to be protected because the Indiana KKK came from all over suited up to the tune of ready to battle because they couldn’t stomach a black sherrif running the county. I’m talking about the state where I think the mayor or the governor say during the 30′s or so was the grand wizard for the KKK. If we all look through the worldview of objectivity and reality, the race issue is still a factor and I pray does not determine who our president will be. Listen, anytime you have people from the HRC camp saying if she doesn’t win they will vote for McCain, then what does that say? That signals to me a red flag of potential domestic turmoil. believe it or not there is no difference ideologically or politically between JM and HRC. He is a liberal conservative and she is a conservative democrat. If either wins, you will have same old soup warmed over. Remember, HRC was groomed by the good ‘ol boy system of Arkansas and beyond. So America, do as you please; but I will contend with this: Obama represents all of America in race, in creed, in nationality, in color which speaks to the kind of melting pot our Nation really is. He looks more like America than any candidate ever. I’m not saying this because he’s black, I’m saying it because it’s true. Case and point: if this were say, the 50′s or 60′s will he still be alive today or would we be celebrating and appreciating his efforts while he’s gone. As for experience I don’t care if a candidate has 40 years of political experience, war hero, grassroots professional, etc. Hiliary says she’s more experienced, McCain says he’s more experienced, Obama says he has experience but the truth is: NEITHER OF THEM HAVE ACTUAL PRESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE and whoever wins it will have to take the first 3 years to LEARN HOW TO BE PRESIDENT. So my analysis is this, and the aforemntioned being the case; the one who is most ready to run this country is the one who is most teachable and most humble. Haughtiness come before pride and pride comes before the fall. Humility and a teachable will is what Washington is in need of, not pandering, waffling or complaining or divisve politics; but someone who is willing to bring something to the table as well as learn from that same table. History is about to be made…

Posted by: Kev | May 7, 2008, 11:28 am 11:28 am

Good Morning America! You know, I’ve been watching this thing at a distance not really decided on who to cast my lot in for. The Tuesday bi-State primary has helped me to see something significant in all of the hype going on. One man, Obama, has experienced an unprecedented amount of antagonism and political abuse more than any candidate during any primary in the history of this modern world. And again, IT’S STILL IN THE PRIMARIES. he is weathering storms created from or by the Clintons, McCain’s Camp, his former pastor, all the mass-media “spin doctors” and Rush and his sickening “Operation Whatever it is…”
Point is, it must be something to this man (Obama) because everyone is trying so hard to discredit and humilate him. Some say this is politics, but I say this is racism 101. What really amazes me is that traditional “white male blue collar workersism” and the ideology associated with it concerns me, particularly because the Clinton’s have allowed their true racial suppositions to surface and now you have a black candidate pitted against traditional rural white America, and a white female candidate relying on this to get her into the oval office. Look, for years I have worked in rural white America in Indiana, one of the breeding place for domestic terrorism via KKK. The place where infamous lynchings took place say 40 years in Marion; the same place where the 1st black sherrif for Grant County who in 1999 had to be protected because the Indiana KKK came from all over suited up to the tune of ready to battle because they couldn’t stomach a black sherrif running the county. I’m talking about the state where I think the mayor or the governor say during the 30′s or so was the grand wizard for the KKK. If we all look through the worldview of objectivity and reality, the race issue is still a factor and I pray does not determine who our president will be. Listen, anytime you have people from the HRC camp saying if she doesn’t win they will vote for McCain, then what does that say? That signals to me a red flag of potential domestic turmoil. believe it or not there is no difference ideologically or politically between JM and HRC. He is a liberal conservative and she is a conservative democrat. If either wins, you will have same old soup warmed over. Remember, HRC was groomed by the good ‘ol boy system of Arkansas and beyond. So America, do as you please; but I will contend with this: Obama represents all of America in race, in creed, in nationality, in color which speaks to the kind of melting pot our Nation really is. He looks more like America than any candidate ever. I’m not saying this because he’s black, I’m saying it because it’s true. Case and point: if this were say, the 50′s or 60′s will he still be alive today or would we be celebrating and appreciating his efforts while he’s gone. As for experience I don’t care if a candidate has 40 years of political experience, war hero, grassroots professional, etc. Hiliary says she’s more experienced, McCain says he’s more experienced, Obama says he has experience but the truth is: NEITHER OF THEM HAVE ACTUAL PRESIDENTIAL EXPERIENCE and whoever wins it will have to take the first 3 years to LEARN HOW TO BE PRESIDENT. So my analysis is this, and the aforemntioned being the case; the one who is most ready to run this country is the one who is most teachable and most humble. Haughtiness come before pride and pride comes before the fall. Humility and a teachable will is what Washington is in need of, not pandering, waffling or complaining or divisve politics; but someone who is willing to bring something to the table as well as learn from that same table. History is about to be made…

Posted by: Kev | May 7, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am

WoW… So there are definately some mature, educated people in here (of different races, backgrounds, etc…) and there are quite a few racist, uneducated people as well (you know who you are “whitepower”)… this presidential race should not be about race, sex, religion, etc… It should be about who’s best suited to be president. All 3 have good qualities and bad. Hillary was my first choice, but she isn’t going to win the nomination. My next choice is Obama. I am a young, gay man that 100% for womens rights to an abortion, I am against the death penalty, strongly against the “war” in Iraq. Mccain has nothing i want. He doesnt beleive in anything I believe in. If not Hillary, then Barrack is the next best choice to improve this country.

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am

Hon take a look at this mornings headlines. “Obama gets unanimous black vote. Hillary gets white-collar working vote.” With out the racists voting stricky for color, Hillary wins.
To those of you that are insanely voting for the “party” just because. You need to get a life. If I am a democrat and decide NOT to vote for Obama, that is MY decision as an American. Gee, who’s more patriotic and more American – the person voting based on strickly party, or the person voting based on the person.
Stick it out Hillary! The people in the states which primaries are coming are depending on you.

Posted by: Krissy K | May 7, 2008, 11:31 am 11:31 am

KRIS:
I AM NOT SURE BUT IT IS DEFINATELY IN THE BIBLE THAT AN ISLAM WILL START THE NEXT WORLD WAR AND SOME OTHER STUFF. I WILL ASK MY GRANDMOTHER WHAT VERSE AND PSALM IT IS FROM AND I WILL POST IT LATER ON TONIGHT.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:34 am 11:34 am

I get a kick out of reading some of these comments; but I also feel very frightened at many that place emotions over wisdom. What scares me is that America voted an idiot into office in the last two elections, and the world laughed and moaned. And many have paid dearly for our stupidity and ill-informed voting habits. Voting is one of the most important decisions you will make in your lifetime. It impacts you, your children, and the world — for a very long time. And you have four years to study for it. It’s not about liking a person; but about what you know about the candidate and your best educated opinion on how that person will LEAD and guide other members of our government to perform their responsibilities in the highest fashion possible; as well as how that person represents the American people and their interests at home and across the world. We have done a very poor job of managing our government and we only have ourselves – the people- to blame (e.g George W Bush–twice even!). In the future, I hope that the president elect will tap some of America’s brightest for various Cabinet roles (e.g. Colin Powell, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, John Edwards to name a few). Obama is visionary and a leader by nature; Clinton and McCain are not.

Posted by: Paul | May 7, 2008, 11:35 am 11:35 am

Hey White Power:
I don’t like Whitey. What do you think of that, Cracker-Head? I bet you have Confederate flags in your room, a shiny Harley Davidson in the garage, and a bunch of fat, bald friends who sit around drinking Coors or some other pansy drink while trying hard to think of some kind of way of showing that you are superior to other races.
Hide and be scared, you girly white boy.
Obama is going to conquer the world for the BLACK MAN. HA HA HA

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 11:35 am 11:35 am

LET ME TELL U SOME THING THAT IS HAPPINING IN MILITRY TODAY ,,AM AN AMERICAN ARMY IN IRAG,,WHY BIN-LADIN,INVADED US IS THAT,THE TWO FAMILIES,,BUSHS-CLINTONS AND-BIN-LADIN,FAMILIES HAVE A BUSINESS IN COMMON,,,AFTER THE SOVIET WAR,,AND THEIR TOWN ARROUND AND CASTIGATE BIN-LADIN,,AND MAKE HIM USELESS,,AND DUNP HIM OFF,,SO THINK ABOUT IT AND HELP ELECT OBAMA AS A PRESIDENT,,SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK HOME AND SEE OUR BELOVED KIDS.WE ARE DIEING HEAR,,BCOS OF OIL BUSH FAMILIES ARE TAKING 4ROM IRAG.TELL FELLOW AMERICANS THIS LIVE 4ROM IRAG

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 11:35 am 11:35 am

You are all pathetic. Sect tripping like a bunch of children, running around talking about defecting to the republicans because Obama is going to win. Racist ass weak minded followers of men. This is about principles. The republicans don’t have this issues because they don’t care about those type of things. They just want another term in which they fleece the American people and destroy our image overseas. This is beyond me. The tatics used by HRC were/are not what i expect of the next leader of the free world and if you think them ok, then you certainly are not using your head. No matter who wins i’ll be voting for them in the primaries…democrats….

Posted by: JIMMIE | May 7, 2008, 11:36 am 11:36 am

Noticed a post that suggested Jennifer Granholm as VP candidate. Sorry she’s not a natural born citizen since she’s from Canada. Nice try to get Michigan voters re-engaged. We’re not buying it. We’ll be voting for John McCain if our votes are fully counted as cast and certified by our Secretary of State. Oh and by the way I’m also a well educated high income earning latte drinker. Obama can’t win the White House without Michigan and Florida and working white Americans. Donna Brazille is offensive and should be fired. The DNC is corrupt!

Posted by: OutragedMichiganVoter | May 7, 2008, 11:37 am 11:37 am

Call me “Monica,” but the Clintons have left a bad taste in my mouth. Hillary, her staff, and Bill went way too negative on Obama. Bill once complained of the “politics of personal destruction,” but proved he can dish it out a lot better than he can take it, even playing the race card–something I never thought possible.
I came to see in the Clintons everything I hate about the GOP. This has upset me. I feel betrayed by the Clintons the same way I did with the 11th-hour presidential pardons.
I know a lot of people are upset their candidate will not likely win, but I think they only way to truly heal and unite is to get it all out there and really understand each other. If that drives you to support the Geo. W. Bush legacy, I think you need to take account of your critical thinking faculties.
Though wounded myself by the Clintons, I can say with complete honestly that if Hillary can pull this one out without forcing the DNC to change the rules, she has my full support. It’s not all about personal feelings. I want this world to be a better place, and we should all realize that Clinton or Obama offer more hope than McCain.

Posted by: Etaoin Shrdlu | May 7, 2008, 11:41 am 11:41 am

I am a Hilary supporter…
There is no way I will ever vote for McCain. O’Bama scares me, mostly due to his lack of experience ‘which he has stated himself, by the way’ I will vote for him if Hilary is taken out of the race.
I have had enough of the Republicans in this lifetime! Even lack of experience is better than another ‘Bush’ in office

Posted by: SlySonya | May 7, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am

We are not BORN as racists, we are TAUGHT to be racists. Our parents, teachers, church leaders, friends, family, aquaintances all TEACH us to be racist due to their beliefs or experiences. I am a 56 yo, white female that fortunately I was not raised by these beliefs or experiences. Not that I didn’t observe it growing up, it was all around me in later years but I was able to socialize with whites and blacks and never felt any differences. We were all friends and grew up together. It is sad to hear how some people are so racist that they cannot see beyond it.

Posted by: Kris | May 7, 2008, 11:42 am 11:42 am

You people(yeah you people)! As an outsider, I honestly believe Americans are the most distracted humans on the planet. Your arrogance towards each other will be the demise of this great country. 8 YRS OF BULLSHIT, and you would sacrifice that because of stupidity? What is wrong with you people? The greatest country on earth is inhibited by the dumbest people on earth. who ever wins (except Mccain) why not set your ego and differences aside and give them a chance? if they don’t perform you kick them out after 4 yrs Duh!!! Make your power be worth something, you people already look like asses for voting for bush TWICE!!! WOW!
USE YOUR HEAD!!!

Posted by: bodilove | May 7, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

“This fall, we intend to march forward as one Democratic Party, united by a common vision for this country,” he said. “Because we all agree that at this defining moment in history — a moment when we’re facing two wars, an economy in turmoil, a planet in peril, a dream that feels like it’s slipping away for too many Americans — we can’t afford to give John McCain the chance to serve out George Bush’s third term. We need change in America.”
Barack Obama, North Carolina Victory Speech, 6 May 08

Posted by: LA in Indiana | May 7, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

I am a registered Dem, and pretty independent. I think John McCain is a great patriot, and respect his service to the country. I also think his time is past. He should have been the Rep. candidate, eight years ago. He is now trying to inherit a Rep. legacy of “W”. That does not cut it, for me. We never should have gone into Iraq, and need to admit that and allow them to put their country back together (hopefully with the help of the UN…although “W” thumbed our collective noses at the UN).
Now, Barack and Hillary…I will vote for the nominee…whichever one that is.
Actually, their positions on the issues are pretty similar.
I happen to like Barack. He is fresh, and offers hope…the country needs someone fresh, and definitely needs hope after the last 8 years of “W”.
I happen to like Hillary. She is strong and tenacious. The country needs strength of leadership, after the current era of misinformation and the personal egos that the last 8 years have provided.
I voted for Barack. I will assume, at this point that he will be the nominee. I think he will surround himself with good people to help lead this country forward.
One of those good people should be Hillary. Personally, I think she would be much more effective in a cabinet position than as a toke VP.
Bottom line: the country needs change!
I will take Barack or Hillary…I would prefer both!!

Posted by: Jake | May 7, 2008, 11:43 am 11:43 am

I think this whole thing with the Blacks voting en masse for Obama is disgusting. Most of them are only voting for him because he is Balck. They do not know one thing he stands for. It is also disgusting because all of the BLack radio stations constantly advise Blacks to vote for him simply because he is Black instead of informing the Black community of why they should vote for him. Anytime a Black person in Black families want to vote for Hillary, they become outsiders. Black college radio stations and talk shows also propmote wholesale voting for Obama simply because he is Black. I am so tired of the screaming and the rhetoric on Obama’s part. He thinks he is Jesus resurrected. I am so afraid for this country if he is elected. The world is in such a state that experience is essential. Let us “hope” for four more years and let him get experience. What are the old politics? He sounds so angry all the time and nothing is worth saving to him. Hillary is really the one who has brought Dems and Republicans together in working relatioships in Washington. So where is the change he is going to do there. First he has to understand the workings of Washington in order to help make effective changes. He does not fully understand the workings of the enormous job of the Presidency.
This land of opportunity says that Hillary can ruin as long as she needs to. If Obama needs the party to “prepare” him, what good is it? If Obama is truly the right candidate, he will win on his own merit. If he is not right, nothing will make it right. No one group all like the same candidate unless they polarize. Obama got a portion of the white vote, but mostly all Blacks voted just for him. This means that in this case the Blacks are racists. Yet when white don’t vote for him, Blacks call them racists. This thing of Blacks threatening retaliation if he is not chosen is tragic. They need to understand how little voting power we have in general elections. If they were fair, they would accept the decision of the delegates on deciding which candidate would beat McCain in the fall. Instead we want to set our own parameters. Go Hillary! Here is a strong Black woman who supports you who is not allowed to express it in our community. Go Hillary. Don’t let the media decide for you. Hang in there for the struggle for all women!

Posted by: Anne C | May 7, 2008, 11:44 am 11:44 am

so he wins – obama i mean– and then one third of the party, supporters for hillary don’t vote or actually vote for Johnny – and he wins. Why? because carl rove, i mean team hillary, have used anything to try and win. manipulation works, and destroys. I can’t wait to see how she will respond with support after it’s over. What might she say at this point? i like him, or obama is good for the nation and the party? McCain is should hire hillary for his campaign, he couldn’t say it half as good as she does… but hasn’t needed to for the past 15 months. He’s laughing all the way to the bank.

Posted by: ad | May 7, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

tomdavie, I have read your comments from time to time and i would like to say thank you to your willingness to accept circumstances and rally behind Obama to make certain that we win the White House. That’s big of you, I hope other Hillary supporters will take on your persona.
Obama

Posted by: ObamaforPresident | May 7, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

so he wins – obama i mean– and then one third of the party, supporters for hillary don’t vote or actually vote for Johnny – and he wins. Why? because carl rove, i mean team hillary, have used anything to try and win. manipulation works, and destroys. I can’t wait to see how she will respond with support after it’s over. What might she say at this point? i like him, or obama is good for the nation and the party? McCain is should hire hillary for his campaign, he couldn’t say it half as good as she does… but hasn’t needed to for the past 15 months. He’s laughing all the way to the bank.

Posted by: ad | May 7, 2008, 11:45 am 11:45 am

it so sad that the Clinton supporters are taking the election to another level,Bill and Hillary should give up the race Obama for president, he has already won the Democratic elected nominee.

Posted by: Engr Olu Idiakhoa | May 7, 2008, 11:46 am 11:46 am

hmmm, I voted for PRESIDENT Bush both times, I voted for PRESIDENT Reagan, I voted for PRESIDENT Bush Senior(1st time)I voted for PRESIDENT Clinton 2 times (I am proud to say I did not vote for Carter)…McCain will win whatever loosing POLITICIAN he runs against, he has the experience and tenacity of the Clinton(s)camp, the drive and energy of the Obama tribe and the brash “I don’t care what anyone thinks of me” attitude needed in a STRONG leader. At the end of this circus PRESIDENT McCain will have domain. . . end of sermon.

Posted by: Jason Thurman | May 7, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

Hey Bodilove,
Stay out of our politics. Punk.
I do like one thing you said, though. “The greatest country on earth is inhibited by the dumbest people on earth.”
You should stop inhibiting us. Start now.

Posted by: Jeff | May 7, 2008, 11:48 am 11:48 am

HEY BLACK POWER:
YOU ARE NOTHING BUT A PANSY A** B****, SO YOU NEED TO GROW THE H*** UP AND GET THE F*** OUT OF THIS COMMENTING YOU ARROGANT N*****. NO I DONT HAVE CONFEDERATE FLAGS, NOR DO I DRINK BEER. HATE THAT S*** BUT YOU ARE STILL A N***** FOREVER AND ALWAYS.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

Kris… I could not agree with you more… Whitepower and Blackpower…you both might as well be the same person… Both of you are coming off as ignorant, bigots… trying to talk about the bible (whitepower) I’m willing to bet you havn’t ever even read it (assuming you can read)… blackpower… does responding to his comments with racist comments of your own make you any better… My god people … grow up!!! Please

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

We non-Americans have been watching with keen interest the goings on in the Democratic Party. We would really see in the end how democratic Americans in the Democratic party are. Moving above tribal, racial, educational and sectional interests and choosing the better candidate, to us is the hallmark of true democracy. But making comments of bad losers and having unsportsmanship attitude is not what we hope to learn from the best democracy in the world.

Posted by: Pato | May 7, 2008, 11:50 am 11:50 am

Let’s not forget how this primary got so nasty in the first place. HRC was backed into a corner because Obama was inspiring people. Well, the only way to stop people from being inspired by him is to show them how “naive” and “inexperienced” he is. She ran into a buzzsaw and had no choice but to go negative. I don’t think shes evil, she just didn’t have any other options. Really, the two of them only differ on a couple of issues, so to distance herself from him, she had to show you how “bad for the country” he would be. Obama, to hang onto his lead, he had no choice but to “rise above” the “petty chatter”, because his campaign was based on being a fresh, different, and principled choice for the presidency. It’s nothing more than a chess match, a game, and a lot of people on here on both sides are taking it way too personally.

Posted by: longshot11 | May 7, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am

I AM A HILLARY SUPPORTER ALL THE WAY!!!

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:51 am 11:51 am

The Democratic party is in turmoil and we have no one to blame but ourselves. When you read the blogs and look at the media coverage, you see Democrat against Democrat. At this stage of the game the party should be focusing on a way to win the Presidental election, not the primary Elections. There is no doubt in my mind the Republican party is loving every single bit of this turmoil and will use it to work on their strategies to win the election while we sit here and give them the ammo. As a devoted Democrat, I have given my time volunteering in campaigns, participating in the caucus’s, and becoming a delegate. When I attend my state convention this summer, I am sure the previous events of backstabbing, cheating on votes, and party divisions by race and gender that I have witnessed, will unfold once more. Say what you want about either candidate but the truth is, as a whole, neither will have enough commmittment from the Democratic voters to win the presidental election. Even the hardcore Democratics will forgo their own beliefs because of the nature in which this campaign has unfolded. I give both candidates my respect and admiration for their endurance in such a long and hard fought battle. Should either of them give up? I don’t think that will, or should happen. Should the Democrats of this country quit fueling a fire for Republicans to have another term. YOU BET THEY SHOULD! We realize that no matter what candidate we choose now, we will lose voters to the Republicans. The course the democratic primary race has taken thus far is already in the history books. We must change that course now OR, lose it all. Hoorah, to the candidates that realize that no matter what is said or done at this stage of the game, the real fight hasn’t even begun. Do we continue to fuel the fire for the Presidential election or take the necessary steps to put it out? The choice is ours. Choose wisely!

Posted by: Jane | May 7, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

Skysports.com

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

Why is everyone avoiding the obvious truth?You McCain democrats would rather vote for another republican president then vote for a black man.I personally don,t care who you elect,because I have plenty of money and resources.I think another 4 years,(or maybe even 8 years of republican rule),might be just what you Idiots need.By then the death toll in Iraq would have increased dramatically,the country would be bankrupt,The rest of the world would know how racist,and stupid we still are,people like a lot of the Mccain democrats will have lost their jobs,and health benefits,and once again they,ll see why it dose,nt make sense to bite off your nose to spite your face.As McCain goes senile in office,(like ronald R),sputtering that he “dose,nt know anything about economics”,maybe then they,ll realize how stupid and childish they were.I,m sure if bush could run for a third term against Obama,he would win.You,d forgive him for the lies,deaths of our soldiers,and the Iraqis,and the destruction he has caused as long as he is white.GO McCain,Go bigots.Jw

Posted by: james witherspoon | May 7, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

HEY DEMOCRATICFIRST:
YEAH DUMBA** I CAN READ AND YES I DO READ THE BIBLE, SO SPEAK WHEN SPOKEN TO, DONT SEND ME YOUR UNRELIGIOUS BELIEFS MY WAY. YOU DONT EVEN KNOW ME SO DONT YOU EVER SAY THAT I DONT READ THE BIBLE, YOU DEMOCRATICFIRST CU**.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

LET ME TELL U SOME THING THAT IS HAPPINING IN MILITRY TODAY ,,AM AN AMERICAN ARMY IN IRAG,,WHY BIN-LADIN,INVADED US IS THAT,THE TWO FAMILIES,,BUSHS-CLINTONS AND-BIN-LADIN,FAMILIES HAVE A BUSINESS IN COMMON,,,AFTER THE SOVIET WAR,,AND THEIR TOWN ARROUND AND CASTIGATE BIN-LADIN,,AND MAKE HIM USELESS,,AND DUNP HIM OFF,,SO THINK ABOUT IT AND HELP ELECT OBAMA AS A PRESIDENT,,SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK HOME AND SEE OUR BELOVED KIDS.WE ARE DIEING HEAR,,BCOS OF OIL BUSH FAMILIES ARE TAKING 4ROM IRAG.TELL FELLOW AMERICANS THIS LIVE 4ROM IRAG

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

LET ME TELL U SOME THING THAT IS HAPPINING IN MILITRY TODAY ,,AM AN AMERICAN ARMY IN IRAG,,WHY BIN-LADIN,INVADED US IS THAT,THE TWO FAMILIES,,BUSHS-CLINTONS AND-BIN-LADIN,FAMILIES HAVE A BUSINESS IN COMMON,,,AFTER THE SOVIET WAR,,AND THEIR TOWN ARROUND AND CASTIGATE BIN-LADIN,,AND MAKE HIM USELESS,,AND DUNP HIM OFF,,SO THINK ABOUT IT AND HELP ELECT OBAMA AS A PRESIDENT,,SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK HOME AND SEE OUR BELOVED KIDS.WE ARE DIEING HEAR,,BCOS OF OIL BUSH FAMILIES ARE TAKING 4ROM IRAG.TELL FELLOW AMERICANS THIS LIVE 4ROM IRAG

Posted by: mega | May 7, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

The most important “change” that everyone seems to miss is, We The People.
Obama is asking We The People to become engaged in the political process. We stick our heads in the sand every 4 years and expect everything to be just peachy. Sticking our heads in the sand for the last 8 yrs has gotten us what? I’m sure you can make your own list.
Become engaged in the process. Pay attention to what our elected leaders are doing. Become an active participant. Stop sitting around whining about what the president and government is not doing for you and start doing for yourself.

Posted by: LA in Indiana | May 7, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am

its hard to believe that all u democrats have forgotten just how great bill was for this country….he will be on mount rushmore some day……his wife should be president because he would be running things in the background while she takes the credit

Posted by: mike | May 7, 2008, 11:55 am 11:55 am

LET ME TELL U SOME THING THAT IS HAPPINING IN MILITRY TODAY ,,AM AN AMERICAN ARMY IN IRAG,,WHY BIN-LADIN,INVADED US IS THAT,THE TWO FAMILIES,,BUSHS-CLINTONS AND-BIN-LADIN,FAMILIES HAVE A BUSINESS IN COMMON,,,AFTER THE SOVIET WAR,,AND THEIR TOWN ARROUND AND CASTIGATE BIN-LADIN,,AND MAKE HIM USELESS,,AND DUNP HIM OFF,,SO THINK ABOUT IT AND HELP ELECT OBAMA AS A PRESIDENT,,SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK HOME AND SEE OUR BELOVED KIDS.WE ARE DIEING HEAR,,BCOS OF OIL BUSH FAMILIES ARE TAKING 4ROM IRAG.TELL FELLOW AMERICANS THIS LIVE 4ROM IRAG

Posted by: MY NAME IS DAVID | May 7, 2008, 11:56 am 11:56 am

LET ME TELL U SOME THING THAT IS HAPPINING IN MILITRY TODAY ,,AM AN AMERICAN ARMY IN IRAG,,WHY BIN-LADIN,INVADED US IS THAT,THE TWO FAMILIES,,BUSHS-CLINTONS AND-BIN-LADIN,FAMILIES HAVE A BUSINESS IN COMMON,,,AFTER THE SOVIET WAR,,AND THEIR TOWN ARROUND AND CASTIGATE BIN-LADIN,,AND MAKE HIM USELESS,,AND DUNP HIM OFF,,SO THINK ABOUT IT AND HELP ELECT OBAMA AS A PRESIDENT,,SO THAT WE CAN COME BACK HOME AND SEE OUR BELOVED KIDS.WE ARE DIEING HEAR,,BCOS OF OIL BUSH FAMILIES ARE TAKING 4ROM IRAG.TELL FELLOW AMERICANS THIS LIVE 4ROM IRAG

Posted by: MY NAME IS DAVID | May 7, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am

To all Michiganders and Floridians:
Please do not take the fact that your delegates will not count towards the determination of this contest personally. Look at the facts reasonably. Your state leadership decided to jump the gun and hold their primaries early. This went contrary to the DNC rules. Therefore, the delegates would not be counted. They’ll be seated at the convention, but they cannot determine the winner. It would be unfair to have it otherwise. Please do not blame Sen. Obama.
I have no doubt that there will be some individuals who will be beyond consolation after Sen. Clinton’s defeat. Consequently, some of them (hopefully not too many) will decide to sit-out the general election, or even worse, vote republican. Please do not take this position. Undoubtedly, the loser, be it Sen. Clinton or Sen. Obama, would support the winner. This is expected since they are in the same party, and thus, wish to see a democrat in the white house. I cannot stomach the idea of another republican administration that will draw is in to more wars in the middle-east while ignoring salient issues here at home. There’s a laundry list of problems here in the US which include immigration, housing, education, social security, health care, and many more. Do you think McCain will be the answer?
The media is fanning the discontent of Michigan and Florida citizens for their delegates being discounted. Please see though this and vote reasonably, as I know many will.
Good luck to us all.

Posted by: Remy | May 7, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am

Hey White Power:
There you go, screaming like the little sissy girl that you are. I see that you use words like N*****. Are you using code to call me a Niceguy? Or did you mean Nicelooking?
Go on. Scream some more. Only do it this time wearing all of yo Mamma’s clothes…not just her panties.

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 11:58 am 11:58 am

good luck to us all because we will need it if you know who becomes president. YEAH, THAT BLACK MAN I AM TALKING ABOUT.

Posted by: #1 HILLARY | May 7, 2008, 11:59 am 11:59 am

Whitepower,
You do read the Bible??? Does it have all of the profanity you are using right now? Hmmmm, Im pretty sure it doesnt. Where in the bible does it state that God condones racism. Where does it say anything about God disliking black people… or any different race??? I don’t doubt that you’ve read the bible (a mostly ficticious book if you ask me) you dont understand the message it gives. typical ignorant, bible beating fool… the bible and god have nothing to do with this country… our economy and the direction this country is headed

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

HEY BLACKPOWER:
LETS STEP THIS UP A NOTCH, WHAT STATE YOU LIVE IN, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN BY ASKING YOU THAT QUESTION??

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

I will never and will not ever in my life vote obama. The useless media houses in this country run negative against Clinton for Obama fo almost 16 months just aginst a woman in order to force Obama on us. BUt all the same she still came up strong after all these negatives, she contested agianst Obama and the American media but she is still up today i think cudos should be given to this woman as well as if the DNC have their senses working rightly i believe Hillary should be the nominee. Who can easily run against the American media in this country???? and still have the type of support she still has today. God bless you Hillary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Obama is the weaker candidate…..empty suit, no substance! Obama was forced down our throats by the media (GOP owned), and thats why he won the states he did. Hillary stayed on course, fighting everyday,not only the media, Obama, but also the new faction of the Democratic party, and has proven to be the better candidate. Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy,& Kerry and Reid didn’t win those states for Obama, but the GOP media did. The GOP wants him to be the nominee……he is so much weaker than Clinton…..and now, that this has happened, if Obama is the nominee, latest exit poles show over half of the Clinton supporters will go with McCain. Thus McCain wins again….the NEW “FACTION” Democratic Party, designed by Dean, Pelosi, and Reid has now turned into their worst enemy……..I don’t see the Dems regaining the White House in the fall…..4 more years of Bush!
Unless of course they get united behind the Dream Ticket- HILLARY ON TOP BECAUSE SHE HAS ALREADY WON IF YOU USE THE SAME RULES WHICH ARE USED IN THE GENERAL ELECTION

Posted by: NancyPELoosy | May 7, 2008, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm

DEMOCRATFIRST:
I NEVER STATED IN ANY OF MY COMMENTS THAT THE BIBLE STATES RACISM. SO LOOK BACK AT MY COMMENTS WHEN I AM TALKING ABOUT WHAT WAS STATED IN THE BIBLE AND SPEAK TO ME THEN WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR STORY STRAIGHT.

Posted by: WHITEPOWER | May 7, 2008, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

DEMOCRATFIRST AND BLACK POWER NEEDS TO GROW SOME NUTS AND SHUT UP.

Posted by: #1 HILLARY | May 7, 2008, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

One thing is for sure. There cannot be any conventon without the delegates from Florida & Michigan being seated.
The fairest way is to give the uncommitted delegates in MI to Obama and let the results in Florida stand as they are because both Obama’s name and Clinton’s name was on the ballot. In fact Obama was even putting ads on CNN in the state.. Mind you these results have been certified by the Secretaries of States of the two states.
The color Purple. Much as we may crave it, we do not live in a democracy. If we did then each person would have one vote in every issue, and that vote would count as much as any other. But we don’t. If you participated in a caucus, your vote counted about ten times as much as someone who voted in a primary. In the general election, what ultimately matters is the votes in the Electoral College, not the popular vote, as we re-learned so painfully in 2000. So the question facing the uncommitted “super-delegates” is how do we run the best campaign with the highest probability of defeating John McCain in November, and win the majority of Electoral College votes.
Cuurently Clinton has 300 electoral votes and Obama has 216 electoral votes using the same method as used in the GE. Assume that Hillary wins WV, & KY and Obama gets SD, OR , MT , Clinton will have 313 electoral votes and Obama will have 230 Electoral votes. You know who should be on top of the DREAM ticket. ThIS IS VERY SERIOUS MATTER AS SHE IS ALREADY BEATING OBAMA BY 50% MARGIN ( use the same method in the Playoffs as used in Superbowl)
Best chance for Democratic Victory – Joint Ticket with Clinton on TOP as she HAS ALREADY WON BASED ON ELECTORAL METHOD USED IN GENERAL ELECTION.

Posted by: NancyPELoosy | May 7, 2008, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

Whitepower,
You are correct. You never stated that the bible condoned racism… But you speak of the bible like it’s message is important to you… and then you go and use profane language…insulting african americans…. for someone who’s trying to be a representative of the bible you aren’t doing a good job.

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

BLACK POWER NO I AM NOT CALLING YOU A NICE GUY OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT. N***** SPELL IT OUT AND THAT IS WHAT I CALLED YOU.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 12:06 pm 12:06 pm

To All Democrats,
You have made history, you have shown the world you have quality, your party is full of great people, all of them presidential material! It is time to boast about a close nomination race, because you had the choice. It is not time to throw stones at each other. The other party only had one candidate to offer, you had two equally good, maybe even more. Celebrate about it rather than let it divide you! It would be undemocratic to take a looser to lead the party leaving the winner! or am I wrong? I hope I am not. I am not politician, and not American, but a God-fearing some.
All the best into the elections,cum November. I hope you will win and you will cooperate with God in bringing hope to the poor, healing the broken hearted, healing to the sick, safety and peace to the world, and maltitudes unto His Salvation! Righteousness exalteth the Nations!

Posted by: MC | May 7, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

please, if you guyz does not want Obama in US, let him come to nigeria to become the president in 2011.Miltants in oil rich niger-delta have stopped insurgencies becase of him. love you obama

Posted by: vincent | May 7, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

#1 Hillary,
Ah, yet another intelligent comment from another intelligent person. Keep them coming. You are only making yourselves look like idiots. Frankly you are giving Hillary supporters a bad name.

Posted by: DemocratFirst | May 7, 2008, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

NO I SHOULD NOT USE THE PROFANITY THAT I DID BUT I WAS JUST MAD AT SOME COMMENTS OF SOME OF THESE OTHER PEOPLE. I AM SPEAKING MY OPINION LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IS AND WHAT I HAVE TO GET KNOCKED DOWN FOR HOW I FEEL IF HE BECOMES THE PRESIDENT. THAT IS NOT RIGHT. REMEMBER EVERYBODY FREEDOM OF SPEECH. SO I CAN COMMENT WHAT I WANT AND SAY WHAT I NEED TO SAY TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE ARE MAKING THE WRONG CHOICE BY ELECTING OBAMA. WE MADE A DEFINATE WRONG CHOICE BY ELECTING BOTH BUSH’S FOR PRESIDENT. SO LETS NOT DO IT AGAIN.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm

White Power:
I live in Texas. Why do you ask? Do you want me to bring you some hot momma clothes so you can dress up for me?
You know you want to.

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

democratfirst should just leave the page and this earth for all that this matters. not giving hillary supporters a bad name, people like you just plainly give the USA a bad name by voting these stupid people in to become the president.

Posted by: #1 HILLARY | May 7, 2008, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

white power,
Its inbred not inbreed, your need to read more and hate less. Do you kiss your mother? (i bet you do). What tralier park do you live in? It is not the Black man’s fault that you have a tiny tool!! I am not an Obama supporter for your FYI, I COULD GIVE A RATS BEHIND ABOUT POLITICS!! iT’S JUST YOU AND YOUR METH INFESTED MOUTH I DON’T LIKE. YOU NEED JESUS BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO HELL RIGHT? HOW IS YOUR SISTER.

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

just let me know your complete address and i will drive to your house and show you this hot momma, meanwhile you will be getting a brooklyn beat down while we are at it. so now what bitc*

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

just let me know your complete address and i will drive to your house and show you this hot momma, meanwhile you will be getting a brooklyn beat down while we are at it. so now what bitc*

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

hey bodilove:
first off I am not a man so second off all that you speak is all about yourself, you are just letting eveyone know where and what you are all about. PANSY AS* BITC*

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

white power!
you said that N-WORD WOW! THAT MAKES YOU REALLY REALLY SMART YOUR MOTHER MUST BE PROUD!
FOLKS, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN BROTHERS AND SISTERS SLEEP TOGTHER, THEY PASS ON GENES LIKE THE ONE WHITEPOWER HAS TO THEIR KIDS!! YOU SHOULD KICK YOUR MOTHER’S BEHIND, I HEAR YOU PEOPLE DO THAT ALREADY!!

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

Reading some comments here….It should never be about reciprocation..blacks have voted for whites so now we should reciprocate! Thats crazy! You vote for the best candidate in your opinion period. With that being said I find it hard to believe consistently 90% of one group finds the same candidate to be the best. I have a hard time believing Obama and I don’t believe he is the best candidate. I don’t vote on race or gender ever. As to a joint Obama/Clinton ticket..if thats what she would agree to/what she wants it makes the most sense. I could as a Hillary supporter support that ticket as a way of supporting her to be the Vice-President. I think thats the best chance Democrats have to bring the party together. That would be the only way I would consider pulling the lever so to speak for Obama. Not that I would vote for McCain. I regard him as a bit of a weasel. I just wouldn’t vote at all for president and this would be the first time I would do that in my life. I am tired of my party picking mostly weak/liberal candidates in the past 40 years and getting clobbered. The only exception we had was Bill. The party needs to wake up!

Posted by: Janice | May 7, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

What’s a “Brooklyn Beat Down”? Is that something dirty that white boys like you do with each other when nobody is looking?

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

bodilove:
look at you, got a lot of room to speak. look at your screen name that you posted. BODILOVE, corny and you. i guess you would have to love your bod. I hear that you look a gorilla on crack.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm

Hey White Power!
Hold everything! You’ve admitted to being a girl! NOW I understand why you want to meet me so badly. I know what you want. You’re a sly one;)
I think you would be very impressed with me, if you know what I mean, sweetie.

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

“Ignorance is not something that we are born with it requires years of practice”
Black or White, we all need to realize that this country is going in the ground and Mccain is just more of the same B.S. that we have dealt with for the last 8 years.
The last time I checked we are supposed to keep church and state seperate right? So why are we fussing over what went on in anybodies church, but since we are. How many people here can say that you agree with every word that has ever came out of your Pastors mouth come on respond to this honestly every word. Think about all the sermons you’ve heard from themabout Gays, Drugs, Fornication, Adultry, Tithes, etc…

Posted by: CJ360 | May 7, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

“Ignorance is not something that we are born with it requires years of practice”
Black or White, we all need to realize that this country is going in the ground and Mccain is just more of the same B.S. that we have dealt with for the last 8 years.
The last time I checked we are supposed to keep church and state seperate right? So why are we fussing over what went on in anybodies church, but since we are. How many people here can say that you agree with every word that has ever came out of your Pastors mouth come on respond to this honestly every word. Think about all the sermons you’ve heard from themabout Gays, Drugs, Fornication, Adultry, Tithes, etc…

Posted by: CJ360 | May 7, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

blackpower:
no that is what us chicks here do to bitches like you when they run they mouths and dont have the ass to back it up. want a tast of some brooklyn up on you?? beating you ass like no tomorrow sending you to the hospital for some staple and stitches??

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

you sound like one bi***

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

being fed through a tube because your mouth will be tied shut.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

blackpower:
no bitch i would not be impressed by the looks of you, trust me, not at all. i dont take a second look let alone a first look at a bitch like you. the only time that i would look at you is to make sure that i know what part of your body i am going to beat on next.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

Hey DemocratsUnited,
A true democrat loyal to his party would NEVER vote for John McCain. You sound like a pathetic loser and a latte-sipping Benedict Arnold. Hillary is a lying flea bag who couldn’t even control her husband; so how can she run this nation?

Posted by: Jake | May 7, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

bodilove:
that is MISS. BITCH to you!!!!

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

i am going to get off from here so the other people can chat about the people that are running for the president of 2008. PEACE and take care.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

White Power:
Admit it. You like me, don’t you? I bet you are closing your eyes right now and imagining what it would be like. Soooo good. Soooo nice. Sooooo BLACK.

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

As I read through these posts I am constantly seeing references to the Michigan and Florida primaries and how Hillary won both of these states and they should be counted, etc. Let’s talk some hard facts here. Were was she when these penalties were imposed upon these states by the DNC for changing their primary dates? If it is so important to her now, why didn’t she stand up to the DNC then. Why did’nt she stand above the fray and help work out a compromise that would have allowed that to happen. Her and Bill had the clout to make a difference then but chose not to. Instead they did nothing agreeing to comply with the new rules. Why, because they thought she was going to win the nomination hands down without a hint of a challenge.
Once she lost Iowa everything changed. At first they probably thought Obama was an abarition. But when he didn’t go away they realized they had a problem. So how do you solve this problem? You run in circles, scream and shout, rant and rave that your being cheated because those states are no longer in play and you won them. Forget the rules you agreed to when you thought you had it in the bag, lets just stir the pot and see what happens.
Look I’m all for seating these states and working out a compromise. But at this point it’s over for her either way and her supporters need to recognize that and get over it. If you’re really serious about taking back the White House then you’ll do whatever it takes to make that happen or else the party is toast in November.

Posted by: JR | May 7, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

To White power,
Do you have a fuccing job? Get off this chat and do some godd*mn work. Before you know it some kid named Jamal or Jose will be doing your job for you (they probably already are). Fuccin lazy, spoon-fed troglodyte.

Posted by: Jake | May 7, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

bit**, been there done that sh** and it aint what everybody says either. that black is big no try tiny and small like the size of a pinky finger.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

white power you are hurting my feelings!!! Gorilla on crack, wow that is Original!( never heard that on before). I love myself because i am hot!! my boyfriend thinks so, and he should know he is white, i guess i have black power after all!!!LOL

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

white power you are hurting my feelings!!! Gorilla on crack, wow that is Original!( never heard that on before). I love myself because i am hot!! my boyfriend thinks so, and he should know he is white, i guess i have black power after all!!!LOL

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

yeah i am at work right now and how do you like this sh** i work for the government. so now what

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm

i get to sit here and do nothing and get paid big bucks for it too.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:37 pm 12:37 pm

Ok. Time for me to apologize to everyone. I’m sorry for putting up so many posts. The truth is, I’m not even black. I just kind of enjoyed getting the White Power girl all worked up.
I’ll stop now.
Oh, and White Power? Chill out a little bit, ok? That was way too easy.

Posted by: Black Power | May 7, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

so he wins – obama i mean– and then one third of the party, supporters for hillary don’t vote or actually vote for Johnny – and he wins. Why? because carl rove, i mean team hillary, have used anything to try and win. manipulation works, and destroys. I can’t wait to see how she will respond with support after it’s over. What might she say at this point? i like him, or obama is good for the nation and the party? McCain is should hire hillary for his campaign, he couldn’t say it half as good as she does… but hasn’t needed to for the past 15 months. He’s laughing all the way to the bank.

Posted by: adam | May 7, 2008, 12:40 pm 12:40 pm

Now i know what your problem is a black man dumped your Ass!! hahahah! DumB white c**t! HE DID NOT WANT YOUR ASS!!!
you said tiny..? sweetheart your Meth buddies don’t count besides for all we know he may be one of your KKK buddies in black sheets!!!!

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

I find the comments interesting. As an Obama supporter, let me extend my hand to Hillary supporters. I have always said I will support whichever candidate wins the democratic nomination. I hope for the sake of my children that will inherit the debt, ecological disaster, and long term costs of the war and neglect of our countries education and infrastructure that you also recognize exactly how damaging the lie that McCain is a “different kind of republican” will be to our country if he is elected and support whatever candidate wins the nomination.
I think there has been far too much animosity in this race, but it isn’t all our (Obama supporters) fault. Are we happy that our candidate will win? Yes! Do we sometimes gloat? Probably (sorry about that). Are there legitimate reasons to be angry at the way the clinton campaign has acted at times? YES. Did you watch Hillary supporter Lanny on CNN last night suggest Obama is the reason MI and FL didn’t revote? That is UNTRUE. It is exactly this type of misinformation and lies that need to stop. Obama said repeatedly that he would support whatever decision the states and DNC made. Was he out there jumping up and down saying lets just count the votes when my name wasn’t even on the MI ballot, or the florida votes even though Hillary had a huge name recognition advantage and I have done better in EVERY state after campaigning there and didn’t campaign in florida. No, why would he? I am sure Obama wants those delegates seated, but it is hard to do that when Hillary is willing to use superdelegates to claim the nomination. Even with Fl and MI, she would still be behind in elected delegates. LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN, SHE WOULD STILL BE BEHIND!!!! Admittedly it would be closer, but he would still be ahead. Don’t pretend the VOTERS didn’t choose Obama.
What I, and probably other Obama supporters, have a problem with is not necessarily Hillary and Bill. I think some of their attacks HAVE crossed a line that democrats shouldn’t cross among themselves, but I can look past that. What I have a problem with is the failure to put the best interests of the party and the country ahead of her own. I am sure she believes that she would make a better president. She may always believe that. We will probably never know for sure, but at some point she needs to recognize that this CAMPAIGN is over and she has not won. Do you really think at this point she could win the nomination without splitting the party? I am sure many Clinton fans will be upset that she lost. Obama fans would be upset if he lost. There is a difference though between losing in a “fair contest” and winning the “fair contest” but still losing because the superdelegates sway the decision AFTER the people have voted. To me, the problem is less because of Hillary than it is because of the superdelegates. If the superdelegates had the testicular fortitude to declare, this problem wouldn’t be happening. Let them ALL declare. Some for Hillary, some for Obama, then see where we are. Then, the VOTERS would actually put one of the candidates over the top. If it was Hillary, I would be upset. I wouldn’t abandon the party though because OUR PARTY would have decided on her. I hope that Hillary supporters would also be willing to support what their party choose democratically. Personally, I would stay with the party even if the superdelegates tip things after the people vote, but will everyone? No. So lets not bring it to that.
I ran the numbers and saw it was all but over after Ohio and Texas. She not only stayed in, but has expanded her attacks. She won Pennsylvania, but not by a large enough margin to make a difference. Now, there really is no realistic path for her to win without it seeming like she is stealing the nomination. What we, the Obama supporters, are looking for here is recognition that the party needs to come together and that WILL NOT happen when the race is still divisive. I think Hillary should stay in the race, but there is a BIG difference between staying in and running a full slate of attacks. I think both candidates need to look at the numbers, take a dose of reality, and start running campaigns that build up the party, not attack and criticise the possible nominee(s). Because Clinton is the one behind it HAS to come from her. Obama is ready to do that. He has been ready to do that for some time. As an Obama supporter I like to point out that his attacks on Hillary are always in response to her attacks, but even if that were not true, because of his position as the clear front runner it is in his advantage to move beyond the within party attacks. The question is whether Hillary will do that. It is up to her. She has the power to decide which direction the race goes. If she chooses grace, the party benefits and Obama wins the nomination. If she chooses attacks, the party suffers, but that is her ONLY chance of winning. Which will she choose?????

Posted by: amccoy | May 7, 2008, 12:45 pm 12:45 pm

you should be happy sitting on your fat ass i bet you are like 275 pounds and ugly as hell! keep hope alive and go to a gym!! you know that thing that does not include beer and pig picking! or whatever you losers do in the tralier park.

Posted by: BODILOVE | May 7, 2008, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm

STILL STARTING YOUR PETTY CRAP AINT YOU?? GROW UP AND GET OUT.

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

We need to stop focusing on fear and letting it influence us. There is nothing to fear about Obama, he is the best candidate to restore America’s standing in the world community. He also has enough sense to surround himself with smart aides, which is the key in politics.

Posted by: Eddie | May 7, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

Over the last 6 months, these boards have been riddled with some of the nastiest comments. Remember folks, a lot of those comments were from republicans stirring the pot. I don’t know any democrat that says the kinds of outrageous things that were posted daily on these boards. …..DEMOCRATS IN ’08!…..

Posted by: mccain is the new bush | May 7, 2008, 12:48 pm 12:48 pm

HAHAHAHA, I AM 5’9″ WEIGHT IS 135 LBS OF PURE MUSCLE BABY, AND YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD TAKE YOU ON AND KICK YOUR ASS ANY TIME ANY PLACE. WHENEVER YOU ARE READY JUST HIT ME UP AND I WILL BEAT YOU UP LIKE NO TOMORROW!!!!

Posted by: white power | May 7, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

I just hope that HIllary actually exits. I have been under the impression that she wants to prolong her campaign and make sure that Obama does not win in November. That is the only way she will have the ability to run for President again in her lifetime. I just don’t understand how someone could be so self-centered, to subject us to 4 more years of near-tyrannical rules and Republican antics.

Posted by: Jennifer Boileau | May 7, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

drag a dollar through a trailer park and you’re bound to find a clinton

Posted by: mike | May 7, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

i am a clinton supporter and always will be. GO HILLARY.
all the obama supporters can go down in the ground.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

look at these ridiculous remarks and comments that all of these non-intellect people are posting on here. they need to all go back to school and relearn there politics.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

HILLARY will win, we can not let a black male become the president of our USA.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:04 pm 1:04 pm

lmao. Wow. I’m ashamed of all the racial tension in here. Look Obama won fair and square, now lets usher in a new era.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

hello is anybody out there??????

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:09 pm 1:09 pm

hello is anybody out there??????

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

Hey HH, did a black man bone your woman?? Or is all that ignorance inbred??

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

a new era, huh???
a new hell, dont you mean????
i will tell you this from the start, that i am racist.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:12 pm 1:12 pm

The hilarious point is you precede a comment like that with one complaining about ignorant comments. Is somebody’s world crashing down around them??

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:13 pm 1:13 pm

Lol. Thats good. I will tell you you’re the last of a dying breed from the start.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

i am sorry to say that no a black man nor a black woman would not even come 10 feet close to her. (If you get my drift to what the consiquences would be if one would dare to approach her or me to that matter).
Why are you speaking all that stupid stuff. how old are you?? You must be a child in an adult body.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

i am complaining about the remarks and comments that others are posting after someone starts to make an opinion and a point of what this world would become if a black man becomes president. dont you see that this world is coming to an end as it is now. dont add something else to bring it down even faster. dont you see that our white female and white male children will have to date mixed breeds before the end of this world.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

Lol. I think we can see who that is by the comments posted. I can see why you like Hillary, you’re a follower. You need to be “told” what to do. Case and point, racism is not bred, it’s taught. So what that tells me is you have been so ignorant through life you listened to things you were “told” instead of opening your eyes to this beautiful world. So who is childish??

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:19 pm 1:19 pm

Lol. I’m not even mad at you. I know people that feel the way you do. I just pity them.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

HH pities the fool.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:20 pm 1:20 pm

The sad part is you think you’re a patriot don’t you??

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

The existence of people that believe as you do shows that we need him to be President in such hateful times.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

you dont need to pity me, everyone needs to pity you. because you are one pitiful person that is on this page posting ridiculous comments that should be kept to yourself and not expressed in any type of way possible.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

why would you all subject him to becoming president by voting for him, when he probably wont live that long after because he will probably be assassanated. All of you are just voting him to his death.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

HA!!!!! I love it!!!! So I should be keeping my posts to myself, but you should go around sounding like a broke ass Strom Thurmond?? Lol. Get a grip, take your snaggle toothed backwards country f&*k girlfriend, and go raise little racists with low IQ’s.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:29 pm 1:29 pm

my my my, look at the words that are being typed on this message board. i think you need to grow up a little bit.
my children will make it a lot further in this lifetime than a nary one of yours would. so keep your smart and unintellectual comments to yourself. speak when spoken to.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

An if he gets assassinated,(Notice the correct spelling)so be it it happens everytime a visionary comes along in this country. But thats no reason to be a coward, I don’t let racists cowards control my vote or life.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:32 pm 1:32 pm

who is this person posting comments calling theirselves the ORACLE.
Are you a male of female and how old are you?? Where do you live?? What color are you??
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Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:34 pm 1:34 pm

Lol. Only men can command that kind of respect. So you should stay in a hurt little boy’s place. And I doubt your kids will get anywhere but an ass whooping if you’re they’re father.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:35 pm 1:35 pm

if i was a racist coward, let me see, would I or would I have not let all of you know off the bat that i was a racist??
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Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm

Lol. Don’t worry “boy”. But I’m based out of Md.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

Hell yeah!!!! It’s easy to be Johnny Dangerous on the internet. I wonder if youd be so proud walking down a metropolis street blathering your ignorance.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

let me tell you this that my children will kick your ass if you would ever approach them.
Trust me, my children have honors and everything in the colleges that they are in. Your children and yourself probably live in a trailer park somewhere in Texas.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

But thats the case with most racists. Only big and bad when you can’t strangle em or when they’re in big numbers.

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

I dont need to do that now because everybody where I live at knows me and how my family and I are. What we like and dislike. So there is not any problem with myself walking down any street in the USA stating anything that I need to state to this world.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm

Anyway you sniveling little slut, back to the issues. So what makes you think this country is only about white people?? I’d like to try to understand some logic to the BS…..

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:42 pm 1:42 pm

what are you trying to say with the comment previously stating something about strangling?? Strangling who???

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

I have already cast my mail-in ballot for Senator Clinton in the upcoming Oregon primary. I still believe she is the better candidate and, yes, I often get riled up when I see vitriol and mischaracterizations lobbied at her. Still, I cannot bring myself to vote for McCain. I respect McCain, but his politics are far too conservative to sit comfortably with me. He has increasingly pandered to the far-right, which alarms me. I will wholeheartedly support Senator Obama in the general election. I like the man; I appreciate his progressive values (which are virtually the same as Clinton’s I would argue). There are some Obama and Clinton supporters who speak passionately and with reason for their chosen candidate. There are others who do nothing but talk TRASH! Whatever your feelings about this primary, that level of civility is just disappointing. It’s utter hypocrisy to attack Hillary for “playing dirty” and for having all these supposed character flaws while in the same breath demonstrating a lack of decency yourselves and distorting the truth to make your points. I have a feeling that some of the trash comes from angry conservatives who don’t like their candidate and so spend more time tearing down Democrats rather than talking up their own party. I’m sure there are hurt feelings on both sides in this protracted and historic battle between Senators Clinton and Obama. But I am impressed with them both. And I will support a Democrat for U.S. President in November 2008.

Posted by: J Clark | May 7, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

Well HH, I grow tired and bored. I think you just want a soapbox to step on, you don’t have any intelligent arguments just absurd racism. Bye bye…

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

To Fredric Glassey,
First Jennifer Granholm, the Governor of Michigan cannot run on a Presidential ticket because she was born in Canada, not the U.S.A. Secondly, Even Bayh is not the Governor of Indiana, he is a U.S. Senator from Indiana. When you Obama people make a statement, get your facts straight. Also, if Obama really wants party unity, and a chance to win the White House for the Democrats, he should take Hillary as his running mate, for one simple reason; if you study the demographics of this campaign, you will see that Hillary is strong in areas where Obama is weak. Together they would be a formidable ticket and sweep the Dems to victory in November.

Posted by: Dominic Iacopino | May 7, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

To Fredric Glassey,
First Jennifer Granholm, the Governor of Michigan cannot run on a Presidential ticket because she was born in Canada, not the U.S.A. Secondly, Even Bayh is not the Governor of Indiana, he is a U.S. Senator from Indiana. When you Obama people make a statement, get your facts straight. Also, if Obama really wants party unity, and a chance to win the White House for the Democrats, he should take Hillary as his running mate, for one simple reason; if you study the demographics of this campaign, you will see that Hillary is strong in areas where Obama is weak. Together they would be a formidable ticket and sweep the Dems to victory in November.

Posted by: Dominic Iacopino | May 7, 2008, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

we brought them over here to the USA, which was the most biggest mistake that the white man has ever did in their lifetime.
We have never ever had a black president in the USA lifetime. Why do we want to start now with letting the blacks into the oval office for???
What could the blacks actually do to help our country??
Nothing because all what they can attribute to our country is killing, war, assault, and whatever else the black people think of these days to do in the bad nature of their minds.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

well spoken J clark.
Dem in ’08

Posted by: The Oracle | May 7, 2008, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

what type of intellectual arguement were you trying to have. I only saw sarcism and very rude and ignorant comments and cussing that you were stating to me.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:51 pm 1:51 pm

“Hillary, leave the party, they did nothing for you!”
I think the party does more to Hillary than majority of its member. Majority of the party member owed the party nothing.
Hilary owed the party, 12 years of Arkansas first ladyship. 10 years as the first lady and another 12 years as a senator. She owes the party for standing behind her when the republican will stop at nothing to destroy her. You may not know it but she knows that the good and bad of the party are for her to bear. She can not go anywhere but stay with her party. The party of Bill Clinton.

Posted by: odeomi | May 7, 2008, 1:52 pm 1:52 pm

Meet HH, the true face of the Republican Party.

Posted by: hhblowhard | May 7, 2008, 1:58 pm 1:58 pm

odeomi is fake

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

i am sorry but i am a true democrat
you are one of the republican party.

Posted by: odeomireallyblowshard | May 7, 2008, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm

I AM A DEMOCRAT
FAR FROM A REPUBLICAN AS YOU ARE.

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 2:03 pm 2:03 pm

EAT ME BEAT ME MAKE ME BLEED KINKY SEX IS ALL I NEED.

Posted by: odeomireallyblowshard | May 7, 2008, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

Obama’s big “win” means the rest of us keep taking these hits at the gas pump.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

yes we will.
Look at the color he is.
Every last one of those colored people are for one thing and one thing only, there own kind. Us white people, are in for a rude awakening when he becomes president of OUR USA.
Just mark my words keep them in mind and they you can look back and say to yourselves, “Oh my HH was 100% right all along”!!!

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008 10:38:41 AM
White Power has said all I NEED to hear. I wouldn’t vote for McCain if you set me on fire, now.

Posted by: WOOWEE | May 7, 2008, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

Whitepower never stated anything is her comments about voting for MCCAIN?? What are you talking about WOOWEE??

Posted by: HH | May 7, 2008, 2:10 pm 2:10 pm

I HAVE THE HOTS FOR WHITEPOWER.

Posted by: WOOWEE | May 7, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

In November, I will VOTE along racial lines. Just like the African Americans are doing.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

I wonder how many people know that there are no such people in the democratic party as pledged delagates, and caucases are a big joke. I know most people don’t really know the true rules of the democratic party. Anyone can walk into caucases. I think that the one thing that probably stopped Obama a little in Pennsylvania was the fact that by law he could not pay any
of his party workers. This cut down somewhat in his get out the vote campaign. The same thing happened in Maryland in which students were paid $125 to work for parties. The mayor went to homeless shelters to find and pay workers in her quest ot be elected.
I feel sad at the way that women are still treated in this country. Look at the profane way that Obama supporters blog. It reminds me of the turncoats and people whom Obama has in his camp. Look at those such as McGovern who are backing him. Who is Obama? How much do his supporters really know about him? He stayed in that church 20 years. Reverend Wright was his spiritual advisor. The sad part about the whole matter is that his chldren were polluted with those views. Those whom Hillary and Bill helped get elected and who helped raise money for them should think about what they have done.

Posted by: Anne C | May 7, 2008, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm

I HAVE THE HOTS FOR HH, I AM GAY AND I WILL ADMIT IT TO ALL OF YOU ON HERE.

Posted by: odeomi | May 7, 2008, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm

livegap WHAT DO YOU MEAN.

Posted by: hh | May 7, 2008, 2:15 pm 2:15 pm

When over 90% of black people vote for the candidate of black skin, you have racism in a BIG way.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

I’m voting for the candidate with white skin and I encourage all white people to do the same. It seems to be the only criterion that black skinned people use.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:24 pm 2:24 pm

You Obama supporters will see that he who laughs last last best . the DNC will not taste power for the next twenty years mark my words. This party has broken up already

Posted by: A True black American | May 7, 2008, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm

This election is a farce. Black people “block” voted to enforce their will on a white majority. King asked white people not to judge him on the basis of his skin color-but the blacks consistently do it.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

I believe that she is still in it, is to make an argument to the supers to support her as the VP. I strongly believe that by now both Bill and Hill have accepted the reality that it is impossible to win the nomination. I am sure very soon we all will hear about the push from Hill for the VP post. That is why she is still contesting to come close to the popular vote. Hope we do not have to see a Obama-Clinton ticket. Its time for Hill to get over it and move on. We all know that she has friends and family and whatever the outcome is she will be just fine. Bye Bye Hill..

Posted by: Shyam Kasi | May 7, 2008, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

This election will fall along racial lines in November. The blacks will expect the white democracts to fall in line along their black skinned candidate and I ain’t doing it.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm

If blacks had stood with us in the last two elections, we wouldn’t have had to suffer W for the last 8 years.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm

Blacks sent a racist message LOUD and CLEAR. They only vote for their kind. As a white person, I get it.

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:41 pm 2:41 pm

Michelle Obama talks about what’s good for her kids- I guess it’s acceptable to teach them to hate white kids-just another generation of victims blaming white people every time the path is difficult,

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm

Michelle Obama talks about what’s good for her kids- I guess it’s acceptable to teach them to hate white kids-just another generation of victims blaming white people every time the path is difficult,

Posted by: livegap | May 7, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

I’m still hoping that McCain chooses Colin Powell to be his running mate. That would really shake things up!

Posted by: rulesarerules | May 7, 2008, 3:00 pm 3:00 pm

When 99.9% are voting for Obama because he is black . , You whites should beashamed as you cant support your own. You are now being mocked by the Obama black supporters just take a look at yourself

Posted by: A True black American | May 7, 2008, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm

Obama Supporters – The way Obama can WIN the General Election vs. McCain is to make sure: FL and MI Won’t Count and get proportionate delegates in OH TX VA AZ GA TN AK MO but not in CA IL and NY.
Then use the Media to urge McCain to quit the race before AZ NM LA AK TN have voted! Stress that counting the votes of ALL Americans and Every State is divisive, racist and hurting the country!
Thats Change you can believe in! Fill er up!
Worked in the Democrat Primary, why not in the General election???

Posted by: Jacob Ezekial | May 7, 2008, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

Obama Supporters – The way Obama can WIN the General Election vs. McCain is to make sure: FL and MI Won’t Count and get proportionate delegates in OH TX VA AZ GA TN AK MO but not in CA IL and NY.
Then use the Media to urge McCain to quit the race before AZ NM LA AK TN have voted! Stress that counting the votes of ALL Americans and Every State is divisive, racist and hurting the country!
Thats Change you can believe in! Fill er up!
Worked in the Democrat Primary, why not in the General election???

Posted by: Jacob Ezekial | May 7, 2008, 3:04 pm 3:04 pm

a true black american,
close your mouth your ignorance is showing

Posted by: ObamaforPresident | May 7, 2008, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

I am a HC supporter, but i’m definitely not going to vote McCain because she lost to Obama.
I have 2 kids in the Military and definitely don’t want them going back to Iraq (not to mention the economy – and the list goes on and on).
So, if i have to, i will vote Obama…It not even an option.

Posted by: Jules | May 7, 2008, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm

hh says (among other detritus):
“…What could the blacks actually do to help our country??
Nothing because all what they can attribute to our country is killing, war, assault, and whatever else the black people think of these days to do in the bad nature of their minds….”
hmmm – sounds more like he’s describing the behaviour of all the lily-white power mongers (like mccain & the clintons, to name a few), that have ruled this place, ever since *i* started reading newspapers at age eight, back in 1964..
doug s., lily-white & embarrassed to be an american these daze…
GO DENNIS KUCINICH!

Posted by: doug s. | May 7, 2008, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm

It’s a pity the democratic party that is filled with people whom the Clinton’s have spent a life time building their career are now calling for her to quit.They are now talking about party unity and loyalty. I say to hell with all that, Hillary go all the way and if possible as an independent candidate in the general election. How do you expect the Clinton’s to sit in the same room with the Kennedys, Kerrys and Richardsons of the democratic party, who are only supporting Obama because he will be easier to push around. I think Hillary should not unite behind Obama out of loyalty but out of any political advantage it might give to the Clinton’s in case Obama loses, since every body is doing only that which will further their political careers (i.e. all former Clinton aides who are now running behind Obama for political position considerations).

Posted by: Paul | May 7, 2008, 3:51 pm 3:51 pm

Hillary rules!
Hillary won consecutively Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvannia and now Indiana. Hillary also cut Obama’s lead in North Carolina from 20% in February down to 14% in spite of ad overspending by Obama.
Wake up superdelegates!
Obama’s top ten lists should be:
1. Wright told America I’m just a Politician. Oops…that is true.
2. I’m so eloquent…oops my writer wrote it.
3. This is my economic plan…oops I forgot to ask my advisers first and I’m waiting for Hillary’s lead. I don’t want to be a Flip Flop on issues again.
4. Let’s stick to the actual issue..oops, Michelle and Caroline should say that at CNN..
5. Come on Hillary’s defectors and join me…oops do you think you can fool me I will defect also after I win and resurrect my loyal friends Wright, Rezco, and Ayers
6. Bitter and clinging – oops those are not in my dictionary, oops I got it from Wright.
7. Yeah, Wright mocked the Americans and I will lie by saying what he said is offensive….remember I’m a politician.
8. I’m electable…oops Hillary won the big states and has more electoral college votes to date that are crucial in November. Anyway, I fooled the superdelegates including the traitors.
9. Oops….I forgot what to say…where are my advisers.
10. Vote for Hillary…oops vote for me.
Before you can have CHANGE, we first need SOLUTIONS and that is HILLARY.
Michelle even brought Caroline with her. You can not fool us anymore. You are just all Politicians. Obama, Wright, Rezco and Ayers are all a disgrace to all American. After bitter remarks by Obama and Wrights mocking the American, then let’s just forget about it. Yeah right. If this happened with Hillary for sure you are all jumping for joy. You can not fool us anymore and stop the lies…lies…lies…
Shame on those superdelegates that support Obama. They only think of their personal interest. If Obama wins, it will only be a repeat of Bush administration (a trainee who doesn’t know what to do until he asks his advisers first). Wake up superdelegates!
Hillary won the big states and has more electoral college votes to date than Obama that are crucial in November. Wake up superdelegates.

Posted by: Alfredo | May 7, 2008, 3:58 pm 3:58 pm

Hillary neesd to run as an independent and she will win as she won the biggest states and has more electoral college votes to date.
Watch out superdelegates! Clinton’s watch out for traitors!

Posted by: Alfredo | May 7, 2008, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm

And so it begins. Once again the party of kennedy and roosevelt have nomonated a candidate who will be beaten in the general. time and time again throughout my lifetime, the dem. party has thrown paper lions up against the repug. hit machine only to see their candidate embarrassed and torn apart. this time the young people did it, last time the educated did it. we will never learn. to fight fire, you need fire. clinton was the only person who could have done that like bill did in 92. oh well, i guess 4 more years of neocon rule is better than 4 years of american hating, white hating, liars.

Posted by: jimt | May 7, 2008, 4:03 pm 4:03 pm

Paul, you are absolutely right. the party who owes its existance to the clinton is now full of men with no honor or loyality. men like teddy (drown um dead) kennedy and bill (judas) richardson. these men have no code or respect. who will they turn to when the repugs get done dismantleing obama. Im ashamed of the dem. party.

Posted by: jimt | May 7, 2008, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm

I am a transplanted Canadian And have watched this democratic race with awe and sometimes loathing.It appears that as of last night HRC has lost the race. If there is no way for her to win it, she should concede over to Senator Obama. That being said I have also read blogs from Clintonists and Obomaists. QUESTION- Why do you people as half of the whole hate each other so much? Is it not true you want to defeat the Republican candidate? If so all you people who would vote for MaCain if Obama wins the race could be called, racist for no other reason, or elitists, uneducated etc etc etc.You all need to support your elected delIcate. If you are unhappy with his record if he is elected to president, you can have him removed by impeachment, if memory serves me.
HRC ran a fenominal race but she came up short, even with FL were I live or MI. votes. If they let them have a revote(I think they should) do it with all candidites running, not just one.
We can only hope that if BO is elected he will keep his pledge to this country, and YES Hilary should help him now to garner votes and win in November. My vote would have been for the person I deemed did a better job during this campain. I for one do not like dirty politics and Hillary did sink pretty low in some instances, she needs to mend the fence and help not hinder Senator Obama. PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR COUNTRY UNITE

Posted by: bespecled | May 7, 2008, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm

I am a transplanted Canadian And have watched this democratic race with awe and sometimes loathing.It appears that as of last night HRC has lost the race. If there is no way for her to win it, she should concede over to Senator Obama. That being said I have also read blogs from Clintonists and Obomaists. QUESTION- Why do you people as half of the whole hate each other so much? Is it not true you want to defeat the Republican candidate? If so all you people who would vote for MaCain if Obama wins the race could be called, racist for no other reason, or elitists, uneducated etc etc etc.You all need to support your elected delIcate. If you are unhappy with his record if he is elected to president, you can have him removed by impeachment, if memory serves me.
HRC ran a fenominal race but she came up short, even with FL were I live or MI. votes. If they let them have a revote(I think they should) do it with all candidites running, not just one.
We can only hope that if BO is elected he will keep his pledge to this country, and YES Hilary should help him now to garner votes and win in November. My vote would have been for the person I deemed did a better job during this campain. I for one do not like dirty politics and Hillary did sink pretty low in some instances, she needs to mend the fence and help not hinder Senator Obama. PLEASE FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR COUNTRY UNITE

Posted by: bespecled | May 7, 2008, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm

one last thing I FIRMLY BELIEVE that BARACK OBAMA and AL GORE would be a perfect democratic ticket, Gore could help him with a lot of things like global warming,

Posted by: bespecle | May 7, 2008, 4:30 pm 4:30 pm

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SUPPORTER ALL THE WAY!!!
BARACK OBAMA SHOULD NOT WIN AT ALL!!!!
GO HRC!!!!

Posted by: OH | May 7, 2008, 5:11 pm 5:11 pm

Obama is the weaker candidate folks.
No major anaylst says Obama is a stronger general election candidate than Clinton.
However, Obama won the nomination fair and square. You cant take it away from him because Hillarys boneheaded staff blew off all the caucus’s after super tuesday.
We have to deal with Obama being the nominee. Lets rally around him.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 7, 2008, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

WHY COULDNT IT BE TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM, JUST LIKE IT WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM GORE AND THEN GIVEN TO BUSH THE FLORIDA STATE VOTES. THAT IS WHY FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN IS STAYING IN THE BLACK FOR NOW UNTIL ALL THE VOTES ARE CASTED AND THEN FLORIDA WILL DECIDE WHO TO CAST ALL THERE VOTES TO, JUST LIKE BACK IN 1992 THEY ALL WERE TAKEN FROM GORE AND THEN GIVEN TO BUSH AT THE END. CROOKED PEOPLE THERE ARE EVERYWHERE.

Posted by: OH | May 7, 2008, 5:16 pm 5:16 pm

IAM NOT RALLYING AROUND OBAMA, HE STINKS. JUST LIKE THE BUSH’S. THEY STILL STINK.

Posted by: OH | May 7, 2008, 5:18 pm 5:18 pm

LIVEGAP:
I AGREE WITH YOU 100%.

Posted by: OH | May 7, 2008, 5:25 pm 5:25 pm

I will never vote for Hillary for anything ever again. It is clear that she does not want my vote and that she does not respect me. Yes, I am an economist and Hillary has made it clear that she does not want my support and that she will not throw her lot in with me.

Posted by: Rillion | May 7, 2008, 5:32 pm 5:32 pm

Bespecle, please remember that many here spouting hateful remarks about either candidate are probably not actually Democrats or are immature people just wanting to start an argument. I am an Obama fan but I know plenty of Hillary fans. None of them would consider voting for McCain. Yes, they are disappointed that their candidate didn’t win but they aren’t going to throw away their dem beliefs over it. Sheesh, they are mature adults.

Posted by: Lydia | May 7, 2008, 5:36 pm 5:36 pm

All of you think about all the hate, insults and dare I say sometimes threating post’s that have been posted here. And it still continues, with some acting like children.
Do you honestly think you can kick a dog around and then expect the animal to come to you. Everyone here has done more to polorize the two camps then the candidates themselves.
The DNC and this party will reap what it has sown.

Posted by: Average Joe | May 7, 2008, 5:39 pm 5:39 pm

All I can say is WOW; I just spent the last 20 minutes reading the posts and I sure do feel MUCH better :) As a lifelong Republican it never ceases to amaze me just how misguided you Dems tend to be. I will chalk this up to the basic differences between Republican and Democratic voters. This may seem a little childish but I think the differences harken back to our upbringing; it has always seemed to me that Dems were the supposedly gifted intellectuals (or so I have been informed) while Republicans tended to be the low brow jocks; this fundamental polarization tends to make all of the difference. Republicans (ex-jocks) understand that elections are about winning, not making a political point. That is why John McCain is the nominee; far from being the most beloved Republican, what our base understands is that he is the one with the best chance to win, and we are all about winning.
Dems on the other hand, are all about grandstanding for their crowds (Celebrities, Media, Academia….). One thing that I have read over and over again is that Dems furvently support Obama because, get this, they would be so happy to finally have the privilege of voting for a black man. You have got to be f’ing kidding me, go ahead and take your moral victory to the bank, Republicans will be more than happy win once again while you make your point. Obama has about as much political experience as I do, the funny thing is I was watching his speach at the Dem convention in ’04 and I saw this coming even back then; they didn’t care that a keynote speaker was a political novice with one term under his belt, just that he was a pleasant looking and sounding black man; if you do not learn from history you are doomed to repeat it. Wake up !! The average American is a moderate, they don’t care about making political points, only electing the person they feel is most qualified for the job.

Posted by: CS | May 7, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm

All I can say is WOW; I just spent the last 20 minutes reading the posts and I sure do feel MUCH better :) As a lifelong Republican it never ceases to amaze me just how misguided you Dems tend to be. I will chalk this up to the basic differences between Republican and Democratic voters. This may seem a little childish but I think the differences harken back to our upbringing; it has always seemed to me that Dems were the supposedly gifted intellectuals (or so I have been informed) while Republicans tended to be the low brow jocks; this fundamental polarization tends to make all of the difference. Republicans (ex-jocks) understand that elections are about winning, not making a political point. That is why John McCain is the nominee; far from being the most beloved Republican, what our base understands is that he is the one with the best chance to win, and we are all about winning.
Dems on the other hand, are all about grandstanding for their crowds (Celebrities, Media, Academia….). One thing that I have read over and over again is that Dems furvently support Obama because, get this, they would be so happy to finally have the privilege of voting for a black man. You have got to be f’ing kidding me, go ahead and take your moral victory to the bank, Republicans will be more than happy win once again while you make your point. Obama has about as much political experience as I do, the funny thing is I was watching his speach at the Dem convention in ’04 and I saw this coming even back then; they didn’t care that a keynote speaker was a political novice with one term under his belt, just that he was a pleasant looking and sounding black man; if you do not learn from history you are doomed to repeat it. Wake up !! The average American is a moderate, they don’t care about making political points, only electing the person they feel is most qualified for the job.

Posted by: CS | May 7, 2008, 5:44 pm 5:44 pm

Why do I have to tow party line ? Hillary was my candidate but Obama is better than McCain, but still they both do not make me feel good, so I think come November I will have a whole bunch of activities lined up which does not have to do with a polling booth. Why in the year 2008 do we still have a two party system democracy ?

Posted by: Paul | May 7, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm

CS, I concur.

Posted by: paul | May 7, 2008, 5:56 pm 5:56 pm

The little people in the talk show media will keep on repeating the same old stuff about Wright etc. in Obama’s circle. I for one am not concerned at all. I can imagine Obama’s early life as one who finds life puzzling but learns from the stuff that’s thrown at him for the betterment. Holistic life’s learning comes from both the positive and the negative. He is all the better prepared to make right judgement.
Followers of the radio talk-show pied pipers and the lynch mob should shake off from their grip. Don’t hang an innocent man.

Posted by: gnuagan | May 7, 2008, 6:30 pm 6:30 pm

Hillary supporters: If you now say you will switch from Hillary to McCain, what on earth were you doing supporting Hillary in the first place?? It can only mean you were a Bush Republican all along!

Posted by: Sallie | May 7, 2008, 6:36 pm 6:36 pm

SALLIE:
NO IT DONT IT MEANS THAT THEY WERE VOTING FOR HILLARY AND NOW SINCE OBAMA IS WINNING, THAT IN NOVEMBER SINCE HILLARY WONT BE IN THE ELECTION THEN THAT THEY WILL NOT VOTE OBAMA THAT THEY WILL VOTE FOR SOMEONE ELSE SINCE HILLARY ISNT IN THERE. THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY ARE A BUSH REPUBLICAN. JUST THAT THEY AINT GOING TO VOTE FOR A BLACK MAN FOR PRESIDENT.

Posted by: hh | May 7, 2008, 6:41 pm 6:41 pm

Idiots, racists, and misinformed souls is what I’ve just dug through on this post. CS might fall under racist, tomdavie a misguided soul and too mant to name for the idiot category. An informed electorate was the idea of electing the president of the United States but that was not to be found here. If policies and character do not guide you maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. This counry in in bad shape and needs an electorate that is willing to roll up its sleeves and come together but I see more of the same: racism, sexism and just plain ole stupidity. America, by design, is destined to more forward and continue to make progress, if you are not on board with this american destiny then maybe you should leave this country. Although, it is because we live in America that we can have this debate and for that matter a black or woman candidate for president. I am just sick of those who refuse to evolve slowing the rest of us down.

Posted by: Ken from Atlanta | May 7, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm

Idiots, racists, and misinformed souls is what I’ve just dug through on this post. CS might fall under racist, tomdavie a misguided soul and too mant to name for the idiot category. An informed electorate was the idea of electing the president of the United States but that was not to be found here. If policies and character do not guide you maybe you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. This counry in in bad shape and needs an electorate that is willing to roll up its sleeves and come together but I see more of the same: racism, sexism and just plain ole stupidity. America, by design, is destined to more forward and continue to make progress, if you are not on board with this american destiny then maybe you should leave this country. Although, it is because we live in America that we can have this debate and for that matter a black or woman candidate for president. I am just sick of those who refuse to evolve slowing the rest of us down.

Posted by: Ken from Atlanta | May 7, 2008, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm

Hillary went down the tubes, just like the bad fashion statement she wears. Could you really picture, someone at HRC age attending a meeting with International importance with representatives from other countries, and Bam she enters the rooms wearing a pink choker. Ask yourself, who you know that still wears a choker and evualuate their character. Sure you could say I’m pigeonholing, but I still wouldn’t want to see a pigeon in a choker.

Posted by: SuperDelegatetoBe | May 7, 2008, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm

You know what? Hillary would make a kick a** attorney general. She is tenacious, works hard, and would be a wonderful advantage having her on the cabinet, and put her in charge of health care in the US. She would definitely be a good addition to the group. I have said many times that while I prefer Obama, I will vote for whomever gets the nomination. We need a Democrat in the WH! And I’m glad it would be Obama. But if Hillary starts looking around, there are many positions for her in the future. She’s like a pit bull in some ways, and that’s admirable in her.

Posted by: Willow | May 7, 2008, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm

I am a Democrat, but I can’t wait till this nìgger loses. The blacks hijacked this nomination, thinking that its “their time” to have a nominee. An immoral law hating race and the socialist Daily Kos stole the party. i can’t wait till he gets 40 percent of the vote, and finally get that playing the oppressed negro card does not work

Posted by: Jay | May 7, 2008, 7:02 pm 7:02 pm

JAY SPEAK YOUR MIND BECAUSE I SPOKE MINE EARLIER TODAY AND BLACK POWER AND SOME OTHERS WERE SMEARING ME. BUT I STILL SPOKE IT AND I AGREE A 100% WITH YOU. I SAID THE SAME SH*T THIS MORNING PLUS MORE.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm

Hey Ken, maybe you should read the last 2 posts from your fellow Dems before you call me a racist

Posted by: CS | May 7, 2008, 7:25 pm 7:25 pm

JUST LIKE I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER CALL ME RACIST CALL ME WHATEVER YOU WANT BUT YOU CAN’T CALL ME A VOTER FOR THE BLACK MAN. THAT DAY WILL NEVER COME WITH ME.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 7:28 pm 7:28 pm

Glad to see that hypocrisy and indignation are still cornerstone Democratic values

Posted by: CS | May 7, 2008, 7:34 pm 7:34 pm

CS:
IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DEMOCRATIC OR REPUBLICAN VALUES. THIS IS THE VALUE OF PERSONAL BELIEF. WHO IN THE WORLD WOULD WANT THE BLACK MAN OR BLACK WOMAN FOR THAT MATTER TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE USA, FOR REAL NOW. THINK ABOUT IT. WHAT WILL THE BLACK DO FOR THE USA, NOT A DAMN THING BUT TO MAKE THE BLACK MORE STRONGER AND MORE OF A MAJORITY THAN THEY ARE NOW. THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WOULD WANT THE BLACK TO BE PRESIDENT ARE THE BLACKS, NI**ER LOVERS, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE STRAIGHT STUPID LIKE THAT.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm

COME ON NOW LOOK AT WHAT HILLARY IS SPENDING TO SHOW HOW MUCH SHE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT AND EVERYTHING. IF SHE IS WILL TO GO THE MILE LIKE THAT TO GET YOUR VOTE JUST THINK OF WHAT SHE WILL DO FOR THE USA IF SHE ACTUALLY BECOMES THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA. WHAT EXTRA MILE WILL SHE GO FOR YOU?? I BELIEVE THAT SHE WILL TAKE THAT EXTRA MILE TO HELP US ALL.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 7:46 pm 7:46 pm

At this point Senator Clinton needs to start rehabilitating her legacy among the Democratic Party. Start by bowing out gracefully, campaign like mad for Senator Obama, and then leave the senate to run for Governor of New York. In 2016, if all goes well, she can give it another go for the Presidency.

Posted by: Steve from Danville | May 7, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm

i got news for :steve from danville”. bill and hillary clinton dont owe the dem party anything. the dems have been running to bill clinton for the past four years to hold the party banner while sniviling little bitches like obama cowered fearing to make a decision of importance. i dont care if he wins the nomination, and i will probably vote for him over mcshame, the clintons are still the leaders of the dem. party. people with no honor or loyality like teddy (drown um dead) kennedy and bill (judas) richardson have been sucking hillarys teets and bills d–k to get where they are, are now a discrace to our party. and people who think that the clintons owe the party anything, show wake up and really look in the party mirror

Posted by: jimt | May 7, 2008, 8:27 pm 8:27 pm

oh and by the way, people like jay and white power make me sick. i may be a hillbilly, but im not a illiterate, uneducated, pile of s–t like you two. you must really be republicans.

Posted by: jimt | May 7, 2008, 8:30 pm 8:30 pm

Moses didnt’ have an exit strategy either! If anybody knows anything about the bible we see that he didn’t need one. Hillary, keep on fighting. Who can vote for somebody that can’t even wear an american flag because it may offend somebody outside this country. You want my American vote? Also he doesn’t like the National
Anthem. But I bet he likes the Muslims!

Posted by: JIM | May 7, 2008, 9:18 pm 9:18 pm

JIM:
I AGREE WITH YOU ALL THE WAY. ALREADY SAID THE SAME THING THIS MORNING. I GOT SMEARED FOR STATING MY COMMENTS. BUT OH WELL, I STILL POSTED THEM. THE USA NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THEY ARE GETTING INTO BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE IF THEY VOTE FOR OBAMA. GO HILLARY ALL THE WAY.

Posted by: WHITEPOWER | May 7, 2008, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm

jimt:
I AM FAR FROM A REPUBLICAN YOU A**HOLE. GET YOUR STORY STRAIGHT BEFORE YOU SPEAK ABOUT ME.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 9:25 pm 9:25 pm

WHO CAN BE A PRESIDENT OF THE USA THAT CANT PUT THERE HAND ACROSS THERE HEART AND SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BECAUSE IT HAS ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN IT. WHO CAN REPRESENT THE USA IF THEY CANT STAND BEHIND OUR FLAG BECAUSE IT MIGHT OFFEND SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE USA?? HE DOESNT EVEN BELIEVE IN GOD. IF THERE IS STUFF LIKE THIS THAT HE CANT STAND BEHIND THEN HE SHOULD NOT BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA THEN. THE ONLY REASON I CAN COME UP WITH IS THAT IF HE BECOMES THE PRESIDENT A LOT OF CHANGES WILL BE MADE FOR THE WORSE FOR THE USA. I SURELY WOULD NOT VOTE FOR SOMEONE LIKE OBAMA.
HILLARY ALL THE WAY!!!

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 9:30 pm 9:30 pm

WHY SHOULD THE USA VOTE A BLACK PERSON FOR PRESIDENT TO BEGIN WITH. WE NEVER HAD ONE IN THERE YET. SO LETS SEE, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?? IT MEANS THAT THEY ARE WORTHLESS AND MEANINGLESS. THEY WILL DO NOTHING FOR OUR COUNTRY EXCEPT BRING MORE INTO THE WHITE HOUSE AND THE GOVERNMENT AND EVERYTHING. WE DONT NEED THEM IN THERE. THERE IS ENOUGH THAT THEY ARE RUINING NOW IN THIS WORLD. THE WHITE POPULATION IS GOING DOWN TO SHREADS, IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS THE WHITE POPULATION IS GOING TO BE NOTHING. BECAUSE THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD BY THEN ARE GOING TO BE MIX BREEDS. PATHETIC ISNT IT. AND GUESS WHAT THE WHITE MAN WONT STAND UP TO THEM, BECAUSE THE BLACK MAN YELLS RACISM. BUT IT IS OKAY FOR THE BLACK TO DO ALL THIS SH*T TO THE WHITE AND NOTHING IS SUPPOSE TO BE SAID. WANNA KNOW WHY, BECAUSE THE BLACK WILL CALL IT RACISM. IF ANYONE IS RACIST IT IS THE BLACKS, NOT THE WHITES. WE JUST KNOW HOW AND WHAT THEY ARE ABOUT. AND THAT IS NOTHING BUT TROUBLE, ASSAULT, DRUGS, AND THEY ARE WORTHLESS HUMAN BEINGS. NOTHING GOOD TO BRING TO THIS WORLD AT ALL. THE AFICANS OVER IN AFRICE DONT CONSIDER THE BLACKS OVER HERE IN THE USA AFRICAN AMERICANS, THE AFRICANS CALL THE BLACKS OVER HERE N*GGERS. THAT IS WHAT THE ARIFICANS CONSIDER THEM. THE AFRICANS DONT EVEN LIKE THE BLACKS OVER HERE AT ALL BECAUSE OF HOW AND WHAT THEY ARE ALL ABOUT. SO WHY VOTE FOR A BLACK PERSON TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, THAT I WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 9:45 pm 9:45 pm

I personally am disheartened by the American people for picking Obama during the primary season, when it is so evident that he does not have the political experience. Hillary has served our country well, as the first lady and as a Senator. I have never voted Republican, but I will refrain from voting Democrat in the presidential election come November if Obama is the nominee.

Posted by: SadinNY | May 7, 2008, 9:46 pm 9:46 pm

Great! The last eight years of the republican nightmare have been even worse then normal for Americans under republican rule. They’ve raided and pillaged, committed murder and mayhem. And, there is no way in the world they will be able to win again except one: The democrats split over non issues and non differences, and suddenly, a group of people who should be in minimum security institutions at the least, are back in the fray. This is proof positive; there is a God and he has a wicked sense of humor.

Posted by: chikaRex | May 7, 2008, 10:18 pm 10:18 pm

I am a Hilary supporter.
I cannot for Obama. The Republicans will get my vote this year.

Posted by: Margaret | May 7, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm

I am a Hilary supporter.
I cannot for Obama. The Republicans will get my vote this year.

Posted by: Margaret | May 7, 2008, 11:04 pm 11:04 pm

Well, Margaret, you just go on and vote for McCain, waste your vote. You will get exactly what you deserve, and what’s worse? you will know it. We have to go on and pull this party together, because McCain and his “spiritual advisor” Hagee are much worse than anybody else running for Pres. White Power? You are a sick man.

Posted by: Willow | May 7, 2008, 11:33 pm 11:33 pm

HOW AM I A SICK MAN SPEAKING HOW I FEEL AND EXPRESSING MY OPINION ON WHAT I FEEL WILL HAPPEN IF WE VOTE A BLACK IN FOR PRESIDENT. EVERYTHING THAT I STATED ABOVE IS THE TRUTH ALL THE WAY. OTHERWISE I WOULD NOT OF BROADCASTED IT TO EVERYONE HERE.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 7, 2008, 11:36 pm 11:36 pm

White Power,
The way you speak makes me feel ashamed to be white. How can you say that Afican-American’s (to be politically correct) are nothing but trouble makers and all sorts of other things. They have as much of a right to have one of their own to be president. Wold you feel the same way if Hilliary was going to be president? Probaly so because a person that discriminates against a race of people will do the same against a woman. You need to wake up and smell the roses and see that this is the 21st century and not a century dominated by Nazi/Facist thinking.

Posted by: Robert L. Cox | May 8, 2008, 12:04 am 12:04 am

White Power,
The way you speak makes me feel ashamed to be white. How can you say that Afican-American’s (to be politically correct) are nothing but trouble makers and all sorts of other things. They have as much of a right to have one of their own to be president. Wold you feel the same way if Hilliary was going to be president? Probaly so because a person that discriminates against a race of people will do the same against a woman. You need to wake up and smell the roses and see that this is the 21st century and not a century dominated by Nazi/Facist thinking.

Posted by: Robert L. Cox | May 8, 2008, 12:04 am 12:04 am

To all Democrates that are now McCain Supporters,
You call yourself Democrates? To me you are no better than the Election back in 2004 when Republican’s called John Kerry a flip-flopper. go ahead and vote McCain because your son’s and daughters will be still trapped in Iraq and getting killed for a war that was made on LIES. A vote for McCain is a vote for Bush and another 100 years of being in Iraq. Why not stop being Obama haters and join a cause that is worht fighting for. take the next few dayts and look at where the country is at now and where the country can go and will go. Please think about your feelings and join a fight for the middle class. If you still want McCain, go ahead and vote for him, but when the country sinks further in recession and gas is $5.00 you have no one to blame but yourselves.

Posted by: Robert L. Cox | May 8, 2008, 12:11 am 12:11 am

This whole campaign by Hillary has been one classic case of narcissism. Me, Me, Me. When Obama started his campaign, you could see in her demeanor she thought he was just a passing thing. Everyone, including the media thought her campaign was a given coronation. Then when Obama gained and gained, she started whining, and acted like “Hey, this is MY time. I was promised the Crown”, and acted like he was a big nuisance, like “how dare he”. She and Bill attacked, made snide off handed remarks that had hidden racist remarks (remember the “shuck and jive” remark?). Now she’s like a boxer that has had the spit kicked out of them and refuses to throw the towel in….only making herself look ridiculous the longer she stays in. Using the same Boxer example, she’s just staying in, knowing she can’t win, but hoping maybe he’ll trip and knock himself out. Sad

Posted by: SirFitz | May 8, 2008, 1:13 am 1:13 am

I have put some thought into this.
There is really only one solution to this problem.
Obama must offer Clinton the vice presidency. Its the will of the people and does several things.
Obama needs a solid democrat on his ticket. He is a fractured candidate with no way to win blue collar democrats.
With Clinton on the ticket, he now has a shot at Florida, West Virginia, and he will win Arkansas to boot.
Meanwhile, he can win Colorado and Iowa. He has a better shot at Missouri with Clinton on the ticket.
He will win Ohio and Pennysvannia with hillary on the ticket.
In short, if Obama wants to GUARANTEE that he is the first african american president, he puts hillary on the ticket.
Bill Clinton is excellent with rural voters and hillary is great with blue collar democrats.
I dont see how its even remotely possible Mc Cain wins if Hillary is on the ticket.

Posted by: tomdavie | May 8, 2008, 1:39 am 1:39 am

I have been a life long democrat and I just emailed the Republican Party to ask them how I can re-register to become a Republican.
I am disgusted at the treatment of Hillary Clinton by the media and by the DNC. The way in which they held these contests, I saw first hand how illegal the Texas Caucuses were.
If and when Hillary Clinton leaves the race, that is the day I will become a Republican for the first time in my life.
The fight to elect the first woman President and the best Candidate will be over and so will my alliance and donations to the democratic party.
I will help and campaign on behalf of McCain.
There is NOTHING in me that will allow me to vote for Barack Hussein Obama.

Posted by: Nora L | May 8, 2008, 1:55 am 1:55 am

Democrats pls beware!! Rush Limburgh republicans will be posting offensive comments against Sen. Obama and Sen. Clinton. This is targeted at getting Obama supportters react angrily to Clinton supporters and vice versa. Pls ignore such comments and say nice things about our democratic candidates, unite the party and win in the fall. Congratulations Sen. Obama. Respect to Sen. Clinton.

Posted by: sammie | May 8, 2008, 3:08 am 3:08 am

Lets find out how Obama supporters have been bamboozled, lied too, manipulated, conned into such an emotional frenzies that all their common sense, logic and reason have been thrown under the bus like the majority of Americans who earn less than $250,000.
The formula:
1. agitate to engage emotions by telling stories of wounded veteran, the poor and uninsured.
2. Give message or spew lies
3. Heal with feel good emotions by giving feel good quotes, tell joke, tell story with happy ending.
Everything in step 2 when the emotions are engaged becomes absolute truth with out question. Why because we are hurt emotionally (Step 1) by the peoples true stories at this point all common sense, reasoning and logic have totally been thrown under the bus. Step 2. Everything said becomes truth eve if a bunch of has just been spewed. Step 3 Ensures that you feel good emotionally about the message or lies just spewed to you and again all common sense, reasoning, and logic are thrown under the bus again. This is the reason why Obama can only give prepared teleprompter speeches and Obama fails to answer questions from the audience or in Debates. He only knows how to speak using this formula in prepared speeches. Obama supporters, DNC and Super-delegates vote for Hillary and tell Obama the jig is up and tell Obama to end his candidacy for President of the USA.

Posted by: Bob4USA | May 8, 2008, 4:05 am 4:05 am

She’s winning American votes, but losing Democrat votes due to particular allegiance. She should put Americans first. Bail out of the Dem nomination contest and declare an independent campaign.

Posted by: esvida | May 8, 2008, 4:35 am 4:35 am

Who are all these Republicans pretending to be disaffected Democrats?
It’s so transparent, it’s almost comedy.

Posted by: Ed | May 8, 2008, 7:41 am 7:41 am

Maybe she should show a few tears like she did in New Hampshire and maybe people will give her the I feel sorry for you vote.

Posted by: jg5012 | May 8, 2008, 7:52 am 7:52 am

please people look further in obama’s background – some things are just coming out – we need to know more

Posted by: nkb | May 8, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

please people look further in obama’s background – some things are just coming out – we need to know more

Posted by: nkb | May 8, 2008, 11:11 am 11:11 am

Time to make history. First Female President. First Independent President.

Posted by: esvida | May 8, 2008, 11:57 am 11:57 am

To Margaret -
If you vote for McCain, I hope you have a child that is old enough for McCain to ship over to Iraq. Any Democrat that votes for McCain should be forced to join the army and be sent to the front lines in Iraq.

Posted by: Dave - Canadian | May 8, 2008, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

If you support Hillary to run as an Independent to carry the flag for the wear-and-tear Middle America, please send an email to
hillaryforindependentpresident@gmail.com
I will collect all the email addresses into a list and deliver a hard copy to Hillary’s campaign. Your email address will not be used for anything except to let Hillary know that she has your support as an independent candidate.

Posted by: esvida | May 8, 2008, 2:11 pm 2:11 pm

Obama will not win by a landslide and without a landslide of popular votes behind him he will be unable to get anything done. He won’t be able to “change” the power, greed and old habits of politics in D.C. He won’t be experienced enough to get things done through the old system. He is too naive and will be manipulated and bulldozed by the experienced politicians. The superdelegates need to realize Obama is neck-n-neck with Clinton and in the general election he will be lucky if he eeks out a win. Without the ground swell of support of an overwhelming majority of American’s behind him- Obama will be a one term president – like Jimmy Carter. Reagan could get things done because he was able to to directly to the people — because Reagan was so hugely popular. Obama has proven he will NOT have that going for him and he will NOT be able to go around Congress and straight to the people to pressure the Washington politicans.

Posted by: this election counts | May 8, 2008, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

I agree esvida. If you look at Obama’s style, you will see he is copying Bill Clinton’s to a Tee. Remember Bill Clinton did the same thing that he is doing. Obama is always copying other people’s words and styles and polishing them up with the rock star flare. Nobody has asked him what ‘Change ” represents. What is the old style of politics? What exactly is he saying? He identfies nothing and talks about everything. He needs ols style politicians to help him. How can he change anything? His cabinet will consist of inexperienced politicians like he is since he has no effective ties in Washington. It is so scary because WE DO NOT KNOW WHO OBAMA REALLY IS. We must listen to his story. There is no way to check it out. He keeps saying that he was raised by a single parent. He had a step-father. Otherwise how else did he end up in Indoneshia? We really need to examine his ties before it is too late. We do not have time to groom a president. Further, Obama needs to stop talking about the war in Iraq that he had no chance to vote for because people’s children are still dying there. He has the magic power to tell that he would not have voted for the war and supported the Commander-in-Chief of this country. Someone please ask him to define in concrete terms just what he means by change. What will change accomplish? Maybe all we need are new policies because change is so very slow to accomplish. He needs experienced people. When he solicits support from the existing politicians, where can he find this new breed in the change mode?
He accuses everyone of the old politics, but he is the only member so faqr of the new politics. Where is his coalitian?

Posted by: Anne C | May 8, 2008, 5:51 pm 5:51 pm

I wrote a comment yesterday. It was not accepted. I did not curse. I did not call names. I did not make unfounded statements. That were obviously racist. Which could have no other explanation. Today I thought I would make a shorter commnet. I can see there are not to many intelligent life forms here by the comments being made. There are five thousand families in this country called the one percent. Over 95% of the wealth of this country is concentrated in it. Most of the CEOs,COOs,CFOs, CMOs etcetera(etc.) The abreviation is for WHITE POWER. Because I know he couldn’t spell it an probably would not even recognize without the abreviation. You really should proofread your comments. The spelling is atrocious. Your thought process is so convoluted it is a wonder you can speak at all. And please, do not attempt to discuss the Bible. Even if you can read. It is clear you do not understand it. You talk about how worthless Blacks are. Alexander Hamilton is called the man who made America. He was born in the West Indies, on the island of Nevis. His father was English his mother Creole. He founded the first planned industrial center Paterson, N. J. Blacks invented the cotton gin, country music, bebop, jazz, rock and roll, the electric light, the traffic light, planted the flag on the North pole, were the only pilots in World War 2 to NEVER lose a bomber plane, performed the first open heart surgery. They did all that and much more. And they did it with people like you enslaving them,linching them, raping there woman. And you claimed they were animals three fifths (3/5) of a man. You should read what God says in that Bible you speak of in Leviticus 18:23 about the previous sentence. And just maybe YOU should read Leviticus 18:22 too. You obviously think of your self as something privilaged and superior. You are not superior to anything on the food chain. You are not intelligent enough to be ashamed of your ignorance. You are the reason for the shortest phrase in the Bible…Jesus wept. And you don’t want a Black man to be president of the United States! One has just addressed you. I would Love to debate you on the issues anytime…Because you certainly do have them.

Posted by: Armageddon Days | May 8, 2008, 7:01 pm 7:01 pm

If the comments on this forum are representative of the Democratic voting base~no matter which candidate wins the nomination~they are in trouble!
For those of you who are swearing that you will vote for McCain in the national election~do your homework before you rush to the polls. You may discover that John McCain is not the best way to voice your displeasure with the DNC.
As a nation, we are all witnessing history being made. Many of us do not know how to handle what has unfolded during the stump. Simply because we have never seen a race for the nomination like this one.
But the bottom line is going to be this:
Either we are going to take back the leadership of this nation under the Democratic Party Banner or we had better prepare for four more years of confusion, chaos and mayhem that is known as GOP Politics.
For you fair weather Democrats who are threatening to either stay at home or jump the aisles~hurry up and do so. That way we can know who is going to be about the business of working to take back the leadership of the nation.
To those who plan to ride it out~we are ggoing to have to work on helping our party to heal over the rough and open wounds that this process has created.
It is a matter of fact that there is still racism and sexism in these United States. It is definitely alive and well fed within our party ranks. This is a matter of fact and we are going to have to deal with it. There is ample examples of that right here.
In the end we will be the ones who decide who gets hired or denied. This is political reality in its most basic form.
I would urge you to consider that we are a nation that needs to get its house in order!
Now what are we going to do?

Posted by: ms whyte | May 8, 2008, 7:58 pm 7:58 pm

I PRAY FOR OBAMA AND HIS CAMPAIGN.

Posted by: Wanda | May 8, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm

I PRAY FOR OBAMA AND HIS CAMPAIGN.

Posted by: Wanda | May 8, 2008, 10:21 pm 10:21 pm

JUST LET ME SAY THIS ONE AND ONLY THING:
WHEN OBAMA BECOMES PRESIDENT AND EVERYTHING COMPLETELY CHANGES FOR THE WORST, DONT SAY THAT I DIDNT TELL YOU SO. SIT BACK, WAIT AND YOU ALL WILL SEE. KEEP VOTING FOR HIM YOU ALL WILL SEE IN THE END HOW LIFE IS GOING TO BE FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILIES.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm

DO YOU ALL THAT ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT HE IS IN THIS TO HELP EVERYBODY. COME ON NOW, NO WAY, AT FIRST YEAH, JUST TO PULL EVERYONES LEG. THEN EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE SLOWLY, BUT SURELY. ITS NOT GOING TO BE A PRETTY SITE WHEN IT DOES. JUST SIT BACK AND THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH THEM AND WATCH WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING TO US. IT YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I AM SAYING. PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE EVERYONE ON HERE THAT IS VOTING FOR HIM IS TO NIEVE TO UNDERSTAND, OR THEY ARE JUST PLAIN STUPID.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 10:40 pm 10:40 pm

ARMAGEDDON DAYS:
FIRST OFF FOR SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT THAT I DONT KNOW HOW TO SPELL NEEDS TO LOOK IN THE MIRROR. LEARN HOW TO SPELL YOU SCREEN NAME CORRECTLY YOU IMBUCILE. SECOND OFF YOU CAN KISS MY WHITE ASS FOR ALL THAT MATTERS. I DO NOT THINK OF MYSELF AS A SUPERIOR, I AM FAR FROM THAT BUT YOU CAN NOT TAKE MY RIGHT TO SPEAK WHAT AND HOW I FEEL. REMEMBER BABY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH. AND A BLACK MAN DID NOT MAKE AMERICA, THE LORD UP ABOVE CREATED HEAVEN AND EARTH, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS FOUNDED THE USA. I DONT KNOW WHERE YOU LEARNED WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED BUT I BELIEVE THAT YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN.
ANOTHER THING IS ADMIRAL ROBERT PEARY IS THE FIRST MAN THAT DISCOVERED THE NORTH POLE AND BY GOD ABOVE HE LOOKS PRETTY WHITE TO ME, UNLESS I AM COLORBLIND. HE FOUNDED AND PLACED THE FLAG THERE ON APRIL 6, 1909. SO JUST GO BACK TO SCHOOL AGAIN AND RELEARN YOUR HISTORY AND STOP TRYING TO MAKE YOURSELF SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE NOT. SLAVERY ENDED IN 1865, TOO. WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT TO QUESTION ME THAT I AM SUPPOSE TO BE SO STUPID ABOUT. I AM READY WHENEVER YOU ARE. AND I WILL ALSO READ THOSE BIBLE VERSUS TOO AND I WILL COMMENT BACK ABOUT THOSE TOO.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:01 pm 11:01 pm

alexander hamilton is just a founding father of the constitution not the person that made america, nobody made america, america made itself.
and your screenname is spelled correctly to, so that was my mistake.

Posted by: white power | May 8, 2008, 11:06 pm 11:06 pm

and you are wrong about the music issue too. Here is some information about that too. Looks like you have been proven wrong in a lot of things. So you must be the one that thinks that they are superior.
Music has been around since before humans came into existence.
Music was never invented; Birds sing, water drips, leaves rustle, fire crackles, and so on. It might be better to ask, “Who first realized that the world is so filled with music?”
No one knows. Caveman used to make music.
Pope Gregory the First wrote music around 600 AD
Music wasn’t “invented” only discovered. Everyone hums, taps, beats, etc. Early indians created music. Music goes as far back as human existence.
I don’t believe one single person can be credited with “inventing” music. Music has existed since prehistoric times and predates the written word.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm

and you are wrong about the music issue too. Here is some information about that too. Looks like you have been proven wrong in a lot of things. So you must be the one that thinks that they are superior.
Music has been around since before humans came into existence.
Music was never invented; Birds sing, water drips, leaves rustle, fire crackles, and so on. It might be better to ask, “Who first realized that the world is so filled with music?”
No one knows. Caveman used to make music.
Pope Gregory the First wrote music around 600 AD
Music wasn’t “invented” only discovered. Everyone hums, taps, beats, etc. Early indians created music. Music goes as far back as human existence.
I don’t believe one single person can be credited with “inventing” music. Music has existed since prehistoric times and predates the written word.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:10 pm 11:10 pm

daniel hale williams was the first african american to perform the first successful open heart surgery. and he was born in pennsylvania on january 18, 1856 and died in idlewild michigan in august 4, 1931. he was never from nj. you were right about one black person and what he accomplished but you were wrong with where he was from.

Posted by: white power | May 8, 2008, 11:23 pm 11:23 pm

GARRETT MORGAN BORN ON MARCH 4, 1877 IN KENTUCKY AND DIED ON JULY 27, 1963 IN OHIO. HE WAS THE FIRST TO PATENTED THE TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DOESNT MEAN THAT HE WAS THE FIRST TO CREATE IT, HE JUST GOT A PATENT FOR IT. THATS ALL. He is credited as the first African-American in Cleveland to own an automobile. SEE YOU ALL ARE JUST BEING CREDITED TO CREATING THIS STUFF THERE IS NO ACTUAL TRUTH TO IT. YOU CAN BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT TO BELIEVE AND I WILL BELIEVE WHAT I WANT. THAT IS WHY EVERYONE HAS THERE OWN OPINION IN LIFE, CANT KNOCK EVERYONE FOR EXPRESSING THERE OWN OPNIONS.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:31 pm 11:31 pm

I AM THROUGH PROVING YOU WRONG ON A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT YOU WERE TRYING TO SAY THAT BLACKS DID, I COULD CARE LESS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND WHAT THEY HAVENT.
I JUST DONT WANT ONE TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF OUR USA. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THIS WORLD THAT DONT WANT HIM TO BECOME PRESIDENT ALSO, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE ALL ABOUT.
PEACE OUT.

Posted by: white power | May 8, 2008, 11:34 pm 11:34 pm

alexander hamilton Born January 11, 1755(1755-01-11) or 1757
Nevis, Caribbean (now Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Died July 12, 1804 (aged 47 or 49)
New York City, New York
Political party Federalist
Spouse Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Profession Cabinet officer, military officer, lawyer, financier, political theorist
Religion Episcopalian at his death
his mother was french and the father was scottish. alexander was born out of wedlock. and alexander is white also not black or mixed with it either.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:42 pm 11:42 pm

alexander hamilton Born January 11, 1755(1755-01-11) or 1757
Nevis, Caribbean (now Saint Kitts and Nevis)
Died July 12, 1804 (aged 47 or 49)
New York City, New York
Political party Federalist
Spouse Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton
Profession Cabinet officer, military officer, lawyer, financier, political theorist
Religion Episcopalian at his death
his mother was french and the father was scottish. alexander was born out of wedlock. and alexander is white also not black or mixed with it either.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 8, 2008, 11:42 pm 11:42 pm

I READ CHAPTER 18, VERSE 22 AND 23 OF LEVITICUS FROM THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE BIBLE AND THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS:
22: THOU SHALT NOT LIE WITH MANKIND AS WITH WOMANKIND: ITS ABOMINATION.
23: NEITHER SHALT THOU LIE WITH ANY BEAST TO DEFILE THYSELF THEREWITH: NEITHER SHALL ANY WOMAN STAND BEFORE A BEAST TO LIE DOWN THERETO: ITS CONFUSION.
WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT NOT HAVING A BLACK PRESIDENT.
THE BIBLE VERSE IS STATING THAT WOMAN SHOULD NOT SLEEP WITH WOMAN AND MEN SHOULD NOT SLEEP WITH MEN.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | May 9, 2008, 12:06 am 12:06 am

News Flash- Clinton drops the DNC, runs for President as an Independent, beats Obama and McCain in the general election. Obama cannot win without her supporters. McCain loses because his stance on war. The United States Economy is saved. GO HILLARY.

Posted by: Hillarys Real Plan | May 9, 2008, 8:46 am 8:46 am

Hillarys Real Plan:
You are 100% right.
Go Hillary!!

Posted by: OH | May 9, 2008, 9:42 am 9:42 am

Armageddon:
Dont leave long dragged out nonsense comments on this page. Half the stuff that you have in your comment is not the real true facts. Dont make up stuff to better suit yourself, and your breed.

Posted by: OH | May 9, 2008, 9:44 am 9:44 am

I agree 100% with oh, whitepower, hillarys real plan, jim, jay, and all the others that dont want a black man for president. We all know what will happen then. Those people have brought our country down as it is now without them in the oval office. Lets not have it become devastating by having them kind in our oval office running our USA. For Real Now.

Posted by: hillary winner | May 9, 2008, 9:53 am 9:53 am

HILLARY IS THE BEST PERSON TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. SHE IS A WOMAN, SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE IS DOING, SHE IS FOR EACH PERSON IN AMERICA, SHE IS WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GO THAT EXTRA MILE TO HELP EACH PERSON IN AMERICA, WHAT MORE DO WE NEED.
OBAMA IS NOT THE BEST PERSON TO BECOME THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA. HE IS A LIER. HE IS BLACK, HE DOES NOT KNOW THE FIRST STEP TO TAKING CHARGE OF THE USA. HE DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE AMERICAN FLAG. HE DOES NOT WANT TO HURT HIS COUNTRY’S FEELING TO REPRESENT OUR FLAG. HE DOES NOT SPEAK THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, BECAUSE IT HAS GOD IN IT. HE DOES NOT EVEN BELIEVE IN THE LORD ABOVE. HE WILL NOT EVEN CROSS HIS HEART WHEN THE PLEDGE OF ALLIEGIANCE IS BEING SPOKE NOR WILL HE SAY IT ALONG WITH THE USA.
WHAT TYPE OF PERSON ARE YOU GUYS VOTING FOR TO REPRESENT THE USA?? WE DONT NEED A PERSON LIKE THIS TO REPRESENT OUR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EVERYONE THAT IS VOTING FOR OBAMA DOES NOT KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING EVERYBODY IN OUR COUNTRY INTO.
COLOR DOES HAS AN ISSUE IN THIS MATTER OF VOTING FOR THE RIGHT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE. LISTEN TO THE NEWS, RADIO’S, INTERNET BLOGS, INTERNET VIDEOS, AND WHATEVER ELSE SPEAKS/SHOWS TO US HOW AND WHAT BLACK PEOPLE ARE ALL ABOUT. I DONT HAVE TO POST IT ON HERE EVERYBODY KNOWS FROM HEARING AND SEEING IT ON THE NEWS EACH AND EVERY DAY AND NIGHT, WETHER IT BE THE NEWS THEY ARE EXPERIENCING THE BLACK CULTURE PERSONALLY THERESELVES. WE NEED TO STAND UP FOR OUR COUNTRY AND VOTE FOR THE WHITE. WE MIGHT OF BROUGHT THEM THINGS OVER HERE TO OUR COUNTRY (WHICH WAS THE WORST MISTAKE THAT THE WHITE PEOPLE HAVE DID IN THEIR ENTIRE LIVES AND WE ARE SERIOUSLY REGRETTING IT NOW) BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR THEM TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA.

Posted by: HILLARY YOU GO GIRL | May 9, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm

HILLARY YOU GO GIRL HAS A POINT TO WHAT SHE HAS COMMENTED ON.
IF WE DONT SEE IT ON THE TELEVISION, THERE ARE WHITE PEOPLE OF THE USA THAT IS BEING BEAT ON, ADULTS AND CHILDREN BEING RAPED, BURGLARY’S, ROBBERIES, MUGGINGS, PURSE SNATCHINGS, KILLINGS, THEY KILL THEIR OWN KIND, DRUG SMUGGLING, DRUG DEALINGS, THE BLACKS ARE DOING THIS ALL THERESELVES, IF ANYTHING THEY STARTED IT AND THEN THEY GOT THE WHITE PEOPLE THAT HANG WITH THE BLACKS INVOLVED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED STUFF. IF THE BLACKS DIDNT BRING IT THE WHITES WOULD NEVER OF INCLUDED THEIRSELVES IN IT. THE WHITES WERE SHOWN THIS ILL MANNERED BEHAVIOR BY THE BLACKS. WE DONT NEED TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS, WE THE WHITE NEED TO LEAD NOT FOLLOW. WE DONT NEED TO FOLLOW FROM A BLACK PRESIDENT REPRESENTING OUR COUNTRY. ALSO, THE BLACK PERSON IS WHAT BROUGHT AIDS TO OUR COUNTRY, A BLACK MAN WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO AFRICA AND HAD SEX WITH A AIDS INFECTED MONKEY AND BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE USA AND HAD UNPROTECTED SEX WITH A BUNCH OF FEMALE INDIVIDUALS AND THAT IS HOW AIDS WAS BROUGHT ABOUT TO OUR COUNTRY. THEY ARE SICK, DISGUSTING, DISCRIMINATING INDIVIDUALS THAT NEED TO GO AWAY, FAR, FAR, FAR, AWAY.
NEED I SAY MORE.

Posted by: NO BLACKS | May 9, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

Well I’m sure the left wing of the Democratic party is celebrating…nothing like losing millions of voters to the Republicans to make them happy!
Hillary is the only thing keeping some of us Democrats…So the “good old boys” and the rabid liberals can keep on slapping her around…because no one seems to be noticing that some of us are reexamining our party affiliation.
50% of Democratic voters are happy that Hillary wants to stay until someone wins….7 or 8 million of us will vote for McCain in the Fall.
The places where Obama drew the biggest crowds were won by Hillary….He has a ceiling…there are only so many 18 year old ultra liberal voters.

Posted by: Jackie | May 10, 2008, 1:23 pm 1:23 pm

GOSH, A WHITE PERSON HAS STOOD UP AND SPOKE THEIR MIND AND THE BLACKS HAVENT MADE ANY COMMENTS BACK TO WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN UP ON HERE.
TO ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE, STAND UP AND SPEAK YOUR MIND.
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR GOVERNMENT WONT STAND UP TO THEM.

Posted by: GOONIES | May 12, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm

GOSH, A WHITE PERSON HAS STOOD UP AND SPOKE THEIR MIND AND THE BLACKS HAVENT MADE ANY COMMENTS BACK TO WHAT HAS BEEN SPOKEN UP ON HERE.
TO ALL THE WHITE PEOPLE, STAND UP AND SPEAK YOUR MIND.
IT SEEMS LIKE OUR GOVERNMENT WONT STAND UP TO THEM.

Posted by: GOONIES | May 12, 2008, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm

Some working class consider not race but Barack a backstabber. Hillary helped initiate his political career and weeks later decides to run which hinders hers. Having the right, doesn’t make it right. If he will do that to people close to him then there is no chance he cares about us. He needs something of his own to promise people, he looks like he listened to hers and copied it.

Posted by: pam | May 14, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

Some working class consider not race but Barack a backstabber. Hillary helped initiate his political career and weeks later decides to run which hinders hers. Having the right, doesn’t make it right. If he will do that to people close to him then there is no chance he cares about us. He needs something of his own to promise people, he looks like he listened to hers and copied it.

Posted by: pam | May 14, 2008, 2:21 pm 2:21 pm

OBAMA HAS RUN HIS ENTIRE CAMPAIGN ON LIES!
What is the most important “right” granted to U.S. citizens? THE RIGHT TO VOTE!!!
A GROUP OF “POLITICIANS” (including Obama) ARE TAKING IT AWAY FROM MILLIONS OF AMERICAN CITIZENS IN FLORIDA AND MICHIGAN!!!
WE NEED TO COUNT THE “PEOPLE’S VOTES” — NOT THE “DELEGATES”.
IF OUR REPRESENTATIVES DON’T LISTEN TO US — WE NEED TO VOTE THEM OUT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WE DON’T NEED A RADICAL, ANTI-AMERICAN IN OUR HIGHEST OFFICE. OBAMA HAS TOLD TOO MANY LIES. He has too many anti-Jewish, Anti-white, Anti-American and terrorist friends and associates.
HILLARY 2008.

Posted by: REPLACE CONGRESS! | May 27, 2008, 9:53 am 9:53 am

If Blacks taught Whites all of those things…please explain serial killers??
If you must speak from your rectum, please remove your oversized and unoccupied head first.

Posted by: MrMajek | May 27, 2008, 1:37 pm 1:37 pm

MR MAJEK
THEY ARE OUT THERE, CANT REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY WILL YELL RACISM. THEN YOU KNOW WHAT ALL HAPPENS AFTER THAT IS STATED. IF NOT REMOVE YOU HEAD FROM YOUR ASS AND FIGURE IT OUT.

Posted by: WHITE POWER | June 1, 2008, 11:48 pm 11:48 pm

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