Gore: Race Will Be Settled Before Convention

Shouldn’t he have been the first to endorse Hilary? Interesting

Wonder if Al is gonna Say I got the most votes was screwed over in 2000.
Superdelegates don’t screw over Obama in the Smoke Filled Room and hand the nomination to the person with the least votes.

Of course Michigan and Florida will be seated and Gore knows exactly how.
Not even the US Supreme Court can over rule the certified results by a Secretary of State.
Al Gore knows that better than any other man on the planet. That’s why Florida was awarded to Bush in 2000, because the Secretary of State for Florida said so.
Dos the DNC really want to take on States Rights by over turning their election results??? Doubtful!
The delegates can only be awarded by the election results already certified by the respective Secretaries of State, now that redos have been eliminated.
The delegates may be partially sanctioned but in the end, I actually doubt even that will happen.
Notice Howard Dean’s change of tune lately. This doesn’t just jeopardize Mi and FL for the Nov white house elections it threatens the Democratic house and senate candidates as well.
The DNC has no choice. Fl and MI have to be seated. Gore knows this.

I see so much division between Clinton and Obama supporters, many who say they would either not vote or vote for McCain if their candidate is not the nominee, I think it will be hard for the Democratic party to unify and support one candidate in the fall. This race has gone on way to long and the longer it goes on, the longer it will take to heal the party. At this point, whichever is the nominee, Clinton or Obama, I’m afraid McCain is already set up to spend the next four years in the White House. Ugh!

Did I miss something. I heard quite a while ago that Gore was for Obama.

s.b., when Mi and Fl are seated, how will they divide the delegates? Just curious.

All of these big wig Dems who keep saying we’ll have a nominee by the convention remind me of folks who know there’s a serious problem and keep telling everyone to stay calm.
The Democratic Rules Committee meets on May 31st. Let’s see if they have some backbone to settle Florida and Michigan as they should have from the start.

Florida and Michigan will no doubt be seated at the convention. However, anyone who thinks that seating will included full delegate counts to Hillary for the Michigan results, with nothing for Obama, you are delusional! Hillary’s “Nuclear Option” may want it that way, but that would be just as unfair, and disenfranchise many voters as well.
Florida, one could argue, should be seated as well, because everyone was on the ballot. On the other hand, how many voters stayed home because they felt their votes would not count? How might the results have been different if Florida had followed the rules!?!
Heck, if Florida and Michigan had waited until early April or Mid-May to hold their primaries, they’d have weighed in much more on the results!!! Just goes to show you!
Obama 2008 — Yes, WE CAN!!!

I dont know why in this country we dont learn from our mistake. The economy is in a state of almost collapsing all we carry about now is the name America(USA) . China , India are advancing and we are stagnant and even retarding. The state of the economy taday calls for someone that can come and and quickly save the economy not someone that is not really experienced or can take very clear and good positions. the American economy today doesnt call for someone like a rock-star or someone that can talk but someone that can come in due to real experience and competence that has been prooved in the past but this seems a problem for America to choose the right person even if Hillary is to come in just for four year clear up this mess.It is diffilcult for Americato elect her, I dont know where we go from here. I indeed weep for America

There are already angry voters I am one

Good Post, Raleigh Voter .

There is no doubt in my mind that Florida should count. The argument that some voters stayed home just does not factor in.
Michigan is trickier. There could have been a revote there but due to politicians being politicians, they disenfranchised the voters not once, but twice! If I were a voter from that state, I would be making sure that we elect out the old and in with the new. How dumb can politicians be in that state?

Fl and Mi will be seated, but at the convention when wee will all know who the nominee is. Seating them would have no impact to the result. If there is any hint that they will be seated before Denver, and that might impact the result we have now, the Obama’s campaign wouldn’t agree with the deal. Anyway you don’t reward someone who knows the rules and breaks it. I am sure that knows it as well. FL & MI knew the rules, they knew the sanctions ahead and decided anyway to violate them. They should be punish according to the rules.

Sorry skeptic…you are wrong. Dean even said that the delegates will be seated somehow so this is hardly “settled”. No matter what one believes as far as the rules go and so and so agreed to it, the fact remains that the votes will count….somehow.

How did the Clinton’s “ruin” Gore’s chance at the Presidency? It was Gore’s campaign that did not want Clinton to participate. Say what you want about Clinton’s ethics, the people still love him. He could have brought a lot of moderates in to vote for Gore, not to mention Gore’s looking like a stiff elite did not help him either.

Enough of the “rules are rules” nonsense. This same thing happened years ago and the delegates were seated. If the rules were not meant to be broken then WHY did they do that?
If the rules were not meant to be broken then WHY did Dean say that they would be seated?

I think not only should the delegates be seated, but there should have been a re-vote in Florida and Michigan. It’s not the peoples fault they have stupid politicians in place. I hate it that people get on these posts and are glad that these two states are not counted…thats ludicrous! These voters have every right to be counted just as you and me!

Fl is different than MI. Names were on the ballot. The campaigning issue should not matter. The people that wanted to be heard went to vote. I have heard it all.
I have also heard that other states moved their voting dates up, also against the DNC rules but that those votes counted. I looked this up and found articles on it and it appears to be true. Still need to research it more because it JUST cannot be right or else it would have made bigger news.

LOL Gillis…that is funny.
Do not tell me about breaking rules though, the DNC makes the rules and breaks them! What is up with that??
It is easy to understand where Clinton is coming from…and the states that voted to move up their primaries. The DNC has a history of letting the rule-breakers slide by.
And come on, to have a little fun you need to break the rules sometimes :-)

If Obama steals the nomination without Florida and Michigan coounted, then i believe the DNC should be labelled Black People’s party or rather a racist party or a party that have no regard for women.

DC Voter gave a good summation of the Democratic Party:
I apologize for the lack of paragraphs (I was with a student and pressed post by accident.) So I will make it easier on the eyes folks, sorry about that.
The liberal dems have always hated the Clintons. The DNC had been controlled by the rich elite (liberal left wing) for many years until they were embarassed at Carter’s failure to get anything accomplished and get defeated in a landslide as an incumbent.
After that defeat, the liberals lost control of the party and the recommendations made by prior committee actions were implemented in 1982. This resulted in the changing of rules for delegates at the convention (no one is bound to the electorate) and the creation of unpledged delegates to represent the party since they are the ones backing the candidates during campaigns and terms of office. The unpledged delegates have been coined by the media as superdelegates but they are actually just unpledged delegates just like the RNC has in their party.
After Reaganomics resulted in massive debt and recession effects for middle America, with record deficits and unbalanced budgets, Bill Clinton (after 12 successful years turning around the economy in Arkansas and years of humanitarian efforts for middle America) was elected and the centrists officially took control of the Democratic party.
Eight years later, after his marital infidelity was used against him, Al Gore failed to win for a variety of reasons but we all know the final result was that he won and the DNC failed to get a single one of the 50 Senators to force the counting of the votes by overriding the Supreme Court decision. At that point, the liberals took control of the party again.
In 2004, with liberal control in place, Kerry had a failed run because of election fraud and a lack of guts on behalf of Richardson to investigate the election fraud in NM and on behalf of Kerry to investigate the election fraud in Ohio. In fact, the DNC was complicit in advising Kerry to concede before the votes were validated in Ohio.
In 2006, the people called for change with sweeps in many congressional races electing more Democrats. Unfortunately, the liberal dems in power pushed two liberals into the Speaker of the House and Senate Majority leader positions and very little has been accomplished.
Meanwhile, the centrist democrats have been gaining recognition and power by working across party lines to get some things accomplished as centrist republicans are abandoning the Bush administration. The current DNC leadership have all published or publicly stated their dislike for the Clintons and have taken it out on Hillary Clinton because she has risen to a position of strong influence with centrist democrats and the American people. As far as they are concerned, she represents them losing control again and that is why they set Obama up at the 2004 convention and pushed him into running for office even after he himself said he was not qualified.
The biased liberal latte in control of the DNC then violated voter rights and their own rules by punishing only 2 of the 4 states who moved up their primary dates. In Florida, it was not the state party that moved up the date but in fact was the RNC controlled legislature. This was engineered by the RNC and the DNC leadership was complicit.
They will do anything to prevent the core democrats from regaining control of the party because that would mean they would lose influence in the House and Senate as well. This is where we are today… the centrists are fighting to win back control of the party on behalf of core democrats and the liberal wing is using Identity voting and Karl Rove advice on how to keep control of the party.
Unfortunately, the DNC has thus far been able to fool half the democratic electorate into voting based on a message of hope and change under which failures can easily be blamed on others (the typical MO of liberal politicians) instead of standing behind a true democrat who inspires hope through actions, humanitarianism, and centrist unity.
Take a moment to consider the real motives behind Dean, Pelosi, Reid, Kerry, Kennedy, Leahy, and others before you cast your vote tomorrow. Clinton stands for all Americans based on common goals that benefit us all. Even the conservative democrats and some conservative republicans are leaning her way now instead of leaning towards McCain. Let’s not wait until the GE to vote with our heads… the time is now… lets change the way it has always been and select a nominee the same way we elect a President.

There is no legal basis for forcing the Dems to seat Florida and Michigan delegates. The Democratic party is a private organization, and can create the rules for its internal elections any way it wants. The rules for FL and MI were set long before the primaries, and were basically set by Hillary’s people (McAuliffe, Wolfson, Ickes), and were agreed to by all candidates, so Hillary has no basis for complaint.
I have said before that if the Superdelegates yank the victory from Obama to give it to Hillary it would be tantamount to saying “Mr. Obama, please step to the back of the bus. This seat for the presidential nominee is reserved for a white woman”. Either people like Jackson, Sharpton, or Wright would come up with this, or the Republicans would (actually, I think the Republicans would sit this out and let the others fight this battle for them, and keep their hands clean of it).
How many people (black or white) would sit back and take that type of treatment? And does the DNC really want to put itself in that position?
Not likely.

I think the media has been “pro-Obama” for the last 16 mos. I see Hillary getting up everyday, looking at nothing but negatives, taking a lot of slander from reporters, analysts, etc. However, she has fought, she has stamina, endurance and perserverance. She fought for Fl and Mi, she is trying to get relief for gas for America in the short term as well as having a long term plan. When I hear Obama speak, on the stump, he is only reactive to Hillary’s comments. He has no ideals or proaction on his own. I think the GOP definitely wants Obama to be the nominee, thats why they are already thinking of him in that way and trying to force it down America’s throats. They know that Hillary has already been vetted, and that she is a strong, tough, candidate, one that McCain would have trouble beating in the GE. Obama, on the other hand, is just now being vetted, is truly the weaker candidate in a GE vote, and would be easily beaten by McCain. The problem we have as Dems is that we have two very good candidates that have been played by the DNC and now both of them have virturally destroyed the other and will most likely lose to the GOP in the fall! This is sad.

Jack – very well said. I totally agree.

Very simple: SD has every right to pick one candidate who they think is the best to win back W.H…
That is only job they will do and that is the only reason they will choose their nominee if they care about their party…
Who has the best chance to beat McCain, that is the only thing that matters to SD..

So, if the Super D’s have the right to pick the delegate they think can beat the GOP and win back the White House, then why do we even vote? If this is true, why even spend all this money to have elections? Ugh! This is TOOOOO political…..lol…..lets all go have a beer and think about it….lol!

To Raleigh Voter, without rules, there is not functioning society. When you agree to play by the rules, you HAVE to go by the rules. I know that the voters from FL and MI didn’t seek to violate the rules, theirs stupid politicians did it. They should be held accountable before those voters, How? JUST DON’T VOTE FOR THEM. some of them will be on the ballot in November.
If your employees break the rules, you don’t promote them, you FIRE them instead. That’s how things work…

rco, isn’t thats what Obama is doing now? He lost these states, thats why he doesn’t want them counted! Hillary 08 !

I was a Dem also but now with Dean, Reid, Pelosi running how this election should play out makes me sick to my stomach & I’m now running as a Independant. Go Hillary!

Jack thanks for your views and that was why as a Black American, 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you everyone for the candor and the amusement… We’ll have to wait and see exatly what happens tonight, next week, next month, and at the DNC in Denver. Until then, go right ahead and spew your opinions which don’t matter to anyone but yourselves! Keep it up… the world needs more laughter!

Posted by: jack | May 6, 2008 3:32:45 PM – Jack, Jack, Jack. Such a long post, and you were so pressed to post after your meeting with a student. Trouble is you said “before you vote tomorrow”. Now could it be that this was all a hoax and a bit of a spam showing up all over the net?

Keasha, excellent post! I couldn’t agree more! This is why I feel he 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, 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, over half of the Clinton supporters will go with McCain. If she runs as an Independent, she will be basically a “spoiler”, 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!

Too bad that Obama does not want to engage in a negative campaign. He could have shown the Hillary Bosnia lie footage over and ever again as she did to him on his “bitter” comments. If he did, she would be crushed a long time ago. He did not even mention it unless when asked. I am sure the Republicans will if they need to.

Hillary fought a bitter battle against Obama and the American media for alomost 16 months and she still survived after all.
Check MSNBC, CNN, NYT . The main stream media houses in this country , they are all supporting Obama . If Hillary could still run this far i cudos to a brav e woman and a true American hero she has benn battered by thes media house syet she still came out strong. DNC should should use their right senses anvd support Hillary

Keasha, NC – Obama’s energy plan is to tax windfall profits to invest in research on renewable energy, and to raise CAFE standards for autos (he said this in Detroit to no applause, but CAFE standards have to be raised in order for our cars to be sold in China). Now Hillary also wants the windfall profits tax on oil to go to research,but that would be hard because she already is saying it should fund the suspension of the Federal Tax on gasoline. Hillary’s plan also encourages consumption that raises the price of gasoline more, and also more pollution and global warming.
So that is Obama’s plan and the Hillary plan that won’t work. Now who is telling the truth?

Obama will win in November. Everybody knows it, including McCain. That’s why the Republicans want to go against Clinton instead. The Republican machine is already trying to defeat Obama before he bocomes nominated because they are so afraid he will win by landslide. And Hillary is helping them do it.

People who support Obama is doing him a disservice. The fact is that he is damaged. If Obama win the primary and lose the election, he will be forever banned from running as the candidate. I would not hesitate to vote for him if he have few more years of experience and exposure. While some people think the business with his pastor and radical left wing fanatics is not a big deal as a 2nd generation immigrant, this is a BIG deal. He may or may not think as his pastor, but politics is about perception. If I am an immigrant and a minority can not accept this then you can bet that the majority of American will not accept. It’s not about his pastor, who cares about him. It is about the candidate itself. With a slim resume, he call to people to trust him on his words, that words matters, ideas, judgment are worth it. The pastor incident disproved all of these. If words, ideas mattered, why didn’t he say and do anything for the past twenty years. If he claims that he has the ability to bridge the race, why didn’t he start right at his pastor, his grand mother, his church.Most presidential candidate have one and only one shot at it. If he step up into the ring now, he will be forever damage. The best option for him is to take a VP position or bow out, which give him time to rehabilitate his image and improve his weakness (experience). Eight years from know, if someone ask him about the pastor, he can answer very honestly that it was a mistake, and he can prove that he correct it during the 8 years as VP and full of experience. I know this is not going to convince any of Obama’s supporters and I might be called all kinds of things but it is reality plain and simple.

leighg1 goes to show us just what’s wrong with the voting public.
To actually say that Obama is not going negative?? That if Obama was not such a non-negative politician he would have looped Clinton’s Bosnia story…
LOL…The commercials he is running here in NC are the most negative that I have seen yet by ANY other politician in this state…and there are a few negative ads out there involving runs for other offices. If I recall, Fox news was the one that brought forth the story about Wright…have to give them credit for having the guts. I do not remember Clinton being the one to bring up Wright unless she was ASKED about it.
Take off the rose colored glasses would you..Bosnia and Wright are at opposite ends of the spectrum…
Lets have a decent exchange of comments here, not this nonsense.

SHE CAN’T EVEN PUMP GAS!!!!!

mhertz40…I agree with you on some of your points. For me it is a about judgment. I was an Obama supporter last year and switched to Edwards. I was in awe after seeing him speak and thought that he was the greatest thing out there. It is funny how I look back at how I felt then and compare it to what I know now.
Before all of this Wright garbage, I felt uneasy about Obama. While he is a great speaker and motivator, I just knew something was missing. Once I began researching him, I could hardly find any experience outside of a few years in the Senate. I mean you can say what you want, but before that, he really did not do much. I looked up his charity work…again not much.
I do not believe that Obama deserves any blame for what Wright says. My problem with that whole situation, is that it took Obama SO long to figure out what was wrong with Wright, but Oprah picked up on it long ago. With so little experience as a politician, Obama has already used his office to return favors and associated himself with the wrong kind of people.
Imagine what he would do as President. Just too many questions…
Now I do believe he will be the Dem nominee…but it is exciting to see what will happen in NC and IN tonite. You have to thank the Dems for keeping us interested…thats about it though.

Hillary battered by the media houses. They have barely vetted her current issues, sniper fire, gas tax, everything good behind Bill’s presidency was mine, etc.
What about conflict of interest with Bill being paid to lobby by foreign governments? What about watergate, whitewater, travelgate, filegate, Peter Paul, Norman Hsu? A little blurp here and there. If she wins the nominee, the republicans are going to remind everyone why 60% of us don’t trust her. I bet that 60% can go to 80% in a hurry.

Obama ad misrepresents Krugman quote to attack Hillary
Obama has a new ad which claims that “experts” believe Hillary’s plan for a gas tax holiday would “boost oil industry profits.” Their citation is an April 28 column by Paul Krugman, which discusses McCain’s plan, not Hillary’s plan:
The impression that Mr. McCain’s tax talk is all about pandering is reinforced by his proposal for a summer gas tax holiday — a measure that would, in fact, do little to help consumers, although it would boost oil industry profits.
Hillary’s plan differs from McCain’s in that it is financed with a windfall profits tax on oil companies. Krugman, who does not support Hillary’s plan, acknowledges that her plan will not increase profits for the oil industry.
Krugman adds: “Just to be clear: I don’t regard this as a major issue. It’s a one-time thing, not a matter of principle…Health care reform, on the other hand, could happen, and is very much a long-term issue — so poisoning the well by in effect running against universality, as Obama has, is a much more serious breach.”
Krugman is a economist and said that Hillary’s could work. So all of you Obama supporters stop hating and get your finger nails out of your mouth because Hillary will prevail out of this!

it will be impossible for the democrats to unite with Obama as the candidate..ill never vote for a racist like him…never…its not due to color of skin..its due to his shady associations

Really she is out of touch mom and dad paid for everthing to get her to this point. She’s a spoiled little girl in old B#@$%! womans clothing. 110 millon dollars in what 4 years not to mention all the shady crap she and her husband made on the side people think she’s in touch with me, my white ass! What about the uranium mine Bill helped set up in Europe with terrorist organizations pretty shady. Then all the crappy trade agrements. Oh yea and SHE CAN’T EVEN PUMP GAS!!! Sorry if you can’t pump gas you have no business being pres.

Did Obama take his name off the Michigan ballot because he didn’t think he could win anyway? Why did some of the voters vote uncommitted. Give Obama the uncommitted votes in Michigan. He was on the ballot in Florida, so give him the votes he won there. Absolutely give Hillary the votes she received in both states. The Party was wrong to punish those voters. Punishment for the state party leaders should not punish the voters. That goes against the democratic principles the Party has stood for. No more caucus selections, and no more throwing out the people’s votes!
If Al Gore had not been cheated out of the election in 2000, we might not have suffered through the last eight years or this devisive campaign. There is that little “if” word again.
Hillary is the strongest candidate in this race. Let us pray that she wins. The Party has a lot of work to do to clean up its act. Otherwise, it will be in more trouble than it appears right now.
Thanks, Al Gore, for all you have done and all of the good work you continue to do!

Raleigh Voter – here are the questions that I have.
If Hillary is such a good leader and problem solver why has she blown a 20% point lead in December?
Why was she so unprepared after Super-tuesday? Is this leading her organization?
How can she propose a gas tax holliday that spends the same money twice, increases has prices and global warming? Republicans appeal to short term greed, not us.
How could anyone running for office say that they would obliterate another country. Isreal is attacked and we obliterate Iran. OK now what? Yes, every oil producing country on earth turns against us, dollar goes crazy, massive inflation, we stand alone and broken.
This is a leader? The things that you mention as concerns are so small compared to these.

Jesus: I don’t know how many times I have to say this…caucuses count!! I know you don’t want them to count, and like the Clinton’s believe that the nominee should be the person who won California and New York. Last time I looked, there are 50 states in this country, not 2. That is not democracy at work…You should be blaming Clinton for ignoring these states, because if she hadn’t, she wouldn’t have been behind. I know for a fact that if Clinton was ahead, and Obama was complaining she would be EMPHASIZING that caucuses count. I understand your frustration over the fact that your candidate is losing….I would feel the same way if mine was losing too.

Jesus: One more point…Obama never denied that he voted for the gas tax in 2000…on Meet the Press on Sunday, he told Russert that his vote was a mistake, and that he found that he should have voted against it because it wasn’t helping. Unlike Clinton, Obama admits when he voted in the wrong way.

Lee: Do you seriously think Obama can’t win without your vote?
Obama supporters are brainwashed attack dogs? Wow…I’m sure your low self-esteem went through the roof with that attack.

Whoever made that dim-witted comment is probably part of Hillary’s base: beer drinking, gun totin’ uneducated blue collar workers who for some reason still carry lunchboxes to work….
either that or the 80 year old granny who keeps on saying “When I was your age…”

Lee – wasn’t that the truth? However they want to spin the Wright fiasco it boils down to his judgment and character which the American people have the right to question. I pity the superdelegates though. Having to pick between someone who is unelectable and someone whom the party leaders hate. I also pity the hardcore democrats who time and time again have voted for the democratic nominee only to lose in GE.

Mary – The Olberman bit is also on Daily Kos.

I love this…when the Clintonistas have been beaten they resort to personal attacks (which never work). I love it!

It seems grossly unfair to predict a winner before all the states have had their say. Is it no wonder that many states wanted to get at the head of the class? I mean for the last couple months every state seems to just be a voting exercise that means absolutely nothing. The throngs of folks voting are doing so because the party is very divided. Each candidate has their supporters that pretty much hate the other candidate. It really isn’t about policy, but more of a personal dislike. So the Clinton supporters want to see a woman win and are furious she is being marginalized by Barack and his supporters. I can see why those that voted for Clinton will probably not vote for Barack. Nobody is marginalizing Hillary more than Barack. He doesn’t want to debate her, he doesn’t want to be seen talking with her, and in fact they don’t talk according to Hillary. That is no surprise. Barack has been embraced by NBC and MSNBC and pretty much CNN. The Clintons have been thrown under the bus. I have to give it to Hillary that she has stayed positive and willing to do go to Plan B when it was necessary. Barack on the other hand, just gets quiet when things aren’t going so well. Apparently he avoids the press for fear I guess of slipping up and having another gaffe. Hillary is much less timid and if she makes another gaffe she just works harder. Good for her.

Susan: Look at the math…Obama only needs to win NC and OR and he has sealed up the nomination…he leads in both states according to the latest polls.

Howard Dean has been trying to tap dance in his head how he can ‘include’ Florida and Michigan WITHOUT it actually mattering in the nomination process.
If Obama wins the nomination due to super delegates before the decision is made, its the same as Michigan and Florida not counting at all.
Their delegates get a free and meaningless trip to the convention.

The sad thing in the end of the Demo primaries is that the Rep will gain more members and votes in the fall, simply because BO has so alienated a large group of people that are essential for them to win the general elections.
Now, with McCain, you know what to expect in the next four years. With BO, ya never know; he could be good, or he could be Bush. You take the flip.

The Demo establishments are willing to throw this election away by losing it in a most improbable way, rather than choosing a superior fighter. There is a clear reason for doing so, unless there is a dumbass who pretends to need to be explained. They clearly realized this is a weaker candidate, although brilliantly deceived so many people by all kinds of tricks including feeling good speeches and the trump card. At this point, there is no way out, and they will simply stick to the gun.
Your best hope, yeah, HOPE, is 4 years from now.

Bi-polar fraud:Momma’s still ringing that cow bell….don’t you want to stop the voices in your head…if you do than take the medication.

Can someone educate me why and what the hell is Kerry still talking? Shouldn’t he be hiding in his holes for such an inept campaign that he had run?
He and the old Senate minority loser who cannot win their own elections are the type of people BO attracts.

Hillary supporters on this blog are not even democrats. They are Republicans in sheeps clothing rooting for the weaker democrat that they have a chance of beating in Nov. and that is Hillary.
Sorry Republicans, you have to deal with Barack Obama. He is our champion.

Hillary should abandon the race and embark on her own campaign to the White House as a third party candidate. She would surely attract the middle of the road voter leaving the Black vote to Obama and the die hard Republicans to McCain. Go Hillary !!

Obama is electable. We cannot afford another republican in the white house. Even some republicans won’t vote for McCain. I think they would rather have a dem win and try again in 2012. Now what does that tell you.

rosaria, I like your post.

Hillary is the best choice…hands down

Some people are so hung up on sex,color
of skin and popular carismatic people
rather than people who have proven
years of experience and know how to
get the job done. We need Americans
who accept Christianty,Patriotism and
Responsibility (without excuse) for
the problems Americans are facing daily.
HILLARY HAS ACTIVELY BEEN MORE INVOLVED
LONGER WITH AMERICANS PROBLEMS AND UNDERSTANDS THE URGENT NEEDS FACING THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE. RICE AND COL.POWELL
ARE MORE EXPERIENCED PEOPLE. IF
THEIR ISSUES WERE THE SAME AS HILLARY’S
AND THEY WERE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT OF
USA,IT WOULD BE A MORE DIFFICULT CHOICE
FOR ME.

Indiana goes for Hillary, NC for Obama, but Obama picks up a net gain in both delegates AND popular vote.
Seems that’s not so good for the Clinton team.

Looks like the Chicago machine is trying to steal Indiana.
I propose this. Have a gas tax holiday in those areas that supported Clinton. In black neighborhoods and college towns charge them the gas tax.

rallph, what are you talking about. The voters have spoken and yes Obama is electable.

Look at what Obama supporters are doing in Lake County! They are NOT counting the votes so no network will declare the state of Indy for Clinton.
Obama people are cheaters.

Clinton supporters are PROUD of America! That’s not the liberal Obama supporters who are ashamed to be an American. Look at Michelle…it took her husband running in an election to get her proud of her country.
So YES! Clinton supporters will vote for McCain! At least we’ll have a President that thinks America is great in McCain

If white voted like the black in 91% favoring Hillary, what will be the result?
If the Obama win the nomination, the Democratic will be hijacked by the black in the next 12 years. Same as those conservatives to the Republican.

No results to come in?
Are those results comming from europe?
Get lost!
Obama is a cheater! That county that holds the election results is next to Chicago!
You go figure
85% of the thieves are black anyway!!!

We will fix him in Kentucky !
Winner takes all in KT for Hillary!

If Obama becomes the winner in IN, he has stolen the votes !
Brownick county is next to Chicago, and still did not report yet!It is unusual!
I hope and wish Obama will get shot by a white patriot during this election process!

Nicholas you can’t blame it on affirmative action. I have 2 kids in college. It’s very competitive out there. It’s all across the country. Yes your son may have to do cartwells to get into a college. But it’s not because of affirmation action. Do you even read the newspaper. More kids are applying for college then ever before.

I hope when everything is said and done that our country can support whoever is the new president – whether it’s Obama or Hillary or John. The country needs to heal, innovate and repair its relationships with the countries President Bush has alienated. All three of them have strengths and weaknesses. Regardless of our particular party at some point shouldn’t it be about America, not just about one group or one view?
The hatred, bickering and name-calling on these posts seems to mirror the behavior of the candidates and their campaigns. I long for a candidate who talks issues and about themselves instead of casting aspersions about their rivals.
I didn’t like this juvenile behavior in junior high and I certainly think we should be better than this now.

Well, one way or another, by this time in 2012, we will know which of you was right.
I hope none of these candidates get hurt, shot, stabbed or killed. It takes a very cruel, evil person to wish death on any of these candidates. I don’t like President Bush’s policies, but I certainly wouldn’t wish him dead.
I hope you’re all paying close attention to your local and state elections. Those politicians are the ones that effect us on a daily basis – WAY more than the Washington politicians. In just one municipal meeting, you could lose your home due to re-zoning constraints, find a large shopping center is coming to your neighborhood, etc. and not be able to do anything about it.
We’ve got to be so careful not to be so passionate that we lose our ability to be compassionate and wise.
I’m hoping there are other level-headed Americans out there. Please speak up!

Hey Lisa,
Barrack made a huge mistake and stole the votes tonight?
How can you back a thief?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Please somebody tell me how he steal the vote.
My cable broke down.
Should he drop out if like that?

@Shan,
Thanks a lot.
I tried to go online they did not report it.
No wonder, His number are keep raising.
Hopefully we still win.
Thanks again..
Go Hillary..

Shan,
Since this happened, I’m afraid the previous caucuses also they did the same thing?

@ Blue Irish!
It is time to send a very strong message to DNC and Hillary!
Switch to independant and threaten them that you will vote for McCain!
If they are thieves than we should play cops!

Change is not easy to accept. As a seasoned traveler around the world for the past 40 years, it is time for we Americans to take a good look as to how we are really perceived. We are not loved, mainly because we do not live up to our great creeds and documents.
It is interesting to note the hypocrisy of our stating that rules do not count?; are meant to be broken?; Little wonder that our youth are confused.
Thank God that I have seen more young people become motivated and involved in our political process and excited about the possibility of what America can be. Thank goodness, they took to heart the message of the most profound utterance on race of this decade,”A More Perfect Union” and many of them have now broken their long standing traditions and have joined black churches, white churches, temples, volunteers in inner city schools and libraries, integrated black schools and white schools, etc.
Many of these intelligent young people are tutoring at homeless shelters and have renovated homes that now house many of those who were in shelters.
While I usually do not keep up with these blogs, I do keep up with the positive change that I see and am a part of because of the audacity of hope offered by Senator Obama.
My hope is that more of you will get involved in your neighborhood to bring about the much needed change rather than just talking nonsense!

Shan,
My friends and all my family have been talking about it.
Let hillary runs as Independant and we will vote for her.
Especially 90% AA vote for him.
She will get independant voters and us.
If the DNC abandon her.
Looks like it right now, they don’t want to do anything.

Shanna if you really believe that then you are either uneducated or an idiot. How is he a theif.

@Randy,
Yes, I think they are desperate because this is primary and they want to end this race.
It just can not.
I hope DNC will take an action now.
Punish him.
Who plays the dirty politic now,,that’s him not Hillary.

Hillary supporters please come and join us John McCain is a better choice than this thief!

ALL HILLARY SUPPORTERS!
Come and join us in November!
Vote for John McCain!
Obama is a corrupt politician , a thief!
John McCain in 2008!

blue irish what names did I call anyone. Tell me please.

If Hillary or obama had already reached the majic number for the nomanation would the rest of the states not be counted like florida and mich.
kathy

The Courts have again ruled that the rules by which a political party nominates it’s Presidentian Nominee is left totally up to the Political Party.
The Democratic Party warned FLA and MI not to move the primaries ahead or they will penalize them by not seating any delegates at the convention, the republicans penalized the states by given them 1/2 a delegate and the Republicans campaigned in these states.The Democratic nominees all agreed (including Sen Clinton) that the delegates would not be seated. As an admirer of President Clinton, I am really disappointed that the Clinton campaign has resorted to backing out of aggreements between the other candidates, the Democratic party and themselves. Blatant disrespect for fairness, in the hopes of gaining the nomination, is a bad reflection on Sen Clinton’s integrity. Should we teach our kids to when at all cost, irrespective of the right or wrong or should we teach them the values of truth, justice and fairness. Think about it!

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 the reigns.
Did we as a country not learn anything after voting “BUSH” in for 8 long years.
How can people vote for 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!!