Reid Says ‘We Should Just Relax’ About Democratic Race

confused again tomdavie

No one is telling Hillary to drop out.
What the media and others in the DNC are stating is, as of right now… there are no realistic chances of her winning this nomination.
She can’t and won’t catch up in the pledge delegates.
After Tuesday big defeat, chances are she won’t catch nor surpass Obama in the popular vote.
And Obama has won twice as much contests as she won.
Those are the numbers and facts the media and other DNC members are reporting.

Reid is correct about the campaign being good for bringing in many new Democrats and Barack Obama has been a major force behind the increase. His campaign was out there early getting new voters registered. He brought new interest and excitement.
The damage has been Hillary’s malicious smear attacks against Obama. She has been right in there with Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity by playing on people’s fears.
You did not see that happen in the Republican race. Republicans will not tolerate anyone that attacks another Republican.

The Commander Guy: Bill Clinton must be still exhaling not inhaling pot and Hillary Clinton (The Express) getting a buzz from the second hand smoke? After all she wears the pants in that family.
Obama all the way!

Lookup: I can’t believe that the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. Didn’t Obama’s “mentor and spiritual adviser,” Rev. Wright, imply that all evil in the world is perpetrated by “the white man?”

The focus now is McCain should be by both of them, he has had a free ride for months time to let this country know both are against Mc cain
Obama has said, he has not won nomination get ur freaken facts straight.People like u make things worse then what they R.

KY and WV want help Hillary Clinton in no way.
Fl and MI may count at the convention but not at this point because the two renegades state violation the rules of the game and 2209 is out of the question? If the Clintons can’t play by the rules they should move away from the table.
The Clintons want to make-up the rules of the game as they play the play?

Darn right it’s scary and it’s among the reasons why, after voting a straight democratic ticket since 1972, I won’t vote for Obama. It basically means re-aligning the entire party away from the people and values that I’ve supported for decades.

Reid is probably one of the most corrupt in Washington! Who’d listen to him?

Hillary is a liar. She could stay as long as she wants even after November. She will not be the nominee in 2008. If Obama loses in 08, we will still be here waiting to defeat her in 2012.

Hillary should not even get the VP slot. If she does we will vote for Nader. We are not stupid like some Clintonites to even mention that we could vote for McSame. Besides, Barack should never pay the Clintons campaign debt with our money. Let the Clintonites pay for their own mess.

Lookup–and your logic for that is ???
I can’t help it if you can’t miss relatively common movie quotes.
The rest of your post is just sad.

CORRUPT MEDIA. GREAT PEOPLE ARE SEEING WHAT CNN, MSNBC AND OTHER LEFT WINGS MEDIAS ARE DOING….. THEY THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE BLIND AND DEAF LIKE
STUPID…. NO NO NO THEY WILL PAY THE PRICE OF BEEN SO CORRUPT……. WE ARE NO THAT STUPIDS AS THEY THINKS WE ARE… NO NO NO…… GOD BLESS THIS AMERICA.

Reading so many comments with the same sentiments makes me realize I’m not alone in feeling that for the first time I must vote for a Republican. The flag pin and refusal to pledge allegiance seemed incredibly silly when I first heard it. Combining that with Obama’s church and his prejudiced statements make me realize I could never take a chance with this man.

Reid can relax while John McCain runs around the country making his case and our party is loosing time dealing with a nomination issue which is long since reached its conclusion. His type of leadership relaxed while Bush ran this country in the ground.

“…we have a campaign that has been for the American people…” How so? We have a smart and agile man (a socialist) with little experience winning because he has offered an alternative to a smart, calculating, pathological liar (a socialist) with a husband who has a background of chasing girls (not women, yet) less than half his age, running around the country running his mouth and pointing his finger at folks. And all the other political corporation can come up with is an heroic figure of the Viet Nam War era who reads teleprompters and embraces illegal immigration (a liberal). How has this primary season been good? Hillary’s supporters are enraged and indignant, Obama’s supporters insulted and triumphant, and most Republicans are in quiet disbelief that this is all we have to choose from. To say that this has been good for the American people just shows what a shallow political hack Mr. Reid is, along the same political blood lines as Jim Wright.

The house is on Fire !!! Have they evr been in fight? We are not Al Gore. Maybe I am not a Democrat, after all. Because, let’s face it, the Democratic Party doesn’t want me– so why should I continue to want them?
I think a lotta women are asking themselves this question along about now.
I mean where in the Democratic National Committee Leadership is there a woman at all. We got Donna Brazile, who hates gays, is more responsive to her race than her sex and backs Obama because she cannot resist the movie in her head called: Triumph of the Race.
And then there is Howard Dean who hates the Clinton’s and is a progressive Democrat who went down in flames electorally; but what the hell–he is Obama’s guy on the Inside.
And then there is WHO? C’mon, all you astute electioneer armchair handicappers; Where is the woman who is in power in leadership in the Democratic National Committee? WHO?
SILENCE!!!

From Dem: “Let there be a quiet riot at the voting booths and ensure defeat of Obama on Nov 4th.” This is the era of respect and we have all the support. It is becoming big ! That is right Dem, the riot will be in the voting booths. The campaign has finallt started. This is exactly what Hillary Clinton has showed as a leader of the hard working american people.

Melanie: Pelosi and Dean are Democrats and though they may be wrong, they are still Dem’s; that is, if they are really promoting Obama…they haven’t publicly declared. However, the MSM is another story—I think they are trying to promote McCain by supporting Obama because they know that Obama is an albatross.

dds: Don’t be surprised. They just want to luck up. Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisor was fired for secret meeting with Hamas. Of course, what can you expect from the media. This is pure terrorism, an attempt to our security and a reason to ban a nomination on any party in the world. Is the CIA investigating? the FBI? This is the new America and we are all part of ir. God protects us !

dds: Don’t be surprised. They just want to luck up. Barack Obama’s foreign policy advisor was fired for secret meeting with Hamas. Of course, what can you expect from the media. This is pure terrorism, an attempt to our security and a reason to ban a nomination on any party in the world. Is the CIA investigating? the FBI? This is the new America and we are all part of it. God protects us !

Eric, I don’t know whether Hillary has a chance but I am not going to have the media stuff Obama down my throat. After all, he has to go the the superdelegates also to get the required number. These posters are trying to wake up Democrats to the fact that Obama is a very iffy candidate. States Hillary could easily win like PA, Ohio, and Florida (these states gave the election to Bush) are not likely to go for Obama.

I have been thinking for a while about whether or not i can vote for Senator Obama. The more i think about it, the more i am inclined to either stay home or vote for McCain. I just cannot bring myself to vote for someone who has 18 months of experience on the national level. Come on, this is not 1860 and Senator Obama is no Abraham Lincoln.
Not only does he have 18 months of experience on the national level, Senator Obama has not proposed or passed any significant legislation and he has no executive experience, no business experience and no military experience. For all his talk about bringing this country together and unity us and move us beyond partisanship, he has no significant bipartisan legislation. The man has never been a governor, or a businessman, or former officer of the US military or great legislator. His CV can be summarized in 2 words: community organizer. In all honesty, this is not enough for me to vote for him for president. In my mind, he did not cross the threshold to become a CIM and i just cannot vote for him.

The only way for me to vote for Obama is for VP and Senator Clinton for President. That is the only condition. Other than that, i am staying home or maybe voting for McCain.
If the folks here are serious about opposing Obama, we need to organize in groups and by states. We need to target battle ground states and organize our efforts in those states. Let us start here discussion groups that oppose Senator Obama in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Missouri, and Florida and let us organize our opposition efforts. These states represent about 79 electoral votes and without these 4 starts no one can win the presidency.

Rush Limbaugh said, “The only way for me to vote for Obama is for VP and Senator Clinton for President. ” IS THAT YOU, RUSH? Operation Chaos is in full swing. Democrats, GOOGLE ‘Operation Chaos’ and see the dirty tricks being used by McCain’s supporters to ruin your shot at true Democracy. The power the neo-conservatives have held for 8 years is slipping through their fingers, and they are desperately doing anything they can to disrupt the Democratic race.
Obama needs to declare his VP choice NOW (someone other than Hillary ‘McCain’ Clinton) and move on beyond this nonsense. He is the nominee and he needs to focus on winning in November.

Hillary Clinton FAILED MISERABLY at her task of reforming health care while First Lady. Her ONLY responsibility was to reform health care and she failed inside of a year. She had NO other job and NO other responsibilities but that, and she failed miserably. She has absolutely no chance to succeed at the Presidency. She can’t even take the pressure of the campaign without breaking out in tears or lying about sniper fire in Bosnia. Give it up Clinton apologists. Obama has clinched the nomination.

Reid probably knows that Hillary will win the nomination.

While I’d probably never vote for the guy, I can absolutely see the Reagan Democrats becoming the McCain Democrats, and the Bill Clinton republicans voting for McCain.
There was a reason why Bill Clinton was the only twice-elected Democrat in 30 years. The Country is much more moderate than Dean & The Elites care to accept. That’s why McGovern, Dukakis, and Kerry, didn’t pan out. I think Jimmy Carter won because he had that Southern thing going on.. and was billed as a ‘peanut farmer’, not an academic elite.
Why are we doomed to continue making these same mistakes? I have the DNC/DLC to thank for running Al Gore off… now they run Hillary off.

those that say they would vote for mc cain or write clinton name on the ballot come nov … are old-time democrats IMHO …….
the new democrats/young voters (new generation) … as you can see want change .. and are more liberal than the old time democrats …
plz old-time democrats .. when you go to the polls come Nov think about how your vote would affect the younger generation … they would be leading the world in the near future ….. and as you can see … mostly all want change …..
are you u suppressing their wants & NEEDS ???????????

the superdelegates can switch sides and have switched sides , one may ask , why is it NOT possible that something about Obama ‘s association with his racist mentor/pastor for the last 20 YEARS comes out 2 weeks before the convention and all of a sudden the Supers realize that this Joke is UN-AMERICAN AND UN-ELECTABLE agaisnt Mc Cain in NOv. and thus they switch side to HIllary , Why is that NOT possible ???? you tell me! there are 6 primaries left , over 270 undecided superdelegates , that is a total of almost 400 delegates , Obama only led by 170 delegates MAX. , and superdelegates can switch sides AT THE CONVENTION ….and there are tons of things about Obama’s associations with the racist Wright (sorry , he does not deserve to be called Reverence), with the Weather underground terrorists , with the criminal Tony Retzko who is currently on trial now and there are his and his wife’s views about America and Americans that we do not YET know about ….and when those come out , who would prevent the superdelegates from Switching sides????? I say the Heck with the Math, those are things that Pelosi , Dean and REEd out of their jealousy of the Clintons want you to believe ….they must have thought we are all stupid ….well , let them know who we are folks , we are the Whites ,the Working-class , the Latino , the ASian , the Seniors , the Women , the Big Swing STates ( like Ohio, TExas , Phila.) folks who have supported Hillary all this time … Don’t you let them play with your mind and count you out….they are typical San Franciscan elitist who think that the most of us are BITTER and go to church for the same purpose that Obama did ( out of Racial Bitterness) …well, let them know that we are bitter!!!we are Bitter now that they are throwing this B.S at us , we are bitter now that they want us to buy into their Unity of the Party Craps , we are BITTER NOW that they force their wills upon us , we are BITTER and by gally , we will show them what BITTERNESS means ….Go Hillary , go Mc Cain ….Go back to your racist pastor Obama…….

those that say they would vote for mc cain or write clinton name on the ballot come nov … are old-time democrats IMHO …….
the new democrats/young voters (new generation) … as you can see want change .. and are more liberal than the old time democrats …
plz old-time democrats .. when you go to the polls come Nov think about how your vote would affect the younger generation … they would be leading the world in the near future ….. and as you can see … mostly all want change …..
are you u suppressing their wants & NEEDS ???????????

A few easy ones: (1) Obama will screw you as a Dem. (2) he’ll be a terrible Pres. (3) he’ll be a poor and quite possible dangeours “world” leader.
Let me tell you who has really done things that are “polar opposite” to what a Dem stands for:
Obama supported Cheney’s bill; Obama never did anything; that is ZERO with the single most important responsibility he was ever entrusted with as a US Senator: NATO, Afghanistan, chairng the FR subcommittee on Europe.
Obama wanted , desperately wanted to support Roberts; he liked and respected Roberts.
Obama voted against capping predatory rates that CC companies charge.
Obama believes that the Republicans are better than the Dems. at regulating….
( think environment; yeah right!).
There are of course much more elaborate reason that have been argued, presented and discussed at length and depth here at NQ if you care to search and spend the time reading and informing yourself.

how many of you honestly, liked the idea of the tax holiday hilary proposed, to me it was just pandering, to get votes, this is the reason i can’t support clinton or mc cain they offer the same old policies as bush … and i can’t live with this anymore ..i have endure to much stress already can’t take on four more years of the same politics/government

Sorry to offend ,,you DforMcc. The “messiah” term was just used for reference. But you have to admit that Obama poses as a chosen one, and believes the messiac praises showered on him.
I forgot to add to my comments earlier, that the disdain Obama has for the DNC, is further complimented by Michelle who has , it is reported, dismissed Hillary as a potential Vice President nominee.
Can you imagine Michelle, who is a Jane doe come recently , has the audacity to talk down to Hillary Clinton.
Iam perdicting trouble ahead if Obama becomes the nominee,and worst yet the President. Michelle Obama is very condescending and elitist.

REALITY CHECK.
==============
1.PRIMARIES ARE NOT OVER YET.
2.IF OBAMA GETS THE NOMINATION:
HISTORY REPEATS.IN 1988 JESSIE JACKSON
AND DUKAKIS WERE FIGHTING FOR THE
NOMINATION. DUKAKIS GOT IT AND LOST
45 STATES.
THE SAME TODAY:DEMOCRATS THEY WILL
LOSE THE
NOVEMBER ELECTIONS.
OBAMA’S ELECTABILITY IS ZERO.
HE WILL LOSE THE WHITE VOTE CERTAINLY.
VP POSITION WILL NOT DO ANY BETTER
FOR THE “ELECTORAL COLLEGE”
3.NOW IF HILLARY GETS THE NOMINATION
AND PICKS A WHITE MAN AS VP SHE HAS
BETTER CHANGE IN G.E TO BEAT McCAIN.
BLACK VOTE WILL FOLLOW THE TICKET AT
LEAST THE MAJORITY.
IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH G.E. FOR THE
DEMOCRATS TO WIN.

Reid declined to weigh in on the “Dream Ticket,” saying, “only two people can make that decision, and that’s Obama and Clinton. No one else can make it. If that happens, it happens, but it can only be with the two of them.”
Yeah right! Like Howard Dean and the DNC has nothing to say about it! Reid talks like it’s deciding to get married.

Nicholas,
You certainly are cynical, why do you think he would lose the white vote, when he’s won states like Utah, Idaho, Colorado, etc. by wide margins? There is nothing about Obama or his campaign that resembles Dukakis. Obama has run an astoundinng (some may say brilliant) campaign without going negative. Polling shows Obama competitive with McCain in places Democrats haven’t won in ages (like Texas and South Carolina).

What’ Obama’s position on illegal immigration?

dem
I can see by you handle that you’re a party person and will immediately hop on board the Obama band wagon when Hillary is defeated. Why do you bother?

quote from Bill Clinton “those that say you can’t win are the ones who are afraid you will”

Why are you Hilary & Obama supporters bashing one another .. you all are acting like true republicans ………
when the race is over i hope we all will UNITE .. no mater if the nominee is Hilary or Obama …
Democrats 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is there no colleges in WV or SD for the Obama camp to go play with eggheads???… yes you can, yes you can, yes we can, yes we can, yes Obama can, yes Obama can, vote for Obama, vote for Obama, vote for Obama. Several weeks earlier a superdelegate voted for Obama because his hanna montana fans age daughters told him sooo. And they said superdelegates were selected because of their intelligence???

yeah…yeah….yeah…..Listen to the failures that are Pelosi , Dean and Reed and the B.S they want to feed you with Unity of the Party Craps….they do not want the Clintons in office period because that would highlight their incompetence ….there is a reason why congress’ approval rating is WORSE than Bush….there is a reason why Bill ( with all his fooling around that I do not agree with ) still got saved by the people at the last minutes……Everyone has flaws , one may have more than the others or bigger flaws than others but hey , when you are hired to do the job, you gotta do it , that is why you got paid ….Pelosi , Dean and Reed took the money and sleep on their jobs , Clinton for the womanizer he is and Hillary for alll the negative she has , actually did their jobs and have the ability to handle the upcoming tasks…Obama is just as incompetent as Pelosi and Dean and the rest of them , that is why he has hardly anything to show for after his years in Congress and plus , how much experience a junior Senator has that qualify him for the Presidency????? Look at the way Hillary fight for Health CAre and agaisnt the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy and you will have the idea …Plus , an executive’s wife is like a businessman’s wife , who give him advices on a lot of matters when they are alone with each other in their family hours , also , look at the relationship between Billl and Hillary , She did play a large and active part in all his success…that is why Bill stick with Hillary when there are a lot of other good looking women who are willing to fall into his arms…I am not saying that what Bill did is right , I am saying that for all the Talents Bill has ( and he has talents) Bill respect Hillary and there is a reason to that . This lady has talents ,courage and determination to lead …I say she atleast as qualified as Bill , if not even more than him….So for all of you who doubt her ability , think about how your wife help you in your business especially if you are a business owner …… If you are a doctor or a professional , your spouse may not have the ability to help you that much , but if you are in business or an executive , don’t you count that woman out……I say Go Hillary , show Pelosi and Dean and the rest of them what you can do ….

Louis – Edward – I agree with totally with both of you. The people of this country want Hillary to continue with this race and for Florida and Michigan to count. OIL – your comments are way off base. I too am looking out for my kids. The younger generation don’t always know what’s best for them and it’s scary to know they might make the final decision. From the beginning of time age is wisdom. I’ll trust the older generation anyday. Not to incite the younger people, you just still have a lot to learn. Change won’t happen because politics is always going to be politics. The only thing Obama knows who to CHANGE is his mind.

dem, what’s your definition of middle class? If you think the so-called “what my pastor said” scandal is enough to bring down the Obama camp, you’re in for a shocker in November. The entire nation isn’t West Virginia; in fact much the opposite is true.
I suppose some people resort to desparate name-calling in desparate times, i.e., “liar.” What has Barack ever even been accused of lying about? What position of Obama’s is “extremist?”

Good reasoning Americans can you see now that those endorsing Obama are not doing so because they feel he has the best judgement but that they want to be vice President . So this will be the change in Washington??????????????? Americans are being fooled again after eight years of fooling by George Bush. GOD of heaven where is this country heading to?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? My God where where where????????????????????????????????????????
Tears are dropping from my eyes, i am weeping for America. God forgive us our sins and revive America once again. We have sinned and we continue making the same mistake all over again , I have never believed it in my life that America will come to this God please save America again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE LORD SAVE US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Harry, I’ll relax when you, Pelosi and Brazile are run out of the party for good. The three of you, along with Ted Kennedy would be fired if you worked for me. So as a voter, the next best thing is to do all I can to bring down your Messiah.
You will reap your reward come nov. The leadership(if that’s what you want to call them) of the party has tried to force the radical left down the throats of the very people that have made this party what it is.
Your math concerning new voters coming into the party is very flawed. For every two new voters you bring in, you are losing three long time voters. Just read the blogs here and other places, voters feel this election is already RIGGED, so relax!
Pelosi, I can only wish I lived in your state so I could vote you out of office. You are the worst majority leader(again, if that’s what you want to call her)that has ever held the position. Between the two of you, the last two years has been a bust, with all you can do is shove YOUR candidate down our throats.
Having already switched to INDEPENDENT, I will vigorously work towards swiftboating the candidate that is not ready for this office.
And this is for WHY??…..You radical leftist want change and you want it now! Well change doesn’t come quick in politics and you just don’t tell an entire generation to forget what you know about elections and blindly vote for inexperience. And by voting against your candidate, I will try to save you from your own blind self interest. Your generation(your words not mine) is going to have to fight for their place in politics just like we did and the generations before us.

THE DNC is deeply divided and in two opposing factions that is the news today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Average Joe
IM on my way this week to switch to Independant… if the Democratic party is only made up of young people and rich elites that dont want to hear anyone elses opinion , Im out of here.. and if I go thats bad for th obamabots because they need me and about 15 million other hillary voters!

True black american
I wish it worent so deeply divided but unliek the other faction I have respect for my principles and I analyze what I have to to make informed voting decisions…

The Democratic Party is such a disgrace this year. If the so-called Super delegates want to totally destroy the Party, then go ahead and nominate Obama. This is one Democrat who can’t wait to see Obama and the Democratic Party lose in November. I am in favor of getting rid of Peloski and Reid by voting out my Democratic Congressman and Senators. Maybe by 2012 under new leadership, the Democratic Party can become the Party that People can be proud of again.

Boy do I hope the SUPERDELEGATES are reading these blogs. Might make a big CHANGE if they really knew what the American people want and it’s not OBAMA. I still want to know what they are so afraid of that they think they have to support Obama when the majority of the nation wants Hillary. If there were to be a revote in the states before Obamas’ trash was revealed, MANY would vote differently. It’s not Hillarys’ fault he didn’t put his name on the ballot in MI. It was his INEXPERIENCE and BAD JUDGEMENT.

I’m a long time Republican and I can tell you that a large number of Republicans are sick of what’s happened to the conservative party. McCain represents an extension of the failed policies of the Bush Administration. Clinton…. don’t even go there with me. I had enough of her husband for 8 years.
I will be voting for Obama this year. He represents a fresh perspective on politics and he has the ability to lead and bring diverse groups of people together. This is what Ronald Reagan did during the 80′s, and it is what Obama will do next year.

C Good said, “What the American people want and it’s not OBAMA.” On the contrary. Obama has significantly more delegates than Clinton. It is clear the American people do want Obama. They don’t want another Clinton in the White House for another 4-8 disastrous years.

If you read the posts with a cynical eye, you have to realize alot of these posters are Republicans pushing Hillary to divide the Democratic party. 90% of Democrats simply do NOT think this way. This type of thought process is more like the Republicans (the “your either with me or against me” type of Rovian politics). We know you are Republican bloggers trying to divide the Democratic party because it’s the ONLY way “Old Man” McInsane has a snowball’s chance in H### of winning the GE. Your strategy is “FATALLY FLAWED”.

Marianne,
No he didn’t. At the behest of the outgoing Dem that encouraged him to run, he held a State Senate campaign event at Ayers’ home (who is a prominent Chicago Democrat in his neighborhood.) Do you know everyone that lives down the block from you? Are you closely associated with everyone you’ve had dinner with? Millions of people donate to Obama’s campaign. (Far more than donate to any other campaign; he is flush with cash and both other candidates are broke)…and Barack wasn’t in the pew during the controversial Wright sermon. So no, he wasn’t lying at all. Funny to hear this coming from people who allegedly (I still doubt that these folks are really Hillary backers) support a candidate whose spouse was disbarred and impeached (by the House) for committing perjury while a sitting president.

The Republicans that voted for Obama will go back to McCain in Novemberas McCain is covincing them now that he is Bush . The real democrats that have voted for Hillary will vote for McCain in November then who will be left to vote for Obama???????????????????????????? If the DNC will stop and take time to think in just a day it will be good for them but i doubt it if we have good and positive thinking people now in the DNC

staniam: He said he would bring them home within a year…quit changing the facts.

Ted Kennedy’s dismissal of HRC as a viable VP due to the need for leadership and noble character belies his own issues with character. He was a responsible adult male when he left the scene of an accident in which the girl in his car was still alive, and did not report to the authorities immediately. By the time divers got to her she was dead.
The manner in which it was done has alienated many, many HRC voters which constitute nearly 50% of the popular vote (16.6 M vs. Obama 16.7M). This negates the Obama’s campaign claim to running a “different kind of campaign”. (Chicagoans know that he is a Chicago style politician, the Alice Palmer campaign being just one example – so there is no surprise here). Many of us will vote McCain, knowing that a Democratic Congress will keep the Republicans in check. In fact, after nearly eight years of a one-party system and the abuse of power it brings, it’s time to being back a checks and balance system, otherwise we risk going to the other extreme. Things may happen more slowly but it’s better to have a well vetted decision than a hasty one we may regret. A Democratic congress will minimize all the doomsday scenarios people are putting forth if we get a Republican president. McCain will bring the needed experience and long-time service as a Senator etc. to a country going through so much economically and otherwise. Let Congress provide the “change” and McCain provide the counterbalance with his experience. The difficult leaders of other nations will be more apt to respect a seasoned veteran who has been through the depths of hell and can’t be shaken than an inexperienced and untested young man who excels at campaign strategy but has not paid his dues. As for age, well, Nelson Mandela was 77 when he became President of South Africa, leading it through a difficult time unequaled by most nations, with success, and that after 27 years of harrowing imprisonment which affected his health (one of my heroes).
Here’s why Ted Kennedy has no moral platform to stand on regarding Clinton’s staying in the race (quoted).
“Ted Kennedy was also billed as the CHANGE CANDIDATE in the 1980 Presidential Race; he tried to change the party rules at the convention and tried to get delegates released from their voting commitment for the other candidate. Kennedy came into the Democratic convention:
The delegate tally at the convention was in part:
Carter – 2,129.02
Kennedy – 1,150.48
The popular votes in the primaries were:
Carter- 10,043,016 (51.13%)
Kennedy- 7,381,693 (37.58%)
This was a despite the fact that Kennedy swept the last batch of primaries in June. Kennedy refused to drop out, and the 1980 Democratic National Conevention was one of the nastiest on record. Kennedy’s only chance to wrest the nomination from Carter, who had enough delegates to win, was to pass an “open rule” motion. Kennedy wanted the rules governing delegate voting thrown out, minority platform reports presented for floor vote requirement, pledged delegates must be released, the losing challenger must be allowed to address the convention and the president must take a loyalty pledge.
The deciding vote was “the robot rule vote,” which played out in front of the prime time television audience. The contentious debate was over whether delegates should have to vote for the candidate they’d been pledged for, or have an “open” vote during which they could pick Kennedy or Carter. Although he picked up additional delegates, Kennedy lost.

I can not understand why a dem. do not want to have Clinton back in the White House ….the Republicans have a reason to hate him, although a lot of them don’t , that was why he was saved at the last minute for all the bad behaviors he had ,but a Democrat must have known that he was the ONLY ONE who was able to make a Democrat proud …Carter got elected once , but he was a complete Failure and continue to show his ignorance when talking to Hamas , JFK was great , but too bad , his was a short one . LBJ was good , but everyone knows that he was connected to the mob ….Bill Clinton was the only Democrat able to win 2 terms as President as far as most of us can remember in our lifetime and MORE , he was the only ONE who was able to do the job right ….When you are the POTUS , no doubt there will be a people who disagree with you , but the majority of the people in and out the country see that Bill was doing his job superbly ….Also , No One can deny that Hillary has played a large and active role in Bill’s success and yet , when having the chance to have both BILL and HILLARY back in the White House , the Dems are about the screw it up with a junior , inexperient , divisive Senator who has but 3 years in the US congress…..God helps the Democrats…….I say the party needs to be taught a hard lesson by loosing this Nov. election if they go with Obama….they have something proven good and yet , stupid enough to spend their money on an uncertainty …Let them weep come this Nov…..Let them dream on …after all , they have decided to go with the Ultra-Liberals elitists that most of us think will do the country no good….let them at Obama to that long list of Mc Govern , Dukakis, Kerry and the likes… it is indeed better that the Republicans controll the White House …

Thanks Harry, you sound wise. Oh that’s right, you’re one of those older Democrats. Anyway, aside from O’Reily who was obviously attracted to Hillary, why are all the Republicans so emotional about defending Obama since the beginning? It’s obvious to me, but then I am a political junkie I guess. Oh wait, large states have not fallen for the Obama push. Hmmm….

staniam: How can you call yourself a Dem when all you do is bash Obama? A real Dem. would unite behind the Dem. candidate instead of helping the Rep. win. You should be ashamed of yourself and switch parties already.You are a Republican, plain and simple.

reid and others can say what they like. if only 5% of dems don’t vote because they don’t like the nominee and 2% vote for mccain because they don’t like the nominee, that dem loses 5% of the vote which both gore and kerry won in the last election and mccain wins 2% more of the vote than gee dubya won in the last election and no democrat can then capture enough swing voters in swing states to take those states’ electoral votes, and the republican wins. and that’s only 7% who either don’t vote or vote for mccain, and it’ll be more than than. it won’t be 50% but it’s not the case that EVERY democrat with vote for the democrat.

Harry, the annointed one of Teddy will need to answer to Hillary Democrats before he passes go. And, that is an impossible task. The party leadership and super delegates have picked someone without experience and record of accomplishment. His character flaws are red meat for the republicans. How can any real Democrat support this ridiculous situation? I see no hope for the party; let us try again in 2012.

For Democrats it is the perfect storm. Obama secured the nomination before media scrutiny would reveal him to be a bigot. Now that the facts are out, it is too late to reverse the outcome of the primary season, but guarantees he will lose in November.

TOM.
I RESPECT YOUR OPINION BUT:
HERE THE REALITY CHECK.
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I CHECKED THE REGISTER VOTES ON SOME
OF THE ABOVE STATES YOU JUST
MENTIONED.
-REGISTER VOTERS 400.000
-OBAMA GOT 40.000 VOTES.
-DIFFERENCE:390.000
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WHO ARE THEY THOSE 390.000 VOTERS????
MOST LIKELY REPUBLICANS TAKE UNDER
CONSIDERATION THAT ALL THE ABOVE
ARE “RED STATES”.
PRIMARIES AND SPECIAL CAUCUSES DO NOT
GIVE YOU A CLEAR PICTURE ABOUT G.E.
BECAUSE THEY ARE UNDER CONTROL OF THE
ACTIVISTS OF EACH PARTY.
NOVEMBER G.E ARE DIFFERENT BALLGAME.
I HOPE I ANSWERED TO YOUR QUESTION.

With the recent revelation that one of Obama’s advisors has secretly met with Hamas, combined the anti-American comments of his church, I would seriously worry about the security of this nation should he be elected.

Bell……..OH, your wrong more than you know. I’ll let my vote in nov speak for me.

The DNC is irrevocably broken. They are so broken that they don’t even know what they stand for anymore. As a life long Democrat, I am dismayed that they no longer actually care about me until they need my vote, and then when we do vote, they don’t want to count the votes unless they say so. For all of the Obama supporters, remember when Howard Dean was an early favorite in the 2004 Presidential election, people raved about him, supported him unequivocally. We, however were fortunate that he did not become the Democratic nomination. Look at his leadership regarding the DNC, it speaks volumes as to what he might have done in the White House. Obama is also an un-tested, young, inexperienced Senator. There are many, many things that we do not know about him. Obama is not a unifyer for all of the people, he is a unifyer for African Americans and the young college kids, he will not be able to bridge the division within the party. He will simply fail in November.

Someone claims Obama bought the SD. Show me the evidence.

Someonewhoknows: I completely agree with you. Dean’s leadership has been comprised of hurling insults and screaming matches. The command-and-control type operation mode and the need to play identity politics (i.e. gotta get a young black guy in there even though he has no experience is what the DNC is about) is precisely the thing that is wrong with the DNC. Instead of substance, instead of someone who actually aspires liberal political ideals, you have someone who happens to have the skin color you want. The otherside of the debate is a white woman – some feel that somehow qualifies a candidate for office.

I think it’s very disingenuous, especially for experienced political pundits/reporters, to keep harping on “how difficult it will be for Obama to pick up “white working class voters”….
It’s quite obvious, that in areas where Hillary had huge leads, the more time Obama spent there, and voters got to know him, and not the media’s spun version, they became supporters. This has also been true within the black community, which initially was more tepid about his candidacy, until they too, got to know him better.
To assume that simply voting for Hillary means they will not be voting for the Democratic nominee in November is quite a huge leap, and ignores the even more divisive nature of the GOP’s primary race, where those Republicans who can’t stand McCain, do so because they KNOW him, not because they’ve yet had a chance to do so…..

StevenCee: Actually, the more time we have been exposed to Obama and his supporters, and the more we research his background, the more it solidifies our resolve that we will never vote for him, period.
Hillary; first choice
McCain; second choice
Racist Obama — NEVER

Dem, you stated that democrats are upset with the illegal disenfranchisment of FL and MI. I don’t get the illegal part, or the disenfranchisment part either.
Maybe you should have paid more attention in government class. The primaries are NOT run by the government, they are simply an opportunity for the parties to take a poll to see which candidates should be on the ballot in the real election in November. The primaries are run by the parties. The parties get to make the rules about how the primaries will be run. The RNC and the DNC are PRIVATE organizations, just like your church, your country club, or the NRA. Each of these organizations gets to make their own rules about events they are holding. If you want to participate, you follow their rules; you don’t want to follow the rules, you can’t play.
In the primary situation, the DNC set the rules and dates that states could hold primaries (not illegal). Florida and Michigan broke the rules and held their primaries on different dates (not illegal.) The DNC told Florida and Michigan that their opinions won’t count (again, not illegal.) And since the primaries are not elections, there is no disenfranchisement.
This 2 party primary system might be a goofy system, but it’s the system we have, so we have to follow the rules. If you don’t like the system, then get involved and vote to change it.

Obama is going to beat Clinton by a huge margin in Oregon…..a state where there are very few African-Americans….hopefully that win will shut up all of the immature whining by Clinton supporters that only the African-Americans vote for Obama…..I can honestly say that a five year old whines less than a Clinton supporter….so pathetic.

staniam: I never tried to buy your vote…LOL!!! Please, is this the same person who said last week that Clinton was going to wipe Obama off the map by winning BIG in Indiana and NC? WERE YOU RIGHT? LOL!!!

It is true that a few republicans (Rush Limbaugh in particular)are trying to be the tail wagging the dog. They should be ashamed of themselves for trying to manipulate the polls with repubs voting as democrats in order to keep this infighting going. Beware Rush Limbaugh’s “campaign of chaos”! What they want is a bannana republic! That’s a one party ruling state that keeps it’s rule by rigging elections…a charicteristic of places like Cuba and other communist/dictator states. Rush Limbaugh should be tarred and feathered for messing with our polls. That’s what good patriots used to do, time to bring that tradition back!

Benjamin: HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT WV AND KY ARE REPUBLICAN STRONGHOLDS!!! SHEEESH!! We aren’t crying that she should drop out…we’re laughing at her that she now insists that small states DO MATTER!

Wow!! First only OH and PA mattered….now WV and KY are must wins for the election…..are you going to say that Oklahoma and Rhode Island decide the election next? LOL!

WV is a must win fo a democrats
If a democrat wins there he wins the presidency!!
Kentucky would be a gift but its possible if Hillary is the nominee!!
I only sid that WV is more important for us in the GE as NC or IN will ever be!!
Its a fact that WV goes with every demoratic winner!!!!

Dems4: Obama is only 155 delegates from winning the nomination. He doesn’t need WV 28 delegates when the supers are flocking to him. WV HAS A WHOLE 28 DELEGATES….WOW!!!!! LOL!!!

Shouldn’t we as democrats be glad that people are actually voting. If buses went out and picked up “random blacks off the streets,” once they got to the polling station, unless they were registered voters, they would not be allowed to vote. Why is this padding the score?

I’m surprised that Hilary has managed to stay in the race after she “mispoke” a few weeks ago. In the UK most of my friends who have been following the race agree that she was just lying. If a politician did that over here her entire political career would be lying in ruins

I didn’t seem to be endorsing any particular candidate in my post.I suppose your argument suggests that obama’s career would be tters over in the UK to. American politics is very different to ours. In the USA it is incredibly important to declare that you do indeed belieive in the ressurection, the virgin births etc, whereas in the UK we are more secular

You know the real Democrats should just allow the fake Democrats (AKA Republicans posting on BOTH sides just to cause division) argue amongst themselves. Just vote.

Anyone who insists this is a divided party, just wishes to divide the party. There is NO WAY that McCain should win unless the Dems fall for this BS. 100 years in Iraq – what income level has to pay for this, bomb Iran – what income level will send their sons and daughters to be slaughtered, conservative justices – who will be hurt by their decisions. Please, as Bill Clinton said, “Give me a break.”

“OBAMA has bought this election and the superdelegates and the America people allowed this to happen. In this country even when attending a baseball game you wait until the last inning is over, there have been some surprises in life.”
Explain how he has bought the election, that’s quite a statement.
Hillary has been acting like the winner the entire time, even after the poor showing in IN & NC-of course, she was supposed win months ago, right? This was her destiny? Inevitable?
We’ll see who wins, just try to make some sense.

Sally….I know exactly what you mean, My family will not vote for Hillary if she is the nod. So I guess the party is divided. Obama has not done anything to any of the people who hate him except be Black! But that’s ok because our country is in the shape it is in because of the hate and the wrong that has been done to so many people. With all of the natural diaster that is going on in our great nation, it should be a sign that God is fed up with the HATE! So you go right ahead and pray that God will forgive each and everyone of us!

Where does all this hatred come from? And what scares you so much about Obama? Be honest, now.

Reid is right. This battle has opened my eyes and I would never and I mean NEVER vote for Obama. Just for the record, Michelle Obama would be the most disrespected first lady this country has ever seen!

RealBlackMan, thank-you for your permission to not vote for Obama. You are a true elitist just like your ruler.

Hillary’s Down fall is simple: All through her Campaign, she did and said things that are “political correct”, not what was right…and it is this dishonesty of oppinion that has broght her to shambles. The downfall of Hillary is Hillary-dishonest and ruthless.

So many interesting comments and so many truly pathetic comments (from both sides)… Look. I am a huge Clinton supporter and a life long dem. I am saddened by the prospect of Barack Obama’s candidacy NOT because he is a black man; indeed, I think that it is one of the most exciting aspects of his candidacy – that we might actually elect an African American… No, what saddens me is that this potentially fabulous candidate is inexperienced, and likely will lose in the GE, and could have brought so much more to the table with a few more years of real work under his belt and more time to distance himself from some of his poorer early decisions (rezko, ayers and Wright) Sorry folks, his campaign paid 4x the cash to win 135 extra delegates gained in caucus states where old people and working people didn’t participate. I was in Texas – I saw what the Obama volunteers did to “win” the caucuses… What a mess. At bottom, there is no real mandate here. He’s weak, he’s inexperienced and he (like hearing it or not) has associated himself with unsavory types with little real explanation giving the GOP everything they need to beat him. He is a talker and not a do-er… There are no material accomplishments in Obama’s resume that would lead us to believe he is ready for the awesome struggles ahead. I don’t believe the change theme — its bogus marketing sold to us by he media, which has been woefully biased against Clinton. I’m tired of listening to Obama people tell me that if I’m critical of their guy I must be a racist or somehow unenlightened. Yuck. In fact, really, its the Obama supporters who will have themselves to blame if their guy does not cross the finish line… their constant hum of personal vitriol against Clinton rather than any substantive and positive argument for their candidate has been a real turn off… IF you wanted the Clinton people on your Obama train the constant drum beat of anti Clinton whining won’t help bring people on board… Clinton was the stronger, more experienced, more centrist and less controversial candidate with broader appeal. I am lucky enough to live in Massachusetts, a state that likely will not go to McCain… So I will sit out this election because I do not believe in Mr. Obama, nor his candidacy for leader of the free world — even though I do think he has long term promise — he’s not ready yet. I will not vote for McCain because he is truly the wrong choice for America… And I probably will re-register as an Independent because I do not believe my beloved democratic party represents the interests of the broader party participants. If Obama wins the White House I will be thrilled for my country and for him because we will have broken one very important and steep barrier.. But I suspect his presidency will be plagued with mistakes caused by his early hubris and that he will never deliver the change he is selling. C’mon people “we are the ones we’ve been waiting for?” “the urgency of now”? Are you kidding? And they said Clinton was the panderer…

My vote will be a protest against the DNC for their handling of the race.

stan: I agreed with you and have been sayng that for months. Harry Reids, Nancy Pelosis, Kennedy, and Kerrys needed to be voted out. We must make them understand it is not about the DNC it is about the protection of our country. And, I am black and do not support Obama.

DEBSMA and CYVOTE2008: I agree. Since when did the Democratic Party become the party that engages in the disenfranchisement of millions of voters; the rationalization of racism; and the rule of the elite over the party rank and file. And after all that the party leadership has done to destroy our faith, they are going to have the nerve to ask us to “come together” behind Obama; ABSOLUTELY NO WAY! Dean, Pelosi, Kennedy, Kerry and the other party dictators are going to have a big surprise in November, when their hand-picked messiah loses the general election due to a defection of voters from their own party. Finally, I agree that the leaders of this sham election should be held accountable when they too, are up for re-election.

Dear Lake Hart
Respectfully – the mythology of “winning at all costs” and “negative and divisive” campaigning needs to stop. Clinton was a tough and tenacious campaigner for sure — but so was Obama and his campaign. Winning at all costs- how about throwing your personal mentor under the bus to win?? While Clinton pushed hard on substantive issues like Obama not being experienced (I would say she was dead on correct) Obama and his camp called her “flawed” (personal attack) and a monster (awful personal attack). The media gave Obama a walk and constantly played on HRC never giving her any quarter – she was either playing the victim or the witch and no in between. Please, stop spouting the same drivvle from the media… I agree we need to find a way to come together — that would be really swell because the last thing we need is McCain — but our leadership and particularly the DNC have not helped and the media has only confused the electorate more. People need to wake up…

Of all three canidates running for President—not a one of them is what America needs…..What it amounts to is ….pick your poison.

hm: You only made Obama look that much stronger. Your point is “wonderfully” made for such a time. Precisely because Clinton has so much more experience and yet most of America believes in and supports Obama than Hilary? I think you have unintentionally placed her in a bad light, not that she already isn’t in one now.

Hillary as a write-in candidate? Sure, that’ll work. At this point, it’s her only chance for the Presidency, and it’ll be the only way for “the faithful” of her flock to vote for her in a national election. Let’s see, when was the last time a write-in candidate won a national election? Oh yeah, NEVER. Go ‘head, waste your vote and put McCain in the White House. Isn’t that just biting off your nose to spite your face?

I wonder why Pelosi and Reid are all of a sudden changing their minds about Hillary staying in. Makes one wonder what they know.

I don’t understand the logic? If all is over by June, what is the point with conventions… Isn’t that like declaring a winner based on polls, not the election? Who are all these people that cannot wait to end before time!

Harry Reid kindly be quite about making comments on playing the process out till June 3rd,2008 obviously none of you guys thought Barack Obama at the begining of election. And saying “President Clinton didn’t get the nomination until June 2nd. So, I think we should just relax a little bit.” That’s rubbish suggestion right there even mickey mouse knows Hillary Clinton losted nomination chance already they need to get over it instead of both of you fooling each other planning wise obama is better showing good leadership already.
YES.WE.CAN
OBAMA ’08

katherine,
I am a free entrepreneur too – however if you want to look at making money – look to enterprise not PUBLIC SERVICE – they are profiteering from Public Service. Will we be fair and allow all PUBLIC SERVANTS the same opportunities and options? United we stand, divided we fall. Sincerely, Lake Hart.

Do not relax Reid…we Dems are leaving the roost! You and your party can take full credit for the defection of once supportive Dem’s, not anymore.

Harry Reid is a criminal that needs to be in prison.

Why in the world should Hillary drop out? It is appears that Obama will win the pledged delegate count.(barring FL & MI mind you) However Hillary can definately win the popular vote. Should Super Delegates vote against the nominee that gets the popular vote? Does this remind anyone of the 2000 elections? In this DEMOCRACY Super Delegates should honor the peoples will! Hillary 08′, Yes We Will!

If Clinton, by some stretch of the imagination should get the nomination, she WON’T get my vote. Did you people forget about 67 when their little land scam in Arkansas , made them rich , and left us investers w/out a dime. I will not vote for that crook for all the tea in china.

it doesnt make sense how all these hillary supporters are racists. she lost, big whoop. are you guys going to cry about and show hatred by voting for Bush again (mccain)? wouldnt any democrat be better than none?

It is a complete disgrace the way the media has treated Hillary Clinton. I have nothing but respect and admiration for this incredible woman. She should be the next President. If Obama is elected you can just hand the Presidency to McCain.
Obama will never win the general election. The Republicans will bury him. I will be so disgusted with the Democratic party if Obama is the nominee. The Dems are setting themselves up for failure once again.

I can’t believe the barefaced lies on these comment sections. Of course people have been telling Hillary to drop out!!! And practically from the getgo and with loser comments attached. The democratic party hasn’t helped with its wimpishness.
This is the first article that claims the democratic process has been good for the democrats. I thought they we’re in hiding whilst waiting for Obama to get their party started.
I have no further respect for the Democratic Party, they have participated with a lynch mob for Hillary.
Shame on you.