I can see why people have been following Barak Obama and seem to think he can make everything better but that just isn't going to happen. I happen to like the guy…he is very well spoken, gives great speaches, however, he lacks the experience in MANY areas.

Hillary, and I know there are people out there who just don't want another Clinton in the office need to understand that she is not Bill. She has 35 years of dealing with "CHANGE" (everyone's key word). Being a woman in a man's house (The White House) as got to have made her privy to things no other candidate can even profess to know about. As the First Lady she traveled all over the world and the President probably spoke to her as an adviser many times instead of a wife. He totally respects her political opinion.

I say why not have a ticket "Clinton/Obama". Then after the 8 years in the White House the world will be ready for Obama.

Go Hillary!!!!

OK,OK, let's not all jump on Hillary's bandwagon just because she is a woman. Come on now girls! If we are going to put a woman in the White House lets have it be for her intelligence, insight, and ability to handle people and courage to implement strategies that work, not just sound good . And please let's not let it be said that women can't handle stress or feel sorry for her because she sheds a few tears. She's going to have to stand up to more than this if she makes it in. I don't want Hillary to be President of these United States because I'm terrified if the thought of her negotiating with the big boys over war and peace, life and death, health insurance and several other issues. I am not trying to berate Hillary, her personality, her basic intelligence, or her wardrobe. But let's not stand on the premise that women can run a household therefore should be able to run the country, Let's vote on the issues and hope that after it's all said and done, that the president will adhere to his/her pre-election promises. Any way you look at it they will be inheriting a mess.

typo: interest

I just hope those of you who support McCain are ready for THE DRAFT because it will return with him in office.
This man is all about the military, serving, and war.
He doesn't have the intelligence or intrest to discuss other options.
Just listen to him.

Obama on Electability:

What Obama is forgetting is that he is dealing with The United States of America in 2007 where in spite all is said and done RACISM is alive. He just can not “hope” it ‘away’. Remember the "Willie Horton ads" on which Bush Sr. got elected. The Bushes are a bunch of racist people and they got away with it for three Presidential terms. John Quincy and the Adams, the only other father son team must be turning in their graves!!

The so called 'polling' that is done among the majority Whites and Women give a very false impression of neutrality. For fear of being labeled a “racist” they say they will vote for a Black man in Obama but in the voting booth they will pull the lever for the White person / woman. Iowa was an aberration because it was a caucus and they are held in the open, counted publicly and Biden Richardson gave their non-viable “second” choices to Obama. Maybe they were promised the VP / Cabinet position secretly?

Hence Obama should not jump to ELECTABILITY conclusions based just on polls like those conducted in NH at least on the democratic side where we have a Black and a Hispanic running in the United States of today's America! I was in a hospital this afternoon and a Blck nurse said they will kill him before they will elct him. That's how much Blacks are afraid of getting power! Remember the objections from the family members of General Collin Powell. He could and should have been our 41st President bot Bush Sr.!!

Go Hillary44 08! http://hillaryis44.org/ http://facts.hillaryhub.com/ http://www.hillaryhub.com/ This election is a national campaign for the long haul till

Michigan Primary on 1/15/08; Nevada Primary 1/19/08; South Carolina Primary (D)1/26/08; Florida Primary 1/29/08; and the most vital Super Duper Tuesday with 24 Primaries states voting on February 5th 2008, which will DECIDE the NOMINEE

, then LA Primary 2/9/08; Maine Primary (D) 2/12/08; D.C. Primary, MD Primary, VA Primary 2/12/08; Hawaii Primary (D), Wash. Primary, Wis. Primary 2/19/08; Ohio Primary, R.I. Primary, TX Primary, VT 3/4/08; WYO. Primary (D); MISS. Primary 3/11/08; PA Primary 4/22/08; IND. Primary, N.C. Primary 5/6/08; NEB. Primary, W. VA. Primary 5/13/08; KY. Primary, ORE. Primary 5/20/08; S.D. Primary 6/3/08 not the early states! A pre-Iowa snapshot of the national election scene: http://uselectionatlas.org/2008.php

Those voters who says Senator Clinton is a weepy and can be a good contender for the best performance Oscard Award , all of you guys are all hipocrite . She maybe a popular figure but don't forget she is human like us and each one of us cried if were facing a big problem and has been through a lot during her marriage . This race is about herself and for the american people and she make it clear what she can do for each one of us when she become president with the help of the demorcratic congress and democratic senate . She is not running to make a history for herself , it's all about by putting people first not about her life and her husband . They contribute a lot in our country and her husband's personal life has nothing to do with her running for president . Either you like her or not , we have to accept that a woman can run and can win the White House and can worked with the big guys in Washington DC.

The media press or pundits are coronating barack and gave him a run away train as a gift but all of them is very very wrongggggggggggggg! what a shame . I used to believed in POLLS when Bill Clinton run against the Sr. Bush but now the POLLS IS A BIG FAKE OR FLUKE ! Don't blame the voters in NH. they don't lied I think those polls was done during the OBAMA rally instead of knocking every doors in NH . or called them and asked who they will vote for .

Looks like the Obama express ran off the rails. TRAINWRECK!!!!

I believe that it is important, with the mess that the next president will inherit, that we have someone who is ready and Barack Obama is not. He is a creation of the media. Just 13 months in the Senate before running for president is what I call audacious. It is important that voters realize they are not voting for charisma but someone to lead this country after 8 years of the worst president in history.

Barack Obama has been a Senator for 13 months prior to his decision to run
for president. There goes the experience angle. His rational for running,
outside of audacity, is judgment. True he didn't vote for the war. No one
asked him. He was a state senator in Illinois. In Washington the only vote
he casts differently from his chief rival is the vote on Iran. He couldn't,
he wasn't there. On all other important issues his votes are identical with
Hillary Clinton. I imagine with such limited knowledge of the issues, why
not vote with someone who actually knows something about them. He speaks to
our emotions. It's the facts he refuses to deliver on. I would like to ask
those thinking of voting for him, to ask yourself one question, why? If it's
charisma, race or his X factor, you may want to think again.

Mr. McCain. Get Liberman for vice president and lead the way. I know a hundred retired soldiers that would go along with this versus the Clinton ways and Obama which does not know which way to go..

Hm.
'can't begin to express the delight felt as you people agonize over Sen. Clinton's win.
She IS Awesome.
When your perv senators were playing footsie in the toilet and your top leaders wer banking millions from war profits and corporate kick-backs….
when that smirking simpleton you voted as president recklessly trashed this country…
Hillary Clinton was working. Working hard. with dedication, intellect and passion.
AND through a troublesome time in her marriage she stayed in her marriage and honored her vows.
Don't punish her for the indiscretions of her husband, her brilliant husband.
If you do you are not the moral party you claim to be. What a laugh that claim is anyway.
Do not underestimate Hillary Clinton.
She is tough as nails and yes she has feelings, too. So what! I have seen your George's eyes glisten a few times. But on him it was touching.
Hear this.
I hope your stomachs are tied in knots and your heads are bursting with tension and your teeth are clenched in rage.
For millions of your American brothers and sisters have been feeling so, every day for these past miserable seven years.

VOTE for Hillary!
.. woman especially.
Make a woman president and watch this country rise again.
Make your imprint in History.
Make this VOTE go down in infamy.
HILLARY 08
Lord knows the men have had their day.

Paul Steinhauser is an idiot. He wrote that double diget Obama lead column. Is he a professional writer or is he doing college writer training. Get your facts straight sir.

McCain's got HOT wife

Stop with the Romney buying votes thing….people are smarter than that. He is a genius at organization and making things happen. People vote for him all on their own.

Stop with the flip flop thing. His record in MA shows he did not do one thing that was pro-choice. All of his legislation was otherwise. He moved his "label" to pro-life after studying on stem cell research. He made an informed decision.

Stop with the silver spoon thing. Are you not working to build a legacy for your family? His father started out as a car salesman. Any place in this world would give them kudos for this type of achievement.

Stop with religious bigotry. This country is made of many faiths. Romney's actions speak louder than the evangelical words. He has served without pay 5 years as a bishop, 5 years as a stake president, and 2 years as a missionary. He may not have your doctrine, but he has your values.

Hucklebee is only motivated "to keep a Mormon" out. He is clearly not qualified to be the leader of this country. He needs more education and a mighty change of heart towards all of God's children.

The media is trying hard to downplay Romney too. We aren't stupid.

One question: Who has the most republican delegate votes right now? Enough said. Romney, you have my respect.

i knew the press was wrong and today they are all saying why..poor poor press..they should have asked me..i knew Hillary would win..it's a woman thing..ESP..whatever..she will be the next president of the united states…

Tom Smalley, shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, Romney is saving that bit of the truth for the right time.

Illegal immigration, his McCain/Feingold wiping out the first amendment, no to Bush tax cuts for EVERYONE and shhhh, the Keating 5 scandal wil be hammered home.

Anyone vaguely familiar with the political career of John McCain knows about the “Keating Five” scandal. For those not clear on the specifics, we’ll do a quick review:

In the midst of the savings and loan implosion of the 80s, federal auditors begin investigating the practices of S&L magnate Charles Keating.
McCain, along with four other Senators, meets with Keating to discuss ways to derail the investigation.
McCain and his colleagues meet with Ed Gray, the chairman of the regulatory board, and persuade him to delay seizing the S&L.
Two years later, regulators finally have to seize the S&L for a federal bailout, costing taxpayers $2.6 billion. In the meantime, 17,000 investors in Keating’s S&L lose $190 million.
For someone with a stainless “reform” halo, McCain looks pretty dirty here. So, what does the “straight-talker” do? Take responsibility? Apologize? Nah:

McCain defended his attendance at the meetings by saying Keating was a constituent and that Keating’s development company, American Continental Corporation, was a major Arizona employer. McCain said he wanted to know only whether Keating was being treated fairly and that he had not tried to influence the regulators…

Oh, well we have no problem, then. After all, McCain’s job is to look out for his constituents, right?

But Keating was more than a constituent to McCain–he was a longtime friend and associate…Keating raised money for McCain’s two congressional campaigns in 1982 and 1984, and for McCain’s 1986 Senate bid. By 1987, McCain campaigns had received $112,000 from Keating, his relatives, and his employees–the most received by any of the Keating Five…

Okay, so that’s pretty fishy. Still, I guess you could say that just because someone gives you money doesn’t make you best buds…

After McCain’s election to the House in 1982, he and his family made at least nine trips at Keating’s expense, three of which were to Keating’s Bahamas retreat. McCain did not disclose the trips (as he was required to under House rules) until the scandal broke in 1989…And in April 1986, one year before the meeting with the regulators, McCain’s wife, Cindy, and her father invested $359,100 in a Keating strip mall.

Cripes! This is some Tom DeLay stuff, folks. So, here we have McCain conspiring with a campaign crony to rip off shareholders and American taxpayers. What does McCain do to atone for his sins?

…he contributed $112,000 (the amount raised for him by Keating) to the U.S. Treasury.

Oh, thanks John. Now, according to my calculations, you only owe American taxpayers about $2,599,880,000.00. We’d like that in cash, please.

To Margarita, Los Angeles - I pray your intelligence in picking candidates is better than your spelling. And it's your mentality I'm fighting against with your "Women of the US - Unite." You're going to vote for a woman no matter who she is. Well, let's put a female monkey in office because that's the same intelligence we're all going to get if you put Mrs. Slick in office. THINK before you act.

All the Hillary bashing is mean, but also shows how much more divisive to the nation she will be. Not just between Republicans and Democrats, but also Democrats and Democrats. I'm from Iowa and I caucused for Obama.

Come Back Kid? How about "Go Away, B*&^)?" Haven't we had enough of Hilary and her husband? For someone who is supposed to be an example of a strong, successful woman, she is a disgrace. She allowed her husband to humiliate her by carrying on affairs throughout their marriage, and now is trying to score points by crying on the campaign trail. How sad. I also find her claim that somehow being First Lady qualifies her to be President to be ludicrous. I certainly don't claim to be able to do my husband's job, though I think my claim would be stronger than hers. The idea of having her as President makes me want to live a desert island where there is no media coverage for the entire length of her term. Please, anyone but her.

We are intelligent people and this country is in serious trouble.

THE DOLLAR IS TANKING,THE WAR IS COSTING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY MEN AND WOMEN ARE DYING EVERYDAY TO INSURE DEMOCRACY FOR EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN. THOSE MEN AND WOMEN COME IN ALL COLORS.

We want to bash Hillary and promote Obama,or visa versa.
We want to say she rigged the election in New Hampshire. I suggest that we wait, see, and listen to what each canidate has to say, and check out their public service records.

We vote for idealism that we can no longer count on. We tried that in 1972 , instead we elected Nixon. From there we we elected Jimmy Carter who was the hope for the future and we the people did not listen to him. He said quit spending and save your money . He led by example, by saying that Rosalind did not need a new Innagruagal ball gown, Rosalind could wear the one she wore when he was elected governor.
We continued to spend spend spend. We did not listen. Every American is in debt and young people are walking out of college in debt that could take them ten years to get out from under that debt.

We the people voted in a President who promoted spending, tax cuts, and gave each of us a rebate to spend, spend.

We the people are responsible for the affairs that are ocuring in and out of this country.
We the people are responsible for allowing and electing a president into office twice whose cabinet is secretive and covert.
We the people must take responsibility for our individual lives and for the country we call America.
We are responsible for the continuation of this great nation, by electing public officials who we trust and have the knowledge to reverse our country's direction for the last eight years.
We should start t grass root coalitions in every state, city, and town for those candidates who are running for President.
We the people need to hear them, meet them, listen to them personally, and ask questions. Not just the the people who buy tickets to the $5, 000 a plate dinners that raise money for these candidates.
We the people must become active in politics, responsible, and vote in all elections for the person, not just along are party affiliations.
We have critical thinking skills to make our won choices, we are not robots to be dictated to.
We are not just starting into a recession but the economy is wobbling and every American needs to take responsiblity for what they belive in. We need to raise taxes and war bonds.
We need to take responsibility and remove ourselves from the incredible debt we have incurred and each one of must accept that responsibility.

" Sacrifice" is a word we must learn and instill in every Americans conscious.

We can not have everything nor can we analyze everything and everyone. No presidential candidate has a magic wand that fix what we have created and allowed.
We can not be sleepy and think apathetically about this country, that is infused in the spirit of negativity and mud slinging.
This is not a playground, real people are at stake and those people are you and me.
We must listen and decide on the merits of each individual that we feel will be the right choice to govern America. Take the time to watch past debates, listen to both parties, not just your party of choice.
We learn more about everyone and how they view our country by listening to each candidate as and individual. Check their records of public service, what kind of Senators have they been.
We the people have the responsibility to create, think, and ini-ate world peace not just those whom we choose to elect into office, such as the President of the United States.

According to CNN Election 2008, the Democratic Party's "Superdelegates" are so far spread fairly evenly between Obama, Clinton, and Edwards. If you look at the Republican side John McCain is certainly well in the lead for convention delegates based on the results in Iowa and New Hampshire but when you add in the 'behind closed doors' RNC Republicans McCain has less than half the total delegates of Romney! How can the party 'elites' seemingly override the votes and choices (whatever they might be) of the people? I am a relatively recent (15 years) legal immigrant so maybe this is all new to me but as a recent (6 years) US citizen, I am incensed that party elites can not only influence who gets their support through the primaries but also choose their own personal delegates at convention time!
For McCain to make a real comeback he has to overcome the back room wheeler dealing of the ‘skull & bones’ crowd within the RNC who have 20% of the convention 'delegate' votes.

Its funny.. I had no idea people in NH could be so stupid. The elected the two worst candidates..Hillary (big gov't + huge taxes, phony) and McCain (also huge gov't, nation building (soldiers in Iraq indefinitely +invasion of Iran), no border security along Mexican border resulting in every drug smuggler + terrorist
coming in. Oh, and women voters giving Hillary the edge because they felt sorry for her.

Good job Sen. McCain you need this one

What's amazing to me is how vitriolic everyone gets when discussing Hillary Clinton. The venom with which some people attack her is so unnecessary - not to mention incredibly immature! What has she ever done either personally or professionally that warrants it? When I ask that question, no one ever has a specific answer - just that they don't like her. Why? On a personal level, she's an intelligent, hard-working woman who has obviously been a great parent, evidenced by her lovely (and equally intelligent) daughter, Chelsea. As a woman and a wife, Hillary decided to forgive her husband and work on rebuilding her marriage - something a lot of people who consider themselves morally superior wouldn't do. And yet, even this most private and personal decision seems to provoke suspicion and outrage in people…why? What difference does it make to them? Professionally, people forget about Hillary's work with the Children's Defense Fund - decades before George W made the welfare of children a political issue. (Incidentally, "Leave No Child Behind" is the copyrighted motto of the CDF - which Mr. Bush has usurped without permission). As the junior Senator from New York, most of her critics will even concede that she has been an effective advocate for her constituency - as well as being able to build bipartisan bridges when necessary. So I just don't get it. Hillary Rodham Clinton has done nothing but dedicate her entire life to serving others and yet is continuously lambasted by simple-minded people with a Cliff Notes understanding of the issues. Intelligence and experience is EXACTLY what is needed to get our country back on track - face it, you wouldn't go to a surgeon who graduated at the bottom of his class and had never performed the surgery before, now would you? Mr. Obama will make a fine president - some day. We need to recover from Mr. Bush first, and the only one who can help us now is Hillary Clinton.

Oh boy, another 75 year old pro war Republican political lifer. I'm 100% certain he's going to look out for MY and MY families best interests.

I said it yesterday and I'll say it today and again tomorrow….Don't count Hillary out !
Men have been running this Country since we first elected Washington. It's time for a REAL CHANGE !! Look at the mess these men have us in today, I dare say that a woman President might be just what we need to get our house in order.

And so what if Hillary shows her soft side, isn't that what you all have been complaining about that she's to hard and cold?? Well the first time she shows her soft side, you all have nothing but negative comments. Wake up and smell the coffee, Obama took a big hit last night in NH and he'll take more hits as the primary season moves forward, so stop your crying about it. What did you think, Obama was just going to walk away with it just because he won in that little backwoods State of Iowa? Get real, we want someone who can lead on day 1 not in four years after learning on the job training..

As far as the smarmmy Mr. Edwards, goes, time to head back to Edwards Mountain Jjohn Boy, say good night and stop trying to be another Ralph Nader. .

Exactly.

I am astounded that the pundits are STILL trying to spin their across the board humiliation last night into trouble for the Clinton campaign. Hillary Clinton and the voters of New Hampshire sent the same message we always send from up here in New England. We knew better, know better and will always know better.

You can fool some of the people some of the time, but none of those people are New Englanders.

"THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN AMERICA!" Since August The Honorable Senator Barack Obama has been gaining increasing momentum. In late December, the Obama campaign closed a huge double digit gap in New Hampshire. On January 3rd, the Obama campaign swept Iowa and on January 8th in New Hampshire, (largely a Clinton stronghold) the Clinton regime escaped defeat only by the skin of there teeth by 2 percentage points but not without deploying very NEGATIVE, UNDERHANDED, and SUSPECT tactics which will surely hunt the Clinton regime.

Despite the inflated overprojections from most polls days before the NH Primary, CLINTON IS NO COMEBACK . Never place too much stock in polls, particularly when vetted against reason, and it was unreasonable to expect a nearly 40 percent voting difference over a 2 week time frame from previous steady and consistent projections. However, the Obama campaign did make significant large margins of gain. The Obama Campaign drew larger crowds compared to the both Clintons. The Clinton regime, should have coasted through NH but they limped out barely and it is reasonable for every expert to say that Clinton regime is underperforming and some triumphant comeback as the Clinton regime continues to lose ground.

"THERE IS SOMETHING HAPPENING IN AMERICA!" and it is can be simply put that the Clinton regime "The Establishment" is losing votes and the Barack Obama Campaign "The Future" is gaining votes and delegates. CHANGE is on the Horizon and "Yes ,we can be the CHANGE we want to see in the World when we BELIVE and VOTE for Barack OBAMA (A CHAMPION FOR THE PEOPLE and "THE PEOPLE'S CHAMP!")

OBAMA '08

-CDR

Go Hillary!!!!!!

NH will let you vote in that state even if you don't live in that state, Hitlery and sick Bill knows that, so they were bringing buses of people from out of state. The buses had out of state plates on them, so don't tell me the Clinton's weren't behind it.

They will do anything they can to win and lie to you, to bring people from out of state to vote for Hitlery. Obuma played by the rules and look at what happend.

NH needs to fix there screwed up way of voting. ID people would be a good start, you have to have ID to cash a check, so you libs that cry about that thought are out of your mind then. You can't play by the rules, you libs will do anything to see Hitlery in office, no Bush didn't "steal" any votes in 2000 or 2004, the people voted and they spoke, Gore lost, Kerry got his butt kicked.

Go Mitt!

This is NOT a come back for Billary! Are you kidding? I can't stand Sean Hannity, but he's right about this one thing, she was 20-30 points ahead of Osama-Obama for the longest time, and she won by 2%?! Hah!!! She should've scored a landslide victory, but was kept from it by that whole crying act she did. Can you imagine her being confronted with a crisis on the world stage and then crying about it? She was almost in tears because she was losing a RACE?! I might not even vote for her now, that was incredibly week Mrs. Bill.

I project that Hillary Clinton can never become president of the United States, she may only win a few states.

1. She boasts of experience but plants questions so that she gives calculated answers
2. She cries for votes when she's not getting them
3. 50% or more of the country already hits her to start with..could get bigger with time
4. she has a promiscuous husband who is also notorious at lying and twisting information.

Wait….is she going to sit on round table with Al Queada and leaders of the Middle East and say if you don't become friends of America I'll cry right now?

That's really going to work…
Let her just enjoy these few moments which will encourage her to spend more wasteful money on her bogus campaign. In the end she'll be crying even harder.

The biggest losers were the pollsters and the talking heads. Love it!

Yes, what we need are changes. Changes has to be carried out by someone who knows what the problem is and has the experience in solving the problems, someone who has walked the path of error and failure. Someone who has the ability to foresee the results in changes and not from someone who has never been there nor done that experience to be able understand the success and correction. Hillary Clinton, you have my full support.

Why are we calling Clinton the "comback kid" and her win in NH the biggest upset in American political history? She was ahead in the polls in NH through Obama's win in Iowa and continues to lead nationally. That is not a comeback. The pundits should report the news and results as they come in and stop all of this speculation that leads to skewed results.

Re: Aaron's comment "Don't let those old, crusty people control our destiny!"

Aaron, a little respect goes a long way. You can express your views without the personal attacks.

That's the problem in politics today; let's debate the issues ONLY.

(I'm a generation Xer; I'm not old, in case you're wondering)

Its amazing how many comments are on the democratic side of the race and not the Republican.

To all you Obama supporters. Deal with it. He is Jimmy Carter 2, a guy who promises change in vague specifics and is favored by young voters, and who incidentally won Iowa and used it to win the nomination and presidency.

America is not quite so stupid anymore to let the winner of Iowa take the candidacy. Its clear that young'uns with no memory of Jimmy Carter went Obama, but those of us who remember the dark days of the Carter administration, Clinton's victory is a breath of fresh air.

History continues to show us that New Englanders make their own choices. We chose to fight back against the British which ended up being the birth of this country, and the list goes on and on.

The media, all the way down the line was made to look a fool last night by the voters of New Hampshire and by our next President Hillary Clinton. Never underestimate the power or the courage of a woman. And I quote Hillary in saying, if you hate her so much that you're willing to vote Republican, you never were a Democrat and she doesn't WANT your vote.

Leave the begging to the mindless voters to Obama's camp. We need strong people who KNOW what's going on in the USA.

If you look at CNN's election center 2008 you will see that the Democrat 'superdelegates' so far are fairly evenly spit between Obama, Clinton and Edwards.
However if you look at the equivalent RNC members the 'behind closed doors' republicans skew the the number of delegates way in favor of Romney with next to none for McCain.
How can these high level political insiders be allowed potentially completely overide the people's votes (whatever that turns out to be) in the primaries?

Comeback Kid? Hillary?? Come back to reality!!! The dragonlady will go down in flames..

I'm like many other Democrats in my area when I say I'd rather vote Republican than vote for Hillary Clinton. How can we expect an affected political insider to make changes that are so desperately needed?!

Congratulations ! Ms. Clinton deserves her triumph. America won!

I wonder how those that presented themselves as experts telling us how bad she was going to do are going to explain their ignorance . The media did not do that well either.

I believe nothing will mobilize the Republican voters more than another Clinton candidate. Doesn't anyone remember how much the republicans hated both of the Clintons. Doesn't anyone remember the words "Vast right wing conspiracy" and who said them and why? I believe the Republicans what nothing more than to run against Hilary Clinton, they have 8 years of amunition to throw at her.

If people really think Hillary got votes because of her tears then they are showing their inability to recognize truth when they see it!

Obama is an empty suit with a great message but no plan of action. He could be an inspirational speaker but not President.
Inspirational speakers motivate others into action and usually take no action themselves, Presidents need to be prepared to take action and back it up with conviction. Hillary has those qualities. Obama does not.

Keep in mind America that we were bamboozled for 8 years and had better not make the same mistake again. Beware of windy feel- good speeches that are entirely without substance!!

Vote for experience, strength, intelligence and yes passion - she it our only hope!
Go Hillary!!

After watching the weepy Hilary, I am convinced she is not genuine. I no longer trust the Clintons, since the last 16 years they have had an impact on this nation. It is because of bills lack of control "the stupid one" now infests the off white house.

Her desire for power let her put up with bills philandering, and now the "business as usual" with the ultimate insiders is way too much. Many of us simply do not trust these two clintons any more, and their new distortions and interesting twists of fact bodes ill for this nation.

"Experience" is overrated in washington, especially since much of it is bad, corrupt and inept performance repeated time and again. John Kennedy was new, frest, young and vibrant, just like Obama and look at the perspective he brought to the corrupt beltway. In one word….hope.

hillary and bill are old news and stagnant….insiders who only lust for power and retention of the status quo…their time is up, it is indeed time for CHANGE.

"and after they all lied, they told you they cared….until they were elected."

"vote for me…you are too stupid to understand the issues….and you are not part of us…the elite, the powerful, the political cabal…"

8 January 2008
Super woman but still a Sacred Cow

Hillary believes that women are equal to men, and maybe a little better. However, when she believed she would lose the New Hampshire primary she pulled out the water works! Yes, the “gimmie me a break” and the “white girl” cards… the tears, the same tears that have killed black men in this country for centuries; yes the same tears that had Emmett Till killed. American white women are the most privileged group in the WORLD. They claim to be superwomen that can run with the big boys but when the going gets tough, they know they can always fall back on their sacred cow status, meaning you cannot use big boy’s rules to play with me, because I am a white girl, which is sacred in American society.

A Nebraska Black Woman

The polls weren't incorrect. Am I the only one who sees that obvious reason this went the way it did? Obama's supporters got lazy because they thought it was all wrapped up, and so they didn't get the younger turnout because everybody thought, "It's wrapped up, I don't need to vote." Come on, people, don't be lazy! Stand up and represent our generation. If Obama loses this race it will only be because the youth of America were to lazy to get out and vote. Don't let those old, crusty people control our destiny!

Why has the media "widely-ignored" the Wyoming primary? It just could make a difference you know.

Ada: your comment is right on. Interestingly enough, those with a college education heavily favored Obama, according to the exit polls. Is this a coincidence? I think not. Also, if you watched the election coverage on CNN, John King mentioned that Obama had the support of several of the college towns, while Clinton carried the "less educated" bigger cities. I am not trying to insult anyone, but the fact that Clinton leads in the woman vote (especially older woman vote) isn't too comforting for her given that her crying episode would play very well to (older) women. i am a woman too so again i'm not trying to bash woman, i just think that if someone has a good education, they will probably not be swayed by emotional episodes like the one we just saw, and they will also be more likely to see that the Clinton campaign is very clever at making fallacious arguments that are not backed up (i.e. 35 years of experience, also Bill's statement's yesterday).

First off, don't get discouraged by racists. Not paying any attention to their statements is the best way to make them go away.

I know that emotion is involved in a political race; however, it sometimes seems like people are cheering on candidates as they would their favorite sports team. GO CANDIDATE '08! GO SPORTS TEAM! Come on people, this is serious business. Our quality of life depends on us making informed decisions, and also letting the candidates know that we are dissatisfied with the current state of affairs, including how they are going negative on each other.

Whether Democrat or Republican (I'm a Democrat), there are several criteria to consider:

- Who is honest
- Who has good and realistic stated policies (check their websites)
- Who will represent your viewpoint (and not that of super-money lobbyists)
- Who has more relevant experience
- Who can win in the general election

Depending on how you weight these criteria (and others I may not have thought of), your choice could differ. And there is room for disagreement.

Someone earlier said goodbye to the Republic. I'm not ready to let it go quite yet. Let's unite, discuss, and make good decisions. This isn't about beer and franks and a tailgate party - this is about the President of the United States. It's time for some rational thinking and discussion.

The only reason Hillary won NH is that the Independents went over to the republican primary to ensure that McCain won, because all the stupid pundits assumed Obama would win because the independents would all go to the democratic primary like they did in the Iowa caucus.

The numbers apparently bear out that the movement of Independents to the republican primary is the sole reason Hillary won. This bolsters my point that Hillary cannot win the general election, the independent voters will not vote for her they'd rather vote republican.

Lets all hope that McCain is the republican nominee or else we'll be buried under even more plundering of the treasury, and skyrocketing national debt, to make the rich richer. Romney and Guiliani will do just that. Huckabee has no chance because the republican money/business interests will have him offed before he gets the nod.

Chris, Middletown, CT: You, who come from Bush loving Joe LIeberman's state cant come up with a single Clinton supporter? Big surprise….

Margarita, what dream world are you living in, and since when do the American people specifically vote on gender? If the Cliton's were so great then how come they under funded the defense of America for eight years. This open the door in the united states for terrorist. Obama said we were the reason for the 9/11 attack. So let me ask you this, why would anyone point fingers at the U.S. for being attacked. You stand for the same reason, pointing fingers at one gender. Why? By the way, all the men that I know vote for what they believe in and not what their wives tell them.

In my view, Hillary Clinton is an extremely intelligent, insidious, and determined woman who should NOT be underestimated. However, I would not consider voting for her for the following reasons:

- Her views on issues are rarely revealed. For example, during the Democratic debate in Philadelphia at the end of 2007, Tim Russert asked Hillary for her view on the NY governor's intention to give illegal immigrants a driver's license. Hillary refused to reply to the question and attacked Russert instead of answering the question (since she's a NY senator, it's her obligation to answer this question, but she didn't want to isolate any voters).

- Her waffling on the Iraq War vote in 2003. If she'd say, "Yes, I voted to approve the Iraq War in 2003; however, had I known then what I know now, I would not have done so", I would respect her. On the contrary, however, Hillary lies and says, "I voted for the Iraq War due to George Bush's lies and deception". How cowardly and dishonest; Hillary knows that MANY NATIONS believed Saddam Hussein had weapons.

- DYNASTIES (in the executive branch of office) - I am opposed to them. For example, Jebb Bush did a good job as Florida governor. However, if he was running for the Republican nominee for president, I'd reject him for the same reason: We need new blood in the White House.

- The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, passed on 2/27/1951, limits 2 elected presidential terms in office. Bill Clinton would potentially be violating this via the "co-president" attempt.

- The 'Gum snappers' (i.e., young, unmarried women) who maintain minimal understanding of the issues that face America yet plan on voting for Hillary "because it will be awesome to have a woman president" and "it's our turn, guys"; these women scare the BEJESUS out of me. Please, ladies, if you fit this description, stay home and watch Oprah and Ellen on Election Day in November 2008.

The most critical issue facing America today is the threat of terrorism by Islamic Fascists. Thus, experience in foreign policy and the military are crucial requirements for our next commander in chief; John McCain is the person with the most qualified candidate in these areas.

Senator Clinton can't really be called a "comeback kid" as she has had a firm lead in the delegate count since before Iowa. The system of Superdelegates, which takes a significant number of convention votes out of the hands of the public, tends to favor those candidates with connections to the party hierarchy. Senator Obama could, in theory, win any number of state primaries and still be behind Senator Clinton in convention delegates because of this system, as he is now.

20 years from now, when Terry MacAulliffe (sp?) spills the beans about how he, Hill, and Bill orchestrated and choreographed the choking up on cue, I won't be surprised.

However, it may yet backfire as they can't use that tactic again when the going gets rough, because it will play into the misogyny that a woman isn't tough enough to be President.

But what's really interesting is that the annointed front runner, with the best organization, and the most money, and the media's blessing, needed to pull that stunt so early in the campaign. Clearly, they are scared of Obama - watch as Hill starts to make nice to Edwards. It will be as transparent as her little sobfest.

Did someone say "change"?

Didn't think so.

As an avid cnn.com reader, I am disheartened by the blatantly Obama-centric coverage. The people spoke last night and CNN was wrong. Isn’t it time to redeem the CNN name by giving equal amounts of positive and negative coverage to both Clinton and Obama? There is a very good chance Clinton will be the nominee, the media agenda failed. Isn’t this a good time for CNN to reestablish its credibility before it loses readers? Perhaps CNN can differentiate itself by becoming an outlet that was not afraid give fair coverage to Clinton early on, rather than trying to gain viewers by inching closer to the heavily mocked and hardly respected agenda-driven methods of Fox.

HERE'S WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. The results regarding Clinton should be seen in a very narrow political context. Although Obama was indeed heading to a 5-10 point win over the weekend, a handful of odd events and circumstances stopped the Peace Train temporarily.

1. The polls themselves gave Obama a sense of invevitability similar to that which cursed Clinton earlier in the campaign. This allowed or persuaded UNDECLARED/INDEPENDENT Obama supporters to vote more heavily in the Republican primary to support their second choice, McCain. Had the Obama/Clinton race been seen as competitive, many more of these Obama independents would have voted in the Democratic primary. This is confirmed both in the independent numbers and in McCain's larger than expected margin.

2. The second factor was caused by Edwards. Edwards slashed hard at Clinton during the Saturday debate and opened up an unintended empathy backlash, especially among female voters. Recall that Obama did not join in but was lumped in by Edwards' attempt to associate himself with Obama. The "hurt my feelings" remark on Saturday and the emotional moment on Monday merely fed into this phenomenon. In this case, the press coverage of the Monday "near tears incident" (which reminded me of Brittany Spears/Paris hilton coverage more than political commentary) supercharged a non-event into a vote-changing event.

3. The combination of these circumstances, neither of which was predictable or within Obama's control, constituted a small swing toward Clinton, which was all she needed for a so-called "historic comeback". In Nevada and South Carolina, it is highly unlikely she will get so lucky again.

Its pretty clear who CNN is rooting for in the democratic nomination process. Even when Mrs. Clinton won last night, CNN's "Best Political Team" made sure to repeatedly stress that Obama lost by a small margin. CNN, please be journalists and stop being opinionated - You are supposed to bring unbiased news to the people, not actually create the news according to your whims.

Obama needs to be VP first before he can be president. I personally think he has potential, but he also needs some experience. Given the 8 years of Bush rule, it is pretty evident that we need someone with considerable experience to steer America out of her problems and improve America's standing in an increasingly multipolar world. Maybe its just me, but I don't think a Junior senator with 2 years of experience is well equipped to become the president of the United States. And all that 'Change' that he keeps talking - I highly doubt he can do much. Stop with your stirring speeches Mr. Obama and talk substance please - this is the US Presidency you are fighing for, not some basketball team that you are coaching.

A Hillary nomination means a 3rd Party run by Bloomberg, and a united, energized Republican Party base. End result? A Republican will be elected.

As a former democrat and a New Yorker I cannot stand the phony carpet bagging Hillary robot. She is a faker and is resorting to her own version of republican/Rove style campaigning by spinning Obama's comments through her husband.

I had to leave this party because of the inane following of sheep to slaughter that is the New York democratic party. As I said before…

A VOTE FOR HILLARY IS A VOTE FOR AN EVENTUAL REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT.

1/9/2008

Obama still has 1 more delegate than Hillary Clinton. Something CNN or Fox News is not reporting by voice.

CONGRATULATIONS to Senator McCain!
If he could have cried the day before, he would have won with a larger margin.
Sympathy votes are an old trick that works for older voters.

If I cite published references that are unfavorable to Hillary, CNN will reject my posting.

CNN did not call for Hillary's victory in NH earlier even when the statistics had stronger support of evidence for Hillary's win than McCain's.
CNN wants us to believe CNN is not Clinton News Network. Efforts appreciated!

google for 'Newsweek Hillary's Hidden Hand' and judge for yourself!

Thank goodness the voters in New Hampshire are not as stupid as some of the people on here. They spoke loud and clear and sent a message - first of all to the media, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News - SHUT UP and let us decide who we want as our Democratic presidential nominee! Next, the women voted in huge numbers to support Hillary and make a statement that discrimination, bias and harassment will not be tolerated in politics, as well as the work place. Never underestimate the power of women. The character assassination of Hillary Clinton is one of the most shameful things I have ever seen.

I think Anderson Cooper and everyone on CNN's "best political team" owes Hillary Clinton an apology. I was appalled to see Anderson Cooper two nights ago say, several times, that Hillary might have to drop out of the race BEFORE a single vote was cast in our very first primary. I think that was outrageous. I enjoyed watching all of the commentators, pundits, analysts and talking heads stumble over their words last night as they tried to explain Hillary's great win.

Judging by a lot of comments here, I see a lot of sore losers. Deal with it! Hillary's win was the biggest upset in American political history, according to Tim Russert on MSNBC. They were falling all over themselves to try to find words to describe this incredible victory. It's really very simple - the voters made up their own minds and told the media to back off and leave the decision making to them. I think this was Hillary's finest hour. She did find her own voice and came into her own, out of the shadow of Bill Clinton.

I also think there is a powerful message here for the Republican conservatives and their attack machine. If they try the same vicious, slimy, dirty, smear campaign against Hillary Clinton, they may just get a big surprise on election night. Can you spell BACKLASH? Because that is what could happen if they get ugly this time around. Women are powerful when they turn out and vote in great numbers. So Republicans be warned. For the first time, I actually think that Hillary can beat them at their own game. The fact that she energizes the conservative base may just work for her. I think people are fed up with the way Republicans win elections by their slash and burn politics. This time, it just very well may backfire on them.

I am so proud of the women voters and New Hampshire for the message they sent. I look forward to a spirited campaign with Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. They are both good and decent people who are head and shoulders above any of the Republican candidates. Obama is a great speaker and has the capacity to inspire people. Hillary has the qualities and experience to be a great president. I think this is Hillary's time. YAY!!!!

The truth is coming out. Starting NH, Americans are beginning to understand that in politics, endogenous is more important than exogenous - that reality and fact are more important than rhetoric and body language or charisma without substance. Americans are beginning to understand that Hillary stands for what the President of the USA should be and not Obama with his empty promises. Obama's leadership leaves a lot more questions to be answered but foremost, how can he be an agent of change without experience? How can he change what he does not know? How can he change what he does not have? Experience in economy, healthcare and security are all in Hillary's bag and Hillary can change them for the good of all America. Obama has a bag of experience but it is empty. He has nothing to change.

My prayers and Best wishes to Hillary and I urge all Americans (black, white, oriental, hispanic) to support Clinton because they will never regret their votes. We did it in NH. NH understands that it is issues, not body language, which stands out in this campaign and Hillary is all about issues. Listen to her carefully instead of cheering at her and you will understand just like the people of NH did - the issues matter,

As much as I would like to see a female president, I can't imagine four more years of the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton dynasty!! If Senator Clinton is elected, we will have had 24 years of politics from these two families. The last four years of the Clinton Administration was mired in attack back and forth. The country does not need a continuation of "We hate the Clintons" nor can it stand another 4 years of out of control spending complicated by tax cuts to boot. W
Why isn't anyone talking about this 20 years of Bush Clinton?

I sincerely wish someone would help me on this Obama thing. He talks so much of "change" but nowhere can I find anyplace where he says WHAT he will change, and more importantly, HOW he will go about getting this done?? He is a great speaker, and gets everyone all "fired up and ready to go", but go where and do what?? He is more like a sporting event, or rock star, which has young people hollering and screaming with excitment, but I doubt seriously what any of them think they are cheering for. Just the excitment of the moment. Many of our young voters support Obama, but they, like him, don't have the experience to realize that WANTING something to happen is different than having the EXPERIENCE to know how to make it happen. We aren't cheering for a sporting event, we are trying to elect a president of this great nation of ours–the greatest nation on earth, and WISHING and HOPING things will change just won't do it. We need someone with the experience to do it. someone who knows how Washington runs, so that they will know how to try to get things done. And even then, it won't be easy–maybe impossible, as our country has sunk so low.
I can't see how anyone can be as good for this as Hillary. She truly IS "ready to lead on day one". I have friends in other countries, and Bill and Hillary are both well respected there. They can regain our respect in the world. We need Hillary.

If crying and showing emotional outbursts gets someone elected President, we are justifying the Middle East's belief that we are a weak country. Give me a break - I want someone with enough courage and backbone to run this country and take appropriate steps to negotiate with other countries. I am so tired of the Bush-Clinton-Bush scenario — WE NEED A CHANGE! Barack actually works at his desk, rather than engaging in sexual conduct that he lies about and then questions simple English terms. (By the way, thank you Bill for introducing toddlers as well as grade-schoolers to phrases and acts that are generally felt to be too much information for youngsters). Bill wants to cry about Barack not coming under scrutiny — it's because he hasn't done anything wrong and doesn't lie about his past. And people, do you really believe that being a First Lady qualifies as experience? The most experience she got was marriage counseling because of her husband's infidelity. I hope that America will do the research on these candidates and listen to what they have to say. Obama or Edwards are the only two candidates worthy of running.

Jason,

No, Huckabee and Paul don't care for ILLEGAL immigrants.

Chris from CT,

I think Biden and McCain would be the best candidates, but your comments are right on target. She is scary, just on the few topics you referenced!!!

Can somebody clarify fickle and retail, and accurately if not more poetically describe a tear falling down her cheek.

Chris in Middletown. You are skewing facts to support your nominee. She does not deny that she voted for the Iraq war. Everyone at that time was for the war due to the evidence that the government was issuing about WMD. She says now it was a mistake given that the evidence was not true. She like everybody else in America was mislead. She is not Miss Cleo and noone knew the evidence was false at that time. She has voted to fund Iraq War, but not everytime as you are suggesting. I suggest you take a look at public record and see that her votes to fund Iraq war are not like you are suggesting. Fact of the matter is there are 180,000 soldiers over there and they need to be taken care of. Would you rather of had her turn her back on them and leave them with no protection. As far as SCHIP you are severely wrong, again public record states that the major contributors to SCHIP were HRC and Ted Kennedy, a totally bypartisan effort. She didnt ever say she supported the drivers license plan, but in fact said she supported the fact that the governor was trying to get something done about illegal immigration. Obama has received lots of money too from suspicious sources and has had to return untold amounts of money back, just as HRC has done so I would say they are even in that respect. And finally, I would be very glad to pay a little extra tax to ensure that every American person is covered by health insurance. To be against coverage for all americans simply because you might have to pay 100 dollars more a year is simply petty.

Hillary is a liar and a fake. She and Bill are untrustworthy, following only the polls to decide what they "believe."

The crying, acting, etc. is just an act. Hillary does not have a warm bone in her body (she's the original "ice woman" and Bill has totally lost it).

America can do much better than her. We need someone to move us forward in a positive direction and not have 4 or 8 more years of devisive politics that we would get if she ever got elected President.

The sad thing is Hillary can't win a national election. A vote for Hillary is a vote to ensure that another republican is president until 2013.

Wake up people, Hillary is too polarizing. Obama can win, but only Edwards is assured of it. Not even Diebold can prevent Edwards from winning it all.

Please don't let them finish off what's left of the middle class. If you vote for Hillary you are electing Romney and we are done for!

I asked several people this morning…I cannot find a single Hillary supporter….not one…not a single one….

I am baffled that people who voted for her "forget" the facts:

Voted for Iraq War - now denies it - calls it "Bushs War"

Voted to fund the Iraq War…everytime…except when she decided to run for president

Claimed credit for the SCHIP plan…(had nothing to do with it - look it up)

Supported Gov of NY plan to give drivers licenses to illegal aliens "so they would buy insurance" - then….wouldn't answer the question…and finally stated she didn't support this

Her mandated healthcare plan WILL increase taxes - this healthcare plan is strikingly similar to Saul Alinskys proposal….(she wrote her thesis paper about her hero) - and he was a grassroots Marxist

She (like her husband) was receiving money from China…omg…whats wrong with you people??

Finally, substance over rhetoric! 38 months in the Illinois senate and only 1 year in the US senate before he hit the campaign trail again, should not be what it takes to be the leader of the free world. Not in this world, not in any paralell universe!

He's a freshman Senator. Let him go learn to be president on somebody else's watch. How was he going to bring about unity. Oh I get it. He would have talked to the conservatist and they would have loved him after he nominate the next libweral Supreme Court Justice or after he sits down and have a cup of coffee with Ahmadinejad or Chavez or Castro. What a lot of hog-wash!

Finally, voters said to Obama, we deserve much more that your Kumbaya, La-de-da! One love, let's get together and feel alright!

Voter: Where's the beef, Barack?

Barack: (blinks blankly at the voter before trying to resume his empty rhetoric!) That is exactly what we need to ask ourselves. Do we need experience in the White house. No! What we need is change! Change in what we do, change in how we do it, change in how we–

Voter: How come you said that you were agains the war and voted to fund it 3 times for a tune of 300 billion dollar and why did you take down that statement on your website that have you stating that you support president Bush in the war in Irag and how can you say now that–

Barack: Like I was saying, let' come together America from seas to—!

Voter: Yes! Yes! Yes! Shining sea! Are you aware that the economy has slipped into recession. What are you going to do to get us out of it if you were elected president?

Barack: This economy has been in recession for a long time now. Wall street successes has not translated into success for the middle class. While the rich gets richer, the–

Voter: Yes! Yes! Yes! Poor gets poorer. I know all of that Senator but my question to you is, what are you going to do to get us out of the recession?

Barack: We must come together, move as one in our great nation! America, today I can feel the warmth of you! You are the wave that I am riding! One People, One Nation, One Destiny—Where are you going?

Voter: To take the beef Hillary was offering all the time. It's called experience. Change is a nice word but it is obvious that you have no idea how to bring that about. Have a nice day Mr. Obama! Nice talking to you. Oh wait…it was you who was doing all the talking!

Hilary became a US Senator because New Yorkers felt sorry for her because her husband cheated on her. Now New Hampshire voters voted for her because they felt sorry for her after she teared up while talking about her tough life. If you feel sorry for Hillary, send her a sympathy card, but that's no reason to vote for her!
Robert

It is shocking to see the overt racists on this post. Apparently when voting for Hillary you have to throw in some racism for good measure….I guess you must be Native American, if not, I guess you should get booted also…or maybe there a disclaimer implicit that as long as you are from some particular country you are immune…. .I guess we are not as advanced as I had previously thought when even Democrats can become racists when Dems are supposed to be for everybody when Reps only care about rich folks…..

Vote for Huckabee then….or even Ron Paul…..neither care for immigrants either….even though without immigration to this country, half of our graduate programs would get shut down….you would be right at home…..I am sure your family tree doesn't branch anyway….and I am sure you don't take too kindly about others 'round these parts either…..

I am from the South and your resorting to despicable racist talk just to support a particular candidate on an open forum in 2008 makes me want to puke….and your racism just stereotypes about half of the U.S. population……maybe if your candidate is a woman, that makes it acceptable for you to be a racist????

BTW: Huck and Paul support drilling in arctic, too…..but I guess "global warming is a myth" too…..

and if you believe all this then I have nothing but dread for the future of this country. the fix is in. gotta love those Diebold machines. especially you, Hillary. news article today from journalist Paul Watson (and it makes clear sense considering what went down with these same machines in the 2004 election and the clear need of the Clinton campaign to win one before her bid continues a downward spiral):

Major allegations of vote fraud in New Hampshire are circulating after Hillary Clinton reversed a mammoth pre-polling deficit to defeat Barack Obama with the aid of Diebold electronic voting machines, while confirmed votes for Ron Paul in the Sutton district were not even counted.

According to a voter in Sutton, New Hampshire, three of her family members voted for Ron Paul, yet when she checked the voting map on the Politico website, the total votes for Ron Paul were zero.

It's not as if Sutton had a handful of voters like some other districts - a total of 386 people voted yet we are led to believe that not one voted for Ron Paul? Judging by the Iowa results, around 10% of residents would be expected to vote for the Congressman, returning a total of around 38 votes in this district. Let's be ultra-conservative and say just 5% support Paul - he'd still get 19 votes - but he got absolutely none whatsoever. Is there something wrong with this picture?

Greenville also tallied 144 votes yet not one for Congressman Paul.

Anyone else in Sutton who voted for Ron Paul needs to go public immediately with the charge of vote fraud and make it known that they were cheated out of their right to vote.

Diebold voting machines also did Congressman Paul no favors last night - compared to hand counted ballots Giuliani gained just short of 0.5% from electronic voting whereas Paul lost over 2%, which was the difference between finishing 4th and 5th.

Mitt Romney profited the most from the Diebold swing, he received 7% more votes compared to hand counted ballots.

In the Democratic race the Diebold voting machines clearly swung the primary in Hillary Clinton's favor at the expense of Barack Obama, who had a commanding lead over the New York Senator going into the contest.

Zogby polling numbers had Obama leading Clinton by a whopping 42/29 per cent, yet Clinton eventually took the primary by three per cent.

"If I was Barack Obama, I'd certainly not have conceded this election this quickly," writes The Brad Blog. "I'm not quite sure what he was thinking. And as far as offering an indication of whether he understands how these systems work, and the necessity of making sure that votes are counted, and counted accurately, it does not offer a great deal of confidence at this hour."

"While I have no evidence at this time — let me repeat, no evidence at this time — of chicanery, what we do know is that chicanery, with this particular voting system, is not particularly difficult. Particularly when one private company — and a less-than-respectable one at that, as I detailed in the previous post — runs the entire process."

Clinton would not have beat Obama without the aid of Diebold voting machines. In precincts where electronic voting machines were used, Clinton got a 7% swing over Obama, having gained 5% in comparison to hand-counted ballots and Obama losing 2%.

As we reported yesterday, the contract for programming all of New Hampshire's Diebold voting machines, which combined counted 81 per cent of the vote yesterday, is owned by LHS Associates, whose owner John Silvestro has gone to great lengths to deflect accusations that the machines can easily be rigged.

After purchasing a Diebold 1.94w machine, the same system used in New Hampshire, a computer repair shop employee picked at random by Black Box Voting was able to zero in on the system's vulnerable memory card within just ten minutes. Hacking expert Harri Hursti testified in front of the New Hampshire legislature that the machines were wide open to fraud.

Listen to Barack Obama…Oprah has done nothing but great htings for this country and it's people. Credibility, YES! YES! YES She's very credible!
Hilary lies!! She won because she cried on TV which was an act.

Everyone can spin this however they want, the simple fact is that Sen. Clinton connected!!! it is so easy for everyone to pie up on her because of what the notions of her are! and perhaps it was the fact that everyone thought she was done for that made more people come out to see her, maybe to see her self-destroy. instead they saw wat they felt was the next president of the United States. this is a lesson in politics, in history and in courage.

LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!

Do not be fooled by the woman emotion thing, listen to the candidates speak and let them tell you how they can lead this country. Hilary sure cannot do a thing, I promise you that…

Hilary sure cannot lead this country. I am a white man my family and I believe in most other candidates except for hilary clinton, she's not Bill Clinton…

Those who are saying go back to Africa are just stupid idiots and ignorant fools. We all originated from Africa you idiot. I am a white man in New York and a Veteran and I approve this message. Do not make this a racial thing because it is not.
Go read your history…….

She is not Bill Clinton. She is very political and cannot bring change and lead this country as Barack Obama or any other candidate.
Sources have said that Bill Clinton doesn't want her to win or even believes in her as a president, he's just acting along as a husband. Sure he likes black people, but that doesn't mean she does too.

Listen to Oprah Winfrey, she has done nothing but great things for this country and it's people. She is very credible in America than anyone I can imagine. She wouldn't have come forward and endorsed Barack Obama if she didn't believe in what he can do for this country.

Oprah doesn't want her name tarnished, she believes in Obama and let's please vote for Obama or someone else, and do not allow hilary to tell you that she cares, she doesn't.

I am a white man, born and raised in the United States and a veteran. I live in New york and I have written letters to senators of New York State multiple times about different issues in the City and personally.

I have written to the office of Major Bloomberg, Hilary Clinton, (whom I liked very much), Charles Schumer, even local community leaders…the list is long. And I can proudly say that all of them responded to all my letters multiple times with recommendations, some even had their secretaries called me to make sure all was ok; NOT ONCE DID HILARY RESPONDED TO ONE OF MY LETTERS, NOT ONCE.

I am very disappointed in her as a citizen of the United States and a veteran, she's political and will be worst than George Bush.

She won women's vote in New Hamshire because it's obvious that she acted to cry and women took pity on her..and yes, sources have said that the news on yahoo yesterday that two guys screamed out at Hilary's Campagne "Wash our Clothes" HA! Those guys were told to do that.. they are friends of people who work for Hilary…all POLITICAL. See people!!! Worst of all, she doesn't give a rats ass about black people. She's just using them..don't be fooled.

Clinton's victory was a shameful episode of staged histrionics….she pulled some emotions out of her &*()%….her advisors had to actually explain to people:
"See, she has real emotions"……what a crock…and what sad commentary that this tactic works in NH…..followed by booing another candidate by her supporters….very low class even in the current politically charged environment……

I hope our "objective" media reports on this shameful behavior…….

Bottom line: that is what experience and being in Washington is all about, manipulating people…it is.too bad that, at the same time, Hillary just horrified empowered women everywhere…..and set back women's rights and the meaning of true "empowerment"….

Her crying fits and sorry shameful behavior of her supporters should make other female world leaders and any woman who wants to be treated equally very ashamed…..

Hillary may be the next US President…..and Hillary will prove to be very embarrassing to everybody throughout the world……and we will just repeat another Bush-like episode, with crying jags and blaming replacing bravado and machismo….be careful for what you wish for, you just might get it……

I am disappointed that Obama didn't win New Hampshire, but am happy with the close second place finish. Hillary is not the "Comeback Kid" and didn't pull up an upset no matter what the media claims. Hillary led in the polls over Obama from Feb 2007 to Dec 2007 by an average of 10 to 20 pts. After Obama's win 9pt win over Hillary in Iowa, many of the polls re-tooled and pushed out new polls are soon as possible with only 5 days between Iowa and New Hampshire voting.

Hillary won over Obama by only 3pts after leading him by 15 pts for much 2007 year. This only proves that the polls won't be as reliable in the past due to the new voters Obama is attracting. Hillary supporters have to thank John Edwards for staying in the Presidential race. Edwards garnered 17% of the vote in which 70% of his support suggested Obama as their second choice. If Edwards would have been out of the New Hampshire race, Obama could have reached 48% with Hillary at 41%.

GIVE ME A BREAK!

These results from New Hampshire change things. It makes the race all the more interesting. With regards to Obama gettting much of the indepedant vote, does this call into question who Clinton can expect to draw from? It is true that many of the Democrat faithful voted for Clinton, but would that be enough for the general election in November. A lot can change between now and November.

McCain has always done well in New Hampshire. He spent a lot of time in the state. I am curious how much money Romney spent in New Hampshire to get the return that he did. I think that McCain was correct when he told Romney that it doesn't matter if he spends his entire forturne on attack ad, it won't make things true.

The calculated reporting about the double digit lead B.Obama was suppose to enjoy in the New Hampshire primary was, or seems to have been, an attempt by the media to sway voters in Obama's favor. Thankfully that didn't happen, but the maniplulation, by the press to move the electorate in any candidates favor, violates every principal of trust.

Hillary is a whiner, and her supporters are a disgrace, booing another candidate…

She has lowered the bar even further in American politics from Bush…who is a cowboy maverick president, but doesn't break down crying when things don't go his way….or boo other candidates…..

I can't wait to see when Hillary is President, and just breaks down and starts crying, "Why won't you sign my peace treaty, don't you like my hair?"…..that will really garner respect for the U.S.

Hillary supporters in NH are disgraceful and should be ashamed of their behaviors!!!!! NH is irrelevant anyway except for our outdated electoral system.

You can cheer your own candidate, but booing another candidate is totally inappropriate!!!! Why don't you just vote now for the Republicans…..because that is what you are accomplishing by your low-class antics.

You are not watching a Patriots game…….they cheat too…Belicheck is still coach though…so I guess Hillary can just cheat her way to the top….experience counts after all, when she already is a slimy politician…that is the status quo…..she already gets her funds from PACs who don't care about any of us…..

You are not voting for Bill!!!!! Why is he campaigning more than HIllary????

Feminists should be ashamed that you are willing to grasp at straws just to have ANY woman in the White House!!!! It will put ALL American women backwards when Hillary just breaks down or blames others….it will be an embarrasment…she has no morals and is spineless, staying with a philandering hubby just for his political connections….that is a real empowerment!!!!! I guess with her behavior, she should be "ironing his shirts"……

I am not Republican, but if somehow Hillarycries her way to the Democratic nomination and people fall for it and she gets a sympathy vote, I will vote for McCain….

Why are preachers even allowed to run for President??? What happened to separation of church and state in this country????

Ron Paul's supporters must be angry, as the media has entirely shut him out form the beginning….oh well, politics as usual…..I guess Hillary's crying jags are more important than the issues facing this country…..maybe we can cry our way out of our budget deficit, cry some more jobs, cry better education, cry peace in the middle east, cry enough to stop global warming……who knows, maybe this is the "change" Hillary will bring……

Everyone should read Alter's new piece in Newsweek. He states that the independents, based on the way that the race was being covered by the media, believed that Obama had it won and did not need the votes, so they decided to go to the Repub where it was closer to cast their votes.

New Hamphire, you ruined the dreams of many young people. I think you people need some education. A college degree would probably help you people make better decisions.

I am totally disguised by the male ego's and the media.this needs to stop/all media does try to sway the politic process into WHAT they want it to be. It makes me sick the spin media puts on EVERYTHING. I think NH was giving the media a message…this election…you are not going to determines the outcome. wolf blitzer was nasty the last couple of days when it came to Hillary…ALL women need to take a stand and tell the male eg's and media we stand proud and we will fight back. A women president is what this country needs and deserves. Women have waited long enough for OUR time…any woman that is not for Hillary…can keep there mouth shut….Obama is a great speaker,but her has NO experience….wake up America…what is the problem????????
yopu go Hillary.
media stop all the crap…….

I can hardly wait for the Hillary drama production on Feb 4! What an emotional show that will be!

Hillary - the first BOO HOO President! You go girl!

I guess I'm confused. Clinton wins 9 delegates in New Hampshire and Obama wins…9 delegates in New Hampshire. Obama also picked up one more super delegate than Clinton did. How exactly does that rate as a win for Clinton?

Don't forget that Mitt leads the delegate race. He is a top contender for the race. We know the media is scared out of their pants of Mitt, because he displays his conservatism (lets pray that Mitt is sincere about his conservatism, and not just trying to buy us conservatives for the primary, and sell us down the river upon nomination) proudly. Whereas, McCain, Huckabee, and Giulliani ARE PRO AMNESTY LEFTISTS, and therefor the media wants to see a general election of two liberals running against each other, which would guarantee them a liberal in the White House.

What would be a great advancement of conservatism, is if Thompson and Hunter, which appear to be unelectable, would drop out of the race, and endorse their fellow conservative Mitt Romney who has a genuine shot at the nomination. They must understand that Conservatives must rally upon a conservative to be nominated for the republican party. Otherwise we would be running our leftist verses the Democrats leftists which ain't a heartening idea.

MITT 08!