I questioned this. Is Bill Clinton running for president or Hillary Clinton is,anybody?

oh it worked far better than people will give him credit for tonight,, Obama is now the "black candidate" which is exactly what the outcome was supposed to be!!

as an african american male for bill to imply that the main reason blacks will vote for obama is because he is black is an insult. tjhe clinton campaign know exactly what they are doing, basically saying to whites "blacks are for obama so you whites should be with us."

i will laugh daily till my stomach hurts if hillary wins the democratic nomination then loses to a republican in the general election. i for one will vote for a republican if obama is not in the general election.

america will deserve another term of a republican president if it allows hillary to win the nomination after which the democratic party will come crawling back to obama to save it.

why go through all of that when you can elect the best candidate NOW..

Barack Obama

Don't you just love that picture - He looks like the poster boy for con-men !

Seems like you guys at CNN have your work cut out for you , NOW.

OBAMA08

Oh Yea! I hope that Billy's campaigning hurt the Clinton campaign. What was he doing anyway? Why does Hillary need a man to back her up so much? Is it because she is afraid that she cannot win becasue she is a woman?

Who knows. These Clintons are so unpredictable. It looks like the South Carolina voters see the superficiality in Bill and Hillary.

STOP HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!

Face it Bill nobody wants you around!

And by the way you weren't as great of a President as you think you were!

Bill and Hillary were not concerned about being 'hurt' in SC. They want to make sure the race issue is front and center in the later states; the hidden 'race card' that will move poor white voters to vote for the Clinton's. A very cynical move by them, but they have never had a problem doing whatever it takes to win.

no more Clintons, no more Bushes.
Time for change, and something knew besides Bushes and Clintons.

This is the guy who many Blacks deemed the first Black President, until the time came for him to show what that title really meant: Only he must be called that! Obama must never be known as the second Black President!

Who would have thought a former US President would ever play the race card in a national elections? And this guy wants to return to the White House?

Vote John McCain!

Keep it up Bubba. Oh and keep up the race stuff as well! Why don't you just go home, or better still go overseas.

Well, imagine that…..

No Third Term for you Mr. Bill Clinton

Hillary Clinton should be the winner if the party plans to win!!!!

What's the margin of error for the exit poll results, though? This really isn't that much of an effect, based on the data reported here. Seems like journalism trying to "fit" data into a pre-determined story…

Obama' fairy tale that he is above negative attacks is over after SC. As we move into nationwide election, he has to face the fact that he made a boneheaded deal with the his friends of 15 years who is under an indictment. He has to answer how his health care plan is gonna cover all americans without any mandate. He has answer how he implement his wishy-washy vision with the GOP mean machine if he got elected president since the GOP Kerry eating machine already sent a talking point memo how to attack and eat Clinton/Obama for lunch in their fund raising letter.
Joe

Whine and cry so this is the new hope of the Dems. If the fire is already HOTTTT and he's not man enought to understand this is a race for the top job of the United States , what must the world leaders be thinking ? This is the the best we have to put forward. This is also the first Woman america has presented to the world. there are other world leaders with both black s and women.So America make up your minds , think really hard Do we want to put a Black man who whine to get his way, or a very educated ,strong woman?

I think it was expected that Bill's strategy would only work to a certain extent. The Clintons introduce the race/gender controversy after they lost in Iowa but the effect was seen to fade out in Nevada. And although they "won" Obama still got more delegates. So it was expected that distorting the truth and stirring the pot should back-fire at some point and here we go. Still, the Clintons benefitted a lot from it. After Iowa they faced the real possibility to go to super Tuesday with no victory. On the other side, the benefit to Obama from all this is that it gives him experience when he faces the Republicans and proves he can handle very well all kinds of attacks. Go OBAMA, you represent a bright future.

Well, old Bill can always get a job doing commentary for CNN…

John Edwards made me feel like a LOSER because I am not rich. I may be poor but I don't need some rich lawyer telling it is my bosses fault. How many people has he saved who are living under a bridge.

Just one name.

Thank you President Clinton for reminding us what politics looked like in the PAST. Thank you for reminding us how polarizing the Clinton name can be. THANK YOU for reminding us that NO ONE can do what you do, UNITE the REPUBLICANS. You are the best at what you do President Clinton.

Thank you for reminding Americans what a primary vote for your wife would really mean. A return to obsolete politics and tactics. Most of all, thank you South Carolina for breaking the rhythm of the past 16 years. The country will take your lead!!!!

OBAMA '08 Stand for Change

I had eeeeeenough of the Clintons, the Billaries, the HillBillies, Queen Hillary! This is not a monarchy … despite King George II !

OBAMA is the force of change, the new AMERICA and ONE UNITED COUNTRY !!!

OBAMA'08

Clintons will pit black against white, latino against asian, wife against husband, democrat against republican and when they win, the rest of us will lose. We all need to come together to solve our problems and Obama will lead the way.

Is anyone going to bring up the fact that so many of our good citizens "..died.."
if they were connected in any way to the Clinton Husband and Wife Group?

Will anyone mention that so many of Bill Clinton's guards died deaths that were
called suicide even if they were shot in the back of the head?

Will anyone remember that a man named Park had told his family, especially
his son, that he was probably going to be killed….and sure enough he was
shot in the back of the head while sitting in his car….

I get the feeling that no journalist will ever go near this long list of deaths because
anyone that speaks out against the Clintons - sees an early death.

I still like you bill…You did alot of good for the american people in the 90″s and I'll never forget that, but you are not running now. You need to hold the dignity of being an ex president and let your wife compete…

the end of the bush/clinton/bush/…clinton dynasty ended in south carolina today… Thank you So. Carolina…. We need real change, and why not, Obama??? We need a unifer, not a divider like Bill and Hillary Clinton…

the end of the bush/clinton/bush/…clinton dynasty ended in south carolina today… Thank you So. Carolina…. We need real change, and why not, Obama??? We need a unifier, not a divider like Bill and Hillary Clinton…

Maybe Bill will realize he's not on the ballot this year and will stop campaigning as if he were.

Mission accomplished 'Billary' poor Obama does not realize that by Clinton being as harsh as he was, injecting race into the issue. He's succeeded in putting Obama into the Ghetto. Hillary is OK with that because she is counting on at least 1/2 of the black vote …2/3 of the white vote & 3/4 of the Latino vote. That's her secret weapon the Latino vote why do you think 'Billaey' was running around in Latino districts uttering the phrase 'Si Se Puede' which is code for Amnesty

You can only put so much lipstick on a pig.

The Clintons are done. We all know Hillary is unelectable and Bill is just making things worse.

This might not be a mandate for Obama, but it is a mandate for Bill Clinton to shut up and get out of this race.

White voters 18-29 49% Obama
Black voters 80% Obama

These are the two groups the Democrats need to win a National Presidential election. People fail to understand - it's not that these people will vote for a Republican if the nominee is Hillary, they will simply not show up if they are not inspired. A democratic candidate simply cannot win a national election without these people showing up.

Bill Clinton had the black and young vote in 92. Hillary is not Bill. Hillary Clinton cannot win the Presidential Election.

If you want a Democrat in '09, vote Obama.
Fired up, Ready to Go.

It might be "enlightened self-interest" for the Clintons to back off from the heavy-handed approach.

Even if it succeeds in getting Hillary through to the nomination, it might leave a bad enough taste in the mouths of some Democrats that they won't turn out to the actual vote.

Right now, in most places, the Democratic turn-out for the primaries 'way exceeds that for the Republicans. If that enthusiasm is maintained, they can walk away with the election in November. But if they get turned off…

Whoa! Clinton Slugfest versus Obama O-thentic. Slugfest loses and politics in America may never be the same again.

AMEN AMEN AMEN

Yes, and the rest of America have a more realistic view of what bringing back the Clintons would do to our country. There is no way Hillary will win a general election, while Obama could based on what Republicans and independents I know are saying.

Duh! The Bubba Factor ain't working. We are fed up with your lies. JUST SHUT-UP AND LET YOUR WIFE SPEAK FOR HERSELF! ON THE OTHERHAND…BOTH OF YOU NEED TO SHUT -UP…

GO OBAMA…..MAKE US PROUD!

I lost friends defending President Clinton against the Republican linch-squad.
I do not want to go back to the 90's. Having seen the damage Bush has inflicted to the US world wide, I will not vote for the Clintons and their frenzy for a third term. Obama, Edwards and with a big GULP, even Mccain. No more Clinton dramas at the expense of the public good.

the media will now salivate over Obamas win and demonize the Clintons, how predictable. "The evidence-free bias against the Clintons in the media borders on mental illness" Obama won S.C, not a big surprise

Everybody shut up! Let's keep on rewarding the clintons. why? because they entertain us and keep us from thinking about our own problems….

Bill Clinton having a negative effect? You think? Bill needs to go find an intern and chill out for a while…..

oh come on–22% of white Democrats voted for Obama.

Can you get any more anti-Clinton people on your show. I can believe Cnn is trying to spin the poll in favor of Obama. Carl Bernstein is the biggest joke of all. As for lying, Obama said he only had 4 hours of work with the slum-lord Rezzo. That has proved to be a big lie. But you (so -called reporters don't follow up on any leads on Obama). Bill Clinton said he has proof about Obama's "92 or 94 blogs where Obama was supporting Bush going to war. No one has ever follow through. Just keep hammering that the Clinton's are liars. I expected better from CNN.

I wonder if Bill will go home to Hillary tonight and, like Chief Renault to Bogart's Rick in Casablanca, say, "I'm shocked, shocked to find my pervaricating hurt you in South Carolina!"
Give us SC folks some credit. Black or white, we've not stupid people, and most all of us have got pretty good BS meters.
Hillary may be our political superwoman, but Bill is certainly proving to be her kryptonite. If he keeps creating a toxic political environment like he's done so far, Hillary's a goner.

If anyone is attacking here its THE MEDIA…AS FOR YOU MEDIA PEOPLE, YOU HAVE ALL MADE RACE AND GENDER THE ISSUE HERE IN THIS CAMPAIGN NOT THE CANDITATES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I found Bill Clinton's performance in South Carolina this week to be equally disturbing and unnecessary. As voters we can clearly understand the importance of a husband campaigning on his wife's behalf and vice-versa, but for a former President to play the roll of surrogate attacker and vicious advocate on his wife's behalf was unquestionably in poor taste and damages international perception of the role of a Fmr. President of the United States. This was not the behavior of an elder statesman. What this past week illustrated, atleast to me, was the official introduction of a candidate for president who is unable to stand on her own two feet and on her own record while simultaneously defending herself against the attacks of her chief rival. Hillary Clinton without question furthered the perception that she cannot possibly stand on her own as an independent candidate. Coupled with her crying in New Hampshire, which was entirely un-presidential, and her general derisive tone on the the campaign trail, this has done more to negatively affect atleast the perception of a female candidate running for the presidency than to favor it. As a former supporter of President Clinton and Mrs.Clinton I was very disappointed at what I witnessed this past week. It is important to be ambitious in life to obtain one's goals, but to do so with questionably character and little to none of the requisite ethics necessary to be president can only damage one's public perception and ability to lead a nation in need of collaboration and unity. The Clinton's tactics this week were unneccesary and will surely have damaging effects for them and how they are viewed further in the future.

The sooner sleaze bag bubba and his carpet bagging wife are sent packing back to their Arkansas double-wide the better.

He ruined Gore's chances to be president and now he's ruining Hillary's chances.

The WWII generation sent seven men to the White House (Carter was too young to serve during the war). But Bill Clinton is going to go down in the history books as the ONLY representative of the hugely influential liberal '60s generation. Wow.

Keeping talking Bill……..the more we see you and hear you the more we remember what a disgrace you and your wife were……….atta boy! We won't give you a third term in OUR white house…..

good grief
I have never seen so many folks so down on one man, Bill Clinton.
Obama needs to quit crying and stick to the issues
I have no faith in him
what is he going to do if he is president and he is hit with all the problems we have??
He can not deal with a race with Hilliary how is going to deal with our situation
with health care, homeland security, childcare, the eldery, Iraq, Iran,IRS
education, and on and on and on!!

Finally! The Clinton machine has been repudiated!!! Barack can finally get back to his message of HOPE, rather than dealing with race all of the time.

Good job SC!

Serves them right.

If Hillary wants to be president, maybe she should make the case herself, by herself, on her terms.

If she can't do that, she hasn't earned it. She can't use Bill as a crutch when the going gets tough.

Gotta be voter fraud. Has to be.

No doubt about it. Billary Clintons negative and racially charged attacks against Obama are having an anti Clinton backlash as well they should. Clintons house boy Andrew Young brags that Clinton is blacker than Obama because he has slept with more black women. Thank GOD african americans are sophisticated enough to be disgusted that Bill clintons percieved blackness based on adulteress relations with black women is an insult not a badge of honor. Sure Clinton was happy to take advantage of black women and both of the Clintons are happy to take advantage of black voters but the Clintons obvious disgust with Obamas shows their true racist feelings.

Bill Clinton should stay out of the campaign except to say he supports his wife. He should not be making statements against other candidates and should not be the person making policy statements regarding Hilary's positions. She is the one running for President and she should be the person we see speaking on issues. We have had Bill as the President and it is not his place to be running again. Leave the real campaigning to the person asking for our vote.

If I were in SC, I would have voted for Obama. If found Former President Bill Clinton to be very Un-Statesman like. Birds of a feather flock together, meaning Hillary. I think it's time NOT to send another Clinton, or Bush for that matter, back in the Whitehouse. This country needs a fresh start. Like Hillary said; I don't want to go backwards.

I presently live in Atlanta, but was born a raised in Charleston. Please stop labeling Obama as a "black presidential candiate"; he won over 25 per cent of the white voters in this primary! Hillary has a huge problem now because Obama is not going away, states she thought were in her corner are now not so safe for her to win. Yes, the states coming up have large Hispanic populations, but Obama will be ok if he keeps on his message of change and hope. I was going for Clintion initally, but I'm solidly in Obama's corner because he, not Clinton can effect real change. Hillary is in SERIOUS trouble!

Bill needs to go away. His half truths have brought shame on his self for long enough.

Is it possible that a majority of Americans are finally learning what the Clintons are all about? Better way late than never.

Politics = trench warfare.
All you have to look back at Bush vs. McCain in South Carolina in 2000.

We're tired, Bill. So very tired.

Where is South Carolina?

MOTHERS HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS . BILL IS ON THE LOOSE!!

I would really like it if the media were more balanced. There are some very troubling studies out there about this campaign. So many of us rely on the information the media give us. I listened to the video posted of the exchange between Bill Clinton and the CNN reporter, and had a very, very different sense of it than was reported.

I think Jerry Pomeroy is spot on. We're starting to see just how deceitful and generally full of s@(% these two Clintons are…

Willy said it best when he said that he thought "he (Obama) was running against me".

WILLY THINKS HE IS THE ONE RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!!!! He doesnt get it, this is not about him. GET LOST BILL CLINTON!!!

I would have more respect for Hillary if it was not for him. Your lies and scandals have tarnished the US enough. You were the start of our downfall as a country, Bush merely bought us to rock bottom.

Now its time to climb out of this mess, and Hillbilly are not the ones to do this. Maybe Obama, maybe McCain or Romney…. but not the Clintons, they are only a step back.

lets keep our eyes open and our ears to the ground. This gets even more interesting.

Alani.

This is SC, the Clintons Feb 5th, and then te reality for Obama will set in. His nation poll #'s suck and this victory will just hurt him.

Man we can hope so can't we Jerry Pomeroy? In your face Billary. Go Obama!

The light is shining upon the clinton masterpiece, but i guess it cant be a masterpiece if isnt working can it? aahahah america is seeing what deceipt politician s the clintons are and the true gentlemen Obama is.

Congrats CNN … you said it.

Late deciding voters made their decision in the past three days, when coverage of Bill Clinton … or should I say the over-analyzed, over-dramatized, and exagerated coverage of Bill Clinton was at its height, PRIMARILY on CNN.

Good job CNN, I hope you are patting yourselves on the back for a campaign attack well ran. You did an amazing job with your intellectual, factual, news reporting. This is brilliant for Obama and Edwards … you attack Bill and Hillary … give them negative coverage … and they don't have to spend a dime … you did all the work for them.

Hats of to CNN's campaign attack 08

Fool some of the people all the time, all of the people some of the time, clintons trying next concept.

The best thing Hillary Clinton can do now is call herself Billary - she just can fight her own battles - she needs her husband to it for her!

As I expected … racism has won the day. It was obvious that SC would choose Obama, I just hope for the sake of the country, that Florida and the rest of the country vote on merit, experience, and who can bring about change, rather than voting for someone because of the colour of their skin.

Very disappointed with SC today.

I thought about this last night and sincerely felt Bill is doing more harm than good for Hillary's campaign.

PLEASE NO MORE BUSH CLINTON!!!!!!!! GO OBAMA!!!

Hillary, you need to rein in your hubby or not only will YOU not win, Obama might lose out to McCain.

People have said it over and over and over again!

We HATE the negative stuff, and yet you all (Clinton and Obama both) keep on doin' it!

I am OUT HERE, and I am totally sick of it! And I am a far left liberal.

I would never vote for a Republican, but I might not vote AT ALL!

My point is that if these two can't get along while in the same party, how in heck are they going to get along with members of Congress???? And get anything done?????

Bill must either stick with it or leave–but there will still be no different at all.

glad hillary lost thanks to slick willie and his lies he won the race for abama hooray

I think Bill needs to keep campaining. He is doing wonders for his wife's chances!

Finally, Obama knows what it was like to be a Republican during Clinton's presidency. Lies, deceit, and "The Politics of Destruction" have finally backfired on those two out-of-touch progressives! Sink Hillary, Sink Hillary!

I fear Bill's tactics will work once we enter primaries in which only a small minority of Democrats are black. How can we not suspect that the Clintons have intentionally polarized Democrats according to race, knowing that if the lose South Carolina because of it they'll win most other states, including California? How despicable. How typical.

I do think that Hillary and Bill have been very hard on Obama. In debate, Hillary sent many crushing blows on Obama, and those accusations were not true at all, or they were twisted truths. The Clintons are not honest people, they are harsh, and they are unkind. I also don't want to see Hillary in the Whte House. It will be the 1990s all over again. What sort of scandals would arise this time?

And why people use this for/

I am so thankful that the SC voters were able to see that Billary is 100%negative and counterproductive to the future of America. Billary is toast. Eight years was enough. Go away, please. Billary, please point that finger of yours somewhere else. America needs hope.

Americans are tired of Bill's condescending finger wagging. How stupid do you think we are? Who's running anyway? Take your illgotten gains and be gone Clintons.

I'd wait until the results are official - exit polls in NH predicted Obama by double digits, and Clinton had given up before mysteriously being declared winner in NH.
We may wake tomorrow to a headline that says Clinton won. Are there Diebold machines in SC?

That said, maybe people are starting to remember that the Clintons really weren't that great. They've both been arrogant since the start of tis campaign, and their sense of entitlement really shows. Maybe this can now be the beginning of the end for Clinton. Americans are sick of the Bush/Clinton dynasty, and neither Clinton nor McCain represents change. They are both members of the old guard.

It is very simple; the African-Americans delivered the vote to Obama. Nothing new, no news.

Go Hillary- New Jersey is waiting to deliver the votes to you!

Let's not forget Hilary left S.C. after the debate.It's possible some voters may have felt alienated by her so quickly after. I think Edwards pushing that in some of his appearances this week may have pushed voters away. Don't miscount this being another issue for Hilary losing votes.

I won't argue that the former president's aggressive campaign on behalf of his wife may have created a backlash. Nor did it help that many prominent Democrats like Clyburn, Kerry and Reich all chipped in their two cents against his style and voracity. But I am sure his wife probably realizes that if her ultimate ambition of capturing the white house is to be a reality it won't be without him. Ask Al Gore what happened to him when he decided to keep the former president out of his campaign.

If the polls hold, and it is, indeed "a rout", then this puts Mrs. Clinton on notice that her asendency to the Presidency isn't inevitable.

It is important to remember that, between them, the Bush-Clinton dynasties have run our nation for a total of almost 20 years. Specifically, the Clintons had not one, but TWO terms in the White House. It's time for the voters to retire ALL of them and then let someone else have a chance.

When the party is over, it's polite to leave.

Thank you Bill. For Obama's win by more than 20% margin.

The interesting thing about this is that, tactically, if it seems like Hillary and Bill would run as kind of a tandem, it will seem to many as almost unconstitutional (not to mention unwanted, since many of us remember that, looking back, both Clinton AND Bush were 8 year mistakes). I think if Hillary is going to recover from this, Bill has to make it clear that he will try to be the best first lady he can be, and vow to stay out of her hair while she does her job.

Is there a fund to which we can all contribute to make Bill go away ?

How much is tonight's vote an "anybody but Bigfoot" vote? Difficult to quantify, but in general, using your spouse as an attack dog is a really awful way to run a campaign. If Hilary wants to attack Obama, let her attack,. Letting Bigfoot attack while she stays "above the fray" is pathetic posturing.

Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My faith in people looking past the Clintons' lies if renewed. I hope this will carry Obama through to the primary!!!!

A vote for Obama and against Clinton is also a vote against dirty politics and swift voting and it speaks of the fact that the public in this case was paying attention!
We have had a president for 8 years who lies and have suffered Karl Rove…if Clinton wants to imitate Rove he better realize that people know that dance and are sick of it! Hillary is also a big phoney, Ms Sensitive is also willing to lie and cheat to become president…is that normal politics? some say so, but those who do can only end up with really corrupt candidates and a mess of trouble ahead.

Many people have been calling the Clintons out on their lies and rabid attack schemes for 15+ years…funny how it's finally been noticed by everyone else. Of course, it only took them running against the next Dem superstar for it too happen.

It looks as if Bernstein is extremely partial against the Clintons. He should be off your list of political commentators.

As a highly educated business owner, I am personally offended at the Clinton's campaign strategy. Their injection of race and personal attacks on Barack Obama is an insult to all Americans. They have jeopardized the Democratic Party for personal gain. The have diminished the party. They are using the same sort of tactics that were by the republicans on Bill at the end of his presidency. I am extremely disappointed in the Clintons. They have lost a long time supporter. I have absolutely no respect for either Hillary or Bill. Shame on them!

Bill Clinton has lost his glamor and glitz, he's losing his patience and I'm pretty sure he's lost his mind. At a time when the Democrat candidates should be speaking about issues, Bill Clinton is attempting to make everything about race. I personally don't care what race OR religion the candidate is - as long as they are able to touch on issues I believe are important (the economy, Iraq, Afghanistan, the climate) and they're ideas make sense, I want to hear them. I don't want to hear Bill Clinton lambasting the media about media fairness (this is the "Clinton News Network" afterall) or about race. Why is our FORMER President trying to rip apart our nation so frequently? I believe its time Hilary sends him packing back to New York and she tries to actually campaign on her own ideas, instead of on her husbands history.

America doesn't need dynastic presidencies. 8 years of Clinton and 12 years of Bush is enough - too much! Hopefully this will carry on to super-Tuesday in a couple of weeks but there's a lot of time for the Clintons to do their damage. Come on America, do the right thing - for once!!!

Sorry- "…to happen."

Bill was so good at alienating potential SC voters that I started wondering if he wasn't secretly hired by Obama's campaign!

Let the truth shine through. It's good to see Hillary for what she is: a so-called feminist who sadly is still overshadowed and hyperdependent on her husband to manage her ridiculous campaign. That is not the sort of woman I want for the first female president of the United States.

I Love this. Don't live in SC. Am European American (white). I would have voted for Barak because of what Billy Boy and HillBilly did…run their stupid mouths, calling the race card and just generally being their disagreeable selves. Do people want them in the WH for 4-8 years? Again? No.

Obama's projected 10-12 point win will end up being double that ! Thanks Bill ! BTW Bill, can you hit the trail in CA ? Obama needs your help there too ! Bill Clinton, the gift that keeps giving !

People are finally figuring out that they really don't want Bubba back in the White House. Especially with time on his hands…………

Bye bye Billary. Your ugly campaign methods ensured your defeat. Did you plan this loss on purpose to generate a white racist vote backlash in the rest of the deep south? Nahh - even Billary wouldn't stoop that low, would it/they?

Jim Car Ville has gotta be right… And I am certain it was mean spirited Republicans (from the decade of greed) who worked with Obama and those crooks at Diebold voting machines to pull this fraud off… BTW, I hope Obama beats the pants off them all, and I haven't voted Democrat since HHH in 68!

I think John Edwards is the most qualified, and the best candidate, but I know he doesn't have a chance to win. Sen. Edwards speaks to all Americans, and he has the best chance to beat any of the Repiblicans. That being said I hope he stays in there all the way. If not well Obama has my vote.

Bill needs some more interns taking care of him cause he is making a fool of himself out there. Blacks must've gotten mad at him also for sleeping on MLK!!

Will you guys please stop it. Obama got less than 1000 votes in Iowa and if he were White he would have been marginalized. The only reason he won South Carolina is that there are so many Blacks in SC. Now if the state had a majority White population Obama would lose. Can't you folks at CNN see that the country is divided by race? Can't you just leave the meddling alone and let these guys fight it out and see who wins?

Why is CNN taking such a long time to post my comments? Is it because my comments are in support for Senator Clinton?

The "cares about people" slot will never go to the silver spoon when someone from a poorer background is compared. You have to have been there to know how to care and more people have been there or have relatives that are there and so connection is there than there are those silver spoon backgrounds.

Anyone else think that it's odd that the first public statement released after Hillary's loss in South Carolina is FROM BILL CLINTON INSTEAD OF HILLARY???

This is very odd…maybe he is running for a 3rd term…

Where is the leadership from Hillary? How sad…

Bill and Hillary are only in the race for themselves, not the people of this country. Make no mistake- "if" she wins the election she will blame all her misteps on the former administrations. Bill will be loose in the White House and helping her run the show. Frankly, I am praying for Obama to win over Hillary as she is NOT to be trusted. I think Bill is helping her so she won't write a tell all book about him and so he is back in the limelight. She has many, many things to tell about him I am sure. Who will really be president Bill or Hillary? Go Obama!!!

The 'Flying Liar and Hidden Dragon' is on their way to make up more lies to the American people across the United States. Hopefully they saw the Bill and Hillary circus show in SC and wake up!

I always liked Bill, but what I saw in SC peeled my eyelids way back. As a woman, Hillary needs to run for herself and her ideas, or it's no great movement forward for women. She obviously can't control him — not a good thing. I have been waiting nearly eight years to get a Democrat back in the White House, but if she is the nominee, I will be voting Republican for the first time in 20 years, no matter who the Republican candidate might be. And I don't think I am alone in the Democratic party.

I think the Clinton era is over. They started trying to pull Obama into the kind of politics they do best, which I too would have thought was a good decision, until it apparently backfired. The real story… what effect does this have on super tuesday?

This oaf (former Pres. Clinton) was not even gracious enough to congratulate Senator Obama properly. He glossed over it very quickly and then went on to promote the Hilderbeast.

I think the Clinton's culture of lies have finally caught up with them. I can't remeber a former President acting more "Un- Presidential" before as he hammers away at someone from his own political party. It makes one wonder how far the Clintons will go to suit their own agenda.

Oh I forgot to add….

Thanks Bill ! You served your purpose well…

With President Bill Clinton's definition of sex, inhalation of drugs and nearly being impeached while being the President - President Bill Clinton is a liability for Senator Hillary Clinton. Therefor, her abilities, intentions and her statements become questionable even though she might make a capable President.

THE CLINTONS HAD THEIR TIME..
THEIR TIME IS OVER ..

Who is running for president, Hillary or Bill?
He's doing the speech on the night of the SC primary! What is going on?
I thought she was supposed to be running, not him.

I was all in favor of Hillary Clinton because of her intelligence, experience, and the fact that I believe Bill did not really have a chance to lead during his presidency.
However; I am changing my mind. If she and her advisers cannot get Bill to listen to them now during the campaign, what luck will they have if she becomes President? I do not want Bill to become President again - and I am not certain that Hillary can keep him from believing and acting as he is. Any more than his advisers could keep him from doing politically foolish things when he was President.

Sorry, Hillary, I thought you would make a good President.

Bill looked petty and tacky and said petty and tacky things; ergo, Bill is petty and tacky.

Luke 6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

Hillary, however, doesn't answer questions she doesn't want to answer. It appears she either has nothing to say or doesn't want people to know what she believes. The only treasure in Hillary's heart is promoting herself without demonstrating what she truly believes. Or maybe she has no substance at all, other than having been the wife of a pandering President and 'standing by her man.'

Jerry, I think you are talking about majority of African- Americans, if not , then speak for yourself. It is better that way!!!

Well there it is folks. Negative and irresponsible campaigning just doesn't cut it. Senator Obama truly deserves this win tonight, because he had to over-come quite a bit with the merciless attacks on his integrity. Thank God for the smart voters in South Carolina!! Go Obama!!!!

Why is CNN showing an inconsequential speech by Bill Clinton in Missouri at length while the election results in South Carolina are coming in???? What the h*** is going on at CNN?

Why is CNN showing a political speech by NONCANDIDATE Bill Clinton???Isn't this race about candidates?? What about the other spouses?? Where is Hilary…shouldn"t she be making a speech about the VOTE in South Carolina??

Bubba should have kept his mouth closed, he only hurt Hillary.

Not sure what effect Bill Clinton had on the voters as it appears from the exit polls that about 80 percent of the black voters voted for Obama. I have no problem with Bill Clinton stumping for his wife and whether his statements are less truthful than others, I would leave that up to the voters. However, I will continue to believe, ever, that CNN reporting if not biased, is certainly not balanced. When Bill Clinton replied to a female CNN reporter, the headline was Bill Clinton "lashes" out. Is that a loaded word or what? It sounded just like a normal response to me. Where was all the outcry about the personal attack Michele Obama made on Hillary Clinton when she said, " if you can't manage your own house, how can you manage the White House". She said that she was not referring to Hillary Clinton. Well, who's telling the fairy tale now. Both sides have their fair share of story telling and half truths and I believe the press should follow up with all candidates on a more even basis.

Bill was the best president of America in the modern times.
We the democrats, love Bill Clinton.
We love Hillary and Obama too.
Sorry Republicans, your president just distroyed our country.
You should shut up your party and let the democrats have their chance

The thought of two Clintons running the White House exhausts me!

Hillary left for a few days to campaign in other states while Bill did the rest. I agree with Obama when he said he was running against them both.

he needs to keep their home clean.

Wow, voters actually saw through the two headed monster's ploy. If only the rest of the voters do. The power hungry people should just go into exile!

Imagine a campaign consisting of Obama vs McCain. No Clintons and the baby boomer attack machine shut down so it can not engage in the politics of personal destruction.

McCain the Silent Generation and Obama Generation X, debating issues.

Obama has a policy blue book, it’s available to anyone and it is very specific on policy on every important issue imaginable. McCain is also issue orientated.

It would be refreshing and interesting and good for the Country. The Clintons can retire to the Dominican Republic where they have a house and can't make much of a mess.

SO PROUD AMERICA SAW THROUGH THE NASTY CLINTON GAMES!!!

Why ,when Obama has just won by a huge margin, does CNN choose to broadcast Bill's speech from Independence Missouri? I understand that as a former President, he makes news. In this instance, however, he is a candidate's spouse on the campaign trail. Will you break in to show Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards making remarks as well?
The big story is that Obama will unite the nation and the Clintons will chew us up and spit us out in a million pieces.
The Clintons had their chance. It's not up to the American public to repair their poor legacy of scandal and shame.

I can't believe the people of South Carolina could be so stupid! Obama is too green to lead the nation! There are too many problems in the world to have a president who has to learn on the job! I swore I would never vote Republican but if it is between McCain and Obama, I will probably vote for Mc Cain!

Finally, maybe Bill will get the hint and shut the hell up. I hope Hillary goes to jail for concealing $2 million in campaign funds from her Senate campaigns.

Bill and Hilary clinton talks about expirence, well bill you did not have expirence when you became president and she became senator. the pioneers of past and of the future didnt have expirence before they became millionaires and billionaires. I think that people in america want leaders with ideas to lead this country and not become the status quo. we send kids to Iraq and other countries to fight a war that they did not start and they do not have expirence fighting a war.

Why is Bill Clinton getting more press than Obama or Edwards or even Hillery?

The press needs to quit covering him so much!

i m very disappointed with the results.i m a hillary supporter but i love obama too .i was praying that african people dont vote for obama that much because this aggrevates the situation in other parts of the country in dividing people by race .
BUT ANYWAY CONRATULATIONS TO OBAMA

We had Bush, then Clinton, Bush agian. I think we need Obama before we need another Clinton to follow Bush this time. Bill is reminding me this.

Nothing about the Clintons surprise me any more. The thought of the Clintons back in the White House gives me chills and a tummy ache!

Go Billy Boy, Go! More scams and lies are just around the corner. Wait, I always heard thet Bush was a bad guy, he just not matter anymore. Stupid libs.

Who's running in this race? Bill or Hillary? Seems like Bill would like a second go in the White House…. um, I mean, he would like his wife to have a go…

Half truths? With Bill and Hillary, half truths would be an improvement.

I find it hard to believe that ANYONE would want to vote for either Clinton, given what we now know about them. For the country's sake, lets not put another Clinton in the White House!!

.OBAMA would have won South Carolina anyway..

I'm surpised that the media is so anti-Clinton.
I know Tim Russett has always been, but CNN?
Shame on you

BILL is giving Hillary's concession speech?!

(This certainly lends credence to Obama's feeling that he has been running against both Clintons.)

I agree with Bonjeur. Clinton is very unstatesman like. But Jim Car Ville, I hope your joking with regards to "VOTER FRAUD." Why is it, whenever a democrat loses, it must be that? Could it be people are tired of Clinton's or Bush's in the White House?

Obama appears to have won this battle but he will lose the war.

He's behind in most other states except Georgia - I wonder why?

Bill Clinton is a smart enough politician to understand the potential effects his recent antics could have on his wife's campaign. He knows race politics on a deeper level than most politicians and strategists. Sometimes I wonder he's doing this stuff on purpose. Sometimes I think that deep down inside he doesn't want Hillary to win. They seem to have the window dressing of a supportive couple, but it's always seemed like such an act to me. Maybe this is payday for a wife who's stood by his side so she could benefit from his political talent?

why do we like talking negative about bill clinton.why is it everything about the clintons so.never write them off.you all did the same before,but they came back.

Obama is truly a breath of fresh air compared to the old school politics that the Clinton's are banking on! Everybody take a deep breath and don't give up on the REAL campaign that represents a change in politics as we know it- Go OBAMA!

Good for Barack - keep it up, we need you!

Keep talkin' Bill!

No voter fraud here, Jim. Time for change. People are starting to wake up.

Obama 08′!

Bill knows the strategy he is using and it will ultimately put Hillary in the White House, Obama is falling into the soup…….

Clintons attacks are part of the politics of the past it's time to move forward into the future, and that future will be America with Obama at the helm leading the change. I hope the Clintons stop smearing and play a strait up race from here on out.

Obama 08

WHY SHOULD BILL CLINTON'S EFFECT BE NEGATIVE ON HIS WIFE? BILL CLINTON'S ADMINISTRATION ENDED POSITIVELY. IF YOU HAVE NO NICE WORDS FOR HIM, DON'T CRUCIFY HIM

Get Bill off the campaign trail. He's losing this for Hillary. He made it even worse today, trying to diminish Obama's win by saying Jesse Jackson won there too. Why did he say Jesse? He could have used John Edwards as a better example.

It is better now than later on the general election. Bill's effect will let a democrate to pick a stronger candidate to win on November.

Its a shame for Bill he should rethink on his stratergies.
its not work with the voters

I'm confused is Bill running for President or is Hillary running for president? Why is it that he is in the news more than she? I most certainly don't wanted to vote for someone who can't handle her own campaign.

Blow out by Obama and one more step to the day in which the Clintons will just go away, imagine a wonderful day when Hillary's face and that voice will just be out of the picture Nice.

Behold! It is as clear as the day light that the Clintons do not actually care for the people they claim to be fighting for. That she was not able to stay in order to say "thank you" to the people supporting her is indeed a sign that she is only interested in winning the votes and not interested in the affairs of the ordinary people.

What's interesting is that Barack was predicted to win New Hampshire by 9 points and lost by 2 points. Going into South Carolina he was projected to win by 12-15 points and he is actually winning by 25 points. People are making this election interesting.

I love Obama's quote at the end of the read, …"he will be ready for the republicans". hehehe thats funny but true.

Americans, will should be tried of "dynasties" in the White House…The Bushes, The Clintons, The Bushes…and may God forbid its the Clintons again.

If Hillary Clintons wins, America is not a democracy.

I am glad that the voters of South Carolina had the good sense to reject the Clinton's campaign strategy. Rock on citizens of the Palmetto State!!!!

In America, when one is looking for a job, experience matters a lot. I wonder why when it comes to selecting a president, it becomes a liability. We want a fresh start does not mean we should eliminate those with wisdom. That will lead us to another Bush situation. Be careful!!!

I agree totally with Jerry Pomeroy, Bonjeur and Adam. It was kind of weird in the last few days upto the SC primary to watch FORMER president Clinton ging over the top about what HE did during his presidency. Hasn't he got it yet that THIS race is not about HIM? If Senator Clinton needs to add her husband's resume to her own in order to prove that she is the most suitable nominee for the party, I think they both are taking the voters' intelligence level very lightly. Hope the whole country awakens to the fact that the USA needs a NEW hope, not some form of a mutation of the past.

Bill and Hillary both made fools of themselves here. They ran with aggressive and divisive negative campaigning, and thankfully, voters of all races saw through it. I think that the country should be taking note of how polarizing the Clintons are, and thinking hard whether or not we want them to divide our country further than it already currently is.

as a republican, i am delighted to see hillary and bill lose s. c. maybe the dems are beginning to come to their senses and see what the clinton machine is all about. is it possible that this might humble the clintons just a little? pride goes before a fall.

They say the only true democracy is marriage. Bill has already demonstrated that he doesn't think Hillary is competent in holding up her end of a democracy. I don't understand how Hillary's supporters are so easily fooled. I suppose John Edwards is lucky, in a sense. If he were winning, Hillary would be picking at his past like the republican she may as well just say she is.

Discord at this state is bad. Bareing fangs at the contendents of your same party is destructive. If Hillary won, after seeing the depth she's willing to sink to just to win the primary, I'd vote Nader. She comes of as no less power hungry than a republican. And as an Obama supporter, I know that there are Hillary supporters who feel the same about Obama. This isn't helping. The bottom line is that this country desperately needs to get the republicans out of office. I could do a better job as president than our current administration. Please stop bickering!

In my opinion there should never be any independent campaigning during the primaries. They should ALL be debates - that way even those who are unwaiveringly for one person still get the chance to hear the perspective of the other contendents, from their own mouths, and not just the "i-got-the-last-word-i-win" radio and TV ads. Save that for the real run (or omit it completely).

Anyway, I don't understand why anyone supports Hillary at all, when she claims to have Bill backing her. Have you seen "Life and Debt?" If she divorced Bill, I'd take more liking to her, but after his horrible decision with NAFTA and economic destruction of Jamaica, it's safe to say he's a real prick.

Barack Obama is correct, he is fighting 2 Clinton's. Would Hillary run the White House? CNN, you have made this point but yet you just gave Bill 10-15 minutes air time campaign speech in MS! Why not McCain's speech in FL? I never saw Michelle Obama or Oprah get that much air time. Stop giving him the media attention, he knows how to work the system.

He who is with out sin, let them case the first stone. See how easy it is to make negative comments, not knowing the truth story.

I am really tied of the Clintons. Hate to imagine 8 years of their crap.

Thank you CNN for honest reporting on the negative impact of former President Clinton's participation in the SC race.

Let's hope that the Clinton spin machine sputters after this tremendous defeat and they learn that the country wants to go in a new direction.

Go Obama!

Media has to check on how they present facts not Bill go away. This lack of objectivity by so many is incredible. Actually not surprising for a country who elected Bush twice. Apparently you Americans have learned nothing.

Maybe Americans should look into what Obama"s real beliefs and priorities are. His sly comments weren't emphsized in the media like the other canadates. The media does twist comments. Shouldn't we know all about our canadates. I'm voting for Edwards or Romney.

If I were voting in the South Carolina Primary I would have voted for Obama. The reason being Bill and Hillary Clinton seem to think Hillary DESERVES to be elected Preident….Obama has shown warmth and integrity two characteristics badly missing from Hillary's campaign, and Hillary as a person.

Pray God: No more Ivy Leaguers in the White House for a bit. We need a rest from people who don't realize that they have been "educated" far beyond their intellectual capacities. I'd love to have the opportuntiy to vote for some one from one of those rectangular states somewhere in the middle who knows what a tractor is and can drive it competently and probably repair it need be. Some one who can run a farm or run a business and who possesses true common sense regardless of party, gender or race. This is America. Dynasties have no place here.

To understand the Clintons one has to know about the late radical activist Saul Alinsky. He was their inspiration and she admits it in her biography. This explains the deceit and smear campaigns they are famous for. The internet has much about the guy.

One more thing, Bill Clinton loves his wife I am sure but he has an unhealthy way of showing it, first with the public affairs now with his unruly public comments against one of the two opponents of Hillary Clinton…why hasn't he tried to smear Edwards like he is trying to do with Barack Obama?

No voter fraud. The people of SC voted for the likely person that can get the job done.

Bill Clinton does need to go away. The truth certainly has a way of coming to the light. All one has to do is open their mouth the reveal their true self.

enough of the Clintons. Make them go away.

Bill is a proven liar. Why would she want him out there?
Better he keeps his mouth shut.

I have listen to the talking heads all night as they report on a Clinton loss in SC. Who is surprised. There is only one thing that drove this election—-RACE.

Finally, the Clintons are finding out that they have a negative impact, especially Bill. His fingering pointing reminded me of when he denied he had sex with that woman.

Getting to feel that the Bill Clinton is running for office and Hillary is the front person!

So glad that Obama won and won BIG time!

Bill Clinton has gone from statesman, to henchman, to goat. Given the results of the South Carolina primary, voters overwhelmingly repudiated the nasty and over-the-line tactics by the Clintons. Now it is time for Hillary Clinton to stand on her own in the contest against Sen. Barack Obama. For me, the choice is clear, Sen. Obama is the only true candidate who rises above the machine politics exhibited by the Clinton campaign, and can bring America together and win in November.

I am one of the many young liberal/progressive voters who have lost an immense amount of respect for Bill Clinton during this election. His conduct is unbecoming of a former president. While I would be happy to send Obama, Edwards or Kucinich to the White House (and would have been willing to send Hillary Clinton as late as January 1), I am officially through with the Clintons.

Bill and Hillary Clinton's divisive identity politics did not work. And why did Bill Clinton give Hillary's speech tonight? This is ludicrous. I am beginning to seriously believe Hillary's campaign is a cover for a third term for Bill Clinton!

This country needs to be led by a new younger generation, baby boomers, like the Clintons, need to fade away,,thank you for your service to this great country but your time is up, old dogs do not learn new tricks. Real, generational change is needed.

yeah, the republicans will never work with hrc, they dont want them back in the white house! they stopped them before and they will continue to stop hrc! to end gridlock vote obama!

Happy days are back again for America. From Jan 2009 White House will be run by all Minorities. Thumbs Up. Good New for Africa. Good New for South America. Its a refreshing change. Thanks for the young american voters looking for change.

Jerry Pomeroy: Is it possible that a majority of Americans are finally learning what the Clintons are all about?

It depends on what your definition of "is" is…Ha-Ha-Ha.

The Clintons' politics of say anything to win — be it divide Americans, Democrats in this case as they tried but failed, and telling naked lies to the voters — has just been REJECTED by the people of South Carolina, young and rich, old and young, of all races and religious sectors.