Me smells a SNAKE and this time it may be from someone other than the Clintonton Campaign…

go Clinton.. go Clinton!

Suddenly the expression "MANANA" has a sense of urgency unknown in New Mexico…..how sad!!!!!

I just wonder why CNN is so biased against Clinton. What does CNN want???

That's right Latinos…. if one minority wins ……all people win. HRC feels she has one minority in her back pocket and after she has used them …too bad.
Bill Richardson the Gov of MN watched the Super Bowl with Bill Clinton. I wonder what "slick willie" offered him to suppress votes.? …It seems more than a little strange that after almost a week they still haven't been able to tell who won…..and Bill Clinton was in the mix.

To: Florida and Michigan Dems

You knew the rules and what was going to happen if you went forward with your votes earlier than you were supposed to. Don't cry now that the Democratic party punishes you LIKE THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO BEFORE YOU HELD YOUR VOTE!!!!!!

Yeh ,Solis Doyle did a lousy job,they should have goten rid of her long time ago. She stuck with her because she was loyal to her,that's more than i can say for the rest of the latinos' and blacks.

See what happens when the Supreme Court is not involved. People's votes actually do count in an election.

To EricTx: Good for you. She replaced the Latino Solis Doyle with a black woman. Now she is looking to get the Black vote since the Latino vote is not that large in these other states with the exception of Texas.

am A Latino, and i will vote Obama in the Texas Primary, i was leaning 2wads Clinton before, but i just found out dat Obama is the Guy we need for President come 2008.

He's Got more Experience, go find out!

Si Se Puede!

Obama 08

I can't believe they're still couting NM!!! WHY ISN'T CNN REPORTING THIS??!!! THIS IS BIG NEWS!!! I've been waiting and waiting for the results! Why can't we ever have a honest and clean election!! America, our democracy is in danger!!!!
REPORT THIS CNN!! WHY IS EVERYONE HIDING THIS STORY?

We Latino's in Texas need to come together and vote obama. I was leaning toward hilary till I see she forced our fellow latino Solis Doyle to step down (fired for all purposes). Is this what we can expect. Hilary giving us Latino voters promises and then when she gets our vote, throwing us to the side because she got what she wanted. We need to come together as Latino's and make a stand. I am voting obama.

When you say race is not playing a roll in this election,then you people are living in a La La land.ALL the African Americans are for Obama.he has all Opraha's money who happens to be an African American.
clinton's who have done so much for the Blacks, very good way they are paying her back.How will obama justify powell's support who went to UN to make the case for this IRAQ WAR ,for which he critisize Clinton for all the time .Its ok for Powell to take this country to War because he is for Obama.

You are lucky to have a person like HILLARY to care about her country. This is a woman's year we should be proud for her confident and intelligence. Can you get over for the Iraq war?. You are stiring up for what and go a round and round never end it, better to look at good things that BOTH CLINTONS had done.It's time to end the blaming game and the war, she voted to get in for a good result and she take her respondsibity to get out and care enough to end it, GWB doesn't care even now and they want to prove they are stupid and always right. OBAMA to young to become someone big. Oprah wants to give him a dream come true episo for her next show. You are fighting for a boss just like the frogs fight. CANADA FOR HILLARY…08

This Stinks like the "Clintons", 3 ballot boxes when home over nite is not acceptable, I smell a snake or skunk…it is about momentum and not calling New Mexico for Obama the night of the election is just why I hate Politics, and the Clintons.

Hmm. Who is the governor of New Mexico and who is hw with on Super Tuesday? Very fishy!

PS - It's only fair and politically correct for Florida and Michigan to count!

In response to Jessica, from Rolling Meadows, IL The point is Barack Obama opposed the war and predicted what would happen if we invaded Iraq. It turned out he was dead right! That shows his good judgment. Also, he stood up and spoke out about it at a time when it was politically risky to do so because he was in the middle of a run for the state house. That shows he is a man of high integrity. He has an incredible web-site that could inform anyone willing to study it. One of the most impressive elements about the site is that he makes it very easy for the visitor to give him their input regarding the various "issues" our country is facing. That impresses me and shows me he is serious about wanting to bring everyone into the process of finding anwers and being a part of the solution.

It definitely seems Obama fans are being the divisive group in the country. If NM voting was shady, Missouri votes must have been shady too.

Wow. It's New Mexico with old Mexico-styled politics - rigged elections.

Now, I just have to laugh at the comment Wolf Blitzer made about Louisiana tallying votes. He stated that Louisiana has been known to be slow when it came to counting the ballots. We were finished counting, reporting, and posting the results of our ballots the night our polls closed! We even printed out the results and posted them at the voting stations to show citizens how each precinct voted. Take that Wolf. Someone needs to put New Mexico on the spotlight, they're having some really bad irregularities!!!

What has become of the great USA as far as Democracy of concern? Why odes it take so long to count votes in New Mexico? Are we trying to join the African democratic system where election rigging is the best democratic process the so called african democratically elected leaders know and use when in reality the person in power wins an election even before voting is actually done?

You people need to learn to read.

It's not the COUNTING that takes so long. What basically happens with a provisional vote is that someone fills out a ballot and votes, but proof that they are qualified to vote is not available at that moment. It's a person saying "Yes, I am able to vote" and the election officials saying "Ok, we will take your vote now and then verify it later".

Each and every person's name, address and so forth has to be checked out one at a time to determine whether or not they are, in fact, eligible to vote. That's what qualifying means. It's not a fast process and they have to make sure it is correct. It's a way to ensure that no one who is entitled to one is deprived of a vote just because at the moment the ballots are being taken, proof is not readily available. If YOU knew you were able to vote but couldn't prove it when you showed up to the polls, would you rather that they told you no and pushed you out the door, or would you prefer that they say "Ok, we'll take it and verify it later"?

Not everything is a conspiracy and it's NOT just about counting. Do you really think you should even BE voting if you can't understand something this basic about the process???

I heard of politics being a down and dirty game where politicians don't always abide by the written rule… but my goodness this is taking things to the extreme.
I questioned the legitimacy of the delay of the ballot count in New Mexico. It shouldn't take long to sort things out and tally up the ballots and give an accurate account of the vote for either candidate. I have my suspensions this delay is an attempt to maneuver the outcome of the vote to favor. Sen. Clinton. "New Mexico come on now stop prolonging"! Give the results of the precincts. What are you waiting for? To pull a rabbit out the hat just in case Sen.Obama take the lead in the primaries.

What has become of the great USA as far as Democracy of concern? Why odes it take so long to count votes in New Mexico? Are we trying to join the African democratic system where election rigging is the best democratic process the so called african democratically elected leaders know and use when in reality the person in power wins an election even before voting is actually done?

new mexico primaries or caucases should not count anymore because that state is not organized to participate

Can someone please tell me why it is so difficult to conduct a count in the state of New Mexico? This is pathetic. One week to count up thousands of votes. I literally could finish the job MYSELF in one week. New Mexico should be removed from the Union for this one. 49 states is good enough for me.

All these blind comparisons of Obama with JFK is meaningless. The world that JFK lived in was quite different than the one Obama now lives in. Obama lives in the information age where the internet and television is used to influence opinions and direct government policies. There are many things we know now about our government and globally that we could not have known in the JFK years; thanks to the information super highway! It's hard to compare living in the dark with living in daylight. The only thing Obama has succeded to do in this light year is to fool us that he could live in the light as someone who lived in the dark.

Is everyone really surprised? You have both Clintons involved. What our country does not need is another scandal

If the super delegates or fraud is used to put Hillary ahead, then the Obama campaign should be getting ready for an independent run and I hope this is a possibility the camp is gearing for. All the people that support Obama now will most likely support him then - to hell with Political parties and their machines.

Much ado about nothing….
Even when they declare a winner, it wont change the distribution of the delegates (they will be virtually even) which means this changes nothing.
The only advantage is another state in either candidate's list of states won. Not many states in Hillary's column, so she is probably the only one that cares.

James (Kansas), you are a GENIUS!!!! I agree with you 100%. I'm an African-American male and I will support any Democratic Candidate who will put a stop to illegal immigration and give America back to Americans who reside here LEGALLY!!!!!!!!!!

Honestly don't they see where the votes are going?! Just join the Soviet and stop counting!

j/k

Walter Mondale invented super-delegates.
Personally, iwhat the heck do we still have delegates for anyways? They are just complicating the system - let's go with STRAIGHT POPULAR VOTE TABULATIONS, forget this delegate crap!

hmmm let's see.. Bill Richardson.. gov of New. Mexico… former Sec. of Energy in Bill's years… hmmmm… sounds funny

Obama 08

Go Hillary!

most of the venom I see is coming from supporters of Mr. Obama, who want their hero or nobody. I’m not the first to point out that the Obama campaign seems dangerously close to becoming a cult of personality.

Its hard to belive, obama got this far with no experience — just 2004 he got elected Senate and also Delivered keynote address- Nothing else ….he can inspire but dont you think we need more than this

Obam's whole campaign is based on nothing but hype and fluff.. tired of Kids

Hilary 08 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Of the 17,077 provisional ballots that were cast, three-fifths were from counties in which Obama was leading - with most of those in Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties.

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Its hard to belive, obama got this far with no experience — just 2004 he got elected Senate and also Delivered keynote address- Nothing else ….he can inspire but dont you think we need more than this

Obam's whole campaign is based on nothing but hype and fluff..

……….

Mitt, Mac, Hill,… BAM!!!! Experience without wisdom is just a burden. Vote for Obama and restore America.

What in the sam hill is going on here??? 227 volunteers and they are still "slogging" through 17,000 privisional ballots. Are all of the volunteers in third grade? California must have had millions of ballots to count and they were done days ago. Maybe New Mexico is just trying to be relevant and get their 15 minutes of fame, but seriously, were talking about a one delegate switch at best. Just pick a winner and be done with it.

Clinton has done a lot for you.Can you think of what that is?I can.She voted to send your children's college education funds to Iraq (for that 100 year war).Let me think a little harder.She voted to further fund it.How are you doing.As Dr.Phil asks "How is it working for you." If you can do some of your thinking the anger some are expressing for Hillary has been well earned.We elected her as the Democratic Senator from the great state of N.Y,Not the Bush supporter of the 100 year war.

Yes, New Mexican's can count and the outcome will be the cleanest one across this great land because it isbeing heavily scrutinized by both campaigns. Sorry America for such a long delay. No excuses just microscopic scrutinization. We will have the numbers before 2-15-08…. LOL

When someone shows up to a polling place they will sign the roster of voters in their precinct. There are rare times when someone either is not voting in the right precinct and therefore voted provisionally, or someone did not show up on the roster for some reason. This can happen is they just registered to vote and didn't make it on the roster. New Mexico is doing what every state is doing right now. California is still counting the vote, but because the election is not that close they can declare a winne. In New Mexico they cannot declare a winner because the result is close and the provisional ballots could tip the scale. Keep in mind that all states are still counting votes, they just have a better idea of what the final outcome will be.

If experience is the only thing that counts then Democrats shouldn't even be a part of the general election. I support Obama, but I know he doesn't have the International experience. What has Hillary done? She was senator for six years and voted for whatever the majority voted for each time. That's a lot of experience. Her husband being president does not count as experience. Just because she lived in the White House does not mean she knew what was going on. For voters who think that counts as more experience than being in the state legislature, you should really do your homework and support a woman who is smart enough to be president. There are several out there, but Hillary is not one.

WATCH IF YOU WORK IN CNN:
I have noticed that in many of your articles, CNN presents the delegate count factoring in Superdelegates. The result of this is that Clinton, with the support of the party establishment, appears to be ahead of Obama, while, among the people she is actually losing. I think that, taking into account that superdelegates can change their mind at any time about who they support, you should present the actual pledged delegate numbers, in the interest of fairness and democracy.
Thank you.

I stood in line 1/1/2 hrs to vote. All the people who were near me in line were voting for Hillary. I can't understand why Obama folks think they "obviously won"? There are folks here in NM that think Hillary has the real goods. Not someone who stole Bob the Builder's "yes we can"…..

The dems still haven't learned to count. They still think Gore won in Florida and Kerry won Ohio. Go back to your teacher-union-only schools and learn to count!

and what are Hillary's major claims to experience? she was married to a governor who became a president.

OBAMA IS CHANGE; HILLARY IS CLINTON

Gov Richardson who was running for president before dropping out should be ashamed at the Democratic system in his state. In 2008 they're still not able to get an acurate count on who voted for what, when and how. Maybe he should spend more time campaining for the state to fix this abominable situation. On the campain trail he talked about how he was the one candidate that could do this and that, including what he had done in New Mexico, well Mr. Governor, please explain this fiasco. New Mexico is worse than a third world country.

It's not just kids voting for Obama , it's people that want real change , and truly believe that we are one people. Clinton is just more of the same divided politics , and that's what people are sick of.

When we actually have some primaries in march where people who work all day actually get a chance to vote not like a caucuses where you have a certain time to be there and only about 25-30% of the state gets to vote .If Florida and Michigan counted it would of already been over with .But Hillary will be fine when the big working blue collar state votes .She has double digit leads in Texas and Ohio.Pennsylvania is a week later where she has another double digit lead that will put her over the top .Let Obama enjoy it while it last with these tiny caucuses
states .She is still getting a good portion of the delegates because she is winning some of the bigger districts .

They must have discovered that Hillary won, so they are trying to find a way to keep
loser Obama from losing in their state. GOV Bill, straighten them out. You know
that Clinton is the best.

The NM Dorks has to learn how to count past 10 toes & 10 fingers

History have taught us that men with vision and hope have transformed the world — Great men like Jesus Christ, Mohammed, Buda, and Confucius, to mention a few. History has also taught us that experience without vision and hope is disastrous. Judge for yourselves the state of our great nation and the world captained by a former experienced Governor of Texas.

Acknowledge that knowledge in this century is very vast and dynamic, and no one experience can embody it. Therefore, vision and hope can transcend experience in transforming the present and striving for a better future.

the ballots must be in English.

How can you vote for someone just because he sounds like JFK ????

it's unfortunate that the process in NM is so antiquated however, it must be done above board to insure that every eligible vote is counted. It's funny how these Clinton haters complain. When things were going well for us in the 90's few democrats complained and when Hillary campaigned for Obama, few democrats complained. That's the amazing thing about this electorate, it does'nt really matter to a majority who is better qualified, what matters is who is marketed the best. It's the difference between having a really attractive boyfriend or girlfriend with little substance but great looks and having a husband or wife with Ok looks but a lot of substance. The spouse is for life whereas the boyfriend or girlfriend is temporary. Obama is a great orator, McCain a war hero who has sold out and Hillary Clinton is fighter who will stand up to special interests to quote a great President "She will never be afraid to negotiate nor will she negotiate out of fear" My hopes are that we will in the end choose a leader with substance and not another "Bush" with no subtance who can be manipulated at will like he has by the right wingers and cheney.

Maybe we should remind everyone that it was Micehelle Obama who introduced the race card when she told a black audience that "ot was our time" ?????

I think what is going on here and why the tally is not complete is simple, New Mexico wants to hold out long enough to be the one that decides which way this election will tip, so they are taking their time and holding back the official counts.

In the end what they will find is Hillary won the state, but, the delegates will still be split between the two.

Moral of the story….caucuses are worthless, inefficient and undemocratic. Let's get rid of them all and have primaries across the board.

For whatever reason it seems that New Mexico is always slow to count the vote. I am disturbed by the reports that some ballot boxes spent the night in private homes. That seems illegal, but at best immoral. Take the time to count correctly. Either way it turns out the delegates will be split almost 50/50.

Texas for Obama;

We need a lot of changes around here in Texas; seems to me that this is the only candidate with that meessage of change; I will vote for Obama on Teusday

THIS WHOLE CAUCUS VOTING IS IDIOTIC! I THOUGHT EVERY AMERICAN HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE. WITH A CAUCUS, ONLY AMERICANS WHO CAN GET OFF WORK FOR THREE HOURS, WHO HAVE THE DAY OFF, WHO DON'T HAVE A JOB, ARE RETIRED CAN VOTE! WHAT ABOUT ALL THE DOCTORS, NURSES, FIREMEN, MILITARY, TEACHERS, BLUE COLLAR WORKERS, COLLEGE STUDENTS, SINGLE MOMS WITH YOUNG CHILDREN, ETC. ETC. ETC. THESE PEOPLE ARE BEING DISENFRANCHISED!!! WHAT THE HELL HAS HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY??? IF YOU LIVE IN A PRIMARY STATE YOU CAN HAVE A 12 TO 14 HOUR TIME PERIOD TO GO VOTE (BEFORE OR AFTER WORK), OR YOU CAN MAIL IN AN ABSENTEE BALLOT OR IN SOME CASES EARLY VOTING. THIS WHOLE THING STINKS! AND YOU WOULD THINK THESE "BRAIN SURGEONS" WOULD HAVE FIGURED THIS OUT BY NOW. UH, HOW MANY DECADES HAVE WE BEEN VOTING IN THE UNITED STATES??? COME ON POWERS THAT BE! GET YOUR HEADS OUT AND LETS START LETTING EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTE! CNN, YOU CAN TAKE THE LEAD ON THIS!!! LOU DOBBS, WHERE ARE YOU???? JACK CAFFERTY, WHERE ARE YOU????

We need to send some people back to the elementary school in NM

SICK…….. WHO VOTE FOR OBAMA!!!!!! I AM NOT GOING TO WATCH TV OR READ NEWS ANYMORE… HILLARY IS BEST 08!!! GOOD LUCK!

BYE SK SK SK !!!

17,000+ provisional ballots to count. 227 volunteers with 10 fingers each is 2270 this explains why the count isn't finished!!!

[quote]I'm sorry, but how does it takes 227 volunteers (working 16 hour-days) 6 days to count votes? There are plenty states with more votes to count and got those done within 24-hours. Could it be because Obama's and Clinton's tallies are so close? I hope they're taking their time for accuracy purposes and not another ballot-scandal.[/quote]

New Mexico has had ballot-counting snafus the past two presidential elections that I can recall.

They're enchanted.

Bet they wouldn't still be counting if they thought Obama won. Ridiculous. She won it, give it to her and let's move on already. Quit searching for a way to up the numbers and rig it in another candidates favor.

I think something fishey is going on. No one wants to show the Latins voting for Obama, he was ahead before, then suddenly it went shadey. Now Hillary fired her Campaign manager of Mexican ancestry to hire an African American woman, hopefully they'll switch the win back to Obama now— but seriously, I think there needs to be an inquiry!

I wish everybody who's voting was as smart as Darla and Jessica. The problem is that these kids are voting for Obama on emotion only and not with their brain. Obama is nothing but an empty suit. What has he really done? He holds a great pep rally. So? What would he do as President? Hope, change, unite. That's all I hear from this guy. He has no policies unless Clinton does. Funny how they sound the same. Could he come up with any on his own?

GO HILLARY GO

Its a catch 22, if they call it for Clinton it damages her campaign
If they call it for Obama it gives him more momentum,
That is why they are not releasing the result and pray they can do it perhaps after the Potomac primaries and just before Texas
Timing is everything,Colon and Richardson will release the result when the timing is less of an issue.
I am told NM are still counting the results of 2004 genera election
Truely the land of enchantment

If you watched CNN on Super Tuesday very closely you would have noticed that CNN before projecting anyone in NM the guy said that some precints had not closed yet and those were the ones with the most people and the exit polls were showing that those precints were strongly in favor of CLINTON, but he also said more than once that it is too close to call. The same thing happened in MISSOURI, she was way ahead of OBAMA in that state at first and then the precints where the majority of the people were favored OBAMA and when it was all said and done no one said nothing about that !!!!!!!!!! WHEN IT'S ALL OVER CLINTON-OBAMA WILL BE ON THE SAME TICKET !!!!!!!

I am very "torn" between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I provided her campaign with over $200.00, but just may vote for Obama instead. He is very presidential and very comparable to the late President John F. Kennedy in that he can bring the people together. He is an electrifying orator, much like John F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy, as well as Martin Luther King! However, if either Obama or Clinton wins, I will be happy!

Wnen does experience count?
When do we pull in someone who is experienced?
Does experience matter in a crisis?

I guess we'll let kids and celebrities decide. They know best.

We can also take a look at a great many of Mr Obama's supporters. Very young and inexperienced innocent people. We were all there once, now we know what time it is. Mr Obama is taking advantage of them. It would have been ideal if someone educated these young folks before making decisions on who to cast a vote for.
This is real serious, and young folks do not comprehend this, it does not affect them right now. This makes me livid. This is not a pretty boy contest or who gives the best speech. Experience is always the best to teach the young folks. What a disaster for America.

God Bless Senator Clinton

Go Obama

Well, at least they are counting the votes!

Why is there no mention that the clinton's health package is the same as the required auto insurance. Pay or get fined. That's the basic difference with the plans. John Edwards said in the debate that all plans leaves people out. Clinton didn't response to his comment during the debate because it was true. She needs to stop saying health care for everyone….it's misleading the public. Obama doesn't mention this much, but he should………every time he speaks.
CNN should check out the debate where Edwards corrected her.

I hope Sen. Obama staff of lawyers are waiting to contest this vote. i bit Sen. Clinton will win it, due to the Gov. relation to them. SAD, but true. OBAMA 08!!

I was reading through some of the post and came across a post saying that all votes in Florida and Michigan should be counted since it was a contested election. The Democratic National Committee banned the candidates from campaigning and participating in those 2 primaries because state party individuals thought they could break the rules of their party and hold the elections early. I can understand your frustration, but if you're going to blame someone then blame should be focused on those state officials who decided to break the rules and not the candidates. As far as being contested, how exactly was it contested when no one was permitted to campaign in those 2 states? You basically end up with a system going on name recognition.

OOOPS !!!!! we are going to do it again.Only this time its the institutional democrats.Maybe we should have a few 3 world election monitors oversee our election. And I love what Hillary has done for us.I just don't know what it is universal health care-NO. Since our votes don't count we should skip the vote thing (many of us have) and have constitutional monarchy.Yea that's the ticket

If Hillary wins it's fixed, just ask any Obama supporter. They just know it, and that scares me, will we see actions like they are having in Kenya?

This is annoying. I hope people aren't getting illegal latinos to add up Hillary's numbers.
California and New York are larger than this state and they were able to send in their vote counts the same day of Super Tuesday…I think this result should be discarded!

I WILL ADVISE ALL U OBAMA HATERS TO WAKE UP AND SEE BEYOND YOUR PAROCIALISM.THE LIKES OF OBAMA COMES UP ONCE IN A GENERATION AND AMERICANS CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS THIS ONE.IT IS OBVIOUS THAT HE IS THE BEST PERSON FOR THE POSITION.MAYBE HE MAY HAVE BEEN APPRECIATED THE MORE IF HE WAS COMPLETELY WHITE.UNFORTUNATE HE IS BEING LABELLED BLACK. PEOPLE ARE FORGETTING THAT HIS MOTHER IS ALSO A WHITE AMERICAN AND HAS THE USA AS THE ONLY COUNTRY THAT HE HAS KNOW ALL HIS LIFE AND THIS QUALIFIES HIM TO BE CALLED WHITE.I WILL LIKE TO ASK THIS QUESTION;WHAT MAKES ONE TO BE BLACK OR WHITE,IS IT THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A WHITE MOTHER AND A BLACK FATHER OR BLACK MOTHER AND WHITE FATHER OR ALL OF THE ABOVE?
FELIX FROM FLORIDA

Unbelievable, New Mexico is still counting!

Obama 08!

It is unfortunate that the Obama supporters feel the need to leave such nasty, mean-spirited comments.
It is unfortunate that the majority of African-American Obama supporters have turned their backs on Hillary and Bill Clinton.
It is unfortunate that the Obama supporters back Obama because it is the trendy thing to do.

I am supporting Hillary because I want substance over style.

This is unacceptable! There should be a law that prohibits a state from taking this long to release its election results. Are there a bunch of idiots out there that can't count past ten?

CNN: You must send your own undercover agents to figure out the reality there because systematic rigging in such a State is well-planned and will create huge suspicion among voters.

Someone tell me what happens if Obama wins in New Mexico? A state of hispanics that was supposed to easily go to Clinton, because as we've been told "brown ppl dont vote black"? It clear Obama has already won in NM even if you only looking at how close it is. I'm not gonna say i smell a cheat, but its smells fishy.

STILL… COUNT THEM ALL, and COUNT THEM TWICE

Counting The Peoples Vote is a bad thing……? Or is the complaint that it's not fast enough? I am sure that a lot of the VOLUNTEERS have other jobs and a life. People are coming in when they can to count. It's not a single person for each vote count either. It was a very close election and provisional ballots need to be verified in order to be counted. That is what takes time.

DARLA, Perfect observation, I sincerly hope DNC and super delegates see through the Junior Senators words and observe the facts. That is why they are there.

Still… we lead!

Vote for SUBSTANCE

Vote HILLARY '08 !!!

To Charlotte:

Give it a rest will you with all this race card nonsense. Does he have to deny his heritage just so he does not appear to be "playing the race card"? when is all this going to stop.

If you were watching the same event, Hillary gave a very good speech and she mentioned the fact that people before Obama and her gave them the chance to be running for president. So what card was she playing?

Last time I checked MlK and slavery is American history and not only black history and he should be free to mention that at anytime without being bashed for playing the so called " race card".

Give it a rest will you? Please do and let history be!

Caucus states the BO won are more likely to cheat, under 18 voter, no verification of qualifying, simple amazing. No wonder he won these states. Primaries are more democratic and represent the voter view more accruately. Fact, and super deligates know it. So sad, too bad. Clinton will prevail.

And they complained about Florida!

Mr. Obama will never become President of the United States of America. The Republicans will destroy him in the general.

For the record, provisional ballots are given out when there's any issue at the polling place - this is not likely to be a bunch of illegal immigrants voting. I got a provisional ballot in Washington in 2004 because I had moved but my change of address hadn't caught up with me yet, so I wasn't listed as being in that precinct. Normally, provisional ballots are only counted when there are enough of them in a given precinct to potentially change the results - then, they have to be not only counted, but someone has to verify what the original issue was and that they are indeed legitimate, which obviously can take some time. So relax - it's not a conspiracy, just a close election, and it looks like they're doing their best to make sure they get it right.

I guess it is important to know who won, but won't the delegates just get split right down the middle if its sooo close? Seems unlikely either side would try to cheat when there is no real benefit from it at this point. Isn't this primary old news and not much momentum would be gained?

For everyone who would like to know what the CLINTONS are ready to do to get the nomination just WATCH:

"THE VIDEO HILLARY DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE" (Google it)

Its all you need to know!

i too have to admit Im finding it hard to believe it takes 6 days to count 17,000 provisional ballots.

Its not about counting. Its about how legal they are.

I hope Kentucky gets a chance to vote for Hillary.

laughable! You people are so funny! There are so many people involved with the counting that they can't be swayed to lie! Seesh! Get a grip! Obama is not always the choice you know.

Everytime I hear someone say "Yes We Can" I have a vision of "Sieg Heil!"

Don't drink the Cool Aid!

They must count real slow in New Mexico. I don't think the caucus is fair, I live in the state of Washington and we had a primary and a caucus but your vote is worthless if you don't vote at the caucus. Doesn't the DNC and RNC know that a lot of voters has to work . I used to think it was just the GOP that disenfranchised voters, but now I see both parties does this practice.

Isn't it great he was against the war. Oh wait he wasn't even around to vote on it. That's a nice luxury to have.

Better to take their time and GET IT RIGHT, than rush and screw it up. I agree with a lot of the posters that there is probably a little more to this than anyone is admitting. Thus the need for very close examination of the votes. I'm willing to wait for correct results.

HEY!!!!!!! DO YA THINK THAT GOV. BILL RICHARDSON WANTS TO BE ON THE TICKET WITH HILLARY????? THIS IS PROBABLY SOMETHING HE AND BILL WORKED OUT WHILE THEY WATCHED THE SUPER BOWL TOGETHER.

There was never a projected winner of NM. I think it is good that they are so precise. No matter who wins NM the delegates will probably be even. Amazing how Obama supporters cry foul when something doesn't go their way. Grow up kiddies.

You know how the saying goes……………Pay backs are a ……………………….

Go Hillary!!

Vermont Dem posted: "Yeah, it is always the Clinton's right? "Preacher man" Obama still has time to play the race card again at the convention. Oh.. and he didn't vote for the war, because he wasn't in the senate at the time. He misrepresents himself continually on that issue."

Great to know there are others in this state that havent caught the Obamazombie bug!!

OBAMA BABY…………….. New Mexico need to get there gameplan together. Cheaters gets nowhere. Obama is winnning anyway. Its called KARMA. So I don't think New Mexico can hurt him. The American people have already spoken. This weekend was the icing on the cake. YES WE CAN. AND WE WILL…..

OBAMA 08

Remember, that as with almost all Democratic events, the winner does not take all here. Apparently, the only thing in the balance here is the 1 delegate that's due to go to the winner of the popular vote, per NM rules (this I gather from an AP news piece a few days back).

And, of course, bragging rights about 'winning' yet another state and its momentum implications.

FOR EVERY VOTE TO COUNT YOU HAVE TO COUNT EVERY VOTE!

Joyce Mosier - I agree with you.
donna hanna -yes, absolutely!

people think: do you clean your home first, or do you go to the neighbor's home to clean their stuff first?

at least some rational people put their voice here!

Did you forget? Bill Clinton was impeached for lying, not for being the pervert that he is. That's right LYING under oath. Hillary will do the same. Hillary and Bill sold belongings from the White House upon leaving. Don't forget all the technology secrets that Bill handed over to the Chinese and put them in a position where they are today- selling us everything. The scandles that went on during Bills reign as king are many. Don't forget the hard criminals he forgave and released. the list goes on. Do you really want more of that. That is the experience that Hillary really has. Just because she was married to the president does not mean that she is capable. What if she had been married to a dentist? Would you allow her to drill your teeth? Let's finally get these monsters out of our lives.

Hillary didn't even read the intelligence report before voting for the Iraq war. But it shouldn't have taken two eyes to see that going into Iraq would have broken our armed forces and let Osama Bin Laden slip away. Apparently it takes a lot more than two eyes to see that, for some people. And McCain will keep us there indefinitely. Another Korea, and it seems that that is what the Republicans want.

Wonder how many Illegals Billary got to vote for her. It could get ugly in Denver.

People need to calm down. New Mexico, unlike Florida, is trying to do the right thing and count all the ballots. Provisional ballots need to be verified before they can be counted. This is a long process when it has to be done statewide.

Perhaps if they had counted all the provisional ballots in Ohio, Kerry would be President now. I for one am happy they are being so careful in New Mexico.

lol its ridiculous why richardson cant do any thing as quck as possible. LMAO. hillary won in New mexico and so what. we are in the tone of now and no more super tuesday… Obama still leads .. Go Obama

New Mexico. There is no Excuse. You call attention to yousrselves by the amount of time it is taking you to count a154k votes. You call attention to the process by raising the doubt that you can count, that you even want a result or the RESULT. if you're gonna give it to Hillary then give it to Hillary. God will even the score. You look like imbeciles taking this long to come up with something.

Don't underestimate the Clinton Machine. They know how to win by toppling Republicans and the Right-Wing attack machine….

This is ridiculous all these issues that keep coming w/ these elctions of late just goes to show how screwed we are. There should be one Primary day with a popular vote and one election Day with popular vote that would equal the VOICE of the PEOPLE, what this gov't is suppose to be about. I would also amke a NATIOANAL HOLIDAY…I would say these days are more important then taking off for someones Birthday….THESE ARE VERY EASY SOLUTIONS !!!!

WAKE UP AMERICA THEY ARE SELLING US OUT………

Look reading all of these comments got me upset and thinking that the voters are just as bad as the candidates.
Think about it why argue between each other. We all want the same thing to happen in the out come. We want a better president than we have had over the last 8 years. we want better living, better wages and more affordable medical. Just because the candidate you are voting for or are defending is saying what you want now. it willchange once they get in office. i don't care if it is clinton or obama. Let me tell you i don't want to live on hope any more , it has got me nowhere. other wise bush would of never of been elected. i would have affordable medical and a job that pays enough that i can eat and be warm. I'm just saying stop picking at each other and realy hear what each candidate is saying. read between the lines. I don't care what race , gender they mabe. i want results. I don't think at this time any one of them will help us in the long run. and i 'm not sure any one of you are going to vote for the candidate for the right reasons. and that's what got us all in the mess we are in. wake up and voice your concerns. and realy hear what they are saying. not want you want to hear.

"It was easy for Obama to oppose the war back in 2003, especially since he was not in the US Senate. So even though he verbally opposed the war, his opposition was his own. Obama did not have the same stresses as those who were in the US Senate and lost sleep over should we go to war or not in 2003. So for him to compare his stance on the war to Hillary's is unbalanced. What Obama thought about 9-11 and the pending war was not an importance back in 2003. So people do your research and someone please tell that man to stop saying I oppose the war.. Who cares you weren't in the US Senate in 2003. Shut UP"

I'm quoting Jessica from above because I can't believe Hillary is not pointing this out more on the campaign trail. This is Obama's main argument–and it's not at all a valid one–it's like comparing apples to oranges (easy to say you didn't support it when you didn't have to vote on it and didn't have the information being provided that Hillary did)! Likewise, in his speeches this weekend, he sited getting health insurance for kids in Illinois as evidence of why he's qualified to get health insurance for the uninsured in our country–what he fails to point out is that was made possible by Hillary's implementing the CHIP program at the federal level that states are now implementing. She needs to point these things out–like in the L.A. debate when she was asked point blank about being M.I.A. on one of the proposals Barack was putting through on some issue–and pointed out she'd put through the same legislation years before Barack had. There is no doubt he is an inspiring speaker, but he hasn't really done anything on his own that I can find–not that translates into the ability to effectively run this country and to handle all the myriad problems that our next President will inherit.

Looks like there trying to pull another Florida to me! Ironic that the governor of New Mexico is palse walsey with the Clintons and wouldn't you know it, the count goes on. OR, are they allowing illegals to vote? Take your pick folks, but it's certainly one of the above.

Much more relevant than Bill Clinton watching the superbowl in NM is the fact that NM is the home of……..Roswell, New Mexico! See the connection?? It is obvious.

Grow up, conspiracy theorists!

how hard is it to count the votes!!! it's been a week almost!

Givetheberdue, Obama introduced race into the campaign when Oprah started talking about growing up in the segregated south, not too far from SC where she campaigned. YOu can watch the rally yourself. All hillary clinton said was it took a president to enact the civil rights issues into law that MLK marched for. There's such a double standard in this campaign that Obamans enjoy over looking. If race is really not an issue, why not state that Obama is bi-racial, it shouldn't matter, correct? How is race not an issue, from the voters' perspective when african americans are disproportionately voting for Obama? It's cultural and racial among other variables, but CNN et al have a lot of explaining to do. SO let's just quit with the double standards on this one.

Gee, what a tough choice! The Democratic system, of ensuring EVERY legal voter — including over 16,000 provisional — gets their vote counted, even if it takes 7 - 10 days to accomplish…

Or, we can go to the GOP system, as used Saturday in Washington state, of simply getting the candidate choice of the party elites into the lead by 1%, and immediately declare him the winner and stop counting the last 13% of the votes cast! Even Huckabee is calling the GOP vote counting in Washington a "Soviet style" election!

And you guys complain about the Democrats? At least we count the votes!

To Mary:

CORRECTION !!

Obama has the most Delegates by around 50 or so. The Super Delegates is what is putting her ahead by 27. The Super Delegates can change their mind.

I can just see Bill Clinton calling each of them calling on favors to have them go to Hilary!!.

What ever happened to the NH recount? If Obama were ahead CNN would have already declared Obama the winner. Maybe they want the Headlines. Obama was the first to play the race card with Oprah, MLK etc. He plays it everytime he speaks, didn't you people watch the Jefferson/Jackson speech? The fact that a black man could run for President is part of every speech he gives. He mentions slavery, and dreams all the time. If that isn't a race card I don't know what is.
I watched his speech Saturday, and I must admit he is one outstanding motivational speaker. He spoke of slavery and how he is where he is because he hoped to be here. How dreams can come true,etc. Other then that and yes we can, I didn't get much out of it. He does preach hope and I can see how he could get so many followers. He has Charisma and not much else.
What will they, what will they do, what will they do if McCains' running mate is Colin Powell or Condi Rice? Black voters will then choose experience over charisma. What will they do?

So…I was wondering what was going on in New Mexico. Last I saw Tuesday night on CNN, the election had been projected for Obama.

Unverifiable voters on provisional ballots. We have people voting that aren't on the roles. Could it possible be undocumented immigrants? Amazing. It does seem like a long time to be counting. Maybe they are printing ballots off as they go until Hillary gets the lead. What did that cost you Bill…Oh, let me guess $5 million. LOL

COUNT AND DOUBLE CHECK UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT NEW MEXICO!!!! Keep an eye on them every minute Obama officials!!! We have until August.

I know the Clinton's can't be trusted. I am really disappointed this happened in Richardson's state. You would think voters would be verified before casting any ballots.

the voting system in this country is pretty rusty. Needs updating. Version 2.5 or so. Money should not be the decisive help. There should not be a penalties for sooner voting time. The flexibility is OK. It is way too rigid as of now. Also, first it have to be the members of parties to vote, than people. I think it should be people from begining - all of them.
Just my thoughts.
Hillary 08!

With the Obama campaign firing up anti-Hillary sentiment, it must be hard for those New Mexico voters to know which way is up.

If New Mexico is pouring over their ballots to make sure the states count is actual. It appears to me they are trying to avoid a Flordia fiasco that landed BUSH! into the White House.
Nothing wrong with accuracy. I guess all the Obamanites will change their tune if NM shows Obama might be closer to her than they thought.
I can't wait until November the day after a new President is elected nobody really pays attention of cares anymore until we revisit the Nighmare again in 4 years.

It's funny how things like this happen when Obama is catching up…NM is just trying to figure out a way to Cheat Obama.

Just admit it New Mexico. Obama won, but the Clinton Machine demanded a change of the rules, like in Florida and Michigan.

Obama in 08!

Several sources told me the ballot boxes spent the night at the home of Rio Arriba County Democratic Party Chair Theresa Martinez, whose state-lawmaker husband, Sen. Richard Martinez, endorsed Hillary Clinton. But Richard Martinez told Santa Fe New Mexican reporter Kate Nash that the boxes actually spent the night in the homes of three polling-place managers. He gave Nash no explanation for why the results from those ballots weren’t reported to the state party last night and why they were instead kept overnight in officials’ homes.

“The site managers locked them and they kept them and they took them to my wife this morning,” Nash quoted Richard Martinez as saying.

State party officials and Theresa Martinez have not returned my calls seeking comment.

The three ballot boxes from Rio Arriba County and a fourth from Sandoval County account for the 2 percent of precincts that haven’t yet reported results from Tuesday’s caucus. With about 200 votes separating Clinton and Barack Obama, that’s huge. We’re talking about the ballots from half the polling places in Rio Arriba County.

I want to make sure this point is emphasized: Roughly half the votes from Rio Arriba County spent the night in the privacy of the home or homes of one or more election officials in boxes those officials may have had the ability to open. All the county party chair had to do last night to report the results was make a phone call. That never happened.

Why did you remove my comments, this is the 5th or 6th time? Are you only publishing those comments you think favors Oboma?

I would like to encourage you to vote for endorse Hillary Clinton as the next Democratic presidential candidate. If Mr. Obama receives the nomination, his tenure will be “on the job training” and our country has too many problems to face and we need someone who has the experience and the expertise to handle these problems on DAY ONE.
Asking Obama to deal with world leaders is akin to asking a seventh-grader to teach economics
at the college level.

Please do the country a favor and endorse Hillary - your country will thank you.

I want a president who will bring home the work form those trader company's who sent there companys over seas. I'm tired of getting items that could hurt or kill our children. I want a president who is not afraid to tell them they will be paying a high tax if they keep there company's over sea's and keeping the work over there so they can keep the pay below minimum wage. we are the people buying there products.

I want a president who will make medical aff ordable .For not only the rich but the poor as well , when i say poor people , i mean the people who make minimum wage. i know a lady who can't get help with medical though welfare because she get's 50 dollars over there limit. she is on ssi, has cancer and can not afford her meds.,what is that. the problem is our goverment only cares about you if you are rich.

I want a president who will bring jobs to our country. so eveyone can work ,live. not have to decied weather to eat or heat there homes. i know it will behard because we have representitives and congress who only worrie about there pockets so they block anything that will help us. but a good president will beable to work around them or work with them.

I want a president who will keep there promises they make while campaining.
I don't want a president who needs a t.v. star to help him get in to the office. Let me tell you any actor who thinks another country and the children there are more improtant than our children here in the us should not back a president. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad they help these children, but you don't see them adopting and of our orphans here or going to the coal mine areas and starting schools. Look at new orleans where is the help for these people. guess what not. there.

a president should start at home ,our own country. If you can't help the poor and starving and sick in your own country than move to the country where you feel they are more important. After you help your own country that help others.

I want a president thats more worried about getting there point out there than arguing between themselfs. and i don't want another REPUBLICAN IN OFFICE. Eight years of that was more than enough.

On Sunday's Meet the Press it was shown Hillary had the most overall votes so far without New Mexico being counted yet.

Hillary!!! Majority of Popular Vote!!!

Most states didn't not equate to most votes.

What ever happened to the NH recount? If Obama were ahead CNN would have already declared Obama the winner. Maybe they want the Headlines. Obama was the first to play the race card with Oprah, MLK etc. He plays it everytime he speaks, didn't you people watch the Jefferson/Jackson speech? The fact that a black man could run for President is part of every speech he gives. He mentions slavery, and dreams all the time. If that isn't a race card I don't know what is.
I watched his speech Saturday, and I must admit he is one outstanding motivational speaker. He spoke of slavery and how he is where he is because he hoped to be here. How dreams can come true,etc. Other then that and yes we can, I didn't get much out of it. He does preach hope and I can see how he could get so many followers. He has Charisma and not much else.
What will they, what will they do, what will they do if McCains' running mate is Colin Powell or Condi Rice? Black voters will then choose experience over charisma. What will they do?

I'm glad NM is taking their time. They're doing their best to make sure ever ballot that was casted properly/legally/correctly is being counted and who cares how long it takes. The nominee isn't likely to be declared until August anyways, so what's a week or two to make sure the person who actually won is represented with the correct number of delegates. It's not a big deal to take precaution and do a thorough job. Be patient.

Joyce

I agree!!!

However, there is no need to worry at all about Obama because regardless of the delegate totals, or the voting tallies the next President of United States will be either Clinton or McCain.

Joyce the difference is that those two states were told that if they moved the date their votes would not be accepted, they were given plenty of time to change them back to the original dates, your state democratic party decided to throw your votes away and you let them, not anyones elses fault. get over it where were all you tearfull people when this was announced BEFORE the primaries? you should ahve been calling your state party rep and yelling at them now is too late get over it your apathy cost you now live with that result.

But Obama stated he was against it and made a speech about the reasons why! Reasons that turned out to be right on point. He thought the ENTIRE thing was ridiculous when bin Laden and Al Qaeda were running around free in Afghanistan. It was us taking our eye off the ball, i.e. off of the people who attacked us on 9/11. Clinton was NOT this way. She agreed with Bush in his general opinions about Iraq (though not in his specifics). If that' a not a difference in judgment and wisdom right there, I don't know what is!!

And now because of Bush's and Clinton's idiocy, we've wasted HUGE amounts of money for nothing in Iraq (beyond destroying their country), while the Al Qaeda slime not only run free, but have become larger and more powerful!!

Also, it's the Clintons (Jesse Jackson comment anyone) who played the race card. Obama never said much of anything, despite the ridiculous questions (are you black enough, etc.) he's often forced to deal with. The New York Times editorial staff (who endorsed Clinton) in an article trying to figure out what happened even stated that it was the Clintons that drummed up the whole race thing, largely to get people like Vermont Dem here into the Clinton camp.

Many of the people (including the local media) in this state are commenting that most of the problems are in those areas where Senator Obama had the greatest support. It is no secret that the party's officals are pro Clinton. To put it bluntly, many of my neighbors are very upset at their local party officals.

Canada does paper ballots for each of it's elections, hand counts them, and they know the winner the following day, if not sooner.

How is their system so much more efficient than ours? Quick turn around, paper trail, no confusing ballot to vote on.

Who cares about Kansas? Only those that are "stuck" there.

Obama is all cheap talk not like Hillary!! He is a real hyrociate! Obama is not a honest man and he has no experience !! Please stop thinking twice as Obama tries to make Islamic terriorst to kill us on USA. WAtch Out!! Please don't vote for him!!!

why are people so divided over Barack and Clinton. Can't we all see that the tide is not in the Clintons favor this time around!! After campaigning for 16 years— this is not good enough for her. Make not mistake, I was a Clinton supporter but we have to open up to the reality of the game and look at the facts. Race is playing no bigger part of this elections than media spin. Why should some in
the media not say that Clinton is carrying most of the white women vote and lower income less educated stereotypical white voters who do not think that is possible to see a black (half-black) guy be president of America.
Why did the media not report the allege money deal with Clinton and his corporate friends over mining and donation money withthe vigor that they analyze Obama's former fund raiser??

Speaking out clearly and consistently against the war at the exact same time that the war was being authorized by Senators like Hillary Clinton isn't enough?

Clinton tries to pull these politics all the time. She says that he said he would have voted against the Patriot Act, but he voted for it. What actually happened is that the Patriot Act was voted on before he arrived at the Senate and he spoke out against it. However, the additional votes that the Clinton camp insists that Obama voted for were not new bills approving the Patriot Act, but amending it to be more constitutional. He could have voted against it to show that he disproved of the bill - I agree - but that wouldn't have helped anything, since the bill was already in play and was taking away the civil liberties of Americans.

Possibly my favorite part about all these arguments by the Clintons is that Hillary voted for everything and more than Obama did, but she still scrutinizes him for it. If anything, it's hilarious.

Gosh. I hope Obama will lose. I can't imagine this country having another inexperienced president who will drive the country into a deeper hole than it already is. Bush was inexperienced and he said he would change this country. He was right though. He just didn't say it would be changed for the worse. The president is gonna have to run a country. NOt a church. Just wait and see after obama gets elected. I'm packing up to move to Canada.

Sheesh! The ballot boxes again? Give me a break. They were safeguarded overnight by an official from the caucus. Stop trying to make it so sinister. They are still counting them.

I believe what they said is they have to confirm the provisional ballots come from registered voters, which takes longer than a simple count. If I had to guess, I would say it favors Sen. Obama because more new voters are coming in for him than for Sen. Clinton.

Good try Vermont Dem but you're wrong. The Clintons introduced race into the campagin, not Obama. He didn't have to because well - ya know it's pretty obvious he's a blended person.

Are there plans for the provisional ballots to be counted as well? How connected is Richardson to the counting? Are these people connected solely to the party or are they state workers who are supposed to be non-partisan?

I hear you on that race card remark. He consistently brings that subject up, and yet when Bill Clinton mentions two other men who ran for the office, it's a racial remark. Give me a break! Obama strikes me as a very angry man (much more so than Edwards ever was) and he scares me. I listened to him yesterday for about a half hour and not once did he