Nice try!!!

Wow, this goes beyond spin…it's verging on delusion. Clinton is the one who needs to sweep to stay in the race. Obama is winning, he can actually afford to lose a couple of states and still stay in the race.

The Clinton campaign continues to live on the moon.

Hillary please just bow out gracefully now.

I was a supporter of yours, but your run is done. Just end it now.

Brace yourselves…. Hurricane Hillary is gonna be HOWLING all this weekend!!!

There the Bill and HIll go again. Lowering the expectations for themselves by inflating those of the opponent. Its good they didnt say OBAMA needs to sweep 11 straight contest after super Tuesday….

Funny. I thought loosing 11 states in a row was a problem.

because thats exactly what happened!!!!!!!!!!!

So…..

if he only wins three of four, he's a loser???

But he's not if he loses 11 of 11. Then he's still in the game.

This is like voodoo math or something.

Right, because only winning 3 states, making it 14 out of 15 straight for Obama means that he has a real problem.

And he doesn't need to apologize for working harder than she does.

What a joke!

Sounds like another excuse. I hope you lose Texas and Ohio and then I want to hear another excuse. Like Bill and James Carville said "Hillary needs to win both Texas and Ohio or she is not the nominee" Your campaign has been the most pitiful out of the Republicans and Democrats always an excuse for a lose. I did not hear anyone else complain when they lost except you Hillary!!!!!!!

You must be kidding. Hillary, you're losing and losing badly. If you should happen to pull a state or two out, that's wonderful, but you'll still be so far behind you'll never catch up. Obama's nomination is a foregone conclusion, and yet you still choose to divide this party with hopes of winning out only by securing enough superdelegates to override the will of the people. Up until this point, I have said that I would happily vote for you to support our party should you receive the nomination, but this kind of ludicrous rhetoric is turning me against the idea entirely.

hillary is pathetic. her campgain needs to win both texas & ohio to stay alive. and she's no longer the frontrunner and is way behind in delegates. sad, sad hillary.

OBAMA '08

Obama has to sweep March 4th? What the? Isn't Obama the one who's up 153 delegates? What a bunch of spin doctor morons Billary has working for her. No wonder so many have been fired, quit, or switched sides. Just concede to save face and unite the party.

Texans for Obama

Hey Hillary, how about you worry more about your own campaign and let Obama worry about his? He seems to be doing pretty good without your advice.

GO HILLARY!!!!
We are sick and tired of speeches and CNN support for Obama.
Go Hill!!!!!

There you have it. She will never give up. She wants to take it to the convention and continue to tear the party apart. I think it is now time for Edwards, Gore, Dean, Pelosi, Reid and the remaining uncommitted superdelegates to come forward and tell Hillary to quit.

Interesting take by the Clinton Campaign. What isn't surprising is the total lack of logic behind it. Say Hillary wins Ohio and Barack wins Texas. Basically, next to nothing changes and the Clinton Camaign must rely on only one big state, Pennsylvania, to garner a significant number of delegates. Whether or not they have taken notice to the 150+ delegate lead that Obama currently enjoys is mesmerizing. Of course, we all know that these memos are sheer lip service. We most likely wont hear them saying the following, "we are currently way behind in delegates and with current polling information, its appears nearly impossible for us to chip away the Illinois Senator's lead." Its more proof that Tuesday is it for the Clintons and they are pandering for the votes of people who havent followed closely enough to understand the reality of the situation. Good luck Hillary, but this ones all over…

Wow! The Clinton Campaign once again spinning, spinning, spinning. This is outrageous. They can't keep changing the stakes. Its over if Barack wins Texas OR Ohio.

No. I think Clinton needs to bow out gracefully, if she wants to maintain any respect after this is over. Does she want to be seen as the person who distroyed the party? The differece between her and Obama is very small. what that says to me is that this is presonality issue. This Clinton you are seeing now at these final days is the real person and that's why most people don't like her. She will be more respected if she drops out in the intrest of the party.

Memo (reality check) to Clinton campaign: Hillary needs to win by
W-I-D-E margins in order to remain viable … Like 75% to Obama's 25% … and she won't. Might go the other way … Like 60% to her 40% … So say buh-bye!

SORRY HILLARY SUPPORTERS…………..YOU R GAL NEEDS TO WIN "BOTH" OHIO AND TEXAS TO GO ON ………….RHODE ISLAND WILL NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE. OBAMA HAS VERMONT> SHE WILL NEED TO WIN BOTH TEXAS AND OHIO BY AT LEAST 20% OR MORE…………OR ELSE……….BYE BYE SUPER DELEGATES AND THE NOMINATION>……….

It's funny how the Clinton camp can lose one contest after another for the last 11 contest and still think that Obama will be in trouble if he doesn't swipe the March 4 contests.
Whose problem it is if you don't campaign and don't talk to voters, editorials and just "hope" that your name brand will garner you votes? It is also clea that Sen. Clinton is doesn't have any strategy, other than drag this race, after March 4 contests just like she thought it would be over by Feb. 5. If the March 4 contest come close in terms of delegates, Obama will sweep the next few contests just like he did in February.

Why, yes, ye he does. But in 'sillyland' he's an underdog.

Trying to spin her defeat into a victory already wow she must be nervous!

Let me explain a little thing called MATH to the Clinton teams, if he beats her at ALL in these four states he will have done well, she seems to forget that just a few short weeks avgo she lead in ALL of these states by over 20%, so if he beats her that means that during this campaign he INCREASED HIS SUPPORTERS by over 20%. If they had entered these four contest even she would have a point they did not and she does not.

Nice try at a spin though

I think the Clinton campaign is right. Obama has put an interesting spin builting up voters and the media's expetations of a must win big senario for Clinton in Texas and Ohio. Obviously, this is spin and propoganda created by the Obama campaign to discount a win by Clinton unless it by huge margins…..well, this is not so. As Obama and his staff know well, a win is a win and Hillary Clinton will reap benefits if she wins by any margin. The Clinton campaign is right…..if there are any expectations here….it is for Obama to win by big margins (with him outspending her 2 to 1) in Texas and Ohio…and if he doesn't…..that does mean a lot!

Dear Moderator: please post my comments…I've written several times and never see my comments posted.

Now she is using reverse psychology. And she pays her advisors millions of dollars to come up with THIS?

What absolute nonsense … if there is anything her campaign is good at … it's shoveling BS, not sweeping primaries … and of course they excel at changing messages everytime there's a little gust of wind! I don't think there has been a campaign in history that has changed it's message more often and more times than this feeble group!

"Senator Obama has campaigned hard in these states," the memo continues. "He has spent time meeting editorial boards, courting endorsers, holding rallies, and - of course - making speeches."

And Hillary has been doing what exactly? I get that he spent more money, but he is also raising more money. And he doesn't need to win by big margins, he just needs to win, thats the goal of the frontrunner. Hillary is the one that needs to make up ground fast to catch up.

Even Bill said she needs to win both Ohio and Texas. What kind of lame spin is this?

This is just nonsense…now Barack has a problem if he doesnt win??? This is an insult to our intelligence…

She does realize that he has a rather substantial lead in the delegate count, right? Because he's won 24 out of 35 primary contests to date. She's only won 11. She's actually only won less than 33% of the time.

Mathematically, she has to sweep Texas and Ohio by 20% to even come close to catching up…

I'm sure the media will get suckered into her expectations game though

Let's look at this latest Hillary statement… Obama needs to sweep? Hillary dear, Barack Obama is 11-0 since Super Tuesday….That means HE'S WON and you've LOST eleven in a row. Just do the party and the Country a big favor and go away. Your fear and hate mongering has had it's day. You sound more and more like King George these days! Who is "delusional"?

keep going clintons, you will losse anyway. I am wonder when she is gonna start crying

Are the Clinton campaign mad? They are down 160 delaegates. If they don't make up 50 delegates tomorrow (as in 60-40 wins in both Ohio and Texas), they will get swept the rest of March (Mississippi, Wyoming) and fall further out of it.

They need 60-40 victories EVERYWHERE from now on. If they can't provide that in their firewall states, they should just quit on March 5th.

Now the Clinton Campaign is just making things up. This is just patently dishonest. What a joke!

I voted early and yes it was for Obama. He has not changed his political views and he shows maturity that others seem to have forgotten. Lets change how Washington works together as its time to stand firm and let them know we don't like how washington is working currently.

Hillary-be careful what you ask for, it might come true.

Obama 4 for 4

Hillary might've made a good president but she's an awful campaigner. They're both politicians, they both play games, they both use spin, but at least Obama's makes at least a lick of sense. She's trying to use money as an indicator of where this race is going but I've got a better indicator: delegates. He's got 'em, she doesn't. Yes, it is that simple.

You Go Hillary!

Obama has too many issues hiding to be president. America better wake up and wonder why there are questions about his background. Not presidential material if you have wonder about his patriotism (we already know his wife is not proud of America).

HAHAHA!! Now he needs to sweep? I thought she had to win Texas and Ohio? What if he does sweep? Will she drop out?

Beware leaders who have the ability to envelope desperate people with uplifting phrases and presenting unreal visions with hypnotic ease:

Putin–has the touch.
Rev. Jim Jones–had the touch.
Adolph Hitler–had the touch.

No. Obama need to win to lose.

Apparently all of the mathematicians on clinton's staff quit when she stopped paying them. After she pays herself back, she should use whats left of that 35 million she's bragging about to buy a calculator.

Ha Ha Ha … Is that not HER ? Does SHE not have to sweep ?

Obama is sweeping EVERTHING since Super Tuesday

Even if he loses by a decent margin Billary is 'toast'. She had a huuuuge lead in TX and OH.

Maybe she should check with Bubba when he comes back from his girl friend. Even Bubba said she has to win BOTH contests and all analysts agree she has to win BIG in order to even bother going on.

Fear mongering, distortion … maybe she even claims to be the front runner and that she actually has not lost EVERY election since Super Tuesday.

Good one Mark Penn! Do you not know the delegate count? Maybe you should learn how to count.

CLINTON NEEDS TO SWEEP - NOT OBAMA!!

Even then, she still is toast if she doesn't win 70-30 in every state.

Clinton spins again.

What happened to the March 4th firewall?

The Clinton campaign has wasted money and resources(Pizza and donuts anybody?) and now are crying, whining and stomping their feet because Senator Obama has spent his money wisely.

"We're being outspent. Waaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"

Please.

What happened to her!!!! She is still trying to keep up with Obama…hmm

Obama'08

Thousands of women are beaten each day by their spouses and asked to keep in silent. Numerous women across america are overlooked for their experience and qualifications when competing against a male candidate. Millions of women in america are doing twice the work and get half the paid comparing to their male counter-parts. Many women are criticized and mocked when act outside the box of what a demuer & quiet female should be. This is the reality of women today….yet we laugh as gender bias is being highlighted by SNL…yet we sit iddle, stroking the heads of our daughters while we see sexism play out in the media…yet we take no actions while we dream of success and respect for our daughters. Folks, women did not inject gender into this race. Gender bias injected itself into our living room, our telivisions, our kitchen table discussions, our newspaper headlines and our lives in this election. I fear that sexism has turned into an american past time and has become an entertainment in 2008.

We all have a female in our lives that has worked hard, perhaps raising children alone, perhaps working multiple jobs to make ends meets. We all have femals in our lives that we know juggle multiple things just to address the needs of the people they love. We all have females in our lives that commands the household and its the protective guard of the family…yet these very women are paid less, listen too less, get less credit and expected to be silenced…all because they're females. It is a testiments to all women that we have all come this far while living life going uphill. For you people out there that know of a female like this…I urge you to not sit iddle by and allow the gender bias to continue any longer. Our brilliant daughters need our actions today in order to hope for a brighter future tomorrow. I urge all of you who can relate to what I am saying to visit Hillary's website and donate to get this experience, hard working woman ahead. Donate, $5, $10…whatever you can give. Consider your donation as an investment in a brighter future for our daughters and an investment in providing an awsome, strong and admirable femal role model for the yound women of today. Donate folks…lets not sit iddle by and watch sexism become an american past-time and a hobbie for the media to entertain themselves with.

AHAHAHAHA! give me a break hillary, you are the one that needs to sweep….whoever has the most pledged delegates at the end will win the nomination

I think those who want to see a change need to realize that the more we bicker amongst ourselves the more time John McCain has to mobilize and win. I am really hoping this can be over with on March 4th and whoever has the lead after the count is done will just be congratulated and we can focus on winning the white house. I like Hillary I like Obama but for the good of the party it would seem that one needs to step aside and let the other get on with the final goal. Obama is in the lead on delegates and on total votes and unless Hillary can really overtake him on the 4th she should just step aside. I will be happy to vote for her in 2012 or 2016, but this is only going to end up hurting the Democrats chances if someone hasn't stepped aside on March 5th.

Newsflash: After losing 11 straight states, I would worry about my own campaign having problems.

Clinton campaign stop twist things. You are the ones who are behind. Having lost 11 contests in a row, you are the ones who must win big. Whole people know this. Obama campaign will add on its lead they have already.

He needs to sweep, because if he doesn't, he'll only win the nomination by a couple hundred delegates…

All you Hillary people who think that the Obama supporters are delusional… Which campaign is it that keeps changing the rules of the contest, the benchmarks for success, and the bounds for what's acceptable campaigning? You are following a whirling spin machine that is spewing out more and more falsities as it hopelessly flails to the bitter end. I

Give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

When did Ohio, Texas and the other March 4 states became a must win for Obama?

Where are Hilary supporters in this forum????????????????

I thought HRC had consistently maintained her firewall was going to be Texas and Ohio?
Can we really trust Hilary to run this country? God Forbid. Where is the experience????. She has been outpaced in terms of organization and finance by a relatively unknown new comer in the game - Obama.

Obama 08

I just received an email from a fellow Obama supporter that said she was contacted by the Clinton campaign and they are paying $10 per hour for anyone who will agree to blockwalk on March 4th in Texas. Maybe its just me, but this doesn't seem like a good sign.

why won't the clinton's campaign face what is ahead of them which is the reality of being kicked out on the fourth of march! leave Obama alone!

Interesting that "making speeches" has been turned into a negative characteristic of a campaign by the Clinton camp. What exactly does Clinton do when she holds events with voters? Does she *gasp* also make speeches?

I'd like to see the next few days focus on substantive issues, and not divisive tactics. I think we've had enough of those over the past 7 years.

Senator CLinton's las t comment is ridiculously funny!!!

After the wisconsin primary 10 days ago most analysts looked at the situation and declared that Hillary would need to win Texas, Ohio, and Pennsylvania by 15 point margins to catch up to Obama's delegate totals. It seemed possible at the time based on polling data, but no longer does.

That is still the reality. Hillary's campaign team can do all the "lowering expectations" for Clinton and "raising expecatations" for Obama it wants, but it doesn't change anything at the end of the day. The fact that Clinton's campaign is saying Obama needs to win ALL 4 states to not be considered a failure is comical. If he wins either texas or ohio, this race is essentially over on Tuesday.

Hillary….After 11 straight losses…Don't you think it is time for you to focus on what you need to do?

in other words Clinton is going to hang on to the bitter end no matter what harm it does to the party. Apparently, over and above wanting to change the rules for Florida and Michigan, there is word they may sue over the caususes in Texas…Is this the type of president we want to represent us??

Does Hillary Clinton realize that her campaign has reached the stage of extreme desparation? First a law suit filed to challenge the rules of the Texas primary/caucus that her own campaign staff agreed to before the primaries, now this? Now the pressure is on Obama to win? Give me a break, talk about swiftboating!

No - Hillary, I believe you need to win more than just Rhode Island to stay in the race. Spending well over $100 million and a year campaigning to win the smallest state in the nation does not make you qualified to lead on day one.

Obama has not won a large state yet, and it dosen't seem as if he will any of the remaining ones. Why dosen't Obama drop out, he can't win the general. His platform is he didn't vote for the war. DUH!!! Hillary raised 35 million dollars from all those poor voters, Obama should have at least doubled it with his so call higher wage voters. Go Hillary

Sounds like the Clinton campaign is resorting to the idea of "if you say it often enough, it becomes true."

Nice try, Senator Clinton. First your husband says that you need to win both Texas and Ohio for you to continue. Now that Obama is beginning to cut at your support there, you try to claim that his victories are meaningless unless he wins by almost impossible margins.

You just want to be able to declare victory in defeat. Quit shifting the goalposts.

Looks like the Clinton campaign is trying desperately to raise expectations for Obama to an unreasonable level so that even if Hillary wins one or two states it will look like a huge victory for her.

The FACT of the matter is that she MUST win HUGE and TEXAS AND OHIO or this race is OVER.

I think she'll take Rhode Island and has a good shot at Ohio, but should Obama win Texas (and he leads in the polls right now) it will be time for her to concede. Mathematically she'll be too far back in the delegate count to have a realistic chance. Unless she actually does want to take this to the convention and complete what appears to be her objective of utterly destroying the Democratic Party.

This post is very perplexing. Now, Hillary's camp is claiming Obama SHOULD win??? This is what she's paying these people millions of dollars to come up with??? Anyone with half a brain understands that Obama is the "challenger" - up till now, it was expected that Hillary would coast to the nomination…it was expected that she would be the nominee…and I for one, don't expect Obama to win anything! EVERY SINGLE WIN is a surprise to me. it's a surprise that an unknown could take down the giant time and time again…and that's what's inspiring so many people…that for ONCE a multi-millionaire WON'T BE IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND MAKING DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT SO MANY PEOPLE!!!

Hillary's camp, at this point, is just pathetic!

LOL! the clinton campain is hillarious! This is horrible the games they play. Do they think folks are stupid or something? That we are not paying attention? Just last week they were telling another story. This is why I stopped supporting Hillary Clinton in the first place. There is no doubt in my mind that what you see in this campain is what you will see in the white house. In Her case, you wont know what to believe therfore you wont be able to trust her, or anything she says.

Yes, he has outspent her just like he out smarted her in strategy, shown himself to be a better and more frugal manager of his campaign, (less donuts, less fancy hotels and less top tier meals)a wiser judge of circumstances and message more in tune with the mood and desires of the Nation.
The Clinton camp can ramp up expectations for Obama all they want, but everytime they do it and whine about the money he receives from ordinary people, we are reminded about the failings and excesses of the Clinton campaign for the woman who would be President.
Hardly a vote of confidence!

I don't think the candidate who's lost over and over again should be telling Barack what he needs to do.

Using simple math, Clinton needs to win the remaining primaries by an average of 58-42% just to TIE Obama in pledged delegates.

It's funny to hear her campaign tell us that Obama needs to win by wide margins. Actually, it's dishonest.

Obama has outspent Clinton 2-1 in Ohio and Texas because as recently as 2 weeks ago he was down 20-25% points to Clinton. So he had to spend alot of money to try to catch up. The bigger thing here is not that Obama needs to win but if Clinton cant hold on to that large of a lead then what does that tell us!

As many have said, the Clinton campaign should focus on the Clinton campaign. Obama has outspent Clinton by using funding from the American people–not lobbyists or special interests, and certainly not $5 million from his own pocket. I'm so exhausted by the Clinton campaign grasping at straws to get some kind of last word (we all know that she resents–or does she love?–having the first word). Let the results of March 4th send her packing so we can end what Obama aptly described as the "silly season" in politics.

Desperate to the bitter end.

I don't get it. So now the fact that Obama has been better organized, campains hard, and has large monetary support is negative for Obama? As this column substantiates, the Clintons have always been excellent spin doctors.

Actually, any wins of any kind by Obama in those states are a big problem for the Clinton campaign.

Remember that Clinton was "sure to win" these important states decisively. All Obama actually has to do is keep the delegate count close in these states.

But after Hillary's "Red Phone" debacle of today, it's probably not even going to be close. Obama's response to that destroyed her.

Actually, for anyone who's been paying attention to Clinton's win-loss record and the delegate count, it's clearly Clinton that needs to sweep March 4.

If Obama wins either Texas or Ohio, or if he holds Clinton to a single-digit victory, there's really no math that can give Clinton the win in delegates, unless the superdelegates overturn the will of the voters and line up behind her.

From what I'm hearing, that seems extremely unlikely. Hillary is doing her best, but her campaign is in trouble.

These people are Bi-Polar. You heard Bill say just the other day that SHE needed to win both, now they're trying this BS. Come on, are the news organizations really that dumb? All they have is one more excuse. After he wins the nomination they will still be saying just wait for the primaries in 2012, then we'll see who the true winner is.

It's time to stem the biased tide. Wake up America. We're letting 20%-30% of the African American community, who are voting solely on race, decide who our Democratic candidate will be. This is reverse discrimination at its worst. TX, OH, RI and VT - don't be sheep, vote for the best candidate.

He needs to sweep in order to do what? He is in the lead now, and he will be in the lead on Wednesday.

Looks like the goalposts have, yet again, been moved. HRC seems to be broadcasting her messages from an alternate universe. Let's hope the superdelegates shift in a landslide to Obama and her money train dries up so we can get the more important work of unifying the party behind Obama as we head toward November. Give it up Hillary…

Obama needs to sweep all four states??? Oh please !!! Something has gone terribly wrong for "Queen To Be Hillary" after she was prematurely fitted for her crown. Her head grew too big.

Hahaha, this is getting silly.

First the Clintons needed to win big on March 4th to stay in the race.
Now, their expectation is not a big win, nor a narrow win, nor a narrow loss, but a big loss?

Uhm…. This looks fishy to me.

This one is so easy to see through. Hillary's campaign is trying to lower expectations by declaring that Obama needs to win over 80% (or some other outlandish figure which anybody and everybody knows would NEVER happen) so that whatever happens on March 4th, they can say he was a disappointed.

I am truly SICK of Hillary Clinton's campaign, and I am a loyal Democrat who voted for Bill all four times I had the chance to. It's clear that she will say or do anything to win.

Considering how far behind Obama was in the national polls just a few weeks ago, and the pre-Super Tuesday "inevitability" of the Clinton campaign, I'd say he's exceeded even the most far-fetched expectations.

She is the one who needs to sweep all 4 primary states by a double-digit margin in order to preserve her candidacy. If I were her, I'd be focused on my own performance.

GG Hil, it will all be over soon.

So according to the Clinton camp, overcoming 20-point deficits isn't enough; he needs to win by double digits besides? LOL, ok, if you say so.

But be careful what you wish for, Hillary.

This say anything/do anything to win or pull your oponent down is neither inspiring nor helpful. That being said, I do hope Obama sweeps the states, as anything less that 3 or 4 victories on the fourth would probably keep Senator Clinton driving her demolition derby car. Hopefully, the superdelegates can provide some measure of sanity and selflessness–which would truly represent "change" here.

I Have a problem with Obama Supporter Obama and superdelagates saying that they are voting for what the prople want. Look at the above poll 48% want Hillary they are pretty much 50/50 with poll errors and so everyone saying the superdelagates need to vote\for what the people want are saying if you vote for Hillary your vote dont matter!!! They say it only matters if voted gor Obama!!!!!Guess what 50% of Democrats want Hillary!!!!

Change Question: What has Obama done while in Senate to bring Democrats and Republicans together?

If Obama sweeps these 4 states it will be an insult and a political slap on Hillary's face. They can raise his expectations all they want, but they are going to have to RAISE their own if they think they can compete for this presidential nomination.

Yes, the races has just begun!! Hillary will win!

We here in Florida had no say in when our primary was held. We did vote and polls show our minds have not changed. It seems that Obama does not want our votes counted just as Bush did not want our votes counted. He surely will not expect us to vote for him in November if he becomes the Candidate.

Isn't it time Hillary Clinton stops focussing so much on Barack Obama and spend more time and revealing herself to the voters? She's an intelligent and competent woman with a steely exterior that has only given glimpses of herself to the voters. She's spent way too much time talking about Barack and not enough about herself. She's attacked the electorate by calling people who don't vote her people who vote with their hearts, not their brains. She's attacked the media for unfair coverage (note, George W. Bush got elected with mainstream media overwhelmingly painting him as an idiot). If you run a good campaign and provide a compelling case, the media's coverage might wound you, but it won't doom you. She's even attacked the DNC by wanting to change the punishment to Michigan and Florida that she supported initially. The bottom line is she's done the biggest disservice to herself by not leading her campaign into showing her to be as strong a candidate as she really is. She has enough to offer on her own merits that she didn't need to, and thus shouldn't have spent so much time attacking everyone.

Because apparently the last 11 states weren't enough of a streak?

Leave it to the Clintons to complain about Obama's superior ability to accomplish everything as a reason for minimizing his accomplishments!

What I would really like is for CNN to actually report NEWS!!!

This isn't News, this is reprinting propaganda, which is virtually all CNN (and most other media outlets) does. I am sure there are people over at the network old enough to remember that people used to write stories.

People (and "articles") here and elsewhere keep asking if this media outlet or that media outlet is biased, which is a ridiculous question when all they do is display whoever has the snappiest come back on that particular day.

Here on the website, these comments are "moderated" not to weed out vulgarities or hate speech, but to frame the "battle" they are trying to portray today.

This is why people actually get more NEWS from the Daily Show. Jon may lean so far to the left that he is in danger of falling off his chair, but his discussion with his guests are so much better than anything else, anywhere. The whole aspect of his show, to point out the stupid things done and said by the governments of the world (particularly ours) and the way the media outlets miss every opportunity to actually have a discussion on actual issues instead of just parroting the PR releases they are fed, that show is more of a service to our society then nealy every media outlet in America.

CNN, I know you were at the White House Press Dinner with Stephen Colbert, but you may not have noticed he was being SARCASTIC!!! Go back, watch it again and take some notes this time.

Yes, he WILL, and she needs to find something else to do with her time this august since she hasn't won a primary in quite a while.

LOL! So if Obama needs to sweep March 4th, what does she need to do??? The best thing for this woman to do is SHUT up!! People are saying that the democrats wants Obama to win so that they can cast their votes to McCain?? Well anyone who is adopting that strategy need not waste their vote and just give it to McCain now because at the rate Hillary is going, she is doing a pretty good job creating her own loss, LOL. BTW, that theory was created by Hillary supporters to get anti-Hillaries to vote for her, instead of Obama

How many typos can you have in a single news item, CNN? Get a proofreader!

It's good to know that the Clinton Campaign has a sense of humor. How many contests has Hillary won since Super Tuesday? Oh yeah–ZERO. Not only has Obama swept the past 11 contests, but he has a 15 contest lead over Clinton. She is the one who needs to sweep the primaries on March 4.

Obama has spent more than double Hillary. Obama is the heir apparent; Obama is God come to save us from ourselves. Obama walks on water. At least that's what he and the media wants us to believe. He won 11 in a row; he is so GREAT! Yeah, then Obama should indeed win all of the States on March 4 because he is so wonderful.

Hillary will go all the way to convention and not concede. She has no reason to because Obama is a saviour of the world and therefore, Hillary can do nothing to harm him, right??

With all due respect, the Clinton campaign's memo is to say the least LAUGHABLE. Complete and utter nonsense. Everybody knows that Senator Clinton was leading by more 30 percent in both states less than 2 months ago. Obama is only try to maintain his delegate lead as per his leaked memo - he expects to loose OH and TX but win enough delegates to stay ahead. The notion that his modest efforts to challenge the Clinton machine which has dominated the democratic scene for two decades, must sweep both states is LAUGHABLE. Even President Clinton has said that both states are do or die contests for the former first lady. Hopefully TX will end the contest and allow Obama unite the party to prevent a Bush-McCain 3rd term,

sorry, I meant Republicans!!!

That is very funny coming from someone who has been on a losing streak for the past several primaries. Rather than focusing on their chances to win, the Clinton campaign wants to shift the media focus and raise a hula about Obama's chances of losing. The tactic is an old one for the Clintons I guess, as they have always tried to divert the attention of people when they faced major hurdles. Allright… keep wagging the dog!

I can't believe the naivete of Americans who support Obama. Sure he's eloquent and intelligent, but doesn't it take more than that to run a country, like experience? With Obama you will get change without experience and with Hillary you will get change with experience. Which would you rather have? Or are you Americans so caught up in the Hollywood mentality of image being everything? I hope you all wake up before next Tuesday!

"(Future) Breaking news: CNN just announced Senator Hillary Clinton winning the state of Rhode Island. We have 16 delegates now going into her column. We have not called Texas and Ohio yet, with their 389 delegates at stake, but Senator Obama appears to have both of these states well in hand. " Now back to reality. Hillary, please do the math. It's time for the DNC to get on to McCain and start dismantling his "Geritol" express. Can’t wait.

hahahha,…….hilary never learns

"If he (Obama) fails to garner big wins, there's a problem"…..WHAT? Well, since the Clinton camp has failed to garner big wins, what should that be called….succeeding? LOL Whatever!

Obama for 2008!!!!!

Senator Clinton you intends to stay in the Dem’s race regardless of the People's vote on March 4th. Saying that Obama must win big, is just your modes operandi for; it just does not matter, marginalizing Obama's win and undervaluing and underestimating the voters in Texas, Ohio or any other state you do poorly in. End the madness Hillary! When you get voted out in the March 4th primaries, be professional and BOW OUT! Your comment "If he fails to garner big wins, there's a problem". Replace "he fails" with "I fail". You love dividing the people, Obama loves uniting the people. GO OBAMA!

Doesn't this contradict everything Senator Clinton and former President Clinton have said so far?

If Senator Obama sweeps Tuesday with big victory's, it's over.

Just a puzzling remark trying to put more pressure on Senator Obama.

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With all due respect, the Clinton campaign's memo is to say the least LAUGHABLE. Complete and utter nonsense. Everybody knows that Senator Clinton was leading by more than 30 percent in both states less than 2 months ago. Obama is only trying to maintain his delegate lead as per his leaked memo - he expects to loose OH and TX but win enough delegates to stay ahead. The notion that his modest efforts to challenge the Clinton machine( which has dominated the democratic scene for two decades), must sweep both states is LAUGHABLE. Even President Clinton has said that both states are do or die contests for the former first lady. Hopefully TX will end the contest and allow Obama unite the party to prevent a Bush-McCain 3rd term,

The politics of desperation at its most blatant.

She is so pathetic. She's leaving the door open to remain in the race so that she can take the party down with her!

This is comical, Senator Clinton loses 11 straight elections, is behind in the delegate count, but she wants to say what Senator Obama needs to do. Does anyone else find this amusing?

I think her team should focus on what Senator Clinton needs to do.

That's nice - unfortunately she doesn't need to catch up or tie Obama in pledged delegates …

That's why there are super delegates - cry all you want.

Blank screen.

Seems the Hilliary Clinton is more and more comfortable with deceiving America for her own personal gain.

Obama will win and Hillary will sue.
surprise surprise

Are you crazy, Hillary? Obama is the frontrunner, your superdelegates are running, and you think HE needs to sweep???? quite a rediculous stance

Seems the Hilliary Clinton is more and more comfortable with deceiving America for her own personal gain.

No Hillary, you need to sweep all 4 states. That is the only way you can expect to be a viabable candidate. Should he sweep this Tuesday, three of the 4 states with the same margins or even with slight margins, you are the one that will be in serious trouble. You know that, the Democratic party knows that, the Republicans know that and so do the American People. Lately your comments and retoric is playing into the hands of the Republican Party; have you switched sides or is it you would rather see them win if you cant.
Either way you will not recieve my vote, for no other reason than you do not inspire me, your speaches do not reach my spirit and they do not motivate me.

another excellent example of "silly-politics"! clinton desperation is swelling… let's hope this coming tuesday this can all begin to get behind us. more super-del's need to get off the fence or out of the back-rooms - is hillary working behind the scenes for the republicans - her obsession, fear and loathing will destroy the democratic party and that will be her legacy - the Lilith of the new age.
god save us!

Here we go again, I guess whining is contagious….now she has the rest of her staff whining like she does everyday because of her losses. If Obama wins, he wins! At this point, his message has been and continues to be well received by those who want to see chance happen in Washington. Obama continues to pick up superdelegates everyday, so he's closing the lead in this area also. I might add, superdelegates that once gave her their support are now rallying behind Obama. Yes We Can!

If Hillary plans to run the country the same way she has run the campaign then God save America indeed!

More lies and grandiose posturing:

Sen. Obama LIED during the last debate:

Quote: “My objections to the war in Iraq were simply — not simply a speech. I was in the midst of a U.S. Senate campaign. It was a high-stakes campaign.”

Obama wasn’t running for the US Senate in 2002.

He was running for re-election to the state senate and that re-election was cakewalk.
His opponent was Alan Keyes who didn’t even live in Illinois. That is why he won so handily. He ran against the worst candidate imaginable. It was not some miracle win.

So, Obama lied. This isn’t “mispoke.” He said “US Senate.” It made him sound better. And it was a lie. That speech is not something new to him, he has referenced it over and over. He knows when he gave it. He’s reference that over and over. He was not running for the US Senate. He thought he could get away with it (and during the debate he did).

One speech does not make you “one of the most outspoken critics of the war”. He was no even close to even Howard Dean, for example.

Obama gave one speech in an anti-war rally in front of his supporters in Illinois. But if he was so outspoken, what more did he do? Did he writte a few editorial? A state senator could have gotten one published in Illinois. He could have given a dozen speeches. Did he march in anti-war protests? Surely they had them in Chicago. One speech hardly anyone heard at the time
doesn’t cut it as an anti-war leader and certainly does *not* entitle him to even suggest he owns the mantle of *judgement*. What a grandiose attitude….

Judgement is a big word to qualify a man's character based on a single anti-war rally speech.

He was not and did not vote in the US Senate. When he came in the US Senate in 2004 he voted *exactly* as (or worse than) his fellow democrats.

The usual and typical Clinton spine. They're never without an "out clause".
Way to go Hillary - lower the bar for yourself and raise the bar for your competitor. Apparently that's the only way she can win.

She's conceding, this plus the TX lawsuit threat, its a concession.

I can't believe the spin coming out of this campaign. I really believe that they believe that most AMericans are idiots that can be swayed so easily. For toomuch of our history this has been true. BUt people are waking up.

I think it is clear that Clinton will not be on the ticket…in either slot now.

Unbelieveable.

Hopeless Clinton campaign……..he does not need to sweep them all …hopefully he would win them all but after 11-0 …he does not need to prove anything ….stop playing the underdog card after all Hillary was leading every body and in every where back in November ….what happened .
We the people choose Obama…..it is that simple.

Move the goalposts yet again. The fact that she still gets any media coverage after losing 11 straight and using every dirty trick in the book to con voters should be clear testimony to the fairness of the media. My God, Wolf Bliter, Candy Crowley and Jessica Yellin alone have given Clinton nothing but fawning press coverage. ENOUGH!

The Clinton Attack Machine/Spin Machine.

Like Barack says…..people are tired of the dirty Politics. That is why they are voting in record numbers for him.
My prediction…..Barack will take Ohio and Texas with no problem.

Remember after the potomac primaries Hillary directly went to Texas skipping Wisconsin. They really thought that they had a good chance and she did have a 20 point lead then. As people get to know Obama more they like his plans, his past and his ofcourse his speeches much better than they like the alternative. Like Jay has pointed out, it is she who needs to win big to keep her hopes alive. How disingenuous can the Clinton machine get?

-Obama 08-

Well I'm probably the exception here switching from Obama to Hillary. I was on the Obama bandwagon but have come to realize he is just another politician, a bit more eloquent than most though. With that said I have changed my allegiance to Hillary
because she is more prepared to take charge. And I will not vote for McCain as he does not represent any of the Democrat party's positions on issues.

This is the excuse when Hillary barely wins maybe ONE of the four states, as to why she won't withdraw. Or loses all four but Ohio/TX are close.

Yeah Jay, I checked that yesterday too — Hillary needs 58% in ALL STATES on average to CATCH him. Even if Billary win one or both big states March 4, it won't be nearly that.

It's not that he needs to win by big margins, it's that he SHOULD win given all the money and time he is spending. This is of course if he really has a message that brings all Dems. together (which he doesn't).

Does this man really think he can unit the Dems. and Republicans?

Not a snowballs chance given his way liberal record.

The Clinton campaign is thrashing about in an increasing sense of unreality.I think Obama will carry Texas comfortably (as well as Vermont) and narrowly defeat Clinton in Ohio. Sen. Clinton needs to prepare a gracious departure.She has already spoonfed too many attack points about Obama to the Republican party.She can offset that by the energy of her campaign on his behalf in Nov.With that,she might win my grudging respect.

Well,
It's funny this message from Hillary campain. I think they need new course on math. Because my calculation says they are wrong about the winning score for Obama. They should stop to deny the reality here. And even Bill her husband realize that it will be hard very hard,
No offense

The Clinton campaign are masters at spin, but I'm not sure if any one is listening to them anymore….

This is obviously a memo that is purposefully leaked. Unless they plan to steal the election with superdelegates, Clinton needs to sweep by huge margins to catch Obama. It's virtually impossible for her to do so.

This is more dishonest talk from a growingly desparate campaign.

"He has spent time meeting editorial boards, courting endorsers, holding rallies, and - of course - making speeches."

Billary sounds jealous.

Well, for one, why wouldn't Obama be spending more money? His campaign is the one that has not needed to take out a loan to continue running. I am sorry, but something is wrong when you have to take out a 5 million dollar loan to continue your candidacy. If our government wants to give the power back to the people, then they should, and stop the lunacy that is the presidential 'poker game'. Clinton had a good run, and that is great, but she is not the nominee, and she will not be, I am sorry, but there are no buybacks in the world we live in, so why are there in politics?

Clinton is doing everything they can to make it look like she'll win the nomination if she takes Ohio and Texas, and reflectively, to make it look like Obama will be down and out if he doesn't sweep the whole race. But the reality will set in after Tuesday, when even if Clinton wins by ten-point margins in all four contests (she'll NEVER win Vermont), she'll still be way behind in pledged delegates and in the popular vote, and Obama still has easy wins in South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Oregon, North Carolina and Mississippi coming up.

Mathematically Clinton has almost no way of making a comeback in the delegate and popular vote counts. What it's going to come down to is if the super delegates are willing to overthrow the popular and pledged delegate vote - something that wouldn't happen in a million years. They wouldn't dream of ruining 2008 for Democrats. Not in a million years.

Wow. I just got so dizzy trying to read through all that spin. So now he has to win all four? How about the fact that she was up by double digits in TX and OH only two weeks ago? I figure she's going to drag this thing out all the way to the convention. Face it Sen. Clinton, unless you win big on Tuesday, it's a wrap.

All obama needs to do it win Texas and vermount even by small margin and the game is Over.

Obama had to go from nobody to somebody in this presidential race. Of course he had to work much harder and spend more money just so people get to know him. Nothing new there. If anything he has already beaten most expectations so far.

For Obama to exceed all of them, Clinton will finally have to drop out.

The press keeps saying if Clinton stays she may have a chance in Pennsylvania. However, the press neglects to mention another big contest 2-3 weeks later which may heavily favor Obama: North Carolina… and a good win for him there will cancel out any Clinton Pennsylvania or even March 4th wins and finally end this long and tired primary.

The spin from the HRC campaign is exactly what exasperates the majority of voters. Every other day she changes the focus of her campaign, reneges on her "honest" answers about releasing documents, threatening to sue Texas DNC to change the long-agreed-upon rules of the "Texas Two Step," and the list goes on and on.
Hillary, please, you remind us too much of the destructive politics of personal destruction!

Barack Obama has been at a great disadvantage from day one. He has had to spend much more that Clinton to even get on a level playing field with her. There are many people today who still do not even really know what Barack Obama stands for because he is new to the national political scene. If Obama was as well-known as Hillary Clinton when this started then yes, I would say that him outspending her 2 to 1 and not winning would be a flag. However, we all know that there are many other factors at play here. This is not a fair argument, but it is a smart one. Her campaign is trying raise high expectations for Obama so that if he loses any state on March 4th it will cast doubt for his potential supporters, and take the heat off of the fact there is a good chance that she will lose states on Tuesday. They fail to remember the extraordinary success he had when expectations were next to nothing for Barack Obama. Although I like Hillary Clinton and I respect what her campaign is trying to do, its not going to work. I hope you Clinton supporters will rally around Obama if he gets the nomination because I would do the same for Clinton if she does.

Hilary is doing great, no thanks to the media! It is awesome that she is going to attend the fallen police officer's funeral in Dallas. Days before the most important race in her life, she has put her campaigning to the side to do the right thing. Kudos to you Hilary! Just one question, how come the Obama-nosing press hasn't mentioned anything in the news about why he didn't return to Illinois after the shooting to give his condolences to the people who are actually his current constituents. Obviously he was too busy with his campaign that he wasn't going to risk losing votes in another state since Illinois had already voted! Way to go Hilary!

I think if he wins two of the four, she should drop out. If she wins three of the four, I'd like her to drop out because in reality she can't really win, but she will most likely stay in.

If Obama wins texas and Hillary stays in, it will be bad for the party…

Let's get one thing straight, BOTH Senators Clinton and Obama need to sweep the March 4th primaries if they want to win the nomination outright.

If they split Ohio and Texas, there is a good chance the Democratic National Convention could start with neither Clinton nor Obama having a majority of delegates.

That wouldn't be the end of the world and it might be somewhat more entertaining than most of the Republican or Democratic conventions in the last 48 to 52 years.

Is this some kind of joke? How many states does Barack Obama have to win in a row before the Clinton organization throws in the towel? Twenty? Thirty? Sixty? Every time you turn around, they shift and weave on any issue of importance. Let's get this sorry campaign in the rear view mirror, please!

I do not understand. I thought Hillary was the one that had to win. Well if she looses Texas then she will say " Texas is realy not that big a deal.

According to Hillary if she looses it's Ok as long as Obama dosent sweep. I sure hope she dosent think like this if she becomes wins the national election. Well I lost the vote on health care, but it was'nt a sweep?

Hillary should stop worrying about how Obama's campaign needs to perform.

The Clinton Campaign seems to be at lost on what
to take on the Obama Campaign.

They have engaged in almost everything just to be
considered in contention still, at the least.

Its over, madam.

Usual spin. They say this because they sense defeat as always. I wonder if they are actually campaigning for him to win. The Clinton campaign have run the most shameful and confused campaign. I am tired of their hankering. They have poisoned the Democratic primaries.

Clinton is so desperate she has her campaign resorting to some reverse psychology type Ads…Obama needs to "sweep" the four March 4 th primaries? Everyone including Clinton knows that's an outright lie. Billary try, try and try again…you just cannot beat Senator Obama who is destined to be the next, and by far the best, President of these United States of America.

i just can't wait for march 4th were this will be all over for the clinton campaign. and we as a democratic party can focus on the general election as a whole.

Clinton campaign has lost it's mind. Winning margin should be the other way around.

So the desperation shows again. All Obama needs to do is tie or win in Texas and be somewhat close in Ohio. He has Vermont already.
Math doesnt lie. It is Hillary that is under the gun.

Hillary not only has to sweep all 4 states, she has to win them big to even have a chance at catching up.

4 more days and her nomination run is over. Unless of course she is going to do an indepentant bid with Huckabee

Clinton/Huckabee 'change nobody wants'

i think its actually Clinton that needs to win big…but not to focus on silly things like that, we need to win for the country!!! and Obama can do that for use!!!

stop the hate, vote obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here we go again! The Clinton Attack/Spin machine.

Doesn't Billary and their campaign see that the Voter' are tired of the lies/spin/dirty Politics and that is we are voting (in record numbers) for Obama?

Watch out Hillary…..my prediction is that Barack will take at least 3 of the 4 States.

I believe that he will take Texas AND Ohio with no problem.

Hillary should just pick up her ball and go home. The voter's are showing her who they prefer. 11 wins in a row!!!!

Surprise, surprise… more spin from the Clinton campaign. How novel.

Desperation manifested. Way to turn the mismanagement of your campaign funding and strategy into Obama is outspending us.

Like he did in February?

Obama 08.

Obama! Is the begining of the fall, of the American Empire.

I can’t wait for Tuesday so we can get rid of this nonsense and start concentrating on John MCcrazy… Clintons are power hungry… We are tired of the Clintons and the Bushes in the Whitehouse. ime for a new direction.

Yes we can…

Obama08

This is typical spinning and misstatements by the Clinton campaign and Hillary - it is actually Hillary who needs to make a sweep March 4 like Obama did in February. I for one am tired of her politics and campaign as usual - we need honesty and fresh ideas companied with good judgement and commitment - that is what Obama brings to the campaign and to public service.

It is very interesting to see how the Clinton campaign continues to raise the bar, after all, they thought their work would be done after Super Tuesday.

Looks like Hillary wasted $9Million! Was $5Million of that her own money? Pulling at straws!

Obama-08

Sounds to me that Obama knows how to run a campaign and efficiently spend his money.

Can ya GRASP that STRAW? oops…nope…try again Hill…..Did ya grasp THAT STRAW??? ….oh sorry…. HEY HILL….your phone is ringing….what? Let Bill get it? ….

What planet do people in the Clinton campaign live on. They have lost 11 straight contests and are saying Obama needs to win all states on March 4? These people are insane.

Huh? How does the person who is behind in pledged delegates and soon to be duperdelegates tell the front runner that he needs to win and win big on march 4th? Hopefully, all that comment did was motivate the Obama supporters to go out and vote!

Obama supporters, don't take it for granted that he will be the nominee! Every vote counts! Make sure you are there March 4th to support him!

OBMAMA 08

hillary,
you seem to enjoy the politics of destruction a wee bit too much! show a little grace after march 4 and go gently into the night!

The clinton campaign should worry less about the margin by which Obama has to win but rather the fact that they need to win big margins in Ohio and Texas. After all, they are hillary campaign staffers and not Obama staffers. Why should they raise the bar for Obama's campaign and lower for their own? Are they putting forward an excuse in advance should they fail to win big in ohio and texas? The hillary campaign people are just ridiculous!!

What's with CNN ? Why are you censuring critical questions posed here about Sen. Obama?

Again very similiar to the Bush tactics of lowering expectations and not reconizing the reality of the situation. The more we see of Hillary the more she looks like another Bush. A significant change is absolutely necessary.

The Clintons are running scared. Barak Obama's campaign well know how and what Barak needs to do. Chill, Bill…

Let me see if I got this straight:

Barack Obama will likely win Vermont, Texas, and maybe even Ohio - but if he does not take Rhode Island - Hillary can claim a resurgence?

Oh Pa leeeeeeze… Really, we are not that stupid, and I cannot support someone who would insult our intelligence to the n'th degree.

Obama '08!!!!

Does Clinton actually believe this stuff she throws out to the media or does she really think that people are this dumb?

She and her campaign are a joke! When does she gain some common sense? Talk about the land of make believe!!!!!