Comments on: Poll: Clinton takes national lead over Obama

By: dAnnE

dAnnE — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:52:48 +0000

If we are going to judge people based on their surrogates, then can we do it for all candidates and not just some. In the beginning I thought the the Wright controversy should have been addressed, but the longer it continues to go on I believe that it is just America showing it's true discriminatory characteristics, yet again.

By: Dr. Norma Trolinder

Dr. Norma Trolinder — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:51:01 +0000

For those who still have questions about Rev Wright, Obama, and Trinity United Christian Church connections. Read their web sites' statements on "Black Values" (they may already have removed mention of "Black Liberation Theology" but no matter.....go to wikipedia and get the whole documentation. You will find Rev Wright and his written views prominently listed. This is not just about something someones' pastor said that was offensive. It is far more reaching.

By: Karta

Karta — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:49:48 +0000

of course, everytime I said something nice about Hillary, this words will pop up YOUR COMMENT IS AWAITING MODERATION, thanks CNN )

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 21:45:02 +0000

You hillbilly supporters are a riot... You ask the person that the majority of americans want in office to step down?.... You are truly brainwashed beyound repair..... How could you people support a known crook?.... A crook and a lier?.... Your remarks are fubar!

By: mb

mb — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 19:23:20 +0000

I'm a michigan resident, and if anything, I'm not upset that my vote didn't count. I'm more upset that Mrs. Clinton, now that she is behind in the votes, all of a sudden, wants a recount ! Why didn't she follow what her own party stated and not campain like Obama? I'm sure if the situation was reversed, Mrs. Clinton would act the same way. Personally, these polls are a joke and the only one that matters is in November. The sooner this entire campain is over the better ! Be it Hillary or Obama, just get on with it already !

By: cs

cs — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:38:16 +0000

OBAMA IS RADIOACTIVE IN SWING AND RED STATES BECAUSE OF HIS ANTI-AMERICAN RACIST PASTOR. JUST, LIKE BUSH IS RADIOACTIVE IN ALL STATES.

WHAT "RED STATE" DEMOCRATS IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WANTS OBAMA TO CAMPAIGN FOR THEM NOW.

THE VIDEO OF OBAMA'S PASTOR WILL BE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN IN SWING AND RED STATE DISTRICTS, ESP "GOD DAM AMERICAN" AND AID/HIV COMMENTS.

THE REPUBICANS WILL TIE EVERY SWING/RED STATE DEMOCRATS WITH OBAMA PASTOR, JUST LIKE THE DEMOCRATS DID WITH REPUBLICANS AND GEORGE BUSH.

THIS MEANS DEMOCRATS MAY LOSE SEATS.

OBAMA POLL DROP IS JUST THE BEGINNING NOT THE END OF THIS PROBLEM

By: CLA123

CLA123 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:22:50 +0000

Tom – C-Ville, Clinton's negative attacks? You have got to be kidding! What about Wright's negative and hate fillled attacks on all white Americans. And Obama has lived with this for 20 years. What do he and Michelle say to their young girls after they hear that trash. What impression are they allowing their children to be subjected to. Will they grow up believing in UNCLE Wright. Believing that what he says is ok and acceptable.

His attendance in this church, his connection to Rezko, his connection to Ayers all question that which he has made his major reason for you to support him for president. His judgement and his credibility. Now they are grey areas, they are questionnable.

THis is a man who can take a hit at Clinton anytime he wants and she is not permitted to respond or defend herself without being called racial.

Obama uses his race as a shield to protect him from all attempts to campaign against him. He is genius at turning any statement into a racial attack against him. He has captured the imagination of so many who have bought into his dreams but he never tells us how he plans to change his dreams to reality. He's already shown us how he will unite the nation by his statement that 2.3 million votes are worthless and refusing to accept them.

It is my sincere fear that his dream will become America's nightmare

By: Aries(NJ)

Aries(NJ) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:14:40 +0000

ALL who will REPUBLICAN

By: Colo

Colo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:08:12 +0000

jepp, now its time for Obama to drop out.

Bye bye

By: Isaac, Wisconsin

Isaac, Wisconsin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:59 +0000

Thank God for our party..Go Hillary....

By: NC

NC — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:41 +0000

I don't care what the polls say, I say "Not This Time"

Obama08!

By: toe

toe — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:36 +0000

Jessica, MI

Yes, let's start a new campaign-- Obama is a white guy!!!!

Why not, he is just as white as he is black? Some (not all) members of White America are afraid to vote for him because he is racist? against himself? his white mother?

Oh, he favors his absentee black father-- NOT!

This is foolishness.

By: Andrea L

Andrea L — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:31 +0000

The fighter is comming back go Hiliary- It's not over until it's over
come on democratic let count get Flordia and Michigan done

PS- I am so tried of TV "Newcaster" counting her out, did you guys vote or just talk a lot

andrea Baltimore

By: OBAMA 2008

OBAMA 2008 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:20 +0000

LET'S GO OBAMA!!!!!!

You are the ONE candidate to bring about the change this country needs.
Come on Obama Supporters let's get out the vote and continue to stand for change!!!!!!!!!!!!

YES WE CAN!
FIRED UP & READY TO GO!

.:: Obama 08 and beyond ::.

By: LMC

LMC — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:12 +0000

If this race was halfway fair, Obama would be the one out of it. The media tip-toed around him so long we couldn't get to know him at all. Obama limited his access to the media–do you think Hillary would have been allowed to get away with that? BOTH candidates said in September that they would do everything they could to see the MI and FL votes were counted. Only one candidate is following through. The Texas Democratic Party has refused to investigate the more that 2000 charges (some backed with videotaped evidence) of cheating by some Obama supporters in the Texas Caucus.

Obama has flip-flopped on the issues so many times I'm surprised he can keep his positions straight–public financing in the general election, talking to leaders of enemy countries, NAFTA, Iraq. Today he gave a brilliant speech saying the war is a drag on our economy–DUH.

The news is all Obama all the time. Enough!

By: CG

CG — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:07:12 +0000

This is a sham, it was Obama's pastor that said what he said, not Obama. How are people so dumb now? Were they really behind Obama or were they just waiting for anything. It also figures that since they could not get him they should find the people that was close to him? They are really reaching and desparately.

By: William Schar - Minneapolis, MN.

William Schar - Minneapolis, MN. — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:22 +0000

The poll is irrelevant, there is NO way for her to mathematically win the nomination EVEN if you include the results as they stand from Florida and Michigan. Guess how much of a Lead Clinton has over Obama with those two states. -82. That's right Obama still leads Hilary with those results tabulated in. After Pennsylvania, she has Indiana and Kentucky that she can win. She can only win if the superdelegates endorse her. And guess what will happen if that happens. Anybody remember what happened with Herbert Humphrey and George McGovern? Same scenario. We got Nixon. This time we'll get a McCain, who isn't nearly as smart or competent as a Nixon, but just as potentially destructive. I'm tired of Hilary's endless campaign. She is the one hurting the democratic party not Obama. The people that say he should step down are CRAZY. The delegate math favors him overwhelmingly. As does his campaign strategy in the fall. Clinton wants to count on the same old strategy that worked so well for Gore and Kerry. Obama wants to compete head to head with McCain in every state. The Republican's can have Florida I say. If we take away enough southern and western states, a win in florida or ohio is irrelevant to a National Campaign.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:18 +0000

You all need to update your poll! How ridiculous for a news organization to not have today's results! Go to gallup.com and you will see that today's results show that the gap has narrowed in large part due to their description of a positive Obama trend after his speech in polling conducted yesterday. CNN you should be able to get this story right and report current numbers. I am hoping to see a correction ASAP!

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:15 +0000

BYE BYE obama!!!!!!

By: Atilla the Hun

Atilla the Hun — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:06:08 +0000

Charlotte......wise up. Obama didn't say anything, it was someone else. You're being lead around like a fool.....meaning you and others who have bought into the Rove playbook.

The long and the short of it is this...this story is out there to remind white America that Obama is black....nothing more, nothing less. Let's see who falls for this grabage

By: Dan Lee

Dan Lee — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:05:42 +0000

When pollsters say that Queen Hillary gets most of her support from low-income uneducated people (especially people with no college degree) I think they are correct. Hey Queen Hillary supporters: why in the world would Obama have to step aside or quit? He is on top when it comes to the popular vote by 600,000+, he got almost 200 more elected delegates than Queen Hillary, and he has the overall lead of delegate count when you add the Superdelegates by at least 140.
Either you all are just stupid and cannot count or Delusional and think Hillary is leading somehow, which one is it?
Come back when your Queen can overtake Obama in any of the above mentioned categories…which hopefully can happen sometime before I turn 50 years old (I’m 30 now). Obama08

By: juan carlos, NYC

juan carlos, NYC — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:05:22 +0000

CNN, sensationalists to the core. Once again pick up a paparazzi moment (not unlike many Evangelical sermons) and play it until it wears us all out. Then you guys decide to back it up with totally biased guests and commentary.
These polls were taken during your barrage of the videotape and before Obama's speech.
It would be unfortunate if America blows the chance to have someone great in the Whitehouse as a partial result of the news you decide to rub our faces in.

By: Kate Smith

Kate Smith — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:03:11 +0000

How can Americans be proud to be Americans. In just reading these comments alone, there is so much hatred. It's very sad!

By: margry

margry — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 18:01:28 +0000

Drop out Obama, you are toast. You and your un-patriotic wife. No American would vote for you. What a joke it would be to see Michelle in the White House. I wouldn't let her wipe her feet on the rug!
Go Hillary! 08

By: Nikki

Nikki — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:54:11 +0000

Clinton has been ahead in the polls everywhere...

But she has lead in the delegate count a total of ZERO days.

She has lead in the popular vote a total of ZERO days.

Her lead with Super Delegate has gone from near a hundred mid February to high 30s today.

OBAMA 08!!!!

By: David West

David West — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:40:33 +0000

It'll be interesting to see how Obama's racial-relations speech affects his poll numbers. America still has a long way to go, but that speech put us on a path of honest racial dialogue.

By: BAKERSFIELD

BAKERSFIELD — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:39:37 +0000

if you counted the popular vote in mi and fl hillary would be ahead by about 300,000 votes.

By: Yo

Yo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:38:59 +0000

Well. Now Obama realizes what we older Americans know, NOTHING REALLY CHANGES HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:54 +0000

OBAMA IS FINISHED!!!

By: Erika

Erika — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:51 +0000

It's sad to see such a great man take the blame for someone else. Yes, his pastor may have said some things that weren't appropriate but this is no fault of Obama's. I wish we could hear from these people who once participated in this pole that used to back Obama & now do not. Speaking of which... why am I never polled?

By: Jonathan Keener

Jonathan Keener — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:35 +0000

Don't pay too much attention to polls – they're so volatile. Plus, shouldn't our votes be based on our own values and opinions rather than what the national "trends" are?

By: Cathy

Cathy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:30 +0000

She is going to keep going up in the polls too, there is no way, having voted democratic for the last 30 years, that I or anyone I know is going to vote for Obama now. We cannot take the chance in November, there is too much at stake. I can see the adds that will be run in the general election now, and so can every other democrat who thinks about it for more than 3 seconds.

By: Trev

Trev — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:17 +0000

I am a Hillary supporter. However, I hate the idea that people are swayed either by the Wright comments OR Obama's response. I want Hillary to win because she is better on the issues. Fortunately, she she is better on the issues.

Hillary 08

By: charlie in Philly

charlie in Philly — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:12 +0000

This shows that a vote for Hillary is a vote for McCain. She has effectively destroyed the Democratic Party for her own goals.

By: RB-Florida

RB-Florida — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:01 +0000

Good news for Hillary – she wanted that anyway
I will vote for McCain in November

By: David E7

David E7 — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:35:54 +0000

If the Democratic nomination is decided by a sermon delivered five years ago by Obama's pastor, then politics has sunk to its lowest level in my lifetime, and I have voted for President 11 times.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:04:09 +0000

I think that BO's newness has worn off, and people are realizing that he is not different than the droves of pols before him.

Guess what? . . . "Change" is nowhere near a new platform

By: Connie White

Connie White — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:42:52 +0000

Do you think since Hillary has the lead Jack Cafferty will quit bashing her and start bashing Obama? He does it everyday and I'm so sick of it I've started watching Chris Matthews so I don't have to listen to Jack for an hour.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:42:51 +0000

And yesterday it was Obama, and the day before it was Clinton, and the day before it was god know who. Do you all get tired of this?

It undermines every ounce of credibility when ever 3 days we are hearing something different.

By: Al, Sacramento Ca

Al, Sacramento Ca — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:35:26 +0000

Once we Democrats have our candidate McCain is toast. Will all the damage the Republicans have done the last seven years, thers is no way they will win in November.

Democrats will have to unite and turnout and vote for our Democratic candidate and defeat this GOP mafia.

McCain you are toast in November!

By: William Toh

William Toh — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:34:06 +0000

It will be a sad day for America if Obama loses the nomination because he is not "white". I always see America as the land of freedom and that means to me the freedom to see beyond "color". Hillary is not bad but simply has too much "Bill" to carry.

By: Jack DeGriz

Jack DeGriz — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:25:58 +0000

Finally people are starting to wake up to the fact that Obama is all talk.

By: Heather

Heather — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:14:23 +0000

Meanwhile, a Rasmussen daily tracking poll that includes polling from Wednesday shows Obama up 46-43 nationally. But then, that would suggest Obama is weathering the storm and that this story is getting tired ... not quite as sexy a story, apparently, at least in CNN's eyes.

By: Moshe Levin

Moshe Levin — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:14:00 +0000

Obama has said that pulling the army out of Iraq will benefit America's security. We who live in the Middle East find that perplexing. We would like to know from Obama how turning over the Arab Middle East to an Iranian hegemony makes America safer. And we would like to know specifically what he would propose to do to prevent Iran from building a nuclear bomb. McCain and Hillary are much clearer on the subjects of Iraq and Iran than Obama.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:12:33 +0000

I realize I am only a young college student but what is the point of the Gallup poll? It says of the 4000 registered democratic voters who voted on a web poll 49 percent chose HRC over Obama.......I can gather over 4000 college students in a day just in my college alone that all would pick Obama over HRC and her false claims of experience. Just because I watch CSPAN doesn't make me an expert in government but HRC claims it makes her one. information for the Gallup poll: a flyer is being circulated nationwide to all college students with this far an 80% acceptance rate that states we will vote for OBAMA & change or no one in the National election, in efforts to have our generation heard.

By: mary

mary — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:12:25 +0000

Impossible polls are wrong,,

By: James Edwards

James Edwards — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:29:11 +0000

Clinton "snatches" lead from Obama ? Clinton "takes" lead from Obama?

It's all in the phrasing, isn't it.

Given the choices made in reporting over the past few months, it might be a good time ask what role the media may be playing in dividing the Democratic Party (in addition to its persistence over the past few months in rushing to coronate Obama).

Tiresome.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:29:10 +0000

I can't believe that anyone would be surprised that Hillary's leads in the polls after weeks of bombarding Barack Obama with negative campaign coverage. It's funny to watch as she sits back quietly and allows, her campaign supporters and republicans to destroy Barack Obama and the Democratic Party. Now she is live talking about change. Hillary isn't interested in change she's interested in her chance. Her own history. Just remember the people who helped put you there will expect your support once you get there Hillary. As you sale your soul and your campaign to whomever and whatever can stop the Obama momentum. My question is, is it going to be worth it? The one thing this campaign has shown is that freedom of speech ends when it comes to making America face the racial divisiveness in the country. But then don't even worry about my opinion, because I want vote for you are McCain. I'll just hold on tight and pray while either one of you continue to sink this country and the American people deeper into debt and despair. It's deeper than playing the race card, it's a divide and conquer card. The hispanics, whites, black, gender, age, religions, and economic status. Unity brings change, obviously you don't want change.

By: L

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:29:08 +0000

CNN: I'm sure someone has commented on this article...including myself...give me a break..if it doesn't favor Obama, it won't be highlighted. How about the war, how about the economy, how about health care....No you only have eyes for Obama, so you send one of you most talented reporters to following him around. What was Hillary doing when Anderson was so close to Obama he could have kissed him?

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 15:28:58 +0000

Way to go, Hillary! Who said having an experience is a bad thing? Hillary has been doing well on her campaign and handling the issues because she has had the long experiences. I think we all understand we should know who Hillary is, but we are not too sure about who is Obama because of the recent his pastor's controversy. Hillary, keep up your good work! You are a strong, brave woman and a candidate who can beat McCain in the election!

Sally, Texas