In all that I seen and heard over the course of this current election process, Sen. Obama appears to be the best hope for this nation and it's future course domestically and Internationally. He also would have been a great choice in 2000 and 2004. Wouldn't it have been great to avoid the mess and pain of 9/11. Wouldn't it have been great to avoid the current economic crisis we are now in. Wouldn't it have been great to have a real executive watching over FEMA and not an oil tycoon.

Some of you Obama haters, and I do mean haters, need to read what the international citizens think of our election process, our current president and our 2008 candidate hopefuls. The rest of the world wants Sen. Obama to work with them. Not the other two choices. The only International executives that want to work with the other candidates are those who like things just the way they are and want to continue getting fat off US tax dollars.

I have witnessed countless negative comments about all of the candidates that have absolutely nothing to do with the issues surrounding and affecting each and every American life. All I can do for those who harbor those hateful thoughts and ideals is to wish you a peaceful life and respectfully ask that you do just a little homework before spewing hateful thoughts in black and white that only incite others to be hateful and cruel. All of the candidates deserve a chance to tell the people what they can do to help us and to make us a strong and working nation. A nation to be respected by it's citizens and the rest of the world.

I personally think that we have tried elected officials that have no personal background in Islamic culture and the only thing they can arrive at for diplomacy is either kill them, lie to them, steal from them or conquer them. Now I guess we could keep electing folks that have that mentality, but, we shouldn't be too surprised when those attrocities happen right back to us. Goodness, that sure sounds familiar.

California appears to be telling the US and the rest of the world something. Now, maybe the rest of the states can stop drinking the Jim Jones juice and see things they way they should be and need to be, not business as usual,. Because as we all can see, business as usual doesn't work very well for ALL OF US!

(and I'm one of those Independents who go with Obama or McCain)

And to all you WHINERS complaining about CNN posting this as news, well guess what – IT IS NEWS! Your candidate is the one who keeps pushing the whole "big state" argument, so a poll that indicates Obama doing better than her in the BIGGEST state is very relevant. I know the truth hurts, but deal with it.

/Obama for President.

The Democratic nominee will HAVE to be the person who wins more indepedents than McCain. There is no questioning that. Obama, has showed time and time again he does not only well among Democrats, but also a suprising amount of Republicans and VERY well among Indepedents (thats me btw). Mrs. Clinton, has shown an unfortunate ability to alienate Indepedents. The numbers don't lie. (Unlike her...lol)

Mark my words, the nominee who gets more indepedent votes in Nov. will be the President.

Those Clinton supporters who say they will vote McCain over Obama if Hillary loses the nomination. I would love to talk to you a year later when McCain is President and you are crying your eyes out because you are complaining that the government does nothing to help ordinary Americans.

Hillary is not splitting the party, she finishing the game. Fact is Obama cannot win either. It is going to overtime. How would you feel if you were at a football or basketball game and your team was down at halftime? Would you want them to walk away and forfeit the game?

And further, Supers are the overtime voters. You have no right to tell them how to vote, just as nobody has a right to tell you how to vote. It isn't there job to give it to the person who has a slight edge. It is their job to vote for who they feel can win based on more than just the virtual tie that makes their votes come into play. Quit being such hypocrites.

California is for Hillary get over it.. Puerto Rico is for Hillary too. Stay in the race Hillary. Obama is up now but will fail.
The more voters learn about Obama, the more they DON'T want him for President!!! Independent and Republicans are voting for him because he is EASY to beat. He is a weak Whiner.
JUST WORDS, WORDS MATTER, CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN NOT.

Hillary/Edwards 08

Its like the little kids who cover their ears sand say "lalalalalalalala I cant hear you" when they are being told a truth they don't like.

and then theres the idiots who think they speak for all CLinton supporters with their "we wont vote for Obama" – - as if they had a meeting of clinton supporters and all jointly decided not to support Obama if he's the nominee.

So, we have Clinton supporters here who are denying reality, speaking as if they will all act in unison when Obama is the nominee, and explaining away harsh reality by referring to irrelevant history....

Now, you tell me wise reader, which candidates supporters are the ones TRULY acting like a "cult"?!?

I use to be a strong Clinton support with much respect for the Clintons. Now I feel as if Hillary only wants the office no matter the cost and doesn't care about the American people So all that she preaches about proposing solutions for Americans is a bunch of bull because if she practiced what she preached, then she would bow out gracefully. She is really hurting her chances for any future political career.

Just a few days ago a new Rasmussen poll showed more Democrats supporting Hillary in the general election- 71-64 and viewed Hillary more favorably than Senator Obama- 74-67.

Why isn't CNN highlighting any of these polls? Maybe it's because their golden boy isn't leading in those particular polls.

CNN your bias is showing.

"California is over and I think we all know who won there….and every other big state for that matter.

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT"

Yup. And we know who has won the most states, the most pledged delegates, and the most votes. Just in case you and all the other die-hard Hillary supporters are so far disconnected from reality, the answer is Obama.

Also this is what you are going to get when Obama supports who are so-called independants return to their party (Republican) after they have screwed up the true results of the primaries. Lets now go poll the red states where Obama won. Again you will see the results much different than the primaries showed.

well, these surveys are not accurate. People will say OK to both parties, just to get them of their skin, or bc they are not decided yet. Then they vote for whom they want anyway. Kind of mean, but why not? I am independent.

And the only....and I mean the ONLY reason why Clinton and her supporters are holding on for this Democratic nomination – is because they believe that some miracle of bad judgment from Obama or some hidden skeleton will appear over the next 10 primaries. (WHICH IT WON'T) And then if that doesn't work, you're hoping the superdelegates will overturn the popular vote for a guy who already has more pleged delegates AND more states won???

Anyone wanna explain that logic?

Now, if you want your nominee to go down swinging by fighting on the issues then fine. But when the dust settles know that the better candidate won. And that's Barack Obama.

Not out of spite, not because we don't like him- but out of principle.

The DNC and Democratic party elites, pre-elected Obama, then swayed early public opinion his way. The votes then followed the propaganda machine, the media bias and favored Obama.

But Florida and Michigan voters disagreed, so their votes got thrown out.

Now the DNC is further rigging the process by trying to get the superdelegates to follow the popular vote, rather than letting them do the job they were created for. Anything to install their pick, Obama, as nominee.

Risk losing the party faithful democrats just to gain the independents and the Democratic Party will lose.

Obama 08
Austin Texas

Do you think this is beneath the Clinton's?

You don't know their history or understand the lust for power that both of them share!

In blue states and red states alike. Hillary's campaign was over a month ago and she's just desperately hanging on to a 5% chance to win now. Her time is done, and she should exit the race so we can focus on the general election in November.

Go Obama '08! God bless you!