Will Obama supporters vote for Hillary Clinton in the general election if she gets nominated?

Some guy being interviewed on CNN said if she gets nominated it will mean big trouble at the convention. Does that mean Obama supporters will riot in the streets? How mature. Oops, I forgot it's the young voters who are supporting him.

Many Clinton supporters have indicated they will not vote for Obama in the general election but will vote for McCain. This is totally reasonable in my view as Obama's relationships with his pastor/church makes him a very suspicious character with too many hidden faults for the Republicans to flush out. Plus he has no experience to run our country.

I'm hoping that against all threats by Obama supporters we have a experienced and transparent nominee to face the Republicans in November, "Hillary Clinton".

My third contribution to Hillary is in the mail.

He is the ONLY ONE who needs to chill out and go hide in a corner.

Many people say Hillary can never win. I would say "never say never".

What if Obama has another GATE other than "pastor gate"? How much confidence we have on the secret person?

Should Hillary get elected President, ole Bill will have a great time chasing broads.

Pay attention fans of Obama the Quitter. You're listening to the Only Two Term Elected Democratic President since FDR. Obviously he knows how to play the game. Help take back our party. VOTE Hillary '08 !!

James Carvil hit the nail on the head when he said that the election isn't tearing apart democrats, it's someone telling us that Hillary has lost when she hasn't. She behind, but so is Obahma in the votes that he needs. If he wins 2025 delgates then fine it's over and I would support him as I am sure most would. But as he is so fond of saying, "let's follow the rules". If they try to force Hillary out then I couldn't support them. That is what is tearing us apart. Let the race go on and let the best woman win!

Bill, if Hillary should cheat her way to the White House, Hillary
will be so busy, she won't even know you are there. Sound Good?

Obama 2008

Remove Obama from the race and his senate position. He can't even uphold Article 14 of the Constitution and he's PAID to do this in his senate position. He's a con man. It's scary that he can pack 10,000 people who endorse his bigotry, one sidedness, and hatred.

Bill Clinton can tell me to chill out as long as he wants. No chillin here. I will never vote for a practicing bigot and racist. Many people just like the Clinton's paved the way for fairness among all people in this country (no matter if you like their politics or not) which allows Obama to be in the position he's in. This is the thanks they get. Remove Obama from office.

Bubba, You & Hillary have already done enough damage to the Democratic Party! If the role was reversed everyone on this blog knows you would be saying the exact opposite. You represent the same old politics as usual. That is why so many people want CHANGE.

Chill This!!!

Go Obama 08′

It never ceases to amaze me how gullible people are …
Hillary is so transparent … she constantly changes her views on the issues, and says whatever she thinks will help her get elected.
We need to re-learn our ABCs … "Anybody But Clinton" !

If being negative and cutting down your opponent to make yourself look good is the only way to win the presidency, then obviously it isn't by your own merit that you win. If this is what it takes to win, you do not have the intelligence, good values, morals, ethics, and quality it takes to lead this country.

I support Senator Obama!

Please Hillary stay in, get beaten fair and square and by Obama who has taken the high road and waste both your own money and that of your supporters. That way there can never ever be any excuses given by you, Hillary or Chelsea. America will always remember that the Clintons are just big, poor losers!

What is Obama so afraid of?

Are there more Wright's in the closet that will come out before November?

It looks like the race is Obama's to lose. He may win or he may lose, but if he loses, I would like it to be in the primary and NOT in the general election.

CNN - will this post be moderated out also?

How very nice of Obama to give Hillary permission to stay in the race, while all of his rich, white, male supporters, terrified of losing their majority, hence their power, are sounding desperate and running scared. What a joke!!!! They are so scared of it they will support someone with a years experience in the senate for president. Wonder if they are thinking, we can still call the shots in an Obama presidency. I have a son who was in the Air Force and a son in law in Iraq now, so I will be voting either………

Clinton or McCain 08!!!!!!!

wow, I actually agree Bill. she has every right to stay in it…..to lose in the end. the only way is a rigging of superdelegates and who's to say that isn't in the works.

Let Hillary run untill the end of her campain, otherwise, Mr. Obama will be destroyed before the campain even starts considering the fact that it's an experienced politician against an unexperienced candidate.

If obama get the nomination, my vote goes for McCain. Obama doesn't have a chance against McCain.

The only reason Bill doesnot want Obama to win is then Bill will not be the youngest president of USA. That is the only leagcy (if any) he has. What ever he had before lost during this campaign by doing gutter politics.

Let them fight its good

Bill is running for presidency?

We love you Bill and we love your wife too but please note that a good General is he who knows when to withdraw and restrategise. Ponder about this: Obama is leading in the polls and he is almost certainly going to be the next president of the United States not necessarily because his presidency will be dramatically different from those of other American Presidents before him, but because unlike McCain or Hillary Clinton, Obama's election will give practical meaning to the American dream. His election as the President of the most powerful nation on Earth will inspire and give hope to everyone in the world, rich and poor, irrespective of race, religion and location. The Obama project is sweet and fresh because it inspires. It's real !!

Note to Hillary supporters: No one is scared of Hillary continuing to run. We're just tired of the same old visceral politics that comes out of the Karl Rove playbook, whether from Hillary/Bill/James Carville or anyone else. It's fine to let this thing go on until the convention but barring a miracle, doing so will not change the numbers that clearly favor Obama. That's just a numerical fact. Since no one expects a miracle for Hillary, we have to wonder why Clinton remains in the race? Fighting against the tide is a virtue only when you have a chance to win. Since Hillary has no chance of winning, fighting against the tide will only drown those who are in the same boat. As democrats we need to right this ship before the convention if we are not going to have another 4 years of republican rule in the White House.

I can't believe you people.. How could you call yourselves democrats… I support Obama but if Hillary were to win I would vote for her over McCain anyday..What the heck!!! Stop hating.. If you want more yrs. of war in Iraq & a horrible economy then be a trader to your party..

John, a myopic fool is the one that votes based on his/her party's affiliation instead of conviction.

You can trace a lot of our problems to that style of voting.

Let's not trash Bill Clinton, he is still the best President we have seen in decades. But that is Bill Clinton, not Hillary. The fresh look that Senator Obama offers has not been offered to the citizens of this country since the days of JFK, who had to inspire others to carry out the dreams of a nation. If anyone thinks a President will solve their problems they are dreaming, but a President can inspire all of us to be better citizens. That is the strength of Senator Obama, he inspires us to be better, to rise above our own misgivings, and together we will do everything better. He offers the politics of "We" s opposed to the politics of "Me".
Obama Richardson 2008

I'm disappointed that our former president is so stubborn. It would be far better for his legacy if he would admit this time round is not the time for his heir apparent. He is making a fool of himself by not admitting the majority of Democrats want a change.

Wow, Bill is looking OLD!! Is that what the presidency does? Yikes!

Bill, do yourself a favor and "chill out" yourself…. P.s. you said Hillary needed to win both Ohio and Texas and well Obama collected more delegates in Texas so I don't see how she actually won Texas…

Obama 08
Austin Texas

It's becoming tragic for the Clintons and the Democratic party. Their two-for-one strategy continues as Bill attempts to control and drive the Democratic party for the Clintonian purpose of taking back the White House. Why is Bill Clinton so vocal?

Hopefully, Obama will get overwhelmingly support from the voters to end this debacle. Obama is the future, the Clintons represent an administration that ended on a morally and politically bankrupt note.

Don't quit, Hillary!–You have every reason and right to stay in it. Senator Clinton should ignore the news media and Obama supporters urging her to quit the race. It is a close race and Hillary Clinton needs to stay in the race. Let the remainder of the states vote. If it has to go to the convention, so be it. That's the way the nomination process was intended. So, let's be fair and let the process continue.

How can she drop out now? She’s supposed to win Pennsylvania, although that means NOTHING in the grand scheme of things, but certainly the people there and in the upcoming primaries should vote, she’s already spent money there. However I wonder why no one is asking this question: What if PA is the ONLY state she wins? Or what if the upcoming primaries render her even further behind Obama than when she started, as was the case with Super Tuesday II? As a matter of fact, Obama won Texas! So if these upcoming primaries render her still wounded, with NO momentum and even further behind, why would she continue the contest? If the reason is because the voters should vote in every state then why did Mike Huckabee get out of the race? At one point does it stop being about the American people and start being about a candidate who feels entitled and who wants to cause hell even if she doesn’t win, just for her own personal gain, with no consideration for the Democratic party? Furthermore, why are Hillary Clinton and Governor Rendell MAKING the voters in FL and MI feel disenfranchised when the truth is they were ABLE TO VOTE. The only voters who were disenfranchised were the ones who couldn’t vote in Michigan because Obama’s name wasn’t on the ballot, but again, this had nothing to do with either Obama or Clinton. So why is Hillary Clinton trying to make it Obama’s fault? That is dishonest and that is why her numbers in the polls are falling. She should stay in until these next few primaries but even she has said she has the ‘big state strategy’ so her belly-aching about not staying in the contest until all of these smaller states votes is disingenuous and indicative of someone who doesn’t care about the voters, she cares about winning and paying back her sponsors.

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Some of you really need to grow up, both Obama and Hillary supporters. This awful name calling and negativity that you have towards each other and the candidates is from elementary school and it disgusts me every time I read such comments. We need to be bigger than that if we do not want to the republicans to win in November. I am an Obama supporter, but if for some reason he does not become the democratic nominee then I will have to get over my dissappointment and vote for Hillary, because I still think she would be better than McCain, and that is what we all need to do. Don't forget the bigger picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Some of you really need to grow up, both Obama and Hillary supporters. This awful name calling and negativity that you have towards each other and the candidates is from elementary school and it disgusts me every time I read such comments. We need to be bigger than that if we do not want to the republicans to win in November. I am an Obama supporter, but if for some reason he does not become the democratic nominee then I will have to get over my dissappointment and vote for Hillary, because I still think she would be better than McCain, and that is what we all need to do. Don't forget the bigger picture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If Hillary was a REALLY smart woman, she'd cozy up to Obama and do 4 years as his VP, then write her own ticket for another 4 or 8 years, for a total of 12 years at the White House. If she wins the nomination and actually gets elected, that will only serve her 4 years, if she makes it that far…!

Think outside the box!!

Obama '08

Bill is no different than Hillary, either one will do what ever it takes to win!
It is so sad she has a snow ball's chance of winning the nomination, yet she is willing to tear apart the party to prove she is entitled to the nomination. They are using gutter tactics to try and steal the nomination. Trying to sway delegates to vote for her in Denver that have already committed to Obama. She claims she wants the peoples voices heard, so tell me why she want the pledged delegates to go against their states and vote for her. Typical Clinton politics!! News flash Hillary you are not entitled to the nomination and your place is not in the White House. Get out now and throw your support behind Obama so that we can win in November.

OBAMA 08

WHY should Hillary drop out?

The OBAMA camp is AFRAID SHE WILL WIN!

That's why!

"Mum will be a better President then Dad" - Chelsea….

I agree with Ingrid Persson of Boston, MA. and fellow Michaelman, Pat Leahy. Hillary and Billary should be the ones to chill out. The Clintons have not offerred positivism to this campaign. For this reason they should just get out of the way–and Clintons' supporters should take a more careful look at what they've been supporting.

Everyone needs to stop and think about what they are saying on this blog; "I will vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee" or I will vote for McCain if Hillary is the nominee"

So you are saying you would opt for 4 more years of George Bush because you are pissed off???

Think about what that really means; more jobs lost overseas, supreme court appointees, more of nothing getting done in congress due to gridlock the iraq war going on and on with more deaths??

Think about it, be a grownup!!!!

Hey Chris from Cali..
regarding your quote "President Bill Clinton ran the BEST economy ever and those of us who remember how great it was in the 1990s during the Clinton years know how great it can be again." Have you forgotten that it was a false economy? The big comanies were cookin the books to make it look like they had profits. For example…remember Enron for one? That was the beginning of a huge fall. Dot coms were also beginning to fail at the end of Clintons term. Don't give him credit for the best economy without stating that fact that it was because of deceit.

I, for one, will vote for anyone BUT a Clinton!!!!

Will some one please tell Billary to sit down! Just maybe Hillary would have had a chance if he could have keep his mouth shut.

Obama brings change while Bill remains the same.

Obama 08

Chi- Town

It's getting worse and nobody hears!!!! Stop fighting and start electing. Bloggers who say terrible things are the problem!!!!!!

Obama doesn't want florida and michigan to count, now he doesn't want the next ten states to count. Loser. Cheater!

Thank you Mr Obama for letting Hillary stay in the race. You are too
nice !

While I don't think Hillary can win without a majority of super delegates backing her, I do think she has the right to stay in until the bitter end. Why not let the rest of the states have their say? It may be one of the few times when the votes of those states at the end of the primary season are so important.
However - both campaigns (but especially Hillary) need to dial down the vitriol a notch or three.

The photo deserves a caption - "Interns!"

Chill Out, Chill out, another smoke screen
of the Clinton political machine!
Bill and Hillary
where are the guns and artillary?
Such a big fat Liar, Liar… under Sniper Fire
You need to go someplace and retire!
In case you think I have Mis-Spoke…
Your campaign is a messy joke!

Obama/Edwards '08

If the Democratic Party didn't think it was omnipotent and would allow the votes from Michigan and Florida to count, this would be a moot
point. I've been a Democrat all my life but have issues with the Party
thinking that they have the right to tell people whose votes count and
whose don't. Let it play out and let's see who comes out on top.

A Born Winner….

Hill & Bill, Going Home Again…With Chelsea in Tow.

Shouldn't you tell your wife to chill out???

All you voter want to bee’s need to take a break and get real. Obama is about a low as the country can go and the DNC is to blame. James Carville is not only right but he is 100% right. If Obama does get the nomination, I sure hope Hillary tells all her supporters at the convention to vote for McCain, because all the democrats I know are going to.

Bill why can't Hillary pay the bills she has stiffed business for that has done service for her such as cleaning up her campaign sites, rent, and catering. So if she is a true Presidential Candidate why she is being ask by the media to pay business that she has stiffed for payment. Although we see now that she can't manage her finance nor her campaign so how do you think we can elect her to be President. We will be paying Hillary and Bill's debt. Pay your bills Hillary and then you can talk to the American People. No one wants a President for a free loader, I know I don't.

As long as all of you have the temerity to complain about the candidates life and who campaign's for them nothing will happen and this country will not and can not move forward!!!
Grab your a… up and do agree on what we CAN do to get this country back to the basics of what we initially conceived. A FREE and UNITED STATES!!

Neither of these candidates are electable. It's quite disturbing to this life-long Democrat that this party is in such disarray that it can't get its act together during the one election that is so easily winnable. Many of my Republican friends are as disillusioned with that party as I am with the Democratic party. When will a third party–one that actually has the best interest of everyday Americans in mind–emerge?

In every thread on this ticker I see "supporters" of both candidates say that they would sooner vote for McCain than the other democratic nominee. If this ticker represents a proper cross-section of the country, then the United States is truly full of myopic fools.

My response to Mr. Clinton - The person who truly needs to "chill out" at the moment would be him. I used to have a great deal of respect for the former president. That respect was seriously eroded in the run-up to South Carolina. It has now completely disappeared.

To quote an old friend of progress, "Get out of the new road if you can"t lend a hand, for the times, they are a-changing."

Put very simply Hillary should run her race. The votes should be counted. Yet I also feel very strong in my position that the votes from Florida and is it Missouri? should not be counted and there should not be a re-vote. My thinking for this is very simple. I do not want another lame-duck president like bush to win over the fiasco that was committed in Florida. They broke the rules in the primaries and therefor their votes should be faulted.

But for all intensive purposes she should run and say her piece. After that is said and done she would make a great Vice President to Obama. I do support Obama even though I am republican. I will not vote for the Reps. after the mess that Bush made for the country.

If voters get so upset at the the Democratic Party by voting for John McCain in general election, they are going to have quite a few people to thank for it first the news media for favoring one candidate over the other, then John Kerry, Nanci Pelosi, Howard Dean, Chris Dodd, Patrick Leahy, they are the one turning poeple off against the Party,
they are the dividers. They cannot even see the kind of game the press is playing.

Are you crazy to vote for inexperinced, disloyal, unpatriotic Obama for President. not to mention racist. Just read his family history. Unbelieveable. Michelle is a hoot, can you see her in the White House. Anyway, we cannot afford the bill to paint the White House.

Are you chuffing serious? Of all of the people to be encouraging them to "chill out" we got Bill Clinton? Before this year that man had my undying support. That support has now died. Ridiculous.

How could they "chill out" when Bill and Hillary are bussy scandolizing and tearing the democratic party.

It is not fair to hard working Ameicans to continue to contribute to campaigns that are based on alot of if's. Hillary is losing in the popular vote, number of states won, and pledged delegates and she is begging voters to give money so she can reached her three million dollar mark. I think this is un American to ask voters to put up cash in these hard economic times. This is not about all people voting if it were the Republicans should be outraged. The Clintons are determined to change the rules and destroy the Democratic Party. If it talks like a Republican and acts like a Republican then we have to ask are the Clintons really Republicans. We don't fight in our own party, heck even Romney and Huckabee respected John McCain enough!

OK Bill, you were the one who said if Hill didn't win Texas she should drop out …Well guess what the delgates for Texas just picked Obama over Hill this weekend…So lets see how true you are to your word and tell her to quit now!!

The IRS is waiting for Billary's tax returns. I guarantee she files for an extension to prevent the facts from coming out before the PA elections?

What a pathetic UNELECTABLE LIAR?

Obama 08

I am sick and tired of hearing the Obama supporters and the Main Stream Media telling the American people what to do. The reason you have these primaries are so the PEOPLE can speak. The media (CNN, MSNBC, Newsweek, etc.) all keep saying that Hillary can't win and that she should get out. Why is it, that you want to take away the peoples' right to choose who they want as their candidate?

Could someone in favor of Obama's so called "Change" tell me what it actually means. What is he going to "Change", or what will "Change". I can tell you that Bush was "change" and boy are we feeling it. So when will we find out what Obama's "Change" is? Will it be until he's President.

It's a free country ( or it used to be before the current administration took over). They both should be allowed to continue. However, they both should be mature enough to keep focus on the end goal- a Democrat in the Whitehouse. To do this, they need to keep their campaigns positive, focusing on what they would do to help this country and saying nothing negative about each other. If either one gets negative about the other, then that is just ammunition for the Republican Dictatorship to take over and distribute the wealth of this great nation among the top 1% only.

Obama started cheating to win, early on.

He played the race card and labeled Bill Clinton a racist for his SC comments that were simple and true statements.

Now, after Pastor Wright, everyone is saying they are for freedom of speech. Well so am I. Stop calling it racism when it is from Hillary supporters and stop calling it freedom of speech when it is from Obama supporters.

Play fair America or lose the election in Nov.

Way to go. Sen. Clinton for Democartic Nomination, 2008.

Tell'm Bill just you like you did governor Brown in '91, "take a chill pill!"

Can people who remember the 90’s tell me if the 8yrs Clinton was President were the worst? As I recall our current President has done nothing but robbed us, put our country in horrible debt, sent our dollar down the drain and separated families due to the war. Does anyone remember a recession during the Clinton years or a sinking dollar? I would like to have another Clinton in the White House because of the comfort and stability our great country had. Gas was very affordable, pay was great, and I want our country back to that stability. I’m not choosing Hillary Clinton because she is a woman, I’m choosing her because I believe our country is in need of help to get out of the hole that our current President has put us into. I don’t understand how Bush was given a second term if the first four years were terrible, how did he even get the first term if his father was not a great President. I’m not voting because she’s a woman, or because he this or they that, I am voting because of the background. If Bill Clinton was able to run for President again and Obama was the other Democratic candidate I would vote for Bill Clinton. If Obama was running against John Kerry I would vote for Obama, I don’t believe John Kerry can guide us in the right direction. I believe the best choice will be made if we vote for the right reasons and not for Mr. or Ms. Popularity. I wish that everyone would really concentrate and vote with a smart mind, our country is hurting bad and we need someone to come in and take America back to the way it should be. America was a country people dreamed of coming to, to live the “American dream”. If the American dream is to not be able to afford a home, an education, gasoline, or other things then vote for whoever you think would be “cool” to vote for, or vote for whoever the press and celebrities tell you to vote for.

I don't believe in trying to force someone out of a race, they should allow that person to see for themselves that they can't win. Like the rest of the candidates that dropped out because of having no chance at winning or whether they felt it was best for the country. When you have someone that disregards both then you have a person that seems to be in for self-worth and lets just hope that people start seeing into all the lies and misspoke statements. Misspeaking (LIES)is not good for a country when you are trying to win the highest office. I just wonder if she misspoke to the people of Ohio on her NAFTA stance, this seems to be something that needs to be looked into. Bill wants the White House bad and is hoping for a miracle change that will help his wife out but as she stated earlier that delegates and superdelegates can change there mind and vote for her then that same scenerio can go against her…….

I am so sick of Hillary's supporters threatening to vote for McCain in November. Obviously you guys like the way the Republicans are running this country.

If you like the way the country is being ran, then vote for McCain. Otherwise, stop throwing tantrums becasue Hillary is losing. She is losing because of her failure to run a productive campaign.

MI and FL will never count as is. Everyone knows there was no campaigning there.

Let the voters decide.

You can't do that, if you won't COUNT the votes.

IF Mi and Fl were counted who do you think would win?

That is why Obama lawyered up to block the votes.

Obama has positioned himself AGAINST the will and vote of the people.

The Clintons have no personal values except a thirst for power and of course self preservation. They would both gladly destroy the Democratic party if it did not hand over to them the nominiation to which they feel entitled. They leave a trail of scandal and lies wherever they go….and by the way I am a lifetime Democrat.

It is really about time that the party stand up to these two and send Bill back to Arkanas and Hillary back to wherever she is currently calling home.

Like many others I will gladly cross over and vote for McCain if Hillary is on the ticket in any capacity.

We strongely feel Hillary will win. Obama is too 'star struck' and this is a concern. First for him, but not now. America, do not be afraid to vote for a woman. Women are lawyers, doctors, and the majority of teachers are women…..who teach our children. We sincerely hope Hillary Clinton wins.

Really!!!!! What would you expect him to say. Put the shoe on the other foot and he'd be demanding Barack quit now for the good of the party.

I just love the Obama supporters. They are the biggest haters I've ever come across. Is this really what the upcoming generation is all about? I hope I never become as hateful as they are. Shame on them all. I'm sure Obama is proud of his bloggers. They no nothing about being a democratic. This is a race, we don't boot anyone out. However, we do support the party, and the candidate who wins. NO MATTER WHAT. This new group who has earned the privilege to vote needs to learn a few things. Not only are they stupid they are the hateful mongers of America. Look what the future holds fo us. And we thought Bush was bad. WOW!!!!

My campaign mantra is "No More Bushs and No More Clintons - Enough!

The “Clinton’s” just got figure out that 2008 race for white house is over for them and they are targeting 2012 election. By staying in the race now they are destroying any chance for Democratic Party to win this election. Having McCain as president on 2008 will open the candidacy for Hillary Clinton in 2012.
They are playing same game from 2004 by not helping John Kerry to win, leaving our country another 4 years with J. W. Bush, only to open the white house door in 2008 for Hillary.
Does anybody can see how the Clintons are playing us?

i live in FL and now that we the Perple of florida know what type of person that hillary clinton is she will not win FL if there is a revote…….

OBAMA 08

If Clinton wants to stay in the race, then she should. She obviously has a lot of supporters. As much as I don't like either of the Clintons, I have to agree with Bill here, that people need to stop dwelling on the fact that not all democrats want the same thing in a candidate, and let the primaries run their proper course. I think either candidate dropping out while it is still so close would be worse for the party, because it would alienate nearly half the democrats. The best thing for the party would be to go through the whole process, and the candidate who does not get the nomination should acknowledge that the democrats have had their say, and now let's move forward.

Get real, Slick. You're not going back to the White House and First Gentleman.

The Clintons have personal no values except a thirst for power and of course self preservation. They would both gladly destroy the Democratic party if it did not hand over to them the nominiation to which they feel entitled. They leave a trail of scandal and lies wherever they go….and by the way I am a lifetime Democrat.

It is really about time that the party stand up to these two and send Bill back to Arkanas and Hillary back to wherever she is currently calling home.

Like many others I will gladly cross over and vote for McCain if Hillary is on the ticket in any capacity.

I am an Obama supporter and believe Hillary has every right to stay in the race. I just want both parties to stay respectable toward each other, not have all of us Democrats going after each other to the point that neither candidate will be electable in November because we have divided ourselves and vowed not to vote for the rival, after all, who is the bigger rival? I thought it was McCain and his vision to stay in Iraq for an undetermined amount of time while starting a war in Iran.

Can we all agree everyone has a right to stay in the race and see what the next couple of months brings? Obama is not trying to stop FL and MI from having a say - he just wants to make sure it is done right. - it was the states themselves that decided against a re-vote. If Hillary supporters agree to stop saying Obama is unelectable in November I will agree to stop calling attention to some of the 'misspeaks' Hillary has made.

I am all for a healthy discussion on the issues as long as both candidates work to come together after the voting is finished. I do not want a bloodbath at the convention because that is a sure-fire way to give McCain a third Bush term in office. None of us can afford that.

We should be glad that Hillary is here at all. She could have been killed by those five hundred Bosnian Snipers, AND SINBAD!

wow hillary and bill are in denile …lol….
stick a fork in her she is done…..

i wash all of the blinded hillary supports will open there eyes and see how big of a lier she and bill is…..

i used to like them before the primaries but now i really se them for who they are….

Get out of the Race …

She is a cheater

What we need is unity and support for the party, not mudslinging. Devisiveness can only help the other party. Each candidate, whether Democrat or Republican, wants to do the best job he or she is capable of doing. We will need to decide who that will be. Each candidate cares a lot about our country and wants the U.S. to be great in all ways. Bashing is a poor choice when we have such caring candidates. I hope that the two states' parties decide to use the votes that were cast for the good of the party.
Dani

GO HILLARY !!!!! Keep Up the Fight - ALL THE WAY!!!
We Will NOT allow the Media, the DNC - and not OBama to tell America who will win this election. Obama's background & judgment are just far too questionable to be elected President of the UNITED States. Our American right to VOTE is far more important than the feelings of the DNC!!

Bill is the one who should chill out and get out of this race. What sense is there to having both candidates engage in a vigorous debate when both will be falling off a cliff if they keep it up?

It's funny to see all these ladies defending thier >lady<? champion…. And you don't even see she's knocked a womans chanches of being president back for years to come… So yes…. stay in there hillbilly…. driving your and other womens chances back even farther….

Obama is the divisive one for ever entering this election; its called EGOMANIA!

If this racist, liar gets the nomination from the Democrats, then we all deserve McCain for our 44th President… 100 more years of war in Iraq, a bankrupt America and a Radical Right Supreme Court.

American voters are just plain stupid… 8 years of King George PROVED THAT!

For a nice change, this guy just needs to keep his mouth shut.

I am an Obama supporter and I don't think that Hillary should drop out. We want to win this thing fair and square!!!

Obviously a lot of you people are not old enough to remember when conventions were called 'nominating' conventions, it sometime took 2-4 ballots to nominate.
What we have learned from Karl Rove is how to 'control' the election process. We need to reject this Fascists approach to elections and let due process select the nominees.
You Clinton haters would rather elect John McBush and keep us in a war, any war, it doesn't matter as long as Halliburton keep getting the no-bid contracts, which they would under McBush.
McBush's economic policies( or lack of) would no doubt plunge us into a full blown recession.
So you neocons keep spewing the old tax and spend tag on the Democrats and keep telling us there are tens of thousands of terrorist living in our neighborhoods, just waiting for the word from Osama to attack.
Sorry Hilliary is in until she loses 'at' the nominating convention.

Please let's not get supporters' views confused with those of the candidates themselves. Obama just said he sees no reason Hillary should get out if she still wants to run.

I think the two senators are at least right to point out that some of her attacks need to be toned back. Hopefully Bill is telling her to "chill"a bit too…

McCain is too old…Hillary was a favorite among dems, but she is too negative. And seriously…"running under sniper fire" was a complete joke, and shows that she will say anything to win…she's no different than all the other politicians we are sick of.

Do HRC supporters hate Obama because he is likable? I'm a strong Obama supporter, but even if he lost I would not support the GOP. I would vote for HIl…even though I dislike her. In all the debates, both Obama and Clinton have the same stance on MOST issues, and share the same type of philosophy. The only thing they really disagree on is health care.

How bout we all start making decisions for ourselves instead of letting the media have our way with us?!

Why are we even talking to Bill and why do we believe a word out of his mouth. The Clinton's are a self serving self centered combo that just need the power to stay together. Let them go and Bye Bye Bill and his wife

Mind your own business Billy and stop interfering in this campaign. You are NOT the candidate !

People of PA, please! Stop the Clinton/Bush Dynasty once and for all. For twenty years the Clintons and Bush's have sold our jobs overseas to China while stuffing their own coffers with corrupt Lobby money from the Billionaire Corporate crooks. STOP IT NOW!

Well I hope that the campaign prepaid for the airline tickets. Seems to me that if they can't pay their bills and contributions are declining it will be very difficult to continue. The voters will have their say ….The to should look at what is going on in the country and the party when they make thier decision. They may be being used to keep Hillary's false hopes growing and inadvertently destroying the party. Bill is pursuing the lest costly alternative at this point…….getting the Superdelegates to committ or change. I hope that those voters who have yet made a decision to make their vote based on what is best for the party and the candidate who will represent us in NOV. There's nothing wrong to have a headstart……………just ask McCain. This campaign started over a year earlier than most ……it has already been MUCH LONGER THAN MOST….it has already been drawn out WAY TOO LONG….Hillary cannot accomplish any more by June than she has as of this date. It will only cost MUCH MORE MONEY that they DO NOT HAVE. LET"S get this over with!!!!!

It's strange hearing Obama say one thing and his Surrogates say just the opposite. This two-faced approach isn't good politics.

People complain about the divisive politics being played out in this primary. But I am seeing most of it now coming from Obama's campaign.

We all need to let this primary play out and stick to the issues and let the voters in the next few primaries have their say. The Democrats are going to win in November, there is no doubt, but its the supporters and surrogates that need to chill out and stop pushing divisive comments in the media.

Simply saying,
Wynter

Way to go Mr. Clinton stand behind your woman. Go Obama

Why should Hillary drop out? Maybe more voters will see Obama as the false person he really is as he strolls through more bars to more obtain votes. Or bowl or feed milk to an animal. Why is Obama portraying this type of falseness when he obviously did not do this before his presidential run. Trying to make a few extra votes with the younger generation. Get real Obama and act like you usually do and quit putting on a false front.
VOTE HILLARY '08

Pat Buchanan fatally weakened George H.W. Bush's 1992 campaign by dragging it out. Ted Kennedy did the same to Jimmy Carter in 1980. History shows that a knock-down-drag-out fight to the convention hands the general election to the other party. It's time to get behind the front-runner.

Why are we spreading the myth that Obama is winning.

The Fl and Mi votes would turn that around and give Hillary the lead.

He is ahead by blocking 10% of the votes.

If he is certain of his lead- why block the votes?

Bill just go away and take Hillary and Chelsie with you. This country doesnt need another Clinton scandle nor do we need the SS tactics that Hillary's campaign causes. Just go away and let change overcome the problems which you helped create….

1. Both Obama and Hillary need superdelegates in order to be nominated
2.Hillary is only 130 delegates behind in delegates count and less than !% in popular vote. How on the earth does it make sense to let her drop out!
3. If let her drop out now, I would say it was Obama who stole the nomination!

Why are you still hanging around? My opinion is that your endorsement does not hold much weight.

If no one has told you, your 15 minutes is up; just like your campaign for President.

Perhaps you should concentrate on your district that you went against.

Go Hillary!

I tried to call Obama today to ask if it was ok if I still support Hillary. I still can't believe he said that she is welcome to run as long as she wants after his supporters came out and told her to quit. SHE does not need HIS permission to stay in the race.

Bill is right, the pro-Obama elite need to chill out. I hope Obama keeps talling though, he has managed to 'misspeak' quite a bit in the last week or so. Before you know it, JFK will have appeared to him in a vision and told him to run (since he is responsible for Obama's existance and all).

Just like Hillary did not want the war in Iraq, she voted for President Bush to do the right thing, (which Obama likes to harp on). I will NOT vote if Obama is the nominee. I will let everyone else take the blame.

Former President Clinton should be the last to talk about chilling out, because he is the reason the Democrats lost the 2000 Presidential Election. Nevertheless, if anyone needs to chill it is your wife, because of her reluctance not to get out of the race for the good of the Party, her supports have become reluctant to ask her to step aside and support her fighting this out to the Convention.

I am sad to report damage is already done and we will have another 1980 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION thanks to the leadership of the Democratic Party, and some Democratic voters on either candidate side will either stay home or vote for McCain

Enjoy your new full time job carrying your wife's handbag. I used to have such high regard for you. What a shame you chose the win at all cost tactics instead of holding your head high and simply stating what your wife would do. Stop the freefall and retain some dignity. It's time to go home and lick your wounds.

I saw Obama running with the sheep in New Zeeland.

Politics is at least in part the art of getting your potential opponents not to run against you. Obama, even back in 1996, understood this very well. He got his operatives to meticulously challenge the petitions of 4 potential primary opponents at the Chicago Board of Elections, including sitting State Senator Alice Palmer, a longtime Democratic activist. His people's challenges went strictly "by the rule book" and he managed to get all 4 of his colleagues off the ballot. So much for "new politics."

If his supporters can persuade Mrs. Clinton to drop out it will be easier for him. Ironically, not only Hillary but also Mr. Obama cannot have enough delegates to win unless Michigan and Florida are counted. So this race is far from over.

I firmly believe it's the bloggers and the spin doctors that are the problem.

Senator Obama is running is audacity of racism campaign on 93% racial votes and college campus crusades; a liberal bastion for his empty rhetoric. Meanwhile the mainstream media protect their/his vested interests and doggedly nip at the heels of Clinton like vultures. Senator Clinton, however, will emerge as one of the greatest presidents in the history of this great nation. In our midst is a leader of indomitable courage and nation building capability. Her beautiful brilliance on economic policy is delivers the right questions and the right answers. We, the people, want our voices heard in Michigan and Florida because we do intend to elect this great American; Hillary Rodham Clinton

bill,
go home, everytime i see you point your finger remind me " I never have sex with this woman, miss Linwinsky." Make me sick.
You history. GO HOME

You know, you people have basically put Obama in as the nominee, along with the young people. I am scared for what is going to happen to us.

Now that the self-acknowledged god of the Democratic Party has spoken, let all non-believers shut up! Way to unify, Bill!!!

Here's the thing: history has a funny way of repeating itself. Every time in modern electoral history that a party has entered its convention without a clear front-runner, that party has lost the general election. There are various reasons for this, but the fact remains that if, come August 25th, the Democratic Party remains divided, they could very well lose the big one. My advice: both Clinton and Obama can continue with the campaign, but one of them better throw in the towel before the convention or it could be 1968 all over again.

BILL CLINTON SPEAK: IF HILLARY IS NOT THE NOMINEE WE ARE TAKING ALL YOU DEMOCRATICS DOWN WITH US!

I'm all for letting the primary campaign go on until the last primary election June 1. It would be a great chance to keep the democratic agenda on the front pages and dominate the news cycles while McCain runs around the world misspeaking and being old. However, as the Clintons now realize that the only chance they have at winning the nomination is to convince enough democrats and superdelegates that Obama is not electable, the continuation of the primary campaign isn't one that benefits the democrats, but rather can only do them harm.

Clinton cannot catch Obama in the pledged delegates, and chances are that she will not catch him in the popular vote either. The argument that she is more qualified to be the nominee b/c she won the big states that are necessary in the general is an absolute fabrication, as only a brief look at recent history is required to debunk the Clinton myth that winning state primary contests has any correlation whatsoever to winning that state in the general. So her only hope is to convince the remaining superdelegates that if they nominate Obama, that he is unelectable. You don't make that point by articulating your policy differences - you do so by attacking him and dragging him through the mud.

So given the tactics that the Clintons are employing (their only choice if they want to proceed and hope to snag the nomination), "chilling out" is not a good idea. They're doing incredible harm not by staying in the race, but by staying in the race only to employ the strategy of attacking the credibility and electability of the person who will, in all likelihood, be the Democratic nominee for president. Anyone who is duped into thinking that this is not destructive to the Democrat's chances in the Fall is woefully ignorant and completely susceptible to the smooth-talking, old school politicians like the once-revered Bill Clinton.

I am totally speachless to see how hard it is for a woman to suceed no matter how smart she is. I am telling you this election changed mine and every single woman in america perception on how men see women and how far they will go to not giv ethem the power. people, wake up. can't you see the sexism???
everybody ganged up so badly on Hillary. these intimidations tactics only make smart women see the sexism in this country. women will never be in power because men won't allow the power to shift to women. that is why so many men out there backup Obama.
I for one have seen the cruel reality: women will never have power, because men don't want to give the power away.

The Democrats are the party of fair voting, of everyone should have a vote and it should count. Obviously NOT. Florida and Michigan's votes don't count because they voted early and now they don't want the other states to count because they have to vote late. Why don't we just crown Obama and get it over with. Drink the cool-aid lemmings.

Since when did calling a well respected democratic Governor "Judas" start being "a vigorous debate about who would be the best president"?

//Clinton called his wife "the best change-maker I ever knew," noting her work as a law student to help protect victims of child abuse… //

Oh yes, but forgetting to mention her work as a law student to help a CHILD RAPIST avoid prison by DESTROYING the credibility of a 12 year old by accusing her of fantasizing about older men. THANK YOU, HILLARY! Your protection of this child is truly noted!

Of course, jumping on this to keep her nose clean she created the first rap hotline in Arkansas. I don't think your hotline could've protected that 12 year old girl from you, Hillary.

Bill..its time for you and grandmother Hillary to take some time, sit at home, bake some cookies, watch TV and enjoy your life..Dont burn your energy and grandmother Hillary …. its time to correct your negative attitude..you both make everybody sick

This Hillary and Barack bashing has got to stop. Sure, we don't know a lot about Barack and his life and dealings will come out in due course - good or bad - and the people will make their choices accordingly. Hillary on the other hand has had all kinds of vitriole spewed at her and after a $70 million dollar investigation still found nothing. So grow up and focus on the reality of the Republican mess the country is in.

Hillary, keep going. Don't give up! You are way better than Obama

MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE

I do support Obama, but I don't see a problem with Hillary sticking in the race a little longer. I'm all about respecting your opponent and playing fair. If she wants to fight an losing battle, by all means let her. Hopefully there will be no more excuses coming from the Clinton campaign when she still loses.

On a side note: Does anyone else find it hilarious that there are a small percent of Clinton supporters who actually threaten to vote for McCain if she loses? I find that sort of response to be complete BS. It only suggest that they're living a lie and don't truly believe in the ideals that their candidate embodies. This is not a bathing suit contest! Your not voting on looks. Voting for the complete opposite of what they have been fighting for this entire election is just hogwash. I can call their bluff.

Oh well, I don't fall for bluffs easily. Besides, if these Clinton supporters made the wrong decision to vote for her and lost…what makes them think they won't make the same bad decision in November and lose again after voting for McCain.

The notion that she should drop out is ridiculous. At this point both candidates are making history in terms of bringing out people to vote in primaries. Hillary is as much responsible for that as Obama. That does not mean, however, that Hillary should be utilizing many of the dirty tactics she has used to try to attack Barack. This should be the focus of Dem's pressure on Hillary.

Bill Clinton is expending every bit of his political capital to get his wife elected. Bill Richardson was right–the Clintons act as if they are entitled to the White House. Hillary's campaign in now officially a lost cause. The Clintons need to pack up and go home.

Yes, Hillary duck and cover before we find out more about how you had nothing to do with the peace talks at the St. Patrick's Day Parade in PA and the how the dangerous sniper fire continues plaguing you in SC and IN.

Slick Willy and Queen Hilly have done more to ruin the reputation of the Democratic party during this primary season by acting just like the Rethuglican party. Sorry in this case, imitation is not the highest form of flattery.

Typical of Clintons to destroy everything in their path and then try to play the public for sympathy. Haven't we already seen this drama back in the 90s? Remember the vast right-wing conspiracy that they brought on themselves? I actually was one of the suckers that believed them back then. Not this time!

Wow! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to come to the conclusion that Hillary's campaign is in the trash can. She's just too polarizing and would and nothing would be accomplished in her administration if she won the presidency or maybe I just "MISSPOKE" -Obama 08

If the shoe were on the other foot and Hillary was leading in the polls, you can bet your bottom dollar that Bill would be singing a different tune.

She shouldn't step down. I think the Obama camp keeps putting the race card out but it has hardly been mentioned all the critizism she has been getting as a women. Its sad that anyone would be asking her to drop out…. If she dropped out today he would still need her as his VP because the democrats are 50/50 so all these promises he is making for vp will not stand at this point.

Besides no on asked him to step down with all his controversy. She should fight on.

nice, mature comments about Hillary. Obama supporters are adolescent and ignorant. Gayle (from above), spell Chelsea right, and your comment might be more credible. Let's get back to the issues, and refrain from comments like "send the whole Clinton family to Guantanamo for a vacation." It appears that the Obama supporters are dividing the party lines by these adolescent comments. Obama supporters have to resort to these comments because Hillary wins on the issues, and the debates.

If by "vigorous debate," they mean a vicious campaign that includes withholding information (the archival materials) and 'misspeak'ing and misremembering about critical events, then my vote will certainly go to McCain if she is the nominee.

I would like to see a vigorous debate regarding the cries for impeachment toward the end of Bill Clinton's time in office. His conduct at that time shows one with little regard for the American people or for the seriousness of the Presidential office.

I'm more or less an Obama supporter but I agree. It's too early to talk about Hillary dropping out. If she loses PA, then maybe we can talk about that, but unless that happens (and I think that's unlikely to happen) there's no point in talking about that right now.

I wish Bill Clinton and that Hillary would just GET LOST!!!!!

The two of them are absolutely obnoxious!!!!

why are the opinions of the people in this blog are so rude??? you claim that you are for change, for Sen. obama, for unity? how can you be so rude to Sen. Clinton and her family? they have broken NO LAWS! she has run a great campaign and there are still states left to compete in… Sen. Obama should not be handed the nomination, he needs to earn it! could you please explain to me how she should bow out of the race when he does not have the delegates to win??? you people are the ones splitting the party! your nasty attitude is making ii impossible to support Sen. Obama…

I agree with Bill -

Dems need to take a laxative and relax! I was at the county convention in Texas this weekend and it was chaos! However Obama and Clinton supporters conversation was not only the tight race and long Texas process but that we were going to get behind the winner whoever it maybe. Let the race run it's course……. And don't jump parties because the one you supported did not win - we need to get Republicans out of office not put them back into office because we are pissed off.

It is ridicules to say that Hillary’s quit will unit the Democratic party. On the contrary, it will divide the party even further. Because if she quitted now under the pressure of Dem party elders, left medias and Obama supporters without having a chance to finish the race, which she still have chance to win, the Hillary supporters would be deeply offended and would be more likely to switch to MacCain or not vote. On the other hand, if Obama has the ability to win 2024 delegates after the race, the Hillary supporters will be more likely to vote Obama in general election.

So the reason of the voices to call Hillary to quit is not because they want to unit the party, but to help Obama win the primary, even that means less chance in General election.

Bill Clinton tells me to 'chill out'? Heh - I can think of a few choice words to tell him. Really Bill, you've lived up to your part in this marriage of convenience…how about you chill out and get back to making million dollar motivational speeches.

If Obama had a wide lead, then the DNC and Obama campaign could sing the mantra of…..the rules are the rules.

Fact is, this primary race is too close to call. The votes in Fl and Mi would go to Hillary and thus put her in the lead.

That is why Obama has lawyered up to suppress the vote and silence the will of the people.

By stalling, he hopes to slowly increase his lead until those votes no longer will decide the election. Then he'll agree to seat the delegates.

Cheater.

Mean Spirited but then again thats to be expected!

Lets keep the personal attacks out of the prumaroes(if that is possible)

The DNC set up the process to run and so let it run. We all have our favorites but getting personal is really demeaning to democrats and the future!!

Lets grow up and all play 'fair in the sandbox'

Way to go Bill. Keep on going and we'll end up with Hillary in the White House calling the shots. Personally, I want to go back to the days when we had:
3.9% unemployment.
22 million new jobs created.
401 K plans that were actually worth something!
A balanced budget!!
Peace and respect from our friends around the world!
The prospect of actually retiring with some money in the bank!
And on and on and on,
You go Bill, you were the best President we ever had and your wife will be too!

It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and it will take a Clinton to clean up after this one. America and the world needs the Clinton's now more than ever.

why is Obama's team so afraid to let the rest of the states have their vote?? I think it's great that they get a chance to. If Michigan hadn't changed their date, they would have had a say too. Why is it only a few states get their say. I really think that all of the primaries should be closer together so that all of the states get a chance. Maybe put Iowa & NH at the end of the line for a change. Only about 4000 voted in IA, compared to hundreds of thousands in CA. So why does IA count more?? Not a good representation of the people. If you won;t count MI & FL delegates, at least count their votes.
It is VERY UNdemorcratic to ask someone to drop out so their candidate can take over illegally. Again what is he afraid of?? Something may be getting ready to come out and he wants it done before more does. Sorry 20 years listening to garbage is not a show of good judgement. And only saying he would have left the church after it did come out really stinks if people really think about it. In other words, because he was running for president, he knew it wouldn't look good, but otherwise it's what he believes. He turned the tables nicely in his speach if people will really listen. He stood behind his preacher and blamed everyone else for his rantings.

I support Senator Obama but I agree with him that Senator Clinton should run for as long as she wants. But I also think that the campaigns need to focus on themselves and not on destroying the other candidate because that attitude is what's being projected onto their more rabid supporters and *that's* what's hurting the party.