Makes sense to me.

Howard Dean needs to spend more time resolving the issue with Michigan and Florida that he created and less time making threats.

He has no power to make anyone drop out, endorse or not go to convention, even if all supers endorse. They can change their minds.

The one thing he can do is step in and seat Michigan and Florida and it seems to be the only thing he isn't doing.

Dean will go down in history as the worst DNC chair in history.

Or what!??

Hillary needs to drop out now !

Queenie won't drop out until Denver, if only to blame the party's loss and the resulting political splintering on Obama for not dropping out despite being in the lead for most of the time…

Her actions reflect her personality, and I don't know how anyone can support anyone who has behaved as she has.

ABC in 08! (Anyone but Clinton in 2008!)

Dean is again short sighted. If he really wants to unite the party, then he needs to unite the candidates under one ticket. Neither one will quit as long as they ahve support which both do.

Right on Dean. Hillary should go. She has less delegates and votes. Makes a lot of sense to me. OBAMA 08

Apparently, Obama is "bored" of campaigning against Clinton, so bored (i.e. scared) that he won't debate her for the benefit of the voters in Indiana and North Carolina, so maybe he should drop out. Then again, he is so confident that he is going to win, he and his wife are already making remodeling plans for the White House. At least he has priorities.

Howard Dean's threat is of no consequence. Why hasn't he endorsed a candidate? He needs to lead by example and issue iddle threats.

Hillary must get out. For the sake of the democratic party. It will be torn apart and there will be no repair. Trust me there will be to much anger and McCain will win in Nov.

It seems that DNC Chairman Howard Dean is too busy launching negative attacks against John McCain. This strategy will backfire.

and the person to drop out is hillary clinton.
period!!

McClinton is out. She is behind on all accounts, delegates, states and popular votes. The voters have spoken.

That an easy answer. It must be the old lying bag/hag Hillary!!!

Good - this primary thing goes on too long. Three or four months should be enough .

Dean, you are wrong…

Let me amend your statement.

"Hillary Clinton need to drop out now"

I think i's Dean to drop out in June. He's pathetic and useless to solve the problems Dems facing

Dean is an idiot! I am with, s.b. Seat Florida and Michigan and shut the hell up!

Clinton 08

Hillary goes from the sublime to the ridiculous…old girl should have dropped out when she lost Texas. she needs to take some of her 100 million and buy herself a clue. she cannot win the nomination. she shouldn't…she is a liar and bill is an imbecile.

sb
florida and mich. does not count. get that. gat that, obama will win and when hillary was ahead she dienfrancised them was fine with her because queen hill thought she was the ("it") thing of the century and she had it hands down. well she was wrong. another delusion in her mind. she has many you know.
so what is your proublem?

obama all the way
and i am a 65 year old white lady. get that

why should we listen to a man who couldn't even win his own primary? super delegates should make up their minds when they want

Bye Hillary!!!!!

Showing Hillary the door

Why would Obama drop out if he is ahead? That is crazy. If he is cheated out of this, I will vote for McCain.

I agree! and I think the superdelegates should go for who have the most delegates, the most states won and the one with most chances to win against McCain!

Obama 08

Dean is absolutely right. Hillary needs to drop out and put hateful and pathetic campaign to sleep. Dean is trying to keep the Democrats from looking as inept and stupid as the Republicans have been for the last eight years.

Dean is a joke!

Oh the guy with more popular vote and more delegates whould drop out? for what???? rather why???

The only way to defeat the presumptive repug nominee McCain is to have Hillary as the democratic nominee. DNC knows this and so do most smart people.

obama 2008

I think its time for her to step down… if not then it looks like she is only looking out for her self (a 2012 bid) and not the party.

Yea I guess Obama should drop out even though he will still be ahead in every catagory.That would be like asking the New York Giants to give up the Super Bowl just because the Patriots thought they were the better team.

He is a richard noggin!

bye bye BILLARY!!!!!!!

dean should never have been given that position any how .. maybe he should drop out .

Typcial Democrat…make the rules and then refuse to live by your own rules. Give me a break!!!

Wow… Dean is good huh?
I don't think that Obama is ready to drop out… But after watching Wright a few minutes ago, I think it will be soon…

It's about time.

Too bad Hillary is never going to drop out. If Obama wins the nomination she'll probably run as either a republican or an independent, lol

Hillary's plan of trying to destroy Barack obama so he'll lose the general will not work, but she will try. She's tying to bloody him up so bad that he won't have white support in Nov, or in 2012. Your a phony hillary, and you should be ashamed of yourself. I know white women want to see the first female elected, but not this trash. The clintons have completely lost there luster in the dem party, and it will never come back..they just need to get older and go away..oh yeah…if you think that after this stunt african americans will vote for your a_ _ in 2012 you must be the stupidest specimen on the planet..other races may intentionally forget and forgive you for what you've done, but we and the young voters never will. Your gonna see just how important we are..Get your presious white vote, but thats all you'll get…

hahaha,,not enough

obama 08

What about the voters in Michigan and Florida? I agree that Dean needs to solve that before telling superdelegates to make up their minds by June. What's wrong with having it decided at the convention?

Come on Hilary, listen to America, DROP OUT!!!!!!!

How about he get some action behind that? Clinton won't ever back out because she's stubborn, stupid, and evil. She'll have to be taken out. Get the superdelegates in motion, Dean, or stop talking about this. It wouldn't be appropriate for Obama to back out. After all, he's going to be our next president!

They should both drop out and let Al Gore finally have the presidency that he won 8 years ago.

Gore in 2008!

WHY?
What's the point of a "convention" if there is nothing to discuss at it?
Wow, conventioneers will actually DECIDE at the convention instead of just showing up for a pre-arranged, pre-ordained glitzy show. what a concept.

What are the REAL chances that Dean could talk Obama into defeat?
What are the REAL chances that Dean could talk Hillary into defeat?
A race is a race, let it run till there is a winner.

Well, we've said in the past have that every vote should be counted, so let's start counting them up in MI and FL.

He is so worried about someone dropping out but yet he could care about the voters in Florida and Michigan. He is the one who should drop out of the DNC. What a complete idiot he is.

It's past time to get this traveling circus off the road.

They should seat michigan and florida then Obama can drop out.

Yep, Obama needs to drop out now. Obama is NOT electable in the general election, that should be clear to anyone. Between Rezko, Wright, Ayers and Michelle's hate for this country you would have to be nuts to vote for Obama much less think he is electable.

No way will this end for Hillary, not till each and every vote is counted and that includes MI and Fl.

DEAN YOU SUCK!!!!!!

YOU CAN'T FORCE ANYONE TO DROP OUT

Senator Clinton needs to drop out. How can you even suggest that the front runner who is clearly in the lead drop out?

Your comment is awaiting moderation . . I wonder how many Clinton supporters are moderated out by CNN. It's certainly not because of inappropriate language being used. Must be some other criteria.

s.b, Florida and Michigan are NOT going to be seated, end of discussion. They broke the rules that were agreed to and only one candidate campaigned there. For those states to be counted would be grossly unjust and everyone knows that and that's why it's only an issue to Clinton supporters who want to subvert the popular vote. Dean is doing his best to tame an increasingly venemous nomination process. Maybe you could help by not critiquing him on an arbitrary issue like Michigan and Florida.

amen… the dems had this election in the bag… they are making ithis WAYYY too easy for the republicans…

Makes a whole lot of reasoning, and Hillary should go! all she is after is to destroy the party, Obama and anything that stands in her way .she just so desperate and think the white house belongs to her and her lots.

This entire race has been a fiasco. The madness needs to end. Right on Dean!

Have you ever heard of the phrase you cant make me?

Dean, nice try,but you need to put your foot down for once and be decisive. Hillary is not going to drop out until FL and MI are resolved in some way, illusions of being ahead in the popular vote are enough to make her stay. This is YOUR decision on how this is counted.

Do you job, don't make Obama and Clinton do yours for you, they both have enough to worry about.

Mary..

The feel of power has got into your master Hillary. Even 200 debates are not gonna bring down her bloated ego.

I have to agree. The candidates knew when to get in so they should know when to get out. I really hope for the sake of the party, a nominee will be chosen by June. Please hurry and end this nighmare of a campaign. UGH!

Resolve the Florida and Michigan disaster that Dean created.!!!!

Concerned voter I think everyone with an ounce of intelligence knows very well that a combined ticket would be a complete disaster!

Go Obama 08 Yes We Can!

It is not up to the candidates to drop out, it is up to the superdelegates to vote one of them out. The candidates are in for the entire race — the DNC created superdelegates, now ask them do to their job quickly!

wow! That's a public shot across the bow!

For the sake of the party and the country Hillary needs to stop the repulsive, lying, divisive, viscious nonsense and drop out now!

I agree with Dean. We need a united democratic party if we're going to tun this country around. Whoever is behind in delegates in June needs to drop out for the good of the party, and the good of this country.

GET LOST OBAMA!!!!!!!!!!!! Your racism and hypocricy is not wanted in the White House. Debate Hillary now or bow out!!!

Wow the voice of reason. A little late.

Why? You are not the only voter in this country.
Get over yourselves. I am a Dem voter and I say, Hilary stands.

Actually, if Dean were a true leader he'd have worked this out with the candidates already. It's pretty clear that he is beginning to submit to pressure, behind the scenes, from Clinton's camp and he is also having a little trouble supressing his own mild racist feelings.

California voter.. about as many people that are monitored out of CNN that are Obama supporters LOL.. I know not all mine have been posted so dont feel bad… its not as one sided as you think.. they have a week they push hillary and then have a week they push Obama.. So lighten up… half CNN is voting for Hillary and Half for Obama. Just like in the states.

If anyone should dropout it should be Obama, he is full of himself, cocky, arrogant, divisive, in short not a uniter at all an Oprah's Harpo's production.

Goodbye Obama….if he was to get the nomination…there would be no unified party.

Goodbye Dean!!!

Hillary or McCain!!

California voter—wonder the same thing. It sure seems one sided. I really hate to think it but it is funny how often I am told by others that try to post that they seldom get on if they support Hillary…

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Obama drop out please !
!

The Dems registered more voters and raised more money than any other time in history. Hillary will step down when the time is right and help rally her supporters behind Obama. All this is just media spin. It is the media's job so we can't blame them.

Finally Dean you are taking contrrol looking out for democrats

Well said Jake. Clinton supporters need the vote. The way I see it Hillary should have backed out weeks ago.

Howard Dean should sit back and let the democratic candidate decide whwn they want to drop out even if it goes to the delegates of the convention. He should also set the course for the Micigan and Florida votes that have been made and counted through their primariesbbe seated as they currently stand……

Dean created the problem anyone that will drop out is Obama, count all votes.

Obama's on track for a 15 point win in NC, maybe a split in Indiana, after that, it'll be impossible for Hilary to catch up, even including the disqualified votes of Florida and Michigan.

I completely agree. As long as it's Obama. Why would I drop out? When you factor in the votes I received when I ran for Senate in 2000 and 2006, I'm ahead in the popular vote.

The longer we look at the Clintons' conduct in this campaign, the easier it is to see their true colors. The Clintons might care about the little guy, or about the Democratic Party, but not nearly as much as they care about themselves.

. . .Like any fair game, The person with the most numbers is the winner.
That means the loser of the game has to drop out.

The only fair thing to do is count Flordia an Michigan who ever wins stays in the race!!

I just hope after this primary we dems really need to rethink our primary election and make the necessary changes. It takes way too long and should be shortened and over much sooner.

Jake… there were rules in resent past that did not allowed woman or color people to vote and the rules were changed… Obama calling with his empty rhetoric words of hope and change but it's all the same…

This was done to the voters… comes November you moron you will regret loosing the Whitehouse mainly for disenfranchising voters… I for one will not vote again for a party that does not want my vote. We should allow every state to participate of stop calling this a democracy.

Florida and Michigan lost their right to be counted when they broke the rules, period…they knew what they were doing and screwed their residents over.

Hillary should drop now

Thank god there's an end date to all this nonsense.

I wish Hillary would drop too. I am sick of her "all about me" bully attitude. I cant believe she still wants to debate. Then again, I can. This is Hillary. Hillary please go home, I am sick of you.

Jacob said: "They should both drop out and let Al Gore finally have the presidency that he won 8 years ago.

Gore in 2008!"

dude you are truly my new hero!

Hillary is too much of a sore loser to quit she already knows she can't win and she is still going Barack will win regardless.

Hillary Clinton has lost the delegate count, popular vote and number of
states won. If she is the loser, she must drop out.

I think this issue is simple.The superdelegates should not have the last say.If Hillary really have the democratic party at heart, she should just drop out with some dignity, but too bad she and the husband are idiots and will even kill for a political position.
HILLARY … DROP OUT…..

OBAMA 08….ALL THE WAY

Bye Bye Obama!!

So Dean, I bet if you were an Obama supporter you would tell Billary to drop out, but since you are a Billary supporter then you keep this thing going. So what if Billary is loosing after June which she will since it is Mathematically impossible to over take Obama, will she bow out, hell now she will not, she will drag this thing to the convention and spite the Dem. party and spite Obama just to keep him from winning. I hope folks realize that she does not care about the party but she cares about her personal agenda and that is becoming Pres. Think about it, who ever runs the country, the Clintons do not care cause they are worth over 100 million, so gas and utility prices are not an issue to them………..

He doesn't mean Obama or Clinton, but means Clinton must drop out.

You are the create this MESS.
You drop out.

Good bye Obama

In the article they say Hillary Rodham Clinton….if you're going to say one middle name, might as well not leave out the other one. Maybe Howard Dean should go ahead and sit down for a while. Let the people decide.

Well, i guess he just told Clinton to drop out

Because i know the frontrunner wont be dropping out

This is all Dean's fault! Loser!

California Voter—Susan MO is never ever monitored out. her babble for Clinton is constantly making it through. it's a total annoyance. people want to make legit comments and they can't get through but she can…imagine that.

May be it is time for Dean to step aside. The process of a convention is to select the presidential candidate. If we do it before then, then there is no due process and no need ever for a convention, except to let these delegates party.

Dean and his party have already taken away the Florida and Michigan voters say. May be we should just keep a republican in office as they seem to be able to manage their party and have no wounds to heal.

See ya in the funny papers Hillary! LOL!

Nice try Dean… You need to do your job and resolve the Michigan and Florida delegate issue before either one could consider dropping out.

What a fool.

Ok, first it was Clinton "drop out", now it's "Obama or Clinton needs to drop out?" Boy-o-boy, these people really have something up their sleeves.

Now this is really bad business!

why? isn't that what running means? why should one candidate have to drop out just to make things easy for the other. running neck and neck for the nomination by the democrats is what is stirring up interest in politics now!

Yeah, let's give Hillary some more time to bleed the American people out of their hard-earned money so she can pay her $10 million debt. Heaven forbid she should dip into her $109 million wealth and foot the bill.

don't worry, Hillary will leave after she gets blown out in North Carolina, and narrowly (if at all) wins Indiana.

Yes! Get Billary out of here so Obama can get down to business!!
OBAMA/CASEY08

I am decided that if Party asks Hillary to drop out, my vote goes to McCain. Nobama!

Yes, I completely agree with you Mr. Dean and it's obvious that Hillary Clinton should be the one to leave the race - maybe she'll finally show some integrity and do the right thing for the sake of the democratic party. She is the one behind in delgates, popular vote, etc.

The REAL dream ticket:

I would like to see a Gore/Clinton 08 ticket Oh Al we love you, PLEASE run in 3rd party and take Hillary R. Clinton as your VP– seriously, you would destroy Mc Cain and Obama. I bet with an unprecidented 65% voter turnout too. We need you AL!

I love how they said Hillarys full name, but not obamas.

Dean…you need to drop out as the DNC chair. You've created the mess by denying FL and MI. Clinton would have had this locked up by now.

Why is everyone blaming the DNC for Michigan and Florida and not the States who chose not to play according to the rules? The repercussions were clearly laid out - I think its being unreasonable for the states to break the rules and yet demand that all votes must count.
If all votes must count, then stick to the rules in the first place - don't make DNC or the candidates the scapegoat

Obama is right not to debate Hillary. Look how the interviewers use the debate to gang up on him. Besides, he has won more states, more popular votes, and leads in delegate count. What is there to debate? They (Hillary & the media) just want to paint as blurry of a picture of him as possible, so they can seal the election from him. It’s obvious that the media is out for blood. In fact, the media is largely to blame for the divisiveness in this country today with their bias opinion rather than facts

I know this is not the topic of this thread..but it is interesting that CNN has not put out one piece of Wright's remarks last night and this morning on the ticker. Perhaps you are afraid that people would realize that you do not have the best political team, especially with your analysts like Roland Martin and soledad O'Brien.

The Democratic party has aptly demonstrated it is not fit to Rule.

The Reublican part demonstrated this 8 years ago…

Okay Hillary, Drop out already!

If all you Obama supporters are so much in favor of RULES ie Michigan and Florida, then don't be so quick to say the Superdelegates can't put Hillary in the White House….Rules are Rules right? The Rules say they can overturn his votes!

As soon as Florida & Michigan get a say in the Dem. primary and the votes are in, then the candidate w/o the popular vote can drop out.

Hillary won't drop out because she is posturing for the 2012 Democratic nomination. She is staying in it now simply to poison any chance of Obama getting elected.

Hillary needs to drop out in June . Enough is enough and Hillary is not stupid and knows that the math does not add up . she is just being hateful and is giving the impression that if she can't win , she does not want Obama to be the nominee either . This would allow her another chance to run before she is too old .

Yeah, Hillary supporters, it makes sense for Obama to drop out. He's only won more states, more delegates and the popular vote. Since when does the person in second place get to win?

I am sure that if the numbers were reversed Obama would bow out gracefully, but Hillary will hang on regardless if she is winning.

Obama 08

If racist Obama, the man who sat their with his children for 20 years listening to Wright is the nominee I will never vote Democrat for the rest of my life…just know that Dean. I don't approve of racists or sexist presidents of any race. It's unbelievable to me that we would even consider him.

Typical democrat.

Screw democracy, we need to save the party so we can gain power.

I'm glad more and more people are waking up to the disaster that is the democrat party.

Ms Clinton has put forth her best effort and it hasn't done quite enough–time to throw in the towel. And do it with dignity–no more name calling, fighting just calmly back out.

Dean should spend his time figuring out how to get a proper vote from Michigan and Florida by June. That's his job at hand, not telling anyone what to do. If anyone should drop out by June, it's Dean…and Pelosi and go right with him.

If he would count the votes from Florida we wouldn't be in this predicament

Dean should drop out by May.

There is no way Hillary can win the nomination. No matter how bad the media or the republicans want this to continue, Hillary must drop out. She is a good candidate but this one is over. I respect her now, but if she continues this worthless fight, she is only being a selfish as rev. Wright whose ego is as big as hers.

Hillary, get lost! I will never vote for you!

Michigan and Florida really need to be resolved, and this us up to Dean and party leaders.

It's time for Dean to drop out. He has done more to hinder the party than anyone else.

who cares

If Hillary wins out the rest of the contests, this would be a clear indication of democratic voter preference for her and the superdelegates should all support her and make her the nominee. However if she doesn't, the uncommitted superdelegates should back Obama.

This is total bull. The focus on who WILL win by the politicos and pundits overshadows the important issue, the only one the public actually cares about, that is who SHOULD win.

Dean, Dean, Dean…You just screwed the pooch…that's all it is to it. You are OUT of a job come Nov. 5th. Nuff said.

Cnn is not puttin my comments in because I am a Obama supporter if this comes through all I have to say is Barack is the Nominee deal with out be out in the cold because we don't want any of you racist Hilary voters

I agree with Dean. Let's end this in June and have Sen. Obama as our nomination going into the DEM convention.

can't wait to see Hillary out in June!

I am sick of her whinning screeching voice!

Obama '08!

The Okie Doke is being set-up. why on earth would Obama Dropout. I mean regardless of all the side-notes and distractions, why would ANY candidate drop out if they were in the lead, i mean this goes for Hillary too if she was in the lead.

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Why should either one of them drop before the convention… isn't that what the conventions are for? To decide & affirm the party's candidate for the election? Why bother to have a convention if one has to "drop out" by June ??? In fact, why don't Dean just say who the nominee is and save the expense of primarys?

Sheesh.

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Dean first resolve FL and MI then we can talk about drop out
Hillary 08

Dean and Obama need to drop out, Florida and Michigan need to be counted. All popular and deleagets counts are for Hillary. The peoples votes from Florida and Michigan need to be counted, the mistake is not Hiallary's it is purposefully created by Dean to support Obama.

Obama is playing by the rules. Michigan and Florida are the ones who cheated. Obama received zero votes in Michagan. Do you really think that is a fair represintation of the Michagan voters? Do you really think the voters have spoken in that state? Of course not!!!!

Dean didn't create the FL and MI mess… WHY CAN'T YOU HILL SUPPORTERS GET IT. The states decided to move up the primaries knowing the consequences. AND HILLARY AGREED TO THAT!!!! SHE AGREED TO NOT COUNT THE VOTES. Until now of course when she needs them… so shut up already about disenfranchisement, because Hill was also a part of it.

And I love some of the Hillbots comments…. First the blast Dean because of the FL and MI when he is trying to follow the rules to and they say he should break the rules and count FL and MI, but then they blast him saying he isn't following the rules because he is asking the Supers to make a decision and for one of the candidates to drop out.

And I also find it funny the Hillbots call Obama supporters stupid when it shows the most educated are one of the strongest supporters of Obama… hmm. Now that is interesting. People that have read the issues and know about the two candidates lean toward Obama. I guess Hill didn't think many people would read about Peter Paul and her campaign fraud, or her serving on the board of Walmart where she spoke heavily AGAINST unions, or Bosnia, or NAFTA, or all the other lies she has tried to pawn on us.

And I am sure this will never get posted. Seems as if all my negative comments on Hillary disappear. I obviously do not use foul language, so I am guessing the content (pro-Obama) is something CNN doesn't want to post.

WRIGHT AND OBAMA

HAVE MADE CNN THE NEW BET NETWORK…

CNN IS NOW SO BIAS…

HILLARY OR MCCAIN 08

After Florida and Michigan have been counted, then Obama can drop out.

To the person that said the people have spoken. Well not all peole have spoken. I live in Kentucky and this will be the first time in a long time that my vote might count. The primary is usually over before we ever get to vote.

I totally agree with Howard Dean. If we keep going this way there will be no way to unify the party and while all of this mud-slinging is going on John Cain is looking presidential and bringing into his fold the conservative republicans together who did not even want him in the first place. My brother, who is republican, said that even though he did not like John McCain would vote for him in November and leave the polls to puke…….now if that doesn't say something I don't know what does. We need a candidate and we need one NOW!!!

I agree with the post about Roland Martin and Soledad O'Brien. No one acts like Reverend Wright in church, no one, not black or white. Church is no place for racist remarks and stirring up hate. What was that Roland was wearing anyway?

If Obama was trailing Hillary without all the votes being counted no one would be telling him to drop out! He can't get enough delegates either so why should it be Hillary to drop out?
It's a man's world …. and that is what has to CHANGE!

Dont let the door hit you on your way out Obama.

Hillary will prevail after June 3. Obama seems to have burned out in his desire to become president. When a candidate is willing to sacrifice the winning over of an entire constituency (in this case, the blue collar workers), it's a sure sign of a waning commitment. No further debates are necessary, and Senator Obama and his campaign managers know why.

May the best person win, this will be a true test of how far the democratic party has come, lets wait and see.

I totally agree with s.b.

I mean come on Dean who do you think you are the man behind curtain (The Great Oz).

You need to stop bickering about who drops out and spend more time fixing the mess you caused in Flordia & Michigan.

I think its funny that one of his comments he said on ABC's "Good Morning America." ("We want the voters to have their say) Well I say let Flordia & Michigan have there say!

Obama will not WIN General Election so HE should drop out! Obama Cult members just cant see that. They are under his spell.

Obama and his Rev. Wright need to get out because he can not win in November.

Listening to all this poor me I'm black rhetoric is getting old. Remebering the past is one thing, trying to re-live it and thrust it down throats of people that had nothing to do with it and at the same time, making excuses for sermonizing hate is not going to get a black man elected.

Black churches like Wright's are racist hypocrites.

Hillary STILL LIES - now about the popular vote. She distorts facts.

We need someone more honest..

OBAMA 08

Bye Bye Obama!

We want to win!

If Senator Obama is the "master" of compromise let's see if he can broker a solution.

Brilliant Rob ….except Rodham is her Maiden name.

Hillary should back out now….what she said to the people of the South was a slam to all Americans. "Screw em" she said.

This was a serious mistake.

Go Obama '08

Voters need to decide if the want to go forward with 21st thinking in the Whitehouse, or do they want the Clinton's 20th century mentality in the Whitehouse. The Clintons lie with EASE, but voters continue to believe them……. it's AMAZING!!!

Thanks Dean!

Hillary - that's your HINT!

Pack it up! You can't beat Mc Cain if you can't beat Obama!

NZ NJ

What are you talking about, I saw his speech last night and he was right on the money. This is how black churches function, did you hear his key remark? different is not less than.

Seems to me you are pretty judgemental, did you even watch it or are you like all of these dumb newscasters who criticize without knowing the whole story. Context matters.

Obama was right, race needs to be talked about openly,,,, it is still a problem because people are still uncomfortable with what they don't understand.

another CNN headline distortion….
"soon" = after the June primaries as Dean said….
"soon" is a wrong characterization
nothing new from CNN….

too bad obama is such a light weight for being the "frontrunner"

if the superdelegates really were to vote for the strongest candidate, it certainly would not be him.

What, Dean talking about changing the rules!!! Another moronic statement from the worst DNC chair we ever had.

Ha ha ha ha ha……ha ha ha ha ha

And this is the party we want running the country.

I would not trust anyone involved in the DNC to run a Chuky Cheese let alone the country.

Why is it that people cannot wrap their heads around the fact that Howard Dean or the DNC did not create the FL/MI mess? I'l say this 1 more time for the cheap seats, Florida & Michigan broke the rules. When you break the rules, you get punished.

Rules apply to everybody. If were all standing in line at the grocery store and 2 people "cut in line", those 2 people should prepare to get their bums kicked.

Dean will get his wish on May 7th, when Obama wins North Carolina in a landslide and Indiana by a small but comfortable margin the superdelegates will line up for him and end this farce Hillary is running.

Rob you are an idiot rodham is her maiden name idiot

To all that say that Hillary should drop out, you should be more focused on helping Barack get the required 2025 delegates to knock her out. It's bad that with all of the support, Barack can't simply beat her!!! Why should she drop out. In your worls the New York Giants should not have played in the Super Bowl because New England was undefeated and expected to win. Truman should have dropped out and Dewey would have been president.

I don't suppoprt Hillary but it appears as if so many African Americans still want a hand out. We want someone to give us something!!! Not willing to work for what we get. We believe that we are owed something. A message to Barack , stop whining and just gert the required delegates to win the nomination.

I pray that McCain chooses Condeleeza as his VEEP. I will support her as an African AMerican!!!

I get all of mine moderated because I speak up for Hillary. Come on CNN.

Anyone who can't see that Barack's a wimp hasn't been paying attention. He looks tired. If he can't handle the rigors of a campaign (or even a debate), how can he possibly be the kind of president we need? Hillary is definitely the stronger candidate against McCain. And … SHE has the big "MO" right now. It's going to continue right through to the convention. As for this talk about Obama being the only candidate who can unite the country … it's utter nonsense! No single person is capable of uniting this country. It's going to take an event. OR … as a friend of mine is fond of saying, "Not until the spaceships come."

Hillary needs to win all the remaining contest, if not she should drop out. She needs to stop already with the negative campaign. I would prefer both on the ticket but don't see how Obama would select her if she was to keep helping McCain by being negative like she has the past couple of months. I won't vote for anyone that uses fear for the base to create votes.

If anyone thinks Obama is electable after watching Wright at the press corps this morning, they are nuts. There is no way Barry couldn't have heard the anti-American comments just pouring out of Wright. Obama can go off and study Black Liberation theology for the rest of his life because there is no way any reasonable "typical white person'" is going to vote for him.

If Hilary finesses this with superdelegates watch for a big surge in voters reregistering independent and low voter turnout.

Mr. Dean,

You cannot stop Operation Chaos. We are too powerful.

Hit the road Hill!!!!

Obama 08

Michigan and Florida should not be counted because it would be unfair. Most of the Dem candidates followed the rules and did campaign in those states and Obama was not even a choice on the ticket. Of course Hillary was because she always plays by her own rules and knew since no one else was going there she would get the most votes. The only fair way to divide up the votes would be to have an entirely new vote and that was already ruled out. If they do divide up the delegates it should be 70% for Obama and 30% for Clinton because He followed the rules and she did not.

How is it that Sen. Obama and his supporters surround themselves in divisive language yet continue to promise healing and unity? Change we can believe in? No thank you.

Hillary should go for the good of every one kitchen sink tire iron and all.

How do you expect the guy in the lead to drop out? It has to be Hillary.

Hillary has no chance of winning…
After June third she will have less delegates and even her bakers SD will switch to Obama
End of the game

obama should drop out now! hearing the separatist comments from his pastor and "mentor", who he listened to spew this rhetoric for over 2 decades, one has to consider the judgement of obama.

It is very obvious that Clinton has woobled and fallen several times in this race while Obama remains consistent. So, who then do you think will be a better match to McCain. No doubt, it is Obama!

So the rules have changed once again. What is the purpose of a process if it can't run it's course? I do not agree with the way Dean is handling this at all. If the roles were reversed and Hillary was ahead I do believe Obama would have dropped out. Not because he cares about the party, but because he's not as tenacious. People need to appreciate tenacity. I can only hope that Obama has as much fervor as Hillary. If Hillary gets strong armed I will strongly consider changing my political affiliation.

game over

Here's a suggestion, Howard. Why don't YOU drop out? You have managed to exclude two of the largest and most important general-election states from participating in the nomination process. What leadership!

Hillary Clinton is asking a Democratic suicidal debate !

Lincoln-Douglas style debate was using in party against party. She is planning to use this to again her own party ! After this kind of debate, John McCain will be the finial winner.

Her move is very clear, if she did not get the throne, no one, no one can get it in her party.

She has repeated said, this election is personal. To say it clears, this election is her family's business, not her party's business; this election is her family's business, not our country's business.

So many morons in our own party… no matter who gets the nod to run, stay in your own party!!!! Some of you would-be turn-coats would cut off your nose to spite your face. Idiots!!!

Bye Bye B. H. Obama. Hillary's got staying power !! LOL

I'm pretty sure neither one will drop out in June no matter how much Howard Dean wants them to.

I do not believe the democratic party will have wounds to heal!
We have two great candidates; so let the people decide. I will be extremely disappointed if June, 08 is the deadline. There should be another debate concerning the issues that will change America's problems at hand. We are well aware of the candidates' ethics and patriotism.

If Dean doesn't care about the voters in MI and FL then neither does Hillary because she agreed to not count them in October.

I believe by the time the last primary is held on june, 3rd, it will be clear to everyone who the presumptee nominee is.It will be very wrong for the person who is behind in all indices to still have the idea the superdelegates can be armtwisted to vote for the looser. It will spell disaster for the Democratic Party in November,2008 elections. Let the primaries go on to the logical end.

If the Dems want to win in November, Obama has to go. Nobody I know will vote for him.

It is obvious that Obama will end up to be the nominee as the numbers show.
We(Democrats) must have courage to tell Hilary to hit the road. Her 35year experience she continues to preach is not enough to get her the ticket. Experience to maintain status quo? Give me a break! This is 2008, Hilary!

If the Democratic National Party leadership is dictating what needs to happen, then let the people decide — all the people . . . include Florida and Michigan votes . . . this is still a nation of "We the People".

Neither candidate should drop out. It should goto the very end. I'm a Hillary supporter but if the roles were reversed I would disagree with Obama dropping out.

We shouldn't be concentrating on the bashing between the candidates, we should be focusing on getting these Dem idiots who keep saying if "Obama/Hillary wins - I'm voting for McCain".

WHAT!??!?!?!?!

Hillary knows she can't win, she just staying in to ensure that Obama doesn't win. This way she can run against another crappy republican in 4 yrs.

Who cares what Dean says?