outway = Out weight

Hillary and McCain have sold out to the Special Interest and PAC groups. You want change end this by voting for Obama.

It's Hallary that's hurting the party! She should have stepped to the side a long time ago! And, I can't wait to see her dragged off the stage!

So, we've now seen Hillary…

[1] Press for Michigan and Florida to be counted even though she was party to their discounting back when it suited her.

[2] Lament the proportional delegate allocation system of the Democrats and praise the Republican system.

[3] Protest the validity of caucuses, when they seemed to be just fine when they were contributories to her husband's nomination process.

[4] Most recently, push for popular vote consideration, even though that has nothing to do with the procedure in place for determining the nomination.

How many different ways will Hillary attempt to change the rules after the process has started, and how much longer will people continue to entertain and indulge her doing so?

IOWA May 2nd, 2008 11:49 am ET

Let's start promising to unite behind our party's candidate. No more bickering

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Too late NEVER going to happen.

MILLIONS of us will NEVER vote for Barry whoever he is???

No amount of spin and DNC begging will EVER change that fact.

We are sick to death of having BARRY?OBAMA shoved down our throats!
The disgusting Bots have poisoned him forever, and they vilified Hillary to make him look like a squeaky clean angel is beyond the pale.

They keep trying to stop the race, he has not secured a win, and still they stupidly want to just stop and say here ya are Barry, go be president. NOT!!!!!

Like a Vulcan the needs of the Many outway that of the few. Everyone can see that this drawn out process is doing no good for the party. This is why I admire the republicans at least with them this would have been over ages ago. With all their faults when it comes to thinking of the party ahead of individual desires they will decisively (the party leaders) do what needs to be done for the good of the party.

I think that we probably all should stop listening to the media because they have convinced us that we hate each other. The reality of it is Hilary and Obama are getting blue collar, young, older, black, white , & hispanic. Obama has just gotten more votes. I don't see why the dems just can't do what the Republicans did and just split the MI and FL delegates in half and then split those in half and give each half. That would be fair. But I suspect that Hilary would not agree to that. But that would be the smartest thing too do. The smartest thing to do would have been for the candidates to fight like Hilary is so call fighting now to not have sign that sheet in the first place. But what alot of people don't realize is that atleast in FL it was their Republican contol state government that created this mess by moving it up early. Now that same governor is going around talking letting the people from his state votes count. So democrats don't be fooled about what is really going on here. You have the Republicans trying to pick the Democratic nominee.

You have the operation chaos going on and yes believe it or not it is really going on. There are some idiots out there making a mockery out of once pround, honored, and saccred tradition. Our election process and voting so that they can fix the race and run against who they want to run against. And, you have an idiot like Hilary who can't see what is going on. Most of her votes are not real. You really have alot of Republicans voting for her that have no intentions in the fall. So Democrats don't be fooled by all of this mess that is going on right now.

Whining, wimpies. This is not "hurting" the party. If anything, every citizen in every state now has a voice. When was the last time you saw that happen? Indiana is now important, just as Pennyslvania was important. What's with these Democrates? Show show resolve.

In Canada we have a novel way of voting. You should try it. Its called Democracy. There are two basic rules to it. You can't switch the provinces (States) that are voting after the voting has started and once the rules are known, and get this, the candidate with the most votes at the end of the voting WINS.
I believe, last century, you worked it that way as well but some how it got off the tracks.
You should try it again. It works, eh !!!!!!

Obama started out strong – just like a new rock star. Then America

began to see and learn more of him. His momemtum is starting to

fade. A close victory in NC by Obama will be a victory for Hillary. She

will win in IN Now superdelegates must decide. Go with a delegate

count that would change in all probability or someone who will win

solve this countries problem. After all said and done if Hillary gets the

popular vote, which is very realistic, she should be the nominee.

The drawn out process has exposed Obamas negitives to be out there now and not in Sept, Oct, Hillarys campaiging like the future of the country is at state and she right. I sure hope america doent have to go through all of the disspointment of another 4 years of nothig postive getting done that will happen with Obama. Obama change message as wonderful as it sounds will only lead to him tring to change how things work while nothing get done. Even McCain will get more things done than Obama

wikpeidia is a user submitted website. if you would like me to i will go write how dennis kucinich is the front runner. then you can go change that to somehow make bill clinton the front runner. you guys are dumb citing wikpeidia. my 11 year old cousin knows this.

If Hillary doesn't win ——- Billyboy is in big trouble——- He will be blamed because of his "behavior" —–past and present !!
What a pitiful pair. The deserve each other.

If viabilty of one campaign is solely based on the potential of destroying the reputation of the other, you bet the race is hurting the party. But, to ask Hillary to stop is to ask God, at least that's what they think. They have this sense of God-given entitlement. We voters and dems can only pray, pray for them to have residual sense of common good for the party and the nation. Well, I guess I am a dreamer.

Hillary supporters here need to look at reality – she has ALREADY lost. She needs to win EVERYTHING else by about 70 percent margins to even catch up – won't happen. It's over. Obama won quite a while ago. Rather than slamming Obama supporters (AKA realists) for pointing it out, because CNN won't, just suck it up and move on.

Lisa,
are saying that 2/3 of the democratic members are Obama's supporters?
If yes, he should be the nominee then. Don't you think?

As an Obama supporter, this conclusion has dawned on me with a big… DUH!

If any of you have watched elections in other countries where they literally fight in the streets with each other – how are we any better than these people who felt so strongly with their support for the other candidate that they were willing to brandish weapons and show violence.

I think I'll take a pledge to at least take my comments and views down a notch.

To the Clinton supporters – I offer my sincerest apologies to any and all I have offended with my comments.

This democratic race is not hurting the party by going on so long, it's just running its natural course.
It may hurt some of the networks who are blatantly showing biased reporting by their people.
It may show which groups "stick together" to vote, ignoring the real issues.
It puts the spotlight on many many senators, representatives, superdelegates, govs and mayors…..to be seen by their supporters who may or may not continue to support them in the future…and for sure all the former dnc chairs are trying to get a little bit of the attention.

Call all this boring? I haven't had so much fun in a long time!

I went from Obama (Whom I will vote for in the primary) to undecided again. Clinton has me disgusted and I could NEVER vote for her.

But now I am tired or listening to all of the Democrats, so I think I am back to 3rd party again…. better to keep throwing away my vote than to hold my nose and vote for the least stinky candidate.

It's hurting the party big time. While the democrats are fighting for the nomination, Mcain is getting a free ride. If Hillary was in a position that Obama is in right now, the race would've been over for long time. My point is that there are many democrats who can't stand the fact that BO is winning and will eventually become the nominee. Get over it, and ask Clinton to bow out before it's too late.

WELL, IF THEY FEEL THAT WAY, WHAT THE HELL IS KEEPING THEM TO END THIS MADNESS.

SO PLEASE DEMS, IF YOU CAN'T ACT NOW THEN, SHUUUUT-UP

It is frustrating that a nominee for the democratic party have not yet emerged. This situation is damaging the party considering Sen Hillary´s campaign attitudes. It is high time Americans wrap it up for Sen Barack Obama come Tuesday's Polls in North carolina and Indianna. I hope that Obama will land "sucker punch" on Hilary in the two states.

Ese
writes from Vienna

CNN, post my comment already!

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I don't understand how all of you MORONS can continue to say the race is over????? Neither one of these candidates can win the nomination without the Super Delegates!! Oh my God, you Obama supporter's are just unbelievable, you really are! What about Michigan and Florida, two crucial states in a general election…. lot's of angry and 'bitter' voter's in these two states who want their votes to count, yet Obama is keeping their voices from being heard by hiring lawyers to block any kind of revote. Obama knows Hillary would win BIG in these states if there were revotes.

Again, I just don't understand how all of you bleeding heart liberal Obama-maniacs can say the race is over. The Super Delegates are part of the process! Like I've said over and over again, Obama can not win without the Super Delegates, neither can Clinton. Which is why she keeps saying, let's play this to the end. If Hillary Clinton wins in Indiana, comes close in North Carolina, this will only give her even more momentum, then she'll win just about all of the remaining states left, most likely giving her a big lead in the popular vote.

Hillary Clinton is gaining a HUGE amount of momentum right now and if she wins Indiana and comes close in North Carolina, she'll gain even MORE momentum. If the Super Delegates continue throwing support to Obama, they will lose HUGELY in the general election. McCain will win by the biggest landslide in US history, should Obama win the DEM nomination.

All I know about this coming election is that people will still be devided because of the democratic in-fighting. The super delegates will vote, whether for or against the will of the people, in which case America may see a political uprising against the US government.

We are reaping Karma for what our government has sown.

I am sure my not for Obama Posts will be deleted by the moderator.
So I will post a good one:

Senator Obama and family go to church. That must make them happy and god is happy and pastor Wright is happy!

Hillary's gas tax savings plan just shows you what kind of policies she would have in the white house. It is dumb, and it is dumb to say Barack is out of touch. He seems to be the only one that has told the American people how little the government would be giving us for 3 months. Come on Hillary supporters, see what you will have, think, think instead of voting for her because she is a woman. This woman has a lot of skeletons in her closet, that needs to be addressed by the media. Such as the Paul incident, White Water coverup and who are the clintons getting their money from and what for. Could it be for favors. her Health care plan only supports the Insurance companies, remember she said 4 or 5 companies would oversee the Universal Health care plan. Another blow big by Hillary. She gets more money from Insurance companies than anyone. Voters need to read the issues about her. her background does is much larger than the media portrays.

Clinton says that if you think it's hurting the party you aren't paying attention. All 66% of you aren't paying attention…

Of course it's hurting the Dems. The media is having a field day with this. If the situation were reversed and Obama was in the position Clinton is this would have been over in February. The media is completely responsible for keeping the Clintons alive.

I'm glad it's drawn out—it'll make for a stronger candidate.Maybe some questions will be answered.

I'm wondering about Obama's plans for Chicago.The weekends in Chicago are leaving bodies,families destroyed.This has been going strong for at least a year.What is he doing for the great state of Illinois?

It's impossible to stop the race when she obviously lacks the character to do the right thing. Her candidacy is about her, not democrats, nor the nation. She is destroying the hope of democrats and she does not care.

I will vote for anybody, other than Clinton, even for the 10th term for Bush since this country lost respect in the world and is doomed for disaster anyway.

Not letting the voices of people in FL in MI is and will hurt the party. Simple and true. Let their voices be heard…oh and the voice of Rev. Write also, LOL.

Don't blame Clinton if Obama is losing ground because people are getting the chance to learn more. If the DNC doesn't want the primaries to last this long then they should change the rules to have all states hold primaries by end of April. Otherwise, let all the people vote and have their vote matter.

Hillary is not giving anything to the republicans that they won't do on their own. This is nothing compared to what the republicans will do. So stop blaming Hillary for doing what people do in elections.

One last thing, people should stop acting like Obama is ahead by a landslide. The country is clearly divided right down the middle about who it wants.

PAUL V. CLINTON

It is NOT helping. I would it was IF they were talking about issues, but Senator is not and the media is not. Let it end, let it end

I personally think it's time for Sen. Obama to come at Sen. Clinton hard. He should pull out Peter Paul, Stan Lee, Paula Jones, Travelgate, and everything else in these last 96 hours before the polls open. He should handle her like a back street ho' and use the back of his political "P!mp Hand" to handle his business properly. After he spanks her next week, he needs to tell her “Don’t hate the player, hate the game”! Peace out!

Obama '08′

This Poll is pretty much true I do feel that this contest is hurting that party for the general election whoever the nominee is. It's been a pretty neg primary seaosn with both dem candiates Clinton more attacking each other as if one of was usuing republican tactics. I feel there shouldn't be so much attacking going on cause the Republicans could be having a field day with this and try to make Mcain stronger. I just think the attacking of both Dem candiates needs to stop so we can have a change. Other wise more dems and indep leaning dems with cont to feel neg about the outcome for the general election. With that said "Obama 08 enough said. "

Let's start promising to unite behind our party's candidate. No more bickering.

Total BS we need MORE time to vet the wannabe Obama. Who is this guy??, can we not tell you how shocked we are that for 20 years he went to a BLACK church!
I never even heard of a black church.
I never knew there was so much hate and anti american rhetoric being preached to families on SUNDAY!
I never will vote for such a man who has caused his supporters to call ME A RASICT! I think not., IT is Wright and Obama who play the race card, Obama just lies about it, HIS CRAZY UNCLE WRIGHT CALLED HIM ON IT!!!

Let's see if I have this straight: the Democrats schedule state primaries to occur from the first days of January clear into June, penalizing states who elect to move their contests up, and now groan about how long the process is taking???? Why in the world did they feel that nearly HALF THE YEAR should be spent on this process anyway – no one had the foresight to worry that things would drag on? Ridiculous – the Dems really are their own worst enemy.

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Let the people vote and then count the votes….that's a democracy. What will hurt the party more will be to have an illegitimate candidate.
Disenfranchising voters is not the way to go. STOP BLAMING HILLARY. She is the best candidate in the opinion of at least half the country and she has the popular vote if you count ALL the votes casted. If Hillary is forced out or if she drops out will leave only McCain as a viable candidate. We are doomed in November if Obama is selected… He will not be elected maybe selected like W.

Hillary has the credential, Obama has the essential, McCain has the potential.

""If this is damaging the Democratic party why
doesn't the DNC require that the superdelegates endorse by May 15th?""

They can't "require"…they can only "plead" and "encourage".

The best thing for the Democratic Party to do is not to rush to get their nominee confirmed for the campaign for President. If either Democratic candidate is forced to " drop out" it will only divide the party and leave its supporters disenfranchised. And if this happens, the Dems will surely lose their bid for the White House.

The Democratic candidate that runs versus McCain must have all the Democrats satisfied that every possible means and time was used in determining who the Democratic nominee should be. Without this, there will be no unity. This is less risky than being too hasty in nominating the Democratic candidate for President prematurely.

It's unfortunate that the media plays a much larger roll in deciding who will be our next president than any of us. I've stated before that this is now, and has been for awhile a made for TV election process. What a country!!!!

WAYNE….

Excellent, well thought out case.

One of the more rational posts regarding a person's candidate!

I laugh because this is a contest and it should go until it is completed. The Democratic Party are a bunch of whiners. It is hurting the party because you all insist on forcing an unqualified person down our throats and the democrats are not very democratic. Go figure.

The Democrats will lose in November not because the contest has continued nor that Hillary is being negative (that is all of the liberals excuse). They will lose because they are putting forth a nominee, Obama, who has no experience, can not finish a complete thought, has no concrete ideas, except the ones he stole from Hillary, has racists friends, does not understand middle America, is the most liberal Senator, is arrogant, and is a whiner.

Most Democrats want to end the race because they know Obama has been exposed and they are trying to save him. Too late!

It's neither Obama or Clinton doing this, it's the DNC's fault. They should've worked out a compromise rather than disenfranchising MI and FL voters . Then this nomination woudl've been locked up long ago. But instead they figured with the horrible record of GW Bush that they had the election locked up. Now it looks like they're throwing the race right into the Republicans' lap just like in 2000. By constantly trying to rewrite the rules during the Florida recount process they shot themselves in the foot.

Let's just wrap this up and come together soon. As a former Hillary supporter, I am sorry that is hasn't turned out the way she expected. I think she truly believes and has convinced many people she is the best person to lead this country. I would hope that someone close to her, a true friend, could explain the bigger picture. Just because you have many desirable personal qualifications and experiences doesn't mean you deserve the job. Life isn't fair. One of the things we've learned about voting for president is that no matter the qualifications (Gore, Kerry), voters at large want to be inspired – the energy created by that carries forward the policies and programs. Obama is a thoughtful person with good judgement, tolerance, patience, and intelligence. I hope people will take a deep breath, put their personal attachments and judgements aside, and look for the good in him – there's a lot there.

""Have you notice the only people that are saying it's hurting the party is Obama's supporters?""

So what you're saying then is that 2 out of 3 Dems are Obama supporters?!?

Cool!

If this race for the nomination wasn't as nasty as it has been. things could have been a lot different. The country loves both of these candidates. If only they could have been nicer to each other and teamed up in the end. We would have had a powerhouse in the White House

Davis Blumberg said McCain and Clintons gas plan is the dumbest thing he's ever heard of! Now that's coming from somebody nobody will dispute knows what he's talking about. Anybody noticed Hilary's latest Botox treatment? One day she looks like a woman of bearly 50. The day she looks about 85 by the face. Deception at its worst. By the way, anyone heard what's going on with Paul vs Clintons fraud case?

For those wishful thinkers who pretend Hillary may somehow be able to steal the nomination (because she can not win it), forget about it!. This race is over and the only reason Hillary has not got the boot is the Cable news media crave ratings . The media and the Superdelegates know this over. The math is against Hill and nothing will change that.

Well said Wayne. The media is the one that injected race into this election with the clintons signing off on it. How else could HRC compete. She under-estimated Obama and the american people.
very out of touch with what the american people need and want.

The FAT LADY has sung. Time for FAT HILL to get out (of site).

the clintons have been piling dirt on obama while a case like the one in california paul v clinton(google) if you can its a case that the republicans are gonna have a steak dinner with in case clinton is the nominee, this need to be checked out

Lets be honest here… The only way Hillary can get the nomination is if she gets the super-delegates to override the pledged delegates. If this happens, the democratic party may lose the African American vote for 30 years because they will feel that a bunch of white stuffy men have disregarded the will of the people. If Hillary does win, it will be awful for the party. And I doubt someone of her intellect has missed this truism. Her ego is so enormous that she is essentially willing to sabotage the party to win. I hope the super-delegates treat her treachery accordingly.

This is what our political process is all about it should go all the way to the convention every election .Party conventions have just turned into tax payer funded side shows with no meanings as of late. Let us not forget that Ron Paul has not drop out of the Rep. race so will be represented at his parties convention.If superdelagates overturn the will of the popular vote of the primary voters of the dem. canidates then I truly believe our democratic process here in our country is dead .

I am an independent in NY and had to register democrat in order to vote in the primary. I voted for Obama because by primary time Clnton had proven to me that she would do anything to win and lacked the decency that the oval office so desperately needs restored. Prior to her negative campaign tactics I believed in her and supported her. The more this plays out the worse it is for everyone. If Clinton wins the nomination I will stay home on election day. As far as I'm concerned the pandering to special interests and damage will be the same whether it's McCain or Clinton.

Lisa, you are delusional – Clinton hurts the party by staying in a race she CANNOT win, stirring unnecessary controvercy and division.

Sorry but, Hillary is untrustworthy and thus unelectable.

How can you elect a person for president who go against the experts and who lies to the American people all the time?

How can you elect Hillary who has lied about her experience?

How can you trust her? She stayed with Bill after he had many many affairs, only for her own politial gains. What will she do to this country when she won't listen to the experts now?

She scares the hell out of me.

This drawn out process has allowed Clinton too much time to distort and manipulate the process. I can't even watch CNN anymore, sorry guys. Clinton can't beat Obama on important issues. She doesn't hold a candle to Obama as far as personality, character and integrity. But she is ruthless and likes to play dirty. I don't know why that doesn't bother her supporters. She is also a hypocrite. I also don't know why that doesn't bother her supporters. Her years in the White House are filled with scandals. We all saw a picture of Rev. Wright with hubby Bill at a prayer breakfast at the White House and hubby Bill praised Farrakhan in the past (and so did Rendell). Why isn't she being held to the same standard? And the bottom line is that all these people that the candidates know peripherally are not the ones running for office. How stupid of an electorate are we?

It's been said that neither cantidate will not garner enough votes for the nomination in the remaining primaries. The superdelegates will
decide it ultimately. If this is damaging the Democratic party why
doesn't the DNC require that the superdelegates endorse by May 15th?Surely they must have an ideawho will be the best president and the most likely to win over McCain. Get on with it!

Obomabots aren't upset that Hillary is still running, they are upset that she keeps WINNING! Get used to losing Obamabots, it's all you are going to do from now until November, including the GE, if you get there.

The damage to the party and to the country are becoming obvious. I'm not surprised that Hillary will fight to the bitter end, but the voters need to bring the race out of its deep sleep. Hillary's campaign has been as nasty and sneaky as anything Bush did. She doesn't care about us and Bill just wants to resume the playboy role in the White House. Indiana and North Carolina can put Hillary out of her misery. Please do!

It's true, especially from seeing these blogs. If you truly want a change in this country – you are going to have to swallow your pride. We can't be childish about all of this. If Obama isn't the nominee I will still vote for Hillary.

I for one DO NOT want to see this country going down the same path it is going now, for my children and my grandchildren after them!

Things HAVE to change and sorry, McCain does NOT offer that. WAKE UP PEOPLE.

VOTE DEMOCRAT!

I hope Billary is happy. Welcome John McCain!!!

The voters don't seem to get that Hillary is killing the party, but the Superdelegates seem to. Yet they are still afraid to endorse.

Their delay has hurt the party as well. People fret at Obama for not denouncing his pastor earlier. But he did it. Now it's time for the Superdelegates to do the same. I mean, it's kinda late, but they need to do it before more damage is done. It may already be too late, the damage may cost them the election in November. Republicans are dancing in the streets.

Couldn't have explained it better myself Wayne! The MEDIA is responsible for this! Look at what they are trying to do with their "Poll of Polls". Obama is winning in everything except for superdels. He shrinks the lead to less than 20 yet the "Poll of Polls" suggests he's losing support! Honestly, I haven't seen a journalist in a long time that hasn't lost their morals. It's pathetic. The baggage that McSame and Clinton bring to the table is unbelievable (yet the media says nothing), Obamas baggage is 'rev. wright' (WHAT?) and they attack this to no end! THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED CHANGE!

I'M HONEST ABE AND I APPROVE THIS MESSAGE!

OBAMAMABO !!!!!!!!

OBAMA 08′

The race is not over, let the people vote.
This is not a race, it is a marathon and may the best MAN or WOMAN win.

Hillary will prevail in the long run and Obama will be asking himself, "How could Uncle Jeremiah do this to me?" He is losing support nationally and now voters are questioning his judgment.

Well Lisa, the headline of the story clearly states that two-thirds of democrats think that it is hurting the party. I guess if two-third of democrats are Obama supporters then she should probably quit. Good point Lisa!!

Lisa, not true. I have read many Hillary supporters say she is hurting the party,

Its funny how Americans don't understand politics and elections. Reading these comments, its obvious….stick to your day jobs people….you really don't know anything about the political process. The only reason you think a prolonged primary season is hurting the party is because you hear the PRESS & MEDIA saying it.

Truth is….its not. Its good for us. We're finally being "democratic" to a larger extent than we have been before….by letting EVERYONE in all 50 STATES have their voices heard.

Let the Democratic process work. Even the superdelegates have time to think about their vote. Hurry, hurry, hurry is NOT always right!

The only thing harming the party would be all of the immature people who say they will vote for McCain if thier personal choice is not the nominee! A true registered Democrate will vote Democrat no matter who the nominee may be. Clinton is my first choice, but if it be Obama then he gets my vote. Anyone who claims to be a Democrat and votes for McCain because they didn't get thier way should just stay home. They will be selfishly hurting this great Country of ours.

!!!!!!CLINTON FRAUD AND CORRUPTION CASE # BC304174 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!ALL OBAMA SUPPORTERS Please demand from the media to cover this very important story . Send as many emails as possible.For more info go to PeterFPaul.Com.

!!!!!OBAMA SUPPORTERS TAKE A STAND ASAP!!!

Of course this long drawn out battle is hurting the party and the candidates but what would you all be doing with your time if you weren't busy creating headlines and conducting statistically meaningless polls? Read today's New York Times and do the math-this race would have been over a long time ago if you had not bought in to the Clinton's belief in their supreme right to the White House. Oh and by the way, who is Hillary to condemn anyone for sticking with a flawed mentor? She has,after all, stayed married to one of the great philanderers of our time. Hardly the role model

Iran filed a complaint with the United Nations over Hillary's OBLITERATION comment. They are livid with her. Now here is the question – do we want a woman who supported a horrible war in bad judgement and who may have started another running this country? Get smart people. And how bout what her advisor said about Indiana citizens? I bet if they knew that she wouldn't get one vote from there. Wish I knew folks in Indiana.

Lets not forgot we are electing a president, not homecoming king, this matters and knowing all we can about who we are voting for matters. Obama has had to deal with one primary since all of the character issues he has faced in the last 5 weeks, why is it not discussed how he would have faired had we known more about him and the people he chose to influence his life before this all started? I find this a good thing, he cannot beat McCain so lets get a candidate who can, or at least wait to make sure all the skeletons are out of the closet before we make our final decision. It is comical to think that had we sewn up the nomination already that having the Republicans force Obama to account for his past would be a better situation than the far friendlier atmosphere he gets to do it in now. Lets think before we act!!!

If the party is harmed its the Super Delegates fault for letting this continue when for months they have know Obama had a lead she could not over come. This they had had real role they would have ended this in March and the party would have been in better shape.

Hopefully they will end it after May 6,,,,the trend looks like they might.

This isn't hurting the party at all!! This line is simply a campaign strategy by the Obama camp to try to negate his recent slide. This whole time, McCain is totally out of the media's view, and never gets any press. That's GOOD for Dem's!

Obama: Stop the politics of fear, 'Man up," and play till the clock hits zero.

It's ridiculous to say that this is all Hillary Clinton's fault. The truth is, neither candidate will have the 2,025 pledged delegates needed to secure the nomination. If she's winning important contests, that doesn't give her or her supporters much incentive to drop out. The Democratic party wants to pick the best candidate for the nomination and if that means a drawn-out battle, then that's what should happen.

DUH! Ya think??

Obama is our best hope for moving forward. I will probably not vote for McSame, unless vampire Hillary (some put a stake in her–Gore??Edwards??)pulls more divisive crap to stir up the older and blue collar folks. Wake up, people!!! Even if by some stretch of the imagination Clinton actually gets elected, do you think the Republicans are going to let her and her Cabinet accomplish anything? We'll be in for four more years of Congressional gridlock. The Clintons have made a spectacle of themselves in this grab for power. Indiana and SC, shut'em down.

Racism is when 92% of 1 race votes for someone based on his race, not his qualifications and then calls the others 'racist' for not following along.
Obama = racist church, terrorist endorsements, anti American.
Jews, typical white people will NEVER vote for Obama. Never!!

Well here's a thought… If the uneducated would educate themselves and actually look at the issues and the integrity of the people running perhaps they'd be able to understand what is best and right for this country. Why are we as a nation looking for the uneducated to make a decision that will impact us all and inevitably make our "uneducated" polulation grow? Under current Republican "rule" the average citizen cannot afford college and will not be able to get the loans/financial aid to get that education!

I do not have a college degree but I consider myself highly intelligent. I am able to look and the situation and how each candidate has conducted him or herself. Hillary's followers are largely in part racist.

They throw around racial insults and make a mockery of Obama's middle name. It's fear and it's unjust. THAT is not what this country was founded on.

Hillary and her supportor are destroying the party. I'll vote for the corrupt and pathetically vengeful woman if I have to because I am a democrat and John McCain would be a worse nightmare.

If you don't like Obama it is certianly your call but lets not be racists and narrow minded about it. Hillary is no angel and even her most avid supportors have to be wondering why their own friends are turning their backs on her. Don't you?

Obama 08

Have you notice the only people that are saying it's hurting the party is Obama's supporters? They are just mad because they're upset that Hillary is going to get the nomination and Barack is not.

1).Clinton Camp Dedends Gas Plan : She Doesn't Need To Listen To Experts.

2).Bloomberg: Clinton and McCain Gas Plan: Dumbest Thing I've Heard.
(www.huffingtonpost.com)

3).Her Gas Tax Plan Helps Oil companies To Get Richer($10 Billion)

4).Gas Tax Plan=Bridge Collapse($ 38-million deal reached with victims of Minneapolis bridge collapse)

===talk about ready on day one, Not===

Hillary everyday u prove it to me more and more why i should NOT vote for u.

Obama 2008

White or Black Americans would NEVER vote for David Duke – racist who belonged to the Klan.

WHY do democrats think White or Black Americans would vote for Obama who attended a racist church for 20 years.

There is no difference between David Duke and Barack Obama… well.. except for the fact 90+ % of the African American community will support a racist – if he is black.

This nomination season is the same length as all the rest of them. We just haven't chosen the candidate yet. It's a great American process and more people have learned about how our democracy works and gotten involved at the polls this year than have in a long, long time.

Shush the pundits and campaign junkies! Relax and enjoy to educational experience. The Democratic Party will unite to defeat the corporate thieves in the Fall, despite some of the pouting and whining going on. Be grateful that we have two excellent candidates – the GOP didn't have a single one!

The liberal left wing nuts antd the Obama supporters should jusr "shut up" and let the process continue. The rest of the voters have a right to express their opinions, plus the Democratic party better settle the Michigan and Florida disputes, before you start annointing anyone, or you really are going to have a problem. The "rats" that are jumping ship are only going to another ship and that ship will be infested by those "rats". I have little use for any that gives his word and then turns around and goes against that word. My mother taught me that my word was my bond. The Rat that jumped ship did not even have the courage to advise that person he was doing so, how can he ever be a trusted person.

Yaaa…Better to have all the Obama negative issues left
for the republicans to bring out….!!!! Better to go with a
flawed nominee…without knowing the real man???
Better to leave all the other american Voters out of the
Primary???? come ON….Know Your Candidate Well…
What he CAN do ….and What She has done…………
These are serious times …and we need a Serious Candidate…

Go Hillary.

Although I do not trust and would never vote for either Democratic candiate, I must admit they both have a case for winning the party nomination. The insiders who developed the current primary process and those that decided to not count Michigan and Florida are the ones who should be held accountable for the mess that has been created. Certainly, Obama has a claim by virtue of having the most states and delegates, while Hillary has a claim because she should have the most delegates if the method for counting was in-line with the process for face-off election with McCain and counting MI and FL she has the largest popular vote.
Most important is the last I heard it takes 2025 delegates to win the Dem nomination, not a simple majority as claimed by Obama supporters, those that want to avoid a party fight and as reported in every media.
Additionally, Democrats must understand that the chaos created by the fight is not just because of process, but because of the the children in the ring!

I have begun to just WATCH the news… NOT LISTEN.
I wish the rest of America would do the same. A long time ago, I was working for an American Company, in the Sahara Desert and got in an argument over politics and was accused of being 'brain washed' by the American Media….at the time, I thought the man was crazy, but I now see that man's point. The media…spins on and on, plays its games, pulls someone up, and knocks one down. Fair? Honest? Just? America?

The only ones wanting this to continue are people wanting Clinton to win the nomination, which is statistically impossible. What does that tell you?
In the meantime the Democratic party is heading into the toilet with little chance of winning the Presidential election if they let this continue.
Apparently she plans to try to be nominated no matter what the cost to the Democratic party which means 4 more years of the same.

What is ruining the democratic party is the DNC itself! Having voters in Florida and Michigan disenfranchised, their (the DNC's) early, blind support of a junior senator who has only won his elected seats by contesting signatures of opponents supporters, so basically by bullying and default. This junior senator also has VERY QUESTIONALBLE allianances with people like Tony Resko,,,,by the way, we should be saturating all the blogs saying we want CNN to publish this trial…note TRIAL, as the Obama supporters are drowning the blogs with PaulvClinton requests. Obama's 20 years as a member of a church that has always preached the same message…as a matter of fact, he was in attendance for the infamous GD America sermon. Also, he knew Wright was a liability before he announced! He was just hoping the love fest with the press would last the duration of the nomination process. Please, the DNC is at fault here, pushing their own agenda, and I no longer call myself a democrat. I will be registering as an independent and I will be either writing in Hillary Clinton or voting for McCain. The DNC reminds me of the Teamsters Union in the '70's. People, do not let our hand be forced! Stand up and be counted as an INDEPENDENT, citizen, thinker, and party member. I'm mad as Hell and I'm not going to take it anymore!

CNN Won't post me, they don't like numbers or real issues, I guess I'll have to start a blog. CNN, where do you get paid for posting the stories you print while avoiding real news? I won't sell out, but I'll consider renting out…….

The battle is a small part of it, Hillary's attempt to belittle Barack and the many ways she shows she paid attention to Rovian theatrics are what is hurting the party. Hillary's Kool-Aid drunken mathematically challenged followers blame Barack for the negativity. Ironically, there is no information or commercials or issues where Barack has attacked poor Hillary. He has not touted how all the children of Illinois are currently covered by healthcare, largely due to him. He hasn't pointed out that in the aftermath of the Monica affair; Rev. Wright counseled Bill and Hillary. He hasn't pointed out that he needs a mere 45% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination, where as Hillary needs 64% to stop him, and 70% to win. It would be a mathematical miracle (the likes of which Huckabee prayed and prayed)

Get ready folks, the fat lady is getting ready to sing. Her song will be "Yes We Can"

: )

i also have a problem getting posted but check this out i watched a differnt news report on u-tube yesterday witch i found very interesting
on the canadian nafta thing it was reported bye all the news channels that obamas people contacted them witch in fact it was the clinton people that did that iam not sure that its tru but it sure sounds very interesting and if it is tru why hasnt the news covered this or is the clinton power that strong hey mr cooper you seem to be the only one out there that will cover something like this maybe you should check into this

Stephy – It's not Hillary's or Obama's fault that DNC has a flawed process in place. Denying ANY voter a voice is not democratic. It really pi$$es me off when people blame her for destroying the party. It's shameful that all states aren't given the opportunity to vote sooner for the sake of the party.

I live in Iowa and attended the caucus here – what a nightmare. Very disorganized and impossible to get an accurate count for any candidate. Also, only allowing a couple of states to vote early makes no sense whatsoever. Let the people's voices be heard!

I thinks its great that we in Indiana finally get a chance to hear and see candidates and make a choice. I am sure other states such as North Carolina and Kentucky feel the same way. I was able to take my 9 year old daughter to see both Hillary and Barak – its good to be a democrat and either candidate will make a great President

IF HILLARY GETS LESS THAN 9%OF AA(WHICH MAKE UP THE DEMOCRATIC BASE) VOTES SHE WILL NOT WIN THE GE, THE MEDIA NEVER REPORTS THIS. YES THE YOUNG VOTERS ARE IMPORTANT AS WELL,IT ALWAYS ON THE POOR WHITE COLLAR WORKERS WHO HAS BEEN KNOW NOT TO VOTE THEIR ECONOMIC INTEREST ANYWAYS. NO DOUBT SOME WILL STILL VOTE REPUBLICAN MAYBE IN HOPES OF GOING OFF TO WAR!

OBAMA 08!

Yes, Brenda from Minnesota…I, too, am flagged and any of my comments that ask for fair reporting are deleted or rest in the limbo of "awaiting moderation." This is not fair and unbiased reporting whatsoever. All I am asking for is scrutiny of the Clintons that matches the scrutiny Obama has undergone.

I agree that is it really harming the Democratic Party.

I think good for stay longer because we need to know candidate record.
Look like Obama he have bad record but most of Americans still don't know some bad thing in his heart. Now we need the candidate that not change Washington just stay in Washington, not chage America but stand for America and not anti-Americans.

Just curious, has Obama, won anything since super Tuesday????? His questionable caucus win in TX doesn't count,. Add up ALL the votes together and Clinton still won.

What is hurting the party are the mean-spirited heartless attacks by the Obamabots. Every day Hillary is attacked – even MORE since Rev Wright outed Obama as a typical politician.

Obama needs to graciously drop out… and then MAYBE Hillary will consider him for VP. Seriously – the guy needs more time and experience.

The media and Obama team pushing this story is hurting the party. There is no way Clinton is getting out of the race. She will win at least 7 of the last ten states. They are terrified that Clinton is going to prove her point that Obama is unelectable. Get over it, this race is going on to the end.

The Democratic party has become undemocratic. And the Mainstream media is the one dividing the Democratic Party. Makes me wonder who owns the media puppets. The Republicans maybe? Hmmmmm…
Listen to voters, thats what everyone has to do.

The Clintons are truly above the law.

The Bush are above the law.

Obama taught the consititution law.

NC and Indiana tell the world the Law matters again.

Vote Obama 08

Americans have become so frustrated by the blockheaded Bush administration and their intransigence on every issue (and the failure of Congress to be able to check Bush and the NeoCons) that this election was seen as the one way we would be able to move past them and turn over a new leaf. And of course, public sentiment has lined up behind the Democrats, if only because they are NOT Republicans.

However, much of that enthusiasm and energy to move beyond Bush and to have a fresh start is being largely nullified by the infighting of the Democratic party, particularly Hillary and her followers, who have led the charge in tearing Obama down, even though he has led vote and been more popular overall. Their inability to accept his success and Hillary's insatiable ambition to become president at all costs is taking the wind out of many Americans' sails. She may win because she beats Obama down, but what are we left with? Yeah she may become president, but neither she nor McCain are really going to change anything. And if things don't change soon, Americans are going to begin losing heart, and may even struggle with their identity. Are we the land of the free and home of the brave? Or simply a land of sheep, and a refuge for the ridiculously wealthy and powerful, like so many other countries?

don't worry Brenda they will ot post my comment either about Hillary's advisor calling Indianians some startling names,but it's okay The viewrship is up on it and people can see for themselves.

CNN where is the integrity in your fairness of reporting negatives on all sides?

So why has the campaign gone on so long?
Obama has not defeated Clinton has he? No.
Should everyone just annoint Obama when he has not won anything?
Is he entitled to the nomination for some reason or does he have to do like all other democratic nominees and earn it?
All this talk about hurting the party is stupid. Parts of America that have never had the chance to matter in presidential primaries are voting for the first time in 40 years. I call that democracy and a good thing. Indiana and Kentucky have not mattered in primaries in 40 years! Imagine what we feel like.
There is more to presidential primaries than Iowa and New Hampshire!

HONESTLY,I AND MANY MORE PEOPLE WILL CONSIDER IT AS A SHAME ON DEMOCRATS IF THE PARTY FAIL TO NOMINATE OBAMA.FROM FACTS,THE ONLY REASON WHY OBAMA IS FACING SET BACK IS PASTOR WRIGHT ISSUE, WHICH IS BEING PROMOTED BY BILLARY AND REPUBLICANS.ALL AMERICANS KNOWS THAT OBAMA IS VERY GOOD CANDIDATE,CAN EASILY BEAT MCCAIN AND CAN MAKE GREAT PRESIDENT,SO WHY IS THE DEMOCRATS, ESPECIALLY THE SUPER DELEGATE ALLOWING THE DESPERATE BILLARY TO RUIN THE GOOD CHANCE THAT DEMOCRATS AND AMERICAN PEOPLE HAS IN OBAMA PRESIDENCY ????? COULD IT BE THAT THEY DO NOT LOVE AMERICA AND AMERICAN PEOPLE BETTER THAN PASTOR WRIGHT???

As a foreigner who is from Portugal and has travelled quit a lot throughout the world I have to say that for the first time a political and fascinating race kept my attention. And to be honest this was due to the positive message of change and hope Barack Obama sent not only to his fellow countrymen and women but also to the entirely world. For the first time I heard from an american candidate that one must talk not only with friends but also with foes in order to understand their reasons and bring them to our side instead of just bombing them. Old king of language like "obliterate" your enemy is no longer acceptable in nowdays. It create hate against America and gives reason to people like rev. Wright who, to be honest, has expressed the feelings of significant part of the world towards America. The civil rights struggle time has gone, the cold war time has gone, and I've never heard of such a thing named Al Qaeda before Iraq's invasion. I think that Obama is in a unique position to heal America as well as to bring the world toghether.

Why do people say that Hillary is killing the party, PEOPLE ARE VOTING FOR HER, dummy. She didn't do all this voting, isn't this what this country is suppose to be about. Obama and his supporters are the ones who have played the race card at every caucus and voting station. Vote for a BROTHER, to heck with all the racist garage out there about him and shaky dealings. People who vote of Clinton have just as much right as the ones who voted for Obama and Obama has unknown baggage. All of this came out after Feb voting and there will be more. No matter what some of the supers say, they need to really think about who they vote for if they want to win in Nov. Obama has divided this country so badly already, as president the damage would be traumatic. He is NOT for all of the people right now, he needs to prove himself first, then try again in 4 or 8 years.

I agree with Wayne. CNN, in particular Wolf Blitzer is so plainly biased towards Hillary Clinton it isn't funny. Every since she whined about being mistreated by the media, she obviously scared Wolf to death. There is absolutely no mention of the election fraud suit involving Hillary Clinton. Wolf is obsessed with airing Rev Wright and constantly asking why Obama can't close the gap and why he can't get the poor and educated white voters. Yet he never asks why Hillary can't get the educated white voters, the student vote, and the black vote. The reason this race can't end is because the media doesn't want it to end. As soon as it looks like it might, Wolf and cronies slant their reporting to favor Hillary Clinton to keep it going. Thank God for Jack Cafferty! Hillary didn't scare him away from calling as it is. Wolf needs to grow a set and get some testicular fortitude.

Your are so right, Wayne.

Hillary IS WHAT'S HURTING the Democratic Party … but it's the media that has kept her in the race this long by focusing on non-issues like Wright and words like "bitter". What nonsense and what a disservice they do the country by their 'talk show approach' to reporting serious news and more often than not while totally ignoring opportunities to have real dialog about substantive issues.

TO LONG LONG THAT NO GOOD FOR THE PARTY END THE GAME VOTE THE GIFT BY GOD OBAMA 2008 VIP CASEY OR ANDREW

With the only option Sen. Clinton has to overtake Sen. Obama is trying to tear him down so he will look unelectable to the Superdelegates, of course this long race is hurting the party.

The republicans want nothing more than to see this race continue so they are supporting Sen. Clinton and making this look like a real close race. Therefore, while she destroys Obama with the reputation of other people, their weak candidate, Sen. McCain, looks like an innocent peacemaker. I think he

This race is also dividing people along racial lines. Because Sen. Obama had so much support from the white community, the goal now is to find things to make him look like he is racist. When you hear people talking about the blue-collar workers, they are actually talking about white men. This should never be a factor is this race. We all have come too far to let the media spin statements made by loose lip people.

Not equally investigating into the lives of other candidates, makes me wonder if the media is involved in keeping this race going. The Paul vs Clinton case should have been spinned over and over just like the Wright story. I think people would rather know if they are voting for a candidate that is directly involved in a crime rather than look at one that is accused indirectly.

I hope the superdelegates are reading the news.

I had made up my mind to vote democratic to end this war. But Hillary is making it so hard. I just read the huffington post about how her Senior Advisor blumenthal is using and collaboration with the the right wing media to smear Obama. Is this normal political practice for the democratic party. Could a Clinton supporter weigh in on this.

Come on Indiana and North Carolina. You think that Obama is unelectable, but HIllary has the worst unfavorable ratings of any candidate ever. She can not win. She has way to much baggage. The worst thing they have on Obama is his pastor's political views. I have a question, how many of you know your pastor's political views? Obama actually only went to that church only 5 years out of the 20. He worked in D.C. and was going to law school those other years. I do not know about you, but I go on and off to a big christian church, and I could not tell you half of what my pastor says on Sundays when I am not there. Give the guy a break!!! At least he's not accepting money and promising positions before he's elected like Bill Clinton. At least he hasn't been involved in real estate scandals like the Clintons. Do you all really want someone like Hillary running this country. If Hillary wins, it might finally be Nader's year. Who's with me?

Come on Dems, we need to keep this primary going to find the most suitable candidate. It's not like the two don't have basically the same voting record, (96% when they both actually vote). We need to get to the core issues, like just who is Hillary's mother's sister's father's cousin's former roommate?

Plus, we should let the superdelegates decide, since they're more smarter than us!

I fail to see how letting Americans vote is hurting any "party". Anyway, are the American people not more important to America than "republicans" or "democrats"? The DNC are the ones to blame for their "party" self-destructing–they pushed an unknown and "wild card" candidate and disenfranchised millions of voters because their candidate didn't get enough votes in Michigan and Florida. Now they are crying because the "party" is hurting? GIVE ME A BREAK! The US Presidency is not about you Obama supporters who make up a miniscule segment of the the population-it's about ALL Americans-Dems, Reps, and independents!

Great comments Wayne. The MEDIA is manufacturing the news instead of reporting it. They twist things that are being said and give their own spin on it. They seem "to know" what every statement means & the importance of the polls. People who don't get politics are believing them. These polls are ridiculous! The people who do these polls have know idea who they are polling and if they are lying or not. I'm so tired of the media and their being so irresponsible in reporting the news! Obama is the most sincere & down to earth candidate I've ever voted for. I don't know how anyone can believe Clinton and all the political games she is playing. She is counting on people to not understand what she is doing. I KNOW exactly what she is doing. She can't fool me. Don't let her fool you!

The primary season is coming to the last leg folks, and let me summarize the two democratic candidates.

Clinton: A wealthy politician (110 million worth), with 35 years of experience (same old dead lock politics), with democratic party machinery behind her (thanks to Bill) trying to convince us that she understands the plight of the poor and average american and their concerns. Does this resonate as the truth? NOT. She is perpetrating hypocrisy and lies. Her Policy: Do anything and say anything to win power.

Obama: A talented, intelligent individual, who comes from a poor background, rose to the heights of acheivement to senator of Chicago, lived the american dream to the fullest, and trying to offer the same hope to the poor and average american to lift them up from their plight. Does this resonate as the truth? YESSSSS!

Add to above description a leader, charismatic individual, visionary, uniter, honest and sound in judgement.

Come on: Indiana and South Carolina, let's bring this drama to a close and elect the right one! OBAMA08

H i l l a r y ……….
P l e e e e e e z
Drop OUT !!!!

Be grateful the race for the nomination has lasted this long, if Obama had become the nominee after Super Tuesday, he would not have gained this experience of running in a tough election. Hillary has tested his metal and his armour has suffered a few chinks, nothing compared to what the Republicans would inflict. While Obama did win against Alan Keyes handily for Illinois Senator, it was by default, because Keyes came in at the 11th hour with no time to campaign, plus he was an outsider. The general election is not a place for the inexperienced, and the way his campaign has handled the Wright issue is not making democratic voters, Hillary supporters and Obama supporters alike, feeling confident that Obama can beat McCain in the general. It is becoming more evident, that Obama should have waited to run for president. His closest friends and family members begged him not to run this election and he decided to anyway. If he is truly meant to be president he will be one day, not this time.
The Clintons are not monarchs, they are an experienced,
hard-working, tenacious family that will win us back the whitehouse. In case you forgot, the 90's were great. No trainees for the Whitehouse '08.

well said wayne. of course the race is hurting the party, but this is america. we vote for our leaders. keep on voting

I think its exciting. Whats the problem? Its just the democratic process. Don't worry about September. Its what is going on now thats all the news!

So much for this being "good for the party" nonsense we've been subjected to! It is time that Ms. Ego realized what she is doing….or maybe she knows what she is doing by trying to set herself up for 2012 if Obama loses. She doesn't care about the party, the Country, or the people——-she cares about HER.
End the darama—-VOTE OBAMA!

I don't understand how all of you MORONS can continue to say the race is over????? Neither one of these candidates can win the nomination without the Super Delegates!! Oh my God, you Obama supporter's are just unbelievable, you really are! What about Michigan and Florida, two crucial states in a general election…. lot's of angry and 'bitter' voter's in these two states who want their votes to count, yet Obama is keeping their voices from being heard by hiring lawyers to block any kind of revote. Obama knows Hillary would win BIG in these states if there were revotes.

Again, I just don't understand how all of you bleeding heart liberal Obama-maniacs can say the race is over. The Super Delegates are part of the process! Like I've said over and over again, Obama can not win without the Super Delegates, neither can Clinton. Which is why she keeps saying, let's play this to the end. If Hillary Clinton wins in Indiana, comes close in North Carolina, this will only give her even more momentum, then she'll win just about all of the remaining states left, most likely giving her a big lead in the popular vote.

Hillary Clinton is gaining a HUGE amount of momentum right now and if she wins Indiana and comes close in North Carolina, she'll gain even MORE momentum. If the Super Delegates continue throwing support to Obama, they will lose HUGELY in the general election. McCain will win by the biggest landslide in US history, should Obama win the DEM nomination.

It is absurd! The party leaders need to sit down with them an sort it out and ask one to bow out….or put the resourced in the 2012 elections because they are certainly messing up their chances for this one…

Hillary is using a "cross that bridge when I get to it" strategy.

If she can get the nomination, no matter what kind of damage she has to do to Barack Obama, his supporters, or the Democratic party; no matter what kind of pandering she has to do; no matter how inconsistently she has to portray herself–in short, no matter what she has to do, if she can get the nomination, she'll worry about how to win the general election then.

It's a very shortsighted approach, obviously, and if successful will leave Hillary with no viable strategy for November and leave Democratic voters wondering how they could have gone so horribly, terribly wrong.

Hey – it's Friday – time for Bill and Hill to turn that knife in Obama's back again.

The Clinton's think they are "owed" another chance to steal the rest of the stuff from the white house.

Hillary's plan is now to discredit Obama so that he loses the election in 2008 and then she can go against McCain in 2012 and win. She will do whatever to discredit Obama and the party including rovesque tactics that won Bush/Chaney the White House. She has no regard for the party or the country since voting another Republican to the White House is another 4 years of misery for the country.

But i dont think she should drop out on her own accord. The voters and super delegates need to voice their opinion for the good of the party.

Incidentally, I hear lots of cries that Obama will lose to McCain but what i havent seen is a lucid argument of why?

This is the media fault. The media ENJOYS this, so they SPIN the news, WORD it just right "OBAMA SLIPPING", to make the race continue. Spin a story on a Pastor for weeks, months…unheard of, ever in this country or any other nation. Hillary's Pastor has been sentenced to Prison for Child Molestation…but that is not in the news. YOU guys are making money….by spinning this…it is the media….who keeps this race going on. Destroying the party…and possibly worse, a chance for a better place for us all.

It has lasted too long, but I don't mind because

[1] If the nomination is stolen from Barack Obama, we have an acceptable candidate in John McCain.

[2] The longer this goes, the more annihilated the Clinton brand and the Clinton legacy become. Every day more of the people I know reach their last straw with the Clintons. Even moreso on days that Bill makes the news.

So let the games continue.

I prefer Obama but I'll take McCain.

What counts…what matters…is no more Bushes and no more Clintons.

Of Course !!!
Is Hillary Clinton a democrat, a true democrat?????
When she loses the race she will not support Obama…
She's a big hypocrite

OBAMA SHOULD STAY ON THE LETTERMAN SHOW . AS A COMIC HE IS NOT BAD BUT AS AN HONEST POLITICIAN HE IS A FAILURE

WOW! I just read about paul vs. Hillary on the Hillary Project dot com and oh my goodness. The Clinton's are slimey. We need to end this race. Vote Obama!!!

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I just hope it's not the headlights of the oncoming McCain express!

Well once again Mrs. Clinton has struck gold. Maybe she was paid by the Republican's to stay in the race so they could win. Barack need's realize that this long drawn out primary season will hurt the democratic party and there will be no way in our godly earth that the democratic party can unite in less than 3 months.

Hillary keeps saying she has been vetted. But we thought Bill Clinton was vetted, then we had Gennifer Flowers, Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky to tell us otherwise.

Don't believe Hillary, she is not going to tell the truth. If she will lie before she gets in office, what make you think she will stop lying after she gets in office.

brenda same here, for some reason the ClintonNewsNetwork seems to have blocked me as well. I am sure they will post this to show that they are "fair and balanced" too. This was my last post that I sent in at 10:38 and it is still awaiting moderation while others posted 30 min. AFTER mine have been moderated.
WOW it took them this long to figure this out? Hillary, you can NOT win any way without overturning the will of the people. It is time to step aside and help UNITE the party. I, and many other Obama supporters respect your work in the Senate, and believe you can help this country come together and get great things done under the leadership of President Obama. You are young enough to run again in eight years,and I think it would serve us all well if you let the inevitable happen and allow Senator Obama to move on with the general election.
OBAMA '08-12
CLINTON 12-16

I agree. This is hurting the party. I am an Obama supporter but if Hillary had the lead in delegates, popular vote and most states won at this point, I would think that Obama would need to drop out. Hillery, please look at what you are doing. You are hurting Obama's chances of winning in November – it is impossible for you to win at this point. No matter who you are supporting, it is time that we come together as one. HIllery and Bill had eight wonderful years in the White House – give someone else chance.

Democrats '08
Anybody but John McCain

so why did the judge in the Paul v Clinton case let his friend off the hook to testify until AFTER elections? We, the voters need to KNOW why this isn't brought up in the news like Wright was.

Internal polls are useless. The last person we need in the White House is an impeached president and former first lady who only know how to create scandals. Now we have another one and the news media won't even do stories on anything but trivia like Wright.

The ONLY reason Hillary is still in the race is because the media hasn't done its job for the voters. Coverups to news on the Paul v Clinton case. Little to nothing about the connection of Farrahkan and the Clintons and Rendell.

May 2, 2008
NC Poll: Obama +16
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Zogby's latest (April 30-May1) is one of the few bright spots for Obama over the last 48 hours, showing him with a big lead over Clinton, though without any previous polling from Zogby we can't tell which direction Obama may be going:

Obama 50 (no trend)
Clinton 34
Undecided 8

Overall, Obama's lead in the RCP Average for North Carolina ticked back up to 8.4%.

If this is actually the case why did the DNC approve of all of these states having late primaries . They should have forced every state to hold a primary by March 31st and this would not be an issue. They set a date for early primaries, why didn't they set a cutoff date for late primaries. Such ineptitude of the leadership in the democratic party. Now the want to blame Hillary, Rev. Wright, or anyone but themselves for prolonging this. Let it play out and whoever has 2025 delegates when this is over should be the winner!

What is killing me is the fact that anyone would let Obama get this far. It isn't hurting the party. The people who did not back him to begin with are not going to back him if he gets the nomination.

Its time that we all line-up behind the leading Candidate for the Election Mr. Obama is the only choice at the moment because Mrs. Clinton can't catch him. Forget the party. This is for the good of the country

We're killing the party … slowly.

thankyou

OBAMA 2008!!!!!!!!!

WHAT DOES NOT KILL ME MAKES ME STRONGER.
WAKE UP == OBAMA IS A RACIST AND ANTI AMERICAN WHO WANT'S TO DO NOTHING FOR THE BITTER PEOPLE OF AMERICA.
THIS IS PROVEN BY HIS 'NO' STAND ON THE GAS TAX HOLD FOR THE SUMMER.

Obama is willing to sell the party down the tubes in his quest for glory. No one here will vote democratic if he is the nominee. McCain is going to win because of Obama's arrogance.

Obama fans
Just let this play out and stop whining.
This is not over yet and the fat lady is starting to warm up for Obama.

Obama will be victorious….lets unite and defeat McCain.

Clinton can't win the math. Obama already has the nomination. Why do you guys at CNN keep this Clinton fantasy alive? Why are you so devoted to her?

When Huckabee couldn't win, you guys kept pointing that out until he conceded, yet with Clinton you keep pretending that she's somehow different. She's not. She's already lost this thing and is simply trying to submarine Obama for the general so she can run again against McCain.

Although, you'll never bring that possibility up, or question her directly on her motivation for staying in despite the reality of the situation. I KNOW you would if Obama were doing this to her. Why the double-standard, CNN?

Oh, I see it's more important to report on what Obama thinks of Paula Abdul.

It is indeed a serious problem, and what I am a bit puzzled that what happened to "Sleeping" superdelegates, why are they not moving and get this over with. The obvious support should be for 'Obama' as he is ahead in pledged delegate count, states won, and ahead in popular votes.

This is the TIME for superdelegates to move forward NOW. I am amazed at 'Al Gore, and "Jimmy Carter' type of democrats. They have been in the government and know very well the significance of moving forward now then later. What happened to their wisdom. Can't they see this? Why are they silently watching, and then we call them elders? WOW… some elders!!!

A.M.
Houston, Texas

Duh.

…but its win/win for Clinton. If she can't 'smoke filled room' her way to the nomination this year, she's increasing McCain's chances in November which sets her up for 2012.

Thanks to Hillary…………

Hillary's "win-at-any-cost" attitude IS hurting the Democratic party.

Her continous negativity in the last 2 months towards Obama is dispicable. Her tatics are what Rebublicans normally use against Democrats in the GE. She's done most of their work for them.

The one and only way to run against someone in your own party is to compare policy issues, healthcare plans etc by pumping your own ideas up, and contrasting the differences with the other opponent's.

Showing your integrity and honesty and leadership abilities is also paramount. I feel HRC lacks these qualities, as she has venhemently attacked her own Democratic opponent, just to win.

If she has to take the low road to win, it makes me ask, can she not win solely on her own merity? Her policy plans? Her characteristics?
Her credibility?
I was always taught, if someone has to put someone else down, to make themselves look better, it doesn't say a whole lot. That person either lacks character, or they are very insecure.

So yes, I think this race going on for so long, is hurting the Democratic party. And in a time when the Dems should win this hands down, this long battle is risking that chance.

I also believe that if the roles were reversed, and hillary were in the lead on all counts, I think the DNC would have already asked Obama to step down….Why they haven't done that now, just makes me wonder why the rules are different for her. How much power do the Clintons have that the DNC would even risk this race?

Who was in this poll? Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Obama supporters?

Fair elections and every person having a vote are part of a democracy. That is what America was founded on what America is all about.

This prolonged nomination battle is a result of a media eager to capitalize on the stubbornness of Clinton and her supporters. Obama won some time ago (the media's reluctance to admit that he won Texas was a telling demonstration). Clinton supporters who think they still have a shot need to take a look at the deligate situation- Even if she wins Indiana, he is pegged to win North Carolina by a bigger margin. His deligate proportion will increase, and hers will stay the same. Additionally, Obama has not lost ANY superdeligates, and he continues to gain them faster than Clinton. The question is why has SHE not laid down her arms yet?

Everyone wants to be counted. Let it happen.

A vote for Hillary is a vote for McCain…

Super delegates should decide this race now or risk loosing big in November. Not only the presidential race, but the house & senate too…

Ofcourse this is what Hillary wants since she can come back after 4 years to run again. She does not care about the country and what we will go through over the coming 4 years. Clinton and her supporters understands well what matters at the end is the delegate count and even if she win all primaries from now till the end she has no way of catching up with Obama. That is why the previous DNC chairman switched from Clinton to Obam & another one supported Obama today.

is there something wrong with wanting to win. the only person getting hurt is Obama as the voters at last get to see him for what he is. and they dont like it. wright was his doing not clintons the bitter remarks were his. he's the one with the far left voting record. his wimp image is his own doing

CLINTON IS "RIGHT" FOR AMERICA

OBAMA IS "WRIGHT" FOR AMERICA NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, CNN is finally reporting the obvious. The boys in management must have heard there is movement in Washington to end this ridiculous farce of a primary. Better for business to move on.

It is time to have a President who is thoughtful, unrushed to judgement and willing to take a stand on issues!! Even better is a President who has young children to remind him of the FUTURE of our country and the burden we have placed on the next generation with our foolish decisions.

No one disputes Clinton's intelligence, but this does not equal leadership! Let her go and let's take our country back!

WAYNE, YOU JUST HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. HILLARY IS A VERY DIVISIVE WOMAN and she is really dividing the party. Miss Powers was right to call her a "Monster" and that she stoops for anything to get elected. She is just so anoying and manipulative and the media is falling for all her tricks for intensions that are becoming so obvious to me.

Yea…let Obama drop out he has nothing planned for this country. I don't want to be hated more. I am already black.

What are these alleged superdelegates thinking? Why are they not ending this thing NOW! The so called party elders and super democrats are allowing our party to be destroyed . Hillary and Bill Clinton and systematically tearing down Obama who without a doubt will be the democratic nominee while he tries to stick to his positive message and stay above Hillary's negative attack style of politics. Hillary & Bill are attacking relentlessly knowing that Obama can't respond in kind without abandoning his platform for change.

This is not about pledged delegates–something contrived by the stupidity of the caucus process and endless rules different in each state–it is about PEOPLE, many of whom have yet to vote.

President Hillary was evident on O'Rilley while Sen. Obama ducks behind his wife outside the hard questions on the morning shows. That is the point.

If they do not want a long DNC contest, change the rules to match those of the RNC!!!

I agree that CNN is definately Clinton territory, just like FOX is McCain. If anything comes up about OBAMA it is beaten to death for days. Hillary makes a comment out of text or does something negative and it gets maybe one day air. This I know, because I decided to keep track. It is amazing how the media can totally control what and how people think. If CNN was not so one sided it would bring up some of the controversies that she and her husband are involved in.
After watching months of CNN, I am beginning to wonder if Hillary (God forbid) wins the election, will it be her or Bill running the country. I think People are voting for Bill and not Hillary. SAD!! Between the two BIG ego's, there will be so much bickering, nothing will get done.

Total lies. Sharon MO…chirp in pleez!

Exit polls in PA showed that 4 out of 5 voters didn't realize that this race is unwinnable for Hillary unless there's a huge superdelegate overthrow.

So what did they do? They voted for Hillary, the candidate with no chance of winning, thereby extending this race even more.

It is so frustrating to hear Senator Clinton take for granted not only the voice of the african american and young, but also the excitement from voters who live in other states beside FL, OH, MI and PA. I guess there really is no reason for me to vote since I live in GA. I guess there is no reason for most of my family to vote since they live in CT. There is no reason for my wifes family to show up at the polls in November since they live in CO. There is no reason for anyone outside of the so called big states to cast a vote since we do not have the luxury to live there. Senator Clinton's has no reaon to campaign in any other states since they are not "TRADITIONAL" democratic battle ground states. Unfortunately, Senator Clinton represents everything that is wrong with Washington… let's just continue to do the same old same. So much for Change.

Of course it's hurting the party. As long as CNN and other media find some irrevalent sound bite to run against Obama just before each primary, it will continue. He isn't well known and therefore easier to injure temporarily.

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With only seven contests left after tuesday and we can basically figure out who gets what the positives of signing up new voters and the canidates appearing in these states have become negligible compared to the knee cap strategy and the whipping up of the blue collar white people in an emotional frenzy so that they will vote their emotions and not their pocket book. Also respect and gratitude earned by former president Clinton and Senator Clinton have decreased considerably and have worn thin amoung AA voter, Latte Liberals, hispanic voters, and the vast number of white voters whom have voted for senator Obama.

What are these alleged superdelegates thinking? Why are they not ending this thing NOW! The so called party elders and super democrats are allowing our party to be destroyed . Hillary and Bill Clinton and systematically tearing down Obama who without a doubt will be the democratic nominee while he tries to stick to his positive message and stay above Hillary's negative attack style of politics. Hillary & Bill are attacking relentlessly knowing that Obama can't respond in kind without abandoning his platform for change.

Who are the 1/3 who do NOT think it's hurting the party???

CNN, here comes the spin. What will hurt the Democratic Party is to nominate someone who is UNELECTABLE.

Obama supporters need to face the facts. He has already disrespected Small Town Voters and has real issues with his judgement arguement….i.e. he has lost all credibility that he has superior judgement. Rev Wright has confirmed from his own mouth that Obama sat in that church and listened to hate speach for 20 years. I'll say it again and again……..

Obama is unelectable.

Obama is unelectable.

Obama is unelectable.

Obama is unelectable.

Get the picture. Conservative democrats will vote for McCain instead of voting for someone that they do not share common values with.

Obama supporters need to vote for Hillary, and just maybe she will ask Obama to be the Vice President again.

Hillary 08

Wayne, I totally agree with you. For all those who are clueless RACE was not injected in this election by Barack,but by Bill Clinton who wanted to score points in NH, and SC.

Also, race has always been a factor in presidential elections, and gender too–which can be summed up in two words–WHITE MEN.

It is not only hurting the parting it is killing the enthusiasm because she has forced the race to become the old politics that turned us all off in the first place. This big turnout is because of the enthusiasm Obama created. I gag everytiime I hear one of her supporters trying to take credit for it. She has tried to kill the enthusiasm and her only way to keep up with Obama was to divide the party. I hold her completely responsible for that. Trying to beat the enthusiasm and spirt out of us but making us look like a "cult" or making us look nieve…….shameful….unforgivable. It is hurting the party….it needs to stop before we realize it will always be politics as normal and that change is impossible. I hold her responsible. …and all of those supers who are too afraid of her and Bill to stand up for what they believe

Democrats will come together whether the nominee is Hillary or Barack, so Republicans don't count on us defecting. Republicans are voting Democrat because they are smart and know John McCain is the same as Bush.

The liberals are self-destructing….and that is to this nation's benefit

The consequences are too grave to turn the leadership of this country over to a group of people who:

– openly desire to negotiate with terrorist organizations/states. Surely we can use diplomacy to convince Hamas and the President of Iran not to hate us and Israel…just give them what they want and everything will be hunky-dory….GIVE ME A BREAK!

– talk about defeating al-Qaeda and other Islamo-fascists but make promises to spend money on pork barrel social programs instead of national defense and intelligence gathering (alas Clinton back in the 90's…which directly allowed al-Qaeda to come to power)

– talk about defeating al-Qaeda but make irrational promises to pull troops out within 60 days of inauguration…knowing the whole time that country will turn into absolute chaos and an al-Qaeda sanctuary as soon she does it (alot of the Dems voted for the war in Iraq….why don't you see it all the way through to a successful conclusion)

– advocate domestic policy that is tantamount to socialism (Nationalized health care is not the answer….the federal government can't get Social Security and disaster response right….what makes you think it will all change with universal health care???)

Hopefully middle America will observe this see these clowns for what they really are….a power grab to propagate their socialist / soft on terrorism agenda.

You all want Hillary to bow out because people are starting to see through Obama's veneer and they don't like what they see. Tough! Even if he gets the nomination – he will not get this Dem's vote!

Incase you hadn't noticed….Obama is black….If if wasn't for the black vote in St. Louis and Kansas City…Obama wouldn't have won Missouri. So tell me that the black vote doesn't count!!!

I'm a young (21 y/o) voter who thinks Clinton is tough on the issues and knows how to handle herself under pressure which is only part of the reason she has my vote.

Despite my vote for Clinton, i still like Obama and would vote for him in a general election against McCain. I don't understand how and why many people on BOTH sides can't or won't put personal differences behind them and support whoever the Dem nominee is.

This story almost makes me ashamed to be an American. How can a truly democratic process be hurting the Democratic Party? We have two good candidates who both feel as though they have a legitimate reason for being president of the United States. In addition, each candidate's beliefs are supported by roughly half of the democratic population. Not letting all 50 states (plus whatever territories) have their say in who should be their nominee would damage the Democratic Party than having two good candidates running for a chance to be their party's nominee.

If anything, this contest represents democracy at it's finest, and the nomination should go to whoever has the greatest support of the American people (popular vote).

P.S. The delegate system sucks. Deciding to choose a nominee based on something other than the popular vote should at least be similar to (the same as) the rules for the general election. Why we need to have three* completely different systems to elect a candidate demonstrates the inefficiency of the American political system.

*Three being the Democrat Nominating Process, Republican Nominating Process, and the General Election Process.

By the rules that everyone agreed to before the primaries stated Obama will win. If Hillary is anything like Bill, she will care less about helping other Democrats get elected. In '94 BIll made very little effort to help Democrats.

hillary needs to drop out, she is a divider. after obama win indiana and north carolina tuesday i hope she finally see that she cant do it.

Paul vs Clinton!!

Educate yourselves!!

Amen to Wayne. Well said my friend

I am usually not one for conspiracy theories but this one is starting to make a lot of sense. Hillary Clinton is a manipulative liar but she is also a very intelligent person. Her supporters might be delusional but she is not. She needs 70% of the states and 2/3 of the SuperD's to win. Do we really believe a Yale graduate can't add?

Hillary has built this "fighter" personna to the point that she can not drop out until Senator Obama has 2025. By the time she throws her support behind Obama it could be too late to unite the democratic party. In 2012 she gets to say "I told you so" and save the nation from McBush. This woman would rather protect her political career than do what is best for the country. Is this the type of person we want as our president?

Obama wins NC by less than 5% after being up 18% just 2 weeks ago, he loses Indiana by more than 5 points to continue his oh-fer in midwestern industrial states he doesn't live in, he will be solidly behind both Clinton AND McCain in the national polling after this weekend….and he'll still win the nomination just by attrition due to the idiotic Democratic primary rules.

Talk about backing into a nomination and limping into a general election. This is a nightmare. This guy is not who I thought I was voting for. I want my vote back in Missouri.

Obama will loose in November if he is the nominee.

Takes two to fight – stop blaming Hillary if your guy can't stand the heat – the reason for the division is that many of us cannot and will not support Obama – the same as many of you cannot and will not support Hillary. And the "hurt" is caused be the hateful venom spewed by supporters on both sides – not because of the candidates themselves.

I don't like the long trek, but heavy campaigning in the remaining states will keep those states involved, and that can be a good thing too. I think we know who the winner is, but those last few states would like their say.

The Clinton Attack machine is starting to turn off voters like myself who would have voted for a democrat for the first time ever. I will definitely not vote democrat if HRC is their nominee. So maybe you should give Obama the nomination he has won, or watch a large portion of the black vote not vote or vote Republican, I will vote for Obama if he is the democratic nominee, if not I will vote for McCain even if he is not my first choice. The democrats did this to me in 2004 when I was going to vote for Howard Dean.

Let the people vote and then count the votes….that's a democracy. What will hurt the party more will be to have an illegitimate candidate.
Disenfranchising voters is not the way to go. STOP BLAMING HILLARY. She is the best candidate in the opinion of at least half the country and she has the popular vote if you count ALL the votes casted. If Hillary is forced out or if she drops out will leave only McCain as a viable candidate. We are doomed in November if Obama is selected… He will not be elected maybe selected like W.

Bloggers demand information regarding Paul vs Clinton!!!

Report all the news, CNN!!!

I think we should also add a few of Pastor Hagee's comments also. CNN doesn't seem to want to report on anything but Wright…

Comments from Hagee:
"I believe that the Hurricane Katrina was, in fact, the judgment of God against the city of New Orleans…I believe that New Orleans had a level of sin that was offensive to God, and they are — were recipients of the judgment of God for that…There was to be a homosexual parade there on the Monday that the Katrina came. And the promise of that parade was that it was going to reach a level of sexuality never demonstrated before in any of the other Gay Pride parades…. The Bible teaches that when you violate the law of God, that God brings punishment sometimes before the day of judgment."
-Pastor John Hagee

Hillary gets all the heat for wanting to stay in the race at any cost. The truth is there are millions of voters who support her and feel that she should be the nominee. Why can't everyone just shut up and let the process continue. If it was meant to be over yesterday, our forefathers (in and out of modern times) would not have set up the system this way. And speaking of modern times, if we didn't have media 24/7, people would be reading a little blurb in the newspaper everday about who's winning and who's loosing, and the contentiousness would not be at the level it is now. Get real people, this is all great for the media biz. Stop blaming Hillary or Obama, and be grateful you have an opprotunity to vote and live in America.
Let the process continue, and may the best person win. Period.

It's absolutely hurting the dem. party. That's why the supers need to come out for Obama and shut it down. She cannot catch up…if she manages to lie her way to winning Indiana and NC…it will just make matters worse…because she can't catch up. There was a time when this first began I could have voted for her…but after seeing how she runs her campaign and lies and panders….no more. I hope the country is smart enough to see through all of this or we are going to have 4 more years of Bush and it won't matter whether it's McCain or Clinton…they both are going to give us that….Scare tactics, pandering , lying, ….who needs that for 4 more years. And what's up with the law suit against her and her husband in California courts right now?

I listen to Joe Scarborough and he makes me sick. He pretends he is not supporting Republicans and that he gets paid by NBC. Well NBC may pay him, but Fox should take him. He is so Republican that I personally think Imus is still in the building, he never left.

Joe Scarborough is a pig.

Clinton is running for VP.. She knows Superdelegates WILL NEVER go against the leader of the pledged delegate count.. So she is steadfast in creating such a divide in the Democratic Party, that will in fact, cause Barack to choose her as the VP (at least she hopes). This is poor political positioning strategy by the Clinton campaign.

Barack will win both states next Tuesday. He will squeak out a victory in Indiana (51-49%) and defeat her handily in North Carolina (56-44%).

If the Dems lose in November, I'll be blaming Hillary and the sensationalist media. Who cares what these stupid polls say???This week congress was interviewing former employees of the mercenaries in Iraq – the stories were horrifying. Did you see that in your local paper??

Of course it's hurting the party. The exit polls should tell any rational person that. And who's to blame for that? The media for not reporting the reality which is that this contest has been over since Wisconsin.

62 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents are idiots. This is how our system works and its has worked well for over 200 years. We Dems wont be hurt in the long run.
Stephy, you Obamazombies would be singing another tune if the shoe were on the other foot. The longer the race goes on the more we find out about your boy-wonder and much of it is not pretty.

I agree that it is splitting the party apart. It looks like the children's nursery rhyme Humpty Dumpty .

There are only two groups of people who want to see an extended race.

1. Republicans – so that they can have at least a chance of winning this fall for Lord knows they don't have the issues on their side (Iraq, War on Terror, Health Care and the economy)

2. The media – both the left and the right so they have something to talk about besides the issues. First it was not getting involved with questioning Iraq and then caring too much about Rev. Wright. They should be ashamed!

Wow, look what Obama and his empty headed cult is doing to the party, he needs to go home NOW!!!!!
HILLARY 08 or McCain 08

The voters of IN and NC need to realize that by voting for Hillary they are just helping John McCain. Also, Hillary doesn't care about the blue collar workers, she only cares that they vote for her. She is about as much a "regular" person as the Queen of England. She grew up in an affluent family, went to Wellesley College (an elite all girls college in MA), was wife of a governor and president. She probably hasn't driven a car (never mind bought her own gas) since the 1970s. She has had a free ride for the last few months while she, the media, and McCain have beaten up Obama. If she gets the nomination does she think they will be as nice to her as Obama has been? And why are people so easily deceived by her lies?

While it may be hurting the Democratic party in the short run.. it should help the country in the long run. Obama really has no business being the President of the United States of America. At least not yet. He just does not have the knowledge, experience or intestinal fortitude to pull it off. Then again, how much damage can he really do in four short years?

Anyone who throws pennies at Americans while the oil companies are making billions is an elitist. Hillary and McCain are pandering why Barack wants to solve real problems.

Hillary jumped on McCain's bandwagon, and now that she sees the stupidity of a temporary solution, she's agreeing with Barack, by saying why can't we do both. Pander, pander, pander.

This is not the woman I want for president, she will be a huge mistake. I understand why we are grabbing at straws. After 7 years of Bush, we'll take anything, but think first America, vote smart.

I agree with Stephy,

The Clintons have bashed their own party with the no holds barred style of campaigning. Every chance Hilary has had to discredit Obama she has, when she should be using that energy to make America see the truth about the Republican party. It was a waist of advertising dollars in PA, against Obama, it didn't put her in the lead. It's sad, because the new voters are mostly young, and once you lose their attention, forget about it. That's where the majority of the votes are coming from for this party. I honestly hope that if Obama or Clinton win the nomination, that the other won't be so mad at it's opponent now rival, that they will do the WRIGHT thing and help each other on the way to the white house.

Hillary is not the problem. Obama was the one that was mezmerizing everyone with his elequent polished speeches talking about change. What Change? Does he say? Hillary is the one offering solutions to the problems. She is the only one that can get our nation out of the mess it is currently in. I think that the voters are slowly starting to realize this, as the momentum is now going her way.

While the primary season has been a long one, it is well worth the outcome: having a candidate who is the best prepared, the most electable and the most popular choice for the Democratic party.

All I can say is OMG to the Paul vs Clinton..just read about it this morning, not sure why the media isn't reporting this, it's big.

Dems , keep in mind you are competing with the integrity of John McCain, not Bush…do you really want the Clintons to fight that for you?……………………..

Dear Mr. Andrew, joeandrew2008@gmail.com.

The rife in the democratic party can not be healed by ending this primary season. I am a life-long democrat and an Oregon voter (May 20). This election cycle has made me "mad as hell and I am not going to take it anymore!" I will no longer make contributions to the DNC and am abandoning the party that has abandoned me.

"My commitment to her is profound, but I would be troubled if either she or Barack Obama actually became the nominee because superdelegates decided, opposed to actual voters going to the polls and pulling the lever." – The Journal Gazette Feb. 13, 2003

What a difference between then and now. In November, I am voting for Senator Clinton, even if I have to write her name in. Yes, it might bring us John McCain. I know that and I am willing to live through 4 more years in the hope that it will spark a revolution to voter reform and stop people in power from stealing our vote.

Everyone is saying this in the polls, but they contradict their wish for this to be over when they continue to support Clinton's losing battle. If they really were concerned, they'd stop this on Tuesday by voting for Obama, which would put things to an end.

Cnn lets hear about Paul vs Clinton!

Hillary get out of the way. Let Obama and his fans get ready for McCain

nah, the election is 6 months away. this long primary will be such dusty news once a nomination is picked.

McSame will lose in November whether it is Sen Obama or Sen Clinton. The cable news media is responsible for all of this tug of war. We're electing an official. There is no drama here.

You know what everybody HATE the Clintons I have no idea why, everybody were very happy in Clinton's time, now why is the hate she is smart she is a fighter, so i will support CLINTON any time any where, i will never vote for somebody was behind Wright for 20 years and now you telling me that now he is leaving him because everybody heard what Wright has to say. and in 2003 Wright told Obama you will leave the Church if you proceed for Oval Office and Obama told him i have to do that to win. READ between the lines.

It is not huring the democrat party at all. That's why you have primaries. Don't you believe in a fair election process? Its not that Clinton is not close to Obama in the delegates so why should she quit when because of her strong wins in states that are essential to win in the elections, she would more than likely win those states for the democrats. If she wins the remaining or most of the remaining states then the democrats have to take a serious look at the candidates and see who is the stronger person and more electable person. Obama is only ahead because of caucus wins and I am sure if these had been primaries he would not have won. That's what the democrat party should look at and see that Clinton would have been the leader in the delegate count and also if Florida and Michigan had been counted in.

What is happening is not fair to Clinton and she should not give up her chance to win because some idiots are trying to pressure her. All these weak superdelegates who also have no backbones and are crossing over to Obama are showing that the democrat party needs to have loyalty with their members. If Clinton is not elected the nominee then I want McCain to win in November and the democrats will have nobody to blame but themselves and that includes the superdelegates. Clinton is the stonger candidate and as I have said before Obama is only ahead because of the caucus wins but there won't be any of those in the presidential election. He cannot win big primaries in the states that democrats have to win so before the superdelegates make that switch they had better wait until all the primaries are completed and then make that move.

Thats why I dont understand PA and IN voters. They dont know that voting for Hillary is killing the party. The pledged delegate race is over. Obama will end the contests with a substantial lead in the most important metric. If Hillary had that kind of lead right now the race would be declared over.

I also noticed that CNN has made a concerted effort to elevate a certain voting block favorable to Clinton as being more valuable than other Dem voting blocks. Obama wins among whtie educated, white wealthy, white young and black voters. Hill wins among white uneducated and white poor voters. CNN is saying that if Obama cant win white poor voters he shouldnt be the nominee.

Imagine if they said…If Hill cant get young voters or black voters SHE shouldnt be the nominee. The media has done more manufacturing of news than reporting the news.

With regards to Race and ethnicity it shocks me that some would suggest that Obama would inject race into this election. Last I checked blacks were only 12% of the population. Injecting race would not benefit him politically. In fact, the less race is a factor in this election the better Obama will do, the more race is a factor, the better Hillary will do. The media doesnt seem to want to hold any responsibility for how this election has degenerated to this point. SAD.

Per Hill, all Catholics should leave their churches with all sex scandals about priests. Catholics, wake up, don't vote for a mean spirit individual.

We now have two democratic parties and a strong Republican Party….It looks like they have managed to maintain its control and lead the country into self-distruction.

Hillary please denounce your bid. Play fair = win fair. CNN needs to discuss the Paul vs Clinton fraud case.

Let the people vote and then count the votes… What it will hurt the party even more is to have an illegitimate candidate. Disenfranchising voters is not the way to go. STOP the RUSH… Stop blaming Hillary, at least half the party is supporting her and if she drops out or forced out leaves us only with McCain as a candidate. We are doomed and will loose come November. Let this process run it’s course and we might be able to heal.

I wonder why CNN will NOT report on the Clintons vs Paul Fraud case. If this was a fraud case against Obama, CNN would be all over it. It is clear to me CNN is bias.

Obama has too many demons and is not ready for the job. He needs to do everyone a favor and drop out.

Maybe after Hillary wins the majority of the coming primaries he will.

The woman is on a mission to destroy the chances for Dems in '08 so that she can come back in 2012. Well woman, God does not reward evil, your wish will not be granted.

Obama '08

Of course it's hurting the party and will continue to do so till we have a nominee. The sooner the better. While we don't have a nominee, McCain is pulling ahead and that's not good news for anyone. I hope May 6 gets us started.

Hillary the Republican – Divide and conquer.

Yes! this is taking too long and needs to end. So why don't you Indianian's and North Carolina's go ahead and vote for Senator Obama and get it over with, because is simply out of control.

If Senator Obama was behind in votes he would have been asked to step down. Why must we continue to wait for Hillary to see if she's going to win? She would not be worried about the remaining states if she were ahead and she knows that.

However, that's how evil she is.

Were is the news about how Hillary has go to win by 65%

Let the people vote and then count the votes… What it will hurt the party even more is to have an illegitimate candidate. Disenfranchising voters is not the way to go. STOP the RUSH… Stop blaming Hillary, at least half the party is supporting her and if she drops out or forced out leaves us only with McCain as a candidate. We are doomed and will loose come November. Let this process run it’s course and we might be able to heal.

As an Obama supporter,
I believe Hillary should continue to ask for people to vote for her until the time comes that she can no longer win the nomination without asking delegates to change the outcome of the primary votes. That eject day may come as soon as this Tuesday (120 hours).
Once (if?) that happens, she should back him as vigorously as she's fought for the nomination over the last 6 weeks.
If she does that (and vice versa for Obama should he take a turn for the worse) AND their supporters fall in line, there are too many reasons to NOT vote against your philosophies. Or looking at it the other way, vote for McCain who champions the following:

1) terrible economy and McCain not knowing much about it as well as going back to champion the tax cuts that we couldn't afford
2) pushing people into more of the same on the health insurance front
3) voting for and encouraging to continue the war in Iraq when we never finished the job (justified by the way) in Afghanistan
4) agrees (I think, but can't cite specifics right now) on curbing our civil liberties
5) wanting judges in the same ilk as Alito, Scalia, Thomas

I'm sure there are more ans someone can add to the list (I"m trying to work on a conference call at the same time). But I'm sure you get the point.

Course, for all of you readers who are doing well, I don't know that you're going to want a change. But for the rest of us, change needs to happen and it happens by voting for a Democrat in the fall. That is a Democrat up and down the ticket.
Good luck, and may GOD bless us all.

It hurts and helps. It hurts in that the part is divided. It helps in that McCain is the least heard name. The peoples reaction to the party eliminating one candidate and choosing a nominee will be the deciding factor.

Stephy, Hillary is not tearing the party apart. Neither Canidate is. Look back at the Democratic Process. Typically our Canidate is NOT chosen until the convention. Your anger should be pointed at the DNC for moving back the Convention until August.

Stop blaming Hillary. You Obama Supporters are THE most negative citizens I have ever seen. Most people will not vote for Obama because of people like you.

The party is split, period. At this point, neither one (Obama or Clinton) can win in November. Although, if the party could unite (which I doubt) Hillary Clinton would have a much better chance of winning in November. The biggest problem the two candidates would be facing is that 30%+ of Hillary Clinton supporter's have said they would NEVER support Obama, should he win the nomination and at least 20% of Obama supporter's say this should Hillary Clinton win the nomination.

Yes, there will be a lot of 'bitter' voter's out there, should their guy or girl not win the nomination.

Hillary Clinton is gaining a HUGE amount of momentum right now. Should she win Indiana and come very close in North Carolina (we know he'll win there since all the blacks will support him) and the Super Delegates continue to throw their support to Obama, this will only add more fuel to the fire for the Clinton supporter's, making them even more 'bitter'. They will then start supporting McCain.

Yes, the Democratic party is screwed, no matter how you look at it.

I don't think it's as bad as the news media vultures suggest. The democratic platform is so far removed from the republican platform (especially in this cylcle) that I don't beleive anyone whos a registered dem who says they'd rather vote republican than for one of the good guys

I agree this primary season is lengthy. Nevertheless, I definitely don't think it is making it less likely that Sen. Obama won't be able to win in the fall. McCain is a weak link and an easy opponent to beat simply because he is out-of-touch with the needs of the American people and he is not skillful in uniting the country to effect real change in Washington. He is extremely weak on health care, the economy, and the war in Iraq.

It's time for REAL change in Washington, it's time for Barack Obama for president !

YES WE DO! BECAUSE WE KNOW IT IS A FASADE THERE IS NO WAY FOR THIS CHICK TO WIN WITHOUT TEARING THE PARTY DOWN BY TEARING THE PARTY'S RIGHTFUL NOMINEE DOWN!! THIS CHICK IS A SELFISH PERSON WITH HER OWN AGENDA, SHE CARES ABOUT HILLARY AND HILLARY ALONE!! SHE IS ROAMING AROUND THE COUNTRY SIDE PRYING ON WEAK MINDS WITH HER DIVISIVE CRAP. SHE IS "COURTING RURAL & BLUE COLLAR WORKERS" YEAH RIGHT SHE IS COURTING WHITES SHE KNOWS IS MORE PRONE TO BE RACIST BIGOTS BECAUSE HER "OPPONENT IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT BLACK MAN, SHE HAS USED THE TIME OLD HATFUL THOUGHT PROCESS OF THESE PEOPLE THAT IF A BLACK MAN HAS INTELLIGENCE AND A HIGH STANDING HE IS THEREFORE OUT OF LINE, UPPERITY THUS THE LABEL "ELITIST." SHE IS SOUGHT OUT TO DESTROY THIS MAN AT ALL COSTS TO THE NATION LET ALONE THE PARTY!!! SHE AND BILL BOTH ARE PLAYING ON THE MINDS OF THESE PEOPLE'S FEARS AND HATRED!! GRANTED THERE ARE SOME THAT HAVE AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE TO SEE A WOMAN IN OFFICE, THAT'S FINE, BUT THEY NEED TO RECONSIDER "THIS" WOMAN!!!! I AM A WOMAN MYSELF AND WOULD LIKE TO ONE DAY SEE THIS, BUT NOT AT THE COST OF THE NATION'S WELL BEING, NOT A WOMAN WHO'S MORALS ARE NO BETTER THAN THAT OF A ROCK!!!! THIS WOMAN AND HER HUSBAND ARE EVIL LIARS AND APPEAR TO BE STRAIGHT FROM HELL ITSELF!!! AND THAT'S A STRONG STATEMENT, BUT I HAVE SEARCHED THEM OUT AND HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE THE WORST OF THE WORST AND THE BIGGEST THREAT TO AMERICA! THEY RAN THAT WHITE HOUSE LIKE THEY WERE HEADS OF THE MAFIA!!! THEN RAMSHACKED IT UPON LEAVING, STEALING ALL KINDS OF STUFF!! NOW IF YOU OWNED A HOUSE AND "LOANED" IT OUT, THEY DIDN'T PAY RENT OR MORGAGE LIVED THERE FREE OF CHARGE THEN STOLE, WOULD YOU LET THEM BACK IN YOUR PLACE?

WOMAN YES, JUST NOT THIS WOMAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's all old hag's fault.

Indeed, Hillary's refusal to quit and her brainwashing of supporters will lead to a very troublesome election in the fall if Obama doesn't make his wins in Indiana and North Carolina decisive.

Ever wonder why republicans and the media Wolf Blitzer (CNN), Joe Scarborough, Dave Gregory, Andrea Michell (all of MSNBC) keep the Rev Wright story alive linking him to Obama? Because that's all they have against him. Obama is ahead in all of the counts except Superdelegate and he's gaining on that. Poll don't win elections counts do. Ever wonder why republicans are pushing Hillary more than McCain? Because McCain is not conservative, Hillary used to be a republican and they want to get back in the house. This battle doesn't stop in Nov. The superdelegates are going for Obama because they remember, the Democrats lost control of the House, Senate, and Governorship while the Clintons were in the white house.

SO WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS A PROCESS TO ELECT THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, NOT THE NEXT AMERICAN IDOL. THE BIG WIGS SET IT UP THIS WAY… LET PUERTO RICO GET THE CHANCE TO VOTE FOR ONCE THIS MODERN DAY LIFETIME.

I think the battle between Hillary & Barack is more annoying then anything else. We are a microwave, media gumball machine, "I want it now" culture. We have lost our ability to put up with process, and wait for anything. We can't seem to delay gratification for even a moment more then it takes to nuke a burrito for lunch.

Democrats are just as impatient as anyone else.

But I have got to believe that once a decision on a candidate is reached , that people will remember what has been happening for the last 8 yrs and vote with common sense on a change.

That said….VOTE OBAMA!

The Democratic electorate is becoming dispirited by this prolonged nominating process.

Sen Clinton has taken the opportunity to use falsehoods, misspeaking, inuendo, and downright pandering to damage Sen Obama in every way possible.

And stil he forges on, winning votes and superdelegates.

By continuing to wage a futile campaign, Sen Clinton is serving only herself, her husband, their small band of loyalists, and the special interests who are funding her campaign.

In medicine we trust our doctors to tell us when further medical intervention has become futile. This is the time for the superdelgates to step up and do the same for this nominating process.

True patriotism is about putting the good of the country before one's self interest.

Sen Clinton has failed that test in every way imaginable.
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Obama is a big loser and needs to get out for the sake of democrat party. Hillary had the majority vote and delegate count now. She won all the big States that required to win the general election. She is the only one who will beat Mcain. Obama should call his uncle Wrong for advise and immediatelty concede the loss. Hillary 2008. Bill will be first Ladyman.

duh do u think

The incredible thing is that it has taken this long to come to this decision. Since it is impossible for Clinton to overtake Obama in elected delegates, why does she continue to decimate the Party and by her negativity eroded Obama's electability, why don't the voters of Indiana and North Carolina make a strong statement to end this farce by authenticating the excitement so many of us feel about his candidacy? As a white older man, I feel this exciting young man deserves the chance to show what he can do, building on his tremendous record in Illinois. The whole world, beginning with the U.S., will be celebrating his victory.

Yep their right and we got polled on this question just yesterday. This is why we left the Dumbocratic party and registered Independent.

I blame Dean and Pelosi for this they could have come up with a plan for Michigan and Florida months ago. Instead they are pressuring superdelagates to make the choice and it might be the wrong choice come Nov. Hillary has a better chance winning against McCain and her interview with O'Reilly proved that.

Obama was asked to go on Fox with O'Reilly before the May primaries he declined, he was asked for a 5th one on one debate he declined that to. How can you keep declining talking about the issues of our country and even thinking of running for Pres. is beyond me.

All I have seen Obama and his wife do is denounce Wright in speech after speech. This is getting old. Obama should have just been upfront about Pastor Wright and his controverises when he first put his bid in for the white house. This would have been a non issue and it would have shown Obama to have some character vs. sweeping it under the rug in hoping it wouldn't come out.

Count me as one of those 2 that thinks she's hurting the party.
She uses Republican tactics.
She uses Republican talking points.
She has no mathmatical chance of overturning THE VOTER'S WILL.

And she has rights to stay till the end. We all know that she is the one who will will in Nov.

…and 9 out of 10 are grateful we've had the chance to get a glimpse of the REAL Obama….smoke and mirrors

Go Hil-LIAR-y ……..NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!! This thing needs to end! For the sake of the good people of America! We are handing the presidency to John McCain. I guess that is what Hil-LIAR-y wants….so she can run again in 2012. The old battle-axe needs to give up! I have had enough of that cackling broad!

Hillary is running for 2012. She is insulted anyone would DARE vote for another person. So why not stay in, the party will be ruined and she can run in four years. Of course this is ALL about her and not the party.

I'm one of the two out of three that thinks the DNC was not smart in allowing the Clintons to walk all over the party.

Hillary should drop out now……

ANON you are absolutly right:
For those of you who think this case has been thrown out – is hasn’t, or is irrelevant – think again:

"In the landmark civil fraud case against Bill Clinton in Los Angeles, where the former President is charged with defrauding a Hollywood dot com millionaire to help Hillary Clinton obtain more than $1.2 million from him for her 2000 Senate campaign, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled on Friday, April 25, 2008 that Hillary Clinton would not be required to testify in a sworn deposition as a material witness in the case until AFTER the November election!."
“Had Senator Clinton be forced to testify under oath, as a material witness and beneficiary of the fraud that her husband is being sued for before the Democratic Convention, her remote chances for being nominated the party candidate would have been unquestionably destroyed.”
“Paul contends his case will expose "the institutional culture of corruption embraced by the Clinton leadership of the Democratic Party," which seeks to attain "unaccountable power for the Clintons at the expense of the rule of law and respect for the constitutional processes of government."
All the court documents/evidence is here: peterfpaul.com

If Clinton gets the nomination or become a pressident she is not going to face the court.
We need the law to be for everyone. Was Obama instead of Clinton .. It was be a BIG scandal… We want the change in the OLD WASHINGTON POLITIC.
GO OBAMA…08

Oh NO…. Stop the Voting… Somebody might get hurt Whaaaa!

Why should Hillary Drop out and GIVE the nom to Berry???
Can't he win it himself?

Before I even start, I know that CNN will not post this comment. I'll post it anyway.

The reason this nomination is taking sooo long, is because we had to #1 – Learn or find out something about the candidate (OBAMA). It's hard to make a decision when you have no idea of what a person is about. The most outstanding thing that was every revealed about OBAMA was the speech he made. We didin't have anything else to go on. HE STARTED OUT PREACHING "CHANGE", everybody was so tired of our current administration so everyone is ready for CHANGE. So that captured everybody's attention. Not knowing how, why or didn't care how the change would come about. All we knew that he would change things. Everybody wanted Clinton to drop out. Suppose she had dropped out, all of what we are finding out now about the new Candidate would've been too late to say "I didn't know". Sometimes when we think people are being unjust, It could be God's way of letting us know what we are up against. We should thank God for Senator Clinton for staying in the race before the race was won. Now all the superdelegates are endorsing Obama, and it' s only because he is in the lead and they want to get this over with. I don't think they really have the interest of the people in mind, they know what kind of disaster this is going to be. They already know that the DENOUNCING of Rev. Wright by OBAMA was for Political reasons ONLY. Once he's the President, everything will be back to normal between the two. I really thought people were wiser than what I see, I apologize because I was dead wrong, we aren't wise in our decisions at all. I see why OBAMA want change.

so it seems as if a vast majority of democrats realize that the long campaign is doing damage to the party overall. Yet, almost half of these same people continue to vote for Clinton despite the fact that it is nearly impossible for her to catch up. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me. The longer she stays in it, the more mud she slings, the more damage gets done.

A long nomination battle will do one of two things: (1) If the candidates are respectful to each other and focus on the real needs of the American people, then it could serve to strengthen the party. (2) But, if the candidate(s) are nasty and continue to pound the other opponent on negatives (which distracts from the real issues), then it will only serve to polarize the supporting electorate, feed the controversy-hungry media and provide fodder to the Republican party for the general election. Based upon the amount of damage already done in the Democrat primaries, if the loser of the Democrat primaries does not EMPHATICALLY support the winner and work very hard to heal the rifts that already been established, the Republican party (unfortunately) will have a victory in November.

cnn
can't post the truth. my post was removed fast as i sent it

you think!….of course it's too long. old girl hill won't die. she compared her to an underdog horse in the Kentucky derby this morning. what a lovely mental picture. no wonder bill cheated. paul vs clinton needs to be exposed.

I am from Canada and I like how you nominate the right person to run for your party, but when the math shows that the second place person can no longer win the nomination why would they stay in the race? It only helps the other party. That is just my humble option and I am sure that some people will say mind your own business and that's ok too.
Hope the best person wins.

LOOK AT THE QUICK VOTE ON THE HOME PAGE OF THIS WEBSITE….60% TO 40% OF THE PEOPLE AGREE WITH OBAMA ON THIS TAX HOLIDAY…..AGAIN HE SHOWS GREAT JUDGEMENT THAT SHORT TERM FIXES ARE NOT THE ANSWER AND IT'S NOT A "SOLUTION"……WE'RE TIRED OF THE SHORT TERM FIXES…WE NEED LONG TERM SOLUTIONS THAT'S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE….WHAT IS YOUR VOTE ON THE IRAQ WAR,,,,MCCAIN (YES)…..CLINTON (YES)…..OBAMA (NO, I BELIEVE THIS WAR IS GOING TO DESTROLY INNOCENT LIVES, HURT OUR ECOMONY AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL LOSE FAITH IN OUR GOVENMENT)….WHEN THE 3AM PHONE CALL COMES IN, IT WILL GO TO VOICEMAIL AND THE MESSAGE WILL BE (I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU) BECAUSE OBAMA WOULD HAVE SOLVE THE CRISIS 3PM YESTERDAY………………

Don't worry, super delegates will make sure the primary ends soon and will also make sure Dems defeat in November.

It is the party and systems fault. They need to have a bunch of super Tuesdays to prevent this from extending to June and then there will not be a rush to determine the nominee.
I do not think its either Clinton or Obama's fault. I am sure the blame will be put on both in this forum.

As a Democrat – this is very concerning.

Come on Supers – Let's get this thing overwith one way or the other. Be careful in who you choose and make 100% certain in your reasons. Your reasons is what could begin healing or cause a bigger rift in the party.

With only seven contests left after tuesday and we can basically figure out who gets what the positives of signing up new voters and the canidates appearing in these states have become negligible compared to the knee cap strategy and the whipping up of the blue collar white people in an emotional frenzy so that they will vote their emotions and not their pocket book. Also respect and gratitude earned by former president Clinton and Senator Clinton have decreased considerably and have worn thin amoung AA voter, Latte Liberals, hispanic voters, and the vast number of white voters whom have voted for senator Obama.

So why don't they end it then? When it is impossible for Hillary to catch up to Obama in Pledge delegates why are her supporters dragging it all the way to the convention?

Last time I checked Obama won the race of Pledge delegates, most states and popular vote (according to the rules).

Even if you don't agree with the results its fair and square!

cnn should post the rasmussen poll just out, it is not looking good for obama, he is sinking fast. keep on fighting hillary, drop out obama. the divisive one is obama. he will never beat mccain if he is the nominee, at least with hillary the democrats stand a chance of winning back the whitehouse.

I am sure Hillary has no time for this poll! She was just on TV telling everyone how good this long contest has been for the Democratic party. Sorry, but I just do not see it! Come on North Carolina and Indiana, you have the power to stop this primary season. We need to get started on the real campaign to heal the party and against McCain in November. We are letting this go on too long allowing Hillary to continue to tear down Obama. Why?

That's great. What's up with this Paul vs Clinton stuff though. Too all Hillary's supporters who say he's known for lying, guess it makes sense that he's involved with the Clintons. Birds of a feather flock together.

Obama 08

I AGREE!!!!!!

OBAMA,
JUST DROP OUT >>>YOU"RE GOING TO COST US THIS ELECTION AND WE NEED A REAL PRESIDENT WHO CAN DELIVER REAL SOLUTIONS!!!! YOU WILL HAVE MORE RESPECT FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE FOUND YOUR CHARACTER AND JUDGEMENT TROUBLING. THANKS.

Maybe it's those pesky DNC rules giving the party's elite final say over dem voters??

Duh! Why has it taken this long for people to figure that out? Maybe the dems really want to lose this year…

So, for 2012, DNC should decide its nominee behind the door.

We don't have to vote and it does not hurt the party, alright?????

And DNC beats GOP?

Good luck.

Part of that can be seen as true since there are attacks from either Clinton or Obama attacking the other. It is ashame that more of their energy isn't attacking the current administration and McCain who appears to be the nominee. This is giving McCain a free ride for the most part.

I would like to know why these polls only sample about 1,000 people. How can this be accurate and be this small? Sample 10,000 people (or more) and get a better sense of these things!

Consider me in the majority on this one. Do us all a favor, Hillary, and cut the crap. Do our party a favor and stop the bleeding. DROP OUT.

That's great! But what about this Paul vs Clinton deal… I WANT TO KNOW MORE!

Obama 08

Absolutely nothing to worry about ! Sen. Clinton is beating McCain in the polls but Obama is losing to McCain. Clearly Sen. Clinton is the best choice…

Obama is unelectable!

P.S. Count FL & MI !!!

It 's not Hillary's opinion. She does not want to harm the party she just wants to OBLITERATE IT.

The battle is a small part of it, Hillary's attempt to belittle Barack and the many ways she shows she paid attention to Rovian theatrics are what is hurting the party. Hillary's Kool-Aid drunken mathematically challenged followers blame Barack for the negativity. Ironically, there is no information or commercials or issues where Barack has attacked poor Hillary. He has not touted how all the children of Illinois are currently covered by healthcare, largely due to him. He hasn't pointed out that in the aftermath of the Monica affair; Rev. Wright counseled Bill and Hillary. He hasn't pointed out that he needs a mere 45% of the remaining delegates to win the nomination, where as Hillary needs 64% to stop him, and 70% to win. It would be a mathematical miracle (the likes of which Huckabee prayed and prayed)

Get ready folks, the fat lady is getting ready to sing. Her song will be "Yes We Can"

: )

I have gathered some numbers based on the democratic primary to show what will happen in November if Obama is the nominee.

The democratic primary is different as it shares delegates based on percentage but in the general election it is winner takes all in each state. Each state won is that many delegates to winning the overall count. So if we treat the democratic primary just like the general election this is what we are looking at against McCain.

I have taken each state that has won by Obama or Clinton and given all the delegates of that state to the majority winner. I even gave Obama all the upcoming states and made him the winner giving him the delegates from them. I did not include Florida or Michigan to avoid any argument. This includes Guam and others that are counted in the democratic primary. This is only actually won states and future states given to Obama:

Obama won 37 "states"
Hillary won 17 "states"

However in a general election setting:

Obama delegate count: 1486
Hillary delegate count: 1750

If you count Florida and Michigan which Hillary won and polls show that even if Obama campaigned in those states Hillary would have won them at that time:

Obama delegate count: 1486
Hillary delegate count: 2118

If we gave Florida to Obama and Michigan to Hillary as polls suggest a primary today would give them:

Obama delegate count: 1692
Hillary delegate count: 1907

The bottom line is that Hillary has won in a general election model based on primaries of the democratic party and even giving Obama all the next primary states coming up. The reason Hillary won is she won all the big states practically? These states are historically won by the Republican party as to why Bush beat Kerry in 2004. Therefore if Obama cannot win the big states that Republicans tend to win he has no chance against McCain in the general election. Hillary has the only chance of being a democratic president in 2008.

So do you want a Republican in office or do you want a Democrat? The choice is clear who is more electable in November.

Hillary's wants to win no matter the cost. She has cause the Dems to turn on each other. She is creating a fissure right down the middle of the party. In her effort to discredit Obama, she has shot her nose off to spite her face.

Absolutely nothing to worry about ! Sen. Clinton is beating McCain in the polls but Obama is losing to McCain. Clearly Sen. Clinton is the best choice…

Obama is unelectable!

It IS hurting the party; any hint otherwise is ludicrous. But that's why the insiders who know are backing Obama — because at the end of the day, this is all vanity for Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is readying her 2012 campaign as we speak. She is duplicitous and not even really a feminist, though, and that'll be shown when Kathleen Sebelius kicks the crap out of her for that nomination (provided Obama doesn't win in November, of course — all the more likely with Clinton out there undermining him left, right, and center).

For the most part, the only people who think that the long battle is "hurting the democratic party" are those who are staunch supporters of Obama. The left wing people wanted him elected all along and now that people are getting a better look at this guy…..and not at all liking what they see….they are pushing for the SD's to make their choice known NOW so that they can end this "for the good of the party". That's crap.

It wasn't too long ago that they were screaming for Hillary to get out of the race, particularly when they knew she would do well in a particular primary or just after Obama lost to her. Now they are realizing that just calling for her to drop out isn't going work, so they are trying to force the SD's to make their decision now even though it's becoming very clear that Hillary is the one who will be able to beat McCain in November.

What you people don't realize is that it's not Hillary or Barack who has doomed the democratic party in November, though Obama's past history has certainly made him a fatally flawed candidate. It's the DNC that has created this huge mess. Had they allowed FL and MI to keep some of their delegates, though counting ALL of the votes is what we really need to do, this thing WOULD have been over already. They have no one to blame for this but themselves, yet they want to scream about Hillary staying in the race and deliberately damaging the party.

Obama isn't entitled to the nomination any more than Hillary is, but Obama supporters continually think that he is. They constantly argue about how many delegates he leads by, forgetting that Hillary is leading by popular vote and that she is the one who stands the better chance of winning in November…..not Obama. If you people truly want to win the White House, you need to put aside your petty disagreements and get behind the right candidate…..Hillary…..so we can take back our country.

Well, let's hope the delegates of GUAM! add to the Obama momentum this weekend and help to bring this race to a finish.

Wake-up America – this is exactly what the Republican machine, Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and radio hosts wanted to happen. McCain is a weak and ailing candidate. There only hope would be to creat disarray in the Democrat party until the very last minute — leaving little time to heal wounds and move forward.

North Carolina, Indiana – give Obama a fair nod and end the debate on Tuesday. Kudos to Mrs. Clinton for running a strong campaign; however, it is evident that most Americans want a fresh start — only that which Obama, with youth, enthusiasm, and a unifying spirit, can bring to the nation.

The news coming from CNN & MSNBC is VERY discouraging.
They predict Obama will lose both states- based on inside polls the networks have taken.
As Obama supporters- we will never vote for Clinton.
Our Democratic leaders have allowed this to continue- as a result we no longer care who is nominated- we'll stay home.

Let the people vote. That's democracy to the party who call themselves democrats, Obama supporters stop whinning,

Of course it is hurting the party. Clinton will make sure that Obama is left so bloody that he will have trouble in the general. She is a monster and she needs to go away now!

Since the media is refusing to reveal/report the Paul vs Clinton fraud case in court right now, we need to create our own movement and flood every blog on CNN and every blogging website on the World Wide Web with information from the case regardless of what the topic is. For those that don't know – Google Paul vs Clinton and hold on to your shirt with what you read!! L.A., California Case #BC304174

For those of you who think this case has been thrown out – is hasn’t, or is irrelevant – think again:

"In the landmark civil fraud case against Bill Clinton in Los Angeles, where the former President is charged with defrauding a Hollywood dot com millionaire to help Hillary Clinton obtain more than $1.2 million from him for her 2000 Senate campaign, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled on Friday, April 25, 2008 that Hillary Clinton would not be required to testify in a sworn deposition as a material witness in the case until AFTER the November election!."
“Had Senator Clinton be forced to testify under oath, as a material witness and beneficiary of the fraud that her husband is being sued for before the Democratic Convention, her remote chances for being nominated the party candidate would have been unquestionably destroyed.”
“Paul contends his case will expose "the institutional culture of corruption embraced by the Clinton leadership of the Democratic Party," which seeks to attain "unaccountable power for the Clintons at the expense of the rule of law and respect for the constitutional processes of government."
All the court documents/evidence is here: peterfpaul.com

OBAMANACS UNITE!!! LET'S DO THIS

I'm one of them. How can this actually be helpful?

The Superdelegates are getting frightened… and that means that they will want to take this election QUICKLY OUT OF THE VOTERS HANDS!

Shame, Shame, Shame because they are moving toward a Brother Wright candidate that will destroy America!

that is not the story. the real story is Clinton has a tacit alliance with Jhon McCain that is troubling. Republicans are using Clinton to destroy democrats and Clinotn is preparaing for 2012 election. now everyone knows this and superdelegates are running away from Clinton camp.

That could be right,depending on several factors.The campaign for the primaries will continue,and the winner will march on. The contender being rammed down the throat of the voters will be defeated.Considering the millions of voters,the sampling is way too tiny.

If Iran strikes any its neighbors, Hillary Clinton said she will strike Iran back, MSN news said the Constitution does not give Hillary Clinton such power.

WOW it took them this long to figure this out? Hillary, you can NOT win any way without overturning the will of the people. It is time to step aside and help UNITE the party. I, and many other Obama supporters respect your work in the Senate, and believe you can help this country come together and get great things done under the leadership of President Obama. You are young enough to run again in eight years,and I think it would serve us all well if you let the inevitable happen and allow Senator Obama to move on with the general election.
OBAMA '08-12
CLINTON 12-16

Yes the contest is painful, bias and tiresome. Since the media is so good at forming public opinion, it is time for the media to investigate and report on Paul v. Clinton and end this mess. The Clintonian politics must stop. We, as a nation are better than this.

Please look closely before you support a Senator that is being sued in a California superior court.

Obama 08

the lengthy nomination battle is but a visible symptom of the more serious problems the Democratic party is suffering from. The voters inability to nominate a single candidate capable of uniting and representing the vast scope of democratic voters highlights a deeper rift that the democratic party will have to address, or it will just cause them more problems until it finally tears the party apart.

Can't argue with him — the damage is palpable, obvious, frightening. Will we end up with Bush Light back in the White House next year because of this fighting? Very likely, very sad.

Do you honestly believe that Democrats, at least intelligent Democrats, have not known this for at least two months ever since Hillary and Bill with their mouth piece, James Carville, went negative and divisive. The Clinton "kitchen sink strategy" might be fine for Democrat versus Republican, but Hillary is attempting to bring down the Democrat party because of her "bitterness" in not winning the nomination. This is in spite of having the Clinton News Network (CNN) and Wolf on her side. Let's see what "extraordinary" efforts the Clintons use to unite the party and encourage their supporters to support Obama when she she loses the nomination. Obama only needs 292 delegates!

The only "success" Clinton has accomplished throughout the course of her disgusting campaigs is to damage the Democratic party. I am weary of her negativity and personal attacks directed at her fellow Democrat, Barack Obama. She has been a huge disappointment as our first female candidate for President, I feel nothing but contempt for her and her scorched earth strategy.

The long process has certainly hurt the party. All the name-calling and hatefulness on one hand, but on the other hand the dems are learning something about Obama –which has REALLY HURT the party.

The DNC knows this…….if this was anybody but Hillary, they would be campaigning WITH Barack now

The DNC already made it clear, they have to choose Obama to be the nominee, they're worried black voters will stay at home if Obama is not the nominee. Is this the nazification of the Democratic Party?

If you're Latino, asian, reagan democrat or caucasian, you voted in the primary for Hillary with exprience and CAN lead this country for nomination; the DNC doesn't care about your vote, they ONLY cater to black voters. You better change your party affiliation to Independent voters. As far as the big honcho of the democratic party is concern, electability has no bearing who they choose to represent the party, even popular vote doesn't matter, the WILL of the black people must prevail.

I agree that the lengthy debate is hurting the democratic party. The American people are getting sick and tired of all the bickering and negativity and they are ready for this thing to be over. Not to mention, the various donors of each candidate are running out of money in trying to support each candidate in this lengthy battle.

The superdelegates need to end this thing now, before we end up with another "100 years" of Bush/Cheney/McCain" policy in the White House!

Big surprise. The voters awarded their choice the majority of elected delegates nearly 8 weeks ago. It doesn't matter if I outscore my opponent by 3 touchdowns in the 4th quarter if I was down 4 going into it.

Obama would have had this nomination a long time ago if the media reporting wasn't tweaked to keep up the controversies. Where is the story of the Clintons campaign fraud case in California? Where is the story about Hillary Clinton's church membership roster?

I always thought that this was the way it should be. Now why can't we all hug and make up?

It may be hurting the party, but it's better to pick the best candidate than worry about the party, otherwise we will lose the Presidency.

After listening to both these candidates for months – there is no question that Hillary Clinton NEEDS to be the Pres and lead democrats.

Obama is a weak candidate and he cannot beat McCain. If he's our nominee, then I will vote for McCain, Republican for the first time ever.

I simply cannot support such a weak candidate with no experience.

End the drama, stop the trauma, tell your mamma, vote Obama!

Paul V Clinton
We want the truth??????

Check the web people..

CNN REPORT IT!!!

Is a survey of this really necessary? It's obvious. This bloody battle needs to be resolved soon or the democrats could lose the white house. The longer the battle continues, the more hardened supporters become of their candidate. This has got to end.

Of course. Sen. Clinton's consistent negative attacks on Obama is inching her closer even though she can't win. It's affecting his polling numbers, but once she is gone from the racce, they will rise again.

If those 2 are so worried they should ask their candidate (Barack Obama) to drop out so we can win the General Election in November with Hillary Clinton.

I just saw H. Dean on Jon Stewart last night mocking CNN's hand wringing about the "long primary damage". Don't believe every story you hear on the CNN blogs. The democrats are happy to get the press. The only ones not happy are the Obama people because they want to give Hillary the bums rush so they can shut down the democratic process before it is finished.

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2 out of 3 must be Obama-bots. They are starting to realize their candidate can not close the deal on Hillary. They must also know he can't beat McCain either…LMAO

This is good and heathy Politics. Good or Bad advertizing is GREAT NEWS, free press. Both these candidates are better off. If anyone thinks that the Republicans will run and hide in November, your CRAZY! Get the Good and Bad NEWS out now, so that the Republicans dont have the advantage then. Remember, OLD NEWS is OLD NEWS. NEW BAD NEWS is damaging because of instant appeal and stock factor. These things make it worse and hurt more when they are new and fresh. People get tired easily, they dont want to hear OLD NEW over and over again.

Widespread panic is taking over the Obama supporters and some of the superdelegates to such a point that it makes you think the end is near for them and Obama's campaign!!!

This also from Gallup poll
Gallup Poll Daily tracking finds Barack Obama trailing Hillary Clinton by 4 percentage points in national Democratic nomination preferences (49%-45%) and John McCain by 4 points (47%-43%) in the latest general election trial heat

I understand the outrage, if you will, over Reverend Wright and his comments.

But where was that same outrage from the Right when Reverends Falwell and Robertson blamed 9-11 on God's wrath against the gays, abortionists and any other liberal ideas of the time?!?!?!

google paul vs clinton. men thanks for this or else i could have vote for her, hrc family are theives. i was her suporter before but now am voting for barack, pls and pls my fellow hrc suporters lets open our eyes now cos a vote for her is a vote for mcbush.

I agree. No matter what Hillary says, this is hurtting the party. Obviously she will have a different opinion because she is behind and needs time to try and make Obama unelectable. Remember that job 1 is to keep Bill and Hillary out of the White House. Additionally, don't forget about the Hillary and Bill pardoning all those criminals and other pending lawsuits against the Clintions.

Democrats can thank Hillart for that.She would burn the house down just to make toast.

Hillary Clinton makes Republicans SMILE EAR-TO-EAR in her drag down and drag on POINTLESS race!

Both Clintons are proven LIARS!

Hillary is a DEEPLY FLAWED candidate.

Hillary's CHEAP SHOTS AND LIES make her UNTRUSTWORTHY AND UNELECTABLE!

A long race hurting the Democratic party? YES absolutely.

The longer this goes on, the more likely Hillary's recent scandals will show their ugly heads. It's only karma afterall.

Has anyone noticed that the media has not vetted her in this campaign season as of yet?

If you feel the same way, post a request to CNN for Hillary to be vetted.

The fact that Hillary has been allowed to continue when every stat shows Obama ahead (this has been the case for months) is appalling and can only be attributable the racism!!!!!!!!!!

She was supposed to have won Pennsylvania by double digits as was openly stated by several political strategists and she DID NOT. She won the state by single digits so now she is being allowed to moce the bar once again– Now the media and her strategists are saying that if she were to win Indiana it would justifu her remaiing in the the race and in the meantime she continues to throw the kitchen sink at Obama, calling him an elitist, unelectable, ignorant etc and still she is behind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This country is truly run by racists and this presidential race has proven that WITHOUT A DOUBT!

No Surprise……

Defamation and slander:
1. A false and defamatory statement concerning another;
2. The unprivileged publication of the statement to a third party (that is, somebody other than the person defamed by the statement);
3. If the defamatory matter is of public concern, fault amounting at least to negligence on the part of the publisher; and
4. Damage to the plaintiff.

Why are people allowed to smear lies over these blogs?????

HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE THE CLINTONS TO REALIZE THEY ARE NOT GOING TO WIN. THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT SERVANTS TO THEM. THE CLINTONS HAVE DONE MUCH MORE TO HURT OBAMA'S CANDIDACY THAN THE REPUBLICANS COULD HAVE HOPED FOR. JUST WATCH FOX NEWS. IT'S WALL TO WALL WITH REV. WRIGHT AND THE OTHER CLINTON TALKING POINTS.
AND WHAT ABOUT THOSE POLLS NOT SO LONG AGO THAT REFLECTED PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO KEEP THE DEMOCRAT'S RACE GOING? WHAT DID THEY THINK WOULD HAPPEN?
WELL, IT'S HAPPENED….

It is time for Hillary to drop out… seriously.

Good people of Indiana, you REALLY need to watch this short clip. Even IN context, it will be hard to explain away. Not seeing this is intentional ignorance Clinton fans.

CNN cover Paul vs Clinton… even if it's just to shut us up!

Give Senator Clinton time to finish the race!

O'Bro-Man can't and will not get the support of ALL, (or perhaps the majority) of the Superdelegates.

Go Hillary!!!!!!!!!!

Time for Hillary to drop out.

See at the polls Hillary. or ask Harold Ickes to make a decision for you.

Which is why Hillary needs to call it a day and go home.

Obama has the lead and is winning fairly. Not to worry though…Tuesday is coming fast and that should put an end to it anyway.

OBAMA 08

Wrong! All states have the right to weigh in and this has been good for the Dems. Who is listening to McCain? No one!!!

Why haven't we heard about this case in the media?Los Angeles Judge Saves Hillary's Presidential Bid

In the landmark civil fraud case against Bill Clinton in Los Angeles, where the former President is charged with defrauding a Hollywood dot com millionaire to help Hillary Clinton obtain more than $1.2 million from him for her 2000 Senate campaign, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Aurelio Munoz ruled on Friday, April 25 that Hillary Clinton would not be required to testify in a sworn deposition as a material witness in the case until AFTER the November election!

thank you,clintons.just keep tearing the party down,when you can't mathematically win.you've used tactics right out of the republican handbook,and then wonder why you're losing.obama '08

I don't see how this could help at all. If this continues, the Dems will be permantly split. Half of the people one either side are willing to forego the Democratic Paryt and vote Republican out of spite. The party will collapse.

Well duh!!!!!!!!!!!! All along the Clintons have been saying that it was helping!!!! Now is everyone convinced they are talking out of their behinds?! Especially when they turned the race into a catfight instead of a good debate on the issues?! If you can't tell I voted for OBama!

now make baseless claims blaming the conservatives, McCain and W. Its all their fault democrats have no spine nor conviction! OUTRAGEOUS. Flimsy little DB's.

CNN, why are you making it headlines that Barack is losing support when he has gained more delegates than Clinton this week???

Obama-bots are really starting to worry about their candidates electability. Have you donated to the paulvcinton site yet? LMAO

I think everyone is tired of the process. We all know where the candidates stand on the issues. The onely things left to talk about is just the tabloid stuff, and that can never be good for either candidate. I've tuned out for the most part and de

Just another attempt to get Senator Clinton to drop out!

God forbid if the Superdelegates overturn O'dumb dumbs "most wins,"
(even though he will not win in a General), the 'Powers that Be." are afraid that the blacks will riot in the streets.

Go Hillary!!!!!

S—W the polls, NOMINATE the potential winner, CLINTON!

I'm waiting for someone to give me the top 10 reasons Hillary's upcoming trial is not in the media. Or the 10 ten reasons Hillary's former paster is on trial for child molestation and the media has not touched it. Or the 10 reasons the media haven't reported that Iran has filed an official complaint against Hillary for her threat to "obliterate" the country. Or the top ten reasons Mark Penn is still being paid by the Clintons. Oh the top ten reasons she insulted those serving who face real sniper fire. Oh yeah, the only reason…the media is biased

Please google Paul vs Clinton and find out for yourself.

I need to know why Hillary's statement that she would 'obliterate' Iran has not been front page news, this is a direct reflection of the tone of her foreign policy. The public has a right to see this on the front page instead of a little blurb.

How about we go with the candidate that has more delegates, more state wins, and more of the popular vote?

No, instead we get more "news" from the camp that has no mathematical chance of winning. Yeah, democrats!

Good, if it keeps Anti-American Obama's out. of the White House…..then I am all for it.

Go Hillary….if not…McCain!!!

I think the Clinton supporters should try using a little common sense at some point. It’s pretty obvious that the republicans and the media for that matter want her in the general election. Why would they want her in the general election? They know they have enough dirt on her to beat her by large numbers. What possible reason would they have for trying to kill Obama’s campaign at this point? If he is so beatable in the general election they would want him there to ensure a win. Why isn’t anything being said about the Clinton v. Paul trial? Why would they say anything about it now. She will have to testify after the November election. Wouldn’t it be much more sensational if the president elect had to testify in a trial that could put her in jail rather than just a senator testifying? Why isn’t anything said about her former pastor who was convicted of inappropriately touching a 7 year old girl? The media too is hoping that she wins because they know they are pretty much guaranteed 4 years of scandals that they can hop on. Please use a little common sense. Oh wait, I’m trying to appeal to people who actually think that the gas tax holiday is the greatest thing. Again, common sense there tells you that in the long run that will have a deleterious effect on the price of gas. She and her partner John McCain think this will give people all kinds of extra money in their pocket. Do the math for your own situation and see exactly how much money you would save. (for those of you who don’t know how to figure out your savings, take the number of miles you drive in a month, divide that by the number of miles you get per gallon and then multiply that by .184…ex, if you drive 1000 miles a month and get about 20 miles to the gallon you will use 50 gallons of gas. 50 times .184 equals 9 dollars and 20 cents. ) Now consider the fact that with the price being somewhat less, the demand will go up and the price will go up as well. Then add your 18.4 cents back on and see how much you’ll be paying at the end of summer. The increase will probably well offset the meager savings you enjoyed. Of course that will be after the election and who will care about you then?? Certainly not Ms. Clinton. She cares about Ms. Clinton and pretty much no one else. Please use some common sense. I hope that at least some of the superdelegates have even a modicum of common sense and see through that vile attempt at getting votes.