Thank you Indiana and N. Carolina voters, for your clear say of who is ELECTABLE. We all know Obama can beat McSame. I'm so happy the majority of you feel the same.

How can pundits question Obama's being 'electable'? Isn't the one with the most votes … wait for it … elected?

Say goodnight Shrillary.

why is the DNC wasting time in money going against a man that they cant beat in november

Obama All The Way!!!

Go Bama, Go Bama, Go Bama!

Yes we can and YES WE DID!

Bu-bye, Billary, you lier. You are about to get HAMMERED in N.C. and lose you last shot at gaining any momentum what-so-ever. You are exactly what is wrong with today's politics.

Nobody outside Camp Clinton ever bought that argument. Certainly not superdelegates.

See! I told you Hillary Clinton that you weren't more electable than Barack!!! Maybe you'll listen to me next time???

Correct because the real float of Hillary's voter support comes from Republicans who know she will not be able to beat Mccain.

Real Democrates are not fooled by this false float because we know Obama though probably not perfect is our only hope for real change.

Remember, kids:

Single digit margin for BO in NC would be bad news for him.

He needs 12 percent at least.

The bottom line is according to the national polls, Hillary is still ahead in beating McCain.

They are both great…..I think Obama is better.

look for an other strategy Hillary!! we´re sorry, Obama is going to be nominee no matter what.We´re tired of the Clintons!!

Lose 90 percent of the black vote and argue that you are more electable? A democrat will NEVER win with such a huge loss of the black vote. That kitchen sink strategy will be her downfall.

This is the end for Hillary & the Clinton machine.

No way - He will not win in November if he is the nominee. Sorry, but I don't buy it.

"YES YES YES! He can win…. " Ain't that right, Hillary??

I think that most people know the gig is up for her and that any self-respecting person plays by the rules (…um, not change them as they see fitting for their own gain, because You didn't have Your stuff together, and hadn't run a good campaign, so the only reason the game has changed for You is because His drama has come out and Yours everybody knows about, but it's still drama the same. Luckily people have amnesia and are giving You the benefit of the doubt that You are somehow a chnaged person! which I don't get… ) but things are not over until she tears up the democratic house. Please, Supa's, put us all out of our misery. Sincere;y, the election process once was fun :((

Betty - No , the bottom line is the votes once they are tallied. Poll of polls are one thing. The actual votes are another.

why does anyone take mccain serious? put either hillary or barack next to him in a debate and sit back and laugh. he is in for the ride of his life, i can't wait until one of them pisses him off. in my opinion, he is a doddering old fool, who doesn't have a chance against either dem candidate. reunite the party and get on with the real election. both are better then mccain.

No more debates on electability.

Hillary Stinks - check out the Paul VS. Clinton Case on the net. Once the primaries are over and she is out maybe the judge she bought off will start the trial again and maybe then someone from the media will the report the news story about the case. Bye Bye Hillary !!

didn't you just post exit polls showing the opposite? That many who vote for clinton wont vote obama?
I am one of them.

ARE you serious? This is a red state? Your saying the argument falls flat in a state that is Republican anyways?

Who is writing this stuff?

Early on Hillary was bushwhacked by a better Obama Campaign Staff while her own sat fat and happy eating in luxury hotels as the nomination was slipping away by states and caucuses.

Then she went on the attack the Clintons know best but that did not work this time, it only reminded how poorly and divisive the Clintons had been when they ruled the White House.

The very base that supported the Clintons being the African-Americans have turned on them, if she had only 15% of their support she would have won. It is gone for good by her attack dog actions.

Obama will win the nomination and it looks likes Hillary is on to a nervous breakdown as her ankles under her are breaking at the finish line just like Eight Belles did against Big Brown in the Kentucky Derby!

Senator Obama is the winner yesterday, today and tommorow!

Jeez…some more pro-Mr. Teflon stuff from CNN. Some more exit polling by CNN and their "experts," which leave more unsaid than said. You are quickly catching up to the F Netrwork, guys and gals.

Rush Limbaugh should be wearing an orange jumpsuit and soon.

CNN is an interesting network. They bashed Obama and then leaves Dr. Wright pic on the web site for two days after all the hoopla. One minute they are saying he can win, then the next minute they are saying he is loosing ground. The media has sank to an all new low. Stop trying to sway and predict the outcomes and the the American people decide.

I voted today in NC and gave Obama my vote all the way. My parents switched their affiliation to independent in order to vote in the Democratic Primary, and they also voted for Obama (and they are 60+ years old).

Obama is highly electable, IMO. When my parents and I can actually agree on a candidate, it sends a message to me that he unites people.

It was so exciting to participate in today's primary. Go Obama GO!

Who, in the Wide, Wide World of Sports would vote for a woman who is two steps away from a prison cell??? And lies at the drop of a hat??? Who are these people who ignore this???

People who backed Clintion or Obama will come toghether. Will not hurt Clintion or Obama but will hurt you and your family with McCain.

Vote Obama or Clintion

From the exist polls information I am seeing it make me wonder how real this "Operation Chaos" ploy by Rush Limbaugh is.

The number of those who cast ballots for Clinton saying they will not vote for Obama in November if she loses. Then to get figures that dont substantiate her doing any better vs McCain in November than Obama.

WOOFFF! WOOOFF!

unlike these other so-called "democrats", i WILL vote for hillary if MY first choice gets the nomination stolen from him BECAUSE I AM A DEMOCRAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and i know john "there WILL BE more wars, folks" mccain is not worthy of leading this country!!!!

and a vote for nader or anything else shows an incredible lack of maturity. you will let your country and fellow americans suffer because YOUR ego got bruised!?!? NICE!!!!!

If I can't have Hillary I will vote for McCain mentality is stupid. If I can't have ice cream I will throw a fit.

Grow up people and start looking at this with the issues:

Iraq-soldiers dieing everyday
gas prices, economy
Iran-now that attack Clinton wants to wipe out a whole country

And yes if we are going to look at peoples past, start looking at Clintons-working for a law office who helped the Black Panthers and communist. Start doing your research and history, I can't believe with the internet out there and people are still stupid about the facts.

Let's see. Half of Hillary voters would vote for McCain over Barack. But half of Hillary's voters are also Republican Ditto-heads following orders of the Borg Rush. These peeps would also vote for McCain over Hillary. Nice try at the spin cycle Hillary….but the wash is done and time to flush you with the dirty water.

Are you kidding me ? If Hillary Clinton is the nominee there will be republicans being wheeled in on gurnies and postponing their funerals to vote against here. She is definitely the MOST!!!!! polarizing candidate out there. She is a sure fire rupublican winner.

Hillary Clinton saying she's more electable than Barack Obama, can be seen as playing the race card; I mean Why wouldn't people vote for him. After all she was saying this long before the Ref.Wright issue.

With the record turnout of democratic and independent voters in this election I dought enough would have turned away from Obama to give Mccain the presidency in November and Obama has a better chance of attractig republicans than Hillary does.

Hillary fails

Yes, Truth and Honesty with no bullying tactics.

There can be only ONE -
President Obama Vice President John Edwards 2008

According to the exit polls Clinton backers say they wouldn't vote for Obama if he was nominated………….well of course not ….they are Rush Limbaugh's flunkies ……and they will be voting Republican in the general election……..HAVEN'T ANY OF YOU MEDIA BRAINS CLUED INTO THIS?????????

With the white voter's out numbering the black's 60% to 40% it is not surprising the voter turn out especially because Rush Limbough was on the air telling republicans to vote for Hillary so Obama would not be the winner in the primary. It's a disgrace what is going on with this election. Any FOOL could clearly see that in Indiana with the tax at about 10% on a gallon of gas and a person with a 21 gal. tank, that is a total of $2.10 in taxes for a tank. All of that is not going to the gas companies because they have to share that with the state and federal taxes. SO WHAT IS THIS GREAT FALSE HOPE HILLARY IS TALKING ABOUT FOR A THREE MONTH SAVINGS? THE PEOPLE SHOULD STOP AND THINK ABOUT THE REALITY OF WHAT THEIR TRUE SAVINGS WILL BE.

I am not stupid and I will vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee. The only stupid people I see here are the ones who think everyone is supposed to want Obama - well guess what - they don't - and for good reasons that are valid to them.

Betty:

whoever wins the nomination process by more delegates gets to face McCain.

You want a "national poll" to decide for us based on 1000 phone calls?? Likely story.

I am a lifelong Democrat. The electability argument cannot be settled by simply sampling Democratic primary voters. Of course we all are going to vote for a Democrat regardless in the fall. The electability argument, if it can be decided qualitatively, would be found in a poll of all voters.

Another thing really bothers me right now. We are all Democrats. Personally, I support Hillary because I favor some of her policies. But I still think that Barack Obama is a fantastic candidate and an amazing man. I'm not going to let our democratic process of choosing a candidate turn my opinion of either candidate into the negative. So all of you who are righting "Hillary sucks, Billary, and Shrillary" or are speaking negatively about Senator Obama should simply stop. Mutual respect is needed.

We MUST understand each other and debate on mutual and cordial terms. Simply, we MUST come together, we MUST join hands in the fall, we MUST not let the Republicans control the White House. I couldn't take four more years of fiscal irresponsibility, preemptive war, tax cuts for multi-millionaires, single-issue judge appointments, the dismemberment of our liberties, and the bending to the pressure of the reactionary religious right.

This should not be about Obama '08 or Hillary '08, but rather Democrat '08.

exit polls: 13% of clinton supporters in Indiana would vote against hillary if she won the nomination.

Need more republican trolls in this primary.

Exactly… 10% of the democrat turn-out are Limbaugh operation chaos folks. So to get the true representation of Indiana is to remove 10% from Hillary's total. She isnt winning amongst true democrats. Shame on the DNC in Indiana for allowing republicans the chance to sabotage the results… TIme for election reform!

Senator Clinton is divisive and a nasty acting politician, she also is making Democrats look really bad. As if she is back to her old Republician self. Sling dirt, mud and doo doo on Senator Obama even if he is in the same Party that she is in. She is a real piece of work and the biggest DOO DOO slinger in the world. No wonder She and her Husband are so full of it they have enough to go around.

I know that this won't post, but, Oh well!

Rochelle
New York

If Obama wins I will vote for McCain, period.

In fact the unelectable candidate is John McCain. Its time for the Democrats to get behind Obama and get to work on this election. This ego trip by the Clinton's trying to exert undue influence on the Democratic Party has to end. Clinton wants to take us back to 1992, McSame wants to take us back to 1892, and Barack Obama wants to take us into the 21st century. Let's saddle up and go with him!

If Hillary steals the election, I will not only max out my donation to McCain but I will work day and night to see that she never sees the White House.

Clinton and McCain are exactly alike, except that McCain is much more honest.

Thank you IN and NC for voting for Obama!!!!!!

It wouldn't even be close if only Democrats were voting. Obama would win in a minute but with all the Repugs going for Hillary just so McCain can win big in November Obama has an up-hill battle.

They called North Carolina the instant the polls closed…that means he won BIG!

If Hillary was running, on her truthfulness , she would have quit long ago…..

Hillary has one all of the big states that would matter in November. I dont really trust any of the candidates but I like Hillary Hate McCain and Obama well I dont like him much. I dont think the man can run the country he loses more and more credibility with me everyday. Thats just me though I guess I will have to support whoever wins the dem nomination just to keep McSame from winning. I Say GO HILLARY!! NoBama in 081

The only thing that I'd vaote for Hillary to do is occupy a jail cell, which is where she belongs.

Hillary 08 or Mc Cain 08

As a democrat I will never vote for Obama.

Were it not for Rush Limbaugh and his idiots she would only have won PA by 5 and she would have lost Texas outright. Isn't it sad that she can only inspire people to do negative things? Pundits, we are sick and tired of you. We do not want to hear about Rev Wright. We don't want to hear about Obama can't winning white votes. Let us hear you discuss the Clintons cannot win the black vote, the young vote, the EDUCATED vote?
We love Obama!!!!! Go baby!!!!

Pat Buchanon need's to go sit in a rocking chair and just shut up. He makes statements and add's his own word's to things just like Hillary.
If Hillary is getting the over 60 mostly white votes in Indiana that should not come as a surprise considering what was going on during that age bracket when they were in their younger years!!! Clinton is getting the people from the 20's ,30's and 40's who put black people down , would not give them good paying jobs, limited how many blacks were allowed in colleges by a very small % . THESE ARE THE ONES HILLARY ARE PICKING UP!!!

Actually, if Nobama ends up being the nominee, most will vote for McCain to keep Nobama out of the White House. Try back again, Nobama, in about 20 years.

Hillary's won the states that count…. OH, PA, and FL…. voters in those states don't want to vote for Obama, which means he can't beat John McCain

Falls flat because of NC? Doubtful. Lets see everyone vote over again and see how many states he carries.

Hey everyone in Indiana, get over the Reverend Wright issue, HE'S NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT!

already called Obama with no precincts reporting, wow… that must hurt the Clinton fans, let's hear the CNN is biased towards Obama argument

Obama 08

I live in CA and was a solid Edwards supporter until he dropped out shortly before Super Tuesday. I needed to choose between Hillary and Obama, and I found it to be quite a quandary before finally casting my vote for Obama.

In the three months since, Hillary's "do and say anything to win" strategy and constantly shifting criteria for victory have absolutely turned me off, making me quite sure that I voted the right way - she's basically using the same strategy as McCain.

While he is clearly not perfect, I truly appreciate that Obama will speak to us as adults, taking nuanced positions and generally avoiding the sound bite strategy that cheapens and detracts from the process.

Obama's real strength, and electability, stems from his ability to talk to us like we're NOT morons with MTV attention spans - in the upcoming months prior to the general election campaign, when he's not facing personal attacks from within his own party like he is now, I believe the way he treats and addresses the populace will set him apart from McSame and the Bozos who've been occupying the White House for seven years - This is what gives him a good shot at being President. Maybe I have more faith in the intellect of the voting public than I should…

Incidentally, I'm a 46 year-old white guy, and while I do have a bachelor's degree I really don't fall into Obama's typical support demographic.

Hillary is arguably the most polarizing character in American Politics of the last half-century, and she has suceeded in dividing her own party. What moron is going to believe she is more electable? The same moron who's convinced themselves that Clinton's a trustworthy candidate victimized by unfair political attacks. Wake up Clinton fanatics! Clinton can't win!

Well of course a lot of Hillary's supporters won't vote fro Brack Obama in the fall … because they're REPUBLICAN. They wouldn't vote for her in NOvemeber either!

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL. !!. HILLARY CLINTON YOUR MACHINE IS BROKEN..

BARACK OBAMA, THE WORLD IS WAITING FOR YOU ! ! OUR REPUTATION NEEDS REPAIRING !!!

Obama is not electible, All Hillary supporters must now move to McCain. Obama is trying to steal the election with all his Africian friends, the biggest contributor is Oprah. Oprah has move from believing in the one true God.

Rev Wright and the whole Africian party is dancing in the streets. This county is loosing it way.

McCain is electiible.

OPERATION CHAOS IS RUINING OUR ELECTORAL PROCESS AND RUINING OUR COUNTRY.

SUPERDELEGATES - DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE? If the superdelegates are baited into opening the back door for Hillary on the basis that she is more "electable" they will evoke the wrath and disdain of many democrats and observers worldwide.

Senator Clinton, for heaven's sake, do the honourable thing and withdraw.

Bring on John McLame!!!!

Obama has trounced Hillary again.
She can't beat him with her own Party
So tell me how she thinks she can do better in the general election?
The only people who vote for Hillary is the Bill Clinton base
Which shrinks more and more every day.
Send Hillary the memo………..

I know if Obama gets the nomination, McCain will win the general election. Too many people will not vote for Obama so they will either vote McCain or not vote at all..

If I can't have Hillary, I'll vote for McCain? What is the message people are conveying with that kind of thinking? It doesn't even make sense - it is like saying if Hillary doesn't win, I want George Bush.

Mike in NYC:

Despite the fact that I won't get the pleasure of you reading this, I am 22 years old and in no way, shape, or form a kid. I obviously have a more affluent knowledge of politics than you do if you feel this race isn't over, and your oversimplifying of Barack Obama's constituency makes me sick. If HILLARY had won North Carolina by as much as 70% this race would still be over. Sounds to me like someone's bitter and clinging to politics

OBAMA "Will" be the nominee.,….that was settled before tonight.
So to all of you 'revenge voters' that will vote for McCain….If making ends meet is hard NOW…..what do you think 4 more years of Bush ecomonics is going to be like.
It's like folks cutting off their 'noses' just to spite their own face.
btw…arent the majority of Clinton supporters,on the lower end of the income scale???? My goodniess,with McCain they will surely hit Rock Bottom!

Todros .. I couldn't have said it better! I do fit into the hillary demo tho, older white woman..and I was impressed with Senator Obama from day one! I could never support a candidate that lies to the American people and then laughs about it on national television. Surely, we are not the nation of idiots that she is taking us to be?

Bill, forget what the exit polls say about Clinton's electability. Just listen to the Republicans. They're drooling at the very thought of running against her. Think Rush is pushing her because she can beat McCain?

If she can't win it and everyone knows she can't, she and Bill, will try to steal it or buy it.
I am watching Dean closely and he seems to be quite the waffler around whether we honor the rules both candidates signed off on (literally)

Since that was her last argument (albeit a lame one), it is time for the Super's to step in and stop the bleeding.

She won't quit without being dragged out of the ring.

FINALLY, I've been telling Dems on these blogs that Republicans were the ones on here trying to disrupt the Democratic Primary process. If this one win, I won't vote for that one. As a Dem, that's BS. All you have to do is listen to Rush or Hannity for ONE day. Anyone who say Rezco, Wright, Ayers . . . is just repeating Hannity. He says it EVERY day in that order. The Limbaugh letter, please.

"In fact the unelectable candidate is John McCain. Its time for the Democrats to get behind Obama and get to work on this election. This ego trip by the Clinton's trying to exert undue influence on the Democratic Party has to end. Clinton wants to take us back to 1992, McSame wants to take us back to 1892, and Barack Obama wants to take us into the 21st century. Let's saddle up and go with him"

Obama wants to take us into the 21st century? Well, he's already eight years late then. And how exactly are economic policies from the 1930s going to accomplish that anyway?

Great night for OBAMA! I am so proud to support him! Obama will be our next president of the United States! Go OBAMA! Yes we can!

"why does anyone take mccain serious? put either hillary or barack next to him in a debate and sit back and laugh."

Yeah, because the PA. debate showed what a brilliant wordsmith Obama really was; his debate performance was so bad, it made Stockdale's '88 performance look positively Socratic. I guess you guys can cry and attack the moderator every time he loses, but that will probably get really old after awhile.

"Let's see. Half of Hillary voters would vote for McCain over Barack. But half of Hillary's voters are also Republican Ditto-heads following orders of the Borg Rush"

If you guys really think Operation Chaos had that much of an impact, the word gullible doesn't even begin to describe you. Half of her votes? Hahahaha, give me a break. Maybe a half of one percent.

"am a lifelong Democrat. The electability argument cannot be settled by simply sampling Democratic primary voters. Of course we all are going to vote for a Democrat regardless in the fall'

And the people on this site have the nerve to call Republican voters mindless? Talk about chutzpah.

"Despite the fact that I won't get the pleasure of you reading this, I am 22 years old and in no way, shape, or form a kid"

Yet you call yourself Captain Cannabis. You just convinced me you are no kid. Good job.

Why is Sen Obama the front runner then? He is creating enough excitement by bringing younger voters out in droves plus the educated segment of the population seem to favour him. Let's get real a vote for Barack is against the status quo (Old Washington Politics). Hillary Clinton and John McCain represents just the same old politics. He is electable because the American want something new and inspiring…..the change Sen Obama would bring.

That old divide the races and conquer is NOT working, Cheers to a UNITED AMERICA moving towards the future NOT back to the past! Obama 08

Well, how about the ejectability argument. Super delegates, do your thing!

Eject Hillary
Elect Barack

WHY DOES ALL THE PRESS KEEP BRINGING RACE INTO IT. WOULDNT IT BE NICE IF WE COULD ALL BE CALLED AMERICANS.
NOT LATIN, BLACK, ASIAN WE NEEDED. THE PRESS CALLS EVERY OTHER COUNTRY BY NAME SINGULARLY.

IRAN IRANIAN
AFRICA AFRICAN
RUSSIA RUSSIAN
COLUMBIA COLUMBIAN

AMERICA WHITE, BLACK, LATIN, MEXICAN, CHINA

I GUESS SOME PARTS OF THE SAME OLD POLITICS STILL SAME THE SAME. I GUESS THEY WOULDNT KNOW HOW TO TALK INTELLIGENTLY ABOUT THE SUBJECT WITH OUT IT.

No Mark we are not all going to vote for a democrat this fall. I am a democrat and I feel strongly that Obama is not qualified to be president. If he is the nominee I will vote for Mcain.

Everyone knew that the African AMericans in North Carolina were going to vote for Obama come hell or high water.
It will not be a fair election unless Florida and Michigan are counted.
It is all about race.

It is a very big shame to see Democrats scrabbling with fellow democrats, where the blame lays is obvious.
The United States of America i want to see in the future is one that is united. I am ashamed of Senator Hillary Clinton's campaign tactics, and i can not see things being different if she where to become our next president. It will simply be the same old politics that has got our beloved country to slide down in the eyes of the rest of the world. Especially if we are heard saying things like the total annihilation of a whole nation.

Electable? Oops, i think I see a kitchen sink full of dirty dishes and a nasty burnt smell of cookies in the oven. Yay, for all the mothers that have opted to stay home and be a real homemaker to their children and bake the best tasting cookies ever.

Hillary can't teach because she criticized Laura Bush about being a teacher, and Clinton made the comment that Laura should get a real job. I laugh in the face of all teachers across America that voted for Clinton, Maybe they should get a "real" job. How can you support someone that does not support you? Teachers do have a "real" job and should be commended for having that position.

I would much rather cling to my belief in God and cling to my gun to protect my property, family and what few valuables I have before I am forced to surrender them to a "socialistic government."

The superdelegates have an obligation to follow the pursuits of the pledged delegates. It does not matter about "electability", it's a matter of common sense. If the superdelegates decides to favor Clinton over Obama when Obama is ahead in popular votes and delegates, it will cause a serious division in the Democratic Party. It would have been best for all involved if Clinton would have stepped down like a lady.

Good

Hillary will now have to win by 70% or more in order to catch up to Obama in the pledged delegate count. Not gonna happen.

At the end of this primary season, Hillary will be behind Obama no matter how much she and her supporters whine.

This WILL come down to the SUPERDELEGATES.

Clinton smoke. Voters please don't inhale The losing canidate says the leader cannot win someone needs a reaity check.

Go Obama / Edwards 08

I can't help it but think of the excellent novel with the title Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe.
Clinton would like to have flexible rules and apply them at will on Obama excatly the same way Crusoe was treating the black guy named Friday in the novel!!!
Poor Billary! They think really that they are entitled to take the White House once again. They are latent racists. Period

I really just do not understand this! Ok if the polls say that at least half of Clinton supporters in both Indiana and North Carolina would not Vote for Obama and only about a third of his said the wouldnt vote for Clinton then how could you not see that clearly she is more electible?! Not to mention the fact that she has won most of the primaries in the states that are swing states and very important in the general election!! The fact is that in the general election the electoral college matters (whether we like it or not) and Clinton has a much greater chance of winning the states that really effect the electoral college votes and are usually pretty evenly split between democrats and republicans (Ohio, Penn., FL, Michigan). The fact is that many of the states Obama has won through out the primary are guarenteed red states, so congrats he won them, but come general election time it is not going to matter! I just do not understand why everyone just ignores this issue!! It is the total achilles heal of the Democrats: our canidates need to be ELECTIBLE!!!! Hello does anyone else remember John Kerry, Michael Dukakis, or Al Gore?!??! For the love of god people if we don't want 4 more years of this MESS Bush got us into lets pick a democrat that can win!!! Hillary Clinton can do that!!!!

Great! That was another lie made by Hillary and the news-media!

Let's go Obama!

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!

I love it! Just proves that those snap shot polls made up by Hillary is just a bunch of crap!!!

Now - let's keep this train rolling to Penn- Ave - Washington,D.C.

Go Obama!

I was thinking: because of the last few weeks and the controversies surrounding the democratic candidates, "Would the voters in the previous primaries change their vote from one candidate to the other?"

There has been a hot bed of information and questions regarding, in particular, Obama. Would they change their vote to Clinton?

Might be an interesting poll on CNN.

Might just be what the Democratic Party might be interested in.

[Though I confess, I think you support Obama - a VERY good speaker - but don't you want to know the truth?]

My greatest fear is that all those blue collar white voters will not support Obama in the fall. He will not carry the red states he has won delegates from in DEMOCRATIC caucases and that is the BIG PROBLEM everyone!! Why can't everyone see it? Hillary Clinton carries the swing voting whites and will get the African American vote with Obama's support as a VP. The Republicans are setting up the Democrats again for a squicker win in November. Obama cannot win the General Election in November, we are going to be stuck with McCain and Bush policies for another four years……..PLEASE do not give the nomination to Obama. This seems like such common sense…and great fighting preview of the two democrats tonight between Paul and Donna…that is what we are going to face this summer. Guys….come on and lets elect a winner, not a runner up.

This is idiotic. The fact that voters think Obama's more electable doesn't mean he is. Look at the head-to-head matchups in swing states: FL, OH, PN. Hillary is much stronger than Obama, that's just a fact. Mind you, I'm a McCainiac, so I'm not complaining if you nominate the guy…

CNN underestimates the validity of the exit polls regarding the support Barack will receive from Hillary supporters in the general election…….

McCain '08.

NC Exit Polls by age and race:

White 17-29 = 56% Obama, 42% Clinton
White 30-44 = 43% Obama, 50% Clinton
White 45-59 = 34% Obama, 61% Clinton
White 60 & Older = 29% Obama, 69% Clinton

Black 17-29 = 93% Obama, 3% Clinton
Black 30-44 = 88% Obama, 7% Clinton
Black 45-59 = 94% Obama, 5% Clinton
Black 60 & older = 89% Obama, 6% Clinton

Black voters account for 30% of the North Carolina vote.

I'm surprised the electability issue gets so much talk,,, I've seen CNN "call" the election with less than 3% of the votes in,,,all the math and polls indicate Obama's the winner…just call it and stop the media madness!

Obama ! Yes we DID !!!

I agree with ABC. I won't speak ill of Obama. I was taught in Sunday School, don't believe everything you read. I give Obama the benefit of the doubt on his X pastor. I am suprised that it only seems that white people are called racist when 90% of blacks vote for Obama. I would have no problem voting democrat in Nov. if Hillary is not the nominee.

Obama has better chance of beating McCain in November…..

We have not even begun to see " the magnitude of dislike for Hilary"
by Republicans and more conservative voters,,
The entire Rush Limbaugh "Chaos" strategy is because
Republicans know Obama will be more difficult to beat….

Tho many Republicans, may vote for McCain their disdain , disapproval of Obama is much much less and some will even consider voting for him

Democrats are in serious trouble if Hilary wins nomination
with regard to beating MCCain

J
Boston Ma

The republican media and strategy ceases to amaze me. It is a known fact that the reason that Obama has the lead is because many republicans are voting democratic in this primary. They are fixing he campaign in favor of Obama because he is an easy kill. They also have the media in their pockets, calling the election for Obama in NC before a considerable amount of votes were counted. Yet Indiana is still up for grabs.

The DNC also deserves credit for their stupid decisions on Florida and Michigan. It is all one big mess because these idiots in the DNC falling for the republican bait. Not to mention the somewhat subtle little race card that the Obama campaign has played all along that has the party teetering on a divisive catastrophe. It really looks like the republicans are gonna pull this thing off and get McCain elected. Let's face it Obama is fresh meat for the republican predator.

We ran a local "poll" and over 80% of Dem's say they will cross over and vote for McCain if Obama wins the nomination. I was in the other 20%. I believe we as Dem's may be looking at another 4 years of Republican rule!

That funny!!!!

CNN still on the Obama band wagon!!!! What polls are they looking at?

Hillary going to win Indiana which he was ahead by 10 points and it was in his back yard?, the only reason she losing NC, because Obama got over 90% of the African votes? What is CNN talking about? Obama still lost with all major groups except for younger kids? If anything he lost more white men this time around….. CNN stop being the Obama network and report the facts on the ground…. If it wasn't for the African American voting 90% for Obama this race wouldn't be close right now……

Barak Obama wins - 1 man against 4. Barak is fighting the campaigns of Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton plus the Constitution Violater - Rush Limbaugh.

Doesn't Limbaugh realize that it is against the law to tamper with elections?

THe Republican Machine will go at Obama like sharks if he is the nominee - mark my words - we will be left with John McCain and Obama will be history. This rock star baloney will fail in Novemeber.

Oh yeah! In our local "Poll" they believe that if yoy counted Florida that Clinton would be the winner and this would make a big difference in Nov.

"I think that most people know the gig is up for her and that any self-respecting person plays by the rules. . ."

And the rules are that the super delegates get to decide this one. The Obama supporters should not try to change those rules at this stage of the race.

If you don't like those rules, change them in time for the next primaries.

CNN in the bag for Obama.

What I do not understand is why do people who have only had white men (both parents) run for president, thereby getting 100% of their parties white vote, have such a problem with 90% of black people voting for Barak (half white). What are they actually saying? Let's be very clear, Barak did not make this abour race. The white media (they control) did, they started breaking down polls by race.

The fact is that not only black people but people of all races (which make up America) are voting for Barak.

It is time to wake up and see who you really are, and stop hiding behind the comments of someone else who may or may not have their own issues with race.

Yes We Can………Barack is just not sure how.

The rhetoric continues.

If not Hillary, than McCain '08!

What a breakthrough North Carolina! You have taken Senator Barack Obama to the next level. He will give hope to many in N.C. who have been left out by the wealthy and well connected. You voted for the change we need. We are one America. Having practiced medicine in N.C., I have the audacious hope that Obama will bring about access to quality healthcare to all Carolina families. I am for Obama because he is the candidate representing the future better America and not looking to do business as usual. America, this truly our moment. Now lets get him to that House at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.

The truth always prevails in the long run. One of my prayers is that as a people committed to a better USA for our children & grandchildren as well as ourselves we stop promoting those who are getting rich thru divisive ,hate mongering masked as journalism & entertainment(including Limbaugh,Hannity & negative rap masquerading as music !) Onward & Upward for all in the USA !!!

IT WAS WEL SAID HILLAR BROKE HER ANGLES AND THE BIG BROWN CAME IN FIRST.

I've never voted Republican in my life…if Obama is the Democratic nominee, I will vote for McCain.

Dems in the "big" states will ultimately vote dem regardless of who the nominee is because that's what they do–they vote democratic. Lots of independents would vote for Obama. Not many independents would vote for HRC. Obama is more electable.

Hillary wants to label Obama as the black candidate with Rev. Wright, because Bill and Hillary know fully some people will not vote for a black candidate no matter what.

I can testify that with my personal experience. Two of my senior white lady friends strongly expressed their resistance to voting for Obama, but they don't like Hillary, either. One decided to vote for McCain and the other, finally for Hillary.

Obviously, our education has done some good for America. Without teaching diversity after MLK, the US would probably have fallen apart a while ago. Hillary credited the civil rights movement to LBJ, instead of MLK. Just ask everyone in the US and around the world. It is laughable for a presidential candidate to speak such utter nonsense. BTW, I am not black.

Perhaps Obama should run ads about his white mother over and over, but he is just not that type of person. He does not want to use race to pander for votes.

I just hope those old white ladies to remember that had Obama's mother, Dr. Ann Dunham, an anthropologist, still lived today, she would have looked like you.

Obama; Change the empty word

How interesting. I visit CNN here and about 95% of the commenters are obvious Democrats. Same story over at PMSNBC. And yet its FOX that's villified as biased.

Obama won this back in Iowa!! Nuff said.

more than ever, tonight, Clinton has show clearly that her drive for presidency is for her and her family only, not for American. It is her ambition, her dream that once again override the need of people and the country, even her own party.

The harder she "work her heart out," the more she'll feel sorrow about it. What goes around, what comes around.

Patrick,
I am not a Democrat.
But I am very glad Obama won the primary for good.

Did you all watch Clinton's speech tonight? She seem crying. Her husband was red faced, making me wonder whether he was drunk. They digged their grave pretty hard.

Contrary to what you believe, many American's like myself and my family and friends will in fact cross party lines to vote for McCain if Obams were to get the nod.. if you wore taking a poll among my friends and family it would be 100% of the 50 persons voting amongst us. We don't believe Obama has been up front and forthcoming about his past with his pastor and his church. We don't like his temperament, we don't like the fact he is hiding behind his half black race… Don't people realize this man is just as much a black person as he is a white person. If he showed more white then he does black do you actually believe he would be were he is today. I don't thank so. If he were to play this straight, he would have already been voted out, and Edwards would be challenging Hillary right now.

If you read the Bible, read Matthew 7. When you point a finger at someone, there are 4 pointing back at you. We are all AMERICANS!

The best measure of electability are the primary/caucus results. Period. Millions of people got out and stated their opinion. Why would anyone discount that in the face of tenuous telephone surveys? But on the subject of electability, has anyone else noticed that conservative republicans that have voted in the democratic primarys have gone 2-1 for Hillary? Now who in their right mind will believe that those conservatives will actually vote for Clinton in the general election? These are the Rush L. drones who are trying to draw this out. You gonna tell me the superdelegates don't know this is going on? Or that Obama leads in self-declared independents in the states that have already voted? Think this through people, the answer is obvious. Obama 08

Karen from Ohio,

Sorry to say, Clintons didn't dig their grave you are digging yours. How? Only time will say. I'm not a democrat.