May 20, 2008
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(CNN) – Just how different are Kentucky Democrats from Oregon Democrats?

Very.

Consider two factors: political ideology and religion.

In Kentucky, only 35 percent of Democratic voters described themselves as “liberal.” The rest said they were either moderate or conservative. Compare that to Oregon, where close to 60 percent of Democratic voters said they were liberal, and about 40 percent said they were moderate or conservative.

There are also big differences between voters in both states when it comes to religion.

In Kentucky, only 7 percent of Democrats reported having no religion, while nearly 30 percent of Democrats in Oregon said they were not religious.

Could these cultural differences point to different overall results in both states? We’ll see.

Filed under: Exit Polls


Martin   May 20th, 2008 6:40 pm ET

CNN

Do you mean Obama can only get liberal voters who are not religious and the black voters?

Dukakis all over again !

What a wonderful term President Dukakis had.

NowOrNever   May 20th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

Do we care about Kentucky? We didn't care about the South, and about states in the Northwest, so why do we give a hoot about Kentucky. They are insignificant according to Clinton in earlier days when small states didn't count.

Linned   May 20th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

Let's hope that this is the reason. I would hate to think it was something else.

True Dem, Chicago, IL   May 20th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

To all Clinton supporters, welcome aboard! Hillary fought hard and deserves MUCH credit!

To the bitter ones who’ll NEVER vote for Obama, GOODBYE, WE DON’T NEED YOU! With our 50 state voter registration drive, we are building a new coalition of new voters, disaffected republicans and TRUE democrats! So—- GIT TO STEPPIN!!!

Obama ’08 ALL THE WAY

Hameeda   May 20th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

There is a reason that all educated young people vote for Obama, the use their brains to make the decision no their racist dark hearths. OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESEDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICA, SO ALL YOU RACIST EAT YOUR HEARTHS OUT

Chuck, Democrats United We Stand   May 20th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

I just listened to the Pompos Wolfson a few moments ago. There is no way that the DNC is going to give this to Sen Clinton. He claims that Obama is going to take a victory lap in Iowa tonight, and that it is wrong for Obama to declare himself the winner. Fact, all Obama is going to do is announce that his campaign has won the majority of the delegate count based upon current DNC Rules. He has won the most states, has the most delegate and superdelegate counts, and has the popular vote according to DNC rules. Yet Wolfson declares Hillary has the Popular vote lead, I would like to know what kind of caculator he is using. Who knows maybe the Clinton staff as a whole failed basic math and reading comprehension, it looks that way since she has not been able to balance her check book.

Hameeda   May 20th, 2008 6:44 pm ET

There is a reason that all educated AND young people vote for Obama, theY use their brains to make the decision NOT their racist dark hearths. OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESEDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICA, SO ALL YOU RACIST EAT YOUR HEARTHS OUT

Chris   May 20th, 2008 6:45 pm ET

Obama has the largest lead over Hillary nationally since the primary season began - 16%… yet 50-70% of Hillary voters say they won't vote for Obama (I haven't seen a logical reason yet - it's usually out of being misinformed or angry that Hillary is losing)

I went to college but this polling just doesn't make sense.

Terry   May 20th, 2008 6:45 pm ET

Just curious…why would Howard Wolfson actually be part of the CNN team tonight again on the eve of a primary? Where is the balance if you do not have someone from the Obama campaign actually physically sitting across from Wolfe as the results come in? This is not fair CNN!

Hameeda   May 20th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

Kentucky Democrats ARE EASELY MANUPULATED BY CLINTON’S LIES AND DECEPTION

Smith   May 20th, 2008 6:46 pm ET

Sayonara Senora

Fed_up2   May 20th, 2008 6:47 pm ET

Half of the countys that have reported in Kentucky are posting 15 to 95 total votes for their entire county. I've spent a lot of time in the rural counties of Kentucky and can tell you that there are more people sitting in bars than have voted. There are darn few in Kentucky who really care a hoot about this election. Send some of your exit pollers on down the street to a few of those bars and ask them why they'd rather drink beer than vote.

E   May 20th, 2008 6:48 pm ET

Clinton has been treated so unfairly in this race. If Obama is the nominee I'm voting for McCain.

Proud American   May 20th, 2008 6:49 pm ET

Our differences is what makes America great!!

Vic   May 20th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

For good of Democratic party, Hillary should drop out from this race. Time after time Obama shows his strength, dedication and commitment. Both are great candidates, but Obama is much better on everything.

Paul   May 20th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

BS!!

two factors: Racism and Education

The uneducated dont know any better, and are easily manipulated
by Clintons false words, which are after all, aimed directly at them!

The educated have more sense, ans can see through Clintons obvious hypocricy!! "All votes count.." yet she doesnt include the votes from those in the caucus states??? hmm

Kentucky voters are, much like those in wv, racist!
Oregon voters are not!

Vera from AZ   May 20th, 2008 6:50 pm ET

I keep trying to understand the analogy of seating Florida and Michigan and still am not able to swallow it.
If you embezzled money from your company and were caught.
Should you be able to claim that the money is yours even though you illegally acquired it?
Sorry but that sets a bad example for the rest of the country.
Next election cycle everyone would set their own schedules saying you let Florida and Michigan set their own rules so we could do anything we want to.

GL   May 20th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

Duh- That and Kentucky geneally isn't the sharpest tool in the shed..

James   May 20th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

Oregon is more accepting than Kentucky.

deborah   May 20th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

Hillary Rotten Clinton Please please please please please
GO HOME!!!!

A desperate Woman is an ugly thing to watch!

Just end it and end it now!~

You are making real women look bad Your whining is painful to watch. Go home get some sleep and find a hobby.

The American people do not want you Florida and Michigan will not save your candidacy Those votes should not be given to you You agreed that they would not count You are such a hypocrite. Face it the majority of the American People Hate your freaking guts because intellegent people can see the jerk that you are.

I hate to hear your voice and it is worse to see your face and your tree stump legs.

Sooooooooo Hillary just go home and rest and take a day or two and go shopping for a few new pants suits to hide those Fat Stump-like legs.

GOOD-BYE

Math Wiz   May 20th, 2008 6:51 pm ET

Can we please euthanize this wretched Hillary campaign tonight? Please? I am so sick of her whining and excuses. Now she and Bill are blaming sexism on her losing situation. Guess what? Sexism kept her in the race so long. Call it reverse-sexism if you want, but so many women voted and supported her blindly, she could've said anything; and a lot of times she did. Behind the pant suits lies a old guard vile politician who was four years too late in running for the office she feels she is entitled to. The Clintons in 2008 are outdated, and apparently, outcampaigned, and now, out of luck.

Good luck, Hillary supporters, as you go off to support John McCain. He is a much more honorable politician than Clinton, but in the end you will have supported two losing campaigns.

Griff   May 20th, 2008 6:52 pm ET

Different World's… The Real World… And….. The Dream World..

NickNas   May 20th, 2008 6:52 pm ET

After living in Both KY and Oregon I can tell you they are in two different time zones. KY is still 30 years behind OR in Many ways. Not calling names just a fact. Ideas die VERY HARD in KY.

Tony Freckleton   May 20th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

I would like to ask a question of the Hillary Clinton supporters which would like Mitchigan and Florida votes counted, are we going to tell all the other states that its ok for them to move their primaries to where they feel like ,that you dont have to follow the party rules, come the next campaign in 2012, we will just seat you like we did in 2008.

58 white old ladies for OBAMA   May 20th, 2008 6:53 pm ET

THE PAST AND THE FUTURE.

DoNotDrinkTheRedPunch   May 20th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

It won't matter, Kentucy, West Virginia, Ohio and Penn are the MOST IMPORTANT states in the union, right CNN?????? West Virginia expecially with its' 28 delegates. The media keeps up this show, to Conquer and divide, conquer and divide..it's a shame. If Obama wins an all white state, it must be a rich one, NEVER Satisfied are ya???? Now you are selling kool-aid that says poor rural whites are conservative but all the rich ones are liberal..uh huh.

Martin   May 20th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

Less people in Oregon have an imaginary friend called God. Makes them more grown up really.

If anyone wants to prove that their imaginary friend God exists post a photograph please before commenting. Until then go back to your little imaginary world and leave the real world to the grown ups.

Eric   May 20th, 2008 6:54 pm ET

You can see the difference between obama voters and clinton voters. Obama voters are more educated hence exit polls show a great majority would vote for Hilary knowing the consequences of the GOP and 4 more years of bush. Whereas Hilary has less educated voters who do not understand the consequences of voting for McCain when they scream I will not vote Obama. Keep in mind when you say that, if you think gas prices are high now, just wait till the mideast says we have another cowboy in the U.S in McCain, why should we help them by producing more oil. Not to mention spending another 50 billion a year on war for the next 5-100 more years in iraq.

Joyce in Florida   May 20th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

Well, let's just see how these two contests end tonight. I sincerely hope that there will be a surprise in each one and that Hillary Clinton will come out ahead tonight. Can't trust exit polls. Remember New Hampshire? Anyway, I hope Senator Clinton WINS BIG!!!!!!!!!! GO HILLARY ALL THE WAY TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WE NEED YOU THERE!!!!!!!!!

Trustee   May 20th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

Of course HillaryBilly States would like the race to continue and so would many female Clinton supporters. How long? Until Clinton wins. If Obama was losing, his supporters would be the same way.

Unlike Republicans, we have more than one candidate millions would vote for. So what do you do in a race so tight, how do you end it, just follow the rules. The most delegates wins. That's the only way to end it. Some IS going to lose.

Unfortunately for women, the first female POTUS candidate is so selfish, she cares nothing about the Party or the women's cause. She cares only about the Clinton's regaining power. She will linger on and do as much damage as possible in hopes of coming back in 2012. But in the Democratic Party, you get 1 and only 1 bite at the apple.

Florida democrat   May 20th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

Add in the fact that many Hillary supporters are completely racists and care more about not having a black president than they are having a president that will fight for the issues they believe in.

If you are a democrat it is because you believe in certain rights and responsibilities from the government. Everyone has stated over and over again that Clinton and Obama's platforms are pretty similar.

So there is no other explanation for the Clinton supporters to say they would rather vote for McCain over Obama unless they are racists or sexists (works both ways!!!)………..in either case, you don't deserve to be part of the democratic party and I welcome your resignation to the republican party that is openly racists and sexists (I grew up in NC, I know what racism is!!!).

S. Rothschild   May 20th, 2008 6:55 pm ET

Culture? High gas prices. High food prices. Failed War. Lost soldiers.
Home Foreclosure. Job Loss. This is a result of WASHINGTON CULTURE that has a negative affect on everyone, religous or not. Words like "liberal" and "conservative", etc. are only smokescreens to pit people against each other while the real culprits rob us blind while lining their pockets. Don't fall for it America. Vote for CHANGE.

Democrats 08!!!!

Trustee   May 20th, 2008 6:56 pm ET

Wrong story cancel previous post.

TL   May 20th, 2008 6:57 pm ET

I used to live in Lexington, Ky and saw first-hand the situation there. I saw big economic disparity between Whites and Blacks. Culturally, Lexington is considered a good part of the state, since it is more or less a college town. However, I believe quite a number of people I met there definitely would not vote for a Black man, regardless of who is running. So, I don't understand why HRC would be proud of her good fortune there, considering under such culture.

Brian   May 20th, 2008 6:57 pm ET

Yup if we want to win - put up Hillary - way more electable - or suffer under McSame.

David in Florida   May 20th, 2008 6:59 pm ET

Join us Clinton supporters in voting for John McCain in the fall. The democratic party has turned its back on Hillary Clinton and her supporters. I feel so sorry for what Clinton had to experience in her primary campaign. A lot of my democratic friends will be voting for John McCain. Obamabots just need to realize that their stupid attacks against Clinton and her supporters will not make a Clinton supporter want to vote for Obama in the fall. We welcome all Clinton supporters. :-)

Keith from WI   May 20th, 2008 7:00 pm ET

Billary is not staying in the race for the votes now…she only interested in raising enough money so her loan can be paid back…(with interest). She has never cared about the voters or the issues…its always just been the power, the attention, the money and herself. Finally people have finally have seen her and her husband for what they truly are….WE are tired of all of this and we are NOT going to take it anymore…. May they just sneek away and leave us alone …hopefully Ark. will take them back…lol
Just in case she thinks that most people still like her…(57% do not trust her and do not like her)
Everyone keep record of everything she says and does in her remaining years in the Senate so if she tries the Sniper Fire again……this will end much sooner….we can blame the media since her suspicious Senate election in 2000 for constantly putting her name in the news. She never earned that nor did she ever deserve it……Bet the media now knows they created a monster that was merely someone that was married to a president….thats all!
The Clintons remind me of two lowlife con artists tricking the old and uneducated out of their possessions making them think its the right thing to do…

Darryl   May 20th, 2008 7:00 pm ET

If Obama was operating his campaign $ 30 million dollars in debt the News network would have a field day. Since it's the Clinton are white and he is a former president of the United States they are given a whole lot of room.

Now, when the race is over will they pay their bills or claim they're broke……

PF Harlock   May 20th, 2008 7:00 pm ET

So the point here is that there are cultural differences between one of the reddest and one of the bluest states.

Thanks for the revelation.

Greg   May 20th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

There really is very little differences between the positions of Clinton on Obama on the serious issues that affect this country. The differences between the candidates have been manufactured by the Clinton camp and then repeated over and over again by the media which would rather drag this on to keep ratings up.

There are only "percieved" differences which can explain the contrasts in Hillary and Barack supporters. Many of these are related to false issues. Rev Wright, bitter-gate, lapel-pins. These things do not effect our country, but for those that only follow the news sporadically these are the issues they know and understand.

These issues are the only differences between Hillary and Barack, well plus the fact that Hillary Clinton lies and panders now on every stump.

lynn   May 20th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

WRITE HILLARY IN

fred   May 20th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

Did you mean Pompos Wolf, Donna, Martin, John…those are teh Pompos ones!!

g   May 20th, 2008 7:01 pm ET

I wish that one of Bobby Kennedy's kids would run for President sometime soon. Bobby was a political genius!! Surely, some of his political savvy rubbed off on his children!

Now there is a Democratic hopeful we could all look forward to!! To even try to compare any of the current nominees to the likes of Bobby or Jack Kennedy or EVEN Martin Luther King Jr. is nothing short of ludicrous!

fred   May 20th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

Hameeda May 20th, 2008 6:42 pm ET

There is a reason that all educated young people vote for Obama, the use their brains to make the decision no their racist dark hearths. OBAMA WILL BE THE NEXT PRESEDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF THE AMERICA, SO ALL YOU RACIST EAT YOUR HEARTHS OUT

LMAO…..THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NO BRAINS….THEY HAVEN'T EVEN LIVED YET!!! THAT IS WHY OBAMA WILL LOSE….HE IS AN IDOL TO THESE PEOPLE THAT HAVE GROWN UP WITH THE AMERICAN IDOL!~!

Run the race so she can't make excuses   May 20th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

He can not change his skin color; He is going to have to work on other states outside the Cracker Barrel

david   May 20th, 2008 7:03 pm ET

There may be two different world views but still one reality, we are all in this struggle together. No matter what our socio-economic situation we do not need another Bush administration carried out by John McCain. How can your core beliefs be so eradic that you can say that if Obama gets the nomination, you will vote for McCain. There is no logic in that. The core democratic principles have very little differences between the two candidates while there is a deep chasm between the developing platform of the Republican party candidate. This really shows where many of us as Americans are in our thinking and our values, because we will vote against a person based on lies and deep-seeded prejudices that we fail to let go of. Whichever Democratic candidate emerges from the fray, we should support them if we are really concerned about a new, more optimistic direction for this country. We cannot afford another 4 to 8 years of backwardness like the last administration.

Edwin, Fayetteville, NC   May 20th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

Culture is not the issue, Sen. Clinton flip-flops to much when things are not going her way. First she said that Florida and Michigan would not count since they voted early (I think that’s when she was ahead) but since she has been trailing in the race she has changed her mind and is attempting to play on the emotions of the people because she has nothing else to offer. She has played the race card and now she wants to play the feminist card, is there nothing she will not say or do to try and steal the nomination? At first I thought that she would make a good President but not now, it seems that her political ambition takes president over the needs of the American people.

Go outside the Cracker Barrel   May 20th, 2008 7:04 pm ET

He can not change his skin color. He is going to have to work on voters outside the Cracker Barrel.

Obama O-8!

Charlie   May 20th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

Thats because after Senator Obama wins the nomination, the republicans can no longer pretend to be Hillary supporters threatening to
vote for John McCain in the general election. Then it will be a cinch because the only thing left to do is step into the voting booth and vote
against George W. Bush. OH HAPPY DAY!

Yes We Can.

Larry, Apex, North Carolina   May 20th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

Hillary is such an egotistical pig. She and Bill have ALWAYS been selfish.
They make me want to puke.

pa mom   May 20th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

Its not religion….why is it so hard to understand people naturally will tend to vote for someone who is similar to themselves.

Blacks will vote for a black candidate more often than not and so will white people.

It is not racist….it is human nature.

Obama has mainly won the states with higher black population -
this will not win him an election. The big states count and McCain will win some traditionally blue states.

We Democrats will be bleeding red on election day.

I am white - 46 and will not vote for Obama and I am not a racist nor do I consider myself religious. Simply a informed voter who is outraged at the DNC and the media …both have left American voters down by not doing their jobs in this election. You are the ones who have created the division between white and black Americans

katlheen wright   May 20th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

I just heard from another commentator that Hilary gets backed in a corner and acts like she wants to bake cookies. Yesterday, when asked if the race was sexist Jack Cafferty had 7 emails read and 5 were from men who are too busy being sexist to know what it is and only 1 positive email.
On your shoe and others there's a constant drumbeat for Obama even if he is not the most qualitfied and some have learned from Bush hos important this is. Since the first vote the obama people have been telling her to get out, calling her a monster,. too ambitious {since when is that bad} While in the meantime you show obama girl and have absolutely nothing to attribute to obama at all. This country is in too bad a shape to get a feel good candidate with no backgroud. I will no vote for obama simply because of all the disrespect his people have given her. ESpecially the one where commentators have said she is trying to destroy obama by staying in the race, I'll stay home of vote for Ron paul.

Victory for Hillary   May 20th, 2008 7:05 pm ET

If not Hillary - then I will be for the first time in my life voting for a Republican.

Obama and his nasty cult followers do not deserve my vote.

Chris, Silicon Valley, CA, USA   May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Gore lost in 2000 because he could not carry states like KY, WV, TN.

Independent   May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

I find it amusing that she will win in kentucky even after she said all the small states are insignificant!..Once she wins that primary, she will not even lookover her shoulder to wave goodbye!

JRC   May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Kentucky is mostly racist, Oregon is not.
Kentucky is mostly uneducated, Oregon is not.
Kentucky doesn't really matter, it never did and it doesn't now.

EDW   May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Liberal minded people = openminded enough to get higher education and looks at a person for the content of their character. And then there is West Virginia and Kentucky…

Andy   May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

I keep hearing about all the Clinton supporters who will NEVER vote for Obama. They will vote for McCain instead. Just once, go to a state that Obama is winning heavily and see how many of those people say they will vote for Hillary if Obama is not the candidate. Fair is fair.

I can't understand the logic behind being for a candidate and what they stand for (Clinton and Obama are quite similar) and then saying you will vote the complete opposite of what those goals are by voting for more of the present administration. Don't just vote because a candidate is a woman, black or any reason other than how they represent your beliefs.

Stay home before you give your vote away to John McCain.

Keiichi   May 20th, 2008 7:07 pm ET

This democratic race reminds me of the American Idol contest between Ruben Studdard and Clay Aiken. Everyone knew Clay was more talented, but Ruben Studdard won because of all the black voters voting for a black person. It's disappointing to see race play such a big part, there is something wrong when in a state a candidate gets 91% of a particular race's vote.

deborah   May 20th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

cnn YOU can post my comments now

NO ON OBAMA   May 20th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

So much for "unity"……….still losing late primary races.

www clintondems dot com

She Will Do Kentucky Wrong   May 20th, 2008 7:08 pm ET

I care about Kentucky, but Kentucky doesn't care enough about themselves to make an informed choice. So sad, Hillary will use them and then abuse them. She couldn't care less about Kentucky, but the state helps her new found image of Annie Oakley.

Patricia in Las Vegas   May 20th, 2008 7:09 pm ET

Oregon Democrats are obviously more intelligent.

Viola   May 20th, 2008 7:09 pm ET

PLEASE STOP ASKING THE SAME OLD STUPID QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW CAN OBAMA GET THE KENTUCY AND WEST VIRGINIA VOTES.

YOU CAN NOT CHANGE A RACIST. IF THEY REFUSE TO VOTE FOR A BLACK CANDIDATE, HE CAN NOT CHANGE THEIR MINDS.

THESE PEOPLE ARE SO RACIST, THESE DEMOCRATS WILL VOTE FOR MCCAIN WHO GUARANTEETHAT WE WILL BE IN IRAG INDEFINITLY AND CONTINUE TO LOOSE LIVES, LIMBS AND MINDS UNDER JOHN MCCAIN. THIS IS VERY VERY VERY SAD.

LBoogie   May 20th, 2008 7:09 pm ET

Hillary '08 Fiction and Fairy Tales.

Michael in Little Rock   May 20th, 2008 7:10 pm ET

It's pretty telling that such a large number of Hillary's "supporters" are saying that they'd back McCain over Obama.

And what it's telling me is that those "supporters" of Hillary are not true believers in the ideals of the Democratic party — if they were, they wouldn't be supporting a sickeningly corrupted pro-war candidate like Hillary in the first place, much less threatening to support an even MORE corrupt, even MORE pro-war candidate like McCain. No, that's just ridiculous, so the answer must lie elsewhere.

It also strongly suggests to me that these loud-mouthed, McCain-backing "supporters" of Hillary are trying to do their part for Operation Chaos (or a similar ploy) and never had any intention of voting for Hillary in the first place. Either that or they're just simple racists, but I'll give them more credit than that.

A true moderate-to-liberal Democrat who cared about his/her party and his/her country would abhor John McCain and everything he stands for, and wouldn't be caught dead casting a vote for 4 more years of the same old thing after the suffering that the Bush administration has put this country and the world through.

In other words: I don't buy it at all, and there is definitely something fishy going on here. There are just WAY too many "supporters" of Hillary suddenly coming out of the woodwork in support of McCain. This situation is quite reminiscent of the repeated attempts to discredit Ron Paul by people who were pretending to be his supporters and who repeatedly spammed all the forums and social sites with "pro" Ron Paul messages in an effort to irritate people and cause them to dislike him.

And just like with the Ron Paul "supporter" spam-a-thon, anyone with a functioning brain in their head should be able to recognize this little game for what it is: another sleazy attempt by right-wingers to tamper with the Democratic nomination. The MSM will ham it up for ratings as usual — you really can't trust them for much else except that these days — but please use your brain and see this as the transparent ploy that it is.

nic, bellingham wa   May 20th, 2008 7:10 pm ET

Wow, so folks in different parts of the country have different lifestyles?! You guys are breaking new ground, with new discoveries every day…keep up the good work folks!!

Eric   May 20th, 2008 7:11 pm ET

You can see the difference between obama voters and clinton voters. Obama voters are more educated hence exit polls show a great majority would vote for Hilary knowing the consequences of the GOP and 4 more years of bush. Whereas Hilary has less educated voters who do not understand the consequences of voting for McCain when they scream I will not vote Obama. Keep in mind when you say that, if you think gas prices are high now, just wait till the mideast says we have another cowboy in the U.S in McCain, why should we help them by producing more oil. Not to mention spending another 50 billion a year on war for the next 5-100 more years in iraq.

Play Your Piano Now   May 20th, 2008 7:12 pm ET

Dedicated to Hillary:

"I know a place….aint nobody worried…..aint no smilin' faces….lying to the races…."

JC   May 20th, 2008 7:13 pm ET

Yes, they are of two very different cultures for sure.

Senator Ted Kennedy leads the same party by truly caring about the minorities he has tried to protect such as blacks and Hispanics, while Bill and Hillary Clinton claimed to be the same and yet their talks don't match their walks.

Now Ted Kennedy has chosen his successor, Obama by endorsing him as the Democratic Party nominee, because Obama reminded him of his brothers and their shared dreams. This is indeed the occasion for tears and joy.

DAN   May 20th, 2008 7:14 pm ET

Obamas refusal to a revote in MI and FL shows the real disengenuous Obama. He had a choice to make the right decision but instead tried to run away with the bag like a thief. He blew it and has become unelectable in November.

rw   May 20th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

KY, WV, IN, PA, OH. Obama can't win in the fall. He will never get MI and FL.

Wake up people, before its too late.

Don   May 20th, 2008 7:15 pm ET

Clinton supporters, like myself, are not for BO because of the horrible way the media and the DNC have treated Clinton. If BO had won Florida, there would be protests in the streets about disenfranchising minority voters. I guess to the DNC, white and latino voters aren't as important. Well, they will regret that decision.

EDW   May 20th, 2008 7:16 pm ET

Pa mom,
Black voters were voting for Clinton until her husband stated that even Jesse Jackson won North Carolina (after Obama won NC). Meaning that any black person could the NC vote.
Black voters were voting for Clinton until she deminished the efforts of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Obama had to prove himself with the black community and match the issues.

Zoe   May 20th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

CNN analysts are appearing as major suck-ups these days!!!
As soon as Hillary, the most masculine role model for women on the planet….cries sexism….everyone runs over to the other side and strokes Hillary.

This woman is intent on running for the Presidincy and will go and run as an Independent if she does not get the DNP nomimation…..With all the money, and political clout the 2 Clintons have accrued….if Hilliary couldn't just walked her way into the nomination, MAYBE its because anyone who reads knows, she is a huge ego and no role model…. for my daughters, my granddaughters or myself!!! This is all about Hillary!!!

3 Generations of Successful Women for Obama

Republican For Barack Hussein Obama   May 20th, 2008 7:17 pm ET

After sixteen years of scandals what this nation needs is a national cheerleader.
Congress and the senate make laws.
This nation needs someone that will lift us up and work toward national unity.
The Clintons would never be able to accomplish that.
John McCain sold his sole to become the nominee of the Republican Party.
What this nation does not need is four more years of fighting a wrong war, in the wrong country, against the wrong enemy.
And the poor old, very old man does not understand the economy.
Why would he need to understand the economy when his wife is one of the wealthiest women in the US?
It’s time that this nation become color blind and tolerant of all people regardless of ethnicity, religion, and political beliefs. That is why this conservative Republican is supporting Barack Hussein Obama.

Salida   May 20th, 2008 7:18 pm ET

Oh for crying out loud, sorry, I do not see Obama on the waters. When he walks and does not sink, let me know. Otherwise, he is human, we have preferences and to most of us Hillary supporters, he is not qualified enough to be POTUS. In addition, we're following Michelle's remark regarding if they would vote/support Hillary if she were the nominee (this interview was at the beginning of the primaries), she hesitated and then said she would "think" about it. It does come back to bite. We're thinking about if we will support Obama. I know, Michelle wants to be first Lady. If she was not with Obama, I just might have considered, but I do not not want a bitter, spiteful and hardboiled person around the President. People could get hurt. I'm sure she still plays copies of Wright's tapes for inspiration :-)

jg   May 20th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

Hail Hillary, the Queen of Applachia

BHO   May 20th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

This is a "PARTY" competion. So, I hope Hillary will support Obama to defeat Repubs in November.

Mykyle   May 20th, 2008 7:22 pm ET

To all the crusty old Clinton supporters who are going to vote Mccain: GOOD RIDDENS! To all the Clinton supporters who are going to write her name in on November: I'm sorry you still want to live in the past. To all the new Obama supporters: Welcome to the future, you can replace Clinton defecters. To all John Mccain supporters:
YOUR TIME IS UP!

Roger   May 20th, 2008 7:23 pm ET

NO SURPRISES HERE. KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE AND WEST VIRGINIA. 95% WHITE. 65% CLINTON.

Lee   May 20th, 2008 7:25 pm ET

I do hope that obama dont win ..reason..I think he talks a little to smooth and is only saying what he thinks people want to hear….maybe its time people really took a long look at obama and hear what hes not saying…I for one do not trust him at all.and that goes for clinton also..what I dont get is our countrys falling apart at the seams and obama and clinton are asking us to surpport them in this campaign and send them money..I have talked with a lot of people that are just making ends meet..and are living from pay check to pay check..or trying to find ways just to put food on there table for there familys..But obama and clinton both are spending money like it.s free running water..how can anyone spend millions of dollars just to run for office… the sad part is its not even there money.So in my own words they would take food out of babies mouths if they thought it would help them win …Do these people have no shame..In my mind they are no better than someone running a scam,,yes I said a scam..thats how I feel…and I,m not a lone in feeling this way…..all i have to say is Mr obama take off your mask and show the world who you really are..we already know clinton can not be trusted .she has proven this time and time again…….and one more thing….It dont matter whos in office they will not be able to get this country back on track…its a snowball rolling down hill when no end in site…we keep running on the same track we are on and we will be living like people in third world countrys…..

j boston   May 20th, 2008 7:26 pm ET

Hillary is the better candidate that is why we won't be voting for Obama. Hillary pointed out legitimate differences and was accused of being racist. The Obama camp had a love-sick relationship with the media. To the Obama voters who think they can win without the 17 million plus Hillary voters we say good luck! We will affect not only the presidential election but we will not vote down the ballot.

Many of the Capitol Hill Democrats are spineless and couldn't even wait until all the American people had a chance to vote before declaring for one of the candidates. Also, the DNC is proud of themselves in disenfranchising over 2 million voters in FL and MI. The Democratic voters there will also turn their back on Obama. The Obama camp couldn't stomach a revote so they shut down the process. Obama is another Kerry he just happens to be black this time around.

Hillary supporters stay strong, if she doesn't make this time around we will be read in 2012.

HILLARY HAS THE POPULAR VOTE!!!!!!   May 20th, 2008 7:27 pm ET

THERE ARE MORE AND MORE OF US WHO ARE NO LONGER FALLING FOR OBAMA'S LIES!!!!!!

THE MEDIA CAN SAY WHAT EVER THEY WANT TO MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD,
BUT HIS ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS!!!!!!!!

HILLARY IS THE REAL DEAL AND REAL CHANGE!!!!!!!!!

GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!

To Hameeda   May 20th, 2008 7:27 pm ET

the reason highly educated people,young people vote for Obama becayse they are educated idiots, don't have proper judgement. Only matured people will have enough judgement to make proper decision irrespective of person's race, educated & young people always have type of distracts & immaturity that makes them poor judgement,always fall for this fancy nice to hear empty rhetoric just like they did for George W.Bush, see what Bush did to us,

D.   May 20th, 2008 7:28 pm ET

Eric, is on point. Hillary earned the Applachian Academy Award. for WVa and Ky. So many people in these two states and Southern Ohio voted by race. How pitiful in 2008. Ky did admit that Obama was more honest than Clinton it's just that she is white? Are people t still that backward still? Please say it's not so.
Say it's because Senator Obama didn't campaign heartly in these three states.

Micki   May 20th, 2008 7:28 pm ET

This election is not about race. Obama would not be as successful if only black people were voting for him. Please do the math, Obama is has won states with less than 4% black population. Love him or hate him, but recognize that his voters are all colors, all ages, and all demographics. Hillary should be ashamed of herself, the Clinton legacy has been reduced to shambles because she can not admit the truth. I do not want Hillary as VP because I fear for Obama's life. I am surprised that people would vote for John McCain just beacause Hillary will not get the election. That vert statement is telling in itself- think about. Obama is about change. We need change. DOn't let the media fool you, they do not want to see unity in the DNC. DNC stop this nonsense. Let's focus on the real issue/ John McCain.
OBAMA-EDWARDS 08!

education   May 20th, 2008 7:29 pm ET

People who are educated make more money and get to travel the world and different cultures, uneducated people are stuck in towns where all they can see is as far as the eye can take them, which makes them vulnerable to racism. and therefo it is more difficult for them to vote for a black man. crediting the Clintons for the good economy of the 90s is absurd.. which in my believe just happens everytime a war ends, the economy picks up, it happened after desert storm and it will happen again after iraq.

Obama Defector   May 20th, 2008 7:29 pm ET

The more that moderate Democrats learn about Barack Obama, the more they move over to Clinton (or McCain). His environmental voting records is terrible, his health care plan is inferior, he;s got no feasible end of the war in Iraq, he's never done a darn thing for his state in the US Congress. His so-called friends are a racial arsonists Pastor and a guy who tried to bomb the United States in the '60s' In fact , just three years ago this fellow was in the Illinois Senate listening to hearings about parking tickets! It is not that his resume is sketchy, it's that he has NO resume.

Obama won some states early when and caught Clintion by suprise. Now he's losing more than he'swinning. To me he looks like the smooth jazz remix of Michael Dukakis. A likeable loser in the general election.

Answer me this: who is better in the crucial swing states? Who will work harder for the American people as President? Who has a better grasp of the issues? Who's platforms are more workable? Yes, it is Clinton. Is she as likeable as Obama? No. Who cares? She's more qualified than Obama and would be the better President.

End. Of. Story.

All Obama supporters   May 20th, 2008 7:31 pm ET

You say hillary supporters support her because they are less educated, how about Obama supporters support him because they are immature adults which always fall for empty,nice to hear rhetoric. Talk about race, why 90% of african americans are voting for Obama just because he is of same race, it's hard for Hillary to change their mind because those people are idiots,immaturw &racists who always vote based on person race & not based on person character.

byah   May 20th, 2008 7:32 pm ET

Billary just wants the money back on the loan. The message: pay off, or we'll make sure you loose. It's always about what's best for the Clintons.

Patricia in Las Vegas   May 20th, 2008 7:33 pm ET

fred ~ do you have a 3rd grade education? You always have the most innane blogs.

Junior   May 20th, 2008 7:34 pm ET

We all care about Mom but we all feel safer when Daddy is home.

Hillary take some time off. Find a hobby. Bill has.

Morgan   May 20th, 2008 7:36 pm ET

Why is no one talking about Clinton disenfranchising voters with her "I'm ahead in the popular vote" arguement? She is discounting caucus states and all of those voters!!!! I'm glad to count Florida and Michigan, but this argument of hers is hypocritical!

Paul C. Palmetto Bay, FL   May 20th, 2008 7:38 pm ET

Lets consider another factor. Intelligence. The lower the IQ the more the vote for McCain or Hillery.

g   May 20th, 2008 7:40 pm ET

I am SICKENED by Obamians who claim "racism" and "state insignificance" if their candidate isn't being tooted in the primaries. And to further call people voting for Hillary "uneducated" is mindless. We live in America and can vote for whom we want!!! She is the more honest candidate, hands down. Ignore the facts about Obama all you want.

It is YOU people who are causing the Democrat division in the party and NO ONE ELSE!!

CONGRATS!!! Republicans are now counting the votes for McCain with more and more Democrats jumping on the Republican bandwagon because of this kind of crap.

HILLARY HAS THE POPULAR VOTE!!!!!!   May 20th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

THANK YOU KENTUCKY!!!!!

Roger   May 20th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

May 20th, 2008 7:06 pm ET

Liberal minded people = openminded enough to get higher education and looks at a person for the content of their character. And then there is West Virginia and Kentucky…
I AM SORRYBUT THERE IS JUST NO EXCUSE FOR HILLARY TO CRY ABOUT SEXISM. WEST VIRGINIA, TENNESSEE AND KENTUCKY VOTLING WAS WITHOUT A DOUBT RACIST.

Salida   May 20th, 2008 7:45 pm ET

CNN, for once, post my comments. Sorry, I cannot jump on the train, you see, I have a future and at stake and have LEARNED the hard way from Bush.

Griff   May 20th, 2008 7:46 pm ET

Nicknas… Is behind the time's….. You live in a differnt Universe, along Borack Obama.. I have decided, I am the Mesia… So it be Written, let it be Done…. Rememeber??? "Moses" The Movie???
Yule Brinner….. A Movie… Obama a Very poor actor..

vince   May 20th, 2008 7:49 pm ET

Obama is going to have to get off the GE trail and come back to reality. He has never won an election so he doesn't know how to act. 1992 his lawyers got everyone removed from the ballot. One a very well respected AA woman. Ran unopposed. Didn't his lawyers weigh in about Fla And MI too ? For US senator his competition was beating up on him like a rag doll. Then his divorce proceedings went public ( how'd that happen) and he dropped out rather than air his dirty laundry to the state of Illinois. Republicans bring in Alan Keys. Keys didn't even know how to get back to his motel room and we are supposed to vote for him. This guy is such a newbie. You are a useless senator Obama but for the good of the country it's time to come home. Look on the brightside you can work on the promises you made us.

Lara   May 20th, 2008 7:50 pm ET

I feel very sad for America if people in the 21st Century are so shallow that they wouldn't vote for someone because of their skin color. How can we be a world leader when we have so much hate for a person because they don't fit the profile of what a President 's skin color should be. Isn't that what the third world countries do.

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