Sometimes it seems that it would be better to be trailing in the race. You get most of the attention for the marginal areas where you're doing well. …so much so that it starts to feel like you are actually winning. What a strange political season this has been. And oh, by the way, the next time I'm watching a football game. when , say the cowboys are leading te Packers by, say 24 points at half time, and the packers come back strong in the second half to make things interesting, but still lose, I will write the NFL commisioner, and insist that everyone recognize that the Packers are really the better team as evidenced by the difficulty the Cowboys had in sealing the deal. I will insist that the Packers advance to the Super Bowlrather than the Cowboys because they provide the best chance for an NFC team to win.

Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha,ha!

Hillary is down to trying to get polls to help her win!!!

The other day ———- she stated a poll from Karl Rove!!!

This week ————— the gender and race card!!!

This week—————- count all the votes in MI and FL!!!

In the mean time——– Obama has moved on to the generl election!

Go Obama!

If, ultimately the results of this contest rests with the superdelegates, what as the point of this long, long campaign. Think of what all the money spent on this campaign could have been used for. The hundreds of millions of dollars raised would likely have been sufficient to put a chimp in office.

In 2000 we saw this, in 2004 we saw this, and now we are seeing it again. I'm from Florida and Obama is here trying to get my vote, but he wont count my vote. He needs to get out of this state fast before he makes more Dems like me dislike him more. You cant do the same thing over and over and expect something different. He will get his butt kicked in Nov.

Why do all the Obama supporters get posted? They are hateful and rude. If this is who supports Obama I want nothing to do with it.

Does this mean we should not have had the primaries? Why didn't we just conduct polls to determine who the presidential candidate should be? Like Obama has said, America is ready for change. Things as we know them will be very different in November, including the so called "Electoral Map". Furthermore, I see this election as a referendum on the Iraq war. Vote for McCain if you endorse the war in Iraq.

What a divisive woman, now she's trying to dredge up 2000. It is so over—give it a rest Hillary. Leave those senior citizens alone.

CNN what are you afraid of????? Little ol me???

Give Barrack Hussein a chance to Swing states this time !

Obama is no longer a viable candidate!

We the people will never elect in a general election a candidate that is VERY FAR LEFT, lacks experience, and has a lot of questions regarding the hate of America!

We are looking forward to years of Peace, Prosperity and a balanced budget!

Hillary 08

Who cares she is not the nominee

It is amazing that everyones concern is the uneducated, rural white vote

So what about the minority, young and college educated whites can she gain this demographics vote I don't think so because we know better.

CNN is so biased toward Obama. No wonder there are so many Obama supporters here. I've switched to FoxNews for fair news since the campaign.

I think when it come to general election she might get more than that too.
Look the people that's vote for Obama is the less experience and young only, but the one vote for Hillary majorities is old people but their have more experience their know more political and their learn more mistake
that's why their vote for the right candidate that going to turn this country back.

The Clinton's obviously do not care about this country as Hillary has now proven. She does not care about the people, as Hillary has proven. If she did, she would not be threatening the DNC. She would not be saying "the caucus's made me loose" "they were small, not alot of people" "they shouldn't be counted". What is this saying to all those people who voted? Just like Fl, I think those people in the caucus's should be honored too. They also voted for Hillary Clinton. Now she really feels they shouldn't be counted??? You can't have it both ways. I think it is time for the superdelegates to end this now!!!!

The warning signs are there and people are ignoring them.
Helped by the worst political news team ( 50% of it cafferty, in my opinion), a slanted view is being given to the public of where Hillary's strengths are. They have printed blogs of Obama supporters calling Hillary sleeze and slimeball, while not printing msgs with legitimate concerns whenever the Obama drawbacks are questioned.

This race is not over! By the DNC rules it's not yet over. Stop airing demands by people who has something to gain by calling for her to drop out.

When the DNC meet on 31st May……they must give Hillary the votes she won in Fla, where neither she nor Obama campaigned.
She must also get her votes for MI and Obama the others. REMEMBER…it was Obama who pulled his name off the list…his option….while Hillary made the wise decision to stay on it.
Even if she loses the race, her supporters will know that justice has been done. Till we know that…..there will be resistance to Obama.

Another point…….why do some of you want to interfere with this historical race?

but Obama does better in the othe 47 states!
This poll is meaningless, but Clinton is not an option.

Obama/Edwards NOW!

Hillary’s argument that ALL states should count (meaning Florida and Michigan) is in direct contradiction to her claim of having the Popular Vote. In order for her math to work for the “popular vote”, she adds Florida and Michigan, and ignores Hawaii, Wyoming, Nebraska, Minnesota, Alaska, Idaho, Kansas, North Dakota, Colorado, Maine, Nevada and Iowa (because they use caucuses) – how is that counting all states?

So are we to say that the people who voted in Florida and Michigan should somehow be given the super power of deciding our candidate? That the rest of the country’s voice should be ignored? Even if you don’t support Obama, you have to think that this argument is ridiculous.

There is a reason that the popular vote is meaningless in a Primary, because it can’t be reliably calculated based on caucuses. That is why there is a delegate system – and if you don’t like it then petition the DNC to outlaw caucuses, change the system to a popular vote based election, and run that next time. But in the year 2008, we don’t do it that way – sorry Hillary, you weren’t robbed the nomination, you lost it.

Why are Obama supporters "Obamabots" or "Obamamaniacs" while Mrs. Clinton's supporters are free thinking informed people? What's the point in minimizing people for who they support without knowing anything about why they support them?

GERALD STROTHER May 22nd, 2008 11:53 am ET

For you Clinton voters, you got beat fair and square. All you are doing is destroying the Party and be asured that John McCain will be the next President. I didn’t vote for Hillary but if she beats Obama in a fair contest, follows the rules ,you can beat I would vote for her. So here it is, if Hillary voters that got beat fair & square, and can not support Obama because he won by following the rules, then ya’ll have succeeded and destroyed the Demo Party and John will be the next President. Sad situation isn’t it!???!!!

… So Gerald if all the super Ds go for Hillary, and that is legal accordding to the rules, then we can count on you to vote for Hillary?

Soon as Hillary vanishes , all the negativity for Obama will disappear.

Yes, but she lost. It's over.

How in the world does CNN come up with these silly polls?? Do they have a crystal ball that goes all the way to November. Why are the states that Obama can carry not mentioned??? Let's get this over with and maybe Obama will close CNN down when he is president. They just love continuing to report what doesn't matter…

Dear ethically challenged -

This debate is not about the clear intent of the voter - as HIllary would like you to believe. This debate is about awarding those votes fairly and appropriately to a candidate on a level playing field in an actual contest.

Obama closed an over 20 point deficit down to 9 points in PA by CAMPAIGNING in the state. In Florida, Hillary Clinton is trying to unfairly take advantage of her name recognition back in January by falsely manipulating voters into thinking since his name was also on the ballot it was a fair fake primary. It's appaling to me that she is now threatening to take this to the convention if she can't successfully cheat for the results she wants. How do you reward such blatent unfairness? She should get zero delegates based on her behavior. She is no role model or leader for anyone in my view - I would ground my 8 year old for making such claims!. You can't blame the voters, but even a monkey could make the observation that the Florida fake primary cannot award one candidate over another as it was NOT a contest.

How many Michigan delegates do you Hillary supporters give to Obama? How many votes? I have heard Clinton and all her surrogates say over and over that it was his choice to take his name off the ballot - Yes - his choice to follow the rules. She clearly AGREED in writing that both of these states would NOT count. This is the type of leadership you want? Seriously?

Random Observations -

1. Popular votes are irrelevant - delegates nominate.
2. If you're going to yap about irrelevant popular votes, at least be fair and extrapolate caucus votes, and take Florida and Michigan out of the equation for obvious reasons aforementioned.
3. If you're going to threaten to take it to the floor of the convention - the supers need to grow a pair and immediately usher you to the door kicking and screaming.
4. Stop crying about sexism when you yourself have brought up Farrakhan at debates to scare old white people.

There are many more - but think about this - She is whining about disenfranchising voters in these two states so she can make a stronger case to disenfranchise the other 48.

Come on Supers -

Please stop this shameless excuse for a leader.

Apologies to her supporters - but seriously, she is hurting our party. Clearly.

Thanks for your time.

I coach a Little League team. Last night, our team did not do very good when at bat compared to the other team, so they won. However, when we did get runners on base, we had more runners score. Using HilBilly as a model, I argued that we should change the rules from not how many actually came in, but who had the best record of scoring once they did get on base. Do you know what these sexist bullies said? It's unfair to change the rules after the game is over and I agreed to them when we started, so shold accept the results. I'll never let any of my players onto the all star team if the people in this league are going to treat us like this.

Once this thing is OFFICIAL- How Clinton does anywhere will be a moot point- Take the polls of the two nominees without HRC- Obama will win in November once all this nonsense is over with.

I'm sure she does, she lead in Texas by 20 and Ohio by 20 in the primaries didn't she?

Hillary Clinton only goes down not up.

Barack Obama is a rising star so there is nothing to worry about he is slowly climbing and once he's the nominee he'll become much stronger.

I blame retarded Hillary supporters for being sore losers though for the polls…

Tony, you're pathetic. The Democrats already have Congress.

Everyone might want to open their history books and see how well America was with Bill Clinton…. and see how bad it got with Bush….there is NO Clinton dynasty….but there was a Bush one….and they ruined America….not the Clintons…..wake up America….or have fun paying $15.00 for a gallon of gas….Post this CNN!

Swing states my butt! In the last century, maybe. This is a different time and a different place. What about NC, NEV, WISC, IA, VA, and on and on? If 80% of Americans think we're headed in the wrong direction, a big chunk of them are republicans. You think they want more of the same? Not likely. The old electoral map is just that. OLD! Change is in the air. A lot of so-called experts will be scratching their heads come Nov. We're out of our comfort zones folks, so hang on tight. It's going to be quite a ride!

John San Francisco,
Don't compare exam. rule in school w/election rule,here we are talking about future of our country.
You know what? let us agree with you, Obama's guy and follow this stupid rule of not allowing delegates from Florida and Michigan to be counted so that Mr. Obama can get nomination and let Hillary leave him alone to convince this voters to vote for him in Nov.

If Obama becomes the nomintee, McCain will win. Period. No questinos asked. However, although I am a Democrat, I'd rather see McCain win than Obama though.

This is why I support Senator Casey for Vice-President. He truly likes Obama and he is from Pennsylvania. I believe he is the best choice.

Following the Election this year just makes me realize why I never followed politics in the past….it's so corrupted and shame on the MEDIA for doing everything they could to twist, exaggerate and dimish anything and everthing that did not further their own interests.

Hillary is like a bad nightmare that will not go away. Now, she is planning to go to the convention in Aug to protect her votes for Florida.
In an article on the Huffington post under the DNC rules committee it said that she could still win this race - giving her 51% from Florida and 49% from Michigan. Obama would get 47% from Florida and nothing from Michigan because his name was not on the ballot! I am totally disgusted with the democrat parrty. Talk about playing favorites!

I really don't think these polls surprise some of us. Who really believes Obama has a chance in those traditional swing states - he doesn't appeal to the people there. As for him being competitive against McCain in traditional republican states because he beat Hillary in those places among Democratic voters. Good luck with that one. Obama is not going to bring conservative, deeply religious states to the Democrats with a left wing platform. He will get crushed in the South and will lose the important swing states (Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania) to the Republicans. This general election will be a slaughter.

GET IT THRU YOUR HEADS!!! OBAMA CANNOT WIN. HE IS A LOSER IN ILLINOIS, HE HAS GOTTEN NOTHING DONE (I IKNOW, I LIVE THERE) AND HE IS A LOSER FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. HE IS A CLOWN TOO. SO IS HIS WIFE.
HILLARY GET GET THE VOTES AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. GET IT THRU YOUR HEADS!! IT IS THE ONLY WAY THE DEMOCRATS WILL WIN THIS RACE!!

John in San Fran ,

Do you believe the crap that is coming out of your mouth ?

People should pay attention to the CNN Republican strategists who they have as regular contributors. Anyone with a modicum of intelligence can see they are terrified of having Obama as their opponent. When they all thought Hillary would be coronated they were spouting they wanted her to be nominated because it would rally the base and put them in control…….

Now they have shifted their concerns to make it look like Obama will be easy for them to beat in November. Obama will beat McCain by a wide margin unless the the majority of the electorate are morons.

So, perhaps we should only let the swing states have primaries. Who cares what the rest of the country thinks, right?

John in SF - I would also like to point out, while Hillary is telling young people it's acceptable to cheat, her husband taught young people oral sex wasn't really sex.
Yeah, they are great role models……

Yeah, let's end this so Barack can go ahead and LOSE.

Get ready Obama supporter for a loss in November. Hillary is the better candidate!!!!!!!!! Obama was set up by the left of the democratic pary to be the nominee.. Moving up South Carolina, Nevada for the minority vote. The hispanic community stayed with the Clintons. The DNC has tried to steal this election by forcing Obama down our throats.

Obama will have to have Hillary as his VP to win in November, he needs her and lets see who will be blamed for dividing the party if they do not make the obvious choice.

NOBAMA ever

HILLARY the dems way to the white house!!! GO HILLARY…make history!

Bottom Line:

Voters see Hillary Clinton in the White House Oval Office patiently working with a clueless Barack Obama to explain the in's and out's (and realities) of foreign affairs, the economy, and medical coverage for all Americans…..

for starters.

Now Clinton thinks his daughter belongs in the White House. Hey dude, you had better go see a doctor, and a darn good one. You are losing it! Nope, already lost it. Like someone said, from the White House to the Dog House.

Ronnie Boy in Texas

I wonder what the poll says about states like Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, North Carolina & New Mexico which will be in play with an Obama candidacy.

Hillary will not be running against McCain. Obama will.

So what's the point of talking about how she would do against McCain? It's not going to happen.

Once again I state. If a poll is not for Hillary it is not mention. If it is for Hillary then it is means everything. But once again Obama is not stated he can win by the same electoral map we have lost over and over again. He is going to create a new one.

But forget all that. Let's be frank. The Obama supporters are being generous because they are ahead. Obama played by the rules set forth and is winning. Clinton wants to change the rules for she can win. Now seriously if the happens do you really think the close to 19 million when consider the caucuses voter, are going to support Hillary.

That's stealing an election.

I agree Obama can win with out two of the big three. With CA, NY and his mid-west base and getting the eastern states. He would win. If he gets TX it's a sure thing. I highly recommend Bill Richardson as VP. He can get the TX, NM, CA that would put him over the top.

This polls shows that DNC have problems with their primary elections process
I hope by 2012 they will fix it
There is no clear winner in Democratic party
I am life long Democrat this time me, my friends and my family members may vote for Mc Cain in November
This is nothing do with Obama we are mad at DNC and some Media

The current polls don't mean much this early. And when people really focus on Obama vs. McCain, the swing state dynamic changes. If Obama puts a woman on the ballot, the swing state dynamic changes even more. Cynthia McKinney would make a great VP choice.

To stupid and narrow minded Obama supporters, don't dream that Clinton supporters will unite and vote Obama if Hillary is not in the race - but again you guys have no substance, the only things you are good at is chanting " Change we can believe in (don't ask us what changes since we have no idea nor our candidate but it sounded nice!) ". So keep on dreaming ! You will all lose in November!

If Hillary,Bill and supporters think that contributing to Obama's defeat in November is going to help Hillary or her daughter in the next elections.They making a big mistake. they will alienate the blaks electors who has been voting for white candidate thinking this party welcome share their values. No white democrate candidate can win whihout the black votes.THINK ABOUT IT for the unity of the party and future of the Clinton's (and Daugther). Do not think Blacks are stupids and will forget that the democrate party had a unique oppotunity to prove they deserve the minorities support. NO, THEY WILL NEVER FORGET.

Hello CNN!!..Please be fair enogh to talk about Mc Cain's pastor issue which is being covered by ABC. He's being supported by a pastor who says "AMERICA WAS FOUNDED PARTLY TO DESTROY ISLAM" and he continues to talk about islam being the biggest enemy. I am a muslim living in the US and this is apalling. ..If Mc Cain gets elected looks like America's security will remain a dream afterall. This is being widely publicised in the middle east and other Muslim countries. I therefore request you to inform your viewers accurately about this issue. Thank You!

No she doesn't… Those states will vote Democratic no matter what. Barack also brings real swing states into the Democratic column… Not just the one's that will aready be in the Dem column…

Quit treating us like we're stupid…

Obama08

Obamabots are sounding scared to me "STOP Hillary" they yell, because they know she has a chance to win the presidency. Obama supporters also have no idea about the system that elects the nominee. The race is not over, you want to know why? Do some research about the system.

Images, how do they affect the way you think.
America is being manipulated through the Media and are willing to allow it happen to themselves.

I am suprise that many of the Bloggers do not see through the articles and images that are being potrayed by the Media.

This Country are being like Sheeps lead to the Sluaghter House.

How is it that so many can be filled with Hate about someone they do not know.

The Media has been like Alcohol to most Bloggers. It allows them to say what is truly on thier Heart.

God Bless America

Just ask yourself one question .

What demographic base will Hillary Clinton have a problem with if she steals this election. you think the uneducated will be a problem wait unitl the educated people of Amercia voice their concerns at the polls or not. Hillary has raised a problem in Amercia that has been dorment for a long time and that is RACISM is still the reason why this country will never reach it's true potential.When uneduated people start running things we never move forward.

Also I had one Question for those who have been deemed uneducated.

How does it feel to be called stupid by Hillary Clinton & the Media think about?

Who cares? It'll turn around. She would never win Virginia and Iowa anyway. Obama is going to win these in November.

I just read the comments.

I have noticed, over the past few months, that the Obama supporters are very negative.

Join together democrats, and don't bash the 2 Democratic candidates.

They are both Democrats.

The reality is that Hillary lost. She CANNOT be president. The voters have picked Obama. If the super delegates disregard the votes of the people and select Hillary she can RUN for president but she CANNOT WIN. A back room deal will outrage enough voters so that Hillary WILL NOT WIN. Does anyone out there think she doesn't understand this reality? Is she so delusional that she thinks she's going to push herself in through the back door and win in the general?? I don't think so. So, the question is, why is she doing this?? Think about it people…why?? Whatever answers you come up with, "for the good of the party" and "for the good of the country" is surely not among them. Pay attention or John McCain will be president. Lord help us all if that happens.

Hillary can and has won in the swing states. You can't take that away from her. She has run a good race and deserves the Nomination. I will not have the DNC decide who the Democratic nominee is and I will not vote Democrat across the board. I was a young republican until Clinton ran the first time. He turned me from a Republican to a Moderate Democrat and i am proud of it. I believe our only only hope for the future of this Great America is that of Hillary R. Clinton. I do not believe Sen. Barack H. Obama can lead us to anything but inexperienced destruction. I would vote for Sen. Obama only after he has more experience and I know more about him. This primary has set back relations between Black and white, it makes me sad.

This should have been a race based on experience, not the color of your skin or gender. We do have the answer to an often pondered question: Does Race trump Gender? We now know the answer to that question is a great BIG YES SIR, it does.

2008 and still racial tension.

Obama not only can't win the swing states, he's only been victorious in states that typically vote Republican. Good Luck Dems!!

Hillary Clinton is a very strong fighter. She can beat Mccain and his running mate and their negative ads much better than Obama.

Obama is too weak on policy.

The Democrats will again find out that it doesn't matter how many people vote for you but the combination of electoral college votes. Obama maybe popular but if he can't win the "swing" states, it's all over.

Why aren't the superdelegates putting a stop to the Clinton BS machine NOW!

Are Hillary's feelings more important than party unity?

Anyone with any sense knows what she is trying to do — attempting to cause Obama to make some kind of "mistake" so she can enter the back door to "save" the party.

And the Michigan/Florida vote — why wasn't she crying foul several months ago when she signed off on the DNC ruling?

Stop Hillary! Your oversized ego is causing oversized problems.

CNN spins once again in Hillary's corner.. &.. favor…
Truth is they are dead even in most states based on cultural differences..

YES…WE…CAN… in 2008

Well gosh, then maybe the nomination shouldn't have anything to do with the most seated delegates or THE POPULAR VOTE, which Hillary did NOT win!

CAUCUS VOTES COUNT, like it or not!

Don't disenfranchise FLORIDA and MICHIGAN AND DON"T DISENFRANCHISE ME, I voted and IT COUNTS SO THERE!!!!!

You cannot pick and chose which people's votes counts and which ones don't!
This IS America last time I looked - right?

If Hillary's supporters move towards John McCain if Obama gets the nomination, then it should be very obvious race is an issue! It also shows that people are not looking at the issues, they are looking at race! I am a huge Obama supporter but if he didn't win I would care enough about our country to pick someone with similar views not McCain.

It amuses me to listen to so many say Obama can't win and yet he keeps winning. It is also interesting to note so many people saying that the supedelegates need to get a backbone and select Hillary for the nomination. Know that millions of people do not want Hillary to be selected because we have elected Obama as the eventual nominee. It is past time for all democrats to unite behind the senator. All of us have a right to our decisions in the general yet I am happy that without hesitation I can say now, my vote will be cast for Obama.

Now the question is whether the Democratic superdelegates will be stupid enough to vote for Obama anyway knowing in advance that he will likely lose to John McCain.

Any Democrat that says that they would vote for McCain if Obama is the nominee cares more about individual egos than about the future of this country. Period.

Voting (or not voting, as the case may be) for a candidate with opposing values and goals to your own out of spite - just to "get back" at the candidate who beat out YOUR candidate in the primaries makes absolutely no sense. Stop looking at the micro and start focusing on the macro! Cutting off your nose to spite your face doesn't solve anything.

Clinton and Obama are both great candidates. One of them had to win. And most importantly, one of those two HAS to win this November. For the sake of the country.

Independent for Obama,

It's not over yet. Hillary will win the popular vote, the ultimate indicator for the will of the people and she will win over the superdelegates. Perhaps Obama will be VP or he can go back to being a community organizer. lol

Everyone is saying Obama has a "problem" with white voters. Can the same be said about Clinton with "black" voters now???

This is so stupid. Once it is down to Democrat vs. McCain all this changes. So long as Hillary sticks around (without any chance of the nomination) these polls are skewed.

Obama has more states, more delegates and more popular vote…period.

Oh please, just look at McCain, I know the guy had it rough in Vitnam, and I thank him for his service, but he doesn't even look healthy enough to be president.

The president is supposed to look like him after his 8 years in office, not before. I'd hate to see what he would look like after 8 years of service, well I don't think he'd make it, he'd have to step down before his term ended.

CNN–Please create a link to this poll from your front page instead of burying it in the middle of the political ticker, as has frequently happened with other pro-Hillary news items.

I am sick and tired the Obama supportes slamming our candidate. You have no dignity or respect. As a life long democrat I am sick of this party. I have switched to Independent and will no longer support any of you - I am not alone.

I don't think I could vote McCain but you definitely will not have my support going into November.

Go team.

Obama will not win the presidency without Hillary Clinton. The comments that she brings nothing to the table is such nonsense. She'll bring PA, OH, WV, KY and much more. I have heard her supporters say that they will write in her name or vote for McCain. The boys club of the Democratic Party will probably prevent Obama from choosing her. Then it will be a lost for the Democratic Party. I have been a Democrat all my life. This election has opened my eyes to its blatent sexism.

What's your problem? Let everyone have a say (not just you) before giving the prize away. Does anyone really KNOW anything about Obama? At least we know about all of Hillary's warts. Has it occurred to anyone that Obama's campaign rhetoric, almost verbatim, is the same as Baby Bush's back in 2000?

Who wants Clinton? The Republicans so they can beat her during general election. So of course the polls are having her win. Also as the Presidential nominee Barack is/will be focussing on these states and re-introducing himself (If Clinton goes home– she is becoming utterly annoying).

McCain cannot win: He is out of it– wait for his medical record: its not just his physical health that is failing it is also his mental health!

Its a shame some white folks wont vote for Obama because he is black. They cant phatom the fact that a Black person can actually lead a country where whites are a minority. I guess the fact that his mother is white doesnt count for anything. I thought we had moved on as a nation, but its clear we really havent.
We have never had a black President in this country, yet we claim to be equal, yeah right !.
The eyes of the world are upon us. If some people in America arent really equal and free, how can we preach equallity and freedom to other parts of the world.
Its a shame.

Who cares what all those uneducated white blue collar people think. They should get educated, and vote for sen obama because he is very smart and knows how to change the world. God has sent him here to save us. Make the right vote for sen obama or don't vote at all.

The media, CNN included, constantly keeps making the predictive comparison of the strength of Hillary verses Obama. against McCain. If Hillary is so more electable and performing so well in the polls, then why didn't she win the pirmaries? Give it a break. In addition, do actually beleive that all those voters who voted for Hillary are going to vote for McCain? With all the barking against Obama, when the pedal meets the metal, they will vote for Obama because they surely don't not want or do they need another four of a derivative of the Bush Administration…..and that you can take to the bank.

Wake up people…!! Really….! He may win the nomination but he will never be president….so this should be another fun 4 years with republicans….! If Hillary isn't the nominee say hello to President McCain….plain and simple! Obama can't beat him with out her supports…..! The only way I would vote for him is if she was VP…..no other way! It would be nice CNN if you would post at least ONE of my comments.

Your comment is awaiting moderation. ???

The Clintons are DISHONEST AND UNTRUSTWORTHY! They are getting a lift from REPUBLICANS to defeat Dems for now!

If the Clintons ever get beyond primaries, they will become a favorite target to aim for their scandals and lies!

Chelsea is just another liar!

Based on living in NJ for 20+ years, my sense is that NJ will go to McCain if Obama is the nominee, but will go to Clinton if she is the nominee.

Pathetic. One excuse after another. Serving her own distorted view of herself is quite remarkable.

She is the one who can beat McCain, so democrats, vote for her!!!!!

As soon as she stops undercutting him his numbers in those states will go up.

We've got Democrats playing the 'operation chaos' game trying to get their gal the nomination in the smoked filled back room of the DNC.

Hillary supporters don't want the war to continue, will not like McCain's economic plans, and aren't going to risk Roe v. Wade. Her racist base might but the vast majority of her supporters will not.

of course she does, which is why the Dems will nominate Obama. No one knows how to lose like the Democratic Party.

big deal, it's a 50 state race. ask Hillary how that strategy turned out for her.

It is too bad that she will not have a chance to prove it. The Party has bought into the Obama craze. That leaves us conservative Democrats with only McCain to stop this madness and prevent our country from being destroyed from within.

No Bama in our whitehouse. Not this time not in 2012.

Those are pools for now reflecting hillary supporters being angry. And the polls always change so stop this madness CNN and play fair.

There is a flip side that Hillary supporters are not aware of. Obama has to WIN, scratch that, Obama MUST WIN for any Clinton to ever have any chance of running for office again. You see, we Obama supporters can also be show stoppers for Hillary in any General Election. And we are efficient because we have AA vote with us, and I know the press say you hillary supporters are uneducated but please please tell me you know no DEMOCRAT can WIN as POTUS without the AA votes in the south. So you guys had better pray and work your butts off for Obama this GE otherwise the Republican party will rule America for the next 50 years for real. I mean, have you ever considered that you are dealing with the new generation of Americans interested in politics for the first time?

Stop making threats the truth is that you guys should be the ones afraid of the consequences of Obama losing the GE if you back stab the DEMOCRATIC party. The choice is yours.

While the polls may be an indication of what would happen in November, I think the polls largely sample the feeling of the moment. As we have seen throughout the primary season, the polls have not provided consistently accurate predictions, even when taken days before a primary of caucus. With the rift that currently exists in the Democratic Party, and particularly given Hillary's recent surge of support and emotionally-driven supporters, the results are not all that surprising. If Obama captures the nomination, which appears likely, his VP candidate selection and his efforts during the actual presidential race may change voters minds.

As a Democrat, I hope that cruel rhetoric and personal attacks will stop between Obama and Clinton supporters. Most Clinton supporters would have little to gain from voting for McCain, other than perhaps the personal satisfaction of feeling like you played a part in Obama's failure, which I imagine would be short-lived. The same holds true for supporters of Obama. Overly defensive, agressive reactions to the supporters of candidates you oppose only reveal your own insecurities in your choice for nominee.

Just try to relax people. Most of the comments I've read vastly oversimplify what are actual very complex issues. I would suggest doing a bit of research on some of these issues prior to commenting on them. Check several news sources. Investigate the history of the issue. The media focuses on the hype because it makes them money. Be an informed consumer of information, and decide you don't have to take everything you read at face value.

Sorry CNN, you should only have a few more days to cover the queen and then you are in real trouble. I cannot wait to her drop out. I wonder how is it going to go down. I can only hope she goes out quitely so we as DEM's can unite and beat the GOP…..that is our goal people. The in-fighting has got to stop.

does anyone care if she could ever win over the educated (non hardworking) americans.

How much is Hillary paying for reports????

Hilliary does not seem like she will be the nominee so Bill puts it out there that they may try Chelsea some time down the road. Give Me A Break

I'd venture to say I'm older than any of you and have voted in more elections. Every year since I've been voting, these three states have picked the President.

Listen up superdelegates! Let's get it right this time!

HELLO!!! That's EXACTLY what I've been trying to say! Dem Superdelegates need to THINK HARD about who they are going to cast their vote for.

Obama will only lead to another Kerry-like result. In Obama's defense, he should do better than Kerry but will still lose to McCain IMO.

And, for the record, I plan to vote for Obama in the general if he is elected even though I am a staunch Hillary Supporter.

But I think people need to see the more conservative, older segment of Hillary's (and the Dems) base are probably going to go for McCain.

Its all about name recognition, comfortability with the candidate and experience.

THINK HARD Superdelegates!

No democrat can win PA or Ohio without the balck vote
I can tell you this, if Clinton is the nominee black folks won't vote for her.Trust me

What's the purpose of this article?

Is this another CNN ploy to divide the Democrat party? It certainly has become increasingly obvious that CNN does not want Obama as President.

Man, the Clinon's think they deserve it all, at whatever cost and whatever it takes to put every spin available to the super delegates.

Go home. What do they think? I know, Clinton's in the White House forever.

Forget it. IT IS OVER.

Ron in Texas

Hillary Clinton liar and racist. She help separate the democratic party, she and can't keep his pants zipped up Bill. I do not care what the polls say things happen that could turn it around. Why should we vote for a woman that openly lied to America about a trip to Bosnia that she did not have to lie about. Why should we vote for a woman that has help to separate the democratic party? This woman thought that a black man could not win, and that is what she has told her inner circle. This woman is a civil rights leader when it suits her, and a racist when it suits her. She is not the type of president I want because she will lie and steal. How can she get up and smile at America when she has told so many lied?

ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross, who brought to us former Rev. Jeremiah Wright's video loop, which cause so much media driven controversy around Sen. Obama, has another report on still another controversial pastor…..Rev. Rod Parsley of OH, who in his quest to be excepted as a staunch conservative by the Christian Right, Sen, John McCain sought out this controversial pastor's endorsement~

Check out the VIDEO:

*Wonder if the same sort of media scrutiny will be paid to this too……..like it was for Obama? While I am not a big fan of this sort of side issue in campaigns….the selective outrage that some have about this is unfair as well as very disconcerting.*

More polls!
Those same polls say American want a major change in the way the country is run, yet all three candidates are career politicians.
The words are different but thier game is the same- say whatever it takes to get elected. Mc Cain became a "conservative" Obama wears a lapel pin now, Hillary went from super tough to almost motherly.
They will do what it takes to make us think they are what we need.
We need Bill C's personality, Nixon's toughness, and Roosevelt's vision- is that person will to run?

As Jeffrey Toobin stated on CNN WEEKS AGO…

"The poll results in the primaries RARELY IF EVER reflect the final polls in November." As Lanny Davis would say "…and that's a fact."

And I can't stand Lanny Davis.

The Clintons are like a nightmare that never ends!!!
Chelsea is nice but she lacks the political personality
she is NOT exciting to listen to or watch.
They are mean, nasty and devisive
Everyone is missing the big picture here
Americans are sick and tired of Bush politics
when they get in that voting booth they are going to ask themselves
do I really want 4 more years of BUSH policy
IF so then they must like to wallow in misery!!!!!
The superdelegates and the NDC are delusional if they think
this primary is not dividing their party
They need to step in and end this soon and give their vote for the person who has earned it and kept the race on a high road
Senator Obama

Obama should stop wasting time in Florida and never again set foot in Ohio. It wasn't even that close in FL last time around. If my math is right, he can win Wisconsin and Virginia, hold PA, and that will do it.

Why is it that CNN and every news organization is stuck in the past believing that ONLY florida, ohio, and pennsylvania are the swing states in play. These organizations have dinasour enertia which cannot pivot to the reality that there are other states in play. Montana elected a Dem for state senate in 2006 for pity sakes. Let them do their polls of the past while Obama changes the map and colors the entire country purple. The tsunami is coming and the times they are a changin'.

Clinton may have done well in these "swing" states, but for different reasons. And who's to predict that Senator Obama won't do well in these states in the general election, where people are more prone to voting for their own interests, rather than against them.
You can look behind Senator Obama at any of his campaign rallies and
see white people. And I am sure that they work. How else will they
survive? To create this misnomer to try and deny that some, not all,
and maybe this particular voting block of white Americans who won’t vote
for him because of his race, is anything other than typical racists,
who aren’t going to vote for him anyhow, is preposterous. Maybe he
can’t “relate” to them because they don’t want to be related to outside
of their narrow minded thinking. The reality is, they live in America,
which cannot cater to that type of thinking. Someone needs to tell them the truth. That they are in the minority.

It is too bad that Hillary loses to McCain in California. And nobody mentions that Obama actually takes several of the red states from McCain. Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah all would go Obama rather than McCain. Mainly because of how McCain beat Romney. Some of the purple states would be solid blue such as Nevada and New Mexico. Even Texas is more on the fence with Obama vs. McCain.

The Democrats have tried the least possible number of states to win strategy the last two elections, and we have lost. We need to try something new rather than just the same old thing. If we lose, we lose. But even if we lose, we have made an impact on the system.

Obama. 08. Oh, yeah.

HilBilly has done her damage to Obama — by failing to admit she campaigned porry, had a poor campaign structure, had to demote a key advisor for conflict as an active lobbyist while working for her campaign (can you imagine what she would had done/said if that had been in Obama's campaign), and by continuing to campaign as thought FL and MI were treated unfairly, she is doing the damage. By continuing to threaten to wage a battle at the convention, by her surrogates (and not so surrogate BillyBoy) trying to make a case they are enttiled to the nomination because they are entitled to it, and by her negative attacks on Obama, of course he is behind — but look carefully 4% is the margin of error in polling. HilBilly did not suffer the negavtive campaigning from Obama (but he is being accused of being sexist) that he suffered from her. She was also freed from the negative campaigning from the Republicans who only went after him. Now, she is campaigning unscathed and ignored by those who see her as a threat. If she were really interested in not having a McCain-Bush whitehouse, she would be be more concerned about the damate she is doing running a hopeless campaign, lying, changing the rules, pandering, and being good ol" dishonest HilBilly, and start working for Obama. Remember, McCain is running the general election. Obama hasn't started t yet — but he will.

That is the biggest BS I've ever heard. Please rich kid, ask your daddy for a job.
OBAMA all the WAY babe….

The Clintons don't seem to get it at all. Obama is ahead in all the delegates counts the Democratic Party has to offer. Barack Obama & family couldn't celebrate on stage Tuesday night when he reached his milestone in case he upset Hillary's voters. It's a shame, as he was entitled to that. The Clintons need to say goodbye & put more time & effort into teaching their daughter it's okay to lose.

Not just these three states, a poll from surveyusa yesterday showed Clinton beating Mccain in NC, while Obama lost handily. It's still time superdelegates to get your act right. Obama is the best chance Mccain has.

she has more of the popular vote, and she does better on the electoral map than mccain, obama is behind mccain. superdelegates and dnc, what does that tell you? if you want a democrat to win hillary can beat mccain, obama can't. "hillary democrats" will never unify behind obama, so don't count on that ever happening. if not hillary, mccain will be the next president.

More politics of fear, brought to you by the old regime.

Anyone who would place their faith in a poll taken in May for an election occurring in November is clearly not the sharpest tool in the shed.

Give me a break! Once the Clinton BS machine is told to stop the nonsense and Obama is permitted by Clinton royalty to convey his unfettered, realistic and honest message I think he will do just fine in these so-called swing states.

Once again, look at how the Media use Subliminal Propagana to manipulate the public.

In the pictures displayed above, Obama is potrayed as looking un-confident and bewilldered. McCain is looking at Obama with suspicician, and Hillary is looking confident.

This display is to the have the obsever look at Obama as a incopetant person, Mc Cain as a perinoide old man, and Hillary as a Power Conifedent White Woman.

To the readers, ask any Professional employed in the Advertisement Industry and they will tell you that this article and the display of the pictures of the Canidates are devisive and setup to creat a subliminal opinon of the reader.

You be the judge.

Yes!!!!! +1

I look at Clinton whom I once supported and I've gotten so tired of her back and forth. Tired of her attacks. She's begging for rules to be changed that she signed off on and agreed to. And we all know. Hillary fans as well, that if it was the other way around and she didn't need Michigan and Florida and in fact it would help Obama, SHE WOULD NOT WANT TO COUNT THEM. She is in serious debt, about $20 Million in debt, and she wants to balance our budget and get us out of a recession! She could care less about the fact that Obama wasn't on the ballot at all in Michigan, she wants 100% of those delegates since NO ONE VOTED FOR ANYONE ELSE… That's just crazy. And it's so hard to see all this stuff and Hillary fans don't see the craziness. It makes me wonder. And in November she has some legal issues from funding issues from her Senate election that is still unresolved. PLEASE!!!!! Just tired of this mess and how people doen't see this. Please do your research!

Well, I'm swinging to McCain. After the way the media and the vitriolic Obama supporters have come down on Hillary, there is no way I'm voting for Obama.

Swing states mean NOTHING for her…Republicans are NOT worried about her..they are worried about Obama!!!
From Politico:

Once optimistic about Sen. John McCain’s prospects for the fall general election, Republicans are increasingly concerned that he could wind up badly outgunned, saddled with serious deficiencies in money, organization and partisan intensity against the likely Democratic nominee, Sen. Barack Obama

As Obama is looking for a running mate, trying to make up to MI and FL voters his supporters are still saying hate things to the Clinton supporters. I thought these people were smart. Can't they see that it looks like the blacks against the whites? There was over 300 comments bad mouthing Clinton, at this time why? Does this help the democratic party unite? I could vote for Obama over McCain without Clinton on the ticket but the supporters are the ones that turn me off. Is this the America they want? Is this the change they want? Do they not realize that the party should now unite even without Clinton? Hillary worked hard to win she should be respected for that and Obama should do everything to stop his supporters attacking anyone.

Please update your RACE FOR THE WHITEHOUSE page. Last night on John King`s Chairman of the Board segment He showed OBAMA having 1974 and Clinton having 1769. What is the current count. I know you have different counts from other Websites and I understand why, but you constantly have different figures in articles by your own reporters and your live TV reports. You rarely change the RACE FOR WHITE HOUSE page and mention new endorsements and they are not reflected in the count. HOW HARD IS THIS?

Hillary Clinton is nothing but a joke! Face it she tell people anything to get elected . The party is almost over thank god!

For you Clinton voters, you got beat fair and square. All you are doing is destroying the Party and be asured that John McCain will be the next President. I didn’t vote for Hillary but if she beats Obama in a fair contest, follows the rules ,you can beat I would vote for her. So here it is, if Hillary voters that got beat fair & square, and can not support Obama because he won by following the rules, then ya’ll have succeeded and destroyed the Demo Party and John will be the next President. Sad situation isn’t it!???!!!

meaningless information here…. Obama will wipe McCain off the electoral map since the country does NOT want Bush III

We the people have just given the media the right to decide how this election will end. Do you think that they have super powers - that they can see what will be happen six months for now. If they are that powerful they should have been able to informed us about the status of this country within the next week.

We the people you and I will decide who win this election. We will decide the issues and study which of the candidate best addresses a solution for dealing with theses issues. My issues are the high gas prices, the high cost of food, people losing their homes, people living in this country sleeping in their cars at night or in a park, no jobs, and most of all getting out of a war that we should never gotten into.

These poles mean nothing right now because once Hillary is out the Party will begin to unify behind Obama.

At the moment many voters are hurt and disappointed because their candidate could not win their state or does not look good to clinch the nomination. Once the candidate is nominated and the loosing party starts to campaign for the winner things will change. I can bet that the Democratic Party will win the election no matter who the candidate is.
The wounds will heal and the voters will move on.

CNN should made adjustment on the obama score card. he gots more delegates total as today's date. Thank you

It will straighten out after Hillary drops out and we start focusing on Obama and McCain.

OBAMA: AFTER 35 YEARS OF WORKING FOR THE PEOPLE YOU VOTED FOR THE WAR?
HILLARY: STOP PICKING ON ME, I'M A GIRL.

Maybe if Hillary did the right thing and endorse Obama, the polls would change, maybe if the Clinton loyalists let go of their grudge and vote for Obama the polls will say something different

Obama has the most delegates so lets move on-Clinton is causing a disaster for the democrats by not stepping aside

OK, IF THAT IS THE CASE WHY IS SHE BEHIND?

WHY
WHY
WHY

IS SHE BEHIND? WHAT DOES THIS POLL TELL US? HER CAMPAIGN IS IN DEBT, WHAT DOES THAT TELL US?

Obama is fighting TWO camps at the moment which is not only draining but weakening the Dems hopes of winning in November. It's all about Hillary and as far as the "rural white voters" goes.. it is all about race.
My dream ticket would be to see Colon Powell jump party lines and be vice president to Barack!
Nobody knows how this will end but as a Barack Obama supporter up in Canada I believe he will win.I pray he will win..
Hillary is slashing and burning the party she so "loves" if she can't win nobody can. The DNC needs to step in right about know and cart her off somewhere, her , Chelsea and Billy , go away just go away Clintons.You all look like loonies.

The DNC created the super-delegates so that the party bosses could pick who they believed has the best chance to win. This has become Hillary's argument for staying in the race.

She will take her fight to the convention and some way (lie, cheat and threaten) she will be victorious and get the nomination. Her major campaign supporters have already threatened to cut off funding if Hillary is not the nominee. Will the super-delegates follow the will of the people, or the money to their pockets?

If by the grace of God she losses, her only objective will be to stop Obama so she can run again in 2012.

Uh, CNN… ITS MAY!!

Shows us these polls again in September and October when they actually matter. You know… after Obama and McCain have actually campaigned against each other?

Show me who's winning in Ohio and Florida AFTER the debates…

John San Francisco — Howard Dean pointed out that the rules agreed to take away HALF of the delegates for such a violation. That is why there is a meeting on May 31. Get all your info before getting up on your soapbox.

This country is in bad shape, high prices for everything, no jobs, kids dying for lies, and if this country puts another one of them in the white house, we deserve exactly as we get. And I say that everybody who votes for McCain because Barack is black, they need to put their kids and grandkids in the war. If she is so good as she says she is, why has she not won all of the states? The media keeps asking "why has he not put her away"? Why has she. a Clinton, not put him away and won ALL of the states as she knew she was going to when she started?

Hillary makes all these promises to her supporters - like the "Gas Holiday" knowing full well she can't deliver it. I would be totally humiliated being called uneducated, white and poor. No person should be labeled like that. Hillary does not care about her supporters just give her the power to be president. Everything she says are lies and people fall for it.

So it's a "wide" margin when clinton leads by 7 points but slim when obama leads by 6 points? Hmm, and the slant continues…

Doesn't matter as long macbush is out.

The polls are now starting to show that her arguement is getting stronger, therefore so will her will to carry on through the summer to the convention. Her strategy is simple. Give him the whole summer to fall on his face and when he does I'll be there for all of you in August. Does anyone really think the DNC has the intestinal fortitude to tell her she's done and she needs to go away? I don't think so!

These polls are nonsense. Go!! Go!! operation choas. Those sly republican dogs.

If Hilary Clinton somehow overturns the will of the democratic electorate this will quite simply lead to American Civil War 2, starring morally outraged people and the Clintons. Under the rules of the DNC she has lost this.

Crap, Total Crap! The argument that no democrat has won the White House without MI, PA, OH or any other state is "OLD POLITICS" thinking. States that were traditionally Red(republican) can go Blue(democrat) in the fall due to the political, economic climate. Americans are disgusted with Republicans so states that would normally vote Republican can go Democrat in November.

Have a new thought process about this election, its a movement and change of not just how Obama leads every politician in history in fundraising, bringing new voters to the table, etc. He is changing how the pundits are supposed to view Washington Politics. Get with the program people or get left behind.

Nevada, New Mexico, Virginia, Colorado, even Georgia are on the table to be taken away from Republicans, who cares about OH, PA, MI. they are old news and will no longer determine the outcome of an election

By making Obama the nominee, the Democratic Party is essentially choosing to take itself over a cliff. He cannot and will not win the essential swing states we need to take back the White House. He lost them all in the primaries and the polls have consistently shown him losing them in the general. The only reason he is leading is because he organized well in some small caucus states (mostly red by the way) and got some lopsided wins because Hillary didn't contest them (not a wise move by the way). Even if he puts some states like Colorado and NC into play (big ifs) it won't offset the losses in the big swing states. And Democrats shouldn't have to spend time and resources defending territory in places like Pennsylvania. The superdelegates exist for a reason and this election is it. Unfortunately, I think they will ultimately back Obama for fear of offending specific voting blocs (youth and African American voters) even if it means losing in November. Obama's strategy relies on bringing out more of these groups of voters than have come out in the past. Hillary would have gotten them at the same levels as Kerry and Gore, but would have also pulled back in the Reagan Democrats, who will surely vote McCain over Obama. Game set and match.

I hope it is abudantly obvious to every one why the elite are trying to run Hillary out of the race. It's all about money.

With George W. Bush, big oil and Halliburton run the country.

With Obama, liberals such as Bloomberg, Sorros, and Buffet will run our country. They have all endorsed Obama. Look at CNBC. That's the news station owned by Bloomberg…. They are so biased I can't even watch it. Their comment about pimping out Chelsea was so tasteless.

Don't play games boys… We the people know what's up.

Say no to corporate control. Help Hillary take back America.

Hillary or McCain. period.

Doesn't really matter, does it. The Dem leadership is hell-bent on Obama at all costs. and it will cost them, make no mistake.

This whole election has been rigged anyway.
Case in point… how can Clinton carry Texas by over 100,000 votes and still come out with five less delegates after the caucuses were over. What a load of crap.

Yes but it is Obama who is ahead. Choose Hillary now and you are finished.

I think we have found out that this year, as well as many other years, the pollsters aren't quite getting it right. Because of the racism and feminism introduced into this race, people are lying when asked who they would vote for. I find that I do not believe anything I hear about polls and the pundits all have their own agenda based on their networks. Obama will win Ohio and any other state Clinton won.

Well, look at the states they polled, you can pick polls to pretty much say anything you want. These polls don't mean anything, they have been wrong before, lots of times. Obama is our next president. and he is the best choice for our country.

Hillary is the better candidate all around

HILLARY: I FLEW IN UNDER SNIPER FIRE IN BOSNIA
MEDIA: THAT IS A LIE
HILLAYR: HOW CAN YOU BE SO SEXIST?

Seems to me Obama is gaining ground in Florida verry rapidly!! If he picks Bloomberg as his VP he will win Florida (and Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Iowa etc)