(CNN) - The presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton announced Thursday that Senator Hillary Clinton’s name will be placed into nomination at the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
"Since June, Senators Obama and Clinton have been working together to ensure a Democratic victory this November," said the campaigns in a joint statement. "They are both committed to winning back the White House and to to ensuring that the voices of all 35 million people who participated in this historic primary election are respected and heard in Denver.
"To honor and celebrate these voices and votes, both Senator Obama's and Senator Clinton's names will be placed in nomination."
The release said Obama’s campaign encouraged the move to promote party unity, and recognize Clinton's status as the first woman to compete in every presidential primary.
“I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton's historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion,” said Obama in the statement, which also quoted Clinton saying that “with every voice heard and the Party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama President of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again.”
A Democratic source with knowledge of the discussions says that the process was not a negotiation – that both sides came to a mutual decision that the move was the best path.
A Democratic Party operative familiar with convention plans says the move would bring "peace in the kingdom." The source adds that the Obama campaign "always knew it would probably have to happen."
"They have known since the day she dropped out that she wanted this 'for history,'" says the operative.
The announcement follows a string of recent reports that die-hard supporters of Hillary Clinton were planning to protest in Denver if her name were not placed into nomination, and a roll call vote held that would allow the New York senator's delegates to vote for her
If this happens, Clinton will not be the first woman to have her name placed in nomination for president at a major party convention. Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith was placed in nomination at the 1964 Republican convention, and New York Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm was placed in nomination at the 1972 Democratic convention.
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SURPRISE.
This was expected, and it not necessarily a bad thing.
it's not illegal. it's only constitutional. i don't think that means anything. she will not do anything bad to jeopardize the party, or her reputation
good, this will help with party unity and people can stop complaining
That is stupid.
yeah... way to go... The way Obama is handling things he is not electable.
YAWNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN !!!!!!!!
Go Hill!
...awwwww.....trouble in 'River City'....awww....tooo bad......!!!!
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM THE BACK STABBER.
OBAMA....08
I'm for it if it helps people move on.
She won't get enough votes anyways. We are behind Barack Obama now.
Thank goodness-
Can't wait to see Clinton holdouts humiliated when at least half of Clinton's delegates pledge to Obama!
yes, yes, yes...This was the only democratic process that could have been decided. To do otherwise would have divided this party beyond repair.
I think it is wrong to have her name put in nomination. She lost fair and square sounds like a sour loser to me. Like a kid on the play ground always changing the rules in order to win. Instead of sending donations to help retire Hillary's debt we all should send some baby wipes to help clean up their poop!!!
As well it should! Then they can throw her out of the party with Lieberman. Nancy is one nasy B***h, threatening Joe like she did. This will be one interesting convention! I wonder how superdelegates like Kerry will have fun at roll call when he does not represent the will of his state??
I am a little confused here. Who is actually putting her name in for the nomination?
Here come the republican trash acting like they are PUMA people in 3...2...
Hooray! There's still hope!
She won't EVER get my vote. Maybe those firing on her in the Bosnia sniping can vote for her. HA
Obama '08
I don't understand why people want to "record the vote for history" or whatever. History has been made. Everyone will always cite Hillary Clinton as the first viable female presidential candidate. Is there some "official history of time" book that they want to write in?
Time to welcome the clintonites back into the fold. Come on ladies, the water's nice. And we have beers on ice.
here we go again. 100 years later and they just don't know when to quit.
Come on guys get over it................................gee
The nightmare lives on... Will somebody please stop the Clintons?
Enough with the Clinton's already.....who isn't sick of hearing that name at this point?
Here comes te hate from the Obamabots who claim new chane in 5, 4, 3,2 and 1
Who cares. She lost already!
Obama '08
Good, a real American Democrat.
Wake up America Obama is no more American than Osama
Hillary 08
will not vote obama no matter who or what he is.
Danny
Dem from Ky
Why is Hillary setting up herself for a larger defeat .. in the convention .... looks like she likes losing ...
In other words, shut up Hillary supporters, we'll put her name on the ballot so she can take a loss and tell you dumb robots to vote for Obama.
Follow her instructions or else!
This is absolutely crazy, selfish and mostly divisive....
I just hope that Hillary realizes that she will likely destroy the Democrat's chances if she does anything to encourage divisiveness from her supporters.
THISS WILL DO NOTHING TO BRING UNITY TO THE PARTY.
AREN'T THERE ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN POLITICS TO HAVE SOMTHING LIKE THIS CAUSE NOTHING BUT MORE PROBLEMS.
PEOPLE SHOULD JUST LEAVE GOOD ENOUGH ALONE.
PUMA!!!
Hillary was robbed.
I am writing her name in November.
I pray that OBAMA loses.
Pelosi, dean and the media took her down.
DOWN WITH OBAMA!
"yeah… way to go… The way Obama is handling things he is not electable"
Are you getting McCain points for this b.s.? If you get 500 for trolling, you can purchase Depends at half price. Obama will win in November, with no thanks to folks like you.
It will only help bring the party together. It will be handled in a mature manner by all sides and will hurt no one. This would only happen if Senator Obama agreed to it anyways.
United Democrats 08'
It's the truly democratic thing to do, you cannot ignor 18 million voters. Everyone has a voice to be heard.
And we are surprised? Say what you will about the Clinton's, this issue only goes to support the notion that they are in it for "them" regardless of what happens to the Democratic Party. It could have been all so easy for the Democrats this November. Following on the heels of Bush, just about anyone would have been a "slam dunk" to win the election. ( No pun intended) As it is, Will Rodgers was dead-on accurate about the Democrats.
Do we want McWarmonger for Bush's third term?
Do we want MsBosnia for Billary's third term?
NO NO
Obama '08
I'm an Obama supporter, but objectively speaking, I think it's fair. Why should'nt she be put in?, she ran a campaign just as well as Obama ran one.
OK its good for party unity so when she loses again her whiney puma sore losers can SHUT THE H– UP ALREADY but just one thing if she should happen to win MY FAMILY MY FRIENDS ARE NOT VOTING FOR HER WERE NOT VOTING FOR MCCAIN WERE NOT STUPID UNLIKE THE HILLRAISERS, WERE SITTING HOME ON ELECTION DAY AFTER THE WAY SHE RAN HER CAMPAIGN AND THE DEBT SHE WENT INTO AND THE DIRTY LITTLE GAMES SHE PLAYED NO WAY DO I WANT THAT WOMAN PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND IM NOT THE ONLY ONE SO TAKE THAT PUMAS!!!!!!
is Nancy Pelosi crying yet, or better yet, Howard Dean.
So why is this considered a big deal? Is this the very first time this has happened?
BTW, since CNN closes off commenting so quickly that those on the West Coast often can't comment, I'm adding my two cents to a previous item.
Why in the world is Michelle Obama speaking at the convention? Wasn't Hillary chastised for her role during her husband's Administration? And Oprah at the convention? Frankly, I think Oprah coming to the convention just demonstrates what Obama's campaign is all about. Paris, Britney, Oprah and you can think of the rest.
This is going to do anything to unify the party, however, Clinton just wanted her die-hard supporters to feel heard. Well, if this will get them to stop whining and start working for the greater good, then so be it.
Obama is still and nominee of choice!
Doesn't matter, the media chose Obama.
Oh, ok. The rest of the article just updated. It doesn't matter. HMM, and she wonders why she is not the VP pick.
This is a message that Democrats need to pay attention to. I don't understand why the Democratic Party wants to act as though all Democrats are equal in their thinking, strategy and delivery. This will be a strong statement that they are not. Even though they will unite all Democrats must be not only considered but negotiated with. This will make a mush stronger party.
Dems will still win but her days and even her daughter's days in politics will never be the same....
Now the delegates must do the right thing and nominate the true winner, Hillary!
HILLARY 08
Obama cannot and should not try to stop them from voting. The media is the one responsible for blowing this way out of proportion. This is a normal process. It will be interesting to watch.
Will the Clinton's help or hurt their party in this process? That is the main question and the answer will either help or hurt the Clinton's themselves. If McCain ends up in the White House Hillary may as well go into hiding the next 4 years.
Here we go again...
So much for Unity!
I will be a US citizen by 2012 and if Hillary is on the ballot then I will remember this and will join any and all "Anyone but Hillary" groups.
By hook or by "crook". Clinton supporters; be very careful what you wish for..... Some folks just cannot be losers and they will do anything (and I do mean anything) to get what they want. I hope all Obama supporters do everything in their power to make sure he is our next President. Doesn't being "American " just make you so proud???
YYYEEAAHH!!...nothing like a catfight to get veiwers to their TV's !!!!!!
Kathryn Amherst MA
Get over it! Just another angle to do whatever it takes...I agree
YAWN = O
She still can't win so I don't understand how this heals or makes any difference.... what a waste of time...
Obama '08
Great!! This makes for great TV. Now lets see where the Edwards delegates have their hearts....
How could any of you Hillary supporters call yourself democrats? You guys are a disgrace to the Democratic party. Yea your candidate lost the nomination, so what move on and vote for the party's nominee. but no instead you gonna vote for the one person who hillary herself would run against if she had won. Have you looked at his policies are you guys insane. We better hope there are more wise people to vote for obama than foolish one's who will rather vote for Mccain. May god help us all
As long as it's for good intentions, it'a all good!
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR POLITICAL CAREER, HILLARY!!! YOU ARE OVER!!!! YOU WONT EVEN GET RE-ELECTED FOR SENATE!!
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN FOR THIS IF WE LOSE IN NOVEMBER AND OUR COUNTRY IS FURTHER DESTROYED BY 4 MORE YEARS OF NEOCONS!!!!!!
YOU HAVE BETRAYED US DEMOCRATS AND THE DNC!!!
ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR SENATORIAL CAREER, CUZ THEY WILL BE THE FINAL DAYS OF YOUR POLITICIAL CAREER!!!!
Hmmmm, and when this happens, the world will be all sunny and roses will sprout from the bitter concrete of division? Politics sure is crazy.
Here they go again. I am a southern Democrat who wants change after the 8 year mess that was/is the George W. Bush era. Senator Clinton ran a hard-fought campagin but she lot, plain and simple. Her supporters need to quit crying like little children and back Barack Obama's bid to put a Democrat back in the White House to clean up W's mess.
Bill Clinton was a great President who did a lot of good for America and the World. But, and read this carefully folks........HILARY IS NOT BILL!!!!!! Hil would have done things completly differently than Bill did. Many are being nostalgic and longing for the Clinton years and think that just because Hilary has the last name "Clinton" that she will be Bill's equal. Not the case. Maybe would have done as good a job. Maybe a better job. Maybe worse. We won't know though because, and read this carefully again, SHE LOST!!!!!
You people want change in the World, then vote for Barack Obama. If you want to live in miseray for another 4 to 8 years, then by all means vote for John McCain. Just remember folks, you get what you vote for.
I want to know how all of these so called Hillary supporters think that if they cry loud enough that she will be the nominee and then the whole world will vote for Hillary! NOT! This again as a woman speaking, this is why a woman will never be elected into office! First of all, men are not going to vote for a bunch of whining bipolar women that stomp there feet up and down the street because they can not have their way. Hillary was not treated unfairly as she was the one who got down and dirty. If you don't want to be treated like a man then stop trying to be one! These so called supporters think they are helping the cause for women but all they are doing is hurting future female nominees. Women will never be taken seriously as long as they continue whining and having temper tantroms and trying to ruin someone else because they can not have their way! You can not try to be a man and then have an emotional temper tandrom like a woman at the same time, it doesn't work!
well at least all the hypocrites can make there same ole voices heard and we can move on. and she can cry cry cry all the way home.
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS HISTORY IN THE MAKING. GO AHEAD AND LET HER DELEGATES BE HEARD. CONFIRM HER "LOST" FOR THE LAST TIME SO WE CAN MOVE ON. GO OBAMA!!!
*** A Divided Party will put Mccain in the White House***
How sad.....
Well I hope that Clinton supporters understands that this is alienating a lot of voters. The childish tantrums demanding they get their way or they will cause "trouble" does not endear many to their cause.
I can't stand hEllary Clinton and her lying, sore loser husband, Billy.
This will not do anything good for her political career...
That's the right thing to do. She earned the right to have her name placed in nomination. This was the closest primary election in history. It would have been wholly undemocratic to have excluded her name.
Now, if only the delegates at the convention would wise up and make sure Clinton is our nominee.
I'm only voting for a Democrat for President if Clinton's name is either at the top of the ticket or in the VP slot. So, if she isn't Obama's VP, then I'm writing her name in on my ballot in Nov. for President. I am voting my conscience. We need someone with experience and she has it.
I believe that most of the people in "Puma" and/or those spewing mischief on the blogs are Repugs stirring as much disunity as possible and will be demonstrating for Clinton outside of the convention. These people will swift boat and disrupt and spew lies–they will not give up the power that the Repubs have grabbed during the disastrous Bush regime.
Congratulations selfish whiners!
About time The Senator from Illinois showed a tiny bit of respect for Sen Clinton. Now I hope the dumb dumb delegates at the convention get it that Obama can't win and Hill can.
Oh come-on!! Everyone raise their hand if they honestly think that this entire election race with the democrats was not scripted and rehearsed.
How totally immature. Its completely symbolic but they want their gold star. Wherever.
“A woman who wildly mismanages and bankrupts a quarter-of-a-billion-dollar campaign operation, and then blames sexism in society, will dampen the dreams of our daughters.” Maureen Dowd
win at all costs.
Obama is such a gentleman. He's waaaaay too nice to her.
This ought to cause that bobble-headed twit Nancy Pelosi to blow a gasket. Everyone knows that she was working behind the scenes to undermine Hillary's campaign from day one. She has done NOTHING for the Democratic Party as Speaker, but she couldn't stand the idea of another woman being the most powerful in the party. Her talk about not needing Joe Lieberman for the majority.... well, she can and WILL be voted away as well. What a useless piece of surgically alternated fluff. I hope that her & those in cahoots are just as willing to accept the blame when Obama loses or screws up.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
she really can't just get over the fact that she lost. This will have an affect because she already endorsed him.. now people will turn around and think to themselves, "well why is it that she doesn't like obama anymore?" and realize that he's a socialist
HILLARY, PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLE!!!
I think Obama has agreed only because he is afraid of the backlash from Clinton supporters. He just may be in for the shock of his life, what if he falls short of the number of delegates needed?? It would serve him right, you reap what you sow!!!!
I hope people see how low the clintons will go. she still will not get elected. it is totaly crazy. she will be responsible for this nonsense. and tarnish all if anything she had left. so let it be. here we go again.
It's constitutional do to that, but we'll see if the Clinton supporters spoil it for the Democratic party.
Ok, anyone else find it scary that "Obama... has agreed that Senator Hillary Clinton’s name will be placed into nomination."? I mean, the thinking is that he's letting her put her name in competition to his running, like an out of control dictator "president" allowing competition when he knows he can't lose? Why should Obama be in charge of allowing competiton or not? Isn't he only presumptive at the moment, and shouldn't that a responcibility to the voters who voted, letting their delegates have a choice?
It's as if the DNC doesn't even care about the people's voice anymore... I don't know, the whole process seems really screwy this year...
Clinton is a loser. She still won't be happy!!! Wonder what desperate move she will come up with next!!!!!!!!
YES!!!! There is still hope for averting a disastrous Obama presidency!
YAYYYYYYYY!
President Obama has consistently shown great leadership. This is the unification process.
I was a Hillary Clinton support who has just gone over to Barack Obama!!
Democrate '08
Ralph, I mean Hillary to the rescue. Oyyeee
Atleast Clinton isnt socialist trash
NOW WHAT YOU PUMAS? YOU GOT YOUR WISH...BUT OBAMA WILL STILL BE THE NOMINEE NO MATTER WHAT!!!!
NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST OBAMA SHALL PROSPER....HE'S IN GOD'S FAVOR...
Kicking and screaming until the bitter end.
Don't bother getting excited PUMA idiots, that goes for "Obama's got two mouths" and the other tards sure to be on this blog in a minute or so. He is still the winner of the primaries and therefore, the delegates and supers will not DARE overturn this and give it to Hillary. They are not stupid enough to overturn the will of Obama's "18 million" voters.
You can cheer about this all ya want but Obama would not have agreed to this if there any chance she would be able to steal it away from him, which she won't be able to do.
What will the Hillary March and PUMA idiots who planned on protesting at the convention do now? Their whole reason for going was to protest if she wasn't placed in nomination. She STILL isn't going to become the nominee or his VP.
Now I'm tuning in to the convention. Now I expect to see some excitement. Without this the convention was just going to be an affair of adulation for the Promised One. How's she going to handle her speech on Tuesday night knowing she'll be a nominee on Wednesday? Interesting. Can't slap her delegates prematuredly.
It will at least make the convention interesting. It will show how divided the party really is. Obama had better have his delegates locked in solid and make sure Hillary doesn't try to steal some away.
This woman has lost her mind and she is one of the worst sore losers that I've ever known!! She just can't get over it!!!!
What is PUMA can someone explain pls but be nice coz I lik Obama lol
Why do the Clintons have to bring more division? Hillary lost and she needs to get over it. Party unity no such thing and she knows that this is when we need it. Sore looser! Have NO respect for the Clintons.
But the Woman in the Photo below, does'nt like it. Madam Pelosi!
(Last year) – How does it feel Madam Pelosi, to know another woman will beat you to the Top... "Oh no she Wont"... "So she becomes VP, she is still higher than you"??? (Pelosi), "She won't get that either", Meaning, Hillary Clinton....
At least, i have a great respect for Senator Obama one man of courage out there. He has not only shown the United States but also the entire world how respectful he is for the party and his rival. It is upto Clinton supporters to prove to the nation and the world how smart or stupid they are. Obama has washed his hands. This is not good for Clinton as she has already put her support for Obama.
Very smart move that will either end the clinton political career or otherwise. It all depends on the behavior of her supporters. They got ball, and we are all watching!.
I'm beginning to have my doubts about Obama's constant need to placate. This is a disturbing trend.
When does it end? Are we going to offer her the first 100 days in the White House? The White House residence while the Obama's sleep on futons? Forward all phone calls after midnight to Semi-President Clinton?
Don't do it Barack!
You can't trust the Clintons, nor her misguided supporters. They are a bunch of chronic complainers that will never be satisfied with anything you do.
My prayers continue that it all works out for your good.
GO OBAMA/BIDEN 08/12
I need somebody to explain this to me. During the primary you did all you can and more in supporting your candidate. For whatever reason in a process designed and agreed to by your candidate, your candidate lost. Now if you examine what your candidate stood for and what the winning candidate stands for their is very little difference in their policies. But since your candidate lost, you are willing to throw all of that away to vote for someone that is basically stands for the opposite of what your candidate stands for or what you say you stood for in the primary..Just to make a point. So the resulting consequence is electing a person that will ultimately make decisions that you fundamentally disagree with like overturning as much as he can Roe V Wade, appointing more conservative judges, getting us involved in more nation building etc.... just so you can feel better is mind-boggling to me ... I'm really trying not to think that this is all about "race" ...but it's the only explanation that make since to me. Someone please explain to me where I'm wrong...
Why do Hillary supporters feel this is so important? Don't they realize that Hillary will lose the nomination - AGAIN - and look like a spoiled child "getting her way"? And this time it's in prime time.
Can we move foward from here?
Good grief...
Hey Hill, can the Obama supporters that helped with your debt get their money back, now that you're back in the game? That money was not donated to further your campaign, it was to aid the loser...I'm just glad I didn't give you any.
so what.
i hope everyone is seein how cnn continues to protect exxon john."in the 21 st century countries don't invade other counties.john maccain
I'm fine with it. When she loses, maybe the Republicans posing as "life long Democrats" will shut up.
Meanwhile the actual Democrats will, together with actual independents and Republicans who've defected from the failure that is the Republican Party, vote Obama into the White House in November.
willing to bet some of the PUMA people still wont be satisfied even though this is what they have wanted. Hopefully we can move past this.
Considering what she and her husband have done Clinton's name should be banned from the list. Instead of her backers whinning about her not winning, they need to focus on getting Obama in office. Many of them said that they would vote for McCain instead of Obama. Well, let them vote for McCain and when he keeps the same Bush policies and they are left jobless and unable to feed their children; they'll wish otherwise.
Who cares. She is still the loser no matter how you flip or spin. If this will help stop the hissy fits and temper tantrums of Hillary and her backer.
This is a waste of time
HRC is in a no win situation
if she gets nominated ..
the Obama cult will be unhappy and blame her
if she does not get nominated and Obama loses
the Obama cult will be unhappy and blame her
There is no pleasing blind followers of an empty suit
It is my ardent wish and I pray that she does not put here name into contention and OBama loses .. I will do my bit ..I hope other fans / friends and followers of HRC will too
Dont talk about it
Just Do It
Mccain '08
I am really disappointed that Obama doesn't have the stomach to just say NO to that woman. She will do anything to keep the spotlight on her and take the shine off Obama. What an egomaniac she is.
Great! Let's go!
I want to watch her lose again, for good measure. Another view of the ever-smug Clintons, looking somewhat as they did following the Indiana primary, would be great to see again.
Absolutely do not count out HRC. Name in nomination + FL and MI delgations at full strength + Obama only slightly ahead in the polls = ??
If the tide turrns, if 18 Million HRC backers refuse to vote for Obama, what do they think 19 Million Obama backers will do if she steals the nomination?
I am surprised Clinton agreed to this since she gave her support to Obama. This to me isn't unity. As an Independent supporter of hers, I accepted her loss, and the fact she probably won't be on the ticket, but I think this is a stupid move by the Dems.
TO Clinton Supporters:
I used to be a Clinton’s supporter until I get to know about Obama. He came from average family and he has impressive diverse background. He struggle but his intelligence and judgments get him to the place he is at now. I am not agreeing with all his policies but he is the closes I can get. So I switch my support from Clinton to Obama.
If you go to third world countries where most of the populations are uneducated, when they have election, it doesn’t matter whether the election was fair or not, loosing party and supporters always accuse the winning party that they stole the election. We shouldn’t expect that kind of attitude here in USA. We are better than that.
Stupid move I think, but if it'll stop the complaining why not
He needs Hillary to win.......
Barack OBama is a true democrat !
We're prouf of you !
Proud of Hillary
and we want a Democrat in the white house in november !
Obama 08
3rd party time
Yeah, he AGREED. Does Hillary have any self respect? He is just using her and has ZERO intent of making her a VP IF he wins.
McCain'08
That is so stupid but if it will get PUMAs and the Denver Group to shut the hell up, it will be worth it.
Clinton, go away.
I hope now when go and beat John Mccain.
Why? How will this foster party unity? The Hillary supporters will interpret this to mean she can still be elected as president. Then when she isn't, they will just be frosted again. There is really no point!
How can this help anything? It's going to ensure that the party is polarized all the way through the convention. Hillary needs to learn how to see the larger picture for the good of the party.
This is great! The press all but handed the nomination to Mr. Obama.
Ms Pelosi should stop whining about "party unity" She should have long ago urged Mr. Obama to get off his arrogant high horse and to stand behind Mrs. Clinton as her VP. That would have solved the issue of party unity. Mrs. Clinton will have my vote in November as she is the right choice for President.
What does that mean? Can't the Clintons forget this own nesense, she was not the only candidate that was defeated. Enough already, she always get what she wants, to make history.
Well after this there will be another reason for her to be next president even if she didn't win.
Obama should stand strong at all times, not let The Clintons pushed him around. That is more reason Hillary will not be Obama's veep, cuz she will want thing done her or now way.
Enough Hillary supporters please, Al Gor and kerry didn't split convention with another lose candidates.
This is the way it should have been. Neither of them crossed the finish line to officially win the nomination. The delegates can choose freely who they want, and can even change their minds.
Hillary Clinton can beat John McCain!
Not Pelosi, Reid, Dean, Edwards, and John Kerry.
McCain '08, Hillary '12
Other candidates have been put in nomination who had far fewer delegates then Hillary. This is the way it should have been done in the first place. There should never have been any doubt but that her name would be put in nomination. The fact that this was the closest primary in history should have left no doubt in anyones mind. Hillary is expected to unite the party as if she is in control of what the voters feel. Obamas' considering a GOP running mate is more damaging to the party then anything Hillary has been accused of. That idea is beyond comprehension as any true democrat would even consider. Oh wait, didn't Kerry want McCain as a running mate?
I can dig it
Well, she earned it with getting 18 Million votes.
Finally! The DNC is trying to redeem themselves by actually FOLLOWING THE RULES and including Hillary's name for the ballot. She deserves to have her pledged delegates and automatic delegates counted for the record and for democracy!
Whatever.....................
Give her more power why don't you. I support Barack, but she does not respect him. But I have his back and hope that he is doing right by himself in this.
Extremely smart move on O's part and Hillary's part. It's the only way to rally "her people" behind him for the general. They will have no more reasons to complain and whine about how she was cheated out of the primary.
Eat that Pelosi.
Pelosi's new book should be called: "How Power went to My Head".
These left wing liberal nut jobs don't care about the American people. They blocked the vote on energy to keep gas prices high. It is Obama and Pelosi's plan to keep gas prices high so Obama can get elected. They will do or say anything for their political aspirations.
I want real people who care about America running this country.
Still for Hill, but voting McCain!
a roll call is standard fare at a party convention. keeping her name in nomination wont lead to a suprise win for Hillary & it doesnt detract from Obama's campaign. in fact, its hard to even call this news. it would be news of McCain changed his depends & used a computer by himself, on the same day.
She probably would have won the nomination if obama went to clinton's position earlier to count michigan and florida and not play politics and only do it now after the primaries when it suites him. I bet obama is kicking himself for supporting full votes now. Either way, her name should be put in the nomination, just like at what has been done in the history of the DNC.
Obama supporters who is against this... what are you afraid of if he is THE ONE? You are afraid because you are starting the realize that everyone else is seeing him as all hype. Like the way he is hiding in "vacation" and copying Mccain's position on Georgia. He is practicing what he did in the state senate... poping in and out giving messages about the event and saying "present"... "I am here but I really have no position. I will criticize everyone elses though after they take a stand."
Clinton 08 (Obama in about 16 years)
The way these Clinton supporters are acting is pathetic. When everybody thought she was gonna win,it was okay that Florida and Michigan didn't count. The moment it was apparent she wasn't gonna win,it was crying time. She agreed to what went on in Fla and Mi,and now her supporters want to feel like they've been ripped off. Then they basically try to strong arm Obama into putting Clinton on the ticket and bad mouth the guy when he doesn't. Seriously,do you want some cheese with that whine? Just a bunch of sour grapes. Your girl lost,get over it.
One last REAL CHANCE FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO CHOOSE WISELY!!!
OBAMA WILL LOOSE BIG TIME!
Oh, for pete's sake...this is sour grapes like i've never seen before. What an example to set for the youth of this nation. There is no dignity in this move. The democratic party seems to want to fail!
is not the right move the obama camp would ask sen clinton why she willing to put her name to the nomination?this is a set up beause she is going to blow the dem convention
> i don't think that means anything. she will not do anything bad to
> jeopardize the party, or her reputation
really? follow the primaries much?
Well, lets just hope that Hillary isn't as opprotunistic and devious as her reputation makes her out to be. Otherwise we can look foreward to a McCain presidency and the total distruction of the USA.
I wished all concerned were more interested in what's good for the country, rather than what's good for the party (Republican or Democratic)!
beware the ides of aug. never count the trailer trash out....oh no, bubba still lives........
Just one of the reasons why I changed my mind about voting for Hillary. If she won’t listen to the people now, she won’t listen to the people if she is in the White House. It will always be about what she wants, just like George Bush. I really think that being raised as a republican when she was young never went away; she is truly a REPUBLICAN AT HEART!
You can take the girl out of a republican home, but you cannot take the republican out of the girl.
I'm glad, nothing can come of it, that makes me sad.
If anyone thinks Obama did this out of the kindness of his heart
you need definite help. He had no choice, if he didn't there would be riots at the convention. Clinton should have been the one running
for President, Not Obama. He name should be ion the ticket,
remember she has 18 million votes in her pocket which Obama is not
going to get.
When I was a kid, my brother's favorite team lost the Super Bowl, and he went and sat in the closet in the dark and cried for a while. When he came out, he was over it.
I hope that this helps the Hillary supporters that claim that "Hillary will still win the nomination" and "the DNC is pushing her out". I hope you'll just go cry (which is seriously okay in my book), and then come out and feel better about it. I don't care whether you stay home or come out for Obama, just don't turn this into some BS vendetta and think that Obama is the devil. We've chosen to stand behind him legitimately. He's not the Messiah, but he's a darn good candidate.
Join us, please. No malice. No hate. Just promise us that, if Obama wins this nominating process, you'll just pick up the pieces and move on, even if it isn't in our direction. This hate from your camp is hurting everyone.
PLEASE.
(please post CNN, it would mean a lot to me)
Why is there so much negativity on this CNN site? So many Obama nay-sayers...Why? He is OBVIOUSLY the better candidate.
This election boils down to this: Obama is a once in a life time candidate, he is a much more intelligent man and is highly qualified over McCain.
Obama is about the present & the future of America! vs. McCain's relishing in the past (I was a Vietnam POW...) Thank you for your service..but after 25 years in DC what have you done for the common good of Americans? You looked out for big business & special interests!
Obama 08
Hillary Clinton has just moved one step closer to clinching the Democratic nomination for President. Never, NEVER, count a Clinton out!
I only wish Hillary supporters would stop whining and realize what is at stake. Supreme court justices need to be appointed by a democrat this time around. We can't have a completely conservative bench. Stop being so bitter and do the right thing.
Get over it already!!!!!
Go home!!!!!!!!
Yay, go Hillary !!!
Nobama '08
We need a new party for Hillocrats !!!
IT WASNT OBAMAS DECISION TO MAKE? GOOD SHE SHOULD BE.THE DEMOCRATS HAVE ALREADY LOST ME , DUE TO PEOPLE LIKE PELOSI AND THE DO NOTHING CONGRESS. I WAS SO HAPPY PELOSI BECAME SPEAKER, BUT WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT TO WOMAN EVERYWHERE. HILARY 08
I hope now we can go beat John Mccain. The republicans do not like John Mccain but they will hold thier noses to defeat Sen. Obama. Why can't my party do the same.
Good news - I think it's the right thing to do, even though I ceased supporting HRC about a year ago and now support Obama. Fair is fair.
On the other hand, I think the really right thing would have been for her to graciously bow out and throw her support wholeheartedly behind Obama.
And to those who keep saying he is not electable, I think you might find that there are as many people in this country who would refuse to vote for a woman as there are who would refuse to vote for a black person of either gender. It's not a pretty picture of our country, but it's reality.
Let the best man or woman win.
PUMAs will still cry and stomp their feet after the convention when Obama is still the nominess.
Shrug.
A vote for Hillary at the Convention will only damage the Democrats' chance at regaining the White House. In other words, you might as well change parties and vote for John "KEATING FIVE" McCain, who clearly will bring our nation into its third simultaneous war in IRAN by the end of 2009. This will sink our nation even further into the economic abyss. Pop quiz: When's the last time a nation invaded three different countries at one time? Answer: Bush/McCain = Hitler/Mussolini/Stalin. VOTE OBAMA.
The Clintons and their supporters are not going to be happy until they screw this up for the Democrats. Her game is for him to lose this election so she can be nominated in 2012 and they can take back the White House. I'm sorry, but this couple's ego is out of control and they are not thinking of the party or this country. What a sorry mess.
What a gentleman he is!
wow! she just doesn't quit, does she?
Obama is actually fighting a war on two fronts
This was expected. There may not be a roll call however. Obama will just get the nomination.
What is Clinton's intentions? Spoiler or team player. I hope she prefer the later.
She is one step closer to being able to get the nomination.
Here's a prediction:
The Clinton camp has something really damaging on BHO. They drop the bomb and a floor fight results in HRC winnng the role call.
Oh what fun!
I'd laugh if Hillary got the nomination.
she should have been the nominee if Edwards wouldn't have run
Shouldn't Hillary be in the kitchen cooking for the tens of thousands of delegates and party faithful who will be in Denver? She better start soon – meringue for 50,000 people takes a lot of eggs, and it's important to fold them slowly. It's not the kind of thing that can be rushed. Peak them, Hillary – peak them!!!
*nominee
I have always voted democratic but I will NOT vote this year. There really is no choices to pick from.
IT WILL UNIFY-–HILLARY FOR V.P.
She is sending a quiet message to Obama, put her on the ticket as VP. The others he is looking at put a single swing State into play for him. Clinton, regardless of what you think of her, brings up to 15 States into play.
It is like JFK picking Johnson to run with him.
You need to first get elected, and a joint ticket is his best chance right now.
Happy PUMAS????
When in God's name are we (Obama) going to stop kowtowing to the Clintons? Hillary lost the nomination and I bet that out of the 18,000,000 people who voted for her, about half changed their minds shortly after their votes were cast.
Good gawd. Isn't a sign of maturity that you can move on when not getting something you want? Enough said.....
I hope the real supporters are satisfied so we can move on, this is getting ridiculous.
If she is nominated, I will not vote for her. This has to stop and now. If the shoes were on the other feet you can believe that she wouldn't be doing this for him. Giving her and her supporters all the respect, what about his supporters. He won. She has done everything to make sure McCain wins.
She and Bill are now on the phones drumming up votes.
I've I were a delegate I would hold out for a White House job and would more than likely get it.
The Clintons want Obama to lose so she can run in 2012. It's them first, the party second.
Hopefully this will be the pacifier needed to shut up the whiners so everyone can move on.
Clintons are sabatoging the election so she can run in 2012. If McSame wins in 2008, she can run against the teetering old fool in 2012, but if Obama wins, she cannot run until 2016, and she'll be too old. The moronic PUMAs who want to vote in their Cougar-wannabe, will be as responsible for another Republican victory as the overly ambitious Clintons.
I don't understand this, but if she thinks that by overtaking this nomination she will be elected president, she is simply delusional. She acts like those 18 million who would not help her financially will be able to get her elected? Well, make no mistake about it, if she causes Senator Obama to loose the election, there will be no way she will ever have a chance of winning another election.
The best move the Democratic party has done so far!
The party heads might not like the Clinton's,...... but lots of
american has a different view ..... and guess who's will count in
november.
I agree, this is stupid. What a waste of time and, let's not be naive, adding her name to the nomination is not meant to be just an idle exercise. Clinton's supporters want to usurp Obama's nomination. While I can understand their issues, they really need to stop and think about whether or not their actions are likely to lead to a Democrat being elected in November. I don't think their actions will and they - along with Hillary - will long be remembered as the folks who lost a crucial election for the Dems. There is a lot more at stake here than their hurt feelings.
I would vote for her. She is better that who we have now and who we are going to get.
I was a Clinton supporter in the early primaries.......I emphasize WAS... she could stop this stupidity if her big head didn't get in the way.
Thanks Hillary and your supporters for 4 MORE YEARS!!!!! I hope your ego is worth the countries suffering. I'm done with you!!
And I hope your supporters can afford the next 4 years of Bush/McCain, cause I can't! What happened to putting the country first???
Vote for Hillary.
ONLY SHE CAN!!!!
THIS IS VERY STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WE ARE SO TIRED OF THE CLINTONS AND RAPIDLY BECOMING TRIED OF OBAMA!
THIS IS NOT GOING TO HEAL ANYTHING - THEY WILL KEEP GOING! OBAMA SHOULD COME TO ACCEPT THAT HE IS NOT GOING TO GET THESE PEOPLE'S VOTE AND MOVE ON.
Billary and their supporters are such spoiled brats and needed to be treated as such. Barack should not have taken this path. Billary are proven liars and cannot be trusted!!! They will try to steal this nomination!
Hillary is a spoiled brat and I wish her supporters loved their country as much as they love her.
NC
I hope she wins.
Hillary just can't help herself. She will torpedo Obama's run for the white house at all costs so that she can ultimately run again 4 years from now, even if Bill will be on oxygen and a walker. The Clintons know no shame. Her arrogance along with Bill will be the ultimate undoing of Obama, and once again the Dems will lose the election because they can't get it together with the right message. They can't help themselves to give away the election once again.
Obama reminds me of Nicolas Cage in Moonstruck saying to Cher..."But I'm in love with you.. Cher slaps him in the face, and says, "Get over it!". Somebody needs to walk up to Obama, and slap him in the face, and get rid of Hillary. But we know that won't happen. Instead the Dems will once again shoot themselves in the foot, and lose the election to an even worse choice than Bush. We'll have yet another 4 years of Republicans running this country into the ground, and making the mess even bigger.
She's making her move. I can't wait!
Of course it's the best path. How else is the DNC supposed to keep the peace at the convention?
Hillary should step up FOR THE GOOD OF HER PARTY AND HER COUNTRY and tell her supporters that she will not allow her name to be put in nomination. It doesn't matter if it's cathartic or not - she's the "leader" of this faction. She should set a better example. If she put her party and country first she would already be speaking up to put a stop to this. The fact that she's not makes me seriously question her motives.
Is the United States now a Kingdom? Obama hopes it will bring, "Peace in the Kingdom?" How arrogant can one man be? I look for him to refine that little gaft soon..King Obama will not get my vote. I will write Hillary on my ballot in November..
Finally!!!
Now we shall see!!!!!!
How sad for all of us, pride and racism won out. The Clintons will regret this in the future.
this is boring
Goodbye landslide victory, hello president corpse (McCain)
If this is what it takes to calm Hillary's ego and her supporters then let's do it. I am so tired of Clinots supporters still crying. DUDE get over it. It was a tight race but we can only have a winner.
This is the way it use to be – Now it has become a pony show, not a political convention. It will put much to rest – hard for the "younguns" LOL – You don't remember how it was.
This is scary. I just hope that the Clintons and her backers don't spoil this for Barack or the Democratic Party.
I guess she needs to lose twice. Regardless, Clinton will never win another General election. She has truly put herself above the Party. There is no way I would vote for her.
If she won't do anything to jeopardize the party , then someone please tell me what is the point? We are suppose to be over the Clinton's. This nomination should "NOT" be about Hillary. They bring new meaning to the words" Sore and Loser". If the Clinton's hijack this nomination, her very small eight-teen million votes won't be enough to get her into the house. I am sick of the Clinton's and their backers. Somehow they forget that they will needs Obama backers for a win which is something that they can not seam to wrap their brains around.
I'm glad to see that the only candidate who did obey the rules is still doing just that. Now let us pray that Sen. Clinton won't be her normal egomaniacal self and try to turn the convention into a floor fight.
This is why people chop the heads off of dead snakes. Otherwise they can still bite.
I've been an Obama supporter since Iowa, but I'm fine with Clinton being placed in nomination for a roll call vote, so long as her supporters agree to accept the outcome of it.
why is everyone bowing to her ? Nonsense.....
Don't matter. Not voting for her, no matter what. She's just wasting her time and embara s sing herself as far as I'm concerned. More comedy fodder for late night tv is all.
GOOD!!
I hope you PUMA fanatics are happy now, you got what you wanted.. Now once this is done and she is again SHUTDOWN, you will have to concede she lost fair and square.
Otherwise if you don't, you will only confirm that the only reason your not voting for Obama, was because you all were a bunch of whiney bigots, denying your uglyness!
Why did we even have the primaries ?
WOOOOHOOOO ! I will be there and will be voting for my Hillary !! She is the voice of women in America and will become the nominee. We will make sure people vote for her because she has the best experience and has worked at the white house before as a senior in the Administration. No onw can argue this fact. She is our best hope and the best suited to be leader of all people.
That shows Obama's sway with the wind character – ie no character but a lot of lofty rhetoric, nothing else – dare not take a strong stand – cannot make hard decision.
This is the way the convention is supposed to go. Good job.
I lament to make this statement , but Mr. Obana has made the worts
mistake now. Many of his followers will now vote for McCain, because
he showing a greatdeal of weekness by doing this decision. Why
now allowed Hilary to be shown as an official Candidate for the
White House when she did not I repeat DID NOT win the nomination?
My God !! what is goijng on in this election !!.
I am sorry for Mr. Obama. He got the W.H. in his hand and he
his giving it away to Hillary !.
Lets go people that understand this "maniobra" maliciosa.
Jose Alcantara.
New York City, N.Y.
That's why she only 'suspended' her campaign. I knew they were up to something. I don't know what she's trying to prove or what she intends to gain from this. This is still think divisive. They will never be satisfied.
Obama '08/'12
Ughhhhh... I'm pretty sure she said that the reason she wanted to stay in the race until June was to let everyone have a voice and to appease her loyal fanbase. So what's the point of this now? I guess it was naive to think she was going to go away after the end of the primary battle. I suppose it would be naive to think she's going to go away after the convention....but one can dream.
Hopefully, this will satisfy all of us Clinton supporters and we can finally put this to bed and move on. I AM willing to support Sen Obama and will NOT vote for Sen McBush but our voices will need to be heard. For those of you out there who say that they will vote for McCain to spite Obama, then continue at your own peril. Stupid is as stupid does.
Anyone else find it silly that it's gone from:
"PUT HILLARY IN DA CONVENTION!! ALL THE WAY TO DA WHITE HOUSE!!!11!!!"
to
"Obama's pathetic. He's only doing this to garner more votes. Flip flopper."
Let the delegates vote their heart's and mind's – let the chips fall where they may!
the more i think the greater grows my conviction that hillary is out for her own agenda but dispite all that she is doing to ruin any chances of the democratic party winning BARRACK OBAMA will win
I'd like to think that our next president would be someone we'd love to hear give insight to his decision making and unite instead of divide. I think Obama would do that. Given the last 8 years of Republican mismanagement, I think it's time for change.
What a surpise.... All Hail the Clintons!!! NOT!!!!
Personally.. the DNC should dismiss the Clintons from the Party all together...
She already practically operates under HER own rules...
She should just start her own party, the Clintapendant Party.
What a disgrace the Clintons have become.
What's next for the Clintons? .. a reality show on FOX?
YAY ! You go go Girl ! Yay!
Go Hillary!!!!! Your our Lady!!!! PUMA's forever!
Isn't it too late now?
This is no time to be "gracious". The future of this Country is at stake.
TGFH (Thank God for Hillary)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMgoodness. Clinton is desperate. When the people decide ONCE again that they want Obama over you– then i guess it will be a double whammy for ya!
So, Hillary whined and cried long and loud enough to finally get her name listed. This women is SO not in reality. I supposed she will start referring herself as Madam President now? Perhaps she will start campaigning again.
Truth is, she is trying to hurt Obama, so he will lose and she can try again in 2012.
i think its high time hilary and her people she just get over this election issue and stop playing the sulking child role
good, maybe now the PUMA's will shut up and start helping the GREATER cause.
Im sorry, but this bitter, self-righteous crap is horribly childish. All of them should be ashamed for even threatening to vote for McCain just to spite the DNC and Obama.
This won't stop the complaining. What they really want is for her to be the nominee, and that's not going to happen. No matter what actually happened, it will always look like Obama caved. I think that he looks weaker now, and the convention is going to be a fiasco. Too bad.
Oh for Pete's sake. What else can we expect from the Clintons? When in history has any other politician put a wedge in the works and thought or think they are one better? Who should we vote for? It is getting way too complicated!
Can Obama really be this gutless? I deeply regret my support and only McCain will make me vote for him.
NO! This is the worst thing that Obama's team could have done! Clinton lost, period! Playing in to her and her little group of fanatics is a bad move. We need unity at the convention, not this crap. This is bound to help the republicans. If we lose to McKain, history will prove this to be the turning point!
Clinton has done more damage to the Democratic Party and creating a lot of disunity. What a shame. Well lets all get ready for another 4 years of Republican White House.
the Obama supporters who think everyone who doesn't follow behind the pied piper is a racist, might be surprised by the vote IF THEY ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE AND NOT DICTATED TO BY BIG MOUTH DEAN AND THE NUT FROM CA.
what a disaster. how will this bring "peace to the kingdom"? if anything, it's only going to turn more people away.
Obama 08.
Not.a.good.idea.
If the people have spoken – so far, and Barack Obama has the votes and the delegates, the case should be closed. It won't help with party unity, and I don't think people will stop complaining. She ended her campaign. There is an elephant in the room (and I don't mean a Republican), and everyone wants to pretend it isn't there.
I am so over the Clinton's and their silly games.....
PLEASE SAVE THE DRAMA FOR YOUR MAMA
with the union support he just received,idont see where she can hurt the party/DNC. but,her backers that'sanother story?/RACE!!!!!
Just another example of Obama's level-headed, come-together leadership. For all those saying he's an egotist, this is irrefutable evidence that he is not. He's being the bigger person, unusual in politics. He's going to be a wonderful president.
BTW, it's NOT up to BO to determine the convention rules. Duh. He didn't do any "favors". It's the way the convention is supposed to go. He's simply making it look like he agrees. He had no say-so.
Obama/Clinton 08!
The true mark of leadership-maturity, character, wisdom, democracy and peace. Other presumptive nominees, trouble shooters and war-mongers would have declared war against Hillay, Clinton which is not right and wise. lets wait and see the cathersis that she proclaimed he rfollowers will experience. And i hope she will extend the same olive leaf that she has received?
If this will once and for all bring unity to the party then so be it. But I tell you I am so tired of this broken, disgruntled candidate and her supporters that after it's all said and done just go away !!!!!!!!
Good! I want mine and the other 18 million votes counted! Obama is not my candidate of choice. This country was built on freedom of choice.
Hillary name should be placed in nomination, she received the most cast votes during the primary...AND she is the best candidate.
As a lifelong democrat--I will NOT vote Obama, and to be certain that my vote counts....I WILL support McCain. The DNC is a shameful bunch of self-righteous idiots, who once again will show how easy it is to loose and election-that is about all they can do.
McCain is no Clinton, but McCain is a far better, experienced, less threatening candidate than Obama. He need to go back to Chicago and co-host with Oprah--he is ill prepared for the office of POTUS. My hope is that most voting Americans will come to this realization in Nov.-NO OBAMA-PERIOD>
This stuff is getting on my nerve. If Hillary try to steal this election. I can tell you first hand she is going to commit political suicide.
Is Obama in charge of everything now? Why should he have to approve placing her name in nomination? She ran, she got nearly 18 million votes, and lost by what was virtually a handful of superdelegates who were pressed into throwing support behind Obama because, lest they be painted as racists. Since when does the democratic process silence the voices of millions of voters (besides when they did that in Florida and Michigan)? Ludicrous. The DNC shoots itself in the foot day after day after day. First by foisting an inexperienced empty suit upon the American public, then by treating the Clintons like party pariahs, and then they finished it all off by alienating a huge segment of the Democratic party by treating Clinton supporters so disrespectfully that they're changing their party to independent. Good work DNC, that's why they're broke.
Watch and see how many of these so called "Hillary" supporters (closet Repubicans) will not be satisfied. They are like children not allowing other children to play in their sandbox.
I am so sick of the Clintons...it always has been and always will be about them. Hillary doesn't care about "party unity," she doesn't care about "healing," she just cares about herself, her own agenda, and nevermind what's best for the democratic party or the country. I've always said her strategy was two-fold – if she can't win the nomination (which she won't), then do enough damage to the unity of the democratic party to try to get McCain elected in November – this way she can run for president in another 4 years instead of 8. Nevermind that if McCain is elected, there may not be much left of this country if we have to suffer through four more years of the same mess we're in now. I can tell you one thing, I will NEVER vote for Hillary after the way she's been acting, whether she tries to run in 4 years, 8 years, or 12 years when she's pushing 80 or so....
SO BORING.
hey.... barack obama CAMPAIGN of THE PEOPLE....you haven't asked us in regards to clinton 's MUTUAL ' collaborations. the CLINTON's have been VOTED out of office by the PEOPLE!!!!!
what is it you do not understand.....WE do not want the clinton's any where near the OVAL OFFICE, their destruction is over....
if this goes on i will change my support for obama!!! as others will also.......
not at all happy with this outcome... her breed never let go of anything...understand that!!!!!!! this is not a situation for 'feeling sorry' for someone....
from the heart
Well, it is a free country last time i checked
I guess they will do ANYTHING to pander to Hillary. Look , she lost. She and her so called loyal followers ,need to get over it. No graciousness in her nor her followers. If they are so die hard Hillary, why are she still in debt? Why her die hard PRO HILLARY followers are not pouring their monies into her debt machine to help her? I use to support her , but now after all the whining and charges of sexism and unfairness, I jumped off. She didn't say anything when all was questioning Barack's faith and his color.Besides we need a president who is fiscally responsible ( Hillary is not ) and has thick skin.
The world never seen Angela Merkel, Margeret Thatcher or Benazir Bhutto cry. Bow out gracefully Hillary and tell your so called followers to give you some MONEY to pay your debt!!!!!!
This is the way the convention is supposed to go. Good job.
BTW, it's NOT up to BO to determine the convention rules. Duh. He didn't do any "favors". It's the way the convention is supposed to go. He's simply making it look like he agrees. He had no say-so.
You knew this had to happen. Hillary and Bill just cannot be gracious in defeat.
Here she goes! Clinton just continues to try and separate the party. Obama won fair and square. I understand her desire to become president and allow her supporters to voice their votes, but instead of supporting her party, and the "true" winner like she said she would, she is throwing her name in, only to continue the separation that is plaguing the party. This is a time to unite, so close to the elections, not go through the nomination process again. This only shows that her concern is over her own self interest, not the interest of the country. Continuing to debate only gives the Republicans more ammunition and time to further their own agenda and push their way into the White House.
OBAMA 08
Great, give Hillary supporters more hope that she still has a chance rather than tell them to support the party and quit whining.
She is nasty sore looser speaking about her chances eventhough it was clear for so long SHE DID NOT HAVE CHANCES ever . She run tereble campain ,misjudged her finances, lied all along....SHOWED POOR JUDGEMENT...and Democrats let her demands go on!!!! She is destructive .All along she was talking haw her nasty atacks are good for party???? Democrats do non compromise party any more!! We have important election to get!!!! I hope she will lose her credibility as polition for ever since she doesn't behave as one. It is pure nonosense to speak about her voters and their voices to be heard.. WE HAD PRIMARIES AND THEIR VOICES EWRE HEARD AND WE HAVE RESULT THAT HAS TO BE HEARD. We are all upset how is not possible for democrars to get WH and reason is that we play democracy. It is not democratic to unable whole party to move on becaus hysterical looser is unhappy!!!!!!!!!! Republicans must be happy. I wonder how many of them any way pretend to be Clinton suppoters anyway trying to influence mood a.nd notion of thrath
REALLY???
Well... After all of Mr. Obamas lies and false promise (another typical politician) these last two months... SHE HAS MY VOTE!!!!!!!!!!
CLINTON 2008 ALL THE WAY!!!!!!
Whatever is done, it's never good enough for some American citizens.
Some (a lot actually) people screaming for "change", but at the sum of everything they don't want to leave their "comfort zone".
I believe strongly that the first step to a better world is Barack Obama.
I don't underestimate the persistence and know-how from Clinton, but under strict supervision under Barack. I just don't trust the Clintons.
Let us forget about McCain; His learning curve to get profound knowledge about issues other than war, is too enormous for his age.
Remember that with McCain very litthe will change in Washinton.
Now, please put Edwards name in the nomination too... maybe start this all over. After all, EVERYONE is entitled to a second chance.
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Is the United States now a Kingdom? Obama hopes it will bring, "Peace in the Kingdom?" How arrogant can one man be? I look for him to refine that little gaft soon..King Obama will not get my vote. I will write Hillary on my ballot in November
So McCain is saying he might only serve 1 term, Hillary is doing her best to ensure Obama loses so she can run again in 2012. The best campaigner McCain has is Hillary Clinton, way to go! Only thing missing is a riot out outside of the DNC. If I were in the GOP I'd be sending her flowers, much to my dismay, I'm a democrat, although, I'm starting question that more and more everyday if we can't even get this simple task of coming together to win in November right.
Thank you hillary for ruining this world's future by helping McCain get elected
If I had a vote at the convention, my vote would be cast for a winner, Hillary R. Clinton... John McBush could`nt hold a candle to Hillary. The news media, MSNBC, in particular, Chris Matthews,Keith Olberman, David ( pimping Chelsie) Shuster,and others,really shaped this election process towards the re-election of the Republicans.
Not only was MSNBC at fault, so was your network....
Too many talking-heads, not enough, objective views.
if I have to,
I think this is a good idea and one that will strengthen and help Obama and the democrats win in November. I admire the way she has conducted herself since the primary, and even though I was not a fan of hers during the primary, I now know why Obama has always spoken highly of her. A Barack Obama – Hillary Clinton ticket is one I would support...and I believe it would be a winner!
(I have always voted Republican in the past, but not this time.)
Now the delegates must do the right thing and nominate the true winner, Hillary!
HILLARY 08
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HILLARY SUPPORTERS NEED TO BUY A PUPPY AND GET A LIFE
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR POLITICAL CAREER, OBAMA!!! YOU ARE OVER!!!! YOU WONT EVEN GET RE-ELECTED FOR SENATE!!
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN FOR THIS IF WE LOSE IN NOVEMBER AND OUR COUNTRY IS FURTHER DESTROYED BY 4 MORE YEARS OF NEOLIBERALS!!!!!!
YOU HAVE BETRAYED US DEMOCRATS!!!
ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR SENATORIAL CAREER, CUZ THEY WILL BE THE FINAL DAYS OF YOUR POLITICIAL CAREER!!!!
Wouldn't it be nice if some of the Dem delegates see how unelectable Obama is and move over to Hillary?
Political cartoon picture: White House with "Obama" on the mailbox. Plane circling overhead with trailer "Hillary For President" and caption, "Sir, she's still at it."
"peace in the kingdom"? politically this is a division in the party. It will prove that Hillary is not fully backing the Democrat's "popular" choice for president. She still has hopes of stealing the nomination based on her recollection of the support she thought to have had in the primaries. Remember how Al Gore wouldn't go away in 2000? Why do the dems whine, whine, whine? Hillary, take the defeat and move forward. Barack and John, win or lose gracefully would you?
hey – she can take those 18 million votes away from mcwarmonger – ha ha ha ha ha
Is Michigan and Florida going to be fully seated? How will they be seated and what effect will it now have if Clinton is nominated?
Hillary for President or I will be voting for McCain!!
Me thinks the lady is a bit under-handed, and I do not trust her at all.
Good let her have her "vote," this way all those homely, screeming, MAN-LESS, meemies and PUMA PUKES may FINALLY get over the fact that Hillary beat herself by running a broke down, pathetic campaign and STFU!!!!!
OBAMA 08 & 12!!!!!!!!!!
I hope she does well. She deserves it more! She can stand up to MCcain she has against CNN and the democratic party. Go get um
HILLARY raise hell I am women here me roar!
I guess it's the best thing to do. Now after this, PUMA members and other HRC supporters can SHUT THE HECK UP and stop saying she was wronged and the election was stolen from her.
Obama is probbaly saying "Sure she can have her name placed in the nomination but after this, I don't want hear any more whining!"
The Clintons will simply NOT go away! The Clintons and PUMAs are getting ridiculous. You've had your 15 minutes of fame, now get off the stage.
If the delegates and superdelegates take the nomination away from Obama now, it will mean the end of the Democratic coalition. Blacks will abandon the party like rats leaving a sinking ship.
Of course, I believe destroying the Democratic Party for personal gain is what the Clintons intend. They're ruthless and will do ANYTHING to gain power.
I see the Obots are still spreading the love! Way to promote Unity lol
HEY EVERYBODY!
I just heard Kwame Kilpatrick had his electronic tether removed and has been cleared to travel to the DNC!
Maybe Obama is going to make him VP choice!
Watch your back Obama.
Good idea–eventually!! I wonder why these fanatic Obamites always want to demean Hillary. At least, they can see she is not the first candidate to place her name in nomination at the convention after losing. Even big Daddy Ted Kennedy did it 1984. So why not Hillary Clinton??
Great....
I hope they wise up and vote for Hillary...
The DNC must see by now that Obama can't win... they should have a 20 point lead this year and it's even...
VOTE SMART.... VOTE HILLARY...
Nobama Noway
Does anyone know the numbers of pledged delegates from the actually voting if you include the WHOLE votes from MI and FL that Obama is now calling for? What are the totals with those states?
Look at the Hillaryfanatics go crazy now! You fools don't take this as a message that there will be a brawl in Denver or that they will turn over the nomination to her.....it will NEVER HAPPEN....she STILL WON'T GET the amount of votes needed to win any nomination. So nothing will change for Obama!
Barack the vote!
I sure don't want Obuma answering the phone at 3 AM....all he would do is hmmm and ummmm and ask the person on the other end of the line....." can't we all just get along?....I'm sooooo good at diplomacy, because I have all this first hand experience....."
I will never vote for Obama..go hill!!!
This only makes Obama look better... who calculated this?
Who cares!! She's out and will be out no matter what.. Regardless of what they try to do, bitter Clinton supporters are not going to care! But it's ok because the same bitterness us Obama supporters are going to have torts Hillary if she decides to go for the presidency
.. The bitter depressed clinton supporters know that they will need us and guess what WE WONT BE THERE TO SUPPORT HER!! 
If I have to, in november, I`ll vote for Barack Obama.
WOW............... NOT HISTORIC FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS... BUT FOR CLINTONS......... WOW.................. SHALL I SAY WE WILL NEVER LOOK AT THE CLINTONS THE SAME AGAIN...................
I find it hard to believe that people are so petty that they will deliberately vote for McCain out of spite.
For crying out loud, she had a fair chance and she lost. Time to put on your big-girl and big-boy panties and be done with it.
I wish her luck! She is brilliant!
Excellent. And when she isnt the nominee, her voters will go Green and support Cynthia for president. Thank you Obama, Dean and Pelosi. Thank you so much for empowering Greens from sea to sea.
GREEN 08!
She needs to win and this puppet obama needs to go back to his dirty work in Chicago.
It's all about stroking the ego ...which is why these lying theives do what they do.
This Obama supporter thinks it's ok if it helps unify the party. After all the hurt feelings and anger at the Clintons during the primary campaign, I am also willing to accept Hillary as vice president if it will bring us together. I think if he announced her as his pick at the convention, it would blow the freakin' roof off.
Obama is a fraud.
HRC had to finish the primary contests, though she was out of money and out of steam, because every voice had to be heard. Now she has to be nominated so that every voice can be heard, again. How long do we have to placate this tiresome woman? Her campaign was not all that. Plenty of senators run for president. She has no shame at exploiting her supporters–whom she should have turned into Obama supporters by now–and her daughter, in this absurd attempt to stay relevant.
Let's let her have her day in the sun and go back to Little Rock; or NY. whoever will take her. Hope we can move on after she get's behind the cameras for a day/night.
Hmmm, looks like Obamacons have not gotten therapy yet. Why the continued venom? The nomination is actually determined at the convention when the delegates cast their votes. Why should we not follow the process? One might think you are afraid of something but I don't think you have anything to worry about. Obama Nation lives on.
If the tables were reversed, so you think for one moment Hillary would let Obama enter his name in nomination???? NO WAY. I think this is outrageous of her. She has no grace.
I love it....The Clintons' wreck the DEMS party AGAIN!!!
Question to all the women, transgender and white people who support Hillary and Billary:
Let's say she runs in 2012 – can she win without the black vote? Your saying she can win Ohio without Cleveland, Pennsylvania without Philadelphia, Michigan without Detroit.
The Clintons are done and John McCain will WIN and appoint two conservative judges to tip the supreme court conservative. Women will have no one to blame but themselves.
Barack should beware Hillary's sneaky intentions. Look for a last minute power grab at the convention.
Yay! One Vote One Voice....the Obamanation better remember....he didn't win by a landslide.
Yes!! It is the right and I might add legal and constitutional thing to do. it is her right. And just for your information Obama supporters, it still will not heal what happened during the primay and just "how" Obama got to be the nominee – I for one "still" will not vote for him. He is totally unqualified and not "vetted". We do not know just who this man is. He needs to come up with some answers and he is a complete chicken and will not debate McCain in a Town Hall Meeting. We do not need this socialist as our President. I sure hope the undecided – independent voters do not vote for him – if he gets in we will be even more worse off than we are now.
You Obama people turn my stomach with your idiocy. This has been done numerous times for both parties. BTW, Obama is a Muslim, and was named Barry Soetero. Bunch of lying fools !!!
http://patriotroom.com/?p=1180
Unfortunately, Hillary's campaign has only reinforced the opinion that women are too emotional to be taken seriously. Hillary and all of her menopausal supporters need to accept the fact that she lost. Enough already.
YES!!! It had to be! I was tempted for the first time in 40 years to cast a Republican vote. Now let's hope that Obama is truly out for positive change; I just couldn't force myself to trust him. Now, I and only now, with Hillary as V.P. will I have hope for this country.
You so called PUMA's are willing to do everything you can to elect McCain. He DOES NOT care about you, at least he won't after you help elect him. He will continue on with bushes policies and not give a nickle about what the Democratic party is pushing for. If you and Hillary screw this election, then she will be FOREVER done in the democratic party. Why can't you accept defeat. You lost. Plain and simple. Game over, get over it. Don't come crying when McCain gets elected, with you PUMA's help, then the floor comes out from under us. We go to war with Russia, and continue to stay in Iraq, plus he gets us into war with Iran, and who knows what else. You people are so sorry, that I pray every day that you overcome your illness. If Obama had lost, we would be backing Hillary. Now, she could not pay me to back her or any of you stupid PUMA idiots!!!
It's so unfortunate that Hilary cannot be a sore loser and just move on.
Obama 08
Shoot, you know ol' Bill is backroom dealing to pull a swerve or to discredit Obama. It's just the Clinton way. They know that Obama is a terrible candidate but then again so is Hillary. And McCain. This may be one of the worst years to elect POTUS given the choices the crappy two-party system has given us.
Will Hillary play nice and come together after this?
She can kiss getting on his ticket goodbye (not that she had a snowballs chance anyhow).
I will be voting Democratic this year (unless Obama chooses Richardson for VP) but I would just like to know what satisfaction people get from bashing Hillary. She has more intelligence in her little finger than you all have in your whole body. Do you have a Mommy problem, or just hate women in general?
Karen from Missouri August 14th, 2008 11:57 am ET wrote:
"Why do Hillary supporters feel this is so important? Don't they realize that Hillary will lose the nomination — AGAIN — and look like a spoiled child "getting her way"? And this time it's in prime time."
Why shouldn't Senator Clinton be recognized for garnering 18 million votes? Why do Obama supporters feel it so important to leave her name off? Party unity is not created by silencing half the party.
Mr. Change (Obama) has shown his true colors since the kangaroo nomination process as was evidenced by his alliance with Howard Dean and the good ole boys of the party (Dean to continue as head of DNC). Personally, I'm happy that this is happening as the convention needs to be thrown in disarray to let these top officials know that there is a large sector of the party that feel we have been thrown under the bus and that we aren't going to forget about it. To disrespect the seniors of our party base and count on the ME Generation to take our place is a joke. I'm not protesting Obama by not voting for him, I'm protesting the leadership of the party. Without strong leadership (Something Dean, Pelosi, Reed and a wealth of others sorely lack) the party will accomplish nothing, so why would I support them?
RSW – Portland, OR
My guess is they'll be forced to run as a team.
"she will not do anything bad to jeopardize the party, or her reputation"???? too late. this is all about her ego trip, and shows exactly why she shouldn't be the nominee.
We are so screwed. Is there anyone naive enough to think that Hillary doesn't have something up her sleeve? Please, Hillary - I supported you at the beginning, but can't you see how you're hurting the party? This election isn't about "catharsis" for disappointed women - it's about taking the White House away from the incompetents who are currently running it before they manage to break our government beyond repair. If you try to sink Obama so that you can be our white knight in 2012, there isn't going to be a United States for you to rescue.
It amazes me how disloyal some so-called "Democrats" have become. What's left when rules, principles, and issues no longer matter. Those who genuinely supported Hillary on the issues could not possibly believe that their only other option is John McCain.
These political temper tantrums are counterproductive and do nothing to advance the important causes of this election year. If having Hillary's name placed in nomination provides closure for this vocal minority, then I'm all for it. However, at the end of the day, any hard feelings must be left on the convention floor.
Why not? I think unity in this politically divided party is a good thing. It may not directly repair anything, but it seems like what we're missing is the spirit of democracy, which may, in part, be reinvigorated at the helm of this announcement.
DEMOCRAT 08
That's ok... if she puts her name up in the convention.. the chances of her winning is pretty much zero after she endorsed Obama. But, what that guarantees is that she will NOT be announced as the running mate for VP.
If Hillary would've declined placing her name in for nomination and said that she had already started campaigning for Obama... then I would've said she should be named VP. Since she continues to do things that are completely divisive.. she's going to go down in history as the woman who tried to destroy the democratic party... just wait and see.
There is no way Clinton will come out the winner because she knows she will lose. Obama is such a smart man because he knows the story that says "Be careful of what you wish for". Hillary's name on the call is a lose-lose scenario for her. She can't try a coup because the party will be divided for decades or the delegates will even turn against her seeing her selfish self after endorsing Obama. And what will be PUMAS excuse when Obama is confirmed as the nominee? HA! Obama is WISE beyond his years and has shown how true a gentleman he is.
Well good! 18,000,000 voters have a right to be represented at the convention. After all, that's what Denver is; a convention, not a coronation!
Let's hope for a real, old-fashioned floor fight, like "the good old days," when the conventions stood for something and it was the voice of the people who elected our candidates and not those annointed by the media.
Some of you quite don't understand that Hillary will NOT be the FIRST person EVER whose name will remain on the ballot at the convention. Remember Howard Dean, now DNC Chairman? His name remained on the ballot after he lost the primaries, as did a few others before him in past years. To deny Hillary even that much would certainly not be in keeping with the Democratic Convention's "traditions" and would only divide the party more so. I truly find the Obama supporters to be very nasty and mean-spirited towards ANYONE who just happens not to be a follower of Obama. Sad, truly sad.
This isn't unity-this will only divide the country more. Hillary should say thank you but no thank you and walk away with dignity.
The one that cannot let go ...
AHH,
Great to see you Dem bloggers going after each other, showing your true colors about each other. You are some mean spirited people. It doesn't even have to be a republican, if it's not your way the other way is stupid, dumb, idiotic, foolish, no compromising on your part is there.
This is absolutely the most petty, whiney, sore loser, person in the world.
Hillary will stop at nothing to hand this election to McCain – then she can say, "I told you so."
I will never ever vote for Hillary Clinton – far as I'm concerned she's done in politics.
She will walk away with this nomination – then the republicans will once again rule the white house – and if you think things are bad now, just wait until McCain gets elected.... we will have a draft – womens rights will be a thing of the past – corporations will continue to run the country – and hate will fill the air. Did I mention the new wars that will start.... look out Russia, Iran, and North Korea.
I am ashamed of Hillary Clinton.
About time. The media chose Obama – the voters did not. Hillary got more primary votes. 18 million of us have been waiting for the DNC to show some respect to the most qualified candidate.
Hillary's campaign continues to be a trainwreck. Who the heck is advising this woman? Gone are the days of a Clinton campaign being masterfully ran by the likes of Ron Brown. I must say, I used to love the Clinton's but during this electorial process, I have grown to despise her, Bill and Chelsea. What a difference an election year can make.
JD- Are you serious? He's in "God's Favor". I really hope you're being sarcastic. To say that about any elected (or campaigning) official shows how ignorant you really are!
BASED UPON SENATOR OBAMA'S INEPT REACTION TO THE CRISIS IN GEORGIA THERE CAN ONLY BE THREE REASONS ONE WOULD CAST A VOTE FOR HIM.
1. YOU ALWAYS VOTE FOR THE MAN WITH THE "D" NEXT TO HIS NAME
2. YOU BELIEVE THAT FOLLOWING EUROPE DOWN THE ROAD TO OBLIVION IS THE RIGHT COURSE FOR THIS COUNTRY.
3. YOU ARE A RACIST AND ONLY TRYING TO PROVE TO YOURSELF AND OTHERS THAT YOU ARE NOT.
SAD PEOPLE...VERY SAD.
CGriffin-
No one has won until the votes are cast at the convention. That's why Obama is the PRESUMPTIVE nominie. You hardocre Obama people constantly show how uninformed you are about politics. I will vote for the guy, but you people should get off your high horse and pay a little respect to the Clintons. Hillary was just trying to give you Universal Healthcare, but you thought "change" was more important.
Very smart! Now let's see if the delegates are smart enough to nominate her instead of him!
This absurd! Why? This is so disparaging. This only means HRC has always had this as her personal agenda. She could have made a public statement of not wanting her name placed as a nominee, however, she again appears to be a sore loser.
What makes her think she's entitled? The Primaries were the main source in electing a nominee. The American peoplehave spoken. This has now become a real joke! With all the problems America faces you would think she be totally behind the candidate of choice, Barack Obama. We are not sending the right message to our young.
What next?
I'm an getting so tired of this whole thing.She's like a vampire–can someone put a stake through her and get this over with .Enough Hillary .
I've had enough of the Clintons, and it appears Obama isn't ready to lead when he can't control the democrats and caves in to the Clintons – who are acting childish and as spoiled sports. Enough! I'll take a look at McCain.
I Swear is the election gets stolen from Obama, I am doing everything in my power to move everyone i know to voting for Nader
Thank you, Hillary Clinton, for insuring that John Mc Cain will be the next president. This is too much for me, I may have to vote for Ralph Nader.
If having her name placed in nomination was good enough for Shirley Chisholm why isn't it good enough for Hillary? Sounds like reverse racism going on here again. This is just more hatred from Obamafans that I can’t support come November. I thought things were supposed to change, thing were supposed to be different this time. Now it’s all the same old hate and prejudice coming from Obamafans. The honeymoon’s been over for months.
i am so sick and tired of this fiasco, but if this brings an end to all the !@#$$! then i guess it could be a good thing. but this is starting to look more and more like a hiliary and bill convention instead of one for sen obama. after this the clintons will have no other fights to wage and they will have to either get on the train or get kicked off it !!!
*sigh* Are you serious?? She lost. And her die-hard supporters are sore losers. Don't appease them!
Be careful! One of the two is doing everything to divide the party!
(It is working already!!!!)
All of Hillary's supporters are whining like little kids. Standing with their arms folded and lips poked out. Grow up and get over her lost. She lost a hard fought campaign. If she wasn't so arrogant , she probably would have won. Remember , last September, she was the one who said and I quote " Michigan and Florida don't don't , she didn't need them because she will win the nomination in Super Tuesday". We know now that is not the case. The Clinton machine has been dealt a blow to their egos and now they must get OVER IT!!!!
Let's make sure all primary candidates supporters are heard and put into nomination all of the primary candidates. Why should she be special? Guess its hard to heal an ego that big.
I blame this whole mess on Hillary Clinton! When she was running for President she divided the party in all ways to keep from unifying the Dems. Thank God, she did not win, can you imagine the division she would have caused in our country and the world? She has an ego that over takes everything, including her party, her family and country. It is still amazing to me with so many so called supporters, they have not given her $l.00 each to erase the campaign debt???????? She will make a fool out of herself when she gets very little votes. Shame on you Hillary and Bill Clinton! This should be Obama's night, not yours. We Americans who are old enough remember your days in the White House, and they were not pretty. We know you, and see right through you! Even though I am a devout Democrat, I would rather see GWBush back in, with the mess he created than the Clintons!! Obama will be our next great President, he will restore honor and dignity to our country once again. He is proving the type of gentleman he is, by giving the Clintons so much air time, which they rightly do not deserve!
Simple formality and reasonable approach. Anyone that makes it anything else is simply foolish or stupid.
Interesting to see all the angst this is causing those still supporting Clinton or those in the Republican party trying to make a big deal out of it.
McCain is, in the end, unelectable. Having Clinton put into nomination will not change the outcome.
Obama 08
Sadly, there is a possibility that there never be peace within the Party. Hillary ran a dishonest, despicable, racist, sewer campaign, and for her efforts she believes that she is entitled to constant recognition, reward, and reverence. Why hasn’t she honestly addressed her legions of hateful brownshirts? – Because she is counting on them to disrupt the convention and the general election. As she will hopefully never be president, the destruction of the party and its chances to bring forth a new day in America is the biggest prize that remains for her. Does she think educated global-minded voters whatever their party affiliation will forget how she and her supporters conducted themselves this election year?
Ok, I'm lost. We went through the primary process, she did great, got a lot of votes, BUT fell short. It was a good race, one that was NOT decided by anyone but the voters. Now, I hear outlandish statements claiming she was "robbed" or that there was a conspiracy against her. Now, that last one makes me laugh my tail off because how can anyone in their right minds think that people would conspire against her to prop up a black man in america?? Maybe if it came down to her against her and the all american white guy that something might be a foot, but please! Anyway, she LOST. Idiots say that they will vote for Mccain and not Obama because she lost? If she was the nominee and not Obama, then I would have voted for her in November because Mccain is NOT the answer for the next 4 years.
Obama is making a big mistake in letting her name being placed in nomination.
I gave money to his election campaign last week – now I want it back.
He is pandering to a few people who don't like the fact that Billary lost.
To me he is showing that when he is faced with tough decisions – he makes the easy one not the hard one.
I have been an Obama backer from the beginning and am now having doubts about his leadership ability.
How good for the party will it be when 99% of her delegates vote for Obama? I almost won a spelling bee in grade school.
Everybody just enjoy the convention, we dont need hate on all sides..D Murpy and her click also have a good time on other peoples donations that was supose to be for all, Now you want donations 4 Brians cameras and all that was stolen from baggage. I would think he would have insurence for that. God Bless All
Danny – Dem from Ky
"Wake up America Obama is no more American than Osama"
Need I say more? Burnt some crosses lately?
Hillary First
Country Second
McCain-Clinton '08
Since neither Obama nor Clinton have enough primary votes to be the democratic candidate, I wonder how many strings Hillary will pull to try to get the nomination.
Hmmmmmmm
It could be an interesting convention.
Former Democrat...
Honestly.. I'd rather have a Muslim named Barry Soetero as president than a racist redneck like you. Honestly, evangelical christians scare me just as much as extremist muslims.
It ain't over til it's over, baby!
HILLARY '08 & 12
PUMA
NOBAMA
democracy in action.
PUMA
She certainly deserves the respect to have her name placed. They are doing the right thing. And it gives the superdelegates the right to change their minds. Otherwise the entire convention would just be one long ObamaSoetoro coronation.
Hillary is poisonous. I'm a registered Democrat, but if Hillary stages a Coup–if anything prevents Obama from getting the nomination, then I'll vote Libertarian in December. The Clintons and Bushes are just good cop/ bad cop. Don't be fooled. Please, God, keep Obama safe.
on&on&on&on&on&on&on&on&on&on&on&on....tired of it yet?
Next stop......"Divorce Court" or "Judge Judy."
Obama they say needs Clinton to win in November but I have another story to tell.
Anybody ever heard the story of a man and his camel and a tent.
Once upon a time, there was this man in a desert. When darkness fell he pitched his tent and tied the camel outside and went to sleep. After a while the camel piped through a hole and asked the owner if it could keep its head in the tent to stay warm and the owner gladly agreed. Before long the camel without asking had its long neck in the tent and when the owner noticed the camel simply mentioned that there was extra room for its head and neck and hope the owner wouldn’t mind. Before long the camel asked the owner if it could bring in its hump and keep it warm for the owner to ride on in the morning. At this point the owner was literally squeezed into a corner. After a short while the camel work the owner and complained that it was not comfortable in the for both of them and the owner should vacate and let the camel have a warm good night rest since it does all the work carrying the owner around all day. You figure the moral of the story.
I am increasingly suspicious that everybody is actually trying to lose this election.
I wonder what they know already about the world that we do not know yet
Oh great and omnipotent Obama…we, mere mortals who are not fit to touch the hem of your golden tunic, will be ever grateful to you. Thank you for making allowances for our ignorance and lack of adherence to your strict and unquestionable rule. Forgive us for being led astray by that other candidate (whose name we are not allowed to mention). Blessed are we to be allowed to bathe in the light of your unlimited glory.
Can you smell the unity?
I think it's a huge mistake to place Hillary Clintons name in nomination. It's an affront to Obama and I'm afraid it will all backfire. If the PUMAS really want to elect McBush as president, they will surely get their wish! All this will cause is a firestorm of in-fighting among the dems, and the idiot republicans will be sitting back laughing their butts off!
This is probably the only way to convince Hillary and her supporters that they have been treated fairly. It may make for a messy convention, but democracy is messy, so what are you going to do?
If they hold a roll-call vote and Hillary gets her "day in court" then nobody can claim that Obama "stole" the election from Hillary.
More and more, I find myself thinking that despite the downside, maybe Obama should pick Hillary as VP. I just don't think anything less than that will make some of her supporters happy.
How appropriate....I cannot wait to see this historic and well deserved moment. As a Hilary supported and a woman over 50, I continue to be disappointed by my dream did not come true but as with most disappointments, given time it's easier to move on. This moment at the convention will be the needed conclusion for me personally, at which point I will be proud to put that Obama sticker on my car and move forward! Congratulations to both Hilary and Obama!!! Here's to a Democratic victory in November '08!!!
It wasn't a matter of being gentlemanly or nice – Obama had no choice.
If he was seen as stifling the roll call vote for Hillary, the Clintophiles would be screaming bloody murder and THAT would have become the story of the convention. Roll call votes for the candidates are democratic and traditional and (next to the acceptance speeches) are the highlight of the proceedings. Obama could not afford to be seen as squelching this expression of democracy without forever alienating the Hillaristas.
Obama is nothing if not a cold, calculating person. No surprise here.
Wasn't losing once enough? Why would she want to be humiliated again?
Earth to M.ROSSI: Hillay is going to be VP -sorry to burst your bubble!
This is what Pelosi and Dean get for trying to force their agenda upon us. As democrats we are free to think for ourselves and choose who we want. That is afterall democracy. I will gladly place my allegiance with Hillary yet again.
Go Hill!!!
Yes, I agree with this decision. Hopefully this will finally calm down all the upset the party is going through.
I doubt if CNN will post this comment, since they never post anything I submit.
SO, SO, SO, SO, SICK OF THE CLINTONS. GO AWAY!!!!!
Good now you PUMA fools can shut up and go away...
Well this is just add oil to fire.
Hillary she know that she can't win,but
if part of her potential voters decide to stay home
in November ,there is less chance for Obama to win and
more chance for her to run again in 2012
Just business nothing personal
What kind of madness is this, She lost, I think she talks out of both
side of her mouth. She has no intenion of really endorsing Senator Obama, This election is not about her. Please people stop making her think that this country is lost without her.
I still don't understand anyone supporting Hillary Clinton. She has proven herself to be at the most distracting and the best a good legislator. She exagerrated her biography, she insulted foriegn leaders, she ran a campaign into deep debt, from those memos she barely made a decision on anything – how is that a good leader? As for this vote thing – if it backfires and she somehow pulls out a cuo – guess what happens folks – we Obama supporters split from the party. Be careful what you wish for – Clinton seems to be only about Clinton and not about the American people. A true leader knows when to step aside.
This is just too little too late, no Hillary on that ticket and me, a lot of my friends and most of my family all plan on voting McCain. Obama is the freshman of the Senate and his last minute "War for Dummies" trip to the Middle East hardly makes his qualified to do the job. No Clinton then it will be the year that Dems keep the Dems out of the White House.
Just what we need- an extra candidate to dilute a Democrat vote:(
I thought Hillary was a bigger person than that. By putting her name in contention, all she is doing is taking votes away from Obama and significantly reducing the chances that he will beat McCain.
Because she has not asked that her name NOT be added to the ballot, should Hillary run in 2012, SHE WILL NOT GET MY VOTE!
If McCain wins, she will be just as much to blame as Obama! To hell with them both.
The woman isn't well. This has nothing to do with respect for Hillary but it does show how disrespectful she is. Party Unity my eye Queen Hillary needs to get over herself. We shoudn't buy into her post tramatic stress disorder.
What does that mean exactly that her name will be placed into nomination? I don't get why this is happening. In fact it feels WEIRD to me. Is it just "going on record" or does this mean that people can still vote for her?
Congratulations Dems.. Handing the election over to McCain.. HA.. thankfully I switched to an Independent voter registration.. Sad day in America when the PUMAS got what they wanted.. I hope this backfires on the Dems, that way they will have noone to blame butt themselves..
PUMAS = Hatred of blacks and America. Racist bitter and jaded.. I hope McCain does win, that way I will renounce my citizenship and relocate to another country! FREAKS
ANTI-PUMA and ANTI-CLINTON.. BILL you were once a respected President, now your Pathetic.. You started this all!!
HEY,DREAD
Before you start throwing stones at Clinton, take a look at your own
boy, Flip Flops every day, lies, anti american, Rev. Wright as his mentor. If it weren't for the 99% of the blacks behind him, he would not
be the nominee. The Bosnia tale is nothing compared to Obama's
lies, Poor little Getto Boy, I think not..He had a life of privelage,best
private schools, traveled around the world ,etc. We are not fooled by Obama. If you think I am going to vote for Obama just because I am
a Democrat, I would not betray my country that way. I vote for the best
man to lead and that is NOT OBAMA>
IF HILLARY IS VP......OBAMA WILL NEED A FOOD TASTER ON STAFF!!!! SHE IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED !!!!!!
I do not think too many people are surprised. I just hope once and for all that this puts all the division to bed so that we can get on with this election.
If it doesn't , then Hilary needs to speak up to "her people".
Once her name is placed in nomination Sen. Clinton needs to DECLINE the Nomination and release her delegates to Sen. Obama. There should not be a roll call. There should be a show of unity.
How's this? Now that Hillary is going to get even more of the spotlight than before, why not throw open the choice of Vice President to the delegates, instead of having Obama select someone? That way, the selection will be democratic and result in a unit ticket. The Republicans did this back in 1952, when Eisenhower let the convention pick his Vice President – Richard Nixon.
On second thought...
Why in the heck do they cave in to her shanigans!! Why is she placed on some kind of pedestal?? she lost!!! It's time to MOVE ON!!!
i can't tell you how much I enjoy my daily dose of HRC updates. It's almost like they're sharing the nomination because the media refuses to exclude her from their headlines.
Obama '08!
Moderator, please correct my comment to read, "...then I'll vote Libertarian in November." I'm exhausted. I wrote the wrong month.
You know Hillary has something up her pant suit....she could easily derail Barry's nomination and create all sorts of problems.
The only thing is, I believe she is looking towards 2012 after Barry loses in November 2008 and she feels she could beat McCain for a second term.
It just points out that there are a lot of stupid people in America (many in the Democrat Party). People need to focus on ISSUES that affect them instead of showcasing their personal ISSUES.
Remember the Keating Five. McLame was brought into the fold with deceit and he will continue it. Once a Keating always.
I keep wanting to say that 'this is a joke, right?' but in my heart I know it isn't. I can only hope that when Obama is confirmed as nominee – again – that these silly people will finally get it and rally to the nominee – What a huge waste of time this all is when they need to be talking about issues that effect this country. Does this now mean we will see her back on the campaign trail? ...Groan...
Finally an act of reason!
After the convention I dont want to hear anymore whinning from the clinton supporters. Obama has sacrificed alot, and has been democratic and fair in the way he handled this difficult affair.
OBAMA 08
Danny
Dem from Ky
it's easy dude, just look in the mirror and repeat "i'm a racist". you're right, obama is no more american than osama... siiiiiiike.
Hey guys, this is party of the democratic process...this IS NOTHING NEW! You are just afraid that something might happen and your dream boy will lose. RELAX – he will still get the nomination (key word is GET – he hasn't been named the nominee yet so there is no winner or loser... GET OVER IT).
We want him to hear US. There is nothing wrong with that.
Hillary will lose yet again. This will be great.
If this makes everyone happy and unites the party so be it.
I'm glad Hillary will be acknowledged – she deserves this, no matter how either camp supporters may twist it. It is a welcomed moment for all democrats and it does help heal the rift.
My apologizes to those who still have angst, but it's time to stop the neocons and the imperialists in the White House.
And you know Hillary will be around for a long while, so woohoo to that!
The people have spoken!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If anyone had any doubt about Hillary's motives, they should be put at rest now. Forget taking the White House back for the fist time in over a decade, as long as her ego is fed.
I was a Hillary supporter. No longer. Should she run in 2012, it will be a pleasure to vote AGAINST her!
This is supposed to help or solve something? This will only further divide people. After everything that Hillary has put us democrats through she doesn't deserve a respectable vote. She and Bill were great for their time but she has used a lot of little girl tactics to get what she wants. This is sad. If she wins the nomination half the people won't vote for her since they fell as if she's cheated her way in. If Barack wins, which he should, then those darn Puma's still won't support cause she still lost. This is a lose lose and Hillary is the cause of the Democrats going down in 08!
I'm going out on a limb here that the people who support Clinton really have no clue as to what's going on in the world. They are following someone who can't even run a campaign, yet they want her to run a country. They support someone who can't even manage her own campaign finances, but they want her to handle our countries economy? I mean these "blind" supporters for Clinton are amazing. Keep supporting her, stay home and don't vote, write her name in as the country continues to crash and burn for another 4 years. She's not even a contender for 2012 after this fiasco.
Okay, this whole thing seems a bit ridiculous to me. Obama IS the Democratic candidate for President of the United States. I know that there are those who will argue that he is only the presumptive candidate, but this is merely a play on words.
I'm sure that in past elections, other "Presumptive" nominees have had challengers, but putting Hillary Clinton's name in nomination in this election goes beyond reason. Some say it's historic. To me it's just petty. She says her supporters should be heard. Well they have been. Now they should listen to this: "HILLARY LOST!" and it's time that they put their support behind Obama.
Be careful what you ask for because he may not like what you get. In 2012 we won't forget.
If Clinton were to be nominated for president it would save me from having to vote republican. I will not vote for Obama period. Reasons, lack of experience in world politics, Higher taxes he proposes, questionable alliances with radical fringes.
Isn't this the way it's always been done? So glad to see democracy working (at least here)! So happy to hear this! Maybe they found with the descrpencies abt his birth certificate he's disqualified (plenty of sites on this-texasdarlin. wordpress. com , etc). I will never risk our great country to an inexperienced rookie with weak foreign policies and a past that stinks of anti-Americanism! Hillary as VP or not – NObama ever!
Looks like HRC has found a way to give McCain the White House. Shame to you Hillary.
SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR POLITICAL CAREER, HILLARY!!! YOU ARE OVER!!!! YOU WONT EVEN GET RE-ELECTED FOR SENATE!!
YOU WILL NEVER BE FORGIVEN FOR THIS IF WE LOSE IN NOVEMBER AND OUR COUNTRY IS FURTHER DESTROYED BY 4 MORE YEARS OF NEOCONS!!!!!!
YOU HAVE BETRAYED US DEMOCRATS AND THE DNC!!!
ENJOY WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR SENATORIAL CAREER, CUZ THEY WILL BE THE FINAL DAYS OF YOUR POLITICIAL CAREER!!!!
Ha, shows what you know, over 50% of Dems support Clinton and like her, and without her a large portion of that percent will vote against Obama to make sure such an inexperienced person does not get into the White House, her Career is hardly over and as a women you should be ashamed of yourself for working against woman’s rights in this country just because you’re an extremist Muslim.
Hillary has my vote whether she is on the ballot or I have to write in her name in November.
To other Clinton supporters: do not stay home or vote for McSame...write in Hillary's name on the ballot.
Great idea, now women can have a say as to what they wanted instead of the "good ol' boys annointing of their chosen one".
Let people decide on their own instead of doing things the same old way in the Democratic Party, what a novelty to have a FREE vote.
These pandering politicans are making me, sicker by the day. "Sore losers", "Cry babies","racists", "Bitter people", "flip-floppers"............."for History"? this ain't historical, this is SAD!
The wise, magnanimous, and unifying thing for her to do would be to decline the nomination as soon as it's made on the floor.
But she's a Clinton.
Its funny that people believe PUMA is all white republicans...lol. Well, Im a black man and recognize nonsense when I see it. Obama cant win, and the Clinton supporters have every right to fight for her. SO GET OVER IT! The party is split....will continue to be split and the Obama supporters that keep logging on and calling McCain and Clinton foul and dirty names are doing nothing to solve the split party problem. Sexism and agism is just as bad as racism. Now with that said...why hasnt Barry come out and asked his supporters to stop with their "isms"? O well....McCain in 08! BTW....Barry was like a deer in the headlights over the Georgia/Russia conflict...lol....guess while McCain was visiting those countries he was meeting with Ayers and Rev. Wright. What a joke.....lol....
Does this mean Obama has to, still, bail her out of her campaign debt? Hopefully not .
Seems to me like a very disfunctional political system, where you can have another vote after you have already lost (Hillary). Your party is supported by a fence sitting Republican (Leiberman). If you annot have your way in the Democratic party go and vote Republican (PUMAs).
It seems none of you have the best interests of the US in mind, but then again look at the mess you are in, it is just a result of the lack of your unity.
Too many spoiled brats.....
It would seem that the US has more important things to get behind and prepared for with Putin's new power play, The Soviet Union II.
Get it together guys otherwise you will lose big time, more than just Democrat Vs Republican.
It does not make any difference. Clintons have now the burden on them to put the record straight, and let their supporters know that Obama won the primaries fair and square! Any attempt to play any foul game will be politicaly suicidal!
The movement of Americans, by Americans that want a stake in the political process is impossible to stop!
I want Hillary too as always felt she was the better candidate but I don't understand what this accomplishes? Is this largely symbolic or what is the deal here?If it takes Obama out and puts her in I'm all for it but what gives?
Personally, I think this is a bad move and a lot of Clinton supporters, including those PUMA idiots are very immature sore losers. Obama beat Hillary fair and square without going negative. It's not Obama's fought Hillary ran a very poor campaign. Also, I think a lot of women who supported Hillary, just wanted a woman to be president, which is a poor reason to elect a person as president. Believe me, Obama isn’t the democratic nominee because he’s an African American; nor would I vote for him just because he’s an African American. It’s Obama’s message that has captivated America and the world, including myself.
Go Hilary!! I am so happy. If there is any chance, I hope she gets the vote as Presidential nominee.!!!
For what good for her? What is the tactic behind? She won't harvest anything but shame and humiliation. Poor Rocky: she refuses to quit in dignity, she'll be thown away by her party's members in tears.
Go Obama 08!
Why? She lost and can not catch up. She should be ashamed of herself. This willnot stop her irrational supporyers from making noise nor will it stop the media from trying to make this news worthy.
Funny you do not see Mitt R. or Mike H. supporters crying to get thier name into nomination. HRC's supporters are making this out to be some pity party. We are trying to support the will of the majority of Dems who took the time and the energy to get out the vote for thier candidate. HE WON!!! The more I think about this the anrier I get. You PUMAs disgust me.
Remind the delegates they need to vote their conscience, that they should consider their nominee's chances of winning, thank them for their consideration. Sweet and to the point. You're in !
This is effin ridiculous.
A loss is a loss, end of story. Obama won the nom fair and square.
The question has to be asked why is there such hatred and bitterness coming from Hillary's PUMA lunitics? Why do they threaten to vote McCain when he doesn't represent the issues Hillary does?
The only answer I can think of is racism and if McBush is elected this country will have dire consequences guaranteed. Racism will be the downfall of America. Just watch...
The Obama people are idiots to let this happen. This should not be about the narcissistic Clintons! I can't believe they are even letting that rutting pig Slick speak at all.
The problem is that the Democrats held a primary race that wasn't very democratic. Obama should not have won, but because of caucus voting, which in my mind isn't only un-democratic, but very un American (no other public vote is held this way), he was able to gain delegates even in big states like TX where Hillary won. I guess this is consistent behavior for the Democratic party, considering that Dems also favor unionization of the workplace without votes as well.
But yes, Hillary agreed to these stupid rules, and didn't campaign as if she might not win. And that was her fault. I think the nomination of Obama is an abominaton and just one more reason why anyone would be a fool to vote Democrat. And once we start talking about Obama's actual policies, the picture gets even worse.
McCain 2008
It is a sad day – she lost to Obama because she was unable to run an effect campaign. She paid millions to individuals that were totally unable to deliver- and you people want say that Obama caused her failure. Give us all a break – What the point most of you people blogging are not going to even vote and if you loved Hilliary you would be helping her pay off her debt to dumb Mark Penn ($13M) instead of looking for Obama and his supporter to pay it off.
But what can we expect from the Clinton's they have such ego – they think everything is about them – SO VAIN and SHALLOW
Finally the DNC is waking up to the fact that they have the weaker, not viable candidate selected.
We are ready to take back the White House and win this election if we can vote for the Candidate who won the popular vote!
Hillary 08
Hooray, hoorah, we can all breathe a sigh of relief not just for Hillary but for the life of the Democratic Party.
Why this was even an issue is beyond me. She's more than earned her moment in the sun, and if the Superdelegates have their say who knows but that she will become the nominee after all. Obama has done too many flip-flops and has too many skeletons in the closet the GOP will be only too happy to fill the world in about.
Great news, CNN. And if Hillary becomes the nominee, we all hope your reporters will give her the undying support they have shown Obama!
DID I HEAR THE WORD KINGDOM USED HERE? PLEASE GET OVER YOURSELVES. OBAMA WILL NOT BE CROWNED KING PEOPLE...
Obama/Hillary 08 Please...
If the repbulicans take this election...you can hang it up. We will have the same crap for the next 4 possibly 8 long years.
You Obamamaniacs who despise HRC because her name will be placed in nomination should look back to the 1980 convention when one of your idols (Ted Kennedy) took the fight all the way even though he was over 500 delegates behind...AND he was up against a sitting Democratic President -another of you idols Jimmy Carter.
I'm curious about how you square your hatred of HRC with your love of Ted K. ??
let them have their voice and feel completely empty when they get drowned out once and for all. can't wait.
It ain't over til the fat lady sings.
well old girl showed her other hand. NO surprise! Nobody was fooled by that fake smile and those fake word. Hill and Bill are lowdown filthy liars.
Two candidates ran a tight and honorable race. One candidate won, the other candidate lost. One candidate did not DROP OUT, one candidate LOST ! Those of you who fought the good race did so admirably . I applaud everything that you did to get your candidate elected. Now it is time to move on like the great Americans we are. The world is watching us.Let us unite our Democratic Party in Dignity.Let us go to the convention and show the kind of stuff Americans are made of . Barack Obama has been fairly nominated for President of the United States. Let us put aside old grievances and stand fast behind our nominee.
In solidarity,
Carolyn from Philadelphia
A reall stupid formality: mere symbolism!
IF Hillary is NOT the DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE I will NOT VOTE DEMOCRAT!
PERIOD!
I'm an Obama supporter but this is crap. How long are we going to cater to the Clintons???? If the roles were reversed, nobody would be talking about Obama's name be put in nomination. If Obama can't stand the pressure from the Clintons, how is he going to stand pressure from world leaders?
She will stop at nothing to make sure she steals this election.
I just knew Clinton will mess things up. She never knows anything other than her ego. She will make Obama loose, you will see!
Nobama is doing this because he is pandering to the Hillary people. Little does he know that Hillary will be giving the speech at Invesco instead of him. Oh and the Pumas will run Michelle out of town too.
DEMOCRAT AGAINST OBAMA...
You cannot understand that Hillary lost because of an ineffectual campaign poorly run by terrible advisors.
STOP BLAMING OBAMA for HILLARYS MISTAKES!
Clinton suporter for McCain. IN no way am I voting for Obama
Take this into consideration:
NPR reported yesterday that 72% of Clinton supporters have already said they intend to vote for Obama.
Clinton is still several million dollars in debt.
Clinton has not been actively campaigning (speaking, running ads, etc).
Taking all that into consideration, do any of you hardcore Clinton supporters really believe she has a snowball's chance in hell to win the nomination, let alone the presidency?
This is not new. She won't make history. So what's the point? Is this just to give Hillary supporters a chance to call out her name at the Convention? What a crock. I'll be so glad when this is over I could just
scream. When have the DEM Party, became the Clinton DEM Party. If Hillary supporters cost Obama the election, you can kiss the DEM party good bye, and the name "Hillary Clinton" will go down with distain as such names as Benedict Arnold and Judas Iscariot.
Ah Hillary was the founder of the "PUMA" Party. This is just a shot to get the VP spot so she may be able to run for President in 2012 if Obama does not run for another term and becomes a negotiator on world problems like Kissinger. This will be the force of the dream team Obama said he did not want a yes person well she is not that.
roper, for your information most women over 60 are well past menopause. Get over hating your mother.
And if the 18 million Hillary supporters get their way, how do you think the 19 million Obama supporters would feel?
I'm still not voting for him. The press, the bitter comment, the constant changing of stances. I'm a lifelong Dem, but i'm sitting this one out.
Be afraid ObamaNation! There are no caucuses in the general election. Obama is going down! Wake up America and save this great nation!