Matthew Dowd

Sad, sad night for team Clinton. It's over, but have they accepted it? We'll see. In the meantime, I sure wish "WestCoastMessenger" was still posting on here so I could smack him around severely.

LOVE the line "No exit strategy"

I sure hope Hillary starts smelling the coffee very soon. She lost and needs to bow out graciously. She now needs to send a strong message to those who support her that they MUST now support Obama in November. Something tells me that she will not go out graciously and with dignity. She may end up ensuring that John McCain wins... I hope Hillary does the right thing and supports the real winner --- OBAMA!

You dont have to be a GOOF about it dowd.

Its like your entire article is GLOATING like a 15 year old.

Congrats to senator Obama. He ran a brilliant campaign.

But its journalists like you Dowd who dont make it easy for us Clinton supporters to support Obama.

You just make us hate him more when you mock Hillary.

The math has been the same for 2 months. His ability to stand back up after the media and the Republican Clintons hit him time and time again was already a known. It has just taken this long for the media to crawl off his back.
Will Clinton leave now? Nope. It has never been when to leave..she has always been the embarressing drunk that won't leave a party until someone man handles them out of a house. In Denver when it is finally over and she has no recourse, then she will leave.
Will her Senatoral seat still be avaliable? I wouldn't bet the house on it after her racist pranks recently. People tend to have longer memories than politicans wish they had. Her total disregard for the democratic party will also come back to haunt her when a fellow democrat runs against her and uses her own actions.
She has damaged Senator Obama and we will see come November how badly though any hopes she may have had regarding running in 2012 if he loses are long gone now. She has shown a side that decent people won't support.

Sen.Obama has defeated the shameless media and the Republicans who voted for HRC. I take a look at the Americans news via my mobile internet phone from Holland in Europe , where I live now. For the past days, everything I saw on CBS news as I logged in, as their top stories, were incendiary attacks against Sen.Obama. It was awful! Today CNN mobile hasn't even posted the election results, Yahoo shows a smily HRC with a Clinton won Indiana,CBS called Indiana early for HRC , it is really a media conspiracy..Anyway, we are very happy here that he will be the nominee, there is just no way around it!

The biggest difference in the 2 of them? Tonight Obama congradulated her on her win in IL. while she was just a narcisstic embarressment to all women and said nothing about his win.
1 adult and 1 child in this race and it isn't hard to figure out who was the adult. Those type of actions cost her.

It is time for democratic party to do in depth analysis for November. First look at the states they lost in last two elections. They need a candidate who can win the states won by democrats traditionally and also can capture couple of republican states. They must treat Florida and Michigan fairly. If a state allowed republicans to vote in a primary, try to understand republican factor to affect the outcome. I can see that republicans are very anxious to see
Obama as the democratic candidate who is very much to the left. The country is not ready to elect such a person. The person must appeal middle of the road population. I agree that both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama should sit down with key democratic leaders and make a decision which is good for the party.

Deanna. You may want to re listen to her speech. She congratulated Senator Obama for his win in North Carolina.

I wish you Obama folks would be more gracious about all this. Is every Obama supporter a teenager?

Lets face the facts. Obama will be the nominee. Lets move on and unite as a party around him.

You aint going to do that by continuing to bash Bill and Hillary Clinton.

The majority of media blattherheads are Republicans and they have done their best to ensure that McCain would go up against the weakest candidate and that has ALWAYS been Clinton. I mean lets be real here, McCain can't even remember which country we are at war with! BUT with ALL the Clinton baggage that they would rehash and all the new to come, with the 109 million income and who knows what regarding Bill's museum, they were frothing at the mouth to get Clinton. Guess they can just all figure now what we have known all along. No one really has much respect for most of the talking heads ROTFLMAO

NO in the SECOND one she gave she did but the first one? She did NOT.

NO in the first one she gave? She did NOT. In the second one? she did.

This is what kills me. If someone is honest about Clinton we are bashing her. BUT until she stops and steps down? I will continue to be honest about her and if you see that as bashing? Go talk to Obama about bashing. He has been in THAT seat for 2 months now at the hands of Hillary.

Hillary Clinton needs to step down before anyone stops. She cannot be trusted.

As soon as she leave the race, I will be leaving with her and joing the race with McCain. Hillary 2008 or McCain 2008. Have fun Obama supporters winning without us traditional, ignorant, uneducated democrats. Pontificate some more about the wonderful Barack...give your diatribes about cheating Bill-no one is listening--that sound you hear is us lifelong dems joining John McCain's fight.

Hillary Clinton does have an exit strategy.
She can quit now and still be President some day....

HC has enough contribution already for the Fall election. If FL and MI delegates are not seated, I hope she will consider running as an independent.

I hope all the pundits, including those at ABC, will start to wake up from the deep sleep they have been in since 2001 and Bush's "victory". When Gibson defended his actions after the ABC debate by saying "it was about electability, the voters care about that" it was the last straw. Both that and the belief that you have to subject a candidate to withering examination of non-issues are not what politics should be about. They foster ignorance of the issues and pursuade voters that true issues are not important. These ideas were pushed by Rove and his ilk for a specific purpose, and the good of the American people had nothing to do with it. Clinton then adopted them, and so did you. My 30 years of ABC news viewing ended after the debate, and I can truly say that I feel better informed now.

One of the sanest pieces of commentary I have seen on this site in quite some time

Brian: Good riddance to you and your ilk. You've unnecessarily prolonged this nomination with your blind support for a contrived candidate. I'll take intelligent, thoughtful, progressive voters to uninformed, fear-driven, reactionary voters any day. Happy sulking.

Want to know whats so funny about Dowd?

Hillary is a Yale law school graduate.

She was the first lady of Arkansas for 12 years.

She was first lady for 8 years.

For the first time in US history, a first lady won a seat in the senate and is a two term senator.

But DOWD here says 'Hillary doesnt get it' as a bald headed DORKY looking low grade reporter who MASTURBATES when he thinks of Obama.

Like somehow Dowd has 1/2 the brains Hillary Clinton has or has even accomplished anything in his pathetic life compared to her.

And this even isnt about the DUMBO reporters who snide Hillary. There are the same DUMBO reporters who cut Obama a new one, like they are half as brilliant as he is.

Brian,
Your a typical Clinton supporter who feels that everyone should feel sorry for Hillary. I watched the Indiana and NC primaries and noticed one thing. Hillary went from a double diget lead 14 percentage points to a final of 2 points and less than 40,000 votes in Indiana. You talk about supporting McCain, well go ahead. This is what every sore loser fronm the Hillary campaign will do. Hillary had beaten up Obama to long, stayed in the race to long, and less not forget Bill hurt her more than helped her. Hillary went from the sure nominee in 2007 to a back page weather report trying to keep a Broadway show that had run it's course still on Broadway. You put up a good fight Brian and Clinton supporters, but it is time to rally around Baack Obama and end 8 years of Republican mismanagement.

And to the Obama supporters.

Stop your nonsense. There is something to be said about WINNING graciously as well as LOSING the same way.

Show some respect to us Clinton supporters. Stop ripping Bill and Hillary a new one.

Start to show them respect and invite us hillary supporters to JOIN you and Obama in defeating John Mc Cain.

Hillary supporters we welcome you. I know the ride has been long and Hillary is a tough candidate , but we need to come together nice people and get McCain,,,,,,,,,,,I hope hillary will take VP seriously not as a joke and we came make history...........If she doesnt she will want all of u to join hands with the Obama campaign.....no more democratic divide......we need to heal for the better good of the US

A small note to Hillary Clinton Supporters:

I should tell you that I support barcak Obama. For those of you that say they will vote for John McCain in the fall if Obama wins the nomination, let me ask you a question: Why did you decide to become a democrat? For me, it was my parents. My parents told me to alwayd vote democratic if you want someone in the White House that cares about poor People. It wasn't until I got older, more educated, and smarter that I actually determined FOR MYSELF why I am voting democratic. Although I do share some conservative views, my core beliefs are democratic. I could write on forever about why I am a democrat, but the question is why are you?

Are you so bitter about the fact that Hillary Clinton will lose that you will vote against your core beliefs? I am talking especially for the mothers out there. Obama and Clinton both have specific plans that will make College and health Care very affordable. Voting for McCain means that this will not happen. McCain has shown that he hasn't got a clue when it comes to the economy yet you will vote for him anyway? You would risk the health of our economy (meaning you will probably end up jobless or will have to take a paycut) because of your bitterness?

These things happen all the time in Primaries. Someone's favorite candidate will lose the nomination. But you have to remember that the other democrat is more like your favorite than the republican. Please do not allow the child-like comments of Obama's supporters take your mind off of what is best for you. Listen instead to Obama. He congratulates her on every victory and contantly commends her for being formidable.

I agree with Kottaras
"HC has enough contribution already for the Fall election. If FL and MI delegates are not seated, I hope she will consider running as an independent." If Hillary Clinton runs as an independent, that will take millions of votes from Barack Obama, if the Democratic Party does not let Hillary Clinton get the nomination I would not be surprise if she runs as an independentt in order to defeat Obama in November and give the victory to McCain.

Thankyou Enaudnella.

Yes I am dissapointed. No offense to Obama, but I STILL believe Hillary is the better nominee.

However, Obama ran the better campaign and deserves the nomination.

I know we hillary supporters are upset, but what you Obama supporters can do is STOP PUTTING HILLARY AND BILL DOWN.

We love Bill and Hillary as much as you guys love Obama.

We will learn to love Obama , just like you Obama fans will learn to re love the Clintons as part of the family again.

Campaigning is tough. Words were going to be said.

But lets rally around senator Obama and make sure he defeats Mc Cain !!!!

I know that Obama is a great guy. He will offer Hillary a position in his administration if she wants it.

I am certainly hoping he lets her have healthcare.

Democrats United.

We Clinton supporters are sore right now. If the roles were reversed so would you.

You have to understand Hillary has been running for 15 months, and may not see the reality. Its just human nature.

Let her have a while to accept it.

We Clinton supporters need to rally around Obama . You will not get anywhere if you Obama supporters continue to bash Bill and Hillary.

You dont have to bash them anymore. We are all on the same side again.

As for voting for Mc Cain. Dont touch it. Let us Hillary supporters cool down for a while.

I can assure you that we wont. But dont challenge us on it to antagonize.

The Democratic Party is divided and I really do not believe that hardcore supporters of Hillary Clinton will support Barack Obama. And I really do not believe that the Clintons will give up easily. The superdelegates better do something to PLEASE BOTH THE SUPPORTERS OF CLINTON AND OBAMA IF THEY REALLY WANT TO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE IN NOVEMBER.

John.

Hillary is sore. She has a right to be. Its human nature. You dont sweat your brains out for 15 months and just give up for something to do.

Just because Pundits or Obama supporters say so.

give her a week to get nudged by her closest advisors.

If you honestly put yourself in her shoes, its not so easy to give up something you fought so hard for this long.

Its really like learning to accept a child died, or a spouce. Its not easy.

Give it a week. I think her advisors might start nudging her.

Deanna...pull your head out. Hillary did congratulate Obama. She also sent out thoughts and prayers to the people in Burma suffering from a devestating cyclone. Too bad BO doesn't think of those Presidential moves.
Republicans everywhere will be THRILLED to run against the easiest candidate to beat...Obama. I supported Clinton and will, when I have to, work my head off for McCain. Obama is unelectable in the general, but DEMS haven't won an election in years...last 8 out of 10 presidential elections were won by Reps. Nov. will be a 9th!

I will not support Obama if he gets the nomination and the majority of the Hillary Clinton supporters will not vote for Obama in the general election.

Two WORDS: LAKE COUNTY

Obama is a fraud. He sealed it tonight when he proved to the world he's cheated every step of the way. Chicago politics, indeed.

No way I will support Obama if he gets the nomination. I will vote for John McCain. Obama is one dangerous person. Mark my words, America, if he becomes president...be afraid.

The first presidential race I voted in was in 1976, and I havent missed an election yet, local, or national. I started out as a democrat, and have never voted for a republican candidate for any office. I even went to the polls in 96 after my house burned down early that morning, and I had 2 children in the hopsital who were burned in the fire.

Both my father, and my mother, God rest their souls, never voted for a republican either. They're both going to be rolling over in their graves when my signs for McCain go up in the yard next week. I've done a lot of soul searching, looking for just one reason I should cast my vote for Obama, and I can't find one worthy of going into the voting booth, and exercising the most sacred right I have in voting for him.

I won't be staying home on election day, because I owe it to myself, and to my country to cast my vote to the person whom I believe will be the best president from the choices on the ballot, and my personal opinion is that unless Hillary Clinton's name is there, the next best choice is John McCain.

Hopefully, another democrat worth voting for will be on the ballot in four years, but right now, I, for the first time in my life, am ashamed to be a democrat.

It's not about democrat and republican for me...its about the best and safest choice. So to DemocratsUnited: there are no core beliefs by either party. Haven't you figured that out yet.

Vicki and Dissapointed,
No need to feel sorry Donna Brazile said on CNN tongigh, they don't need us. No way, I'm supporting a campaign that hates half the democratic electorate.

Debra.

I was going to vote for Mc Cain as well, but take a closer look at him first. He seems confused and lacks a clear idenity.

We all know that Bush has destroyed the republican party. But Mc Cain seems to bow down to Rush Limbaughs EGO to rally the conservative base.

Mc Cain should have emerged as his real self. Hes actually only 2/3 republicans. Hes a 1/3 democrat.

But he so far insists on running a George Bush campaign. No democrat, even Ronald Reagan can win a general election in 2008 using the republican line.

The whole election cycle and state of the nation favors chucking all of washington out and bringing in the new.

Mc Cain fails to chuck out the republican platform and start his own NEW republican platform.

He needs to copy Obamas rhetoric on major issues . Then he can neutralize the advantage, and make it about character.

Obama cant win a character war with John Mc Cain.

The guy is a war hero who spend 6 years in captivity as a POW. There is no way to challenge Mc Cains integrity without looking like a jerk.

Mc Cain needs to corner the entire election into being about character.

But so far, he just sits there and spouts out the usual republican rhetoric.

If he does that, Obama will clobber him.

Vicki,

You talk about voting for the best and safest choice. What are you afraid of? Let's be honest here. I am calling you out right now! You are trying to spread your fear onto others... For what? Obama has been in elected politics for over 10 years. He has made some mistakes just Like Clinton and McCain. Why are you so afraid? Is it his race? Are you afraid he'll turn into 50 Cents when he gets to the White House? I really do hate to make this about race but I find it troubling that you have voted for a democrat all of your life, but when a history making event, like having an African American person become the presidential nominee for the democratic party for the first time ever, you will vote for the republican. Is it his age? Bill Clinton was younger than Obama when he was elected to Office. So was Kennedy. National experience? Or are you angry at the fact that the chance for a woman being elected President was missed? Believe me, I do sympathize with you on that. But is that a big enough reason to vote for the other party? Clinton had NO National experience when he was elected. He was the Governor of Arkansas. And yes, there are core beliefs in each party. That's what separates them. What do you see in Clinton that Obama does not possess? Don't quote experience to me, because if that were true, Clinton would have this deal licked up by now. In January of 08', she had more money, the lead in the polls, lead in super delegates and name recognition. The race was hers to lose. And she did just that. So, what problem do you have with him?

If Fl and MI are cheated out or changed to favor Obama I will along with millions of others be voting for McCain. I will advocate it and already have friends in Michigan, Florida, Ohio, and Mass who are going to help fellow democrats with the details and petitions to leave the democratic party or at least vote for McCain to show Obama stealing the nomination will not work. So yes Obama will have plenty of negros voting for him, and ignorant whites who if they are so "educated" would know a CLINTON had the best economy in history and longest period of peace, but would stil for vote for a white hating american hating negro. But back to Osama he will have what every dem president has the negro vote but will lost thousands of white people in FL, MI, OH, MA and many other states and will possibly lose CA even (if you look at the polls there McCain is close to him lol pathetic) And I hope the Clintons laugh in there face the democrats have a bad history of picking unelectable people there not very intelligent or that wouldn't happen and they did it again most likely. And I hope Hillary does run as an independant it would be nicer seeing her do the same thing to him the superdelegates will most likely do to her, take the nomination from him herself than by the thousands of us who will not vote for him.

tomdavie you are disgusting! It's people like you that makes freedom of speech questionable. Take it from the person you voted for: "If You Can't Take The Heat Get Out Of The Kitchen!" Those of you that are not planning on supporting Obama: LEAVE! There's millions of Americans that will take your place! A Change Is Coming To America Whether You Like It Or Not! The People Have Spoken!!! And The Clintons Can Spin That Fact!

wow mike, you came very close (or did) of showing how bigoted you really are. Obama has never shown a history of hating white people. ever. as far as stealing the nomination..... He won the most delegates fair and square. how is he stealing it? Oh, the whole MI and FL debacle. Well, Obama did NOT do that. The DNC did that. They were rules that all candidates agreed to from the start. Trust me, if Clinton had lost Fl, she would not be making a huge deal over this. If she could not win the delegate race within the rules she agreed to, then she does not deserve to win. That is the way the game is played. I fully expect that thr racist within the party will not vote for Obama. There is no way to change that. Thank God that racist are a dying breed and will not be a problem in 10 to 20 years.

I must admit -- I'm an Obama supporter and have been anxiously waiting for Clinton to give it up. But now that the time has really come, I sort of feel bad for her. She's run a great campaign, but she was blindsided by an unprecedented campaign that has been run to perfection. In any case, I've gained respect for her over the last few weeks and will hate to see it end -- but the time has come. On the bright side, there's a lot of work for her to do in the Senate with all of the policies she's been working on during the campaign. If she wants to stand up for the American people, now is the time. The Senate is no job to sneeze at -- there is a lot of work that can be done to turn around this country.

Obama '08.

Jane.

Agreed. Almost all the political experts called Hillary someone who was riding on Bills coat tails expecting to be coronated.

All of them now stand amazed at her courage and ability to be an excellent choice for president in her own right.

I think its time for Hillary to step down as long as Obama offers her a few goodies to do so.

Now is the time for true democrats to get together and support whomoever the nominee is..Hillary or Obama cannot be worse than George Bush. McCain would simply continue the failed Republican policies and take this country down the slippery slope of economic disaster..we are already on our way..Lets turn the ship around. Obama/Hillary 08 (Unbeatable ticket)

Do you really want an unbeatable ticket for 08? Here we go! Obama/Hillary..all the way to the white house baby!

Earl.

Agreed. We Clinton supporters now firmly stand behind Obama.

Remember that some of us may still be sore about it. So if they threaten to vote for Mc Cain, just take it with a grain of salt and give it a while.

Its just human nature. We love the Clintons as much as you love Obama .

We can get back to being one big happy family again (finally)

You know...Once we get past he name calling and trash talking, we may realize that we have two very similar candidates. I like Hillary, although I'm ashamed of her for pulling that "under cover of fire" trick. Do you want to win so bad that you dig up fake sympathy? Shame on her. While trying to be unbiased, I don't have the same issue with Obama. The Wright situation is not his...it's Wright's. I don't blame him for what happened there. We all have friends who have beliefs we don't agree with..and we usually say something like "to each his own". What I do like about Obama is that he did not bow down to lying and smearing in his campaign. Hillary clearly lies. If she'll lie to get to the White House...what will she lie about when she's there? We need pure, unpolluted blood in the WH...someone who has very little political debt....someone who isn't afraid of the oil lobby. Of the three, I think that's Obama.

Hillary has tried to survive, using the Rove playbook and discutable tactifs. She was just sanctioned by the voters. She has tried to tear Obama down, helped by Republicans and has become more and more impopular and has exasperated some, not only the black community. The voters have sent another message: they want to move on of the 16 years of Clinton-Bush dynasties.
I hope Hillary will keek her promise to help Obama to win the presidency. But, I fear another lie. Can really someone imagine Bill campaigning for Obama in small towns ?

Obama need now to take a good VP, if possible in the "Clinton family" to help unite the party, and if possible in a swing state.

Here is my VP picks

1. Hillary (just let her the choice pro forma)
2. Michael Bloomberg
3. Jennifer Granholm (gov of MI)
4. K. Sebelius
5. Evan Bayh (gov of IN)
6. Wesley Clark
7. Bill Richardson (gov. of NM)
8. Ted Strickland (gov. of OH)

tomdavie, I'm one democrat who did not vote in my state primary because I like both Hillary and Obama..My thing is that I plan to wait for whomever the nominee is and vote for that person..it seems as though that would be Obama..If it happened to be Hillary I'll vote for her..I am a true democrat..I would have to be deaf,blind and dumb to vote for a Republican after seeing how they are running this country's economy into the ground. Lets turn the ship around.

I have been watching the elections on TV with great interest. Hilary Clinton has been caught out lying on more on than occasion (the under fire comment is one of many I could name) and yet some of the American people continue to support and believe in her? This intrigues me, are you living in the real world?. Perhaps lying is a "good" quality for American President. She is hard, cold, calculating, self-centered and a liar. As to the comment by Mike that ignorant whites and negros would vote for Obama and the "educated" whites would vote for Clinton, one only needs to read his comment, it is far from educated from a grammatical standpoint! if you were so "educated and intelligent" then surely you too would see through her! That seems to be the problem though, the ones who think they are educated and intelligent yet are really the uneducated would vote for her as they would not have the mental capabality of seeing through her, the intelligent ones would vote for Obama.

The Best exit strategy for this very long Democratic campaign season is for Senator Clinton to accept the fact that she would make a great Vice President. She can make her mark in History as President of the Senate. Senator Clinton could influence many bills and shape the O'Bama domestic economic and foreign policy agenda for 8 years to come until 2016. This additional experience for Senator Clinton would be invaluable to the Democratic Party as having the first woman Vice-President which would be the most highly elected woman ever, in USA History. This is a Win-Win situation for Senator Clinton, the Democratic party, and for the American people, if only the Democratic candidates would realize it for themselves.

Among all the writers here,deana is the most mature and reasonable.I thank you very much Deana.
Both Hillary and Obama supporters,i suppose are democrats.Why being continually confrontational with your words.
While i congratulate Obama for his victory, i also congratulate Hillary for her terrific fight.She is a real fighter.
Lets stop this name-calling and unite to win republicans in november.Thanks again,Deana.

Well, assuming Obama wins, the only way he will have a chance in defeating McCain is to have Hillary as the VP candidate because picking another would alienate a good number of Clinton supporters. She could always run a 3rd party campaign with an anti-war republican, say Hagel from Nebraska, for an example, and that would cause a real mess for Obama. So I would recommend to all the name callers and trash talkers in this forum to start showing a little respect for Hillary, because Obama will need her if he is going to have any chance this fall.

I couldn't care less about Matthew Dowd's opinion. I've seen him on GMA. He's been ALWAYS supporting Obama, regardless of whether he's been winning or losing states.

I couldn't care less about Matthew Dowd's opinion. I've seen him on GMA. He's been ALWAYS supporting Obama, regardless of whether he's been winning or losing states.

What I do like about Obama is that he did not bow down to lying and smearing in his campaign.
Posted by: Dave | May 7, 2008 6:16:37 AM

After reading utterly inane posts like this one (Obama did NOT bow down to...? yeah right!), I am even more determined to NOT support NObama!

I think hillary is a great lady. I think she is a born liar publically, but a VERY decent lady privately.

The proof is in the pudding folks. Just look at Chelsea.

Bill and Hillary have served the public since bill first took the govenors office in 1978.

They werent perfect. But the good they did far outweighed the bad by a mile.

Bill Clinton is the only 2 term democratic president since FDR. That in itself says alot.

And believe me, if Obama can rig things back to how good they were in the 90s , NOBODY would complain would they?

So lets unite around Obama, and also get back to beholding Bill and Hillary Clinton as true democrats and people who have served the democratic party very well for decades.

You guys know why Hillary need to drop out after tonight's performance right? Eventhough she won Indiana..she did so by a small margin and in Indiana,Republicans were allowed to vote and many did vote by heeding to Rush Limbaugh's advice..so when you look at the full picture..Obama did very,very well in Indiana..were it not for the Republicans who crossed and voted for Hillary, Obama would have won the state..there goes the "Obama unable to win the big state theory".

we hope hillary ran as independent, we will still vote for her.
why stay in democrat party, after how they trash her, its unfair.
we will vote mccain if she's not the nominee, most of my friends will too

I suddenly realize the completely unstoppable nature of Nominee Obama with the backing of Bill and Hillary out on the campaign trail.

McCain does not stand a chance against the energized democratic party.

It's time to pull together and put an end to the Bush nightmare.

If you're out here saying that now that Hillary is out, you'll vote for McCain over Obama, it's hard to believe you're a real democrat.

The one thing the voters saw that Hillary and the press overlooked. He's honest.
There are going to be bitter pills for America to swallow. I hope America is as strong and mature as Obama.

I will vote for Howdy Doody before I vote for Barack Obama. And how angry am I that he and his cult following have denied us the chance to have the best president ever! He's going to be in over his head, he is a dangerous liar, and you all willl regret putting him in the White House. And don't even get me started about Michelle.

Hillary, leave the party, they did nothing for you! I'm leaving after a lifetime of being Democrat. I would never vote for Obama, go McCain.

Rich and david, well said! well said! Lets take the koolaid away from hilfan..who believes the economy is good and gas is 75cents a gallon. I would have to be blind, dumb and deaf to vote for Mccain. Real democrats would vote for the nominee. hilfan is a Republican posing as a democrat. Obama/Hillary 08 to the white house baby!

As a Clinton supporter, I too think that Obama has now locked down the nomination. Actually, I thought the media gave him the nomination after Iowa. It has been embarrassing to watch the spectacle of fawning by such news outlets as the NYTimes, CNN, and MSNBC (to name a few). It has lowered my already low opinion of modern day media. Even through the toughest moments (Wright, out of touch, Rezko, Michelle's comments...), only a few media outlets asked tough questions of him. The republicans are salivating at the thought of finally bringing out the "big guns" against him. I've been trying to prepare myself to vote for Obama although as a centrist, I deplore the liberal left. The only thing worse in my opinion is the conservative right. If history is a predictor, I have little hope that Obama will beat McCain in November and it is truly disheartening.

I still think they will both run a joint ticket after this is done, and the Bush era will end finally...

KittyCat, you are still drinking that koolaid..or you are a Republican posing as a Democrat. Lets rally around the nominee and get the Republicans like KittyCat out of the white house..Lets turn this ship around. An Obama/Hillary ticket is unbeatable..straight to the white house baby!God bless America!

I am an independant who if Barrack Obama wins the nomination will support John McCain. It is amazing the number of Obama supporters who have told me they cannot stand Hillary Clinton. If I were to say the same about Barrack Obama, I would be labeled a racist. I am not a racist, I just do not believe that Barrack Obama is qualified to be the President of the United States.

Mr Dowd you called on Hillary to pull out three months ago.

You'll excuse her supporters now if we completely ignore you.

Your oppinion on this has no merit.

Shiloh, I guess Hillary don't lie or you don't read the news..Shiloh, she said that she had to run for cover from snipers in Bosnia..that was a lie Shiloh. I know you Hillary supporters are disappointed but take a deep breath and get over it and support the democrat nominee..if you are a true democrat like I am that is what you would do. Obama/Hillary 08 straight to the white house baby!

Shiloh, I guess Hillary don't lie or you don't read the news..Shiloh, she said that she had to run for cover from snipers in Bosnia..that was a lie Shiloh. I know you Hillary supporters are disappointed but take a deep breath and get over it and support the democrat nominee..if you are a true democrat like I am that is what you would do. Obama/Hillary 08 straight to the white house baby!

By the way when you out spen your opponent 3:1 and you lose votes, how does that make you the winner???

Does Obama have 300-400 million to fight the general?

He outspent her and lost ground. He was up by 23 in NC and 15 in Indiana.

Why didn't he win yet another white working class state, a neighbor to his home state???

Because he can't win in November is the answer.

Take it to the floor Hill!

Obama is unqualified and he can't win. The world is counting on you!

tired.....I am sorry you are so upset, it was a glorious moment when she beat him in PA, now you are angry saying you will vote McCain, well that's your choice. It is just like Hillary's supporters to hold a gruge. The best man won get over it!

By the way polls have shown her up by 29% in WV and 38% in kentucky. Why is it she should get out now????

Just because Obama supporters say so.
NO

annie, can you educate me and possibly others on what qualifies one to be president of the USA? If not! are suggesting subliminally that Obams is unqualified because he is black?

As always, Obama only won in North Carolina because of the high African-American turn out(one third of the voters this time around.

As for Hillary's exit strategy: She will run for president in four years to defeat president McCain.

I just voted for Hillary here in Indiana. She is an outstanding, experienced, candidate for change.

Unlike the college kids in Indiana, I base my vote on issues and experience, not whether a candidate is younger or whether he'll play a pickup basketball game with voters.

Obama offers nothing over Hillary except less experience, and poor judgement. How he can be a member of a hateful church for 20 years, then suddenly in 2008 when it's politically expedient to do so, repudiate the discourse in said church? That symbolizes to me a lack of judgement.

Another issue that is important to me is health care. Hillary's plan is superior to Obama's and covers everyone, his doesn't.

If Hillary is not the nominee I will vote for John McCain in November.

Oh, Matt Dowd who brought us George W. Bush giving us political advice, again? Can we sue ABC for malpractice?

Emilianna, Well said! Well said!

If Hillary leaves the race, I'm with Brian, I'll be leaving the dem party and voting straight republican ticket in Novembe