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These men want her to quit because they know she will win,and they are scared. They keep running to CNN TO run another false poll saying she can't be trusted. CNN was shown up to make false poll against Clinton by the PA voters. They said we trust her. CNN wipes Obama's nose every time he stumbles, but Americans are smart, and use their common sense, you don't get programed for 20 years with your Pastors ranting hate for white people that Obama thinks the same way, and he did admit he would not give up his Pastor Wright. Obama lovers you should know "Y0U CAN FOOL SOME PEOPLE SOME OF THE TIME, BUT YOU CAN'T FOOL ALL THE PEOPLE ALL THE TIME' Therfore Clinton will be elected President in 2008.

I am in Oregon. To say stop the vote and drop out is totally undemocratic. Our vote out west has never count, this is our chance. The same with Indiana and NC. Just shows you where Obama stands, he is far from being a Democrat.
Also why does he constantly lie and never mention that as a child he lived and went to school in Indonesia from six to ten years of age?
How come the Blackwell scandel has not made the news today?

I think McCain needs to drop out he just isn't a powerful enough speaker.Obama is from Illinois and people from Illinois really aren't that smart. Clinton knows the Whitehoue like the back of her hand.when she was in the Whitehouse she was called the second president.

I think McCain needs to drop out he just isn't a powerful enough speaker.Obama is from Illinois and people from Illinois really aren't that smart. Clinton knows the Whitehoue like the back of her hand.when she was in the Whitehouse she was called the second president.

Somebody making an opinion of what he views is Right does not make the person as our enemy.

As such you lots stop bombarding Lehy for his thought. I know deep down if Obama is in such situation, peolpe will always have their opinion about a way forward.

Hillary supporters seemed to me they all would have graduated from the same School of Thought, different from we others. As such, if only the Hillary supporters shall stop draging the Democrats and Obama and his supporters in to Political Gutter.

I hope at this juncture Hillary will stop henceforth not to continuosly damaging Democratic party or think of causing Caeos among supporters by not Restricting herself from usin Gutter Politics to stain Democratic Presidential Rules and Process.

She can therefore stay as long as she wants, that is what Obama wants so that a winninig contender can come up in time whilst the Remaining Super Delegates decide who they are endorsing as quickly as possible so as to save our time to ganner energy and strategy for the General Election against Mc Cain.

Obama will get the nomination even without Florida and Michigan. And he will have a landslide win over McCain in November.

Senator Leahy affects a condescending attitude, especially with that little word "frankly." We already know Leahy is being frank, the use of that word apparently is just to highlight the fact he is trying to act like somebody's daddy, a trick right out of Reagan's playbook. Why should anyone pay any attention to what this tired old representative of the New England hoity toity liberal elite, bereft of new ideas, has to say?

I have no respect for Hillary. I understand it is her right to stay in the race even if there is no way she can mathmatically overtake Obama's lead. No one should make that decision for her. What I don't like is her bitterness. She IS NOT staying in the race because she expects to win. She's staying in because she wants to put her message out there..."I may not win, but neither will Obama." She'd rather McCain win than Obama, despite the fact she and Obama agree on almost every single issue. That's why she said she and McCain have experience and Obama has a speech. Her own bitterness is getting in the way of the objectives of the democratic party. And now the media is afraid to criticize her because she complained that she's been treated unfairly.

That was poetic Jacksmith..

If for some reason Clinton does not win the nomination becasue florida and michigan were not seated I will simply sue the DNC florida and michigan for every single penny that I have contributed to Hillary clintons campaign. I didn't contribute money to her campaign so they could screw up the election and give my candidate an unfair result.

If the most offensive thing about Obama is his old pastor then he will have my vote

Yes, drop out. We need 4 more years of Bush.

Jacksmith; I love it!!!!

YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT:-)

If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary's than they had ever been before or since.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)

Best regards

jacksmith...

Mr Leahy i hope you are doing this on your free time, which i doubt. You are an elected official so you should know how it feels to be running for something and being very close to winning. The process is still on going and millions of voters are waiting to vote for one or the other candidate, don't try to squash that chance for voters. It's their given right when they turn 18 or become a citizen of this great nation. Stop acting irresponsible by talking nonsense, neither candidate have what it takes to grab the nomination. We all know you are talking because you are a Obama supporter, but please stop talking and don't take momentum away from the voting process.

Oh sure, Obama's momentum is gone! Why don't you all go back to your little church and hate all the people who WON"T VOTE 4 YOU! Get out Obama! We can't stand ya! The can't stand ya numbers are growing. You can't make the qualified person step aside for your "whatever" it is you're selling.

Ken Blackwell is a black man too.

Ken Blackwell - Columnist for the New York Sun

It's an amazing time to be alive in America. We're in a year of firsts in this presidential election: the first viable woman candidate; the first viable African-American candidate; and, a candidate who is the first frontrunning freedom fighter over 70. The next president of America will be a first.

We won't truly be in an election of firsts, however, until we judge every candidate by where they stand. We won't arrive where we should be until we no longer talk about skin color or gender. Now that Barack Obama steps to the front of the Democratic field, we need to stop talking about his race, and start talking about his policies and his politics.

The reality is this: Though the Democrats will not have a nominee until August, unless Hillary Clinton drops out, Mr. Obama is now the frontrunner, and its time America takes a closer and deeper look at him.

Some pundits are calling him the next John F. Kennedy. He's not. He's the next George McGovern. And it's time people learned the facts.

Because the truth is that Mr. Obama is the single most liberal senator in the entire U.S. Senate. He is more liberal than Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, or Mrs. Clinton. Never in my life have I seen a presidential frontrunner whose rhetoric is so far removed from his record. Walter Mondale promised to raise our taxes, and he lost. George McGovern promised military weakness, and he lost. Michael Dukakis promised a liberal domestic agenda, and he lost.

Yet Mr. Obama is promising all those things, and he's not behind in the polls. Why? Because the press has dealt with him as if he were in a beauty pageant. Mr. Obama talks about getting past party, getting past red and blue, to lead the United States of America. But let's look at the more defined strokes of who he is underneath this superficial "beauty."

Start with national security, since the President's most important duties are as commander-in-chief. Over the summer, Mr. Obama talked about invading Pakistan, a nation armed with nuclear weapons; meeting without preconditions with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who vows to destroy Israel and create another Holocaust; and Kim Jong II, who is murdering and starving his people, but emphasized that the nuclear option was off the table against terrorists - something no president has ever taken off the table since we created nuclear weapons in the 1940s. Even Democrats who have worked in national security condemned all of those remarks. Mr. Obama is a foreign-policy novice who would put our national security at risk.

Next, consider economic policy. For all its faults, our health care system is the strongest in the world. And free trade agreements, created by Bill Clinton as well as President Bush, have made more goods more affordable so that even people of modest means can live a life that no one imagined a generation ago. Yet Mr. Obama promises to raise taxes on "the rich." How to fix Social Security? Raise taxes. How to fix Medicare? Raise taxes. Prescription drugs? Raise taxes. Free college? Raise taxes. Socialize medicine? Raise taxes. His solution to everything is to have government take it over. Big Brother on steroids, funded by your paycheck.

Finally, look at the social issues. Mr. Obama had the audacity to open a stadium rally by saying, "All praise and glory to God!" but says that Christian leaders speaking for life and marriage have "hijacked" - hijacked - Christianity. He is pro-partial birth abortion, and promises to appoint Supreme Court justices who will rule any restriction on it unconstitutional. He espouses the abortion views of Margaret Sanger, one of the early advocates of racial cleansing. His spiritual leaders endorse homosexual marriage, and he is moving in that direction. In Illinois, he refused to vote against a statewide ban - ban - on all handguns in the state. These are radical left, Hollywood, and San Francis co values, not Middle America values.

The real Mr. Obama is an easy target for the general election. Mrs. Clinton is a far tougher opponent. But Mr. Obama could win if people don't start looking behind his veneer and flowery speeches. His vision of "bringing America together" means saying that those who disagree with his agenda for America are hijackers or warmongers. Uniting the country means adopting his liberal agenda and abandoning any conflicting beliefs.

But right now everyone is talking about how eloquent of a speaker he is and - yes - they're talking about his race. Those should never be the factors on which we base our choice for president. Mr. Obama's radical agenda sets him far outside the American mainstream, to the left of Mrs. Clinton.

It's time to talk about the real Barack Obama. In an election of firsts, let's first make sure we elect the person who is qualified to be our president in a nuclear age during a global civilizational war.
Kind of scary, wouldn't you think Remember--God is good, and is in time, on time--every time.
According to The Book of Revelations the anti-christ is: The anti-christ will be a man, in his 40s, of MUSLIM descent, who will deceive the nations with persuasive language, and have a MASSIVE Christ-like appeal....the prophecy says that people will flock to him and he will promise false hope and world peace, and when he is in power, will destroy everything. Is it OBAMA??
I STRONGLY URGE each one of you to repost this as many times as you can! Each opportunity that you have to send it to a friend or media outlet...do it!
If you think I am crazy..I'm sorry but I refuse to take a chance on the "unknown" candidate.

Superdelegates should pay attention to the Clinton supporters too. Senator Bayh said in an interview on CNN, "Who carries the states with the most Electoral College votes is an important factor to consider because ultimately, that's how we choose the president of the United States,". So if Clinton wins PA and Indiana, she's ahead in the votes that count in November. Obama can count all the red states he wants, but those Republicans and Independents only voted for him because they know he will be easier to beat in November.

When Bill Clinton left office in 2001 his job approval rating was over 60%. Right now that 60% is greater than the combined job approval ratings of both George Bush and Congress. So maybe Dodd and Pelosi and Kerry and Kennedy should just go back to Congress and do the jobs they were elected to do and let the voters decide who they want for their nominee. Democracy - what a novel idea!!

Erin...let's see the "negative" ratings after the rest of the elections. Obama is dropping and will continue to. She has EVERY right to stay in this race

(sorry mis-typing in previous post should have said after not have)

Erin...let's see the "negative" ratings have the rest of the elections. Obama is dropping and will continue to. She has EVERY right to stay in this race

Danielle wow, telling him to shut up, that's telling him.

Why drag this out any longer, she won't win. Her negative rating is too low

Let the voters decide. Hillary is not that far behind. The Dem Party wants their dream boy to win so badly, they don't even want this to be about votes. First they whined about superdelegates voting the way their states did. What about Mass.? What about NM ? Hillary won those and she isn't getting those superdelegates and that is alright with the Obama folks now. He is just a show pony, or is that phoney?

The only predictable thing in this race is a bunch of old white men telling Clinton to get out of the race. I e-mailed Leahy and told him his 30-seconds of fame was over and to shut up.

The only predictable thing about this democratic race is its unpredictability. May the best man or woman win!

To the last post with the 2 slashes as a name (I dont know how to type that!)...then so be it. NO ONE SHOULD DROP OUT. Let the remaining states have their vote.

OK
We ALL know that all the politicians say exactly what we want to hear, until they are elected, of course. Then it’s all theirs. 43 presidents, all men, have proven this fact!

Why not give a woman a try and see what she can do. I know every time my Mother or Grandmother spoke everyone listened or paid hell for it.

GO Hilary, or should I say Madam President!?!

Of course everyone should vote but ultimately it will be up to the super delegates to decide

Why all the panic about Hillary staying in the race?? Senator Leahy may support Obama but there are many who feel Obama would not be in the lead had voters known about his racist mentor/pastor who he is still making excuses for and remaining loyal to. We knew nothing about Obama when the primaries began other than he delivered a speech well. Now we're learning more about this man and not liking what we're finding out so late in the game... Are Leahy, Kennedy and Dean afraid Hillary will win all the upcoming primaries?? That can be the only reason there is so much panic on the part of Obama backers. But what they need to realize is that the public will be outraged if they don't let the American voters decide. You can only bully someone so long without a reaction. So certain Democrats need to stop bullying Hillary Clinton or people will pull the lever for John McCain in November in retaliation.

The more old fogies like Dodd, Kennedy and Leahy keep talking, the worse it will get for Obama. The press and the talking heads have already made neutral folks like me take a stand against voting Obama - If Clinton is not the nominee I may have voted Obama - but now with all these forces piling up on Hillary (may be because she is strong and smart) I will vote for McCain and become a republican - I do not share these old fogies views - they have already messed up the country beyond repair - I hope they get voted out of their states - for a CHANGE in the Senate and their state.

PS...the polls mean nothing..I've never been polled have you? The polls change all the time. Like I said....let's let the rest of the states have their say.

Why doesnt Obama drop out? We still have states that havent voted. I heard Hillary didnt have a chance in Ohio & Texas she should drop out...look what happened there. Of course, Obama wants her to drop out....he's losing ground. NEITHER CANDIDATE will have enough delegates. She has just as much right to stay in the campaign as he does. LET THE AMERICAN PEOPLE finish voting.

I think the voters have decided since national polls show Obama 50%, Hillary 42%. I doubt she'll be able to catch up

This barrage against Hillary is too clearly a barrage by certain elements who have a common trait. Observe for yourselves. I believe the party needs to split and create a third party. It does not matter who retains the label of democratic party since the divide is down the middle and equal. Both start well behind the republicans anyway.

This is another example of the Obama camp trying to call time before the game is over and attempting to deflect closer scrutiny on them. This is a close contest being fought by two very committed and passionate candidates. Mcain is shadow boxing at the moment! Let the contest continue.
Go Hillary

This is another example of the Obama camp trying to call time before the game is over and attempting to deflect closer scrutiny on them. This is a close contest being fought by two very committed and passionate candidates. Mcain is shadow boxing at the moment! Let the contest continue.
Go Hillary

Hillary should stay in the race. Let the voters decide. If Wrightgate had happened 4 months ago, the political landscape would look much different today. Many voters are feeling buyer's remorse.

Americans were shocked when they watched videos of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. Rev. Wright's preaching is a reflection of his world view. Rev. Wright agrees withe world view and teaching of James Cone and Black Liberation Theology.

Voters need to be informed about a candidate's world view. This is not a peripheral issue. Any person aspiring to be our President should undergo that scrutiny. Barack Obama needs to be candid and answer 3 questions.

Why did you choose a spiritual advisor/mentor who agrees with the world view and teaching of James Cone and Black Liberation Theology?

Why didn't you choose a spiritual advisor/mentor who agrees with the world view and teaching of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.? Rev. King warned against "drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

Why did you give significant amounts of money during the past 20 years to support Rev. Wright's preaching of Black Liberation Theology?

Rev. Wright and his congregation should be commended for establishing ministries that help people with a variety of needs. However, nearly all churches have ministries that help people with a variety of needs. The good works Rev. Wrright has done does not excuse his unpatriotic and incendiary preaching.

Barack Obama has said he was not in church when Rev. Wright made his unpatriotic and incendiary remarks. That does not matter. Barack Obama understands the world view of his spiritual advisor/mentor for the past 20 years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

I have never heard off the stupid statement "People vote do not count because they didn't follow the rules".

No other country I have ever seen has imposed such STUPID RULES. These rules are stupid. These are not made for American people. These for the party leadrs. We didn't ask these stupid party leaders to make some stupid rules.

To the post by American. The calls for Mrs. Clinton to quit are not about affirmative action. They are about coordinating a strategy to win the Whithouse in November. Something that the Democrats are sorely in danger of botching the longer the race for a Democratic nominee continues. If the numbers were reversed there would be strong pressure for Mr. Obama to quit.

The Clinton campaign uses the term "voter disenfanchisement" a little to liberally and too conveniently. The Democratic primaries in Florida and Michigan were cast outside DNC rules. There are rules for voting in this country. Rules for voting in the election, rules for casting absentee ballots. You have to be of age to vote. Rules are what they are and they are in place for a reason. Vote outside of the rules and your votes don't count.

Disenfranchisement to me means that a person in keeping with the rules is somehow either stripped of their right to vote or their vote, duly cast, is not counted.

In fact the Clintons seek to disenfranchise many people by taking their "fight" to the convention floor, brokering backroom deals with super delegates and overturning the will of the people as reflected by the pledged delegates. Bravo to party leaders for urging super delegates to vote in line with the popular vote.

When Mrs. Clinton says "I will fight for you," I, as an American voter, see a couple who wants to return to the Whitehouse so badly that they are willing to sacrifice their party and the American people to get there. I have watched the Clinton campaign pander to America's fears and predjudices by running that rediculous "3AM ad" and leak pictures of her opponent in traditional African garb hoping that American voters would believe him to be a "closeted muslim". Mrs. Clinton could have run a brilliant campaign. Instead I have watched her take frequent trips to the gutter in an effort to win.

The only way that Mrs. Clinton should stay in the race is if she can campaign on the issues, put forth her vision for America and attack the presumptive Republican nominee, John McCain. A candidate who has admitted he knows nothing about economic issues and is in favor of expanding the war in Iraq. If Mrs. Clinton cannot do those simple things she needs to drop out of the race and the Democratic Party needs to do all within its power to accomplish that end.

A new ad by Sen. Obama running in Pennsylvania falsely claims that Obama doesn't accept money from big oil. In the ad, Obama says, "I'm Barack Obama and I don't take money from oil companies or lobbyists and I won’t let them block change anymore." According to the Center for Responsive Politics, Sen. Obama has received over $160,000 from the oil and gas industry. The major bundlers for Obama's campaign are George Kaiser and Robert Cavnar who are big oil CEOs. Obama has accepted money from Exxon, Shell, BP, Chevron and just about every oil company. Last month, Obama accepted another $8,400 from ExxonMobil, $12,370 from Chevron and $6,500 from British Petroleum. This makes Obama the biggest liar of them all. The last thing this country needs is another big oil president like Bush that allows the consumers to be shafted to no end. Yes the Obama supporters have been very naive. Obama is big oil's man. Anyone that thinks that Obama will do something about gasoline prices needs to pay attention to these facts! Here we have Obama claiming that he doesn't take money from big oil & that he will not let big oil block change while he's been getting major campaign funding from big oil the entire time! Obama will never get my vote! I will never vote for big oil's man!

LEAHY AND DODD: These Obama cronies are from two tiny states (who represents about 4 million people in Vermont and Connecticut) are lecturing over 70 million people [(Pennsylvania (>12 million), West Virginia (>1.8 million), Kentucky (>4 million), Oregon (3.7 million), Indiana (> 6 million), Guam (0.17 million), Florida (>18 million), Michigan (>10 million), North Carolina (8.8 million), Puerto Rico (3.9 million), South Dakota (0.7 million), Montana (0.9 million)] that their voices won’t count. What arrogance. This is democracy not dictatorship. What right these two people (Dodd couldn’t even gain a single delegate in presidential election) have to tell over 70 million people that their judgment is inferior. Give me break. Let the people vote

Obama supporters,

Shame on you for being so un-democratic. You want Hilary to drop out before the voices of people heard in every state. This shows how much you care about people.

American people,

I know by now you have realized how much Obama cares about people. He and his supporters want to end the race before the people voice is heard in every state. SHAME ON THEM!! So un-democratic and selfish!!

hillary should have dropped out a long time ago she does nothing but lie she can not be trusted he bosnia story is what ended it for her. it's time for someone fresh & new.

GO OBAMA

Senater Leahy should retire isn't he "like" 85?

Senator Lehy, Senator Kennedy, Governor Bill "The Judas" Richardson and Howard "Looser' Dean are acting like bullies in the high school. They simply are jealous of the Clintons and it shows. Senator Clinton should not drop out even if Senator Lehy says she cannot win. All states must have their say in the process. Ultimately only the God decides who will win and not these bullies.
there are six months to go and who knows what will happen except the God. Senator Clinton should keep the faith and march on. Even if it means splitting the party that time may have come.

Keep the faith Senator Clinton. All the way to Denver.

So Hillary should drop out because some people in the democratic party say so? When you look at the total votes cast and the popular vote, there really isn't much difference between them. With the popular vote within 5 percentage points, should anybody drop out? I say no. People who want Obama to drop out are wrong and people who want Clinton to drop out are equally wrong. What most people on both sides do not seem to understand (including the DNC is that the democratic party does not have a nominee until the convention.)

If the superdelegates vote before the democratic convention, then we will have a presumed nominee, but will not have a real nominee (decided at the convention).. If the DNC was smart (not likely), why did they set the convention so late. They thought that the vote would be one sided so they set it late because they wanted a lot of free publicity just before the election date.

If something comes up that makes a candidate unelectable, then the super delegates and other delegates at the convention will change their vote to elect the candidate that can possibly win. (I'm not saying that will happen)

The RNC in Florida played the DNC by moving the primary up knowing that Dean and the DNC would be stubborn and punish the voters who had no choice to vote except on the date that the state set. Most states do not allow different dates for primaries, only a few do. Also in Michigan the state sets the date, not the voters. Voters have to vote on the date specified, or not vote. If anyone did not vote in either of these states, then they did not want to vote. Voting is your only expression of who you want for the nominee. Staying home and not voting is a cop out even if your vote might not count. If you didn't vote in any election be it primary or general, you have not right to complaign about the outcome.

If the DNC picks the nominee before the convention, then they are violating their on party rules and thus their votes should be nulified ( like the 2 states who violated the party rules).

Either all voters should have a voice or not based on the rules, but super delegates should also.

I support Hillary, but I am tired of Republican administrations. If the superdelegates vote before the end of the primaries, then they will be Republican light.

All or none is not a democratic process. All votes should count, not just the winning side.

Just my opinion. If the democrats can not win this election then we deserve the government we get. Just let the democratic process play out.

Why should Hillary drop out? America can't survive with out her Tax increases, government health programs, and socialist governing politics. Why!!! Queen Hillary is the ruler of the hen house and she's not leaving as long as there is one rooster in the pen.

WE NEED SOMEONE FRESH & NEW THE CLINTONS ARE NOT FRESH & NEW NOR IS MCCAIN/GW BUSH CLONE SOOOOO OBAMA HE IS!!!

I don't trust Hillary on day one or day twenty one or day 221. Why, because she had all those days to get health care through under Billy boy and in the end, simply failed. Yes, health care is an issue for me but track record is a bigger one. If she couldn't manage to succeed with just one important issue in the minds of many uninsured then, how on earth's name is she going to handle numerous important issues as president?
As for the Obama-preacher issue. I respect him for sticking with someone who he may have close ties with, yet at the same time he may disagree with in other ways. I am certain there are many of you out there who've had differing views with someone in your own life yet still care for and respect that person.

Sen. Pat Leahy, an early Obama supporter, asks Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the race?

What an idiot!

There's something wrong with this dude Leahy. I just can't put a finger on it. But it's bad. Real bad...

Even the supposed PHD is duped by Obama. First it was Richardson who was offered VP or he is applying, then Casey, and then Leahy. Now, I hope these men will not be fighting each other if Obama will choose not aming them or if they have "sintodo comon" common sense, they are hoping agains hope. As for Hillary, better she will run as independent, the democratic party has gone crazy and stupid if they ever nominate Obama. All registered democrats who supported Hillary will have to change their party the moment Hillary lost the nomination.

Leahy should be ashamed.

Obama should drop out.

He has too many un answered problems.

Like Pastor Wright, Rezko, No record of accomplishment.

Obama Promises too much.

Hillary is a better choice!!

Leahy or Lazy whatevere his name should drop out of the senate his been there too long.

I was amazed this evening when Charlie Gibson and George S. was discussing this story. They both agreed on a view of this that wasn't so blatantly for Obama that you wanted to throw up. George informed Charlie that the people stating publicly that Hillary should quit are actually hurting the party. They will end up alienating to a certain extent enough of Hillary's supporters if they feel she is being pushed from the race. He really hit it on the nose. Hillary has a right to run all the way to the convention. She also has the right to run after as an Independant, if they name Obama the Nominee. And I said name because without ALL STATES votes being counted, he will have not been duly elected. If it happens, I hope she does run as an Indie, because when she comes in second and Obama third in a three horse race, maybe next time Dean and Pelosi and the rest of them will finally see that they should have quit trying to manipulate this election and let it run it's course, instead of sticking us with four more years of Republicans.

Obama's promise of a "new" politics is now defunct. His mantle of hope and change is tarnished. In recent days he seems to have little or nothing positive to offer. What a shame his "new" politics has descended into the muddy morass of pettiness, lies and personal attacks, not to mention the ditch of racial hatred and anti-American sentiment preached by his spiritual mentor and former member of his campaign. Obama has dug himself into a hole and gotten dirty. His esteemed judgment is now called into question. His promise of transcending what divides us has now split the Democratic Party. His willingness to disenfranchise the voters in Michigan and Florida for fear of losing to Hillary Clinton, along with his campaign's call for Hillary to concede the nomination makes him seem weak and frankly un-American. I see no promise of success for him as the nominee, just a victory for McCain.

What a mess. The DNC is backing another loser. No choice but to vote for McCain, if they kneecap Hillary.

No fed-up - what you are is a person easily swayed by built-in bias and prejudices. In order to vote for Hillary I will have to hold my breathe until I turn blue and force my hand to mark her name on the ballot, but I will do that before I will vote Republican.

Instead of spewing hate on a blog, I did my research. I have read his books, done research on Senator Obama's background as well as Rev. Wright's, and I really listen to Senator Obama's speeeches. I do not depend on soundbites to help me make up my mind.

I am 66-years old, a female, and part of the voting block Hillary is depending on. The problem is I am also educated - halfway through my doctorate degree studies. One great advantage of education is that one develops exceptional critical thinking skills and reasoning power. It is precisely because of those traits that I support Senator Obama. I am neither self-righteous or arrogant, just smart.

Hillary don't quit! Don't listen to those old men, they just don't want a woman president.

SAM -- "I refuse to accept that the American people would stand by and watch the sexist media and the so-called Party leaders try to push the only female candidate in this election, who happened to be the most qualified, out of the race." -- Explain to me how she is qualified? of for that matter how either of the democratic candidates are qualified...?

Made in the USA - "I don’t believe in Gay marriage – but I support civil unions to give the same rights- What is the difference" --- this is actually ne of the few things I agree with Obama on.. the difference is that there is a lage portion of the American population that still sees marriage as a religious covenent between a man and a woman and don't want that religious custom to be usurped by a union that is not supported by religious doctrine. Civial unions allow gays to enjoy the same financial rights and protections as other married couples without denigrating the sanctity of marriage.

sandy, nice diatribe, as a die hard democrat, i will not vote for bho because i do not like him, do not trust him, do not believe the wright story, think he and his wife think little of the country, think he is a smooth talker who has won over many by his oratory skills, think he has no agenda, and think he has a poor grasp of the issues relavent to the country.not voting for bho is a conscious decision based on my opinion of the man, and i am a democrat, and you cantry to dis me all you want. it is the bho supporters who are destroying the party, by putting their own arrogance and self-righteousness above the party.

I refuse to accept that the American people would stand by and watch the sexist media and the so-called Party leaders try to push the only female candidate in this election, who happened to be the most qualified, out of the race.

America should not stand for that. Every voter should have a say in the process. If not, why have primaries and caucuses in the first place if everybody's vote does not mean a thing. What does that say about how we treat women in our soceity.

We must always hire the one that is the most qualified for any job. The rest of the states should have a say in this election. Period.

There are many people on this blog who do not understand polling. Yes, the NBC poll include more African-Americans, but in the tally they count as half a vote. So the poll was not skewed in favor of Senator Obama - actually he scored higher then the poll showed.

There is so much hate on this blog - more than any other blog I have been on. I am a bonafide supporter of Obama, and I hope he wins the nomination, but I will not sell my party down the tube if he does not win the nomination. You are either a Democrat or you are not. A vote for McCain means more dead soldiers, a longer recesssion then we are already in, more government spending, more etc., etc., etc. If you want to see more body bags coming home, our grandchildren and great-grandchildren in Iraq forever, our great-great-great-grandchldren paying for the Iraq 'war' - then go ahead vote for McCain, but do not sit on this blog and call yourself a Democrat. If you are willing to sell your soul for another 4 years of bush then please - change your voter registration to reflect what you truly are - a Republican. Democrats do not need or want turncoats in the party, or people who will destroy the party because the candidate of their choice is not the nominee. You wonder why you are characterized as brainwashed or uneducated? Go back and read your posts - you bring it on yourselves.

I think they should all quit........... that would include Obama, Clinton, and McCain. Can we please, for a change, have a viable candidate for President?

Leahy is right! Clinton has no chance
of winning the nomination now(short of cheating)! Dems should be happy about that! There is No Way that
Pinnochio Clinton(Hillary) can beat
The Straight Talk Express!
Honesty and Integrity Matter!

I find it laughable that Senator Leahey feels what Senator Clinton is saying about his candidate Barak Obama is more hurtful than any thing John McCain has said about him. McCain hasn't started to criticise him yet. Leahey uses this as a reason for Hillary to withdraw from the race because she might damage Obama's image, I suppose. This is a race for the Presidency of the United States isn't it? If Obama can't take it he should be the one to get out of the kitchen. Leahey shouldn't be taking sides to protect his candidate. If Obama is worth his salt this should make him stronger. If not he shouldn't be president.

dont you think bho arrogance of thinking he is ready has played into this?

The case for Clinton to drop out would also apply to Obama because neither one of them will be able to clinch the nomination without the super-delegates.

I am really uncomfortable with Obama. Anyone, But absolutely no Obama

They are right,

After so many lies AND unsuccessful Kitchen sinks, we no longer want to see Hillary using this race as her personal playground...and yes..she needs to drop out,as she has become even more unpopular because of her arrogance and lies...

goodbye Hillary....
oh Bosnia Bosnia.....

Leahy is my