Political Punch

James, I agree with you. The danger with the Democratic party is that their supporters (more than the candidates) are painting their opponents as unacceptable. Obama and Clinton's platforms are the same. They are both smart enough to run this country. As a Democrat either should be acceptable since the Democratic agenda will still be pushed. Democrats should be united behind either. I on the other hand am an Independent. Though I lean more Democrat than Republican I choose to remain Independent because I do not fully support the platform of either party and because I do not like the poliitical gamemanship played by both. It is more than time for another party...

Those who profess to be changing their choice of candidate if his or her opponent wins the party nomination are no better than the voter who sticks to one party regardless of its agenda or the credibility of its Presidential nominee. Two parties are for most Americans one party too many.That may eventually be the case,

Those who profess to be changing their choice of candidate if his or her opponent wins the party nomination are no better than the voter who sticks to one party regardless of its agenda or the credibility of its Presidential nominee. Two parties are for most Americans one party too many.That may eventually be the case,

My question is why now Joe Andrew decides not to support Hillary? Is it because he sees the American people have come to their senses to support Hillary? Apparently, he gave his support to Hillary in the beginning believing she was not going to win. Now that Obama is dropping, he's out to support him. I hope the other superdelegates that he is calling is a little smarter than him. To be honest, Andrew seems to be a little confused on what our country needs. I agree that he will cause us to fall back with McCain as President. I know my family will vote republican if Hillary is not the democratic nominee. We have never supported the republican but I guess this year will be the first time.

It's a complete shame that no one sees that the Clinton's has made McCain's campaign a piece of cake by dishing out dirty politics which includes lies and exaggerations. Those Clinton's and the Media could not find any dirt on Obama so they decide to associate him with Pastor Wright and run Obama through the mud with it. I admit the comments that Wright had made were plain out wrong, however, this does not mean that Obama is anti-american. So what he knew him for 20 years and he attended his Church. If this is all that they can come up with then this doesn't even measure up with all of the dirt that the Clinton's continue to sweep under the rug, and it's quite a big pile of dirt to hide! From the Ed Willey Scandal to the Bosnia lies to the Monica Lewinsky scandal. Not to mention the White Water Scandal. She continues to brush all the negative history off when she is being asked. Someone needs to ask Killary how can you control the US issues and you can't even control your Hubby? I used to like those Clinton's until those true colors began to show.

i really would love a viable third party. the democratic party has been destroyed, by a true lack of leadership...pelosi, reid, dean, kennedy, kerry, dodd, richardson, etc..and the introduction of a political neophyte into the primary mix, that has been endorsed/promoted by the same un-impressive "leaders."
. there is no way to pull this party together.
the best of all worlds would be for the hillary supporters and disenfranchised independants leaning hillary, to separate from the democrats and build/define our own third party.
Leave the democrats with the majority of the self-defined elitists, and the overwelming number of vile,disrespectful, youth obama has pulled in to the process. they all deserve each other. pulled into the political process

how disgusting.
Dnc is a conspiracy party.
let us switch to republican

Future history books will note that on May 1, 2008, Joe Andrew turned the tide for an election that led to John McCain's Presidency.

At the very point in the campaign when the American people woke up to realize that Obama was not their best candidate for President, the former DNC took his support from Clinton and encouraged his fellow Democrats to do the same.

He did this to help unite his party at the expense of the Presidential election.

Those who voted for Clinton would not vote for Obama as the party candidate. Those who voted for Obama would vote for Clinton if she were the party's candidate.

Joe Andrew attempted to fix the race for Obama then it went downhill from there.

McCain is elected President.

No wonder Democrats lose so much. They can't see the writing on the wall even when it is shouted at them by the Rev Wright. Nor did they notice the polls that said Clinton had a larger lead in the Presidential race than did Obama. Not did they notice $10 million dollars raised for Clinton in one day in just the past week.

Joe Andrew noticed none of that. The major networks didn't see that. The largest newspapers glazed over it and stopped up their Obama support.

Bottom line, I just guess Democrats do not want to win this election since they are beating down their best hope, and forcing a not yet vetted, one term state senator.

In a race you normally chose your best horse. The one who can go the distance. Not the one who runs out of the gate first then loses steam in the last quarter. No matter how much you shout and encourage, that horse just won't be able to make up the difference.

Sad thing is, there will be an Obama supporter or two who will comment on this and say Rev Wright type stuff, and they still won't realize that they are a big part of the reason Obama will not win.

I don't want Rev Wright's followers in the White House any more that I want one of Warren Jeff's followers as President. If you've been there for 20 years, then you are not against it. You are a part of it.

If the party had any sense at all they should have told Obama to wait until the next election. He is a young man who could benefit in the long run. Maybe he and his wife might have learned to really love this country to the point of being able to say so. Instead they just see this county as their opportunity to pay back a lot of people for a lot of actions in the distant past. They have their Harvard and Princeton educations so I'm not sure how much they can complain about their life in the U.S.

Even Obama's father had a Harvard education. He was a resident of Kenya. Badly treated? How many people would have loved to have that education and couldn't get it.

Obama was upset that he was black in a private school in Hawaii paid for by his white grandparents, while he chose to take on a black militant attitude. Then he felt pain that he had to cover up by using drugs. Drugs are a big problem in Hawaii. I doubt he felt more pain that any of the other people usinig drugs there. Hawaii is 20% white. Obama was hardly the only mixed race kid in the school.

If the Democrat party really wanted Obama to be president, they would have mentored him and allowed him to mature before putting him into the race for the Presidency.

Self defeating behavior. The Dems could have had Hillary followed by Barack but just couldn't let it happen. Nice job Joe. Keep up the pressure on those other super-delegates.

Thanks Hillary,

for your part in bringing us the war in Iraq. So far, 4065 dead, 29911 wounded. GREAT JUDGMENT!

KEEP THE CLINTONS OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE

When Bill Clinton came to the White House in 1993, Democrats were a congressional majority, with 258 seats in the House. When he left in 2001, they were a minority with 46 fewer seats. There were 30 Democratic governors, when he arrived, 21 eight years later.
A recent ABC News/Washington Post poll found nearly 60 percent of voters think Clinton is dishonest and will lie when she thinks she needs to.

IF A PASTOR IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY THEY KEEP!

When the Rev. William Procanick put his hand on the Bible during his sex-abuse trial in Oneida County Court earlier this year, he swore to tell the whole truth and nothing but the truth. But as the former Clinton pastor was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for inappropriately touching a 7-year-old girl at his home last March, Judge Michael L. Dwyer said , Procanick sacrificed his honesty the day he testified.

Okay, so now that Bill and Hillary Clinton's pastor has been convicted of child molestation, will we see the same furor directed at Hillary that Obama has had to endure these last few weeks?

IF A CANDIDATE IS KNOWN BY THE PASTOR THEY KEEP
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Then you need to email this article to everyone you know. Here the CLINTON'S Pastor is convicted of child molestation. So, if Obama bears the guilt for his pastor's
comments, then Hillary has to be equally tainted by this guy's crimes.

Becky....If 50% of registered Democrats left the party it would definitely hurt actually if the 30% that are threatening to left it would be pretty devastating for Obama....There is no way Obama will get elected president without all the party behind him. The Republicans increased GW Bush's voters by 14 million in 2004 during a time of war.

Actually 14 million is a rough estimate of 1/2 voters in the primary for either Democratic candidate.

Even though 9 million apparently are identifying themselves as Democrats for this election we still have a split citizenry in the US.

John McCain draws way more Independents than obama...Obama is not leading McCain in many of the traditional Democratic strongholds.

Telling other Democrats not to vote is not wise. They may just listen to you...and then you and Senator Obama could complain about how unfair that you lost the election.

yes, questioner, a mother tie.

also andrews - his law firm has michelle obama's hospital as one of its major clients.

amazing how the media reports what andrews SAYS is his reason for switching but leaves out the obvious real reason.

Clinton poll went up because a lot of young people and independent are shifting to her

Gallup Daily: Clinton 49%, Obama 45% google it!

Independent Voters are allowed to vote in Indiana.

13% are Independent.

They will break the tie.

Someome is going to eat dust on Tuesday night.

looking forward to the weekend as all the pundits will continue the Wright Story.

Rev. Wright.... I hope God speaks to you to come out again...maybe this Sunday.

Rev. Wright--- You cannot let Obama get away with talking about you as he did the other day.

UNLESS.... Rev. Wright feels like he did something wrong.....

It's so sad that the Dems are all torn apart over a bunch of dirty politics (Hillary and the Media). We are doing exactly what the Repubs want us to do... bicker over pointless scandals when the main focus are gas prices, health care, jobs, and bringing what's left of our troops home! There are a too many age, gender, and race groups that are just plain mad if Obama wins over Hillary or visa versa. The bottom line is that we will have another 8 years of the new Bush... yes McCain.

This could be good news for Obama. Glad to see that people like Casey, Richardson, and now Andrew have the courage to endorse a genuine leader who can bring this country together and begin to clean up the huge mess caused by the bush-league. Obama 2008!

What everyone seems to be forgetting is if you leave the party (which is fine with me), it will not hurt the party, Obama has picked up more Independent voters than ever before. Leave if you want. (Independent voters can not vote right now, nor the Republican ones that are switching) If they could Obama would have ended this crap a long time ago.

Are the super-delegates permitted to take money from the candidates?

DO the super-delegates take money from the candidates?

Is it true that Michelle Obama's mother is one of the super-delegates?

Is it true that one of the delegates in Chicago was dismissed as a delegate because she called a bunch of kids a bunch of monkies?

Is this election for real?