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She is not giving up.
she looked very energetic campaigning on mother's day with Chelsea.

Go Hillary...

Leisa

DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS - TAKE NOTICE

-----------ROE v. WADE-----------

Two of the current justices of the United States Supreme Court will probably retire within the next four years. One is 75 and the other is 84. This will give the new president the ability to nominate two new justices. If McCain is elected you can be sure the new justices will be just like Roberts, Scalia and Thomas: willing to overturn ROE v. WADE. So think when you vote!!!

"We are the party of the people, the coal miner, the waitress, the truck driver. We don''t need any elitists in our party. Therefore I am going to loan my campaign another 6.4 million in addition to the 5 million I've already lent them. After all, this is supposed to be the party of the working man and woman"

And if you believe this woman I've got this great bridge in Brooklyn.

West Virginia is just a state next to Virginia. If there is a revote in many states, OBAMA would not have the votes after REV Wright and Bittergate.

There is a massive cover up of his incompetence so that people are blindfolded into change without knowing what exactly changes are.

West Virginia are kicking now. Cheer when you see what OBAMA really is without his 'brother'.

Hillary boldly challenge BO in his turf, North Carolina where BO is cushioned with a 30% votes statewide, not limited to democrates.

BO chickens and ducks out debates and campaigning in West Virginia. He is not representing people in US. He is just for the special interest.

After suggesting to divide delegates from Michigan and Florida like loots, he is going back to beg for support.

UP yours BO, you think everyone is just as cheap as you.

how would you feel if you had to endure what she has?

The DNC, backroom deals, the MSM's blatantly biased treatment, the rampant sexism, accusations of race baiting and taking advantage of the right wing smears from the 90's to disparage her character...

Yeah, I'd be worn out too. She stays in this because she loves our country and has a vision with solutions to help make our country stronger and more vibrant.

The way she has been attacked has been ruthless and disheartening. You (the MSM) and Obama have stood by and egged it on. How dare this ballsy woman think she can be president or be tough! How dare she ask hard legitimate questions of Obama?

I have canceled all of my news subscriptions and you can be sure that the TV and cable news networks have all lost credibility.

Countallthevotes -

You mention affirmative action quite a few times in your post. What is that in comparison to? Come on, say what you're inferring, if you've got the guts.

Besides, you missed my point. They can all have come from little Annie's Orphanage for Poor Wayward Souls, and risen to power on the streets of some Dickinsion London, for all I care, and it doesn't change one crucial fact.

All of these candidates live on Olympus. All of these candidates have more power in their lives outside of work than any of us mere mortals can imagine.

No politician who ever pretends to be "one of us" ever is. Period.

If you want to talk about how out-of-touch their policies and platforms are, you've got ground to stand on.

But if you really beleive they can even remotely relate to you or eye, you're a sucker.

This would be cynical, if it weren't factually and irrefutably true.

That goes for my candidate Obama also. I don't care how many drinks they take and how many sports they fail at, they will never be "just like us".

Nor do they have to be. Stop being swayed by character assasination or aggrandisement on either side.

Focus on the facts, the policies, the platforms, the vision.

When you do that, the playing field is way more level, and you're vision is far less clouded.

frontapa,

Bill Clinton certainly did not have any advantages in life!! He was a gifted student and not the beneficiary of affirmative action for "poor people," becau that never existed. He was a Rhodes Scholar and then went on to Yale Law School, the most selective law school in the country.

HIllary was probably lower middle class, if anything. Her mother did not attend college and, in fact, was homeless at the age of 14. While her father was a college graduate, he was a small shop owner. His father was a factory worker in PA. Hillary qualified for government backed student loans while at Yale Law School. So, they were an income eligible family. Further when Hillary was accepted to Yale Law School, she was one of only 27 women accepted. The first year class was about 235 so she was truly an exceptional student. Again, there was no affirmative action for Hillary Clinton. She earned her way into Yale Law School.

Just some bio to clarily things.

Oh please it ain't over yet 28 del up for grabs and 6xtra per district for going late we will just see she is the under dog again go girl kick the dumb men's butts I am roflmao

She appears to be more fatigued, but after campaigning for over a year, who wouldn't be? Forlorn? No.

I doubt that any person reading this blog has the level of stamina and self-discipline that she does.

Trying to drum up sympathy votes again, a la N.H. "The mean men are forcing me out for real this time. Poor me. I'm so tired and exhausted from trying to fight them for you, the people."

I see a confident Hillary in her "I'm in" speech, typical of a first speech of a candidate, confidence, ready to campaign. The second one she appears tired, scared, unsure and all of a sudden humble, probably something new to her. If you watch thier earlier debates, you will see Obama usually begins his talks thanking whoever is responsible for them being where they are (the hosts, the organizers, whoever). Humble. Hillary starts off talking about herself. Now I guess she sees how humility is not necessarily viewed as a weakness by the American people and wants to borrow this idea from Obama, along with his slogan (Yes, we will" as opposed to "Yes, we can"); along with his "one of the guys" persona, a natural thing for him shown by his basketball and bowling ventures, but one she had to become a short-term alcoholic to produce by taking a shot and a beer--very ladylike I may add; like kinda moving toward grass-roots help on the Internet (something he had been doing all along), when her big-ballers-old-money-contributor well went dry. It is not surprising she is reserved, careful, humble and tired in the second video. She really did not prepare for Barack Obama to be at the wheel of the ship in front of her when the Red Sea opened up on her.

Vickie -

and Obama's bio is different how? Oh yeah, that's right, his mother was a single mom, with less money...

Blah Blah Blah

The point is, anyone running for president has about as much in common with you as you do with someone living in a third world country.

They can still remember their roots, and they can still listen and hear our issues and viewpoint, but that doesn't make them any less "Elite"

Both of these candidates are Harvard educated lawyers with profound socio-economic differences from the regular voter.

If we want to talk about how their policies, platforms, and vision are in/out of touch with what the average voter wants, that makes sense, but don't be fooled by any candidate trying to convince you to ignore all that and vote for you because they are "one of you"

That includes my favored candidate Obama. What do these candidates take us for, idiots? Chugging drinks and bowling my.... you get the point.

Hillary Clinton grew up in a middle class family in Park Ridge, Illinois. She wasn't wealthy. Her and Bill were the poorest people to ever walk into the White House. Just because Bill and Hillary have now made some money, like every other ex-president and first lady has, that doesn't mean she can't relate to people who are poor and are not millionaires. She has spent a lifetime working on behalf of poor people and children. No one can take that away from her just because the Clintons now have a nice bank account balance.

Obama is tired too, what with all that campaigning in West Virginia and Kentucky. He's paid as much attention to them as he has to Florida and Michigan.

fontapa,

Good soldier for your commender.

Unfortunately not from me, just make sure who are our opponents before we fire the guns...

Two many double faces posted in last few days...

Anyway, keep firing, the battle is not over yet..

I feel so sorry for Hillary. She has worked so hard, against such horrible media and she is by far the best and most effective candidate. I guess the "life is not fair" saying comes into play once again. My Republican husband was going to vote for her! But the DNC is going to once again shoot itself in the foot and put up a weak candidate who cannot win. As a pundit said "the democratic party could not run a bordello in a goldrush." Unfortunately that is apparent in what should have been a landslide Democratic year. The fact that McCain is doing so well with the horrible state his Republican party has gotten us into is another indication Obama is so very weak.

len -

Her daughter is a grown adult...

What's your point?

My wife has that look also, but she's got a 16 month old and works 50+ hours.

Clinton's an empty nester who hasn't been to her day job in over a year.

Of course that's a criticism I have for everyone in this process (are we still paying these people?!?) but don't try to draw parallels between these folks and ordinary people.

Or do you really buy that Clinton, a multimillionaire who's spent almost half her life living in state funded mansions, is just like you?

I wonder how tired the men would be if they had to campaign for President and be Mom too.

My wife has that look on Fridays.

This race isn't over.

fontapa,

Thought you just said you dumped Obama yesterday...

Now double talking?

Explain to me where it is that Obama is further to the left on any substantive issue than Hillary?

You folks throw this around a lot, but it holds no water.

Both Candidates :

Anti-War
Anti-Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
Pro-Choice
Pro-Civil Rights
Anti-Big Business
Pro-Regulation
Pro-Union
Pro-Healthcare (note: Clinton's is more universal a.k.a. LEFT)

What have they disagreed on? Flag pins? What church to go to? The imaginary gas tax thing that's practically DOA in Congress?

They're like 97% the same.

I think accusing him of being an extreme leftist is just code for "I don't like him and don't trust him"

Stop pretending to have a reasoned argument for not supporting him, and just say what you mean, you don't like him.

If you can't come up with anything about his policies, vision, platform, etc. than you're probably voting out of fear.

Might want to look into what that fear is about, kids...

The fact:

Dems' primaries:

Obama won 10 "black" states and 6 'red" states

Hillary won 17 states (most of blue bases)

Dems' caususes:

Obama won 13 caucuses

Hillary won 1

Apparently Obama dominated caucuses but Hillary won more primaries..

It is the fact Obama is leading Dems nominee race by Dems' RULE...

It is the fact neither candidate has won enough delegates to officially claim the victory

It is only assumption Obama would be Nominee of Dems...

There is still plenty of time to root for the first female President and the first independent President. But, it was a bit depressing for me to hear BC stated over the weekend that he and HC will forever be Democrat. The only way I knew how to get over this was to think of Joe Lieberman. He's a life long Democrat, isn't he?

I thought it was softer, more personal. Less energetic, perhaps, but "thank you" takes a different tone that "Here we go!" Tired, perhaps, but "forlorn"? You're making much too much of it, as the media generally do.

If theire roles were reversed, Obama would have been drummed out at the point that he'd lost 12 consecutive contests, was outraising her 4 to 1, and had a consistent lead in the votes.

The only reason she's been allowed to continue is because she's Hillary Clinton, pillar of the old school of Democratic Politics, and former First Lady.

Clinton supporters now are howling for Obama to step down because he's supposedly such a selfish upstart who woulnd't wait his turn. Can you imagine what they'd say if she was WINNING?

Such hypocrites.

For super delegates who want to win in November and are able to stand up to the understandable disappointment of african americans, I think they can look past any fatigue on Clinton's part and see a candidate who's done a far better job of standing up to everything that's been thrown at her.

Obama, if he makes it past the convention, won't know what hit him and November is an awfully long time for the DNC and super delegates to hold their collective breath waiting for the other shoe to drop.

I checked my email thoroughly. I did not get the Thank You but did get other messages from the Clinton campaign. I also got a Mother's Day Message from Gov. Deval Patrick, you know "Words, just words," also an Axelrod creation and friend of Oprah!!

Reality check: Hillary Clinton is not the best, but the worst candidate to run in November. Why? Highest negative polling numbers of any starting candidate in history. 40-50% of Americans do not like her. Running her in the fall may hurt more than help the Democrats. The Superdelegates know this... Actually, most of the DEMs know it too. 70% voted against her in Iowa. That wasn't a mistake - that was a statistical fact in regard to her negative image. Luckily we DEMs have woken up, smelled the coffee, and have found someone far less devisive that the Republicans will have a hard time fighting. The Superdelegates know this, and as many are running in the fall, they will be jumping on the Obama band-wagon - full steam ahead -- because they know he is going to annihilate McCain.

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August 23, 2007
Hillary's High Negatives
By Donald Lambro

Democrats face a potentially disastrous conundrum in the 2008 presidential nominating race: Sen. Hillary Clinton, the front-runner, is the most disliked candidate among her party's contenders.

Despite her strong lead over her closest rivals, the New York senator draws the general electorate's highest negative ratings of anyone in the race, Republican or Democrat, when pollsters ask voters if they have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each candidate.

A Gallup survey Aug. 3-5 found 49 percent of the 1,012 Americans polled said they had an unfavorable opinion of her, while 47 percent were favorable. Gallup asks this question every year and, since March, Mrs. Clinton's unfavorable numbers have varied little, rising to 52 percent in April, then 50 percent in June, but generally remaining between 48 percent and 49 percent for most of the year.

Hey folks, politics is a rough game and if anyone knows it, it's the Clintons - both of them. There's no reason to feel sorry for Hillary. She's rich, well-connected, has any number of fantastic opportunities awaiting her, the best of which will occur if Obama falls for whatever reason. Hillary Clinton will never be wanting for anything. What I feel sorry about is the fact that I wanted so badly for a woman to be elected president but as time went on during her campaigning I found her to be more and more unbearable. She was terribly inconsistent in her message, arrogant in her assumption that it was "her turn," downright nasty, promoted McCain as being worthy of being president at the expense of Obama, kitchen-sinking it all over the place, lying about Bosnia (a biggie for me personally), and poor-me-ing it to death. And spending campaign money like there was no tomorrow with the end result of going into debt. I admire tremendously her energy and her focus and her smarts but she ran her campaign really lousy. If something happens and Obama is out of the running for whatever reason I will certainly vote for her but somewhere along the line she became my second choice.

KY and WV sends out a clear and loud message:

SKIN COLOR still matters a lot in this country. Imaginary sniper fires are real to them, and thus Hillary is more honest than Barack.

But I am not hopeless: Still we are making progress....and in that pace someday those people would be small enough in numbers that their total vote would not matter.

She had every right to be tired, she has worked her heart out, as well as her great family, and yet people show her little respect for everything she has done! She seemed sincere and like she was talking from the heart, which she has done the whole campaign! She and her supporters know how much better of a person and a candidate she is and that is why we refuse to quit when everyone is being rude about it. We know we have the better candidate in our corner who cares about us and what needs to be done for a better future, and is not beating around the bush when it comes to the issues! Keep fighting Hillary!

Looks like she's going back to the softer, kinder Hillary.

This has been one of her biggest gaffs, in my opinion. There hasn't been one clear message. What happened to her passioned plea for a gas tax holiday? The day after Indiana/North Carolina not a single word about it. On to the next topic for the Clinton campaign.

This is one of the reasons why she has such high negative numbers. She's been like a chameleon.

Great candidate -- poorly run campaign.

It is possibly for two things:

a) To make the personal appeal for more money to reduce the debt

or

b) To attempt connect with people just like the 10 other times she cried or shed a tear just before the other primaries to get people to vote for her.

At the end of the day, when nothing else works - shes does it best - Cry or come close to shedding a tear!

Well, people would have believed it when "as a wife", she could have showed that it mattered to her personal life that Bill cheated on her for the 50th time! She just wanted to prove how tough she was...and now, when the going gets tough - she "CRIES"...

she would be a nice president - when ahmedinejad is staring her in the face and she runs out and bursts out crying!!

I think she's physically exhausted but resolved. I don't think there's anyway she's giving in. And this should help people see her for who she is -- she's tired but still fighting for them, she's the real thing.

I think Hillary would make a fine president..so would Obama! Anyone but a Republican. The Republican policies have run our beloved country's economy into the dumps..and 82% of the country think that the country is heading in the wrong direction(Under Republican leadership..I might add)..but check this out! These so called smart and wise Americans are considering voting for McCain in November to continue the failed policies of the Republican party. Me thinks this would be height of stupidity..it started with the election of Dubya.Wake up America!

Hillary is a valiant fighter who truly cares for America. She knows the odds are against her. Obama - who hasn't reached the required number of delegates and can't without the SuperDs - has now dismissed her and declared himself the winner. The media is carrying him along. We will see what happens Tuesday in WV. And if it's a big win for Clinton, we'll see how the media treats the victory. I'm just one woman but I will make my voice heard in November for the mistreatment this woman has endured at the hands of the media and the Old Boys Club of the Democratic Party.

Let's see two anti-sympathetic for OBAMA and 1 fawning for Clinton. What a post partisan view

first of all it makes me sad. it is all so wrong the way she has been treated. if the tables were turned the place settings would look different as well. what i mean here is he would not be questioned as to why he was staying in and the advice he would be getting would be what he needs to do to win. in contrast what she gets is instructions on how she can stay in but is not to do anything that would be seen as negative against him. who wouldn't look defeated after such a long battle and then forced essentially to do nothing so you lose or just go ahead and quit. and on top of this all the snide remarks about why she doesn't deserve the vp slot. is there any question who her vp would be? but i think the main thing for those of us who support her is to remember what a fighter she is and not give up on her. instead see her as the great role model she is and do all we can to help her be successful.

She's done like dinner.

Bridget
You're right.I agree with you.
I like to add to your post,that,the
democtatic party is under control from the blacks and ultra left wing liberals.
Under those conditions is very hard for
anybody else to succeed in the race,
regardless how good is the candidate.
Dean,Pelosi,Reid know the situation.
In november the will of the people will
prevail.Obama will be defeated by
landslide.

I think Hillary would make a fine president..so would Obama! Anyone but a Republican. The Republican policies have run our beloved country's economy into the dumps..and 82% of the country think that the country is heading in the wrong direction(Under Republican leadership..I might add)..but check this out! These so called smart and wise Americans are considering voting for McCain in November to continue the failed policies of the Republican party. Me thinks this would be height of stupidity..it started with the election of Dubya.Wake up America!

A scandal could hit Obama at any time even after he gets the nomination.

Hillary, why continue with the fight which seems hopeless.

We all know, the impeachment hardened the Clintons!

I still sent a contribution because I still believe in her. I have been a registered voter for 37 years and in politics you never know what can happen.

Say what you will. Hillary is not a quitter. She knows how many supporters that she has and fter tomorrow, with W. Virginia in her pocket, one of the several remaining states in her pocket. she will have a very convincing stand that she is the only one who can beat McCain. If we do not listen to the voters, WE will be the losers. McCain will enherit the White House.

@Bill in NC: agree with you, people (and the media especially) need to give her a break. My guess is that they will do just that after she wins big in West Virginia.

Media and Democratic party are trying so hard to destroy her campain. I want to laugh when I think about meaning of Democracy.
Bye Democratic party.

Looks like she taped it Tuesday night. That's why she looks pretty down. I just watched her campaigning, she doesn't seem that out of energy given her prospects and all the media chatter.

Wow!!!

It felt like she knew she would not win, but just wants to finish the race.

Give her a break, she's showing some class here. I'm a big Obama fan but I think Hillary has a lot of good ideas
and is very smart.

I thought it was an excellent presentation. No, "Thanks, it's been wonderful, but it's over" in the message. Just letting her know how much she appreciates her supporters, unlike that other candidate.

It's so sad! Why the American people don't undarstand she is the best choice for President?PLEASE USA WAKE UP!!!

It was in my e-mail box today. I too found it sad but what I fine more sad is the choice we have for president Mccain or Obama.

Let the end games begin!