Political Punch

TWC (That Clinton Woman) has every right to go right to the end. I hope she does! The problem is not her intent to continue but HOW she has and is campaigning. I would be disappointed if a candidtate sharing my principles were to drop out and stop trying to make the case, were to stop trying to at least impact the platform. But Hillary has shown herself devoid of principle. So, keep going, keep showing folks what you are really made of, Hillary, and then get ready to lose your Senate seat, too. Good riddance!

The Clintons cannot be bought and they won't ask for help to buy a dream house. Millions of dollars they make and money is it, they don't have to work that hard.

Money to Obama means a lot more than to Clintons.

It's just disheartening to read some of the pro-Hillary posting, allegedly made by Democrats(?). There will be an awful lot of thumb sucking being done by these so-called Democrats come next November when Obama tackles McCain. For heaven's sake cease with your petty arguments in favor of Hillary, nobody gives a hoot about your threats of desertion - go ahead, get lost, you were never one of us to begin with. We need to reclaim our country from the fascists who have being ruining the middle class for the last 28 years. Yes, those 28 years includes Bill Clinton's two term of tweaking the interns, and following the playbook that was initiated under that phlegm, Reagan.

Clinton only repeated what all the polls have been saying. Obama and the left wing of the DNC just don't want to believe that if he's the nominee, they can kiss the election goodbye.

Shame on everyone who implies that Clinton is a racist or is playing the race card.

"90 % of AA's are voting for ......."

"AA's will take to the street if ...denied the nomination."....

Who's playing the race card?

SUPERDELEGATES & DEMOCRATIC PARTY VIPs ARE MAKING A BIG MISTAKE BY LETTING BARACK OBAMA AND HIS CHICAGO POLITICAL GANG RUN THE SHOW. There have been far too many instances where polling places kept Clinton supporters from voting. Many, many precincts had Obama volunteers working and some did not have enough ballots. Obama supporters have constantly distorted facts to favor their candidate and the media is a sleazy culprit in not reporting the truths. I will never vote for that corrupt politician. He is a divider, not a uniter.

I've heard many analogies to this being a game and it's still going. It's like this-Obama has a 7 point lead in a basketball game,has the ball, and there are 1.4 seconds to go.Time to get to the parking lot. FIGURE IT OUT CLINTONS!

Hillary can still win this and the more they blame her for Kennedy and Kerry's rage and try to push her out the more millions of us will move to MCcain I'm sick of Hillary bashers this not even between Obama it is between Kennedy and Clinton.

"College" kids founded this country and fight in our wars. Denigrating them by accusing them of selling out the "heart of this country" because they don't vote like you is not nice. Obama is mocked because he can string a coherent sentence together that establishes some ideas that a majority of the people, young and old, agree with. The mockers need to look at something else to mock.

If McCain brings it up...Hillary has set the precedent once again.

"Race is a valid issue in the country...not in the election."

You are totally blowing this out of proportion. Hillary is not making this an ugly discussion on race. She is pointing it out as a valid concern. She is not tearing down Obama, she is in fact revealing the voters, not the candidate.

Hillary Clinton is not trying to sacrifice the black vote to get the same number of whites to vote for her. The racists in this country are only a small percentage, but it is a valid concern in a race like this.

You are mischaracterizing this issue. BUt that is not surprising since it is an issue that whites don't like to talk about (by the way I'm not white).

you further said:

It may be an issue...but it is not a "valid" issue to tear your opposing candidate down on. That is really bad politics.

and don't say that Obama said it was a valid issue to attack your other candidate on. That is kind of disgusting. Even with racism being a factor in this country a presidential candidate coming out and saying he can't win because white people won't vote for him...
Be very clear...Hillary is not a racist at all... she is an opportunist to a disgusting degree.

We as a country have come about a hundred years past our presidential candidates outwardly saying statements that incite racial division rather than inciting racial unity.

luckily she is done so this is not as big of an issue but between this and giving the terrorists and Iran the soundbite video clip of a presidential candidate saying "we will obliterate Iran" with Nuclear weapons accompanied with her "Massive retaliation" policing video clip... this woman needs to learn that her statements are not just about her winning...or get out of the race."

kissthesky

Race is a valid issue in the country...not in the election.

It may be an issue...but it is not a "valid" issue to tear your opposing candidate down on. That is really bad politics.

and don't say that Obama said it was a valid issue to attack your other candidate on. That is kind of disgusting. Even with racism being a factor in this country a presidential candidate coming out and saying he can't win because white people won't vote for him...
Be very clear...Hillary is not a racist at all... she is an opportunist to a disgusting degree.

We as a country have come about a hundred years past our presidential candidates outwardly saying statements that incite racial division rather than inciting racial unity.

luckily she is done so this is not as big of an issue but between this and giving the terrorists and Iran the soundbite video clip of a presidential candidate saying "we will obliterate Iran" with Nuclear weapons accompanied with her "Massive retaliation" policing video clip... this woman needs to learn that her statements are not just about her winning...or get out of the race.

factcheck: Obama had a 20+point lead in NC prior to hillarys campaigning in the state-so he lost support there amongst white voters. In Indiana all polls showed him winning there prior to her campaigning there. She came from behind to take Ind. away from him, so to recap-he won NC but lost support, lost Indiana-she took the state from him--I see it as a win win for her-he is snowballing downhill.

Bruce the supers know...because it is as plain as their faces...that in every state Hillary started with a huge lead and once obama went into the state and campaigned and they got to meet him and get introduced...she either had her lead shrunk by significant numbers or lost.

But like Florida she started with a huge advantage in perseption and PR (for the past 15 years) across the country.

and then she made it worse by suddenly playing this game of Iam the one fighting for your votes...disingenuous at best considering her campaign team put the delegate selection process through the paces over the past three years...and she didn't care about their votes so much when it counted.

and now she won't agree to the Michigan counts unless she gets all and obama...who didn't have a name on the ballot gets 0. C'mon this is all stupid.

Looking at the moneys that came out of Michigan for Obama...he probably would have won. Especially if she hadn't played this I am fighting for your votes bologne.

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Janice

there is a BIG difference in talking about race (although she tends to bring it up...every week)

and saying a candidate can't get a population... especially when you are talking about the population that still has the "power" in the status quo.

She knows (if for nothing else just because of this primary) she knows clearly that bringing the issue up has divided us further each time. So what does she do...she brings it up again.

Obama has never brought up race unless it was pushed in his lap...Hillary continues to consistently bring it up.

There is a problem there. Be honest."

Obama has admitted that race is a valid issue. Democrats are after the presidency here. They need to have a candidate who can win the General Election. The nation is in disarray with the war and the economy. Hillary has not made race the primary issue in her campaigns-- it's always been about experience and her solid (not abstract) plans to solve the country's problems. Now, for the first time ever, she does bring up the issue of race which is a VALID TOPIC in the context of having a black man running for president in a country that hasn't had civil rights for blacks only three generations ago.

And you people are trying to censor this kind of discussion? Truth is important in finding out, this political race is not a game, and Hillary (and people like myself) are not trying to trivialize the issues. It is important to understand what this country really is, warts and all.

Not to mention

Jimmy carter lefty
Ronald reagan lefty
George Bush Sr. lefty
Bill Clinton lefty
George Bush Jr. Righty.

Barack lefty.
McCain lefty
Hillary righty.

Hillary's wide margin win in Florida would have been a big factor in the minds of the supers. It has been kind of swept under the rug though. Howard Dean could have forced a fair arrangement but I think he is too far left and he may have some Clinton issues. His judgement has always been bad. He blew his Iowa caucus chance when he told a newswoman a week before Iowa that he did not hold much with caucuses and it got back to Iowa. He had been high in the polls. Then when he lost he went beserk and screamed thereby blowing his Primary run. Now he may have blown Hillary's chances to put a lid on this bad dream named Obama.

Progressive democrat? you can change the name-but its still the left wing liberal extreme politics it always was. Anarchists and spendthrifts-sorry, but you can't take over the democratic party-we are on to you and will stop you. If Obama is given the nomination I hope you throw an inaugeral ball-because that will be the only celebration you get-Obama will NOT lead our AMERICA.

gowestyuongman

that is really bitter toward just having your candidate not win.

You obviously don't really care about America or the values odf the democratic party...or the soldiers in Iraq...or the falling crevace that afghanistan and our military are going in...or our increasing deficit and reliance on the Chinese governemt...
or the need to have our allie's see we can make the right choice...

This argument vote for McCain and we will play defense for 4-8 years with the congress...is just plain ...dumb.

SUPERDELEGATES AND HEADS OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS MAKING A BIG MISTAKE BY LETTING HILLARY AND BILL CLINTON RUN THE SHOW.

I blog on ABC often even though I know they are a large supporters of Hillary.
I support Obama
But Hillary Clinton endless meaningless effort to stay in the race to damage Obama..
To damage our Party has made me so dishearted.
The Dem THINK oh this is good for the party its not. It’s disappointing that the only reason Hillary is still in the race is because super delegates some at least are afraid to say it’s over because she is Bill Clinton wife.
I feel the Democratic Party cares more about Bill and Hillary than its people.
This has been an unfair process on Obama who never really wanted to engage in ugly attacks..No only Hillary with her using every dirty trick she could find. Obama came in as the underdog and Hillary is still treating this way.
What she is really saying about this I can get more White votes is “don’t elect the Black man..He can’t win” To me that is what Hillary is really saying.
IF we don't win with Obama I will BLAME Hillary and Bill. The two top democrats who seem to can't let it go.
Even at the expense of our Party.
At this very moment I'm so sad.
Sad that our party is going down in a year where we had it all.
Hillary bringing up gender, bringing up race bringing up any and everything she can to win.
And no one is saying anything.
The media jumps on whatever story gives them the most ratings, not really caring themselves.
We are all here in this blog, blogging like fools..fools with anger or sadness like I feel right now.
Sadness in this process..
I don't know if I'm going to vote this Nov
Even if my main man Obama wins the Nominee because Hillary Clinton has made so dishearted about how unfair this process has been
How she has been able to get away with so much with media being her puppet, with her lies, I could never trust her.
That excitement I had about being a Democrat feels gone, About feeling like apart of something big is dying..

Rhys, you wrote: "She (Sen. Clinton) is America's only hope between a continuation of Bush policies and moving the country so far to the left that it will be unrecognizable."

Have you actually listened to Sen. Clinton's rhetoric? She is AS far left as Sen. Obama, if not more so! Both want the federal government to take full control of our health care system. They both want to eventually eliminate private health insurance. Both believe in wealth redistribution. Both want to do away with our "ownership society." Both want to destroy the free market with government interference. And both have an utter disdain for corporate America.