So why have all the primaries in all these states, spending billions of dollars, if the people's vote isn't going to count? Go figure, a stupid Democratic process. GO OBAMA!!!! Beat the witch!

Rick - Not to be morbid, but is it now 795 superd.s with the passing of Lantos, or does someone automatically replace him? Also, I read that Roz Samuels in NJ switched from Clinton to Obama today. Think that may start a trend? Also, in the VA paper today Del. Spruill (a black legislator and superd.) suggested that due to the overwhelming support by his constituency for Obama, he is feeling pressure to switch.

Big Deal...ABC almost makes it look like it is a bribe. When I am giving money to someone, I would rather give to someone who would support me. No big deal!!!

Interesting that Obama is giving bribe money to the super delegates. Makes you wonder how clean he is on the receiving end!

What happened to "free and fair"??? This amounts to bribery. Nauseating.I haven't even voted in a primary yet and the election in November is being decided now by Superdelegates.

So is Obama going to spend some of his money and BUY HIMSELF SOME EXPERIENCE?!! Obama has never been to Iraq, so how can he possibly pull us out of the middle east safely? Hillary has been to Iraq multiple times and met with military personnel. He is preaching hope, while she has been working on solutions. Obama has NO chance against a war hero veteran like McCain. The democrats will loose the white house again if Obama is the nominee.

Whether this is status quo or not for a primary ... this is bad. It's great to support members of their party but... it seems like a harbinger of what is to come.
A VERY LARGE reason why superdelegates should not override the parties democratic vote... in either direction.

I am a democrat and fight for it's standing but I like many, many others will leave the party if the superdelegates overturn the will of the people.

Very very bad system even if legal; because there is a very very thin line between campaign contribution to so-called super delegates and vote buying.
This makes the super delegate system even the more odious; but that is 'democracy' -- ILLUSION of fair play. People can be bought

ges you're very smart to note that Obama gave "bribes", but Hillary didn't. Very articulate. Lol, they comes in all shapes and sizes, these idiots.

I've been getting an uneasy feeling about the Democrat's Superdelegates ever since this season's race became a toss up.

Wow, the Democrats Elite get to choose the next President without regard to the voting public. Now we find out that whomever can pay the superdelegates the most payola will win.

This is an embarrassment to democracy.

Here I am, one of those Republicans who was planning on voting for Obama...

Is Obama's squeaky clean image breaking! Sounds like "bribe" money to me.

Hillary is slipping..didn't her campaign manager..or asst manager just quit?...

you are very daft. Haven't you heard that what we don't need right now is more of the same pathetic experience? Bill Clinton hadn't been to foreign countries when he becanme President, but if i recall correctly, it didn't hurt him much when it came to foreign affairs.

Wow.

Bribe money to the super delegates. Lol. Im sure Senator Mc Cain is going to have a field day with this one.

Republican LANDSLIDE folks. Obama is an media invented IDIOT.

Very very bad system even if legal; because there is a very very thin line between campaign contribution to so-called super delegates and vote buying.
This makes the super delegate system even the more odious; but that is 'democracy' -- ILLUSION of fair play. People can be bought

When you "give" money to 40% of the people who support you it's a bribe. Obama - "no you can't"!

fem Obtle is the reason God considers bearing false witness right up there with murder , It is so easy to lie it seems

So it's fair to say OBAMA is playing POLITICS AS USUAL? Contributing more than Senator Clinton...

Tsk Tsk...

“Thirty-four of the 43 superdelegates who received more money from Obama, or 79 percent, are backing him."

Obama is not clean and he cheated us. Why did so many young voters supported him?

Obama is time for you to stop playing game now.

Let's see - technically it's legal for Obama to bribe 40% of the super delegates that support him - technically it was legal for him to pay $300,000 less than asking price for his house. What about ETHICALLY!

Hey Roca, when we get reports of a new threat to America, and Obama doesn't take action,....well, you better be ready to tuck your head between your knees and kiss yourself goodbye! We need national security. All you liberal, let's sing about hope, people disgust me. Yes, the war in Iraq has drug on for too long, but we have been safe from attacks. You need to have a strong leader. Obama is an orator, not a decision maker- "Prsent" 137 times...etc

Obama sent more than $694,000 to superdelegates,members of Congress, governors, and other party leaders in order to buy votes at the Democratic National Convention. Obama's squeaky clean image is exposed! It is "bribe" money to gain votes. He ain't what he would like to portray. He is the snake oil salesmen, full of empty talk.

Obama's policies are the same ones that got Detroit into such a mess. I wonder if his proposed tax cuts are his way of bribing the public. It's starting to make sense.

Isn't that called vote buying? aka Bribery.

To Okdokethen:
Yes, and we even have pin-heads like you voting. Your comments about Obama's wife are disgusting. These racist, bigotted comments are not what this election is about. I haven't decided whom I'm voting for yet, but McGain, Obama, Clinton, and rest are a good field of candidates this year.

Obama is right! Time IS on his side. The more we hear about him the more we want him to step aside.

I'd say I'm surprised that the Clintons hadn't contributed more, except that they can call in old favors, rather than curry new ones. I'd take a look at the individual donations by either side before getting worked up about this. Part of getting things done politically is helping get like-minded people elected.

I think it's time for an IRS audit to make sure every last cent has been reported and taxes paid for it.

Can somebody please answer this question. If Obama believes that superdelegates are irrelevant why has he pandered to them? This guy is no lone ranger, he's just another politician. Nader was right, he's just an ineffective politician.

buyseomeexperience, tell that to the families of the 52 people killed in London 07/07/2005 because of the war in Iraq. Politics of fear is what has cost the lives of 4000 US serice men and women in Iraq. If you voted for bush in 2000 and 2004 you have blood on your hands just like GW. Fear is all that is left of a party that is bankrupt of ideas.

Obama's just passing the bribe along. The $300K bribe he received on his house is just being passed to the super delegates. I wonder if this changes the taxes due? Maybe they can ask him during the Wisconsin debate. Oh, I forgot............

Yes, this is disgusting. But it is nothing compared to what the Kennedys did in the 1960 election, both the democratic primary and the general election.

Maybe Obama thought that Larry Sinclair was a superdelegate! He was short on cash and decided to pay him off some other way.

Wow. So Obama's buying votes?

David, the reason she did not give more was that she ran out of money.

This is just great. While they are both bribing super delegates mine and millions of Florida citizens don't count. And we wonder why the world question what we stand for.

This is how you bring CHANGE Mr. Barack Hussain Obama?

Shame on you.

I wonder, how one can argue that Obama is bribing superdelegates, when Hillary leads Obama in superdelegates 234-157

Ok, look at Hillary she paid for her superdelegates everytime Obama do good the media always try to bring him down.If Hillary win the demoncrate nonimee see how many American people would either stay home or vote for Republican candidate see if I am a demoncrate would vote for Republican and my friends would also I wish these negative thoughts peole leave Obama along. The demoncratic party would come to a end if they put Hillary as the nonimee watch and see we the American people would not support demoncrate in the general election. The people are for Obama

David: Good point. Why pay super delegates to help get themselves re-elected when you can call in old favors 'markers' for free! I am not at all concerned about a black or mix President. Or, am I really not living in the United States after all? My copy of the Constitution says nothing about race being a qualification. But, then again it was written when most blacks were still slaves.

Let me get this straight. All I've heard over the past few days from Obama and all his supporters is how the Superdelegates can't be allowed to ruin the nomination process, can't allow the people's voice not to be heard, how the superdelegates should not be allowed to be bought, bullied into voting for Hillary. How they had to vote for him. Yet now we find out that actually Obama has been buying superdelegates, lobbying, influencing them just as much if not more based on the amount of money given out but all of a sudden that's okay, and it's still all Hillary's doing. What a joke!!!! So much for so-called change, being ethically so much better than Hillary.
Listen up, Obama supporters!!! You don't get it both ways. Either you believe and support one thing, or you don't.
What Hypocricy by both Obama and his supporters!!!
John McCain will destroy Obama in a general election just on his hypocricy alone.

Wake up, boys and girls. It is time for Obama to quit this game now

This article is a big lie. Obama is going to bring change to Washington and sit down with Republicans and change their minds as they sip tea and gnaw on cookies. Obama is the new direction and he would never set up his Hopefund none profit group to buy other politicians. He is the new direction. Go to his web site and read what even he does not know - his positions. No more bush, Clinton, Clinton, bush, bush we need a new start.

Obams further exposed as more of the same with no change.

Hopefully, silly ABC will look no further into his old non-profit. We want so badly to believe he is change.

Evan- My best friend got his leg blown off in Iraq. He supports Hillary Clinton. He believes the war needs to end, but safely and he feels Hillary can deliver the troops home correctly. He says you just can't pull everyone out quickly...more USA troops would die. It's a process. An educated process. Hillary came to Iraq and spoke to the troops, Obama has not. Kid- you really just don't know what it's really like out there. We need national security, but that doesn't mean we need fear. We need experience. HILLARY.

So the long knives are staring to come out. Read this one: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. The man in the tape is a mental patient who wasn't in Chicago in 1999 because he was in a mental institution. The media did its job and didn't follow the memo like Fox News did with the false Muslim smear. Obama was not a State Rep. like he says - since 1996 Obama was a State Senator. Obama didn't use a limo in Chicago and there isn't any record to back up even one of the dates he mentions. Also for someone making 300K/week he would know the right drug terms. The crack and powder would be ice and dust."

Unbelievable!

Obama is such a hypocrite.

He presents himself as taking the high road, and being more moral than the usual politics, but he is playing the political game just like everyone else!

I used to support Obama but I actually started reading all these articles and kept finding him trying to pass off the truth as lies. I feel like I bought into a fad and when I take time to read comments his a write I am even more glad. So sad.

I wondered why he had so many endorsements. I thought he was promising them all VP especially the white females, but know we know the truth. He is just paying them. How sad, when he is clearly unqualifed for the job and could never win without Fl or MI or any major state win other than his own. There is no reason for super delegates to be backing this guy except money.

buysomeexperience: Hillary Clinton might have been better served as would all of the VP's surrounded by bodyguards if she had got out to talke to real Iraqis and not just their politicians. I do not give them longevity once out of the Green Zone - the way it goes in the mid-East.

NOW WE DEFINATELY KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IN PUERTO RICO!

Well there's no doubt now the guys from Chicago. Wonder if Rezco gave him this idea.

This is the democratic process?

I cannot believe the American people are going to stand for this corruption. We are suppose to have a democracy but we sure do not. The people had better stand up to this evil or we will lose America. The people vote and not people behind closed doors. Come on people, scream to the Heavens or we are finished.

Stand up and form a new party folks. Have not we had enough of democrats and republican corruption. It is time for an American Party of the people and not this garbage we call democrats and republicans.

But Osama Obama has like major tons and tons of foreign country experience. He eats Chinese food, he visited Epcot Center in Florida. His wife once crossed the border into Canada. The sometimes do drive thru at Taco Bell.

Yes we kahn !!

Stand up and form a new party folks. Have not we had enough of democrats and republican corruption. It is time for an American Party of the people and not this garbage we call democrats and republicans.

Shame! So Obama has been buying super delegates for political advantage. What a combination: Drugs + corruption in Chicago + Bribery + Being the most liberal senator in the senate! I am now very suspicious of him because he seems to hide behind empty rhetoric as a campaign. I will no longer support this guy. His issues are growing daily and I wonder what GOP has in its sleeves if he wins the nomination

You mean Osama gave money to these people but we can't have the same old folks doing the same old things.

Obama (Barry) is a fraud !

Take that you Obama lovers. The man has spent $694,000 to try and buy superdelegates. It that the squeeky clean president you want? He is also accused of smoking marijuana and having sex with a man. It that the image you want for you next president? You Obama lovers had better wake up before it is to late. The republican swift boats will tear him to pieces if he should win the nomination. Why do you want to vote for a train wreck like this is beyond me.

So much for American democracy. America today is a joke. We watched on tv as millions of Americans braved extreme weathers to go and vote and yet their vote is gonna be overruled by some corrupt 795 delegates who are right now busy figuring how to get more bribes from the candidates! American politics is pathetic!!!!

We should get this sent to major News channel so that they can cover it. I assured that it would be pointless becuase the media is pro-Obama.
Robert
I am glad that you come to the light that obama is a fraud.

Sounds like Obama is as corrupt as all the other politicians in Washington. No surprise here.

Back on topic. With all this cash greasing the hands of the Super Delegates from both Obama and Hillary. Do you thing this type of "favor" politics should be illegal or outlawed in some way? I do.

Funny, how you all seem to have overlooked that Hillary gave them money too. Also funny how this just came to light after Obama pulled ahead of her and the article tries to make his actions apprear worse than hers. I guarantee you that this came from the Clinton camp, because she is running scared and the only thing she knows how to do is play dirty politics. Politicians contribute to each others campaigns all the time. Get over it haters OBAMA is going to WIN!

Ithinkformyself1:

May the Lord bless you with such intelligent, insightful, and timely remarks.......I agree with you...

Thanks

Big whooop. If someone supports you, your not going to try and help them with his or her own reelection bid. Now that Obama looks like he is gonna win, they are trying all the dirty tricks in the book. Do they think we are a bunch of suckers? Hillary can't even balance her own budget, how is she gonna balance ours?

With all due respect. Mr. Obama, a Chicago Politician know as much or more about dirty tricks than any of them.

Obama is going to lose his flock of rabid supporters when they find out he is just another sleazy politician.

He is acting like a lobbyist, on his own behalf, yet he says he doesn't take money from lobbyists.

But he buys Delegates. Even spent more on buying Delegates than Senator Clinton did.

This situation is scandalous.

Jordan Clinton:

You can send an e-mail to the Clinton camp for all I care.....bud. Did you not read the headline concerning both showering super delegates with cash? So, lay off senator Obama, or I'll keep coming straight at your nonsensical comments....got it?

How can he claim to bring a fresh change to the White House and that he's not tied into (or bought and sold) the D.C. establishment? This guy seems to be full of bull. A political poet who is full of it, has obviously been planning since day 1 as a 1st term senator (2 years ago), and whishy washy on top of it! What is the media thinking by promoting this guy?

I don't hate Mr. Obama at all. I just feel he is not ready to become President of the United States just yet. I feel Hillary is the best candidate. It is obvious Anthony your hate for Mrs. Clinton has already consumed you and has warped your mind quite a bit.

Please bring back John Edwards

Wake up and smell the coffee. I think all of you is very upset, because
Obama have more money to pay the super delegates. It is perfectly legal. Obama has more money, because he accept money from everyone, just go on his website. I did. It tells you to donate any amount of money you can. Even if it is only a penny. Reality, face it. His campaing is doing a great job. Who cares about his past. I feel it is not true. People stop playing games and stop being evil againgst this man. I never thought this world was so cruel. I will pray for all of you that has such garbage in your mental thoughts. The world need to show love not hate. If Obama wins I will be happy. If Hillary wins I will not say anything evil about her. No matter what we are still human. Let go and let God into your hearts and you will love everybody. Obama is my canidate that I choose. The Media and no one will change your mind. What if God scandalized you and turned his back on ya'll whenever you did wrong. We all fall down by the wayside. Obama is a great man. He knows how to reach to the world and touch America's hearts. He will make this world a better place . He show love to everyone. Go Obama

Jordan Clinton:

....I do not hate Clinton; neither do I hate you......I do not like the dirty tricks played by her campaign. And I do not like the "void of reason" concerning senator Obama coming from you.....Since you support Mrs. Clinton, then support her; and stop attacking such an incredible young man--senator Obama.

Both Clinton and Obama are fine public servants.....remember that. One will become president in 2008....And I feel it will be senator Obama.

And people of goodwill should rejoice about that......especially in light of the history of this nation.

Fox is the one who posted the erroneous statements about Obama being a Muslim and they also are the ones who carried the article on the supposed Larry Sinclair memo without checking. The man was in a mental institution in 1999 during the alleged occurrences of drugs and sex. However, people who like to trace things back are finding that the links to supposed Hillary Clinton sites are not her official ones but all being traced back to Ron Paul supporters. He needs to come out and disown what his lot are doing. So, I do not trust Fox since they did not check first and when I hear that Rush Limbaugh won't touch it that would seem to make the whole situation full of crock! sue: Be careful what you ask for (smile) Ralph Nader is making noises again about coming in as an Independent. Aaaaagh!!!!

Wanda:

Thanks Wanda for such words of wisdom.....'cause I should not allow such ignorant comments concerning senator Obama to move me....especially when such comments are coming from folks who obviously are envious of his success. Absolutely!!!! It is so easy to contribute to his campaign. I have.....and will again. I love how clean and user friendly his website is......So professional!!!!! The Lord has indeed blessed the world with senator Obama.....Hillary too!!! As I said before: they both are fine public servants.....

And for those who continue to write such hateful words.....

Go out tonite with your love one if you got one......maybe that's why some of you are so angry this St. Valentines's evening......

Stop being so mean, and maybe someone will date you.

OK ............ SO WHO CARES ITS PROBABLY NOT TRUE =P .. NOT SURE BUT GOOOOOOOOOOO etc..... OBAMA ! my home boy we need a black man for

cindy:

anyone who engages in entaintaining such foolishness as you are really need to find someone to love...

Do you have a male friend? If so, go have dinner young lady!!!

It's Valentine's Day....and here you are trying to find out if something stupid is true or smear....oh please!!!!

We should dump our outdated election system and move to a popular vote system. The peoples votes should count directly.

Anthony: Like Mr. OBama you talk a good game of love and kindness in one post, and then you are mean, condescending and verbally abusive to Cindy in your next post. She is just asking a simple question and wants a straight answer.
You are not very sincere and kind unless someone agrees with you. I smell someone who is pretentious and phony.

The difference between Hillary and Obama in this instance is that Hillary does not disregard the superdelegates. Obama does in his numerous comments as well as thru his so called spokespersons, to the press. Obama has all along in the public dismiss the idea of superdelegates, because he is so arrogant thinking he does not need them with his so called winnings. He is winning because of hateful Rep. wanted him to win so they can go after him in the fall campaign with McCain. Obama is just another sleazy and corrupt politician who will buy votes and favors. Now you know the truth!! Well... "Obama, No, You cannot!"

Wake up before it is too late. Don't vote for Obama!! Vote for Hillary!! She walks the talk.

Now I doubt there's little surprise that Hillary has contributed cash to superdelegates- but Obama? tell me it isn't so- C'mon people , his top contributors are UBS; the nation's leading nuclear power plant operator, Exelon; Wall Street financial house JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs among others- could explain his voting against a 30% cap on credit card interest, you think? even Hillary voted against that- could explain his vote to limit people's ability to obtain compensation from misbehaving corporations- could explain his belief that nuclear power is "green" - Hope and Change- Hillary is no peach, but Obama has no moral higher ground and while his talk is good he's no more about hope and change than any other candidate we've ever had

The current unreasonable gushing over Oprahma reminds me of the unrealistic Dot Com Internet fiasco in 2000. Just about everyone climbed on board; nobody saw the crash coming, but it came, nonetheless. Staying off the Oprahma train is priceless. This guy slices too much baloney and when "The View" states that he is some kind of "Messiah", that is a RED FLAG, people. Leave it to a bunch of overwrought women to come up with that idea.

Obama is a wolf in sheepskin. Be careful of what you wish for!! I wonder how much Oprah has donated to Obama??

VA and MD had a lot of Rep. voting using Dem ballot, so they can get Obama in for the McCain showdown in September. I heard they don't want Hillary because they know she is a stronger condidate, debates, arguing on beliefs, has more relationships with Washington bigwigs (thru her own experience in the Senate as well as thru her husband's administration). She would be stronger, so they pick on Obama to get nominated and then go for the attack. Same thing goes for presidency, should Obama is elected, Rep. wants to break the Dem's control in that branch of government, since Congress is currently controlled by Dems already. Rep. feels it is easier to manipulate Obama, than with Hillary who would fight back more effectively.

It is a trend now and it is a plan by the Rep. so the rumor mills goes.

AMERICA'S HATRED OF INTELLIGENT WOMEN WHO DARE TO POINT OUT THE MALE FALLACIES IS PREVENTING IT TO FORGET THE MOTHER HEN WHO DOES NOT CROW BUT LAY EGGS. IF THIS MOTHER HEN, HILLARY'S IDEA IS ALREADY ADOPTED BY EVEN BUSH AND THE BANKS NOW, WHY IS SHE NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO LEAD? ONLY IN AMERICA, CAN SUCH mystifying CONTRADITTION EXISTS. COMPENTENT WOMAN PUSHED ASIDE TO MAKE ROOM FOR NOISY AND USELESS ROOSTERS WHO JUST KNOW HOW TO STRUT AROUND AND DISTURB THE PEACE WITH SHRILL CROWINGS TO CALL ATTENTION TO THEMSELVES.BEST OF LUCK! AMERICA. YOU ARE COOKING THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGGS.

There will come a point in this campaign when it will be obvious that money can not buy political mind.

AMERICAN MEDIA IS AT ITS BEST AGAIN IN FOLLOWING THE CROWD INSTEAD OF INFORMING THE CROWD ABOUT ALL THE FACTS. ITS REPORT OF POLITICAL EVENTS IS LIKE REPORTING A ROCK CONCERT. OBAMA, OBAMA, OBAMA. JUST SHOUTING THIS NAME WILL SOLVE AMERICA'S DIRE PROBLEMS!I REMEMBER SHUDDERING WHEN THE MEDIA SERVED SO EFFECTIVELY AS BUSH'S DRUMER BOY IN 2003 AND PUSHED HIS APPROVAL RATING TO 84% AFTER THE "SHOCK AND AWE". SO MANY CLEARMINDED AND CLEARFIGHTED PEOPLE WERE FRIGHTENED AND COWERED INTO A CORNER. NOW THIS UGLY HISTORY IS REPEATING EXACTLY IN THE SAME EERIE WAY. I WONDER WHO IS THE MEDIA SERVING REALLY? THE PEOPLE, THE REAL PEOPLE OF AMERICA, OR SOMETHING ELSE? OR JUST THE LEVEL OF JOURNALISM HAS SUNK TO THE NADIR LEVEL AS THE GENERAL AMERICAN CULTURE SUCH AS THE LATE NITE SHOWS AND ALL THE RAPS, HIPS AND HOPS?
PERHAPS WHEN A CULTURE AND COUNTRY ARE ON THE DOWN HILL SLOPE, THE DESCEND IS RAPID AND UNSTOPPABLE.

this lawsuit is dated feb. 11 2008

My dears,
i, as a democrat, understand why you guys are all behaving this way. It's because the candidate you are supporting is losing. That's democracy.
STOP YOUR RECKLENESS ATTACKS AND FOCUS ON HOW TO HELP BARACK WIN THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER. Please!