Hmmm...doesn't sound very kosher.

Reason #1 to support Hillary:
In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education.

Reason #2 to support Hillary:
In 2006, she led the fight to kill the anti-gay Republican constitutional amendment that for the first time would have added laws to the Constitution that would INCREASE discrimination.

Reason #3 to support Hillary:
After being pummeled by the public for trying to pass Universal Health care while she was First Lady, she dusted herself off and in 1997, led a federal effort that provided insurance support for children whose parents were unable to provide them with health coverage.

Reason #4 to Support Hillary:
She was able to secure a raise in research funding for prostate cancer and childhood asthma at the National Institutes of Health.

Reason #5 to Support Hillary:
She initiated the Adoption and Safe Families Act.

Reason #6 to Support Hillary:
She's authored a great deal of legislation during her years on the Armed Services Committee that has passed regarding increased and improved benefits for our returning Iraq veterans.

Reason #7 to Support Hillary:
She was one of the key Senators who fought to give our military badly needed raises and increase in benefits. For being such flag wavers, it was the Republicans and Bush who resisted these attempts to show our military how much we value and appreciate them.

Reason #8 to Support Hillary:
Since 1974 she has been fighting for a woman's right to choose.

Reason #9 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting to lift the ban on stem cell research to cure devastating diseases.

Reason #10 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on $100M to reduce teen pregnancy by education & contraceptives. (Mar 2005)

Reason #11 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by NARAL, indicating a pro-choice voting record. (Dec 2003)

Reason #12 to Support Hillary:
Vows to protect next generation by paying off national debt.

Reason #13 to Support Hillary:
Fought in Congress to "Help people facing foreclosure; don't just bail-out banks." (Aug 2007)

Reason #14 to Support Hillary:
In 1962 she met MLK Jr. preaching a sermon in Chicago and learned from him the importance of equal rights for all.

Reason #15 for Supporting Hillary:
In 1965 she brought black classmates to her until-then all-white church.

Reason #16 to Support Hillary:
Since 1995 has criticized China's human rights abuses.

Reason #17 to Support Hillary:
IN 1988 Instituted gender diversity Report Card within the American Bar Association, which sets standards for lawyers in the U.S.

Reason #18 to Support Hillary:
In 1972 worked as a lawyer suing white-only schools, working with Marian Wright Edelman on enforcing school desegregation in the South.

Reason #19 to Support Hillary:
In October, 2000 she said it's not enough for America just to apologize for slavery and move on; we need to concentrate on civil rights now.

Reason #20 to Support Hillary:
Has been pushing for a "Privacy Bill of Rights" for all Americans since 2000.

Reason #21 to support Hillary:
Will end don't ask, don't tell in the military, "Gay soldiers need to shoot straight, not be straight." November 2003.

Reason #22 to Support Hillary:
Supports civil unions, with full equality of federal benefits.

Reason #23 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on adding violent crimes based on victim's sexual orientation to definition of hate crimes.

Reason #24 to support Hillary:
Rated 96% by the NAACP, indicating a pro-affirmative-action stance.

Reason #25 to support Hillary:
Freedom of Speech: Voted NO on recommending Constitutional ban on flag desecration.

Reason #26 to Support Hillary: [A.K.A "Whoopi Goldberg's reason to support Hillary"]
Voted YES on repealing tax subsidy for companies which move US jobs offshore. (Mar 2005)

Reason #27 to Support Hillary:
Voted more funding and stricter sentencing for prosecution of hate crimes. (Apr 2001)

Reason #28 to Support Hillary:
Voted to Require DNA testing for all federal executions. (Mar 2001)

Reason #29 to Support Hillary:
Although she was in college during the height of the drug culture in the late 1960s, she was devoted to work on civil rights instead of partying and taking drugs.

Reason #30 to Support Hillary:
She is fighting for Universal pre-kindergarten.

Reason #31 to Support Hillary:
Wants to establish an education "Bill of Rights" - Establish right to education from pre-school thru college.

Reason #32 to Support Hillary:
Since 1998 has fought publicly to keep art and music programs in public schools. "Arts education is needed in our schools."

Reason #33 to Support Hillary:
'Government should pay off all student loans for teachers who go to urban schools." March, 2000

Reason #34 to Support Hillary:
Wants a complete re-write, a Total change in No Child Left Behind. (August, 2007)

Reason #35 to Support Hillary:
Rated 82% by the NEA, indicating pro-public education votes.

Reason #36 to Support Hillary
Voted YES on spending $448B on education & debt reduction instead of Bush's tax cut for the rich. (Apr 2001)

Reason #37 to Support Hillary:
Wants to "Remove energy dependence on countries who would harm us." (Jun 2006)

Reason #38 to Support Hillary:
Wants to build a "$50B strategic energy research fund from taxing oil companies." (Oct 2006)

Reason #39 to Support Hillary:
Wants to Invest in alternative energy; jobs that won't be outsourced.

Reason #40 to Support Hillary:
Called on U.S. to Ratify Kyoto; and fund more mass transit. (Sep 2000)

Reason #41 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)

Reason #42 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on drilling for oil in the Alaska National Wildlife Reserve on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)

Reason #43 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)

Reason #44 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)

Reason #45 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)

Reason #46 to Support Hillary: (listen up Louisiana!)
Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)

Reason #47 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)

Reason #48 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)

Reason #49 to Support Hillary:
Rated 89% by the LCV, indicating pro-environment votes.

Reason #50 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Gale Norton as Secretary of Interior. (Jan 2001)

Reason #51 to Support Hillary:
Called on Bush to "Put someone in charge of Katrina recovery who actually cares." (Aug 2007)

Reason #52 to Support Hillary:
Her Support for green-collar job training

Reason #53 to Support Hillary:
Introduced bill to Better track kids' products for exposures to toxic materials coming from China.

Reason #54 to support Hillary:
Calls for the government to treat kids as "child citizens" not "minors" under the law. (Since Dec 1999)

Reason #55 to Support Hillary:
Rated 0% by the Christian Coalition

Reason #56 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on enlarging NATO to include poor Eastern Europe nations. (May 2002

Reason #57 to Support Hillary:
"Smartest strategic choice is peace." (Nov 1999)

Reason #58 to Support Hillary:
Calling for a NATO-enforced no-fly zone to end Darfur genocide. (June, 2007

Reason #59 to Support Hillary:
IN the 1970s worked to pass Constitutional Amendment to allow young people aged 18, 19, 20 to vote.

Reason #60 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on allowing lobbyist gifts to Congress

Reason #61 to Support Hillary:
Pledges to support $50B for AIDS relief in US and world

Reason #62 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by APHA, indicating a pro-public health record.

Reason #63 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on funding GOP version of Medicare prescription drug benefit. (Apr 2001)

Reason #64 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on allowing patients to sue HMOs & collect punitive damages. (Jun 2001)

Reason #65 to Support Hillary:
Says, "Torture cannot be American policy, period." (Sep 2007)

Reason #66 to Support Hillary:
She would never say anything as creepy and cult-like as "We are the ones we have been waiting for."

Reason #67 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by SANE, indicating a pro-peace voting record.

Reason # 68 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on extending the PATRIOT Act's wiretap provision. (Dec 2005)

Reason #69 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on requiring CIA reports on detainees & interrogation methods. (Sep 2006)

Reason #70 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on preserving habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees. (Sep 2006)

Reason #71 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on limiting soldiers' deployment to 12 months. (Jul 2007)

Reason #72 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on giving Guest Workers a path to citizenship. (May 2006)

Reason #73 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on comprehensive immigration reform. (Jun 2007)

Reason #74 to Support Hillary:
Voted: No salary increase for Congress until minimum wage increased.

Reason #75 to Support Hillary:
Would accept minimum wage as president. (Jul 2007)

Reason #76 to Support Hillary:
Rated 85% by the AFL-CIO, indicating a pro-union voting record.

Reason #77 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on repealing Clinton's ergonomic rules on repetitive stress. (Mar 2001)

Reason #78 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing minimum wage to $7.25.

Reason #79 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restricting employer interference in union organizing

Reason #80 to Support Hillary:
Admits she made mistake in believing in WMDs in Iraq after being mislead by the Bush Administration.

Reason #81 to Support Hillary:
Reaches out to conservatives but voting record is progressive.

Reason #82 to Support Hillary:
"Karl Rove is obsessed with me because I take Republicans on & beat them." (Aug 2007)

Reason #83 to Support Hillary:
Served as a Staff attorney on Watergate/Nixon impeachment investigation.

Reason #84 to Support Hillary:
1976: Organized Indiana for Carter-Mondale campaign. She knows what it is like to work on a democrat campaign in RED STATES!

Reason #85 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the AU, indicating support of church-state separation.

Reason #86 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming John Roberts for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Reason #87 to Support Hillary:
Voted NO on confirming Samuel Alito as Supreme Court Justice.

Reason #88 to Support Hillary:
Rated 100% by the ARA, indicating a pro-senior voting record.

Reason #89 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on increasing tax deductions for college tuition.

Reason #90 to Support Hillary:
At Wellesley in 1968, steered college anti-war movement.

Reason #91 to Support Hillary:
Recommended by EMILY's List of pro-choice women.

Reason #92 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on shifting $11B from corporate tax loopholes to education. (Mar 2005)

Reason # 93 to Support Hillary:
1980s: Led her church to found the largest daycare in Arkansas.

Reason #94 to Support Hillary:
1978: chaired Legal Services Corp. in President Carter's Administration - allowing Poor Families access to legal aid

Reason #95 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on implementing the 9/11 Commission report to get us out of Iraq in a fast, safe manner.

Reason #96 to Support Hillary:
Voted YES on restoring $565M for states' and ports' first responders eliminated by the Bush Administration.

Reason #97 to Support Hillary:
Worked with Evan Bayh, Al Gore, Bill Clinton and others in the 1980s to rejuvenate the Democratic Party from within.

Reason #98 to Support Hillary:
In 1969, she entered law school as "vehicle for social change."

Reason #99 to Support Hillary:
Calls to Increase spending for libraries.

Reason #100 to Support Hillary:

n October, 2006 - called for "Phased redeployment out of Iraq, beginning immediately."

pray for Hillary,

I read the first reason, and I couldn't believe your very evil intent.

How dare you lie to us, "In Arkansas she was instrumental in straightening out their school system - taking it from one of the worst systems to a role model used by other troubled schools on how to improve public education."

Arkansa school went from No. 48 out of 50 among the nation, to No. 46!

How was it from being the "worst" to "role model"?

Once I saw the firts lie, I knew you are a LIAR!

Bye bye Hillary and your 100 reasons to vote for YOURSELF.

This is in response to PRAY FOR HILLARY

Hillary Rodham Clinton often invokes her "35 years of experience making change" on the campaign trail, recounting her work in the 1970s on behalf of battered and neglected children and impoverished legal-aid clients.

But there is a little-known episode Clinton doesn't mention in her standard campaign speech in which those two principles collided. In 1975, a 27-year-old Hillary Rodham, acting as a court-appointed attorney, attacked the credibility of a 12-year-old girl in mounting an aggressive defense for an indigent client accused of rape in Arkansas - using her child development background to help the defendant.

The case offers a glimpse into the way Clinton deals with crisis. Her approach, then and now, was to immerse herself in even unpleasant tasks with a will to win, an attitude captured in one of her favorite aphorisms: "Bloom where you're planted." source newsday.com

Hillary is an opportunist, and will do whatever it takes, WHATEVER...

Pray fo' Hillary, I support Hillary, but your message is beginning to look like spam everywhere I go. How about the top 3 reasons, keep it readable.

Pray for Hillary is right. Jen, recheck your numbers as to the time Hillary's took effect. You are confusing the data.

Let's get back to that burger. Maybe Obama wouldn't touch it, so if its okay, I'll take his share.

Rasmussen has Ohio within two points.

And contrary to what Mark Penn says, Clinton has to net an advantage of 60-70 delegates Tuesday, just to have a shot at getting back in this race. Winning by a couple points isn't going to do it, no matter how big the state is.

Tonight, I watched the Lou Dobbs report on CNN and saw, once again, that life long Democrats, usually in their 50's or older, are renouncing their ties to the Democratic Party.

In growing numbers, senior, middle class Democrats (one of the largest voting blocs) are becoming disillusioned with the party's recent direction and are replacing their party affiliation with "Independent."

These new Independent voters view an Obama candidacy as a hostile takeover of the Democratic Party, a coup with the potential installation of a left-wing, minority regime.

Members of this group will not usually specifiy who they WILL support, but they WILL NOT support another bid by an extreme Democratic candidate.

While some may view such statements as mere speculation or attempts to derail the aspect of an Obama candidacy, I believe that the trend is real and growing exponentially.

From personal experience, I believe it to be true. Today, after being a registered Democrat for over 34 years, I filled out a new voter registration card and changed my affiliation to "Independent."

Ken, couldn't agree more. in my state (texas), we don't officially indicate our party affiliation, but we are still renouncing our ties. along with everyone i know who is 50+ and a lifelong dem voter, i have made it clear that i will vote for mccain this fall. our party has betrayed us one too many times, either by selecting the most unelectable candidate possible (like mcgovern, for whom i voted and who won only one state), or by selecting the candidate whose views are so far to the left as to offend those of us who are more moderate or centrist in our democratic views (like obama). there comes a time when one must realize that loyalty just for loyalty's sake makes no sense. the democratic party has taken us for granted, and ignored our views, for far too long. we will no longer accept it. perhaps they will finally get the message when mccain wins in a landslide in a year in which the democrats had to work really, really hard to find a way to lose. if that happens and the democratic party learns something, it will be worth it. if not, we will be in for more decades of republican domination of the white house and the democratic party will have only itself to blame.

so saddened..

why would you renounce your affiliation now? why wouldn't you vote for Hillary?

IT AIN'T OVER TIL IT'S OVER....

GIVE'EM HELL, HILLARY!!!!

questioner, absolutely - i've already early voted for hillary. and she can still pull it out. my comment was that, unless our party comes to its senses and nominates hillary, i'll vote mccain.

Dems want party unity and will not get it without a dream ticket. Reps want party unity and will not get it without a dream ticket. Indies dont care about party unity but want a dream ticket... the indies will determine who wins in Nov...

Clinton can beat McCain in a tight race without Obama but Obama cannot beat McCain without Clinton IMHO... they will take him down based on Rezko/Beirut/Syria/Iraq money ties along with the lack of experience and record...

btw Obamites, please dont drink the koolaid LOL

Can someone tell me why stuff like this is on abcNEWS.com?

For all those Democrats who wouldn't vote for Obama just know that there are just as many who won't vote for Hillary. And more Independents would (and are) voting for Obama. That's why all the Republicans want Hillary to win...it will be a shoe in for McCain. Be careful what you ask for!

Wow, Eric is such a genius. But I just have to say, I am a lifelong Democrat and I am just so concerned about the direction that Obama is taking the party. How can we possibly win with such a candidate? If he wins, I'll renounce my party affiliation! Everybody I know is renouncing the party, and we are all going to climb onto big iron submarines and go to the bottom of the Atlantic if Obama wins.

Or at least that's what I say on these boards. In reality, I'm either a Republican or a Clinton supporter playing the "concern troll" role. Get hip, people!

I think you are mistaken if you think the people posting here are not real. I have talked to hoards of REAL LIVE Hillary supporters. With the exception of one person the rest will either vote Hillary as a write-in if she doesn't win or vote for McCain right out. I myself will vote Hillary as a write-in. I don't wish to send a message by voting republican, I will simply send my message as being a vote for the candidate I feel would do the best job for the country. If this benefits McCain, so be it. I will not vote for someone I believe is incapable of running our country.

While I am not criticizing anyone's right to vote write-ins, I think it is important that we know what that really means. Per election law, any candidate who seeks a party nomination and does not get it cannot declare themselves a write-in candidate. The only write-in votes that are counted are the ones that have official document declarations accepted for the associated polling locations. So, if you vote for any party candidate as a write-in, ou effectively are not voting.

You can post as many points as you like.

Hillary has no character.

She wakes up with a different personality each morning.

Her husband disgraced the Whitehouse and the American people.

Hillary cannot even run a campaign.

She does not listen because she is convinced she already knows everything.

Pray fo Hillary: Let's tackle these one by one...on your first point, could you please tell me the office to which Mrs. Clinton was elected when she was "Instrumental in straightening out their school system..." in Arkansas?

Pray fo Hillary: No response on that one? Okay, let's skip ahead to your second "reason". How does Sen. Clinton's stance on those rights go as far as Sen. Obama's who has been praised by the community for his stance while Sen. Clinton has lost supporters because her plan falls short on establishing those same rights?

Concerned Troll - that was pretty funny. But rest assured, these message boards don't well represent reality.

Most of the party will unite behind Obama, in my view, which is somewhat validated by recent polling on the question.

Every nominee loses a certain percentage of his/her party members. Oftentimes, its because they wanted a different nominee. This year, sure, the Democrats have to consider the possibility that it will be a little larger than usual because both Obama and Clinton have such impassioned supporters.

That's just something Obama will have to deal with. So would Clinton, if she was the nominee. Things still look better for Obama than for McCain, at this point - but a lot of water to pass under this bridge still.

100 flavors of the same old kool-aid.

Hillary's only advantage is the enormous staff provided through the years to whom she delegated the singular strategy of furthering her personal ambitions. She was having fun, the main squeeze of a rock star.

Then she started to believe her own synthetic personna.

Then she jumped the shark, but is only just beginning to realize it.

Now she is arranging deck chairs. Watch carefully for clues on how they plan to parlay what's left into some way to remain relevant.

Obama is The new high of the day!

Fleeting advertising campaign. That is using ever aspect of advertising.

As they do with a candy, a soda or new drug.

The way they advertise a new movie. Trying to drum up business for a product.

No one knew about it before, seen it or knows any history on it. One of those new concoctions on the market.

Just go the limit to sell it to people, because they will buy anything if package right.

High pressure sales pitch, Unbelievable infomercial.

The trailer for it is so short, you can't see a clear picture.

There is no return policy on it, you buy it your stuck with it. As is!!! No guarantees!!!

I would say there will be a lot more people upset at taking the party in such a negative direction...You all who will say you or others will leave the party are a result or the negativity that (especially in the last few days) has been brought into the process. Take the advice they use to give...

"If one candidate is trying to scare you, and the other one is trying to get you to think, if one candidate's appealing to your fears, and the other one's appealing to your hopes. You better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

Bill Clinton 2004

Go to both websites and see what their policies are (like I did when the candidates were in NH and I can guarantee most of you writing on here have not...yes you can list one candidates little speeches...and reiterate what someone else said Hillary would do or has done or Barack has done...but before you type do due diligence and look at both candidates accomplishments)... I was for Hillary until I did this.

not just copy and pasted lists from someone who doesn't know the other candidates "list" or the one minute speech you heard at the one rally you watched or saw from the one candidate you want to win... ...the answers to what their policies are, are in the details because they are both very similar...so and because of this it comes down to judgement and the ability to get as many republicans and democrats from congress to back you... and who will independents vote for...

First, a Pew Center study just came out which says that Obama loses more Democrat support that Clinton - due mainly to women and poor whites not voting for him. Also, Republicans have been voting for Obama. If they would rather have Clinton in the election, why aren't they voting for her?

Tony Republicans are voting for Obama because they are tired of the same old same old and truly want Barack's skills, tone and judgement.

Maybe just maybe Republicans aren't all that synister that they go vote because they have calculated that they can win the presidency if they go vote in the democratic primary and throw it off.

That is exactly the thinking we need to get away from. We are Americans before we are democrats or republicans.

I could very easily go to Obama's website to see his policy platform. That seems to be the only way to find out where he stands. When he started out he didn't have a platform and he has stolen ideas form those who DID and improvised along the way. I wish I had a nickel for every time Obama has said Hillary was right, I agree with her. The man doesn't have an original thought, he simply mimics whatever looks to be working at the moment. I feel sorry for all the people who have jumped into this thing without realizing what politics is all about. They are going to be so disillusioned when reality hits them up side the head. Obama is a POLITICIAN and one out of Chicago where they are the known to be the most corrupt. The republicans won't be shy about digging up dirt on Obama and once he gets the nomination look for the mud to fly. Sadly it will be too late for the democrats.

Firefighter - c'mon people.
I will only say this, I would rather have someone (who does have his own ideas obviously,oy) who recognizes when someone else's idea is a good one or better (when it is) and acknowledges that...rather than someone who is hard pressed to admit they don't know, hard pressed to acknowledge others great ideas, and especially doesn't acknowledge when they were wrong...

(I hate to draw this correlation but it just hangs out there... I seem to remember another pol that didn't admit he was wrong)... that is a bigger problem than someone who inspires and groups many others great ideas into a plan.

and as far as no original ideas... hard to see how someone who didn't have any original ideas could put together as many indpired intelligent people as the Senator has.

He is a Politician and a lawyer - Do they always say what they mean?

He is a Good Public speaker - But had to take ideas, words, slogans, and speeches from others.

He Proclaims his religion is in everything he does. At 3am when Crisis arises, Will he stop and think about his religious convictions vs his obligations to his country, to see which to go with. Will he make Good government decisions based on his religion?

Experience - Social Issues - his main experience. Will he be Robin Hood? Taking from other programs, adding new taxes to the middle and upper working class. To pay for these. Will he have all programs for "All Americans" Or his special interest groups?

Global - Guaranteeing moneies to Global hunger. When the government is borrowing
to stay afloat.

Military - He is against war, then for it. Against military actions, then for them. Does he know what he wants? He contradicts himself so often.

Government - He says he wants to change it. Not improve, Not fix problems, But change it. His statement on, "helping him build a kingdom on earth", does that come under government or religion. Well either it was a irresponsible for a Candidate to make.

NAFTA - He is outraged with it, then he isn't, flip-flopping again. Securing our borders is a priority

Illegal immigration naturalization- he is 100% for it. It demeans all those who come to this great nation legally.Now to take the food & funding from his own poor and homeless and spread it around. But if we have NAFT we should not have both. It takes more money away from our economy, with federal funding, loss of jobs, and does not discourage more illegals from crossing our borders. That is like saying if they come across, in large masses and live here we will make them citizens.

I remember when Our nation was the strongest, richest on earth. Then we wanted to feed the hungry, help the poor, make new friends, and gave it all away. The rich got greedy, Politicians got greedy.

All in All if Mr Obama means what he says, he would have more influence and power in the senate. Or does he plan on changing all power and absolute control over to the position of the president.
Oh wait that would be a Dictatorship.

Sings the National Anthem
(nudges mr obama to put his hand on his heart) we still honor our flag & nation anthem in that way.

God Bless America

The burger sounds a little rich to me but so is Obama.Michelles little poor me speach was rich too. They must have made the minimum payments and never thought of paying down the principal. I just ask one thing. When Obama loses the election don't start burning down the country like the LA riots.