Here's one thing Hillary is wrong about: if she wins the nomination, Democrats will not rally behind her. Instead, Obama supporters will see her victory as a missed opportunity of historic proportions and will not bother to vote at all. Once she's lost to McCain, all the people supporting Hillary now will be no different than those who supported Nader and cost Gore that election. I wonder what they'll think when they look in the mirror then...when it is too late?

Balthus are you saying that Obama supporters will pick up their marbles and go home should Clinton win? Or are you saying Obama support is merely a cult of personality that only serve Obama and not the democratic party? It has to be one or the other.

The Spin clowns aren't fooling anyone. Everyone knows that when she smiles, it hides her disdain and frustration with losing.

DON'T BE FOOLED. This is over tomorrow, whether Hillary takes the route of a long and agonizing defeat or a swift one. It's her choice. Nevertheless, she will not get the nomination.

DC Voter: I agree that my first post was a low class comment, but I have been so upset at the tactics displayed by Senator Clinton and her campaign that I could not resist injecting it. I will vote for whoever the eventual Democratic nominee. (I have already voted in the Virginia primary.) Contrary to what the Clintons say, sehe does not have 35 years of experience; she's been in the Senate 4 years longer than Sen Obama during which she concurred with our invasion of Iraq. She had a chance to implement health care 16 years ago and totally blew it. I think that she has little chance of beating Sen McCain in Nov, and we just cannot continue to send Americans to die in Iraq. I really don't think there is that much distance between them politically, but I'd prefer to go with Obama.

George I don't think we need worry whether Clinton or Obama can defeat McCain. The latest polls show Clinton losing to McCain by less than Obama. But those polls are of no help at this stage. The questions are silly as both Clinton and Obama will not be running singularly against McCain. One on one with a unified party, a problem in itself, either kicks McCain. For my part I hope its Hillary. You hope its Obama. What's new?

Mass media at its finest attempting to plant doubt when the agony of defeat is inevitable, not to mention crystal clear. What a network.

Poll parrots report! Polls don't vote. People do. McCain as president? Who are you attempting to fool other than yourself? You honestly think American will accept another 4 years of Bush Economics and war? You must be crazy!

Hi, LA in Indiana, thanks for serving the nation. Few of us do. You are the exception. Now, it is your vote to give where ever you choose. I respect that. It would be nice to have a guy like you on our side. Nevertheless, good luck.

Just check out all of todays news, nothing but bs articles about clinton. She has distorted and manipulated this campaign and I am totally sick of her.
And to all her supporters, with all this 'empty suit' crap you spew, stop being lazy and do some research so you can find out who has really been 'working hard' for the american people. It sure hasn't been hillary. you believe her bs why? because a vote for her is a vote for bill. I'm not voting for her because of bill. I believe this country has had enough of the clintons and all their drama. It's time for them to go find a retirement home somewhere and spend all that money they have gotten from arab deals.
But no, she insists on getting this nomination, pushing distortions and lies. Either way you go, she will go down. I just hope she doesn't take this country down with her.

balthus- Every Clinton supporter I know has said they will not get behind Obama.
I've heard some say they'll go with Nader and other's say they'll go with McCain. The Clinton supporters will vote though. I agree with Nader, if the Democrats couldn't come up with a candidate this year, given the state of the economy and the Country's discontent about the war, that can't win by a landslide then the Democrats have bigger problems then people jumping ship to Nader. We can always count on the Democrats to put up a nominee who won't win- so I guess Obama's the nominee and McCain is the next President. The fairy dust that fell upon Obama is starting to disappear and time will not be on his side. Half of the Democratic party doesn't get the Obama charisma so once we get into the general election I wouldn't count on people gravitating to him like he's the second coming of Christ like the Democratic Obama supporters have. I also don't know if the Democrats can afford to alienate the Democrats who always can be counted on to vote in comparison to those who normally don't vote and only will if Obama's on the ticket.

LA in Indiana you know as soon as I hit post I immediately thought "what if I'm talking to a female?" I'm sorry. I did not mean any disrespect in my male reference. Best of luck to you and your family. I do apologize once again.

"Clinton: The Dramatization is Working"

Ya. Its working alright! We'll see if Limbaugh's endorsement (along with Coulter, Cunningham and Hannity) will pay dividends tomorrow. Dittoheads and right wing nuts going to be marching to polls tomorrow to thrown down for Hills.

I hear hillary talking about all this unite behind the party stuff....but her supporters wouldn't vote for Obama?

So either way you go, the democrats will not win the nomination this year.

This country is screwed.

GO CLINTON I WANT YOU AS PREZ SO DO YOUR BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GO GO GO GO GO CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have a point LA in Indiana, however, I would like to use your military training as an example of why I see things somewhat differently. In the military you train like you fight, hard, tough, and mean. Well, this time around democrats are training in this hard, tough, and sometimes mean primary for the real battle ahead. In previous elections we were the nice guys. Not this time, we are battle hardened and ready for the real thing. That's how I see things.

Whoa, Betty, lighten up ! No need to play the race card here. We've got a woman and a black running well for the nomination, whichever wins will be ground-breaking for either minority - and the country. Heck, we were ready for a black with Colin Powell should he have chosen to run before being poorly used by the rats currently in the white house

Wow! I wonder who ABC News wants to win.

Stark if you were to check Hillary's entire quote, not all included by NYT but what new with that, she said "But no matter who we support, as Dems we can all agree that winning in November and taking back the White House is our imperative. And one thing is increasingly obvious: winning means defeating John McCain - the likely Republican nominee."

A possible scenario:
Clinton stays in the race JUST BECAUSE she knows an ugly convention fight would divide the Dems and assure McCain of a win in November. McCain, given his age, is probably only good for one term anyway. This way Clinton can run again in four years. And she'll still be young enough to serve two terms as president. It's plausible. Given that she would do anything to gain the White House, I certainly wouldn't rule out her throwing the election for her own party this time around for a chance to run again in four years.

As a very interested observer from ireland with no preference for either democratic nominee, can I offer the following;

20% of the Republican right will come out to vote against Clinton as they despise her.
The other 20% of moderate republicans dislike her enough to make sure they cast their votes against her.
All the polls so far including actual primary results indicate that Clinton has no great appeal for independant voters who will eventually decide the election.
She also has struggled to capture the male vote.
Add to the above the facts that new democratic voters, young Dems and African American Dems would be loathe to vote for Clinton in November, if she manages to cobble together a backroom deal.
This would mean that Clinton would go into the election with the support of Dem seniors, Dem white women and Latinos and would hand the election to McCain.

The only logical option for the Democratic party is to select Senator Obama if they want to return to the white house.

We in Europe find it hard to believe that the greatest democracy in the world with a population of 300 million can only offer a choice between two families
to lead your great country.