How is it the media can control this nominating process? It's been a spectacle since the beginning and the ratings will drop, when Hillary is no longer in the debates or being covered by the press...as has been the case since the last two primaries. What a shame we're in an American Idol instant fame culture. If people spent as much time researching their Presidential candidate as they do what kind of TV to buy, this thing could turn out differently. But looks like the liberal media can shove whoever down our throats. I'm glad Hillary took some time for herself and didn't speak to the press at Mt. Rushmore...I'm sure they would have misconstrued whatever she said anyway...implying she wanted to be carved into Mt. Rushmore herself.

Annoyed -

The equation is propaganda by media to promote a certain ideology.

Good for Hillary. Until the press can learn some manners, she shouldn't give them the time of day. I quit watching TV months ago. It's simply no longer news, just another tabloid.

Hey, revolution is change.

Ugh...some of the whacked comments on here..
I agree that there will be a momentary drop in ratings when hillary is out so I am not sure what the point of saying that the media is so pro Obama is...

If they hadn't been holding Hillary up for the past few months this would not have gone on this long...any other candidate would have gotten out just like those who ran against Bill did...

but those candidates were running first because they could do something for the country...not first because it was their inherent right.

The media kept her going for ratings...now that dog has barked it's last bark.

Not to mention all the money that has been spent...as she asking for more money from her supporters ...yet barely spending it...and keeping it all going so she can still say she needs the money...

doesn't that bother all of you Hillary supporters...that money will just pay off her bad financial management.

Clinton is firing off all sorts of letters and memos claimiing electability.

The one thing that ruins her argument is that she's lost the primary.

I'm sure she thinks she's unbeatable and unstoppable, but she's been beat in the much smaller primary. How can she then tell the super delegates that she can win the even bigger general election?

I can only imagine how much they could lower her already low trustworthiness and honest poll.

Hey Lynne -

Check out the latest polls on honesty and trustworthiness. Obama has dropped like a rock. His approval/disapproval ratings are the same as Clintons.

I think the press have been more than fair with Hillary.

They never dig on her garbage and she has plenty of it.
The Media however have torn down every little statement that comes out of Obamas mouth, or the Flag Pin crap, etc. I do not see Hillary or McCain wearing a Flag Pin does that make them un-American??? I wish someone on this site will explain that to me.

I also feel her statement on RFK was her not saying it directly but implying it directly.

I cannot see what you people see in her. At all.

I have checked and re-checked both out, who they are, why they voted on bills, why they did not, what they have done in their lifetime to make our life better, their policy, if I can trust them, and Hillary comes out on the bottom every time. She has done more lying about stuff she says she has done then she actually has done. Crazy!

Never Obama - Hillary and Bill have omitted the causus results nationwide to spin their popular vote theory.

With the ruling from the Florida court that the DNC can't fully seat Florida delegate, and with delegates deciding the winner, I'm certain her race is over.

There's always 2012...it's not the end of the world.

I'm just waiting for her to pull the divine right bit for the super delegates....

As for the person who equated Mao to Obama...since when was change a bad thing? Or would you prefer Bush for eternity?

Give it up, she lost...and she doesn't have any excuse, not sexism or whatever. She lost because she has super high negatives, and because she is the literal definition of a political machine...campagining in a year when people are trying to escape one of the most effective machines in the last fifty years.

Her problem is that she is Hillary Clinton.

Let's see---Hillary has a photo-op to say
she doesn't want a photo-op. What a
dishonest sad person who feels such
an entitlement to be president. She is
totally fake and will say and do anything
to win the election, including she and
Bill making up rules to suit them. She
knows the end is near. Obama will win
whether Clinton clones like it or not.
The highest number of delegates win--
which she does not have and can't ever
attain. She and Bill like to make up new
rules and hope some of their clones will
jump on the bandwagon (always a lot of
hanger-ons who just want the Clintons
to think for them).

Good luck Mrs Clinton on whatever!! you have my vote.

Hillary will get this nomination.

(She has lost)

Hillary is winning the electoral vote.

(The general election is 6 months away-she will not be included)

Hillary is winning the popular vote.

(No such thing and impossible to calculate in a primary race. Also untrue)

Hillary is winning the General Election

(Again- polls are not an election and the General election is 6 months away)

Why does she have to be the winner? I supported Ross Perot twice (getting your boy Clinton elected I might add) and I wasn't resentfull he lost.

P.S I have never voted for a democrat for president in my life. Can't wait!
Obama 08!

I guess Hillary avoiding the media since May 15th is just a build up of suspense for the concession speech.

Or perhaps she's avoiding the press now because she knows she'd would meet with it at the end of this week for the good news: Florida and Michigan will get full representation.

Ahh the Zionists are at it again! Trying to take out Obama just because he may help reach peace in the middle-east and the world. Do they want peace or permanent conflict in order to give Israel, each year, the $5+ billion of middle-class American's hard earned money! Zioinism is pro-Israel and anti-American. Wonder why the gas prices are going up! Blame the Zionists for siding with permanent occupation of Palestine!

Very nice article,,,keep up the good work.

Hillary is the smartest woman in America.

Hillary's request to learn about the history of Mt. Rushmore should be taken at face value. It's actually quite interesting, particularly if you look at the Indian perspective. They don't view this as a welcome site.

Bill & Hillary Clinton are the authentic political rock stars. They are used to being hounded for autographs.

and for those that keep asking.....BHO is winning because he has run a better campaign, despite not being known much outside of IL this first term Senator without name recognition to rely on, has won more votes, more states more delegates and raised more money than any other candidate in history. Say what you want, his campaign is the epitome of the American dream. Work hard and success will come.

FYI, the hearing the 31st is deciding DELEGATES only not the popular votes and they have already said they cannot by law seat them fully they will lose half so only 50% will be seated and the news coming from the DNC is they will probably do a 50/50 split, they will NOT seat them all in Clintons favor, so what will Clintons next arguement be for staying in the race?

Good for her all the press does is lie about her and send it on to the media that brought us the Iraq war and Bush

Clinton can then take it to the floor if she does not like what bylaws com. does it is her right she has to agree or this is not over till Aug.

So in other words even after they give her yet ANOTHER option she will refuse it just so she CAN take it to a floor fight. sad very sad we have never won an election that has went to a floor fight and she knows it, she will destroy any chance of a Democratic win in November for her own selfish reason and her delusioned sense of entitlement.

Actually that statement came from the DNC, they CANNOT seat them at 100%, the most they can seat is 50%, believe me or not, that came directly from the DNC.

that is true 50% is all they the RNB can seat and the next step is the cred.com at the convention and she will take it there.

You want to argue Credentials about Clinton, OMG, I guess memory fails so many about everything the Clintons did during their time in the WH, No offense here but her "credentials" should have landed her in jail many times, and even more recently as a Sen for NY she made promise after promise and has yet to keep any of them, where are the 200,000 jobs she promised upstate NY? And then her primary campaign is another good "credential" she has debts she hasnt paid on her campaign trail, but thats ok right, who cares how many "hard working americans" she stiffed. As long as she gets what she is "entitled" too.

HAHA very funny, I voted for BC, I remember the havoc they rained on the country, I remember how they embarassed this country, I am not some young kid voting for the first time, the Clintons created chaos.

Hey keep it down. Don't stir her up when she's trying to be quite.

Hillary will not win, she cant, the Republicans have enough information on her to blast her for the entire GE, and she really doesnt want the country taking a really hard look at her past, there are to many things there that could ruin her political career, and she still has a deposition in November for the PeterPaul case and her husband is still looking at possible charges from that, Is that why she wants the WH so bad, so she can once again make the bad stuff "go away"? Just like she made all the other bad stuff "go away" when they were in the WH before.

Ah, the wise republican speaks again, by the way love the name. LOL

Hillary your supporters are behind you 100%

Save us from Rev. Wright's first term in Office.

She had to go a long way to find some one who could keep a straight face in her presence

Hillary, Bill & Chelsea will be more than okay when this is all over.

They will go back to their 10 million dollar new york estate. Hillary will likely have a cushy cabinet job and chelsea will go back to her cushy NYC job and bill will go back overseas and make another $75 million doing speeches.

Those poor Clintons.

CLINTON IS OUR ONLY HOPE TO WIN!
Obama will NOT win due to his WEAK and questionable background!

OBAMA BLOCKED RE-VOTES - He is a FRAUD!!

Re-Votes were scheduled and funded in both states - this would solve the problem - months ago - BUT OBAMA BLOCKED RE-VOTES!

He is trying to STEAL the election!

Just imagine this scenario: Rev Wright, William Ayers, Tony Rezko (pardoned), and Michelle Obama are sitting on the same table with President Obama to discuss about top-secret national security issues. Isn't this very scary? Do you really want this Obama guy to be our commander-in-chief? Not a chance for me.

I am a Clinton supporter and I approve this message:-)

Are Hillary's supporters anti-American? Because I believe that Americans by and large believe in elections and following the rules.

Barack won some delegates by winning some primaries/caucuses. Hillary has won some too.

And every single person reading this know who won more delegates, BASED ON THE RULES BEFORE THE FIRST PRIMARY OR CAUCUS WAS RUN.

PS. Both Hillary and Harold Ickes made public statements on or before January supporting the decision of the DNC to punish MI and FL for jumping the queue.

So What was the exact moment when Hillary and her principle strategist changed their minds?

yep, she sighed in disbelief saying to herself "what the heck happened? I had the nomination all wrapped up, how can I be losing to this guy!" LOL!

It sure reads like Hillary is ratcheting down her campaign. She didn't even want the photos taken and sounded as if she choked back responding to the question if she could see herself on the famous monument. Maybe she's been advised that the time to start unifying the Party behind Obama is at hand, the way it did for Bill in '92.

People who espouse 2012 or 2016 for Hillary do not know history. Democrats do not nominate former candidates. Just look at John Edwards.

I don't get it, Democrats will tank again. They prefer unknown change that based his campaign on West Wing and Chris Rock than known policy wonk that delivers. Go figure!

Hillary '08.

I think it only benefits the GOP to bash HRC or her supporters at this point. We should all be focusing on how to come together and mend the divide that was created by this insane primary. Remember, just because your candidate won or lost doesn't make you more or less of a person. We are all in the same ship that is taking in a lot of water fast!

Jo, the next prez will face the most daunting tasks in the history of our country. International issues relating to Iraq, Iran, China, Russia and others... domestic crisis in housing, lending/banking, energy... and the list goes on. We may not be in recession now, but surely we stand on the brink. Our govt has been "managing" the reporting of inflation for so long that they don't really know how bad it is, and the only sure solution is escalating interest rates while controlling the money/credit supply, both of which could be economy killers.

I don't know what solutions will work to solve our problems, but I have more faith in the Obama approach than in what I've seen from McCain or Clinton. I suspect that Obama is more likely to surround himself with smart, diverse people who will discuss all options and the positives and negatives on each possible choice. It's his intelligence, temperament and integrity that I think we'll need in our immediate future, even if he can't save us from the quagmire that has been created.

O right, we are a tourist a week before the primary. Poll says SD likes Obama by a landslide. He is a little warmer as an individual overall.

I think the only person that might claim devine right is McCain, Chris. He's the one that sees his election as the continuation of Emperor Bush.

I think the only person that might claim devine right is McCain, Chris. He's the one that sees his election as the continuation of Emperor Bush.

Why should she talk to a press that is more biased than at any time in the history of presidential politics?

I voted for this woman in the ca primary and would do it again in a heart beat. However Obama can and will win this state even if he didn't win in the primary. That said the process has not been as perfect as some would have liked it to be and changing direction at this time will have untold consqences. The reason Obama seems to do well is because he is very much a real and likable person no matter what you through at him.

The main reason that Obama has the lead is because he's Not Hillary. I'd wager that most of his votes have little to do with him and everything to do with who he is not. That's not to say anything for or against him - just that the anti-Hillary sentiment is so strong among many that they would vote for anyone who is Not Hillary. And that's why her "I'm more electable" statement is incorrect. (But this also means that Obama is not as electable as he appears to be, either!)

Hillary knows the end is near and it is
sad to see her try to carry on. She is
full of hate and vitriol and wants to
blame everyone but herself and Bill.
The Democratic party and super
delegates have been very generous
to let her keep going even though they
all know it is a losing situation. She
is a sad figure of the old Clinton politics
and machine that used to be in control
and they find it hard to face the reality
that a young man with fresh ideas and
hope will make them part of history and
not the future of this country.
GO OBAMA!

This has to be the most fun I have ever had watching an election. If HRC steals the nomination, African Americans will make the Demo Chicago convention look like a block party. If BHO is nominated HRC will do everything in her power to see McCain wins, so she has a chance in 2012. Who do you think HRC cares more about Hillary or Barak?Politics truly is a dirty game

And as she gazed upon the great presidents representing our first 150 years, did she suffer from grandiose delusions of someday occupying a spot next to Washington?

Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!

http://klintons.com

Perhaps if Hillary hadn't run a negative campaign she wouldn't have received negative press.

Perhaps if Hillary had stayed on point with her policies and proposals instead of pandering to the press and her voting constituents, she would have received more positive and favorable press.

Perhaps if Hillary had behaved "presidential" in the press instead of like Brittany Spears, so-called journalists would report more fact-based responsible news instead of "perception-based" pop crap like this.

Hillary made choices. It was her campaign. She was in charge. She has no one to blame except herself, but she did deserve a peaceful tour of the monument. Give her some space and some respect, please.

More than a few Obama partisans are gloating about how well their candidate has done.

He's done O.K....:

1. ran a brilliant strategy of racking up delegates from caucus states that Hillary more or less ignored.

2. consistently collected more than 90% of the African-American vote.

3. drew many new, young and/or independent voters into the process - voters who chose him.

So, you've won the nomination (or will have, soon enough). What are you going to do now?

Go to Disney Land?

Note: he'll have won, but by a very slim margin, and by painting Hillary and by extention her supporters as:

1. Uneducated
2. Bitter
2. Racists
3. Bigots
4. Harpies

You are not doing your candidate a service.

How are you going to get to the White House without the votes of Clinton Democrats - nearly half the party, more than half in many key states.? :-(

How could anyone blame Hillary for ignoring the press when there is such a beautiful mountain to look at?

The press ignores Hillary and won't ask Obama why he lied about having an uncle except his like an uncle Rev Wright and about Auschwitz. His tongue isn't long enough to have made a slip like that.

@o;

I don't mean to challenge Obama's legitimate claim to the nomination. I think he's gathered more delegate votes. End of story.

One point though:

You write: "She's Losing and those are the facts." You are right, she will lose in the end.

But consider these *facts*:

In the most recent primaries, she has been WINNING, in key states, and by extraordinary majorities - just too late in the contest to make up the difference.

She won (or it sure looks like she would have) in Michigan and Florida. Its just that those votes can't be legally counted.

She will have collected nearly half, or by some (admittedly irregular) counts, a majority of the popular vote.

Just some facts to consider.

Coming to terms with these facts will be crucial to Obama's chances in the General Election.

Onward Hillary to the convention!

Ha...Ha...I won this one.

Don't doubt Obama, he is a complex man:

Born-again Christian, but with strong, childhood ties to the Muslim community.

A regular church goer. Once upon-a-time he made a point of how important his faith was to him. (Now we don't hear this so much).

African-American, cosmpolitan citizen of the world but also...
a regular, small town boy from Kansas, with racist, white relatives.

Working class (his mother was on welfare), but also...
highly educated and later professor of constitutional law at some of this country's most elite, ivy-league universities.

Child of a Kenyan father, Indonesian step-father, but also...
his mother's ancestors had a homestead in Indiana.

Willing to talk to an Iranian political leader, a Holocaust denier and mortal foe of Israel, without preconditions, but....(lest anyone get the wrong idea) his uncle liberated Auschwitz (Buchenwald).

Vocal opponent of the Iraq war, when out of office, but....
as soon as he was in the Senate, he's voted to fund the war every, single time.

Candidate of change...to be sure. But what kind of change, really? Hard to say.

If The DNC Strictly Applies The Rules, Obama Will Lose

A strict interpretation of the DNC Rules that follows the reasoning of the DNC Memo circulated today would require the following results:

A. The stripping of 50% of the delegates of Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Michigan.

B. The full seating of the Florida delegation.

C. Should the DNC RBC reject the safe harbor provision for Florida, then Florida would have 50% of its delegations stripped, but Barack Obama would be entitled to no delegates from Florida due to his violation of Rule 20c.1.b. .

By my math, a strict interpretation of the DNC rules would result in a net gain of 80 or 89 pledged delegates for Clinton.

Did I read this right?
The Clintons were sightseeing, not taking questions from the press. Please tell me her campaign wasn't 'paying' for the tour, when she owes so many Hard Working Americans for their services and continues to go deeper in debt by the hour...
I'm not trying to be mean-I'm just asking.

So here's an idea...
Eliminate "Income Tax".
Since the candidates have proven people will gladly give a politician money for a good cause try this.
Okay, we need to pave this road, if you favor it send money. We're going to war-send money. We want to give everyone health care, funds are low-send money.
At least we could decide where our money goes. Open government at its best with financial accountability...

Obama is the fresh air we need right now. Hillary and McCain are two great candidates. But it is Obama who will bring in a fresh perspective. If you are bothered by his stupid pastor, or gaffe, or skin color, I pity you. God bless you.

"Take every blogger who says that they won't vote for Obama as a McCain republican plant. It's their new startegy. And it will not work."
Amen

Obama is not black.He is white,Asian, African and African American, all in one.

This statement is laughable:

"DON'T BE DUPED AGAIN AMERICA !!!
IT'S ABOUT ELECTABILITY !!!
Large numbers of BUSH_McCain Republicans have been voting for Barack Obama in the DEMOCRATIC primaries...."

Try it the other way around -

Large numbers of Republicans have been voting for Clinton in the hopes she would be the Dem nominee and McCain would get to run against her, a KNOWN candidate with LOTS of dirt to dig up. They know she is an easier candidate to beat since they know her dirt and how she plays the game.

What was that about Operation Chaos??

Factcheck: "'Revolution we can believe in!'

How does that sound!? It was one of Mao's quotes."
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"Yes, we will!" - Adolf Hitler

So, by your absurd logic, Hillary is just like Hitler.

Your candidate lost. Obama won. Get over it. "It don't matter if you win by an inch or a mile. Winning's winning." All her efforts to change the game after it's been played does nothing but diminish that respect we once had for her.

But I can see why she still clings to the hope that something ugly happens to Obama which throws him from the game 3 seconds before the buzzer. Lifelong ambitions are hard to let go of even when it's clear you've lost. 50+ years she spent waiting for this, her big moment had come, and she lost. That's a hard pill to swallow.

But what I really don't get is why you Hillary supporters would choose to spew bile and unfounded accusations at a man who is not your enemy. That goes far beyond a competitive spirit, to a very dark place. Perhaps it's time for you to take a break and see things from a much broader perspective.

Can anybody help out in answering the following questions?
1)Why are we so much creating bitterness in our politics.
2)Why are we bringing up hatred again?
3)Why are we developing high blood pressure unnecessarily.
Hillary and Bill has done so much for this country and if they are unable to get nomination this time around; Lets all encourage them to go and rest and play the elderly role instead of dividing the party.
God Bless America.

OBAMA has the voters who really represent the American Dream Dr. King wanted. OBAMA voters are BROWN, WHITE, BLACK, LATINO, INDIANS, ASIANS, REPUBLICAN and DEMOCRAT, OLD and YOUNG, NON-EDUCATED and EDUCATED, BLUE COLLAR and NO COLLAR, POOR and RICH, EVERY RELIGION, OLD and YOUNG, etc. THAT'S THE REAL AMERICAN MELTING POT. If HILLARY is the most electable against McCain in November, why are the Republicans pulling for her to be the Nominee? And don't forget the LIMBAUGH CHAOS 800,000 plus staunch Republican voters turned Democrat for the Primary Only who WILL NOT VOTE FOR HILLARY IN NOVEMBER. AND last but not least remember BILL CLINTON MET WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH ON MARCH 4TH THINK AMERICA. PRAY AMERICA.

The only reason the press is finally rallying around Obama, is because he IS, in fact the Democratic nominee, and because he has also made history. The CLintons have owned the media for years and their time is over.

Hillary and Bill have been busy undoing their good former works, by being as nasty, vindictive and negative as they possibly could throughout the entire campaign. They've actually said repeatedly how they enjoyed it! Narcissistic comes to mind, I've never seen such extreme behavior in government as that pair, and there have been plenty.

But good for Obama and team, they've kept focused and never stooped to the "kitchen sink" tactics of the Clintons or the GOP, and yet have prevailed. More power to him. No matter what Hillary and Bill have done to try and throw him off his game, not to mention the media's absurd prejudice toward him and extreme favortism of Clinton, he had remained a gentleman throughout. Obama is respectful, and remains sincere and honest and talks about what people need to know, in order to heal and improve this country in all regards.

This man has definitely earned my deepest respect.

Barack Obama is going to make one amazing President of the USA!