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I just heard that Clinton is going to stay no matter what all the way to the convention. She has enough of us who are supporters to make a stand. Obama is not winning my much in popular vote. The DNC needs to realize they need us to win the GE. If we stick together; we can find a way to get the rightful candidate in as POTUS. Hillary 08. Why doesn't anyone comment on the fact that if Rev. Wright, Ayers, Rezco and whatever is to come would have affected the first voters? THE NUMBERS WOULD BE DIFFERENT.

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Terry McAuliffe said today
By Hollywood May 8th 2008 at 5:53 pm EDT
It will all be over on June 3rd.
  
Be at the convention
By Chirs May 8th 2008 at 5:55 pm EDT
What up my fellow young Dems? Are people planning on hitting up the convention in Denver? If the price of flights is a problem, check out airtranu.com– they got some promo deals for college students and you can also win flights- just like this election!
  
total delegates
By MICHAEL on The Beach May 8th 2008 at 5:55 pm EDT
The race is total delegates data with OBAMA + 154. Pop vote does not count but OBAMA way ahead=

Popular Vote Total 15,926,271 49.6% 15,215,907 47.3% Obama +710,364 +2.3%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 16,260,355 49.6% 15,439,769 47.1% Obama +820,586 +2.5%

Popular Vote (w/FL) 16,502,485 48.7% 16,086,893 47.5% Obama +415,592 +1.2%

Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA* 16,836,569 48.8% 16,310,755 47.2% Obama +525,814 +1.6%

Hillary is losing in evey element of data & cannot catch Obama.
Re: total delegates
By Sandi May 8th 2008 at 6:09 pm EDT
Michael spews numbers, stays on this site 8 hours a day. Dont you work Michael?
Re: total delegates
By Sandi May 8th 2008 at 6:11 pm EDT
Michael, tell me again why the DNC gave more delegates which are disaportionate to the cities? Their votes are worth more, huh?
Re: total delegates
By MICHAEL on The Beach May 8th 2008 at 6:16 pm EDT
Sandi, there are formulas that allocate delegates based on congressional dists, etc...In many states the formulas different. COMPLICATED!
Big cities have bigger populations than
By Hollywood May 8th 2008 at 6:38 pm EDT
small towns and non-towns.

Kind of a no-brainer, isn't it, Sandi?
Re: total delegates
By BatonRougeDem May 8th 2008 at 6:14 pm EDT
lol...good one.
  
Yea but...
By VTDem May 8th 2008 at 5:58 pm EDT
What about the real reason the Right wants Hillary so bad in the general, the 90's. She has way more baggage than Obama and they would tear her apart. We can't change the rules just because the person we're backing is losing. She lost fair and square. She needs to do the right thing and drop out.
Re: Yea but...
By Donia19 May 8th 2008 at 6:04 pm EDT
Yes....You knows HRC had the ultimate advantage, and she's still losing..............
Re: Yea but...
By Eridon May 8th 2008 at 6:32 pm EDT
I'll take her baggage any day compared to Rezko, Wright, Farrikhan, and what he tried to pull with o, so much wisdom and experience, with the Canadian Ambassador.

I care about finally getting health care, about really good solutions, about clearing out the deficit, about getting this country back, and handling our extremely serious international problems both economic and military that in the wrong hands could turn into World War III. Hillary is the ONLY candidate and she is a damn good one. I trust her and I trust the people she surrounds herself with.

Obama is cute, but he would make a lousy President, and things are way too out of hand for someone like him. He would be damaging no matter what, buy especially with so much at stake.
  
Re: yes
By VTDem May 8th 2008 at 6:25 pm EDT
I agree she should stay in as long as she wants as does Obama. The race will be over by May 20 judging by how many people left that meeting with Obama today as compared to nobody leaving with Hillary yesterday.

Don't get me wrong, I love the Clintons and I'm sad for her because I know how long she waited for this but it's a contest and she lost.

Chelsea 2016?
  
Are you sure?
By BatonRougeDem May 8th 2008 at 6:13 pm EDT
last I heard is that Clinton will get out soon after the primaries and campaign for Obama.
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"Why doesn't anyone comment on the fact that if Rev. Wright, Ayers, Rezco and whatever is to come would have affected the first voters? THE NUMBERS WOULD BE DIFFERENT."
By D. Tree May 8th 2008 at 6:17 pm EDT
ummm... as far as I can tell, that's all *anyone* has been talking about.

guess what? it still didn't make a difference.

because Obama is not defined by those people - and fortunately most americans are intelligent to see that.
Re: "Why doesn't anyone comment on the fact that if Rev. Wright, Ayers, Rezco and whatever is to come would have affected the first voters? THE NUMBERS WOULD BE DIFFERENT."
By MICHAEL on The Beach May 8th 2008 at 6:18 pm EDT
TREE OF REASON HAS SPOKEN! well put
Disparaging comments will not be tolerated.
  
well
By Kryptonite May 8th 2008 at 6:19 pm EDT
Rubymom likes to stir the pot...
  
Whoever
By Matt May 8th 2008 at 6:19 pm EDT
Has the most votes & delegates will be the nominee.
Re: Whoever
By Eridon May 8th 2008 at 6:24 pm EDT
THAT WOULD BE A SHAME.

THE ONE WHO IS THE BEST QUALIFIED AND BEST LEADER SHOULD BE THE ELECTED CANDIDATE.

PERIOD.

There is way too much at stake to decide something so very important for stupid reasons when true victory is within the law and within our grasp.
Disparaging comments will not be tolerated.
Disparaging comments will not be tolerated.
  
I am ashamed of some who claim to be our leaders
By Eridon May 8th 2008 at 6:21 pm EDT
Too often it is the cowards who win elections, and this better not be one of those.

I am ashamed of those who call themselves our leaders, who choose the most hideous time to turn their backs on Hillary who is the qualified candidate and the one we desperately need.

Seems like every time Obama is exposed for something truly shameful, such as the Canadian Ambassador fiasco, or Farrikhan, or Rezko or Wright, or anti-semitism -- they choose to switch their pledge as supers or scream that HILLARY should throw in the towel???????? How perverted can you get, you who claim to be leaders. If you would just cut it out, we could finally have a united party to believe in.

Are you crazy? You want to throw away health care AGAIN???? You want a third term of amateur government all over again? You want to disenfranchise MILLIONS and steal the vote, AGAIN??? Haven't you had enough?
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Re: I am ashamed of some who claim to be our leaders
By VTDem May 8th 2008 at 6:35 pm EDT
Ok, here goes...

1. She picked a very inept team which lead to...
2. Debt Debt Debt
3. Didn't know the big states weren't winner take all. And also...
4. Voted for the Iraq war without reading the intelligence reports
5. Keeps trying to change the rules to make her supporters happy.

That is not an example of experience or "the better candidate". It's an example of just how little experience she had and a very big lack of wisdom. In the end this is what did her in.

Now look at Obama's campaign and you see a good example of leadership. They don't owe anybody a penny, learned the rules top to bottom, executed them to the letter, and won!
YAWN...
By Hollywood May 8th 2008 at 6:42 pm EDT
ZZZZZZ....