Barack Obama doesn't need to do anything to break any so-called deadlock. He should continue what he's done -- racking up delegates and leading in popular votes, no matter who wins what next week, the week after that, or the month after this one.

It's the delegates, and he has them sewn up! That's how this nomination will get decided. Nobody will overturn the will of the people. The DNC and superdelegates will respect the pledged delegate count, and that means this race is OVER!

Keep dreaming! Keep misleading the American people.

This is not a close race. This is a race that should've been called some time ago. Barring a miracle, Clinton will not catch up in pledged delegates, and it's highly unlikely she will catch up in popular votes either. Further, Obama's success in bringing new voters into the process and the unprecedented amount of money he raises from very loyal supporters, all point toward Obama as the best candidate for the Democratic party. None of that is lost on party leaders. All this campaign noise about a close race is just fallacy.

One can only hope a few of The Herd did bother to click and listen (not that they'd admit it). And yes, it is, at least in great part, what makes America great. Thanks for putting it up here.

That video was doctored. There is a story right here in the Salon War Room: "what did Mickey Kantor really say?"

Turns out it was not much.

People from Wisconsin are different than other parts of the country in the same way that people from Iowa are. They are just plain nicer. I don't know why this is and I don't want to speculate but speaking as a person who has been calling all of the primary states it is noticeable. Maybe that makes them more willing to accept someone at face value.Maybe they just didn't know him yet?

Things have changed since those two primaries and the public knows Sen. Obama a little better now. They have heard his inspirational speeches quite a few more times and they have seen him in more debates,they have watched his handling of the bitter comments and the Rev. They see him looking tired and a little bored,they have heard him disrespect Hillary.He has lost some of his original shine.

The point I really want to make however, is that he has been neglecting his base.He has put no advertising $ in black media,he has avoided going to black events,he has completely ignored black issues.Where is Jesse Jackson? I always love what Jesse brings to an election cycle,always talks about poor people of all colors.Now, he has really disrepected a Pastor held in high regard in AA communities to appease his white supporters.I know he is doing this to avoid being relegated as a black candidate and the the AA community is supposed to wink and nod and understand.I'm wondering if they are not feeling so great about him lately. A number that has gotten very little attention is the one hundred thousand more AA votes his campaign was expecting in Philly which would have given him a much narrower margin in PA. We always see the percent of the vote he gets from people who have voted, but do we ever hear how that compares to number of votes available? Some people may just be staying home because no one has asked them to go out,it was just expected of them.

I have found a website that gives a different perspective of the way AAs are feeling, it is www.blackagendareport.com. It is a facinating read for someone who is wondering how at least part of the AA community is thinking.

billary loses the lynchpin state, um, territory of Guam 54-46. Obama gains about a delegate and a half. Meaningful? No, but if billary had won every tool in her drawers, starting with our erudite elitist Shawn, would have been shouting it from the trailer tops. Her super delegate lead decreases daily, and is now in the mid teens, where it was once nearly a hundred. Do our Klinton Kamp Kids see a trend? Nope.

Please watch this !!!! Carolina, last night, 5/2/'08.

Here a link to the speech in it's entirety.

http://www.wral.com/news/local/politics/video/2829554/

This is what makes America great.

Please, just click and listen, and decide for yourselves.

View the following before you vote for Hillary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eykzDiKD8g

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You're a bozo, and a stupid one at that.

His name, you clueless witless dweeb, is Barack. If you are going to slime him, SPELL HIS NAME RIGHT, you bozo.

" closley "approximates" (a word the average voter NEVER uses)"

You clueless moron, how the FUCK do you know that? You don't know SHIT, you poseur.

You Klintoon KULT wackos are just insufferably moronic. You don't know SHIT about normal people.

I am a white, middle class voter in a purple city in a red state, and I'm supporting Obama. I started with Edwards, and moved to Obama when he left the campaign, but at the time thought I'd be happy with either nominee. Wow, has that changed. I'm not sure I could vote for Hilary at all now, if she somehow manages to steal this thing away.

First, I am wary of the whole Bush/Clinton/Bush Clinton thing. If you count the Reagan years w/ VP Bush, we're talking the majority of my life. Actually, I can't believe this doesn't bother more people.

Second, and more importantly, I can't believe the way Hilary has used every weapon on Obama that was used against her and Bill by the right. It's so disappointing. To say that McCain is "ready" but Obama is not, to waffle on the question of Obama's religion, to imply that we're not safe if he's elected, it's really outrageous. It makes me mad, and sad. I feel that she is putting her sense of entitlement before the party and the country. No one is entitled to the presidency. When Obama ends this race with the most delegates, states, and votes, you have to give him the nomination. The superdelegates overturning the will of the people and giving the nomination to Hilary would be a disaster, and I believe she would lose in November. The kitchen sink strategy has backfired on this voter. I'll never look at the Clintons the same.

Third, people who try to say she has the popular vote because of Mich and Florida are just wrong. He wasn't even on the ballot in Michigan, how could anyone feel justifiable in counting that? They all agreed to those rules, Hilary too, and now it is only because she is behind that she suddenly cares so much. She will write off this state or that state as unimportant because it's small, it's heavily african american, it tends to vote republican. Why does she get to decide what states are important? It's insulting. Sorry I don't live in California or New York, or some other "big state," I'd still like my vote to count please.

Finally, I believe in Obama. I think he really could bring the country together, and help rebuild our standing in the world. He's human, he's not perfect, but he's intellectual, worldly, articulate, and he does inspire people. These are all GOOD THINGS in a president, not signs of elitism. I don't want to have a beer with the president, I want him (or her) to get us out of this giant clusterf*@k that Bush @ Co. have gotten us into. But I would have a beer with Obama, he seems like a genuinely nice guy. A guy I will be proud to vote for in November.