Letters to the Editor
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Walter__map
Your mind reading of Hillary is in error. There is no reason for Hillary to drop out now...there are other primaries to win and it is not harming Democratic chances in the fall by seeing this thing through. In fact, when she loses (if she does), more white working class voters and other skeptics will be convinced that Obama can win because of winning. They will give up. In other words, they may begin to see him as an actual winner because many of us think he is a loser.
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@walter_map
It undermines your credibility.
This is obviously some strange usage of the word "credibility" I wasn't previously aware of.
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NotOrbitBoy
If she were made King, that would probably satisfy her.
Nothing suggests Hillary would be willing to undergo a sex change operation, regardless of any circumstances or outcomes.
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Dream, Girl.
It just occurred to me that Hillary 's candidacy is like the politics version of "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."
I'm sure the Capitol Steps are rehearsing the skit as I write this.
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Walter__map
Who is the Republican rat? Me or Limbaugh? If you think I am, I've got news for you. Limbaugh could hardly sucker me because I have been making the same points for months. I may be wrong but I have not been suckered by Limbaugh. Of course, I believe I am right or I wouldn't bother to offer my opinion!
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@sesanders
... there are other primaries to win ...
Perhaps, but Hillary would have to win 90% of the delegates in the remaining primaries just to catch up to Obama. That's a pretty tall order.
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@Walter
What make you think she'd need one?
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The Democratic pie has been much larger
People tend to forget that in almost every one of these contests, even back before the Republican contest was decided, there were twice as many Dems in some cases voting than Republicans. In some states more people voted for Clinton and Obama seperately than all the Republican votes combined.
There is a huge tsunami headed for Republicans this year. I'm not saying that Dem don't have to fight, but McCain should be up by 20 points in polls against either candidate (his numbers will fall when the contest really begins). All the negative spot light has been on Clinton and Obama. That is about to change.
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What leverage?
So Obama has to accede to some Hillary demand or she will continue tearing him down. What would she gain from doing that? She would further destroy any chance she might have to be President should Obama lose.Do not underestimate how many Democrats she has alienated. I also think the campaign debt issue is bogus. Mr & Mrs can easily raise or make money to pay off the debt. What's best for her is to continue campaigning positively if she wishes and call it quits when the string is out (next month.)
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sesanders
Your mind reading of Hillary is in error.
I'm not reading anybody's mind.
There is no reason for Hillary to drop out now...there are other primaries to win and it is not harming Democratic chances in the fall by seeing this thing through.
Wrong on both counts. The potentially damaging divisions in the Democratic party is already apparent. I suspect your advocacy is intended to enhance the damage resulting from those divisions.
Several credible analysts have shown that Hillary's chances of winning the nomination at this point are small and are very likely to decrease. Her continued pursuit of the nomination increasingly confirms her willingness to damage the party for her own aggrandizement.
Unless you're a Republican, that's bad. Are you?
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Hillary has no shame
The Clintons have no shame. They will destroy the party before they concede defeat. They need to be pushed out kicking and screaming. Gore, Edwards, Fienstein, Carter, Rangel, Boxer, Reid, Pelosi need to come out endorsing Obama and shame the Clintons out of politics altogether.
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Alkaline
This is obviously some strange usage of the word "credibility" I wasn't previously aware of.
Good point. He'd have to have some credibility in order for it to be undermined.
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McCain's troubles
I haven't seen this much anywhere, but McCain lost 22% of the vote in IN last night and 28% in NC.
That's a lot of dissatisfaction in a race that is uncontested.
Almost a third of Republicans voted against their presumptive nominee who is running unopposed! Incredible.
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sigmund5
Disdainful references to my delusions do not convince me at all that Obama is a winner for Democrats. Your personal attack says more about you than it does me. Many intelligent, liberal Democrats are not convinced that Obama is our best candidate or that he can win in November!
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sesanders
I may be wrong but I have not been suckered by Limbaugh. Of course, I believe I am right or I wouldn't bother to offer my opinion!
Limbaugh himself could say as much.
What else you got?
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question about the coalition.
I understand when people say Obama's apparent coalition of the young, liberals and blacks isn't enough to win in Nov. I am an Obama supporter in Oregon. I have a real question, I'm not trolling or trying to stir up something.
I keep hearing that just because Obama won a particular state's Democratic primary doesn't mean he has a chance of carrying that state in the general election in Nov. Now I can follow that logic with some of the Mountain states Obama won, like Idaho, Wyoming, North Dakota, etc. There's just more registered Republicans there than Democrats so there's no chance he'll win.
But what I don't understand is, with his huge wins in the Southern states, isn't it possible that Obama could carry some of these states in November? I mean the South has been a Republican lock ever since Civil Rights in the 60s. But aren't there many more blacks than whites in most of the Southern states? Isn't Dem voter registration through the roof? I don't buy this "We don't need the middle class whites, our new coalition is enough" that supposedly some Obama supporters are spouting, but if Obama carried a few of the Southern states that the Republicans usually win, wouldn't that offset any losses in other states due to working class whites being turned off by Obama's campaign? I know I haven't phrased this very well. Basically my question is: is it so inconceivable that Obama might carry some of the Deep South states in Nov?