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Is it finally time for Hillary Clinton to give up?
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Don't matter, I won't vote for junior senator.
2. Ms. Brooks confused party loyalty with democracy. In democracy, people have their own values and vote accordingly. In totalitarian systems, party loyalty is everything. As for what will happen to Democratic Party-should it force the only female candidate out of this race, it will, forever, lose any credibility in equality.Women would be assured that their ability simply does not compare with being a a male , any male. Obama will chose Edwards, or some such man as vice president and lose the election. We will all suffer the consequences.Including war, taxes and lack of health care.
3. I am absolutely shocked that the media has been pushing Hillary to fold when OBAMA HAS NOT WON. The superdelegates are supposed to decide in a close race, and choose the BEST candidate with the best chance of winning in November. Clearly, from national polls, Hillary has a much better chance of beating McCain than Obama does. With that in mind, it is insanity to suggest that Hillary drop out based on a slim lead by Obama that he only got thanks to the very undemocratic caucus states. Hillary needs to stay in until the end. We have no idea what other bad news will come out about Obama between now and June and Hillary needs to hang in there.
4. If Obama had lost 10 primaries in a row, we wouldn't even hear his name anymore. Bill and Hillary seem to think they are entitled to the presidency!! All this crap about them resuscitating the democratic party is ridiculous - the truth is, Bill's difficulty in keeping 'little bill' in his pants; mobilized the evagelicals and the far right. Alas, we've had 8 years of the mental midget and darth vader. Barack Obama taught constitutional law, he's assembled some of the brightest minds in the country to assist his campaign. IF HE ISN'T PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL -NO ONE IS!!!
5. You've nailed it perfectly. Hillary is throwing us all under the bus in her vain (in both senses of the word) quest for the presidency. If her campaign in an indication of how she would unite the country, her willingness to tear her party apart for her own ends proves she is the wrong person for the job.
6. Still thinking ... If we suppose you're correct that it's wrong for her to continue her campaign, what would explain her clear determination to do so? Google news pulled up many articles, editorials and blogs opining on that issue, but none of the explanations I found was satisfying. I googled again for insights into her psychology and found nothing better than tabloid psychoanalysis.
7. Thanks for making an interesting and helpful distinction. But supposing you're correct -- that she has every right to stay in the campaign despite it being the wrong thing to do -- I wonder what's changed since Wisconsin.
8. About the pundits declaring the race is over, we think they are ignoring the fatal flaw in the nominating process. Obama owes his lead in pledged delegates to the twelve caucuses. So, what is the problem? Caucuses disenfranchise Hillary's main voter base: older voters, working people who cannot afford baby sitters or take time off to participate in the lengthy caucus process, and the many women who are intimidated or feel pressured by the public aspect of caucuses. Many of these voters use absentee ballots in primary states. Hillary is the most electable based on the primaries.
9. Hillary may be staying in because she receives many emails daily begging her to stay in. I have emailed her often to express my support and ask her to keep on. I feel uncomfortable with Obama and wish there could be a new party of moderates, between dems and repubs. The dems seem to far left now and it is not a good fit for me. The Clintons were more moderate.I think there are also repubs that would like a 3rd party because a mod dem and mod repub look a lot alike.I feel the dem party has cast asians, blue collar workers,latinos, seniors and women adrift.Many feel Obama is being "engineered" to be the nominee, not elected.
10. The Democratic party is not the Republican party and parties have an explicit right to make their own rules as stated in Constitution not an amendment your theory on swing state support there is no evidence that if loose in the primaries your going to lose in the general. Ohio and Michigan don't NAFTA and McCain is clearly for it has no Health Care plan that makes sense and no economic plan only Florida is a concern and ballot system she lost in Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin see when you lose 32 contests you lost in every possible way Clinton will not get republicans or independents
Submitted by: jeffry
2. Ms. Brooks confused party loyalty with democracy. In democracy, people have their own values and vote accordingly. In totalitarian systems, party loyalty is everything. As for what will happen to Democratic Party-should it force the only female candidate out of this race, it will, forever, lose any credibility in equality.Women would be assured that their ability simply does not compare with being a a male , any male. Obama will chose Edwards, or some such man as vice president and lose the election. We will all suffer the consequences.Including war, taxes and lack of health care.
Submitted by: Linda Winsh-Bolard
3. I am absolutely shocked that the media has been pushing Hillary to fold when OBAMA HAS NOT WON. The superdelegates are supposed to decide in a close race, and choose the BEST candidate with the best chance of winning in November. Clearly, from national polls, Hillary has a much better chance of beating McCain than Obama does. With that in mind, it is insanity to suggest that Hillary drop out based on a slim lead by Obama that he only got thanks to the very undemocratic caucus states. Hillary needs to stay in until the end. We have no idea what other bad news will come out about Obama between now and June and Hillary needs to hang in there.
Submitted by: Jennifer
4. If Obama had lost 10 primaries in a row, we wouldn't even hear his name anymore. Bill and Hillary seem to think they are entitled to the presidency!! All this crap about them resuscitating the democratic party is ridiculous - the truth is, Bill's difficulty in keeping 'little bill' in his pants; mobilized the evagelicals and the far right. Alas, we've had 8 years of the mental midget and darth vader. Barack Obama taught constitutional law, he's assembled some of the brightest minds in the country to assist his campaign. IF HE ISN'T PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL -NO ONE IS!!!
Submitted by: C.K. BLANTON
5. You've nailed it perfectly. Hillary is throwing us all under the bus in her vain (in both senses of the word) quest for the presidency. If her campaign in an indication of how she would unite the country, her willingness to tear her party apart for her own ends proves she is the wrong person for the job.
Submitted by: andrea
6. Still thinking ... If we suppose you're correct that it's wrong for her to continue her campaign, what would explain her clear determination to do so? Google news pulled up many articles, editorials and blogs opining on that issue, but none of the explanations I found was satisfying. I googled again for insights into her psychology and found nothing better than tabloid psychoanalysis.
Submitted by: Stephen
7. Thanks for making an interesting and helpful distinction. But supposing you're correct -- that she has every right to stay in the campaign despite it being the wrong thing to do -- I wonder what's changed since Wisconsin.
Submitted by: Stephen
8. About the pundits declaring the race is over, we think they are ignoring the fatal flaw in the nominating process. Obama owes his lead in pledged delegates to the twelve caucuses. So, what is the problem? Caucuses disenfranchise Hillary's main voter base: older voters, working people who cannot afford baby sitters or take time off to participate in the lengthy caucus process, and the many women who are intimidated or feel pressured by the public aspect of caucuses. Many of these voters use absentee ballots in primary states. Hillary is the most electable based on the primaries.
Submitted by: Judith Brock
9. Hillary may be staying in because she receives many emails daily begging her to stay in. I have emailed her often to express my support and ask her to keep on. I feel uncomfortable with Obama and wish there could be a new party of moderates, between dems and repubs. The dems seem to far left now and it is not a good fit for me. The Clintons were more moderate.I think there are also repubs that would like a 3rd party because a mod dem and mod repub look a lot alike.I feel the dem party has cast asians, blue collar workers,latinos, seniors and women adrift.Many feel Obama is being "engineered" to be the nominee, not elected.
Submitted by: JKR
10. The Democratic party is not the Republican party and parties have an explicit right to make their own rules as stated in Constitution not an amendment your theory on swing state support there is no evidence that if loose in the primaries your going to lose in the general. Ohio and Michigan don't NAFTA and McCain is clearly for it has no Health Care plan that makes sense and no economic plan only Florida is a concern and ballot system she lost in Maryland, Virginia, Wisconsin see when you lose 32 contests you lost in every possible way Clinton will not get republicans or independents
Submitted by: michaeltempler@annullo.net