Obama Sees Finish Line, Clinton Clings To Dwindling Support

NY Times :

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton struck a publicly defiant posture on Wednesday about continuing her presidential bid despite waning support from Democratic officials and donors. Some of her advisers acknowledged privately that they remained unsure about the future of her candidacy.

With the political world trained on Mrs. Clinton's financial and electoral viability, Senator Barack Obama moved closer to becoming the first African-American presidential nominee of a major party. Mr. Obama spent the day at home in Chicago, after increasing his delegate lead in Tuesday's primaries -- a result that led David Plouffe, a top Obama aide, to say on Wednesday, "We can see the finish line here."

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Comments

[Raymondf]

The dems are split more now than they have ever been. Told you 2 months ago to git rid of Howard Dean he is bad for the party, now you have Hillary helping Moderate candidate John McCain.

[Raymondf]

That will also assure her of not being Obama's running mate.

[Raymondf]

Hey! you liberals, They just played a clip on Hannity and Combs, Hillary said " I want all of you to vote white". that means she is staying through June 3rd. Two more months of that kind of talk should assure McCain the victory in November. Which will make her the dem. front runner in 2012, because we all know that McCain will not run for re-election.

[JoeBlough]

I love it when the Democrats say they would rather vote for McCain than Obama.
That’s the kind of thinking that put Bush in office for 8 years.
That’s the kind of thinking that will sink America as a super-power and hand the reins over to China.

If I can’t have MY candidate in office, than I will destroy everyone’s chances of returning to a normal government.
It’s MY candidate or eternal war and debt until there’s nothing left. That will show them! Four more years of “stay the course”.

You will all get what you so richly deserve. And you will get it hard and repeatedly. Even if they have a crappy candidate, the republicans stay united.

[mellene]

I'm sure if she decides to drop out by June 15th, there will be tremendous work to try and bring both sides together of the voting public. Unfortunately, for the dems, it looks as if we'll either have McCain in the White House and Clinton probably deciding to run again in 2012.

[Seattlelite]

Obama supporters -- Sen. Obama will be the nominee -- there is no reason to keeping fighting the war that is won. Time to prepare for the next battle. So PLEASE PLEASE let's knockoff the Hillary bashing because at this point it just makes you look small and arrogant . We need Hillary supporters to move on and join us -- continuing to fan the flames won't help in that effort.

[Dustee]

I agree, but baiting by her supporters are hard to resist, but I'll do my best.

Another thing to remember is that a lot of times, it is the repubs pretending to be Obama supporters and sometimes they are pretending to be Clinton supporters to keep this thing going.

So I guess the best thing to do is not to respond at all.

[BushBites]

This photo says it all:

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IL_CT&ref_pge=gal&b_pge=1

[iPolitics]

but, but, but, but Obama is having trouble with the white-over 80-peg-legged-under 5 foot-red headed males vote in states with more corn crops than wheat.

[LarsGruber]

Americans don't care whether a president/candidate is a war hero.

Look at the list of war heros:
Bush Sr.
Jimmy Carter
George McGovern
Bob Dole

Each one given public distain

List of war evaders:
Bush Jr.
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Dick Nixon

Each one revered by their party.

McCain is toast.

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

phreso was once BluLight2 and pretended to be an Obama supporter:

BlueLight2 See Profile I'm a Fan of BlueLight2.

University of Vermont says GO OBAMA!

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[Smartey]

OK. Say snotty things about Hillary all you want. You people go right ahead -- but be warned: When she gets the nomination, you'll be sorry.

Hillary and her investigative team have an "October surprise" to drop, very soon. It will devastate Obama, bringing to light some very unsavory activities in his personal past. I know of what I speak. I have been active in the Hillary campaign, and I have personally heard this information being discussed. I know what the story is. And it's bad.

And when the SuperDelegates switch to Hillary, and she's nominated in Denver -- these tacky stories and comments will be dealt with. Dealing with Bill's bimbo eruptions was nothing -- just wait for the payback on this. You've been warned.

Hillary '08!!!!!!!

[Lurlie]

?... You do remember the big picture, right? Healing the divisiveness that has created so much partisan destruction? Using coalitions to improve the lives of ordinary Americans? Your attitude is exactly why Hillary is behind. She's seen as self-serving to the point of running a scorched earth campaign *against her own party*. We all know that if she had anything to drop she would have dropped it already.

[Dustee]

Ah, that sounds like something that the devisive Hillary Clinton would do. Yet another reason for high negativity ratings.

[MikePS65]

Hm. On these boards, you have alternately bashed Clinton and Obama (it's easy to check these things). Could it be that you're embarrassed to admit that you're actually for McCain?

[SamanthaJaneSalem]

"Despise" is too strong a word, but I truly *dislike* the superdelegates who still give the second place Clinton about a 15 delegate lead among supers, and who have been clinging with misplaced loyalty to her from the start. They didn't need to weigh the different candidates or come to a responsible decision-- they just lined up behind Clinton dutifully and they won't budge. Obama has been winning over superdelegates the way a candidate should-- by winning.

[Gordon]

I don't know what to make of people who defend the Clintons by stating that they are not inherently racist but are, instead, just using racist tactics.

Racism is as racism does. Intent, at least to me, seems irrelevant.

Are they neo-nazi, cross-burning members of the KKK? Absolutely not. Are they playing on racial divisions and stereotypes to make their "electability" argument? Of course. And in order to believe that this in an effective strategy, they have to believe some basic assumptions about whites and blacks that are founded upon racial prejudice. They have to understand and even believe in certain stereotypes about whites and blacks and that these stereotypes and prejudices can be manipulated. If they didn't believe it, they wouldn't be doing it.

[ChiGuy]

That's why Hillary's latest comments about the lack of white support for Obama irk me so much.

Her campaign, th media, and many posters here have done all they could to keep the Wright issue in the news for one reason, and one reason only: To scare white voters away from Obama, and increase the odds of them voting for Hillary in order to prolong the horse race.

It is shameless under-the-radar (for many) racial leverage for which the Hillary camp has never been called on the carpet, and I refuse to accept some peoples' argument that "it's just politics".

[CarlsV]

LOFL

So says one of the 28% of repuglicans that still think Saddam was involved in 9/11!

Got that gop leotard and bush pom poms going today sparky?

[KGinSanFrancisco]

Where are the adults in the democratic party? Hillary is behaving like a 2 year old having a temper tantrum and refusing to leave the party. When my daughter was this age, after trying to reason for 5 minutes I would just grab her in my arms and leave. Someone needs to do that. Why is the party paralyzed watching this and doing nothing? Are they afraid of the Clintons? this is just absurd!

[julieeiluj]

the new Obama guard will not make it to the white house without the old Clinton guard at his side as a running mate. It is his ONLY formula for the presidency.

[borderorder]

Manufacturers of the buggy whip must have had similar feelings.