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Chuck, NY — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:36:01 GMT

I got my Obama back last night. His speech in Iowa was fantastic. I hope he has a few more mega-rallies this week before the holiday starts.

I am convinced more than ever that Speaker Nancy Pelosi is the only choice for VP. Others would be acceptable, but not as far reaching and sound.

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Just a Thought — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:36:39 GMT

Why not give Hillary the very first opening on the Supreme Court? It's a lifetime appointment to the most exclusive club on the planet. Given her love of details and policy, it would play to her strengths. And, she'd be able to say she did something that not even Bill had done.

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MSNBC report this! — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:37:11 GMT

Hillary owes $31 million, how come you guys never report this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/21/clinton-campaign-has-31-m_n_102811.html

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Ron, TX — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:39:53 GMT

I couldn't help but notice you didn't report on Clinton being -$31 million dollars- in debt out of April. That's the same amount of money Obama raised in April. Is this part of Operation Clinton 2012? Is she -really- going to try to make Obama and the DNC reimburse her for this ridiculous spending? If she does, won't that $31+mil (it's bound to shoot even higher in the weeks to come) put a serious dent in the DNC and Obama's ability to fundraise to win the 2008 election? That's $31+ million that the DNC could be spending to win in November.

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Steve B. NewYork NY — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:40:11 GMT

Chuck Todd

How is it Obama's problem that some Appalachian voters won't vote for him because he is black ?

You analysts amaze me. Most of you ducked that topic on race last night.
Oregonians from the rural areas had no problem with him.
He scored the same margins as in Wisconsin and Missouri.
So, explain to me again ... WHY IS IT OBAMA's problem that people are racist?

He does not have a problem with white, working class voters ( as proven in Oregon) but the bigots in Appalachia have an issue with voting for an African American.( 1 in 5) because of his race.

And if they are willing to say it in public, then you can assume that many more won't say it in public... they will use other reasons like:" we do not share his values."

Someone on CNN said last night :" Why won't Sen. Clinton declare that she does not want people voting for her because the cannot vote for a black man?"

Good Question for you Hillary !

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California Indy — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:40:51 GMT

Um, first read, why be so suprised with the newspaper headlines. Guess what? That's the news this morning. Clinton winning a state that's going Republican no matter what is not news.

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MSNBC report this! — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:41:01 GMT

Hillary owes $31 million, how come you guys never report this?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/21/clinton-campaign-has-31-m_n_102811.html

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Sarah Braggs, North Carolina — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:41:23 GMT

Noticed Andrea Mitchell babbling last night the some key states for the Democrats in GE may "stolen" because they have "Republican govenors" and "Republican Sec. of States". She also noted that the Sec of States of some of these battle ground states are "Katherine Harris-type election officials" Just what are "Katherine Harris-type election officials"? Election officals that actually follow the law? Andrea is smarter then this, but she too is playing to the msnbc audience of knuckle-dragging liberals that believe this stuff.

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the Pajama Pundit — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:41:32 GMT

"Obama doesn’t have a problem with white working-class voters; he has a problem with white-working class voters in Appalachian states."
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Hmmm..... what is the explanation for this?

http://thepajamapundit.com/

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Joe Cool — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:42:29 GMT

Hagel has long lost touch with reality. He's just another Senator that can't take responsibility for his actions. He makes a good liberal.

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Tracie Rhodes, Boston — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:44:02 GMT

Looks like Camelot will end soon for America. But please, lets hope the MSM doesn't start the same garbarge with Obama.

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Story Campman — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:45:16 GMT

Sticking with the theme. Obama can't win white working people. Clinton can't win latte dringing snob elitist liberals. Which one of these groups are better Americans?

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banko — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:47:06 GMT

Money shocker! Hillary Clinton's campaign debt soars to $31 million

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/clintondebt.html
No wonder Sen. Hillary Clinton was so late filing her required campaign financial reports Tuesday night. Her political team didn't want the shocking news in it to overshadow her lopsided thumping of Sen. Barack Obama in Kentucky.

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RH Oregon — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:47:33 GMT

Here's a quote from a news article.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton said: "Ted Kennedy's courage and resolve are unmatched, and they have made him one of the greatest legislators in Senate history. Our thoughts are with him and Vicki and we are praying for a quick and full recovery."

Kennedy has left his stamp on a raft of health care, pension and immigration legislation during four decades in the Senate."

And I'm kind of curious. Isn't health care, pension benefits and immigration legislation the things that we are trying to fix???
I'm just thinking the things we let the left wing 'put their stamp on' are the things we end up fixing. Call up the Better Business Bureau, you won't find the federal government listed...

RON PAUL recieved 15% of the Republican votes from Oregon yesterday.
Congradulation Dr. Paul.

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Long Tall Texan — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:48:48 GMT

The Democratic Nominee can't win the fall election on the backs of uneducated white hillbillies and aging radical feminists. There simply aren't enough of them.

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vkpotomac, Potomac, Maryland — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:49:12 GMT

As usual, the media punditry spin the "large" wins by the HRC campaign into why Obama can't win the "white blue-collar" vote. Well, let's take a look at McCain's losses in the primaries by huge margins
- each percentage listed is his loss margin to the winner in that state:

Utah - 85% (!!!)
Colorado - 40%
West Virginia - 46%
Kansas - 36%
Maine - 31%
Nevada - 38%
Arkansas - 40%
Alaska - 30%
Minnesota - 20%

But McCain has never been questioned whether he can compete in these states effectively, has he?

Also, Barack has trounced Hillary in more states by wider margins than vice versa.

Let's put a stop to this notion that he can't win these states, especially if he campaigned effectively. Let's also not forget that the Clinton brand name has been established for over 20 years now - she has a former popular President campaigning non-stop for her, plus his entire machinery.

Given all of that, for Obama to pull off a win against overwhelming odds (I wonder what the London bookies had his odds at the beginning of the campaign) is an amazing feat, not to mention the fact that his campaign is at a surplus of $30 million, hers is in a deficit of $30 million.

Spin that on MSM.

Let's move on and focus on McCain.

Obama '08!

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Pat Huntington NY — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:50:12 GMT

Um, first read, why be so suprised with the newspaper headlines. Guess what? That's the news this morning. Clinton winning a state that's going Republican no matter what is not news.
California Indy (Sent Wednesday, May 21, 2008 9:40 AM)

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the Obamahypocracy never ceases to amaze me, because, my dear, the same could have been said about Obama's wins in red states that will not be blue in November, such as the Carolinas!

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Pat Huntington NY — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:33 GMT

tick tick tick tick ....what's that? the sound of the democratic party self implosion bomb...called, Obama! He will lose in November, and all you Obamamorons will be to blame!

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donna — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:41 GMT

The thought of Hagel as Veep makes me breathless. I know that I am far from alone in my sense of this as a spectacular premise. The implications are so huge that I wonder where all the nay sayers will crawl out from under to bemoan an Obama selection such as an honest republican Senator to stand at his side to bring about real change we all can believe in?

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Nashville_fan — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:51:52 GMT

Senator Obama has really set a new standards for positive camaigning in the face of a tremendous and well coordinated smear campaign. Change we can believe in is not just a slogan - its a new way of campaigning and millions of people are responding. Change has already come - can't wait for it to arrive at the White House.

Obama '08/'12

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From Another Republican — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:52:20 GMT

Joe Cool, you fool, Chuck Hagel is the only Republican with the cohones to call this war what it is: a disaster. He's one of the few who hasn't lost his marbles.

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denis — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:54:09 GMT

As anybody seen L.A. times this morning Hillary's campaing in debt 31 millions, what's with this picture? room for tought; she is the one best to handle our economy wake up people and smell the coffee

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Brendan D, Niles, IL — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:54:14 GMT

Thank you, gentlemen, for saying finally what I've been saying since Super Tuesday: Obama has beaten Hillary at Bill's game. He wasn't necessarily the favorite immediately following Super Tuesday, but he garnered enough delegates in the ensuing primaries to be certain that Clinton couldn't overtake him. All you have to do is be the last one standing, and you win. It's a game the Clintons have played time and time again, and this time, the same gamble beat them.

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FedUpDem, Washington, DC — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:54:49 GMT

The general is near. I believe that the republicans are in real trouble, regardless of the fact that Obama is an african american. Some states will not vote for him, in part, because he's not the traditonal looking candidate- but more will, when having to chose between Bush/McCain. Senator Clinton proved her point of still have strong supporters from the base. Question....now what? The general has started, without her, and there is nothing she can do to change those facts. Women vote for her because she is a woman, not the most honest or the person with the most integrity. She raced baited and played any card ever invented. Kentucky thought the gas tax was a good idea. That tells America that there is nothing greater than a higher education. Uneducated people believe what they hear without question, educated people research the facts and then decides the best course. I'm not bashing the uneducated voters; but would America be a super power without the educated segment?? No, we would be a third world nation. Let's roll to the General election.
Tramayne, Newport News VA (Sent Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:38
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This is some of the most well written garbage I've seen from an obamidiot.

A. Women don't vote for Clinton because she is a woman but blacks do vote for obama because he is black.

B. Education does not equal intelligence and common sense earned through lifes experience. In fact most "highly educated" individuals live on a campus in an ivory tower existence and have no real clue about life itself until after they escape the apron strings of university life.

C. To state that the so called uneducated vote without researching or understanding the issues at habd is exactly the type of tripe one woulkd expect from the nasty vile arrogan condescending supporters of a lying arrogant condescending hypocrite racist like obama.

Have a nice day.

Life long moderate Dem voting Republican in November.

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Gregory Peek, Birmingham, Alabama — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:09 GMT

It seems that a reasonable solution in Florida would be to distribute half the delegates based on the prior (improper) vote and the other half as a 50/50 split. The same approach could apply in Michigan if The "uncommited" was granted to Obama

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:31 GMT

To Heidi in Houston:

Yes indeed Obama's speech was so superior to Hillary "Republican" Clinton's. She is just a self serving nag who's only interested in spoiling Obama's rightful win and helping "Bush Hugger" McCain win in November. She has proven she is no loyal Democrat nor a team player and the majority of Democrats know it.

Hillary "Republican" Clinton - the other Double Talk Express

Go Obama 08/12!

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sotiredofignorance — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:55:48 GMT

Hagel would be an excellent cabinet pick, perhaps Sec. of State? I hope he is selected for a position in Obama's administration.

Was able to watch Tim Russert on Morning Joe this morning. That show is so much better without Joe S. I just don't miss his superficial understanding of the issues. I saw a discussion take place instead of Joe's usual "hey it's about me" histrionics. MSNBC needs to make a permanent change in that program. Take this opportunity MSNBC. Rachel Maddow, Mike Barnicle, there are a host of people that could cause the ratings to sky rocket. If not, I continue to watch Imus.

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Pete - Albany, NY — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:43 GMT

McCain-Lieberman

vs.

Obama-Hagel

Get your popcorn ready!

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A Latte Lover, Seattle, WA — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:57:50 GMT

Even though Senator Obama won Oregon fairly comfortably, I found the news from Kentucky to be rather depressing. I chose not to watch MSNBC as I didn't want to hear Pat B. asking over and over, why Senator Obama can't win the white vote. I tuned into CNN, and was glad to hear David Gergen take this issue on, as far as Kentucky goes. Apparently in the exit polls, almost a quarter of voters in Kentucky said race played a part of their decision, and 9 out of 10 of those voters voted for guess who, Senator Clinton. She can scream sexism all she wants, but there is in fact much racism in this campaign. I'm not going to call the great people of Kentucky slanderous names, as it is their right to vote however they please, and their culture is ingrained in them. I just find it rather depressing, and it is a problem. On the otherhand, a fact I didn't know, Democrats generally don't make it to the Whitehouse by getting the majority of Archie Bunker Democrats. Anyway, I'm happy Senator Obama did reach a majority, and won the white votes in Oregon. Here in Washington state, we love Senator Obama.

A 48 year old white American woman for Obama, 08

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Sick of corruption, sick of the Clintons — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:58:52 GMT

FirstRead should be ashamed for saying that Obama is ahead in the popular vote. How dare you? Don't you know that Hillary and her supporters say that she is ahead. That should end the debate right there. Besides, Obama is only ahead, if you count all of the votes. Caucus states don't count. Obama won most of those, and they are going Republican in November, anyway. Bill says so. Michigan counts even though Obama was not on the ballot. Don't give me any of your garbage about 44% of Michigan voters choosing uncommitted. If Obama had been on the ballot, not one person in that state would have voted for him. Hillary says so! By the way, Hillary won Texas. Stop saying that Obama won Texas. I don't care if he got more delegates from Texas than Hillary did. Hillary says she won Texas. It is so written. So it shall be.

The only states that matter are West Virginia and Kentucky! Who cares about Oregon? Besides, West Virginia is necessary if a Democrat is going to win the general election. By the way, no Democrat has won the general election without Missouri since 1820. Oh, wait, Obama won Missouri. Forget I mentioned that.

Obama in 2008. Integrity matters and the Clintons have none.

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BJ, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:59:18 GMT

Why do they keep moving the goal posts..

Report a real story...Is it the DNC..Howard Dean's follies...
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf here?
Go home Goldie Lockes...
Upsetting the loser is part of the way things happen...Their hole is dug and it won't be back...
Is there a Nixon factor going on?

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aleese — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:34 GMT

Hillary is marking time in every sense of the phrase. Her money woes are a revolving door of in, and out. (How is she supposed to mount a fight for the fall)? Paupers don't win elections.

The dynamaic that she can't catch Obama has been in place since February. Wright, and 'bittr', brought on a few code blues, but we were resuscitated by Obama's brave, and honest, Presidential handling of those speed bumbs thrown in our path to the nomination, and prayerfully, the Presidency.

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Phred, NH — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:10 GMT

Quite frankly, who cares how in debt Hillary is. Obama has cooked her goose and is shoving it down her gullet, briskly!! Back to the senate Mrs C!! We've had enough, so please just go away.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:01:29 GMT

Good guy Chuck Hagel shouldn't be surprised that "Alzheimer" McCain can't remember what he's said in the past unless his handler "Traitor" Joe Lieberman whispers advice into his ear. The way those two stick together so closely one would start to think they're GAY for each other.

"Warmonger" McCain is the one who is naive and this nonsense about isolating Cuba has not worked. Just look at VietNam and how we ended up talking with them after fighting that long dirty war with them and now they're one of our good trading partners.

The NeoNazi crowd does not want diplomacy, just never ending war and boogeymen to scare us into voting for the conservative lunatic fringe that have wrecked our democracy. No more smear and fear!

Go Obama 08/12!

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Leslie. Fort Lauderdale, Fl — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:02:07 GMT

Steve In Ny.....Great Point There. I Totally Agree With You.Why Won't Senator Debunk The Issue Concerning Her Voters, That She Won't Accept Their Votes Because They Will Not Vote For A Black Man.

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Patricia Gordon, Brookline, MA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:27 GMT

HRC's trip to Florida today represents the nightmare that she is trying to undercut Obama who is trying to start campaigning in the general. She should stick to campaigning in the primaries still to come; she has NO chance of winning the nomination and she is now trying to spoil Obama's chance of winning over Florida voters for the November election so that she can run in 2012.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:53 GMT

With 57% of the voters of Kentucky thinking the pandering gas tax cut holiday is a good idea just shows how dumb they are to not be paying attention to the economists who said it was a bad idea. They should have listened to Barack Obama who voted for one of those idiot plans and discovered it was a bad idea in practice.

Hillary "Republican" Clinton listened to "Pander Boy" McCain rather than listen to Barack Obama on this issue. Just proves who's the false Democrat and why she lost.

She was too stupid to remember that in the primaries you run to your base, that would be us Liberals silly girl. Now Barack Obama will smartly pivot towards the middle for the general election, just the way it's supposed to be done by smart candidates.

Go Obama 08/12!

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Class Warrior, D.C. — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:06:59 GMT

Can anyone in the Clinton camp explain to me WHY Hillary is doing this? She can't POSSIBLY win, so there goes that positive. And the negatives of destroying her party, her reputation, another woman's chance of running in the near future, and Bill's legacy, seem to be the only things to come out of her continuing to run. What is the positive? What is her motivation. Some say she just wants to ruin the party that rejected her, but even I don't want to believe she'd stoop that low. So...whay exactly IS she in this for the long haul?

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Diane from Illinois — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:07:16 GMT

Congratulations to Senator Obama last night! He's got his swagger back, doesn't he? Couldn't be more proud of him. WHY do Repubs like Pat Buccannen & Scarborough "pretend" to NOT know why Obama lost so big in KY? WHY do the "pretend" to comment on his "big" problem? WHY don't you report it like it is.......Obama has a problem with UNEDUCATED people. And uneducated people also tend to be racist. That's not too hard to figure out for the rest of us. West Virginia and KY will be red in November, so don't bother wasting your money there; concentrate on Ohio and PA and let's turn Missouri and Colorado to blue and see the pundits go crazy because we also can "change" the path to the White House!!!!

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donna — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:08:12 GMT

It is interesting how many of us dread a continuation of a Clinton/Bush family dynasty in Washington, but don't feel that way about the Kennedy's.

Though they were not perfect, the Kennedy's were devoted servants of the weakest, and most vulnerable of 'We The People'.

History has been kind to them, and rightly so.

Our heartfelt prayers, and hope will ever be with the Kennedy's, past, and present. Get well soon Senator Teddy. We love you. We thank you. G-D bless you, and all those whom you love.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:09:22 GMT

I want to thank the whole First Read team for such a fun day and night yesterday. So many good articles for us to read and comment upon late into the night. I really liked the funny "Super Wall" article as it certainly lightened up the heavy atmosphere last night.

Go Obama 08/12!

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Leslie. Fort Lauderdale, Fl — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:09:41 GMT

Steve In Ny.....Great Point There. I Totally Agree With You.Why Won't Senator Debunk The Issue Concerning Her Voters, That She Won't Accept Their Votes Because They Will Not Vote For A Black Man.

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Andress — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:03 GMT

This is why Hillary will not be vice president:

Obama can not trust her (or Bill) period! Enough said. He needs some one who represents experience and the military leadership who does not have baggage, and can cross party lines: Colin Powell comes to mind--I wish.

At this point--Hillary needs to be stumping for Obama just to get back in his good graces--she has a lot to answer for the way she ran her campaign.

And one other thing: you have to be a fool to believe Clinton is ahead in the popular vote--she isn't. As usua she is lying to the American people (twisting the truth)
The truth is is behind in the popular vote even if you count Florida. It is impossible to count Michigan because Obama's name was not on the ballat. That said, if she did want to throw Michigan into the math, which she has, then she would need to at least give Obama the no contest votes--which she has not. Why? So she can lie to America one last time.

Really, who could stomach someone that is so coniving. I guess the answer is--other people who are lying and coniving.

Here is something the exit polls showed in Kentucky that saddens me about that state. About twenty five percent of the people exit polled said that the reason they voted for Clinton was based on race. I would also venture that about twenty-five percent were afraid to answer that question for fear of being call a racist--an rightly so. Which means about fifty percent of the voters for Hillary are racist.

This is sad and Hillary, if she has any character left in her damaged soul at all, should denounce and reject these "racist voters."

Alas, Hillary has fallen to a very low place, very low.

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Michael, Rescoe, TX — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:10 GMT

How many hard, working Americans are owed money by the Clinton campaign? We know Hillary is going to get paid, and Mark Penn. But will all the others be stiffed? Stay tuned as the pantsuits lady racks up more debt and some hard, working Americans start asking "show me the money"?

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ricky — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:34 GMT

I'm really pleased that Obama didn't campaign aggressively in West Virginia and Kentucky, as there would have been much more cost than benefit. For whatever reason (thoughts about race, patriotism, or economics), the voters there don't trust him. Building the kind of trust to make an appreciable dent in the vote would have taken him weeks, if not months. The best that would have happened if he had campaigned aggressively for 1 week is that he would have shaved off a few points, and his defeat would have been GREATLY amplified in the press.

If Obama decides that making an effort in these states is worth it (and I don't think it is, given the small number of electoral votes in WV and the overwhelming likelhood of KY going red), then he should make the effort during the general campaign. These voters will eventually come around after they reap the benefits of the Obama presidency. Look forward to welcoming them in 2012.

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Walt, Ohio — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:12:45 GMT

How can Hillary seriously take her case to the people? How can she justify continuing her campaign in the face of her campaign debt:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/clintondebt.html?cid=115715732#comments
She now is $31MILLION in debt!!!
I repeat, how can anyone take this campaign seriously. Even if she miraculously finds funding, it will take funding away from the general campaign.
Oh by the way, Obama raised $31 million last month.
Think about it.
We need to end this farce now.

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Kelly — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:15:46 GMT

I would like to see the DNC members tell a national audience that HRC is good for the party at this point. (With a straight face.)

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lori — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:18:47 GMT

Sticking with the theme. Obama can't win white working people. Clinton can't win latte dringing snob elitist liberals. Which one of these groups are better Americans?

Story Campman

Really? In your world there are better classes of Americans? How about this, people with YOUR views are the lower class Americans? How does that sound? Is that what you were shooting for? Meanwhile, Pat Huntington, when are you going to be featured on this website with your own blog? Seems to be that you possess more knowledge about the General Election outcome than any expert out there. I guess that puts you in high demand, eh? What, no national blog, no syndicated comments at any paper, or network? I guess then that you don't know how it's going to unfold in November then, right? Just your opinion? You know what they say about opinions, right?

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bill, okla — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:20:15 GMT

Hagel's comment which used the word psychoanalysis enforced a feeling I've had about Senator McBomb. The guy's losing it. Prior to getting that major ream job from Bush in S. Carolina in 2000 Johnny still showed some integrity and rationale. No more, though. He's torn between being a comedian always laughing at his own jokes and a Generalissamo. When all his med records come out I hope they include the psych report.

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kenn — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:21:10 GMT

Limping into the playoffs

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Linda. Boston, MA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:22:27 GMT

Kudos to RON REAGAN last night for flat out saying what I've been waiting for someone to say since this nonsense started. To paraphrase: "it's not Obama's problem that certain white people won't vote for him, it's THEIR problem." Their is nothing that he can do to win over the 'hillbilly' vote. Some people will vote for war and a crumbled economy before voting for a black guy - that's just a reality of the country we live in. Spending millions of dollars and many days campaigning wont change that. But what his campaign IS based on, is the premise that, despite those pockets of intolerance (and they are JUST pockets, because it's only in certain geographic regions), that there are still enough people in this country who will see beyond race or gender and focus on the candidate who will be the best leader for this nation.

So it's not Obama's problem, it's America's. But it's also pretty irrelevant, because according to all the polls KY is going Republican no matter who our nominee is. Obama has enough support in other states - some of which he will be turning blue - to soundly defeat McCain in the fall.

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:23:20 GMT

The supers better get off the fence and endorse Obama en masse before Hillary "Republican" Clinton wrecks our party and ensures defeat in November with her sore loser attempt to avoid the obvious loss she's earned. This primary farce has gotten too partisan and the supers need to think of the good of the Party over the good of just one greedy candidate!

I'd be willing to bet Obama brings out more supers very soon and wipes out any delegate losses from yesterday.

Go Obama 08/12!