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MR — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:27:31 GMT

You tell them Mr Daschle!

Someone has to stop the Clintons!

They are so evil!

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New Independent — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:28:23 GMT

Really? That's nothing. Just wait till you hear how ticked the voters would be. By the way, why hasn't anyone mentioned all of the independent voters that are for Obama? I never got to vote for him and I can't wait for the chance!

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rjs91157 — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:29:25 GMT

Of course Daschle and the obamians don't want the MI and FL delegates seated that would be too much like making obama look like someone who thought that peoples votes counted and he wanted to empower them.
He can't have that! He has a reputation as an arrogant hypocrite to uphold!

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jmp, northern mn — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:29:33 GMT

If Clinton gets away with the 'nuclear option', the Dem party will experience on a virtual NUCLEAR WINTER.

...A complete implosion of the party. African Americans aren't the only the ones that will be disenfranchised (although that's the emphasis of the press.)

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fortuna, Houston, TX — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:29:51 GMT

Well then get off your buns and endorse today! Simple enough, huh?

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Jay Rod, Morgantown, West Virginia — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:30:01 GMT

Here come the Supers for Obama!

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Leslie — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:31:31 GMT

Hillary's gonna nuke everybody and everything. And i thought she was just gonna nuke Iran. She's worse than dubya!!!!!

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MM — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:31:42 GMT

When Edwards saw that he was getting in the way of the two likely candidates Hillary and Obama. He stepped down from the race the let the better nominees go to Super Tuesday. We know now what Hillary will do in the same situation. She willingly would overturn the people and destroy the party to get nominated.

Hillary -- when the polls turn bad the claws come out.

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Leslie — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:31:43 GMT

Hillary's gonna nuke everybody and everything. And i thought she was just gonna nuke Iran. She's worse than dubya!!!!!

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MR — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:32:09 GMT

OH MY GOD! SHE IS WORST THAT SADAM HUSSEIN?

NOW SHE IS THREATENING OPEC!

YOU HAVE GOT TO READ THIS...SHE IS INSANE AND SOOOO SCARY!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_OPEC_can_no_longer_be_a_cartel.html

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Joe S. Raleigh, NC — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:32:33 GMT

Well then Obama won't have Michigan and Florida in NOvember and just give the white house back to the GOP. Daschle is an idiot. He knows that if Mi and Fl counts in some way, Hillary wins the popular vote, and cuts into Obama's delegate lead, and especially since most of the superdelegates from Mi and Fl were declared for Clinton.

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true dem — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:33:50 GMT

I hate the Clintons!

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Susan, Cary, NC — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:34:16 GMT

Thanks Tom, I wish those Super Delegates would act Super and act now!

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Susan, Cary, NC — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:34:31 GMT

Thanks Tom, I wish those Super Delegates would act Super and act now!

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Angel, Keyport, NJ — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:35:34 GMT

To anyone saying they won't vote if their candidate doesn't succeed in the nomination, please remember that in November you can WRITE-IN the name of your preferred choice (HOPEFULLY OBAMA!). Do not sit back in what may be the most important election of this new century! Please write the name of your choice clearly on a piece of paper, take it into the booth to ensure you don't misspell, and excercise your constitutional right.

From now on, please follow the Paul vs Clinton trial. The selling of America at Clinton's bargain prices!

ObamaRican 08

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Robert Hussien Harris, Buckeye, AZ — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:36:49 GMT

If supers overturn the elected delegates it will meen the end of the Democratic party and this country will be left with a single party system... a Republican system, which will meen the end of this country. Fortunately some people are smart enough to recognize this.

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Micah — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:08 GMT

How far would she go? Incredible.

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Rainie, Louisville — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:10 GMT

Ok, I know y'all like process stuff, but can you please pay attention to the policy disaster that is Hillary Clinton? She's now threatening to break up OPEC.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0508/Clinton_OPEC_can_no_longer_be_a_cartel.html#comments

Now, that's the kind of thing that may sound good (like the gas tax boondoggle), but has really bad consequences. If gas prices by the barrel rise in the next week, it will likely be caused by market instability as a result of her threats. She either really cares less about what actually happens to the American people than she does about getting elected, or she's a policy idiot.

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It will 'RAIN MCCAIN' in November if Obama is Denied.... — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:10 GMT

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Black-Americans will make it “RAIN MCCAIN” in November ---if the super-delegates DARE DENY Obama the nomination.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Black-Americans will make it “RAIN MCCAIN” in November ---if the super-delegates DARE DENY Obama the nomination.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

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Richard, Chicago — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:37:57 GMT

As an African-American male, if Hilary chooses to use the so-called "Nuclear Option" to win the nomination, not only will I leave the democratic party, I will register as an independent.

And Chuck Todd can you explain to me why you, Chris Matthews and some of his guest lied about how the Chicago news media is being obsessed with airing Rev. Wright here and in parts of Indiana. I live in Chicago and that's not the case. I couldn't believe how easily you and the rest on Hardball today lied with such ease. Are you trying to sway/scare voters in Indiana to vote for Hilary Clint.

This is why people are pissed off with MSM because you can't trust what they're reporting. Give me a call and I set the record straight with what's being reported here. Stop the lying!!!!

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Nicholas: Minnesota — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:38:22 GMT

And that isn't the only 'nuclear option' that would be an absolute disaster. Sen. Clinton's foreign policy ... Had Sen. Obama uttered anything anything in a similar vein regarding Iran as Sen. Clinton has pushed, critics would be coming high and low to call him naive.

I cannot believe how are nation, while in one breath be outraged that other countries pursue nuclear weapons and then in another breath talk about 'obliterating' previously said countries. It is difficult for me to think of a greater tragedy than errantly or whimsically using the 'nuclear option'. The Unitied States is the only country that has used nuclear weapons to kill to this date. And it disappoints me that this thought does not seem to have crossed America's collective.

Sen. Clinton has shown time and time and time again that she is very capable of creating a lot of bad policy. Sen. Obama, though not as much, not as detailed, thinks it over first to come up with smart policy.

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Dave, Tn — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:38:43 GMT

What if these next two states go so bad for Obama that he needs Mi & Fl? Just asking.

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Thomas, Louisiana — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:39:52 GMT

Why not seat them? If the democrats don't count those votes, they are sure to loose them in the General Election.

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Joy for Obama, Virginia — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:39:55 GMT

Yeah, there will be a nuclear reaction to the nuclear option. The Clintons will be "Obliterated"!

LOL!

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Wayne Austin TX — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:40:36 GMT

Saying we'll be ticked is putting it midly. We won't be ticked, we'll be Republcans come November.

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Hank, Sanford, FL — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:40:41 GMT

You know MSBC, I've written at least 20 times over the past two weeks and not one of my comments has made it on your pages. Am I doing something wrong?

Anyway, if this one makes it, I just want to say how ticked I would be and any fair minded person would be to CHANGE the rules so late in the game, rules that Hillary & Co. AGREED upon. I just don't understand how anyone can suggest counting Michigan & Florida when everyone knew from the beginning what the deal was.

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Patty,sd,ca — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:41:49 GMT

Tom Daschle, an Obama supporter....

what else can you expect from an Obama supporter.Obamas' supporters are all running scared. they know Obama is at risk of losing the nomination. In August when Hillary gets the nominations the Clinton "friends" will really regret abandoning her.

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Older White Female — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:12 GMT

This proves it. The Clintons aren't Democrats and don't care much about being Americans either. They
belong to the Clintonian Party and are loyal only to the nation of Clintonia. Scorched earth is fine with them. If they can't have it, they are perfectly willing to blow up the party and put McCain in the White House. Who cares how much damage is done as long as HRC getrs another chance in 2012.

These people are toxic and we Dems don't need them for high roller fund-raising anymore. First Dean and now Obama have shown us a better, more democratic way to raise money from ordinary people that gives the grassroots the power to be heard. That's why young people are finally saying "Yes we can". Clinton is trying to show them "No you can't. The insiders will have their way no matter what".

With Clinton, we will lose a generation of formerly apathetic, newly energized voters. The pandering Clintons need to pack up their Karl Rove playbook and go home, back to the past where they belong. If Dems are smart we'll make sure they never have the power to bully the rest of the party, the real Democratic Party, again.

They are a big part of the reason the right has held its stranglehold all these years. From the first Clinton midterm election through Gore and Kerry they have been for the right what Bush has been for ElQaeda; the best rallying point anyone could want.

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Shel, SLC UT — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:25 GMT

Damn skippy, Senator.

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PA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:26 GMT

Hillary, and Bill are no more than a couple of terrorists. Their kitchen sink strategy made that crystal clear. They have made a pact to campaign to the death, even as suicide bombers if they have .

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Rev. Writght, Chicagoo, IL — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:42:59 GMT

talk about fear mongering.

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KJ, Dallas, TX — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:43:15 GMT

It will also be an absolute disaster if Clinton wins the nom. But you and the SD's know this already.

OBAMA, 2008!

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Independent in TN — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:43:36 GMT

Clinton is a self-serving liar . . . she doesn't care if her personal quest destroys the party

Honestly, her lying is on-par with Bush's

The sooner the SDs grasp that simple fact, the better

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abebe washington — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:44:04 GMT

You cannot change the rule in the middle of the game. You lose or win you play by the rule. My kids understand this. The rule committee changes the rule to give it to Hillary. We should not cry about other countries election. We should accept Mugabe won the election in Zimbabwe. The world will be saying the same thing. You have one rule for privilege western democracy but for other we will tell you what the rule should be.

Hillary needs to accept defeat in honor wait for another time. After all it was her lose by not managing the company and underestimating Obama.

Long live democracy

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Lisa, Ar — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:44:19 GMT

HRC is a disaster....She is negative, nasty, and spiteful. We need to move on for her. I agree that FL and MI should have been seated, but they didn't follow the rules....Too bad. I think had she not entered this race on the belief that the rest of the candidates were no competition, she would be the nominee right now. SHE CAN"T CLOSE THE DEAL. Why doesn't the media react to that fact? It's a big deal if he can't win certain states. I am fed up and Hillary and Bill have lost my support for their behavior.

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Linda — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:44:32 GMT

Hillary is willing to do and/or say anything to win this election even threaten nuclear weapons to "obliterate" Iran. I don't believe she would or at least I hope she wouldn't but this let the American people see that she talks to much and you never know what will come out of her mouth. Just think if she was president and say such stupid things she has said in this campaign. Please post.

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abebe, Virigina — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:44:55 GMT

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Kyle, Charlotte NC — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:32 GMT

Hillary and her team can "TRY" this so called "nuclear" plan and I promise YOU (at least from my prespective) African Americans will STAY HOME!! We will march, fight and protest and since we are the most LOYAL voting bloc to the Democratic Party we'll see the outcome in November. So try us Billie Bad Azz. Now if she won or wins striaght up then the hounds won't come out.

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LJ — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:40 GMT

That Hillary! She needs to dig deep and find her dignity. I hear Bill's love life is again circulating, maybe that's why the big push to get herself into the White House, before her own preference for women emerges. Can't really blame bubba, he needs love too! Take a risk MSNBC, let the American public know what you're too afraid to tell them.

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GR Voter, Michigan — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:44 GMT

As a Michigan voter, I agree. "Ticked" is an understatement if this is allowed to happen.

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Obama by 8, NC — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:45:57 GMT

Come on Tom, Its the Clinton way. Nuke-um and run. Of course she and Bill will try anything to win. And if she doesn't get her way she will just obliterate Michigan and Florida. That will teach them a thing or two.

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Sammy Kerr, Tampa — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:46:02 GMT

Disenfranchising two huge states isn't the nuclear option?

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oaklandish — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:15 GMT

Who has labeled it the "nuclear option"? It definitely seems an apt lable, given what it would do to the Democratic Party. However, don't be to surprised if Hilary uses it. After all, as her recent rhetoric about Iran suggests, she's more than willing to go nuclear.

Obama '08

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ya know — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:18 GMT

she doesn't care... her and Bill think they own the party

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Gail, TN — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:35 GMT

Sen. Clinton can insist on forcing this issue, but cooler heads will prevail. Thank God for the checks and balances in our system of government.

I was pretty comfortable with her being a senator, but now I'm beginning to question her fitness for that job. The Senate is the steadier, more judicious legislative body that balances the free-for-all that goes on in the House. Sen. Clinton is no longer exerting a calm, rational, steady influence over anything...I think she has totally gone off the rails.

This can't be over too soon. Although I am an Obama supporter, it is painful to watch Sen. Clinton self-destruct.

How the mighty have fallen.

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Bob in WA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:48:56 GMT

Clinton doesn't care, she's only in this for herself.

She doesn't care about the Democratic party, she's only in this for herself.

She doesn't care about voters unless they vote for her, she's only in this for herself.

She doesn't care about the democratic process when she's behind, she's only in this for herself.

I only hope that the party will heal enough to win in November - not everyone who supports Hillary is a racist and not everyone who supports Obama is a sexist.

While we all like one candidate over the other, we all should unite behind one of them in the end, and the one with the most votes and most delegates should move on.

Personal preference on HOW your favorite candidate conducts themselves is a personal matter:

Hillary - Throw out everything from the rules and the kitchen sink, then claim foul when Obama defends himself.

Obama - Get pounded by the kitchen sink and not throw one back at Clinton, aka the high road but appear non-confrontational and unable to hit back.

I personally am offended by Clinton, but I will NOT label her supporters as (fill in the blank). Unlike Clinton herself I do not believe in condemning her supporters for guilt by association.

It's unfortunate that she does and for this reason (and the stupid McCain gas tax idea, and her behaving like a Republican, and putting herself above the country) that I do not like her and will withhold support for her until no other options are available.

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Dennis, Los Angeles, CA. — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:49:06 GMT

Then the supers should make their choice known now and stop whining!! They are part of the cause for this. The longer Hillary stays in the race, the more potential problems it could cause.

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Jerry S. Oakland, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:50:10 GMT

The problem is, Hillary cannot and will not cease pandering to the fearfuls of America. She thinks it is easy to trickle many voters because she believes there are plenty of gullible and less intelligent voters who will vote on the basis of fear fed by propaganda.
I cannot wait to see this woman either defeated badly or "allowed" to steal the nomination so that she is badly defeated in November. It is better to really get her off the campaign environment because she is the foster child, by her own actions and words, of divisiveness and fearmongering in American politics.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!

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sheryl Houston, TX — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:50:54 GMT

What in the hell is a "nuclear option" Is everyone crazy? Well yea just let them try it everyone will go crazy.......

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Kathy Corey, Boston, MA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:50:58 GMT

Florida and Michigan need to be seated. The voters in Florida and Michigan may have been ill served by their legislatures or committee members. The actual voters need to be counted in this election or they are likely to be lost to the Democratic party for a long time. It has to happen...maybe Tom Dasche and the Obama supporters want to go back to a 48 star flag...but the rest of the party needs to stand up for all votes counting. Voters protesting outside the DNC to have their voices heard is a travesty.

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Kathy Corey, Boston, MA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:50:58 GMT

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Clintons don't run the party — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:19 GMT

It isn't just superdelegates that would be ticked off. This is one Dem that would leave the party for good.

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MANDY, California — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:29 GMT

Maybe we need to have the DNC take the option off the table so that it cannot even be disussed by the Rules & ByLaw Committee that has mostly Clinton supporters on it.

Florida and Michigan need to be punished for their definance. I personally like the proposal that their delegates only count as 1/2. It makes the voters feel that they at least are being seated but they don't change the outcome of the rest of the nation's votes.

Hillary won't agree since she needs the points!

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Brian M. De. — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:31 GMT

Domenico can you please be a little more specific on this Nuclear Option. Is that what I think it is implying for her to just throw everything implied or not at Obama or is it something more.

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Somebody, Anybody, take the initiative — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:51:46 GMT

The Clinton camp has tried every trick in the book. The Clintons and their supporters don't respect the voters, nore do they care what happens to this country. They are willing to destroy everything and anything on their path to a fantasy called "The Third Clinton Term." It is up to the DNC and the heads of the Democratic Party to set the rules and stick by them in dealing with this unrully and destructive machine. The voters have made their choice very clear, Sen Obama has more pledged delegates, has won more states and he has had more votes. This process should have ended a long time ago with Senator Obama as our nominee. It is sad, but true, that the Clinton name has intimidated the Democratic Party and forced it into inaction. Our nation does not deserve another botched election; we are still paying for the last one.

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Becky, Houston, TX — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:53:17 GMT

It has already become quite obvious that the Clintons will do anything to win this contest...no matter how devious and underhanded, but if the Democratic party goes along with seating the Florida and Michigan delegations it will be too much to bear. At this point I am ready to vote for Hillary Clinton if she wins legitimately, but if she manuevers a win by seating the very delegations she agreed should not be seated, the delegations that did not have a legitimate election, then I will have to sit out this election. Besides with all her talk of obliterating Iran, I'm not sure she's any better choice than John McCain.

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Irma Adame Rossville, GA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:53:18 GMT

Let me tell you that we, the voters, are ticked that the only ones complaining are the Obama superdelegates that keep telling our candidate to get out. In case you don't understand, let me spell it out for you. Obama doesn't and can't get enough delegates to win! Neither candidate. Stop your belly aching and crying. And by the way, why does he never say anything, he always sends someone so that he can be unscathed.

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Jessica — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:53:19 GMT

Good job HRC.

Piss off the Super D's, your ONLY chance to steal the election.

Oh well, I guess thats how the Clintons roll.

Alienate the AA vote.
Alienate the youth vote.
Alienate the caucus states.
Alienate the small states.
Alienate the swing states.
Alienate the red states.
Alienate the Super D's.

Nice job.

MORE VOTES.
MORE DELEGATES.
MORE STATES.
PLAYS BY THE RULES.
DOESN'T WANT TO OBLITERATE ANYONE.

Obama 08

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Ticked Off, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:54:23 GMT

After 50 years as a Democrat, if the DNC allowed the process to be subverted by this type of antics, I'd leave to Independent status. No more donations, no more activism, no more Democratic Party. It's obscene that this would even be discussed or considered; a travesty.

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Selina — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:55:33 GMT

Did you tell that to the crazy blonde woman? No one seems to be telling her what she needs to know. If you think the "supers" are goona be a problem... just wait until the AMERICAN people get a hold of it!

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Fred-Boston, Mass. — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:55:58 GMT

Hillary absolutely should go fot it! Obama is unelectable, this is no longer what is fair to him but what is best for the party and country.
Obamas lead is hollow, built before the vetting and therfore in truth illegitmate.Hillary is the only hope for the party.
Fla. and Mich. will get her very close to the lead, certainly close enough to sanitize taking the nomination from Obama without it looking to bad.
Does anyone believe that if eveyone revoted today
Hillary wouldn't clean his clock? Obama can limp in at 2025 delegates ahead of Hillary but with Fla. and Mich. in play the percentages of Super delegates Obama would need changes greatly- he will lose.
Like I said above, this is not fair to Obama but thats not my concern. In politics the ends justify the means. For the good of the party either Obama should drop out or Hillary should go nuclear.

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Jean 999, Clearwater, Florida — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:56:17 GMT

When did it become fair to block Florida and Michigan voters from having a say in this primary? A revote could have been done if Senator Obama had not blocked it because he did not believe he would win. Anyone who responds you broke the rules and so your vote shouldn't count - shame on you - do you really think the legislators asked the voters' opinions before they voted to move up the primary. At least the RNC was not stupid enough to take away 100% of the delegates. I am so disgusted at the DNC & Dean.

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Maria Boggiano — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:03 GMT

Obama has been re-endorse by the CHicago Tribune which urges for Indiana voters to vote for Obama

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0504edit1may04,0,3206628.story

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Tank Henderson, Fort Wayne, IN — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:23 GMT

Daschle, a loser, supporting yet another loser, Obama. I guess America needs to elect knuckle-heads like these two every decade or so, just to remember why we don't vote for them every election. How else do you explain Jimmy Carter?

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Tim W — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:46 GMT

When will the Democrats realize that the only people the Clintons care about are themselves?

Period.

btw.......I loved her "screw all the economists" when George told her not a single one thought her Gas Pandering Holiday was a good idea.

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Elliott, Los Angeles CAq — Mon, 05 May 2008 21:58:47 GMT

Sorry to have to inform you Mr. Daschle but there will be an equal number of "ticked" voters...you know "we the people" voters...should these states delegates not be seated and the popular vote not be included. The VOTERS are what is important here sir...not your opinions or those Superdelegates you have been commiserating with...what counts...what should count in a democracy such as ours...are the votes. The reason you don't want them to count is that your guy would lose.

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Capt. Smash, Salt Lake City, Utah. — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:00:10 GMT

PLEASE POST THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

ATTENTION ALL DEMOCRATS: Everyone needs to realize the DEMOCRATIC PARTY BELONGS TO THE BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON. It has taken me four months to figure this out but now I understand. So stop fighting; Bill and Hillary Clinton can do and say what ever they want and when they want. THEY CAN CHANGE THE RULES WHEN IT’S NECESSARY, they can lie if needed, cheat, steal items from the White House, and commit election fraud as long as they say it’s ok. I repeat THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BELONGS TO BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON, make no mistake. Nobody and I mean nobody can stop them. Nobody has power, strength or courage to stop them; nobody. All other democrats have to do what they say when they say. They intimidate and threaten Superdelegates if they endorse Obama, they will feel the Clinton raft if they do so. Just like the two Superdelegates in North Carolina that are feeling pressure for backing Obama. With that new Rev. Wright campaign ad. All the Democratic Party leaders are either scared of them or afraid of the dirt they will release on them. If you notice none of the so called power brokers will tell Hillary that she should exit. Including:

Howard Dean
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
James Carter
John Edwards
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reed

They are all powerless and will do nothing to stop Bill and Hillary’s slash and burn politics. It has stopped Obama’s momentum he is being forced to fall in line with Clintons rule changes. No party leader has the guts or the courage to put an end to this thing. If all the renaming Superdelegates would stand up all at once and say enough is enough, then maybe just maybe we could win in November. However, courage is hard to find these days among the SO CALLED DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS!

The sad thing is even the media must do and say what they want. You see the journalism in this country is horrible; they are paid for and bought by the Clintons and the GOP. The media tells you how to vote and why you should vote a certain way. They get e-mails from the Clinton staff and give the media there talking points and just like puppets the media goes on the air and perform for her.

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Rick Smith, washington Twp , Michigan — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:00:33 GMT

Nuclear Option will be very big disaster.
Most Democratic voters will be outraged and vote for Republican Party. This option will send a wrong message to voters that we do not care for Party rules and the poweful leaders can manipulate the election way they want. This will be end of the credibilty for the Democratic party
Concerned Democratic voter.

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Carole, Ft Lauderdale — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:00:55 GMT

Then what does Tom Daschle have to say to over 1.7 million Florida Democrats who came out and voted on the date chosen by our Republican state lawmakers? It's okay if our votes don't count, because then his candidate does better? If the DNC had not decided to make an issue of the dates of the FL and Mich primaries, Hillary would have had the nomination a long time ago. The system stinks and the DNC should have no right to tell states when they can vote. This isn't democracy;it's a joke.

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Carla — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:01:10 GMT

Another ruse from Tom Daschle, a Washington lobbyist running Obama's campaign!
Of course the Obama camp doesn't want to count FL and MI because including them gives Hillary a lead in the popular vote.

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Capt. Smash, Salt Lake City, Utah. — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:01:12 GMT

MSNBC PLEASE POST THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE

ATTENTION ALL DEMOCRATS: Everyone needs to realize the DEMOCRATIC PARTY BELONGS TO THE BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON. It has taken me four months to figure this out but now I understand. So stop fighting; Bill and Hillary Clinton can do and say what ever they want and when they want. THEY CAN CHANGE THE RULES WHEN IT’S NECESSARY, they can lie if needed, cheat, steal items from the White House, and commit election fraud as long as they say it’s ok. I repeat THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY BELONGS TO BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON, make no mistake. Nobody and I mean nobody can stop them. Nobody has power, strength or courage to stop them; nobody. All other democrats have to do what they say when they say. They intimidate and threaten Superdelegates if they endorse Obama, they will feel the Clinton raft if they do so. Just like the two Superdelegates in North Carolina that are feeling pressure for backing Obama. With that new Rev. Wright campaign ad. All the Democratic Party leaders are either scared of them or afraid of the dirt they will release on them. If you notice none of the so called power brokers will tell Hillary that she should exit. Including:

Howard Dean
Ted Kennedy
Al Gore
James Carter
John Edwards
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reed

They are all powerless and will do nothing to stop Bill and Hillary’s slash and burn politics. It has stopped Obama’s momentum he is being forced to fall in line with Clintons rule changes. No party leader has the guts or the courage to put an end to this thing. If all the renaming Superdelegates would stand up all at once and say enough is enough, then maybe just maybe we could win in November. However, courage is hard to find these days among the SO CALLED DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS!

The sad thing is even the media must do and say what they want. You see the journalism in this country is horrible; they are paid for and bought by the Clintons and the GOP. The media tells you how to vote and why you should vote a certain way. They get e-mails from the Clinton staff and give the media there talking points and just like puppets the media goes on the air and perform for her.

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

J. Mc, Carlsbad, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:01:31 GMT

They knew the rules and they flouted them. They knew what would happen and it's just ridiculous to turn around and say, "Oh well, it's ok... We'll just let them in anyway." Let's just have another stolen election like Bush/Gore and then see how "divided" we can become. This is why people are discouraged with politics. This is all Hillary Clinton does, politics as usual. She is in it for the power and Obama is in it for the service, public service.

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

tellinya — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:01:53 GMT

Does anybody doubt that the Clinton camp is getting a free ride on all this? What ever happened to equality and justice for all. Does She really believe that Obama got zero votes in Michigan (theory endorsed by MSM)?

A lesser man would have walked by now.

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Sue F, Idaho Falls, Id — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:02:19 GMT

Ya well let's see if the super's can withstand the Clinton machine!

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

Jim Franklyn, Woodstock GA — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:02:32 GMT

What on earth has happened to our country? People pretend to have faith and then talk about Nuclear Options. How pitiful. The radical faction of our country is no different than radical terrorists. Thou Shall Not Kill, what is so hard to understand about that?

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

David Kolva, MD Oswego/Syracuse, NY — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:04:59 GMT

It would simply validate the reality that the Clintons will do anything to win. They are only interested in themselves. For the last 4 years, Hillary has treated this nomination as her "right". Simply go back and read Newsweek about 7 months ago. They did a cover story on the style Hillary would use to run her Administration.
Bill Clinton knows that the only way his legacy will survive intact is with a Hillary nomination.
They both now know how insignificant they both will become once Barack Obama is the nominee and directs the DNC to his needs.
When history reviews this campaign, and the Clinton legacy, it will not be kind. How anybody could squander the insurmountable lead that Hillary had, including the entire Party apparatus and key fundraisers, is beyond conventional reasoning or explanation.
That is why politics in this country is changing. The pundits are also slow in recognizin this fact.
It would be fascinating to see how big Obama's lead would be if HE had the support of Bayh, Rendell, Strickland, and the majority of the DNC.

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

Ron, California — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:05:10 GMT

2004 Senate election
In the 2004 Congressional elections, Daschle lost his seat to Republican challenger and former U.S. Representative John Thune in a bitterly contested battle. Thune, an aide to former United States Senator James Abdnor (the man Daschle defeated in 1986 to gain his seat in the Senate), prevailed by a narrow 51%-49% margin, which was just over 4,500 votes. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist visited South Dakota to campaign for Thune, breaking an unwritten tradition that one party's leader in the Senate would not campaign directly for the other's defeat. Daschle's loss resulted in the first ousting of a majority or minority leader since 1952 when Arizona Senator Ernest McFarland lost his seat to Barry Goldwater. Daschle's Senate term expired on January 4, 2005.

Throughout the campaign, Thune — along with Frist, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney — frequently accused Daschle of being the "chief obstructionist" of Bush's agenda and charged him with using filibusters to block confirmation of several of Bush's nominees to the federal judiciary. Thune also used moral values such as issues surrounding same-sex marriage and abortion to convince South Dakota voters that Daschle's positions on such topics were out-of-sync with the state's residents. The Republican candidate also drove home his strong support for the war. In a nationally televised debate on NBC's Meet the Press, Thune accused Daschle of "emboldening the enemy" in his skepticism of the Iraq war.

Daschle also noticeably relied very heavily on the power of incumbency to win a fourth term. Some also argued that Stephanie Herseth's election to the state's only House seat hurt Daschle, as voters may not have been comfortable sending an all-Democratic delegation to Congress for the first time in many decades. Accusations that Daschle was possibly considering no longer being an official resident of South Dakota was believed to have offended voters there. Others have analyzed that Daschle's lengthy consideration and eventual rejection of a potential run for the presidency in 2004 took a toll on South Dakotans, who felt betrayed and used by Daschle as a result.

When the race began in early 2004, Daschle led by 7 points in January and February. By May, his lead minimized to just 2 points and into the summer polls showed a varying number of trends: either Daschle held a slim 1 to 2 point lead or Thune held a slim 1 to 2 point lead or the race was tied right down the middle. Throughout September, Daschle led Thune by margins of 2 to 5 percent while during the entire month of October into the November 2 election, most polls showed that Thune and Daschle were dead even, usually tied 49-49 among likely voters. Some polls showed either Thune or Daschle leading by extremely slim margins.

[edit] 2005 and beyond
Daschle has not made intentions clear as to whether or not he will run again for office; however, he has signed on as a Senior Policy Advisor with the K Street law firm Alston & Bird.[5][1] Daschle was recruited by the former Republican Senate Minority Leader Bob Dole. Daschle has refused to discuss his salary, but Dole, performing a similar role at the firm, has admitted that to making in the region of $800,000 to $1 million per year. [6] Daschle is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.

In late September 2005, Daschle caught the attention of the media by reactivating his political action committee, changing its name from DASHPAC to New Leadership for America PAC and procuring a speaking slot at the Iowa Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. He has continued to keep a relatively high profile among Democratic interest groups. These moves were interpreted by the media as an exploration of a potential 2008 Presidential candidacy. Daschle has ruled out any future bid for the United States Senate and on December 2, 2006, announced he would not run for President in 2008.[7]

On February 13, 2006, Daschle became one of two Democrats (with Rep. Jane Harman of California) to endorse a controversial domestic surveillance program conducted under the authority of President George W. Bush by the National Security Agency (NSA).[8]

On February 21, 2007, the Associated Press reported that Daschle, after ruling out a presidential bid in December 2006, had thrown his support behind Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois for the 2008 Presidential Election, saying that he "personifies the future of Democratic leadership in our country."[9]

With regards to his endorsement of Obama, Daschle has been serving in a capacity as one of the national co-chairs for Obama's presidential campaign and Newsweek's Howard Fineman indicated in an April 2007 article that Daschle has been playing a key role as a central adviser in Senator Obama's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

[edit] Controversy over wife
Tom Daschle is married to Linda Hall Daschle, a former Miss Kansas and airline marketing executive. After their marriage the new Mrs. Daschle started a career as a successful lobbyist. Her clients include American Airlines, who received $583 million of cash subsidies following the September 11, 2001 attacks, as a result of legislation supported by her husband. During her husband's senate career Mrs. Daschle also briefly served as a Federal Aviation Administration deputy administrator, a role critics claimed would increase her influence considerably when she returned to lobbying. Although Mrs. Daschle declared that she would not personally lobby the Senate during her husband's term of office there, this restriction did not apply to the law firm of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell she worked for, and several of her clients benefited to an unusual extent from Senate legislation. Perhaps the most notable of these was L-3 International, makers of an airport x-ray security machine which the U.S. Department of Transportation was forced to buy in large quantities despite it being declared ineffective by the department's Inspector General and on at least one occasion leaking dangerous amounts of radiation. [10][11]

Daschle calls nuclear option 'disaster'

Jason Pawlik, Lakemoor, IL — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:05:39 GMT

The heck with Obama, I'm voting for Rev Wright. Someone told me he's not on the ballot and I said "no way." How's he polling against Obama and that evil doer Clinton? I can't seem to find any polls. He's the top story every night, he must be running. We could have 10 soldiers die in Iraq and he's still at the top. That's staying power! Wright in 08!

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s.b. — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:37 GMT

Obama supporters "more than ticked" if 2.3 million votes are counted. Just another reason why this man will never be President.

Too bad they weren't "more than ticked" when little old ladies had caucus materials ripped from their hands so Obama supporters could commit fraud in Texas.

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Hank - Sanford, FL — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:06:48 GMT

I posted a response a half hour ago. Why wasn't it posted?

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Aimee, San Diego, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:07:27 GMT

If Daschle thinks the superdelegates would be "ticked," imagine how the people who voted for Obama will feel. It's time for the uncommitted supers to wake up and realize that nominating a candidate who doesn't give a crap about the party is NOT a good idea. Obama wants to grow the party; all the Clintons managed to do in the 90s was shrink it.

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steve, nj — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:07:40 GMT

Go Hill-Billary!!!!! Now you're upsetting your own party members!

At this point, i think she's screwed her changes in even being pick for Vice President in trade of her ego!.

Obema For life!

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Irwin, Thousand Oaks, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:08:21 GMT

That the Democrats would throw the election away in November should there be a rejection of its own primaty rules is most certain!! That alone makes the Clinton claim of being more electable laughable. Obama will have his work cut out for him to get the 'blue-collar' vote, but he has a much better chance than Clinton would have of getting the Obama supporters if the nomination is stolen.

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Joe Schmoe, Roseville, CA — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:08:27 GMT

Hillary doesn't care. Screw the party... it's all about her!

I don't know why people keep saying she is "better than her campaign". This is the same person who won in a deep blue state that she herself cherry picked in 2000, and benefited from the Republican party nominee (Guliani) imploding. Then, 6 years later, she spent $30M to basically win an uncontested seat. $30M!!!!!!

In this primary season, she tried to stack the voting day so she would close it out on Super Tuesday, and didn't have a plan B, which meant she had no organizations on the ground whatsoever and lost 12 consecutive states.

For all her experience, she doesn't seem to know what the heck she is doing. Yet since I support Obama, I'm apparently "deamy eyed" and some sort of cult worshipper. No, Hillary, that's not it at all. I don't support you because you CAN'T LEAD and you CAN'T MANAGE! If your name wasn't Hillary Clinton but "John Doe" you would have been finished a LONG time ago.

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James Salter, Rocklin California — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:09:25 GMT

Clinton's desperation is really ugly, and this so called nuclear option will do more than turn off the undecided super delegates. I think it will drive both super delegates and voters to Obama's side when they see the back biting, clawing and scratching that Hillary is capable of.

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DIAMOND — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:09:46 GMT

Truth is, Fl and MI will NEVER BE SEATED based on those results - NEVER! Because tgat would be a decalaration of war. The Clintons bring it up just to give voters and superdelegates the impression that she still has a path to the nomination - and that keeps her in the race.

As Howard Dean puts it, "The candidate who gets to that number [2024] first, wins the nomination". From uncommitted supers and the next contests, Obama will get the 273 he needs to get to 2024.

Then Al Gore, Jimmy Carter, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders come out and put their seal of approval on him. It's done!

Clinton can continue to campaign and make a fool of herself if she wants. Infact, Jon Stewart even predicted she will be campaigning during Obama's inauguration as President of the United States of America.

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ariel — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:11:48 GMT

This MUST end, Sen. Clinton. Give the Keynote Address at the convention as Obama will likely generously offer. Campaign for him and return to the Senate as a heavyweight.But end this now.

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Rosalynd, Orlando Florida — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:12:01 GMT

Clinton is a Mad Woman, she really is off her meds. She wants to destroy the Democratic party because she can not win the nomination. What a big cry baby!

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john wayne - dem voter — Mon, 05 May 2008 22:12:28 GMT

You better believe it pilgrim!