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You make this statement as though it were a fact. Hillary herself has said many times that having a Democrat win the next election, is the most important thing. And it is. And we will need all the Democrats to make that happen,! Developing a hatred for one section of the party, and spreading that hatred is completely self-defeating.
I agree with Christina! I actually voted for Hillary in my state’s primary several months ago…but now I am ready for Obama. I wish Hillary would just step aside and let the Democratic party get down to the business of beating McCain.
As a woman, I do think we need more female leaders in the US, and the world for that matter. However, I feel torn - I, in my heart, just don’t feel that Hillary is the right woman to be president, even if for just right now. Maybe she’ll be right later, but today, I just don’t think she’s it. She’s one of those people that you either love or hate, and that’s no product of her being a woman, that’s just who she is.
As much as I would love to say I helped to put the first Woman President in the WH, I just don’t think she’s the one.
Senator Clinton has convinced me to officially leave the Demorcatic Party and join the Independents. In the event Clinton wins the nomination…remember how you feel today about the Hillary Clinton we little have had the pleasure to get to know. DONOTVOTEFORHER!!! And if you think having Hillary Clinton as your next president will put women on a different…yet better platform…think again. It’s nothing to be proud of when you say you like her or wish to be like her. She makes women look awful.
I will remember what has happened to our country the last 7 years! I will remember all the things McCain has done and said and how he would continue the horror of the past 7 years.
And I as Obama supporter, would without hesitation pull that lever for whichever Democrat is the nominee. Otherwise I have blindly gone, exactly where the right wing of the Republican party has led me.
Thank you Taylor Hall…..I have been a lifelong Democrat and thanks to HRC, Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi…I am embarrassed to say so….Oh I’ll admit it but only with the disclaimer that I want them to go! and if she is the nominee I will not vote. Great photo BTW!
I am mostly CONFUSED by the whole process at this point. I’m going to admit it, (even to all you super smart ladies.)
I began being pretty excited about Hillary; wanted to do some volunteer work, voted for her. I live in Obama country (Chicago), but am not crazy about the guy. I voted for him for senator, he said he had no interest in the presidential race. Surprise! Shouldn’t people have to give up their office if they decide to run for president? I, personally, feel like I was duped. Apparently, being the senator from Illinois was simply part of a bigger plan because he was gone in a flash. So I’m paying his senate salary; what is he doing for me?
Next area of confusion: everyone expected Hillary to win in PA, but all you heard is, “it still won’t matter, superdelegates, yadda, yadda, yadda. So in my simplistic mind, it seems that popular vote (we, the people) don’t count in the end as the mysterious superdelegates (to me anyway!) will make the final decision, and they could go with the popular vote, but don’t necessarily have to … whaaat? So, in other words, backroom dealmaking is already going on.
I also lost something for Hillary with that Bosnia stuff. It wasn’t just a controversial opinion or foot-in-mouth - it was just a big lie! What’s with that? I get enough of that from my husband; don’t need it from her. However, if she is the candidate (doubtful, apparently) I will vote for her. Won’t vote for Obama, couldn’t bring myself to vote for McCain.
If anyone could clear this superdelegate thing for me, I would appreciate it. Does our vote count or not?
Sure our votes count. It is just that there are elected officials and others who are also delegates. If you think of it another way, the Republicans have winner take all primaries, and if the Democrats had that system, Hillary would have the nomination by now. Because the Democrats have a proportional delegate assignment system, the superdelegates are a safety hatch in a way. If there is some dispute about delegates from a particular state, say Michigan or Florida, you need the superdelegates to step in and keep the convention from getting stuck in a tie. My guess is that the superdelegates want someone who can beat McCain and are looking hard at the votes and the patterns in the votes to be sure that whoever they vote for at the convention, it will result in a nominee who can be inaugurated in January.
As for Bosnia, who knows what she was thinking. My guess is that both candidates are seriously sleep deprived by now. That is why I thought all the hoopla about the 3 a.m. phone calls was some sort of plea for a good nap.
I think Clinton would have to get something like 60% of all the remaining delegates to win the nomination. That is why so many commentators are wondering if she can pull it off.
I’m excited about the win…I like Hillary.
I think this is such a difficult election. Obama is a charmer and a wonderful speaker and that is most definitely something we need in the white house right now, he knows how to get the nation (especially the youth) excited about the government and America again. Hillary on the other hand has the experience. She’s been in the white house before and she knows the way it works. This is a very hard election. I am left thinking about John Adams and his first letter to Abigail from the President’s House, “I pray Heaven to bestow the best Blessings on this House and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May none but honest and wise “men” ever rule under this roof.”
Unfortunately, I think we forgot about this a long time ago and I would really love to have someone in the White House who could live up to this. I don’t know who that is if it is any of the candidates…so for now I will have to say, “Go Hillary.” (At least she has experience)
If I was Howard Dean, I would have previously had a national conversation with all Democrats. I would have posted both Hillary’s and Obama’s complete resumes online.
Then I would have asked the question: Are we being realistic nominating either of these two? On paper - away from the charisma - and the arm twisting - I think the answer would have been “No, both Obama and Hillary are fatally flawed.”
Just on paper alone these two look horrible. The most liberal senator in the US senate, and the wife of one of the most notorious and corrupt (remember the pardons for terrorists) president in history.
I lived in a suburb of Washington during the Clinton years. Has everyone forgotten about WHITEWATER? I’m just not trusting of Clinton. Therefore, I’m disappointed that Clinton won the Pennsylvania primary. I feel strongly that it would be a mistake if she wins the democratic ticket. That said, I’m not sure that Obama is the right choice. However, I’d rather see Obama win the White House rather than Clinton.
We should be grateful that Hillary Clinton has once again demonstrated her true nature by discarding her senatorial posturing of cordial cross-isle ooperation and jumped back into the political gutter with relish. If you are curious as to what bringing the policy of chaos and corruption back from Iraq to The White House would like, just envisage President Hillary and former President Bill surrounded by confused staff and lobbyists at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue would be like:-)!! Imagine foreign leaders not quite sure who is wearing the pants… Or perhaps you would prefer not to imagine the secret service not having to guard such a ridiculous circus after the humiliation we and the world have all had to endure with George W.?
That woman has great professional competence which is unfortunately more than offset by a personality that only feels alive when fighting, character with a great lack of sincerity and integrity, a mindset limited to the techniques of 1990s and a husband who has had his day and whose insatiable ego prevents him from quietly taking a low-profile back seat and simply giving advice. She would have made an excellent political commissar of a communist state but she cannot sell to anybody with a flexible intelligence(exclude the geriatrics, the gender-stuck and the poor dominated by attitudes formed years ago under her husband and frightened of change in any form.)
Excellent points, Zanda Du. “She would have made an excellent political commissar of a communist state but she cannot sell to anybody with a flexible intelligence”…I really want that unleashed. talk about not ready for prime time player.
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