Clinton declares victory in Florida

Is she serious? Barack Obama, a virtual nobody in Florida, just won 30% of the vote from a woman who was first lady of the country for 8 years, who has nearly 100% name recognition in Florida and who was the presumptive Democratic nominee until recently .

It is Clintonian doublespeak of the mosty common variety to declare this sham a victory. It is a telling sign of the artificial nature of this made-for-TV out pouring of support that the largest print on the signs at her "victory rally" (in a state where she didn't campaign) was the initials of the union that hastily printed the signs!

Fortunately, the emperor's clothes are increasingly threadbare, and everyone, from Ted Kennedy and Jimmy Carter to us ordinary people, are seeing the Clintons in their true colors. We hope it won't be long before we are rid of these liars and crooks and we can take back our party and our future.

Florida is a snapshot of what will happen Feb 5. The Clintons success comes nationally from moderate voters. They do not need liberal establishment endorsements either! Hillary is smart, dedicated, and tough. Cant wait for Feb 5! Go girl !
We love you Hill!

It's unfortunate that Florida was not a real contest.

I look forward to Feb 5th

I'm pulling for Obama because he is not divisive. He pulls the country together, has been against the Iraq war from the beginning. We also need to give someone a chance to change health care that is not accepting lobbyist funds.

What happened to Hillary Care?

We think you're corrupt, Bush-like and don't trust you Hill! You're old corrupt establishment Washington Hill! Ted Kennedy is right Hill! You would be very bad for America Hill!

The Clintons are behaving disgracefully. I am a life-long Democratic Feminist who wishes I could support Hillary but I find the way she has conducted her campaign shocking. If even I feel this way, there is no hope that she will beat McCain and we will have another REpublican president. Massachusetts,please wake up to what is happening and support Obama in the primary. He is our only hope.

What a joke! She and her husband think the American people are really dumb. None of the democratic candidates were supposed to have run in Florida. This win means nothing.

Hillary Clinton is behaving disgracefully. As a Democratic Femisist I wish I could support her but I find her behavior in this campaign shocking. If even I do not support her she cannot beat McCain and we will have another four years of a Republican presidency. Wake up Massachusetts, and support Obama. He is our only hope

Take that Sen Ted Kennedy and Caroline Kennedy, much ado about your backing of Obama, Florida just bi**hslaped you and your candidate!!!

I agree Hillary is going to win at least 17 States! Go Hillary!

landnsdad- it is what it is, points or no points...A VICTORY. They may not have campaigned in the state, but we Floridians do not live under rocks and actually watch national news, know where the candidates stand on issue and we even go on the internet! (imagine that).

If Obama had taken the lead, a victory party would not have been questioned or ridiculed. And btw, your examples were off- Carter was one of the worst presidents we've had in history and Ted Kennedy is a drunk.

I think Hillary's cynical flip-flop on Florida, like her flip-flop on the Nevada caucuses, will hurt her. This was a complete reversal of position on disqualification of the Florida and Michigan delegates. Not only that, she waited until after the sanctioned early caucus and primary states had already voted before flipping. Shouldn't the voters of the earlier states be given a chance to take back their votes? Shouldn't voters in the states that played by the rules and waited until February 5 be offended by this flip-flop?

Everyone has to check out the article “White Voters with a Side of Hispanics” on the blogzine Savage Politics. This is an awesome discussion and analysis on the current Democrat and GOP candidates and their eligibility.

www.savagepolitics.com
Here is an excerpt: “Tuesday night’s Florida Primary was a very important episode in the drama in which both the Republican and Democrat Parties are unfolding towards the Presidency of the United States. It also dramatically demonstrated the incredible bias that the Media continues to display towards the Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, in spite of all the evidence pointing to his lack of viability. From MSNBC’s Chris Mathews, who openly stated the day before that any Network that decided to report on the Democratic voting results in Florida was proving a “gross” favoritism for Hillary (ironically enough his Network ended up having to cover it nevertheless), to CNN’s pundits, who continuously utilized the exact same rhetoric that the Obama Campaign was spewing to excuse their defeat (”Beauty Pageant” was their favorite phrase, with all the sexist connotations it implies). All the same, the Florida results in the Democratic side were overwhelmingly favorable to Hillary Clinton, who won a 50% margin, to Obama’s 33%, Edwards’ 14%, and Gravel’s 1%. On the Republican side, it was John McCain who came out victorious with a 36% margin, to Romney’s 31%, Giuliani’s 15%, Huckabee’s 14%, and Paul’s 3%. Let’s discuss each Party’s results and their realistic consequence.
First, we have the very significant victory of John McCain. His candidacy was, from the very start, labeled as a failure due to his unpopularity amongst most “base” Republicans, much of it owed to McCain’s overwhelmingly dubious record on Conservative issues. His notorious tendency to side with multiple (highly despised) Democrats on issues like Immigration, Bush’s Tax Cuts and other measures, have always been enough to marginalize him from even the “moderate wing” within his Party. Still, when the Florida Exit Polls are analyzed, they reflect many unexpected re-alignments in his favor. Evangelical/Born Again Christians voted for John McCain in a 30% margin, in comparison to both Romney’s and Huckabee’s 29%. This may seem like an insignificant difference, but when you also consider that the majority of non-Evangelicals (Catholics, Atheist, etc.) also…” Find the rest of the article at http://savagepolitics.com/?p=64

I am really happy on Hillary's victory in Florida, and wish her the victories in the rest of all the states as well. I am really concerned about the way Obama is behaving. I have personally as well as many others, in my community have mentioned that African American teenagers, and youngsters have openly mentioned, " that let our black president come and we will teach you a lesson". This will be a really scary situation.

The country saw the true Obama emerging the night of the State of the Union address. Given the chance to gracious and "presidential", instead he turned his back and refused to shake Hillary's hand. What a silly, little-boy snub of Hillary. You would think he'd be feeling on top of the world, receiving the Teddy-and-Caroline endorsements that day, but evidently not.

Hillary not only has a natural gift for reaching across party lines, but apparently also one for reaching across to her recalcitrant, small-minded democratic opponent. A snapshot of both our democratic candidates that still told a very big story about the kind of people they are. Work it, Hillary! ---Anne from Falmouth