Patrick: Democrats will rally behind Obama

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You have got to believe this.
So much to say. Let us lay it out one by one
http://www.newsweek.com/id/133557/page/4

said Davis, who was friendly with Palmer at the time.
"She went out and recruited Barack."
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She filed petitions to get on the ballot for the spring 1996 primary,
but Obama took steps to make sure voters wouldn't get a chance to pick her.
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1. Is this so called NEW politics?
No one blames you if just say it is politics.
You call it new politics? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

2. Good, Bad, and Ugly
Someone tells you where treasure is.
It is fine you just take all and run away.
But instead you kill that poor person.
Wow, speechless
What a character

3. Gentleman
He is really a 'nice gentleman'
fight hard with Woman with SKILLs
You follower should be very proud. LOL

More coming.....

Never gonna happen. As a Hillary Clinton supporter you can bet if she doesn't win the nomination we WILL stick to our word. We don't trust Obama & his wife and their Anti American, racist way. You people need to get it through your heads. We will never vote for Obama, we'd rather have McCain if we don't have Hillary, we will not rally for this disgrace of a candidate Obama.

Cable doesn't use airwaves. That's why it's called "cable."

obama lost by 9.2%.

If the choice is Obama or four more years of Bush policies, Democrats will rally around Obama as distasteful as it may seem at first. Likewise for Hillary. To do anything else would be petty, childish, and vindictive. I don't believe Democrats are going to mortgage their childrens futures just to settle scores with other Democrats.

WOW - he sure has an ego doesn't he! And to think I voted for him!
What Pennsylvania showed me was this. Our country is being run by a one term governor and look at what a mess it is in. Even the current state of affairs in the Patrick government are not going that well! While we expect mistakes, we also expect progress. This is no different than the current presidential election.
A two year senator is NOT ready to move this country forward and no matter how much media hype the man gets, it's not match for real experience. I pray the experience of Pennsylvania shows the rest of the country who is really ready to run this country! BTW, 80,000 new donors to the Clinton camp in a 24 hour period also speaks VOLUMES, wake up Patrick and smell what you're sitting it!

When I say "O", You say "bama"!

O . . .

never state that the primary (PA) was a lost before all votes have been counted.

This voter won't. Nothing personal but it comes down to experience. I'll have to vote for a Republican the first time in my life. Patrick is wrong.

Type your comment here...obama is the only ,who can beat mccain.we all need to stay united if we want to change the disaster that we have in our hands . Do not believe in all the lies invented by the republicans amd the opposition.Once Obama is nominated the democratic party will stand together because deep inside we want real chage.

Why not just research everyone's background, create a profile based on majority statistics, and everyone give our energy resources a break and stay home on election day?

How can Deval Patrick make such a bold statement. I am standing behind Hillary....with all the uphill battling she has taken from the news media, Obama's camp and some others to hang up her hat, and give the race up. I like her. She has spunk..she is a fighter, and that is who I want in office. She does not give up because of someone tells her to.
How can the media make bold statements also. They have no idea what kind of outcome will come out of what situation. Let the people think and stop telling half truths, stop it, ney saying media! It is very irratating when the press leans one way, and is not objective.

No, we Hillary supporters actually do mean it Gov. Patrick, when we say that we're not going to vote for Sen. Obama. Believe it or not, some of us really do mean it when we say he is not experienced enough. Sorry, but I will not rally for Sen. Obama in 2008, maybe in 8 years when his Vice Presidency is coming to an end and he is vying for President; then he'll have enough experience. Until then, not a chance Mr. Governor - not in 2008.

CANT WIN WHITE WORKING CLASS VOTERS!!??!!?!?
What the hell is this? Lets break this down a bit, shall we?

I live in a small town in Oregon with few minority families (where everyone works- go figure!??!), and guess what? Everyone I've spoken with at the grocery store, the pump, the range, the games, everywhere its been Obama, its completely lop-sided.
Oh, and for a national look, hows this for Obama support vs Clinton:
Colorado 66%vs34%,
Kansas 74%vs36%,
Idaho 79%vs17%,
Nebraska 68%vs32%,
N. Dakota 61%vs37%,
Washington 68%vs31%,
Maine 59%vs41%,
Vermont 60%vs38%.
It keeps going.
I left out any state that has a large minority population, and states with mild victories in favor of Obama. I guess people in Washington may be white, but their not working.?.?.
The media and the Clintons want to frame this as "white people" don't like Obama.
Guess what!
Your a WRONG!!! surprise! surprise!

We support Obama for his ideas! His Tact and Vision! Not his color, or lack thereof! For any of you saying his plans lack details - look em up, they are very well documented. More so than either of the other candidates. And just as inspirational as his speeches! Dont forget that hes not funded by Lobbyists! Finally someone's actually for us!

Disgusting for the media outlets to mention this argument when THE TRUTH is apparent to anyone who cares to see it. I'm so disgusted by the Clintons right now I may vomit...hold on...

I am a Democrat who, prior to Billary, liked the Clintons and managed to turn a blind eye to their problems with truthfulness and ethics (like Bill's outgoing pardons). I have now lost all respect for the both Bill and Hillary.

I have been an Obama supporter from the start and would have rallied behind Clinton before the two of them got nasty in their quest for power. It is now clear to me that it is the power that this couple craves, not the privilege of serving the people of this country.

I will vote for a pandering McCain before I vote for another lying Clinton.

one term and out for this gentleman . I would not be surprised if McCain carried Ma.

Over 90% of Blacks voted for Bill Clinton, Al Gore and J. Kerry , so what is wrong if the same percentage vote for B. Obama? It is really loughable

BALONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wHY DOES OBAMA NOT HINT AT THE LOW LIFE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLINTON CAMPAIGNS AND WHY ISNOBODYMETIONING THAT OBAMS IS FiGHTING 2 CLINTONE AND NOT ONE AND WHO WILL BE RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE ANYWAY

Mr. Patrick is correct. Senator Obama is the best hope for this country to amend its current destructive path designed by the Republicans and Bush. Americans will not elect McCain because we are bored with his old-man mind set which is rooted in imperialistic dogma and dangerous. Obama 08!

I'm an Obama supporter, and even I think Patrick is being too optimistic. This fight is tearing the Democratic party apart; certainly, many Clinton supporters will vote for Obama, but some probably will vote either for McCain or some third party candidate. It is my hope that by the time the election comes around, enough time will have passed for the emotions to cool down and for everyone to look at this rationally. After all, Obama and Clinton have virtually identical policy positions. Either of them would be way better than McCain. I don't think Clinton has a chance of wining anymore, but if she were to miraculously pull it off, I would certainly (however grudgingly) vote for her over the man who wants to keep us in Iraq for a hundred years. Not everyone feels that way, though. Obama probably will lose votes. I just hope the independents and crossover Republicans will be enough to make up the difference.

My wife, a life-long Republican, switched party affiliations in PA to vote for Obama. Hellary is that despised among Republicans. One out of 10 voters in Tuesday's PA primary were those who recently changed party affiliations, and most of those voters went for Obama. So, truth be told, Republicans would rather face Obama than Clinton, because we know that this election is fairly slanted towards the Democratic party anyways, and we remember what a lying, divisive, political foe Clinton is.

Why do you foreground this article? Who cares what Deval's opinion is? Hillary is the better candidate. Deny it all you want, Deval. I will not support a candidate I don't believe it, even if he IS a Democrat. My family has voted Democratic for two generations. But we vote our conscience. If the candidate is not optimal, we stay home.

Congratulations on appeasing your corporate owners' insistence that any information you publish be demeaning to Democrats (referring to the Governor of the State of Massachusets as a "cheerleader"). You have also noticeably whitewashed a significant political story, namely that rabid right-wing radio hosts have actively encouraged Republican party members to skew the Democratic primary by voting for Hillary -- this isn't conjecture or the ramblings of a partisan governor, it is hard news, that you choose to present otherwise.

It is true that we Americans must not only defeat McSame and Co., but now must beat the corporate-owned propoganda/opinion machine which has replaced our media. I just don't know if we can do it, and it frightens me.

As a PhD educated, upper middle class, anti-gun, agnostic, pro-immigration, liberal female, don't count on my vote for Obama. Have never liked the man and find him lacking authenticity and just don't understand, when no women could, how he floated in on a wing and a prayer. Gee -- sounds like the sexism, far to many women experience. I find him dismissive and direspectful to women and mostly I am tired of both African-American and Caucasian men telling me if I don't vote for him, I'm racist.

"Patrick said some of those voters are Republicans who have been encouraged by activists to vote for Clinton because they believe she would be easier for McCain to beat than Obama."

Pretty awesome you guys didn't mention the name of the so called "operation". Right on!

I do think allot of Republicans are going to vote Dem this round anyways. I have never witnessed this momentum before in politics......... I heard in Pennsylvania there were 300,000 new Dems and something like half of those used to be Republicans. We have history to make this election.....I love it!

Deval Patrick is absolutely WRONG. I have never voted Republican, however, if someone with as little experience as Obama is our candidate, I could NOT vote for him. Being a Vietnam veteran I realize the importance of experienced leadership.

Rhetoric is not the answer, experience is.

It is a bit unsettling, reading Deval Patrick's comments, to recognize that there still are grown-ups involved in this campaign. I had gotten used to cable news.

To be honest if he wins, he win should thing .If he beat hillary (which has happened) and loss to mc cain then so be it .Its the right thing to do.

I think Rev Wright has thrown Obama under the bus so to speak...Why is baffling.
Obama has been more than kind about his controversial remarks and with this interview , Rev Wright has really not been what he should be to Obama....I hope now that Obama will denouce him as he has been too fair thus far......I also hope Obama's staff will bring up the negatives about Hagge and also Robertson if they are going to continue their derogatives about Obama. If he wants to win, he must get tough as he is too kind to Hillary and McCain.

Obama supporters are absolutely delusional if they think that all Clinton supporters are going to rally around Obama if he does wind up with the nomination. It appalls me how Obama supporters like Patrick continually threaten that black voters will walk away en masse if Hillary “steals” the election with the help of the Super Delegates. However, they refuse to acknowledge that Hillary supporters are just as likely to walk away if Obama “wins” the nomination with the help of Super Delegates.

Obama supporters need to also understand that Hillary supporters comprise approximately 50% percent of all Democrats. Conversely, blacks only comprise about 15% of all Democrats. I think the Democratic Party has more to lose by alienating 50% of Democrats as opposed to 15%.

Why be surprised that Hillary would enter the fall campaign with the highest unfavorable ratings of any nominee in half a century?

Bill Clinton's "Zippergate" showed a great deficit of loyalty and responsibility--really the foundations of civil society.

Hillary's campaign has shown the same yawing deficit of loyalty and responsibility to the Democratic Party.

It's time the Party greybeards stepped up to the plate and put an end to the farce the Clintons are trying to foist upon us.

Friends don't let friends vote for John McCain without at first reading Cliff Schecter's new book, The Real McCain. Schecter traces the evolution of three different John McCains through this career and shows us how the image we may have might be one of the McCains that is gone.

Really, some of us polarized Democrats could feel repugnance toward voting for the one who is not our candidate. But first, realize what we would face with another Republican administration. More spending on the wrong things and neglecting the right things.

Gee what a surprise. One worthless political hack who only got elected because of the color of his skin is singing the praises of another worthless political hack who has only gotten as far as he has because of the color of his skin.

Patrick is like teh Obama mini-me.

No they won't!

This is for Hunter. Your right Obama is backed by Hollywood- Basically ( Oprah) And what vision are you talking about? You should take a good look at Canada's health care program and ask someone that has any major illness there how there treatment is going and if you like that kind of big government program youshould just move there or maybe the middle east would be better.

I am a life-long Democrat who will not vote for Obama. I live in a Red state every election year, and this year? I will be joining my friends and neighbors and voting FOR McCain. Oh and look at those states that someone printed all the Obama "support" - how many of them (like mine listed there) come out Red and not Blue anyway on election day? Think about that. Then start adding Hillary's percentages into the Red votes and tell me how well you think Obama will really do in November.

I think that every Hillary supporter should vote for McCain if she doesn't win the nomination, and HOPE they do. That's my hope.

Patrick promised "change" when he ran for Mass Gov. I voted for him.
After a year, he is "do-nothing-governor"

I am a supporter of Senator Obama. I strongly believe that once Senator Obama is pick the Democratic party nominee, I would hope and strongly believe that the Party and the voters on Senator Clinton side would unite behind Senator Obama. I would hope that Senator Clinton would encourage the voters in Pennsylvania and other states who voted for her to rally behind Barack, should he win the nomination and I honestly believe that he will. Senator Clinton will then prove that she is a uniter and not a divider to bring the Democratic Party back together. To say that the voters will back the Republican nominee if their Democrat candidate does not get the nomination is very bias and immature on their part. If you believe strongly that the Democratic party has a better platforms then the Republican party, why would one vote for the Republican nominee. The color of our skin , whether it may be white, black, brown or yellow is just pigmentation . No race should be elevated above another race or be judge by the color of your pigmentation skin color. As I follow both Senator Obama and Senator Clinton long and exhausting campaigns, I believe that Senator Obama is the one that can truly unite this country that is so unevenly divided and can do better and even more for our next generation to come. If Senate Obama can run an organize campaign as he has, he certainly in my judgement can hold and run the highest office of this land with the right people in his cabinet. OBAMA-08 for our next President of the United States of America.

I've got a solution for Obama if there truly is a problem with winning over working class voters. How about asking John Edwards to be his running mate? Edwards is highly regarded by the working class, probably because he has championed their cause and made it his own. He would be a great asset to President Obama, standing there at his right hand. I think the state of Pennsylvania was a somewhat unique situation with diehard voters who were hard to budge. That has not been the case in most states. And as mentioned, though not nearly enough, there was a movement in Ohio, Texas, and South Carolina, thanks to Rush Limbaugh, encouraging Republicans to vote for Hillary so that she would win the nomination. They see her as the easier Democratic candidate to beat. Why else would McCain constantly harp on Obama and not on Hillary. There's plenty of ammunition he could use against her, but he does not. Obama is who he is afraid of.

Why don't you work on the problems here in the state and do something
useful as your polls have fallen way down!
Hillary is the one for the job and I would rather vote rep. then vote for the likes
of OBOMA!
I wished I had not voted for you! You haven't lived up to your promises!

steve,

I live in Canada and I appreciate our health care system. I have a family doctor, 2 Gynecologists, a dermatologist, a podiatrist, a physiologist, a homeopathic doctor, a dietitian, an optometrist a dentist and an orthodontist.

In regard to honesty, I must raise the Bosnia statements issue again. Hillary Clinton made the assertion multiple times that she landed in Bosnia under sniper fire. When African American comedian Sinbad refuted Hillary's assertion, campaign spokeman Phil Singer came out and told the press that Sinbad's recollection, that: "The only red phone moment we had was figuring out where to eat next, was wrong. It took a news film to force Hillary to stop lying, and to end the bashing of Sinbad for speaking the truth. Then Bill Clinton, adding more errors, declared falsely that his wife just made the Bosnia statement once while she was tired. Hmmm... Also, Reverend Wright deserves criticism, but: 1) White evangelical preachers said similar things; and 2) John McCain originally welcomed the support of well-known evalgelical preacher Rev. John Hagee, who routinely bashes the Catholic Church as says it will be destroyed at the second coming. Yet, none of these clearly unethical actions and words are widely discussed in teh press. Newsman John King, according to a poster on CNN.com's comments section Tuesday, Referred to "Senator Clinton" but only "Obama" (not Senator Obama) many times on Tuesday. For shame!!

I was glad to see the comment from Oregon. I am here in Oregon, too, and I can't really imagine Hillary doing well here. If anyone was paying attention, by now they have gotten a negative view of her even if they were originally open to her candidacy. I wish Kulongowski, who is a superdelegate supporter of Hillary would say something on the order of the NYT editorial repudiating her mean-spirited campaign. I am getting a lower opinion of Kulongowski every day. You can have an effect on the candidates you support, and I really think every loyal democrat no matter which side they are on has to speak out , and demand that she close the deal with the voters in a way that is respectful. Come on Hillary!! If you get Oregon 60/40 without a kitchen sink you will have sealed the deal. But to cast doubts on a
basis of a state that was a lock-up for you shows how "gotcha' we now expect you to be. Wasn't it Penn who said momentum didn't really apply to this campaign?You are going to find the tide has not turned in Oregon, and if Obama is as petty as you, he'll be crowing about why you couldn't seal the deal in Oregon. Well, I'm waiting.

I was a Hillary supporter for years. I also turned a blind eye to all the White House corruption for a long time, although by the end, when they even stole the furniture on the way out and it took a Senate Ethics Lawsuit to get it back....I was pleased to see them go.

After the shameful manner in which she has campaigned, stooping into the gutter and bheaving like the "Right Wing Conspirancy" she has so often accused, I can tolerate looking at or listening to her.

If she is the nominee, I will vote for McCain. America simply cannot put those two crooks back into the White House. Once an investigation gets launched into Bill's $!09,000,000 plus $500,000,000 library money, YOU KNOW the stench will be unbearable. The country cannot afford to have a distracted Presidency, as we did in the Clinton second term, and believe me, having observed Bill's emotional condition recently, I fear a Clinton White House in 2009 would be a scary place.

News for you..We Will NOT get behind Obama!!!! The Man WILL NOT beat Mcain! I personally will vote for Mcain! if Obama wins,some people think we are joking when we say we will note vote for him, Do not disregard what the people have said,there are thousands who feel the same.Vote Hillary if you really want a democrate in the White House!

Patrick is a stone at obama's neck

One problem, firstly, many Hillary supporters support her because they want experience in the white house, Obama really doesn't have much. 2ndly, not all of us (believe it or not) are on board with the hope/change thing. Personally i think it's f'g corny, and I need a reason to vote for someone. Many democrats who did not vote for Obama in the primaries do not like having this guy shoved down our throats by the media, and one of the side effects of that is that the whole OBAMA MOVEMENT is now leaving a very bad taste in our mouths. So Patrick can get stuffed, and so can Pelosi, Dean and the rest of the democratic party that thinks we all need to get on board to support something we do not "BELIEVE" in.

There will be some die hard Hillary fans who will not vote for Obama, period! Those that are racists and those baby boomer women who were feminists in the 60s.
I am a die hard Obama supporter who will never vote for Hillary, or any Clinton. I didn't vote for Bill in the 90s, and I am certainly not going to vote for this monster!
I will vote for McCain even though I disagree with his foreign policy. Hillary's economic policies scare the s**t out of me. In fact, two Noble Prize winners in economics came out in support of Senator Obama's policy today.
So woman with the PhD, you better do your research before you start flapping your mouth. Obama has actually been an elected official for 10 years, Clinton has only held an elected office for 8 years. Tell me how that adds up to Clinton having more experience.

Looks to me like this place is full of sock puppets pretending to be be Hillary supports who claim to refuse to vote Obama. Not likely. I call BS on more NeoCon Rove style dirty tricks. Be wary, people, and don't take everything at face value. It's so easy on the internet to pretend to be someone you're not.

Well....you know what? I am a middle aged white woman married to an African American man. My grandparents, my parents, my in-laws--all Democrats. Needless to say, I am a stalwart Democrat. Will I be be voting for Senator Obama should he win the nomination? ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!!!

45 years old and as liberal as they come, supported Jesse Jackson in the South!!! Obama does not have sufficientj experience and for the first time I will vote for a republican if he is our nominee. Does not help that his wife is "finally proud" of this county now that here husband is supported. I have been proud of this Country for 8 years with a tyrant as its head.

I will NOT vote for the racist anti-american Barack Obama. I am a democrat who will vote for John McCain. I feel I have no choice. Do I vote for someone who associates with people who HATE our country? No way. I dont buy for a second that he doesn't share the views of his pastor, William Ares, and especially his wife. I may not agree with all of McCains policies, but at least I have no doubt that he loves his country.