Clinton gets editorial, Obama gets superdelegates

'The endorsement editorial goes on to praise her energy policy as "forward thinking and wise" '

Seriously? You mean, the whole thing about cutting the gas tax and replacing it with a tax on oil companies, something that is 100% certain to have no positive impact whatsoever and is nothing but a myopic gimmick to buy votes? Wow, I figured that would fool some of the less educated folks in this country, but to dupe the entire editorial board of a "major" newspaper, I'm truly impressed (=disappointed)

My gut feeling is that for some reason getting newspapers endorsements don't help candidates. Go back and check that everytime Hillary lost a major newspaper endorsement she did very well in the state: California(LA Times), Texas(all major newspapers endorsed Obama), Pennsylvania(The philadelphia Inquirer and every major newspaper), Iowa(DesMoine Register), Ohio(every major newspaper), Massachussets(Boston Globe), and Obama also got some endorsements in West Virginia and Kentucky.

I had not realized this until Indiana when Hillary got the Indy Star's endorsement and my husband called my attention about this "pattern." We thought, well let's see. The night came and Hillary did not do as well as the polls before the primary
were showing. I don't know if people don't like to be told by the Media who to vote for or what else, but go back and check and find out by yourself.

It matters not, Obama is going to be the Nominee and we can only hope those rabid supporters of hers vote for their best interests in the fall and not vote McCain out of spite.

The DNC committee that is meeting Saturday appears to be getting ready to go down the same old path that has led to defeat of Democratic candidates in past elections - Stevenson, Dukasis, Kerry. Why they are so myopic is beyond me. They established foolish RULES and now, by damn, they are going to follow them no matter if those rules nominate a candidate who very probably cannot win. Barack has won caucus states who vote Republican in the general election and, so, should not realistically play a role in the nominating process. Those states will be offended by that fact, but there it is! So we go headlong into snatching defeat from the jaws of victory with an Obama nominee. Lord help us!

Anyone in South Dakota could tell you that the Argus Leader's endorsement is more likely the kiss of death than the "important endorsement" you claim it is. Just ask Tom Daschle in his race against John Thune.

It's sad that the newspapers endorsements don't always mean anything.
for all the millions of people voting in the primary, because of the current administration, the majority of people don't read newspapers and editorials.
They prefer to look at the second rate FOX News and CNN on cable.
Why do young people think YOUTUBE is a news source ?
Its time to stop watching YouTube and put them out of business.

I almost always vote the opposite of my local fishwrap's endorsement!

Here's hoping Hillbillary won't prolong the nightmare after Tuesday.

I just wanna shoot myself :(

I have nothing against Obama. I do not know him as a matter of fact the first time I heared his name and saw him on TV was during the 2004 DNC convention. But let's ask our selves. Is he really the guy that can bring us together? Is he really the best candidate? Does he have what it takes to be the Comander in chief of this great nation? If you ask me my answer is short and I can give you many many reasons why I think he is not capable of the job specially givig the situation our country is in (the war, the fuel crisis, the economic melt down....). I am an African American (actually very close to Obama's father country) I know that in our country to get elected all you have to do is confuse the voters and that is exactly what is hapening right now. Ask your friends why they vote for Obama. This are the answers I am hearing-he is black, he is young, he is for change(even though he is geeting the old washington losers endorsment left and right), I donot like Hillary (for no reason most of the time)...Is it how we choose our leader? I do not think so. I am not tied up by any thing race, sex or what so ever and if Hillary is not on the ticket, for my own moral duty I will go out for Maccain or stay home. Period.

Please, if all of you Obama supporters are so certain that he has the nomination, then stop bitching about Hillary and let her just finish the race. Thats all I really have to say.

On Wednesday this will be all over .... we will all united behind Barack ... and fight like dogs released from the gates of hell to defeat the failed policies of the Republicans! If Hillary continues past Wednesday, she will jepordize a win in November and history will remember her as the biggest sore-loser in American polictial history. It will be a huge set back for women. She will certainly not be an option in 2012.

And for those women who say they'll vote for McCain when Hillary quits ... ah, that is a vote to overturn Roe v. Wade. I call that taking one "protest" step forward and ten steps back!

Endorsements at this stage which come in for Hillary Clinton reveal either (a) a neocon conservative bent and desire to complicate the Democratic process and (b) overlook significant ethical and moral shortcomings of the deeply corrupt Clintons. History will view the Clinton Era as one steeped in fraud, drama and a loosening of our society's tolerance for corrupt and immoral leaders who LIE about nearly anything and everything. This is the most disturbing chapter in American history precisely because of the complicity between the media and deeply corrupt, flawed politicians.

The Argus Leader is likely in touch with its readers, most of whom are out of touch with a progressive society.... Hilary really is their candidate.

Superdelegates Boyd Ritchie and his wife Betty are obviously two old-time politicians, with no integrity, lying to voters in endorsing Obama with fabricated fluff. They know really nothing about Obama, who is lacking in experience and a track record; they are in no position to vouch for his future performance; they are simply making stuff up out of the ether based on blind support like all Obama cultists under mind control with the hocus-pocus "hope, inspiration, change" mantra. They are obviously conspiring with the ruthless Obama trying to make an end run around the nomination process to swipe the nomination from Sen. Clinton.

The superdelegates must select the best qualified and strongest presidential candidate to win the general election using their independent judgement with no regard to any "delegate math." Objectively, only Sen. Clinton measures up to that criteria.

Sen. Clinton's winning the nomination is no "long shot." Sen. Clinton is the Democratic nominee if the superdelegates stay loyal to their true function and responsibility and show wisdom, integrity and courage in their independent judgement.

The endorsement of Sen. Clinton by the Argus Leader is impressive and certainly no fabricated fluff in their comments on her. Sen Clinton will bring progressive change to America with her forward-looking solutions and her compassionate, visionary leadership.

All rational Democrats need to show steadfast support for Sen. Clinton's campaign by making frequent contributions at HillaryClinton.com.

I hope your staff will announce to subscribers/readers of your newspapers facts of multiple claims Hilary and Bill Clinton made - "ahead in popular vote and they are winning. made by Clinton family. Not true. These claims are in news all over. No cover up exists. I notice you have not had any updates on true status of the race to date. Delegates determine who nominee is per DNC rules. Barack Obama is only 40+ delegates away form clenching nomination. Hilary Clinton is 200+ away. Polls five months away from this general election are varied. We all know polls will change. All three are close. DNC re: meeting May 31 -Michigan and Florida may change delegates needed. Both are good candidates but would be nice if you reveal to public real true facts so they can make a well educated decision. race is going

Well, has the Argus Leader figured out how far her frog jumps?

Have they spiked their "punch"???

The Democrats move one step closer to nominating the WEAKER candidate for the general election and the one who will have fewer votes and another "pastor problem". AMAZING!

Obama's delegates are more important than Clinton's endorsement. Who cares.

Top Media scholar Paul Lazzersfield came up with a phenomenon he called the "two stop flow" i.e When the mass media publish or promulgate political information for example, it is first discussed by certain percieved authorities who endorse a certain school of thought or perspective of which the less literate politically will understand as an authoritative and informed perspective dictating which idea or concept should carry the day, or in this case is to be carried to the ballot box.It worked this way in the 1950s when he carried out his research on the effects of the media but with the information society,multicultural status quo ,high literacy and other socio-economic imperatives the South Dakota paper cannot guarrantee its position as a top oppinion maker.

The "hyperdermic needle effect of the media"or the notion that the media injects information and instantly mobilises a passive and mentally malleable audience,has been proved void on endless accounts.

In the end the electorate exerts more influence over events than the media and it is foolhardy for some South Dakota newspapwer to attempt to pre-empt the Democratic nomination outcome or any other political contest.

She will say anything to anybody to get her votes. Different promises in different states. She made sure she put a bulls-eye on Obama. Most people are tired of the Bushes, McCains, and the Clintons. The change is here with a little hope and faith in Barack for our future.

I live in Sioux Falls, SD and I'm embarrased that our newspaper endorsed Sen. Clinton. Sen. Obama is honest, courageous, humble and intelligent. He has run a great campaign while Sen. Clinton has not. Sen. Clinton wants to "move the Goal posts" when she's losing. I'm ashamed that our newspaper endorses that.
I wote a letter to this newspaper in support of Sen. Obama, but they won't give it prominence because "it's politial". In this case I'm glad that the rest of the nation has made SD irrelavent again.

Boyd and Betty Richie, thank you for endorsing Senator Obama! Congratulations to Senator Obama for these two endorsements! ONLY 42 delegates to go for Senator Obama and 204 for Hilliary.

I, like the majority of Amerca's citizens, am happy this is finally coming to a conclusion. It has been a long, tough road for our candidate; he swam against the current of the "Formidable Mighty Clintonion Machine" and was able to to bring it down. Not an easy feat!! He did it with integrity and honesty, tremendous leadership, staying on message, running a suberb grass roots campaign and an unsurpassed fundraising techniques. The fact Senator Obama inspired and motivated millions of citizens to become involved in the election process deserves great credit and admiration. It is because of Senator Obama, his campaign team, his volunteers, and supporters that we say the HUGE numbers of voters at the voting booths and the caucuses. Senator Obama will be an outstanding President and Commander-in-Chief! Thank you Senator Obama, well done!!

Candidate Obama does NOT have the ability to unite Americans from all walks of life. The younger so-called "college educated" supporters lack the insight and wisdom they will gain after years have passed in which they apply the book-learned knowledge they acquired in college. At this time, they will question why they placed their belief and support in a presidential candidate who lacked the ability to back up the talk with action or experience. They will question, why, so soon after falling for the snow job rhetoric of George W. Bush, they fell for the same snow job with candidate Obama. I am offended with the push for Democrats who support Hillary Clinton to align themselves with candidate Obama for the purpose of putting a democrat in office. How dare candidate Obama ask that we ignore the warning sirens and give him our support when we simply DO NOT BELIEVE IN HIM, DO NOT TRUST HIM, and DO NOT THINK HE IS THE BEST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THIS COUNTRY?

Can't believe anyone or any newspaper still trust Hillary Clinton.

Hey Marilyn!

I happen to be from one of those caucus states who vote Republican in the GE. I am guessing here, but are you from a state that "matters?" This is the first election where my vote actually counts: Kansas Dems are truly disenfranchised voters, unlike the ridiculous FL voters with their self-inflicted problems. To say my KS vote "should not realistically play a role in the nominating process" only shows how undemocratic your thought process is. I am a Democrat and very proud of it. And this year, my vote actually matters! Kansas may surprise you: it's turning purple, with a little blue tint to it.

People don't live in a vaccuum. The reality is that people in South Dakota have been watching and waiting their turn. They will most likely vote for the candidate that they had already planned to vote for, no matter who the newspaper endorses. All people would be smart to do the same. You can read the glowing endorsement of a candidate in the newspaper, but at the end of the day you shouldn't vote for them unless they espouse your views. Obama has a lot of strong points against John McCain where Hillary is weaker in a one to one matchup. If he doesn't win, it will be because Hillary went on a smear campaign in order to win herself. I'm not mad at her, it's politics. The only real unfortunate aspect of it is that many of her supporters bought it and are now threatening a protest vote which will only hurt the country as a whole in the end. Hillary has the right to be in the race as long as she wants to and fight on. But why are her supportes acting as though they are brainwashed and can't vote for anyone else but her? That makes no sense. There's no way anyone is voting for McCain as a runner up to Hillary given that his policies are the complete opposite of the ones she has run on. If you can't vote for her and refuse to vote for Obama, most likely you will issue a protest vote which just took away your right to truly vote for the policies and issues that you are more closely aligned with.

I can see why the NYT stock has been down in the dump, given the quality of many of these robotic readers whose parents sadly failed to heed doctor's admonitions before their accidental conception. Obama will NOT be anywhere near the White House: this you can take to your Swiss bank if you have any account in the Alps.

You can call tens of millions of us whatever names you desire, but these "poor," "uneducated," "racist" White, Latino and Asian Americans will NOT drink your poison however much you enjoy it yourself. The reality is, although Republicans have not offered notable, new, presentable ideas to strengthen their case on "free" trade, abortion and family values, the Liberals have not found the keys to their OWN house since 1968.

In a year in which an introspective but forward-looking Hillary Clinton who learned with her husband what to avoid if they went back to the White House could easily beat Mr. McCain, ignorami, young and old, have been caught in a mania perpetrated by a self-righteous Messiah whose prescription bear no pertinence to the underlying cause of the "disease" he professes he and he alone can eradicate. Worse yet, the quintessential product of utterly counterproductive Affirmative Action can't even describe all the SYMPTOMS! (Who can blame the poor guy? He has been under the influence of Messrs. Wright, Ayers, Pfleger and their cohorts for TWENTY years. If I fail to stop myself from gobbling down 10 beers, the next morning I will have a headache. Fortunately I know better.)

John Roberts' performance at the Senate confirmation hearings was impressive albeit I was not sure of his philosophical judicial leanings. Samuel Alito's demeanor was less than convincing at first. But the decisions this Roberts court has handed down are not out of the mainstream American thinking (if there is such a thing). Abortion will be a moot issue for most people no matter how high pitched your voice. Democrats will see new freshmen in the Senate. A simple balance of power argument by Republicans will find receptive ears. Enough (former) Democrats will vote for Mr. McCain or stay home this November.

If you have been disappointed by Al Gore (whose reason for NOT calling for a STATEWIDE recount in Florida four and a half score months ago still escapes me), John Kerry, and all the preceding others who you all claimed represented the BEST the Democratic Party had to offer, then you have not learned what the American electorate was screaming at you. If you continue to blame and spit at the electorate itself, then there you are. You are still going in circles. When was the last time you saw your key?

To SJB. Barack Obama twice voted for a gas tax holiday when he was an Illinois state sentator. He did not make oil companies pay for. That was when gas prices were two dollars a gallon. Independent analysis showed that it saved consumers a lot of money. The press has drawn little attention to Obama's hypocrisy. They have paid even less attention to the fact that during the Illinois state senate debate, he requested a sign be placed on every gasoline pump reading "Barack Obama cut your gas tax."

So much support at this stage of a Race that is lost is clearly Clinton favours being called in. Next it is sadly becoming clear that us Hillary does not get her way she will look at a Legal Challenge, what a sad state of affairs for a Party that is DEMOCRAGTIC, that has a rules committee that makes rules and agrees to them, then once they do not suit HRC we hear Cries! for the first time of it not being fair?

Fair, today Hillary's spokesmen Harold Ickes holds a press conference press call stating how the committee should rule and how they are not governed by Legal rules, the same Harold Ickes who is a member of the Rules Committee and agreed the nomination election rules, but now wants to change them, is this DEMOCFACY??

No Harold Ickes and Hillary are showing they are exactly what we want CHANGE From this is the Politics of The Past - Shame on You Harold Ickes, I trust you will stand aside on Saturday and not vote when you are clearly not going to do what is best for The Party! which should always come FIRST!

I don't understand how anyone can honestly call themselves a democrat, if they are willing to vote for Mccain if Hillary doesn't get the nomination, just so they don't have vote for Obama. Instead of siding with your own party and views, you'd rather just completely turn your back and keep things going the way they are? That makes no sense to me. Granted, I'm an Obama supporter, but if some how Clinton won, even though I'd hate to do it after the campaign she ran, I'd still vote for here just to keep Mccain out of the white house. What is up with these half-way dems?

The most important is that someone in the democratic party place a STOP in the disturbing behavior of this woman. Who has done nothing but to harvest paranoia among whites and blacks, The climate that i transpire in areas of work is nothing but hypocresy this is very unhealthy

Mrs Clinton THINK she is the best candidate, I as a physician THINK I am better candidate to be president than her, I have better judgement, I have more youth (45), I am not tolerant of domestic violence, I have more education, I have more beauty, I am more independent (single with two kids), I do not carry a baggage, I am latin american (hispanics will be the majority in 2050 in USA). I have lots of charisma, I am independent, I have integrity, so what I only THINK..............................
We need a Black president NOW, it will take another century to find another senator Obama, in the meanwhile our granadchildren will be paying taxes for black inmates.
You can find Many Mrs. Clintons in libraries, groceries stores, laundry rooms, or school rooms, or beer stores or next door.

Why do Clinton supporters keep talking about her amazing "experience"? Take a look at the campaign she has run! It has been a disaster! How does that show managerial experience? She went from obvious nominee with huge support to desperately trying to change the rules and weasel her way into the white house. That takes not only lack of management and leadership skills, but general ineptitude. During this, Obama, who seemed to not have a chance at all, brought people together, chose a brilliant staff, and led them with style and grace through difficult waters to emerge the democratic frontrunner. THAT, my friends, is leadership. I liked Hillary, but she is being ridiculously selfish.

Senator Obama has reached this point not just based on his speeches (which can be inspirational) and his positions (what are not really that different from Senator Clinton's in many instances), but on his planning and understanding of the process, researching what is needed, putting together an excellent organization and then executing the plan. Senator Clinton had an assumption at the beginning of this race that she was to be nominated and that the primaries were a formality. I believe that the difference in the delegate counts and the editorials reflects this difference in approach. Most editorial boards are dominated (still) by white middle-aged men, many of whom bought Senator Clinton's assumptions.
We need a president who knows how to get things done and investigates to make sure they are the right things to do.

The Clintons have been working South Dakota like a piece of dough. They've set up camp, put on their South Dakota faces and will never be heard from again after the votes are counted

Enough is enough. I would vote for any dems nominee. McCain is not presidential material and that is the bottom line. Obama is lucky.

I am an African American Female--- and I am voting for Obama-- not because he is Black but because Yes I do believe he is the best candidate, Yes I do believe given the opportunity he will be able to bring something new Washington. I've watched him over the past few months and I was impressed by the way he handled controversy, I was impressed by the way he did not go after Senator Clinton on her snipper lie or any of the other negative things that have went on in her campaign. He just seem to be above all the minor garbage. Even now with the debate over Florida and Michigan tomorrow he has requested that his supporters not come out and protest. That is leadership. My main reason for not voting for Hillary-- she acts like its her election and no matter what she will win it. I have found her to be real dishonest and I cannot imagine having a leader of our country that is as manipulative as she has shown herself to be --and if she was to be elected I don't believe other countries would have much respect for her let alone us for electing her -not attacking her- its just my opinion..

Vote for the guy that has a deep-seated hate of white people. I'll pass.

Hillary will continue fighting her lost cause regardless of what the DNC determines about seating the FL and MI delegates or the outcome of the remaining three primaries. She sees light at the end of the tunnel; unfortunately (for her), it’s an oncoming train with Pelosi and Reid driving and fueled by Super-Delegates!

Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!

http://klintons.com

Ask yourselves, do you really want a guy who is anti-semitic, anti-American, racist and willing neogtiate with terrorists as your next President? Obama doesn't have the experience to be an effective leader. Hillary has more experience than he does. Clinton also has won key states that are needed in the Presidential election and Obama didn't.

For those who support Obama, are you mindless sheep and blinded by how bad this guy really is, or do you actually share his views of anti-semitism and racism? If so vote for him. If you actually believe in your vote counting and not being changed and given to the candidate the DNC wants, then vote for Clinton. Between the two, she is a much better choice.