Clinton vows to go on
Against increasingly steep odds, Hillary Clinton vowed tonight to continue her presidential bid, highlighting her hoped-for win in Indiana and downplaying her loss in North Carolina.
She didn't get the game-changing victory in North Carolina that she hoped for, and she is hanging on in Indiana, but Clinton put the best face on tonight's results.
She noted that Obama predicted that she would win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and that Indiana would be the "tiebreaker," though he was talking about the biggest states left to vote, not the nomination race as a whole.
"Tonight we came from behind, we've broken the tie, and thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House," she told supporters in Indianapolis.
She congratulated Barack Obama for his sweeping win in North Carolina, but asked for donations to keep her campaign going.
She also said that West Virginia and Kentucky -- the next states to vote where she is favored -- have been ignored. "These next primaries are the next test," she said.
Clinton also repeated that she wants the votes and delegates from the disputed primaries in Florida and Michigan. "Count the votes," her supporters chanted.
Give it up Hillary. Our country needs change from devestation that Bush caused and you're in the way.
The issue is no longer who is the better candidate. It is who will win the nomination, which is clearly Senator Obama. If Democrats want a chance at victory in the general election, they need to support Senator Obama. Senator Clinton fighting her losing cause is hurting the party.
Al Gore gave up too easily and we ended up with 8 years of George Bush. All the publicity over the Democratic race is keeping the focus away from McCain, so it is not all bad. It is premature for Hillary to give up. She is qualified to be a strong president and some polls show her beating McCain with significant margins.
Give up Florida and Michigan Hillary. You can't change the rules after the game is started. You're a manipulative, lying, corrupt person. You know it - and we know it. We don't want you.
If we are worried about hurting the party, we need to be concerned about a highly unqualified arrogant teen heartthrob making decisions about major international policy with the world and hte economy teetering upon disaster. Closet racist, sexist men keep telling Hillary to get out of the race because deep in their small hearts they decided they would rather have a Black man in the White House than have to deal with the effect it would have on their ever-fragile manhood to have some uppity woman in charge, and doing it better than they would. Can we tell the truth for five minutes please?
I am REALLY tired of people telling Hillary to get out of the race when she is clearly not losing by a significant enough margin to make that a reasonable request. Sure, tell her to get out, she doesn't go, that makes her an uppity bitch, and maybe you have succeeded in pulling a few more votes away from her by nervous men or women blinded by their hormones for Barack. Congratulations. But is that really what is best for the country? I don't think so.
Ummm....Obama wasn't even on the ballot in one of those states and Hillary agreed the votes wouldnt count, now she wants them in because she's losing.
We don't need this twisted lady in the White House.
Keep going Hillary you can still win. Here in Ireland we have experience of what real change means. Lasting change has brought peace in our land thanks to Bill Clinton and if you elect Hillary you might experience real change and move closer to world peace. Looking in from outside I think this contest is great for your party, as you are so lucky to have two candidates of such a high standard, and just maybe they could agree to be running mates in November.
How does this hurt the party? Get real. Let the citizens of these states vote. All votes/states should be counted. Stop crying for Hillary to bow out, this is what Democracy is all about. Lest we forget that Clinton won Michigan and Florida? This makes the race tighter than depicted.
Bill just won't give it up.
My god Hillary...give it up! This is more painful than watching a pro athlete play for 5 years after he should have hung it up.
Give it up and take the VP slot that Obama will most likely offer you and unify the friggen party. Quit trying to be a crusador,
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