Massachusetts superdelegate backs Obama

Hillary Clinton won the Massachusetts primary by an overwhleming majority of votes so Paul G. Kirk, a Democratic superdelegate, joins superdelegates Kerry and Kennedy to ignore the voters of their state to support Obama? That a way, good fellas.

This is great news for Obama. It is now clear that Obama will be the nominee and Its time to move on and focus on the national election. After May 6, Clinton should consider dropping out for the sake of the Democratic Party. Nothing personal. Hillary has been a good candidate but the party comes first. Obama leads in delegates and the maths is against Hillary.

Did anyone ever make a compelling case that superdelegates should vote the will of their state and not the will of the people nationally? I've never heard that argument made in any compelling fashion. Supporters on both sides only make the state argument when it favors their candidate and they argue against it when it doesn't. You're not on solid ground Ms. Van Wormer.

Clinton supporters are so complicated, you can't have both way, aren't you the one saying that superdelegate must vote their conscience, so what's wrong with Paul G.Kirk voting for the best person to lead this country? Obama still has the momentum no matter what, we're on our way to win this nomination, and I'm pretty confident that we will; I'm so glad we just got one more superdelegate first thing this today, and I hope to even get more today. Thank you Paul G. Kirk, and welcome to the Obama family.

OBAMA 08!!!!!!!!YES WE CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Laura @ 09:53

If all super delegates voted in line with voters, the race would have been finished long time ago. I am against super dlegate system anyway. Why not trust voters?

What's the problem? Hillary says that superdelegates can vote independently of what voters decided. She said that, right? She also said that even ELECTED DELGATES can switch! Maybe she meant: "Super delegates can vote for me even if Obama won their state, and Obama's pledged delegates can also switch and vote for me! But not vice versa of course!!"

Intelligence rules!!! These are people that don't want to look back to the 90's, but instead look to the future and see someone who can actually get us back on the right track.

Obama is the person for the big job he is all truth when he talks to peaple I hope more supers see that soon

So, just doing as Billary advised, then?

"Senator Obama is the one candidate who has and will continue to expand the electorate beyond the traditional Democratic party base and bring young and new and Independent voters to the Democratic banner in November, an essential ingredient to a Democratic victory," Kirk said in a statement issued by the Obama campaign.

As a former Republican Voter, now registered Independent, I can assure you it is true. Our family voted for Obama in our primary but without Obama in the Fall we will vote for McCain.

Laura Van Wormer:

Not a valid point. Hillary got the majority of her superdelegates before the primaries even began - superdelegates that pledged to her before their states voted.

Same with Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Michigan (to name a few). Many of these states' big-wig superdelegates committed to Hillary before the voters went to the polls.

The same is happening with the governor of Oregon endorsing Hillary, where Obama is expected to win handily. Therefore, Hillary also has superdelegates from states that Obama won handily.

Vote NO TED KENNEDY AND NO JOHN KERRY AND NO DUVAL PATRICK ineach of their next elections. They have ignored our votes and will never get my vote again. Only a fool would continue to support a losing candidate ....and all polls are beginning to show that Obama will never win the GE. In fact McCain will win MA if Obama is nominated. I a lifetime democrat in MA will campaign for McCain if Obama is nominated. One really has to wonder why we vote at all since it is clear that the superdelegates like Kennedy and Kerry ignore our votes and try to convince us that they know is not true is in fact true.....they do know that Obama can not win so what has McCain promised Kennedy to get him to kill this election. I am in favor of Hillary running as an independent if the DNC nominates Obama.

It is the right thing to do. The politics of fear, hate and pandering are dying but not without a fight. A perfect example is the so called "gas tax holiday" plan by McCain and Clinton. This is one of the most inane ideas yet and anyone who knows anything about economics knows this is true. In the end no matter how the "gas tax holiday" plan is carried out it will only result in higher fuel costs. Wake up America, if you can't see through the same old politics of the past now, nobody can help us, not even ourselves.

Senator Obama has my vote.
48, White, Male, Married, Professional, Business Owner.

Obama is the future. Clinton is the past. Good leaders understand these things. Bill and Hillary, you can't go "home" again.

If Paul Kirk can save the American people, in particular the voters of Massachusetts from themselves then so be it. If you want 4 or 8 more years of politics as usual, by all means, vote for the same crap you are getting now and always have. If you want even any HOPE for change then vote for a new breed of politician that has run a campaign fiscally, morally and politically in the black. I would trust Bill and Hillary no farther than I wish I could throw McCain. Do you really want a leader that will give you a $30-$60 tax savings over the summer by pandering to you pocket book in the short term, or a politician smart enough and brave enough to tell you the truth that it will only drive up the price of gas and put billions more in the pockets of big oil and cost us good paying jobs repairing our infrasturcture

Hooray,

Clinton can use her influence with big money, certain foreign special interests, and lots of DOUBLE SPEAK to try to hijack this election, but Obama is the one with majority of popular vote and support even in states with small black populations like Montana, Oregon, etc.

Backing him is the DEMOCRATIC thing to do.

Gee - do all these super delegates know what they're doing? Voting against We The People?

I guess we'll see how "super" they our in their next runs for re-election.

What will Obama do for them? Not much.

Witness: Rezko and Wright. His greatest political friends. The Bankroller to the tune of a quarter million and his black community networker 20 yrs. They go tthe shaft. Mr. Obama is loyal to NO ONE. These hijackers will not be re-elected.

And that is what these super delegates are going to get fro

Hillary does well with uninformed and uneducated thanks to her populism and sharp tongue, but educated and informed people (such as superdelegated) seem to back Obama.

Obama supporters are furious when a superdelgate votes for Clinton by "ignoring the will of the people". Where is their outrage when 4 superdelegates from MA attempt to HAND Obama the nomination by ignoring that the people of MA soundly went for Clinton?

our infrastructure. Why is so little made of the fact that Hillary and Bill keep getting caught personally in lie after lie and everything is being made of something that Obama's former pastor said (quoting UN Ambassador Peck, i might add). If you want another liar as the leader of our country, by all means don't vote for the first politician that has actually told you the truth. Six months ago I didn't think we could lose if either Dem got in. Now, if a short sighted America steals the nomination from Obama, I simple won't vote, as won't millions of other Americans.

If HRC gets the proportion of supers from MA that she won in the vote that will be fair. Nowhere does it say they all need to go for who won. My guess is it will go by congressional district. The unelected supers will need to decide on their own since they don't answer to constituents.

Kerry is safe. Kennedy is safe. Tough love, Hillary.

When I think which candidate Clinton or Obama would make a great President, Obama is the one that leaps to mind. And when I think about how embattled Democrats have become I have to ask: given the all around lead Obama has accumulated and what's left on the table if Senator Clinton was not Bill Clinton, a former President's wife, would she even be in the race at this point? The only way she can gain the nomination to destroy the Democratic party in the process. Senator Obama has run a great race, brings new blood to the American process and has shown unmistakable genius as a leader.

Hillary Clinton has no chance of winning the national democratic primary popular vote or the national delegates vote, yet she continues to campaign. Mr Obama's candidacy has already been confirmed by the electorate across the nation.
Mr Kirk recognizes this reality, the Clinton campaign doesn't.
Well done gentlemen.

Paul G. Kirk, obviously had an awakening of some sorts. It's the same for Joe Andrews. Both superdelegates realize that Obama's vision for America goes far beyond what anyone could imagine. Obama's policies enforce dramatic changes in our U.S. Governement. Instead of the "traditional" and "politically motivated" practices and policies offered by Hillary Clinton; these delegate want more bolder approaches to change our economic status and well being as citizens. Clinton's solution to address the ridiculous "gas prices" is a clear indication of how she will handle issues effecting the American people. Obama is listening to the needs of the people and is motivated to create solutions that will impact our economy and strength the Hope and drive of the American people.

Barack Obama has an empty resume. He's a lazy, easy street politican. If you Obamabots could take off your blinders and look at this marketing miracle with your brains and ears working - you'd know what a huge mistake this guy is. He's Devall Patrick all over again. HYPE. David Axelrod marketing miracle. Obama is amazed. He'd be so overwhelmed if he had to do any actual work. Here is a great NY Times article about that - says it all. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/us/politics/09obama.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin Super Delegates hijacking the votes of We The People will not be re-elected. Hope they love the black vote that much. That's all this is about - locking in the black vote for eternity. At a WAY too serious time in this country. Obama in th eSenate - Star Power, Minor Role. Did you ever hear abotu him before his "speech" at teh convention? Nope.

Poor Hillary

The Chinese water drip torture is apparent. Day after day you are starting to see the super-delegates move to Obama. She just doesn't get it.

The Clinton's are in denial. Give it up and support the candidate that will end up with the nomination.

TO HILARY & BILL CLINTON,
HEY YOU LOSERS. HOW DOES IT FEEL TO "FALL FROM GRACE"? SENATOR OBAMA WILL WIN THE NOMINATION NO MATTER HOW MANY DIRTY TRICKS AND LIES YOU TELL BUT I DO HAVE A QUESTION: WHAT DID YOU PROMISE REVERAND WRIGHT? IT'S OBVIOUSE THAT YOU TWO WERE BEHIND HIS ATTEMPT TO DERAIL SENATOR OBAMAS CAMPAIGN.

AFTER THIS ELECTION HILARY YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO BE ELECTED DOG CATCHER AND YOU BILL "THE FIRST BLACK PRESIDENT" WILL HAVE TO MOVE YOUR OFFICE OUT OF HARLEM.

Great and Thanks! Time to end this torture. This is not about the Clintons' own selfish interests or their many scandals, this is about America, the world and the Democratic Party. No lies, manipulation, nastiness or fake promises will change that. This is not about race, this not about women, or old people vs young people, or the educated vs the less educated. This is about hope and real change. This is about an end to interference by foreign concerns and corporations. This is about honesty and a better future for our children.

Obama supporters, try to wrap your intellects around this FACT. Senator Clinton will leave the race, I would expect, under two circumstances. Senator Obama either,one, reaches the 2024 magic number before June 3, OR, two, he wins the 2024 delegate count sometime after June 3 when all the primaries are over and the FL and MI delegates are seated. Thank you!

The strongest anti-Obama feelings seem to come from angry women.

I remember in the beginning of this campaign people like these were chanting the mantra of "Hillary will right the wrongs perpetrated on the sisterhood!" and other nonsensical pseudo-feminist garbage.

What sisterhood? Are there a bunch of lesbian nuns lurking in our closets waiting to thump us with the billyclub feminine revenge?

Honestly this campaign is pure comedy. The only reason Im voting for Obama is because the other 2 idiots dont have any kind of message at all. They're just spouting political-elect-me-now crap. Obama's message might be fantasy, but at least he's trying.

Both sides play politics with the superdelegates, but Ms Clinton has been waffling on their role throughout the campaign. Like the superdelegates or not, they were put in not to blindly vote with their state, but rather the opposite, to see *beyond* the confines of their own electorate with a view to the larger geography, and the election to follow.

The USA is sooooo close to killing off Dynasty. No, not the tawdry soap opera of the 80's, I am talking about the tawdry soap opera of the 90's with the stars Shill and Slick Willie, and the 00's with the star Shrub.

I am confused about all of the Shrillary supporters, they tend to yell "Don't trust Bush!" Or my favorite, "Bush lied, people died!" Hmmm, isn't Shillary extremely well known for not knowing how to tell the truth? And, oh by the way, didn't she vote to authorize war on Iraq?

Yes, the Clinton fans are still trying to have it both ways.

I am glad to see the support for Obama. It is very telling to me the previous strong supporters of Hillary are moving over to Obama. Think about this....No one from
Obama's side has moved over to Hillary.. I believe these super delegates know
the embedded truth in the Clinton Campaign but are being gracious in not discussing the issues- Hillary projects herself in this image as a fighter and we
need a figher on the Hill-really? Isn't this the same principle that has us in the mess we are in right now? She is trying to set up our party to fail in the election, so she can prepare for the next election-lets be honest about this---If Hillary was thinking about us as a whole and what is best for the country, she should have known who to choose her battles. Hillary is very self-serving-if you think she is thinking about you and me-Watch the Hillary movie and view the Web site "The Hillary Project" what an eye opener. I was a faithful avid supporter of the Clintons for 18 years-did some research on Obama and the Clintons (mostly HIllary) and wow was I dissapointed. The Clintons do not care who they hurt along the way for their political ambitions and that is just a turn off for me. I don't trust her or him and their lack of morals are beyond my comprehension. I looked at the Clintons as my hero's well they are now fallen hero's. I am not happy that I feel this way about them and it just saddens me that I do feel this way. Obama-he attracts me by his grace, integrity, dignity and truth-I pray to God he wins the election so this country can be unified and healed-

The superdelegate system is terribly flawed...but the Clintons seemed to like it just fine when it helped Bill C. win back in the 90s. Now that it's working against Sen. Clinton (largely due to her terribly run campaign and ethically flawed psychological makeup), her supporters cry foul. Classic.

Please, Sen. Clinton...get out of the race with some honor and try to support the party that has given you and your husband your livelihoods for so long.

http://kitchensink08.blogspot.com/

Well put by Kirk! Bravo to his assertion that the young and independents are essential to the Democratic party, and that Obama is clearly for a new and better direction for the future.

I am a Democrat. I will vote for Obama in the general elections if he wins the primaries. I will vote for Clinton if she, instead, wins the primaries.

Stop trashing our own people. This race has to end.

Clinton backers need to respect Obama backers, and Obama backers need to respect Clinton backers. A DEMOCRAT NEEDS TO WIN THIS COMING ELECTION.

Stop the insults everyone!

CLINTON will make a great President. Obama will make a great President! Let's go Democrats!

To: Gov. Howard Dean of the Democratic National Party
http://www.democrats.org/page/petition/chairman

April 25th, 2008

Dear Governor Dean,

As a voter who originally intended to vote for a Democratic Presidential Primary Candidate, I am writing to encourage you to help save the chances that the Democratic National Party has for putting a President in office.

First of all, I believe that if we would have had all Primary ballot voting as opposed to using the cumbersome caucus process, the Democratic candidate would have already been selected. That candidate would without a doubt be Hillary Clinton. But instead, perhaps even on purpose, the powers that be have tried to push Mr. Obama into the Primary as the candidate. Barack Obama has had the most favortism from the press during his run and has been overwhelmingly favored by the caucus process because the people who have the opportunity to get out and make it to the caucus are squarely Mr. Obama's demographic target groups. Hillary Clinton's target group, the working class(and also majority of America) are actually less capable of making it to a caucus likely because they are working or too old to be mobile enough to make it.

Second, and more importantly, with the recent coming out of skeletons-in-closet, Barack Obama has proven that he cannot make the candidacy as the nominee. I mean really, outspending Hillary 3 to 1 in Pennsylvania and still losing the contest? Very serious doubts about Obama's electibility have arisen and there's no way the majority of voters are going to select him to be the President. And by not having a Universal Healthcare Program, Obama is not properly representing the Democratic Party in my opinion. America is the only wealthy, industrialized nation in the world that doesn't have a Universal Healthcare Program. This is very, very bad!! This leaves the Democrats in a bad position because of all the hype that has been generated by Obama, which will make it more painful for a percentage of voters to rally behind Hillary Clinton. However, I believe it to still be entirely possible for the Democrats to rally behind Hillary Clinton given the direct endorsement of Obama after he drops out of the contest.

So at this juncture it's about UN-alienating the 2.xx MILLION voters of Michigan and Florida by seating their delegates in a way that is representative to their original votes. This is only fair. Splitting the votes half and half basically DOES NOTHING but mock the voters! Also, Hillary will get the deserved advantage of being awarded more delegates in this scenario because that's what she already won.

So this is a message about UNITING the Democrats of America by giving Hillary Clinton the credit she rightly deserves and stop playing this nonsense of trying to force the UN-electable candidate into the nomination.

But don't take my word for it. If you look around, you will find that many people like me are going to give their vote to the Honorable John McCain if the press and the DNC(or whoever is rigging the system) succeeds in forcing Mr. Obama into the nomination.

Thanks for reading.

Regards,

Working Class Voter

Ms Van Wormer

I think you are confusing super delegates with elected delegates. Super delegates get to vote for whomever they personally think will best serve the Democratic party and our country.

Since the majority of the super delegates are actually elected officials, the will of the people is still being expressed even when the delegate votes differently than the result of their local primary or caucus.

Voters should be aware when voting for a Demogratic governor or congressional representative that they are also electing that person to the office if Superdelegate, and make their decision accordingly.

it's basically decided, among the superdelegates, that Obama will get the nod. They're just spreading it out, rather than cause a huge upset to the clintons.
It's over fellas. Obama is the nominee.

clinton is poor politician and a sore loser. that's all.

Is it me, or does everybody have an opinion when they haven't even met and probably don't even have a clue about their own politicians that they so valiantly fight for? All we do is banter back and forth about a white woman, a black guy, and an old guy, we can't even speak to each other because we are so set in our own ways. When we meet someone, nowadays, it's always, "hey, who you voting for...oh, that person, get away from me, I hate them". Wake up America, didn't George Washington caution us against this type of thing? Didn't he tell us not to seperate our government into different parties? Don't all politicians cheat somehow, and if you do answer no, then think to yourself why only rich people who had mommy and daddy send them to a "good school" (to learn how to lie, cheat, and steal, I suppose) can become a politician. Isn't this supposed to be the "Land of Opportunity"? Why do people say this when it should really read "The Land of Opportunity Only If You Can Afford It". This goes back to the old phrase, "power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely", which I'm beginning to believe is "more true" in politics.

Hillary has devolved from seeking the people's voice to backhandedly suggesting that "the people's vote is part of the process", but superdelegates are wise and experienced and their votes should count more than us simpleton voters. High on the agenda for the Democratic party should be the scrapping of the Superdelegate idea altogether. In our state, Hawaii, Obama won by 74% to Hillary's 26%!! But our state's official superdelegates are overwhelmingly Clinton people. At the rate of about 27,000 of the peoples votes to 1, superdelegates count as some kind of house of Lords. Worse they are for the most part low party officials who have never held public office and who are immune from consequence. To have them fishing for ambassadorships, etc. in trade for casting the aristocratic vote seems to run counter to all Democratic principle. If this is allowed to continue beyond 2008, then perhaps we should just invite back Tammany Hall, smoke filled rooms and kingmakers. At least it would be honest. And it would sent a true message for all of us who do the leg work for the party that our votes and those we court do not count after all.

Lanny R. North, White, old guy, remembers 1968 convention well, has been dissatisfied with Washington all of My adult life (and this takes in many more years than Michelle). We desperately need one good man to give voice back to the people and lead us wisely into the future.

What a couple of spineless rats, who ate on their own words on their pledges.

The superdelegates do NOT reflect any of us majority's desires to see Clinton, NOT Obama, to be nominee. While DNC could sing and dance whatever they please, there is not ignoring of the fact that Clinton had won Florida and Michigan. You can argue it whatever way, but fact of the matter is, EVEN IF there's no campaigning, voters could have stayed home and not voted (Isn't this exactly what DNC had worried about re black votes, lest the argument that Obama the black is not on the ballot?). Instead, they went out in droves still, and VOTED for Clinton. What does that tell you about voter support?!?

I don't freaking care about the superdelegates. The whole system of having delegates and superdelegates are so undemocratic in nature that it hardly represents majority's interest. All they want now is a poster-child nominee to show for in Nov, to show how Dem "breaks ground" on race to placade the blacks. WHAT A BUNCH OF LOSERS.

Come Nov, I'm gonna either stay home or vote for McCain. I DO NOT want Obama to be my president. I have enough empty talks, and half-baked, well-intentioned but naive policies from George W Bush already. I DO NOT want another naive president in the White House.

I watched the Bill Clinton chronicles last night and I could not believe what I heard. I advise everyone to take a good look and decide for yourselves. Maybe then you're understand why Mr. Obama is the right person for our times. We need an honest leader to turn this mess around. I once admired the Clinton during their years in the Whitehouse but I now feel it was all one big lie after another.
Please take the time and watch. It will blow your mind.

Hillary Clinton chose to take on an UGLY campaign in the past month and this is hurt her support in the Democratic Party. Had she stuck to the POLITICAL ISSUES instead of launching a character assasination on Obama, perhaps she may have had more support from her party, But she has damaged the unity of the Democratic Party in her desperation to be nominated at any cost.
Beyond that, she has felt a need to appear as a HAWK concerning international issues, threatening to level Iran and go after Russia and China.
After six years in Iraq, Americans are tired of war, and hope to see a more intelligent solution to international affairs.
This is just a WOMAN, trying to be a MAN, and it's not something that represents a NEW ERA in thinking.
Had she stuck to her oroginal goals, maybe she would have won the support of her party, but her greed to be president has revealed a personality that her own part is now backing away from. Good for them !!!

Obama Hussein is Wright, and Wright is Wrong for hating our country.

Americans now see who Obama really is and will vote for the best candidate next Tuesday. Wait and see for yourself.

If Hillary can face O'Reilly, she can face anyone.

Hillary will be the best chief in command to defend our country and fix all the problems Bush has created. Hillary has the experience, strength and wisdom to make us proud of America once again.

Paul Kirk is a politician and just like Ted Kennedy he is voting against the will of the people in their own State and will suffer the consequences; they are old and tired and they need to rest in the pastures of Massachusetts after Hillary becomes the next President of the United States of America.

Go Obama!!!Go!! Great job even with the controversy Obama still remains in control and gaining momenteum. He is honest with the American people although a lot of folks just can't grasp that in politics. He is my nominee all the way! If some narrow minded voters will change and vote for McCain just because their candidate lost, then they need to be a Republican so that they can again be on the losing team in the fall. Obama will win the general. Americans want a change and Obama is the only one with enough balls to buck the system if necessary to bring about that change.

The supers are just doing what they should have done months ago. There is no way Clinton can pass Obama in delegates which are the rules for getting the nomination. She just came up short on this one. Nothing against Hillary, but Obama has beat her fair and square!

42 yr old, white female, from working class america in Nebraska!

Does is mean anything to anybody that the DNC chairmen and other major members of Bill Clinton's White House are supporting Obama?

I everybody too blind to see what they are telling you? "We were there for eight years, we know her very very well, you should vote for OBAMA."

Why does everybody believe they are so smart? Can't Americans have the humility to admit that for once they should just listen to the highly educated minority?

When a poll shows she won 80% or 90% of the uneducated white male vote or what have you, that should not be a positive, and it does not mean that if you are in that category you should vote for her. It means people who don't know too much about it vote for her, why would any rational person listen to them instead of the highly informed, highly educated minority.

BTW, these superdelegates also know about any and every connection you can make to Obama, and they know Hillary better than most, and they are very connected to Bill Clinton. They want Obama.

And Mass and the country, do you forget Bobby Kennedy? The most comparable democratic candidate I can ever think of. Young, charismatic, youth-inspiring, hope-inspiring, against the war, a sign of a new era. Don't let their one clearly visible difference shape your vote, it should weigh on your conscience if you do.

Wake up....these superdelegates are getting off a sinking ship...that's it,,,pure & simple....they see Clinton can;t win, so they are breaking in line to make sure that they make Obama's boat....politics, pure and simple....doesn't have anything to do with the issues.....

Obama will lose to McCain............but so would Hillary!!!!!!
Democrats can't even run their own party.....please don't subject this country to a Congress and a White House fully in Democratic control....the consequences will be disasterous for our country.

Would anybody be having this discussion if Hillary wasn't married Bill. I don't think so. Look at senatorial record- nada. Look at Arkansas- woring at Rose Law- whtiewater, pork , Walmart and bimbo eruptions. As first lady she mangled reforming health care because she couldn't work with anybody. She has people around her that work for NAFTA and CAFTA but she claims she not for it- that why she gets the Four Pinocchio award. Nobody is owed the presidency for letting their spouse have sexual exploits.
At least with Obama- he has earned everything on his resume- professional and academically he is the most qualified.
But most of all look at his backers who worked under Clinton- they know something we don't..
OBAMA 2008/12

Most of this Hillary-Obama talk seems pointless... 25 Rob seems a little bitter about it, but the fact is there is no catching up in the popular vote, and I seriously doubt the superdelegates are going to overturn the popular vote. Yeah, locking in the black vote, that's what it's all about, Rob, people always care so much about that... ever heard of the Southern Strategy- it's about giving racists a subtle signal that they need to vote for you even if it turns off black voters, because whites tend to vote at a higher rate than blacks. Come to think of it, an application of that might be considered in the remarks of Ed Rendell and Bill Clinton.
He is definitely right about one thing though, the timing is too critical for this nonsense, and making this into a black vs. woman thing is not what either of those sides needs. We need to focus on the issues at hand, and get past this he said, she said crap.

Thank you Mr. Kirk for supporting and endorsing Senator Obama!! I am so impressed with the great campaign Senator Obama has run; he has definitely proven he is able to inspire, motivate, and unite the great people of our United States! He is a man of great integrity, honesty, vision, wisdom, superb leadership skills, superb economical management, quickness and accuracy of good judgement, keenness of insight (example: his speech in 2002 as to why we should not go to war in Iraq and clearly defining the results and consequences of going to war in that country----EVERYTHING he foresaw has happened); extraordinay oratory skills, and the ability to unite people for a common goal.

I am a republican who switched to democrat to support and vote for Senator Obama. He will be a great President to ALL people. He believes in "A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,, AND OF THE PEOPLE"!

Hillary and McCain are old politics and sing from the same page. Hilliary was a republican at one time, I don't think she has shed their way of thinking as she closely links herself to McCain and his political stances and beliefs. Hilliary has proven herself to be untrustworthy and incapable of leading anything----just look at the shameful campaign she has run---infighting, shakeups, saying she is against NAFTA when in fact she supported, promoted, and lobbied for this bill. While she's been lying to everyone she never supported NAFTA, Bill earns $800,000 promoting and making deals for it and Penn is making arrangements and agreements with Colombia for NAFTA dealings. Hilliary has no economical expertise: Consistently broke and unable to pay her campaign bills to the average American business people....the very people she says she is concerned about. Yeah, right!! The woman has NO integrity or dignity; her self-proclaimed experience is BS and nothing more. NO candidate for the Presidency has the "experience" necessary to be President, the only one would be an incumbent running for reelection. We elect our President based on their character, leadership abilities, integrity, honesty, and the ability to unite our nation. Hilliary is sorely lacking in these essential characteristics. She truely is ALL WORDS, LIES, DECEIT, FRAUD, (MISSPEAKS), AND EMPTY PROMISES. She has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt is incapable of running her own campaign and incapable of managing her campaign funds!! And people still believe she is capable of running the country and handling our enormous budget?? Unbelievable!!

I'm reading these anti-Obama comments and laughing my a** off. Your hatred of black people is patently obvious. HRC's campaign, with the help of loony right-wingers, has tried just about every "Willie Horton"-type tactic they can imagine against Barack, and it's not working. Ha! Ha! Ha! The country has changed. Your old tricks won't work. And, guess what, in time you racists will be only a memory. Ha! Ha! Ha!

I so wish Hillary would just go home. This whole spin is just too much. She had everything six months ago. Obama has beat her through a better campaign and by building a broader base of support. Despite having the power and connections of incumbency, Hillary has been beaten.

learn English before you send a blog that is why Hillary gets the undereducated to vote for her. I want intelligence.

Obama brings in the young the new and he who graduated with honors from Harvard cannot be lazy where did you graduate.

The Election is rigged against Obama , we should have seen Media coverage all over this to be fair and balanced about Creditability issues and whose has the Best Judgment to be President , , whose ready for a pardon on day one ? This is a Joke ; the Clintons are duping us all and the media is covering this up

FEC Complaint: http://www.paulvclinton.com/FEC_complaint_123107.pdf

D. Colette Wilson
Attorney at Law
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December 29, 2007

By Federal Express
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Complaint: Calling Upon the Commission to:

(1) Void the conciliation agreement granting immunity to
Respondents for any possible violations of law arising out of
fundraising events between 9/16/99 and 11/7/00;

(2) Re-open the Commission’s investigation into MUR 5225, including
clear evidence of Senator Clinton’s and her agents’ illegal solicitation
and coordination of excessive federal campaign contributions,
pursuant to 2 U.S.C. sections 437g(d)(1)(A)(i) and 441a, subsections
(a)(7)(B)(i) and (f); and

(3) Investigate Respondents’ continuing violations of 2 U.S.C. section
434(b) and 18 U.S.C. sections 1001 and 2, based on New York Senate
2000’s fourth amended FEC report filed January 30, 2006.

Complainant: Peter F. Paul

Respondents: Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton; Hillary Rodham Clinton for U.S. Senate Committee, Inc.; Harold Ickes, Treasurer; New York Senate 2000 Committee; Andrew Grossman, Treasurer; William Jefferson Clinton, Edward Rendell, Howard Wolfson, Kelly Craighead, David
Rosen, and James Levin,

The Lawsuit http://www.paulvclinton.com/060817_second_amended_complaint.swf

In an astonishing ruling by the Judge [on Friday, April 25,2008], Hillary Clinton may NOT be deposed about her role in the illegal solicitation and cover up of the largest contribution made to her Senate campaign until after the presidential election.

This is the same contribution Hillary denied knowing about or receiving when Lloyd Grove of the Washington Post asked her specifically about it and her relationship with the donor, Peter Paul, in August 2000.

Thank you Mr. Kirk for supporting and endorsing Senator Obama!! I am so impressed with the great campaign Senator Obama has run; he has definitely proven he is able to inspire, motivate, and unite the great people of our United States! He is a man of great integrity, honesty, vision, wisdom, superb leadership skills, superb economical management, quickness and accuracy of good judgement, keenness of insight (example: his speech in 2002 as to why we should not go to war in Iraq and clearly defining the results and consequences of going to war in that country----EVERYTHING he foresaw has happened); extraordinay oratory skills, and the ability to unite people for a common goal.

I am a republican who switched to democrat to support and vote for Senator Obama. He will be a great President to ALL people. He believes in "A GOVERNMENT BY THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE,, AND OF THE PEOPLE"!

Hillary and McCain are old politics and sing from the same page. Hilliary was a republican at one time, I don't think she has shed their way of thinking as she closely links herself to McCain and his political stances and beliefs. Hilliary has proven herself to be untrustworthy and incapable of leading anything----just look at the shameful campaign she has run---infighting, shakeups, saying she is against NAFTA when in fact she supported, promoted, and lobbied for this bill. While she's been lying to everyone she never supported NAFTA, Bill earns $800,000 promoting and making deals for it and Penn is making arrangements and agreements with Colombia for NAFTA dealings. Hilliary has no economical expertise: Consistently broke and unable to pay her campaign bills to the average American business people....the very people she says she is concerned about. Yeah, right!! The woman has NO integrity or dignity; her self-proclaimed experience is BS and nothing more. NO candidate for the Presidency has the "experience" necessary to be President, the only one would be an incumbent running for reelection. We elect our President based on their character, leadership abilities, integrity, honesty, and the ability to unite our nation. Hilliary is sorely lacking in these essential characteristics. She truely is ALL WORDS, LIES, DECEIT, FRAUD, (MISSPEAKS), AND EMPTY PROMISES. She has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt is incapable of running her own campaign and incapable of managing her campaign funds!! And people still believe she is capable of running the country and handling our enormous budget?? Unbelievable!!

He has worked with the Clinton's. He is glad to take a hot shower & go with someone with a vision & hope. So many lies from the Hillary camp and out of her own mouth. All they say bad about Obama is they don't like his former pastor? Please, who agrees with everything there pastor does?

Boston, I love you and thank you for Aerosmith, but I now think you are as bad as my hometown of Chicago, which I am ASHAMED to be from! Once again, some morons are backing OBAMA, which in turn backs McCain! I see there is not much intelligence left in this country! It's Hillary or McCain. So, either back the candidate that can and will beat him (HILLARY YOU MORONS) or live in your fantasy world of Barack (IS HE A TERRORIST OR RACIST 1st) Obama! Simple-minded people! I just can't fathom the idiocricy of some of you!

I live in Boston, MA, and I am so proud of Kirk for making the right choice! And btw, Boston went overwhelmingly for Obama; it was the suburbs and western MA that went for Clinton. That kind of clear city-suburb split in MA makes it difficult to simply say follow the majority. It's more complex than that.

It's time to end this thing. Hillary should be supporting Barack and that's it. John McCain looks better than both of them right now.

The uninformed and uneducated are for Hillary. Great line and how true. That's clearly why she panders. She knows where her only chance of success lies.

It's time to end this thing. Hillary should be supporting Barack and that's it. John McCain looks better than both of them right now.

Superdelegates are people, too. With their own brains. They get to make up their own minds, one by one.

Wasn't Hillary supposed to be the nominee? Wasn't she ahead by 20 points everywhere in the country last year? What happened?

People started using their brains. Ask yourselves, since Super Tuesday, which campaign has wielded the shocked, indignant negativity of an heir-apparent whose crown was stolen? The Clintons think the Democratic Party is still the Clinton Party. Wrong.

Clinton has changed her policy and gotten close toward republican. Her recent changes were not withdrawing Troops from Iraq, gun, and gas tat that gas tax just save $20-$30 to American. That is a cheap bribe to voters. What did happen when US troops pulled out of Vietnam (nothing). These recent changes caused superdelegates choosing Obama. She is so weak in national election. Obama can brings about 5million voter who didn't vote for many years because they believe that Democrats are soft version of Republican. Democrat can't ignore these 5 million votes.....
Thanks,

Rob ,

Obama's campagne is superior to Hillary as is his program for the next 4 years . Have you checked that or do you have a problem with the man color?

OBAMA S a leader. really in his words and action. Hillary pls gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Hillary Clinton is really approaching absurdity..... She always complains when things don't go her way... One day she wants the superdelegates to vote their conscience... another day she doesn't... It seems that the only position she supports is when it benefits her.

Is the American gene pool so thin, that this country can only produce a Clinton or a Bush to "lead" America? Regarding Hillary C. What if her name were Hillary Johnson?
The truth is Obama has more total political service, and he had the good judgment to oppose this craven war. 133 combined House and Senate members voted "no" on the resolution. Hillary C not only voted "yes," but did not bother to even read the NIE (National Intelligence Estimate). What else do we need to know?

We must look forward, not backward. Who wants to return to the vitriol; the stalemate; the "every one to battle stations" mentality of the past? Finally, why are Bill Kristol, Pat Buchanan, etal, pulling for Hillary?

It's encouraging to see all these comments here in support of a politician who's an HONEST, THINKING (different from conniving) leader -- not someone who'd say anything to get votes -- not someone who would lead by polls. I hadn't been sure if our country (the people) had the grit to look past the obvious -- but, seeing your comments makes me think maybe we can. Obama has given our country AND the superdelegates a card to "get out of jail free" from the Clinton bondage. Obama is the only one of the three candidates who has the courage and intelligence to get us out of this mess we in with the economy and Iraq (both of which had their infancy during the previous Clinton era)!!

Hey Number 1. Double standard? Isn't this what Clinton wants superdelegates to do? Oh, I forgot, that only counts when it suits HRC. Please go back to your sandbox and do your whining there.

I really would hate to see Hillary steal this election, but with her style of sleazy politics and so many of her no brain supporters I just have a very bad gut feeling when all is said and done she will have managed to somehow put off the theft of our lifetime. GOD HELP US IF SHE DOES BECAUSE THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HER AND MCCAIN AND THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MCCAIN AND BUSH!

This is a shame. Kerry, Kennedy and whoever Kirk is....we will remember that you are not representing the people of your state. YOU WILL PAY!

This must have been what wright meant when he said, " US of KKK". (KENNEDY,KERRY&KIRK) Because they do not follow the will of the voters of their state !!! US OF KKK

Good point, Mirza (#18). The numbers certainly show this. Misinformation, disinformation, incompete information, lack of understanding make voters vulnerable to the manipulations of the campaigns (and the press). Unfortunately, it's often a case of "you don't know what you don't know." And this has presented ample opportunity for the likes of Rove and, recenty, Clinton's campaign managers to expoit the public.

The intense coverage of Rev. Wright's comments seem to me to be an unfair attempt to raise the race issue among voters for whom that may be an issue. So far race has not been an issue, as well it should NOT be. Sadly, I feel that either the Clinton or McCain camp is behind this scare tactic attempt to align Obama with a racist. So I am happy that these SuperDelegates are coming out and standing behind Obama. I am officially a "decline to state" voter, and pride myself in voting for the best candidate regardless of party affiliation. Conservatives will always vote for McCain, and Liberals will all vote for Hillary. But there are millions of people in the country like myself who are truly moderate voters. I support Obama; I will not vote for Hillary because I simply do not trust her. She has lied or misrepresented things so many times, and has a tendancy to anger people. What we need in this country is someone who will bring the country together and show the world that we do have intelligence and dignity in foreign affairs.

I LOVE OBAMA.
YES WE CAN!

OBAMA '08.

To Rob who posted at 10:59 AM
Sorehead. Your comments are coming from the part of you that is a bigoted ignoramus. A verse from my spoken work Red-Blooded Bigot: "You play like a trombone in the hands of a megalomaniac/ who finds your intolerance for anyone different physically arousing." It's all in the words you have strung together: "lazy," "street," "Devall (sic) Patrick," and "black." Like a visual artist who paints from a chosen palette, you use words to paint a picture of your bigotry. In this case, as it relates to a candidate whose blackness on the surface does not quite reveal his inner whiteness. You don't get to where this candidate is by being lazy. Deval Patrick, included. Quit foaming at the mouth and use your intellect, dittohead.

I voted for Bill Clinton twice, I believed in him. Now after this behavior of win at any cost by HRC and WJC, I m determined to leave the Democratic party if Obama loses in November. She wants Obama to lose in Nov so she can run in 2012. Its quite obvious, she has been using racial tactics to win the blue color vote. Resorting to interviews with Billo on Fox News is a new low, after the Pittsburgh interview with a veiled endorsement by her previous nemesis.
Go Obama 08!!!

To all my fellow citizens who are so hung up on these poll results, please read the disclaimer at the bottom that comes with the poll results.

For example ( and I quote):
"................... polls are not intended to be a scientific sample of local or national opinion. Instead, they are a way for readers to share their views on the news with ......................................... reporters and editors and with fellow .....................

Respondents are not randomly selected, but select themselves to vote on a specific question. In addition, while ..................... polls are designed to allow only one vote per user, savvy users may find ways around this limitation. For these reasons, the polls are not presented as scientific surveys or as representative of the opinion of the general population of our readership areas, the region or the nation."

Hey Laura Van Womer - Overturning the voters will has always been Hillary's idea. Otherwise why is she continuing? She will never overtake the lead Obama has no matter what now. The only reason she is continuing the campaign is to narrow that lead and then ask the supers to overturn the lead.

So why complaining about things which your own old girl is advocating? Isn't this a typical of Hillary's contradictions?

This is an indication that America has really responsible sons....I am proud of the superdeligates who stands for the truth...

HIllary is about hillary. The race is over she just doesn't get it and we hall have to watch this gal dance without the music... by herself.

Obama is the fresh response.

The super delegates know this as well.

What a great day it will be to watch hillary step off!

Paul v. Clinton -- nuff said? This story got squashed. Not to mention, the superdelegates are listening to ALL the independents -- 40m plus -- who live in their states as well, whose vote for a Democrat is all good. Go Obama!

Wow, what a ridiculous move my the superdelegates of MA. However, it does make it much easier for the rest of the superdelegates to ignore the states Obama won and side with Clinton as well. Obama's a lying chump and as registered Democract I will say this now. If Clinton loses, I will not back Obama, and there are many many many more voters who feel the same way. Obama is not ready to lead this country and he may win the nomination, but he will not win the general election because he does not have the support of over 50% of the democratic party. Talk about race card, you can't tell me that when one race votes over 85-90% for the same race of their candidate that they are voting on issues! It's clear the reason why they are voting and it lacks the judgement this election and party deserves. STOP VOTING RACE and vote the ISSUES and EXPERIENCE!

It is now time for Hillary Clinton to bow out of the race. Obama has won more states, is ahead in the popular vote, has narrowed the gap in superdelgates to less than 20. Within the superdelgates Obama has the support of more governors, more US Representatives, more US Senators over Clinton. The numbers all indicate that Obama has won and that Clinton has no chance to move ahead in any of these indicators. Mathematically, the numbers for Clinton do not and will not add up. It is time to stop the bleeding within the Democratic party and focus on McCain.

The remaining superdelegates need to step up now and declare who they support. Otherwise the Democrats will lose the general election!

Hillary Clinton is trying to make Sen.Obama unelectable in the general election,so she can run again in 2012.

She does not care if she destroys the democratic party in the process. Her policy of winning at any and all cost to everyone else,shows this to be true.

It seems as if she and McCain are running on the same ticket and she is helping him every chance she gets to do so.

Her campaign against Sen.Obama has been and still is far more negative than that of the republican candidate.

With the numbers being as they are and have been for quite some time now,she should have done what was best for the party,(and for herself in the future) to concede and throw all her support to Sen.Obama.

But what's best for the democratic party is not on Hillary Clinton's agenda,and it never has been,as she shows us every chance she gets.

Hillary Clinton never expected this race to extend beyond February, she believed,(as she had been told by everyone around her for the last three years)that the nomination was all hers and hers alone. The voting democratic public had been groomed and prepared for her,THERE WAS TO BE NO ONE ELSE BUT HER.

What she did not know or even suspect, was that given a choice,the people would decide for themselves who to nominate. They would listen to all the candidates and make up their minds who had their best interest at heart .

By The time she figured out that shallow promise's and her husbands name recognition would not be enough, it was too late. Now desperate and with nothing to lose(and with no way to win either for that matter) she starts the most dirty and negative and divisive campaign of our lifetime, she throws the kitchen sink and all the garbage she can find and or create at Sen. Obama.

She throws her credibility and her character away as if it were garbage too.
Old and rotten smelly garbage, but the smell stuck to her,and is offensive to most of us,the democratic voting public.
Just saying her name makes most people's faces turn up,as if she'd left a nasty taste in your mouth.

This election is over.
The media knows it,the superdelegates know it,and any voter who isnt lying to themselves know it, but most importantly...Hillary Clinton Knows It.
But she refuse's to quit until she thinks she done enough to make Sen.Obama unelectable in the general election,and if the leaders of the democratic party and the last of the uncommitted superdelegates dont step up and step in to stop her,she will stay until she accomplishes what she wants to do.

The Clinton campaign stated:
UPDATE: The Clinton campaign pointed out that Kirk had been previously put in Obama's camp and argued that it announced the endorsement in its "zeal to divert attention from their recent troubles"

Didn't one of her supporters orchestrate the fiasco?.

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Well Hillary girly should know. When she misspoke ( a euphemism) on the Bosnia matter, a super-delegate tried to divert attention from her troubles also. Therefore; there is no doubt in our minds about her understanding of an endorsement during a rough moment.-

Hillary Clinton advisor MICKEY KANTOR calling indiana voters shit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fFZaVlUKzM

Those who best manipulate the uninformed majority are the victors. The Clintons know it and are banking on it. One Candidate tries to get the public more engaged, while the other tries to exploit their ignorance. The latter is historically a winning strategy.
But the public is more engage this season, than any other time in recent memory. So we will see.

The super delegates and the DNC have systematically ignored the principle of a free democratic vote and have turned to the radical left wing for its choice for a candidate. Doing so, the DNC will reap the seeds it sows. Obama's change is not forward, it is back to the 60's with Wright, Ayers and the SDS. Have your moment of glory because America will not elect a radical in sheep clothing. I just hope the state throws out the elected officials which chose to vote against the will of the people along with the bath water. You can count my vote for McCain right now. I do find it interesting that Dohrn and Ayers escaped justice for their terrorist activities against this country, only to come back and attempt to destroy it politically forty years later.

Jerimiah wright is consistant , both episodes of his rantings are identical. He said nothing new in the second round accept that Obambi was a politician who would say anything to get elected. The later point is the only thing I agree with Wright on.
If Obambi knew Wright so well for twenty years and misjudged his character this badly, how is he to be taken seriously after an hours meeting with the leaders of Iran?
Now that Obambi has divorced his former pastor, has he been kicked out of his church as well? Did he leave the church or is he still listening to hatred of whites being preached by the pulpit. Either way he appears churchless to me.

It is time for Hilliary to get out of the race She didn't worry about Florida or Michigan when she was ahead.
Hilliary don't care about small States all she care about the Big Ones.
She look at small States like it is a Big Pile of Dung.
All she care about is herself and she is Power hungry May be I should go to Bosnia and dodge Sniper fire if she become the President .
Hilliary can't manage a campaign how can she run the United States Of America.
Universal Health Care will be at your own Expense because EVERY BODY will be forced to get it through the Government from your Income tax and you will have your weekly or monthly checks garnished .
Rules are rules and Florida and Michigan broke them because Hilliary said it would be over by Super Tuesday because it was only her and Obama and Florida and Michigan wanted to be in the Spotlight It was Florida Republican Governor that decided the State was going to vote earl because he wanted to help the Repulicans in the primary.