I think it would be foolish for her to drop out at this point. While Obama is ahead in delegate totals, both candidates are neck and neck in the polls. I do believe Obama will get the nomination because he has the “buzz” but from a demographics perspective, Hillary has shown the ability to win in states that will prove to be decisive in the fall. Obama’s wins and lead have been mostly through caucuses which are activist driven. Even in NC, there was never any real question as to who would win so for some to suggest that it was the determining factor is not very well thought out. The Democrats have to hold the working middle class, whites and the elderly to have a solid coalition, in other words win a demographic such as WNC which Obama did not do by a long shot. Obama might be able to pull it off but McCain is also strong with those same demographics. Hillary demonstrated she can draw them (at least among Democrats) especially with 65% of the white Democrat vote in both NC and Indiana going her way. If Hillary drops out, those same demographic groups will have to recognize that their party has continuously moved to the left in each of the last three Presidential elections. That is pleasing to the left and the activist wng of the party but it does not sit well with that middle America that elects Presidents. Again, Obama might be able to “fool ‘em again”, but Hillary represents that Democrat middle, at least in appearance. That should be the discussion among Democrat Party elders but unfortunately for the party, it is not.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is the only hope for the democratic party. Exit polls show that if Senator Barak Hussein Obama is the nominee, that 50% of the Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia voters will vote for the republican, Senator John McCain. The average democrat will not vote for an elitist who has very little experience in national politics. If the democrats had the same rules as the republicans, Senator Clinton would have been annointed long ago. She has won all the big states except for Illinois. It’s ironic that the party that calls itself the party of the people has such a convoluted “super delegate” system of electing it’s nominee. Our party doesn’t trust the average citizen. What a joke.
Hillary should stay in. After the super delegates take a good look at the numbers, they just may make the best choice and throw their support behind the only electable democrat...Hillary.
SExit polls show that if Senator Barak Hussein Obama is the nominee, that 50% of the Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia voters will vote for the republican, Senator John McCain.
SExit polls show that if Senator Barak Hussein Obama is the nominee, that 50% of the Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia voters will vote for the republican, Senator John McCain.
Right, because a good percentage of those who voted for Hillary are Republicans who will be voting for McCain in the fall regardless. Operation Chaos probably won Hillary the Penn primary (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_031208/content/01125108.guest.html), and has certainly given her a boost in states like Kentucky and WV that have a large Republican constituency. If this is hillary’s “Mandate”, then she isn’t even a Democrat anymore. She is more of a neo-con than McCain. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they still vote for her in the general election, since her presidency will promote more distractionary bickering than either of the other two.
SExit polls show that if Senator Barak Hussein Obama is the nominee, that 50% of the Kentucky, Pennsylvania and West Virginia voters will vote for the republican, Senator John McCain.
Right, because a good percentage of those who voted for Hillary are Republicans who will be voting for McCain in the fall regardless. Operation Chaos probably won Hillary the Penn primary (http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_031208/content/01125108.guest.html), and has certainly given her a boost in states like Kentucky and WV that have a large Republican constituency. If this is hillary’s “Mandate”, then she isn’t even a Democrat anymore. She is more of a neo-con than McCain. I wouldn’t be too surprised if they still vote for her in the general election, since her presidency will promote more distractionary bickering than either of the other two.
Plus, I’d love to see a SExit poll. sexxxy.
Operation Chaos was nothing but a radio play for the purpose of creating a buzz around Limbaugh’s show. There are no significant numbers of Republicans out there who have voted for a Democrat to stir trouble. It is telling however that Democrats are worked up about it.
