The question should be why hasn’t the Clinton name, the Clinton money machine, and the Clinton polarization not been able to close the deal? Hillary Clinton is behind in delegates and money. If she were the people’s choice, this would have ended a long time ago.

Obama has won or closed the numbers in each state so far in this primary. This question does not apply to Obama. Let’s talk again after Indiana.

Jack

I think with all her experience, she should be asked why he is so close after such a short time in the public’s eyes.

Why couldn’t she close all the states he won?

Jack, I think there is a large populous that does not see Barack as the ideal candidate and the same goes for Hillary. The campaigns are becoming increasingly negative and it raises doubts about the type of President Barack Obama will be.

I know if it wasn’t for Obama’s questionalbe friendships with some shady characters, I would probably support him.

It’s a contest and one doesn’t always win every game, especially when it’s in someone elses statdium. My question is why can’t she win big in her own backyard? She should win by 30% or more. If she steals the nomination via the super delegates then we should not consider this democratic.

Jack, this question has always been a matter of deflecting attention away from the opposite question: Why couldn’t Clinton close the deal? She’s the establishment candidate, the putative inclumbent, the one with name recognition throughout the country, the one with a full blown political machine and a former President-husband behind her. Why didn’t she close the deal long ago? I think the media should ask that question and cover the whole story, don’t you?

Hey Jack , I love it . i want more people heard from and the more he go through this tough campaign the more tough he becomes , By November anymore attack from the GOP will be old news . Let Clinton stay in the race and make him more though.

Because (1) the race is too close to call (2) Hillary has support among white & women voters in some states like PA & IN (3) she has a point that she has won big states (4) electability (who can win) is now a question (5) superdelegates should come forth with their choice. It will all be over by May 7.

it difficult to seal a deal when u have a party already divided and encouraging the losing side to continue on ,the media is also contributing to the foolishness by making big deal of silly things

Are you kidding me Jack? Obama has already closed the deal. He has taken a beating from the Clintons and still is ahead. He has the delegates and he has the money. Clinton has already lost the delegate game can’t recover.

Jack,

Obama did a good job last night. He won in all cartergories with the exception of WHITE WOMEN. Look AMERICA, there are a lot of women that are pround of Hillary and they should be. But the reality is soon she will be out of the race then it is going to be either Obama or McCain? Those Catholic votes (which is approx 70 white women over 50 years of age) are goin tohave to choose or stay home and they are not going to move to McCain. Even if they do stay home it will nueturalize McCain’s base. For you to expect Obama to win the Catholic vote (prodominately white women) is the same as you saying she is losing more of the african american vote so she can not win in November. She is not going to take his base, and she is not going to take hers so stay tuned. Obama with those women that are true Democratics and Americans will DESTORY McCain. But with his voters, she would beat McCain also.

Jack, Obama is having trouble closing the deal because the Washington politics of old is like one of the robots in the Terminator movie. The old politics morths into different shapes and personalities and no matter how many times you take it out it always seems to revive and get back on mission. The problem is that the mission it is on is the advancement of individual candidates and not the best interest of the country.

There’s nothing he can do. A significant number of voters in this country - myself included - simply do not believe he has the experience or qualifications necessary to be Commander in Chief. He can outspend Hillary as much as he wants to, but in the end, he is still lacking in experience.

Jack it is so sad to have a good canidate like Barack Obama defeated by a liar and her cronies. The media fails to forget that she had the entire political machine behind her in PA. Rendella and that sellout Nutter.

I think Obama needs to forget about HIldabeast and return to the message of hope and unity. Oh and Jack this race will end when God says its time

Very simple , Jack. It is an uphill battle to change the status quo of the political culture which has been imprinted on our expectations. People have become so used to the slick B.S. over the years they are leery of change and sincerity.
Hopefully their apprehension will calm down in time to prevent
“business-as-usual” from triumphing, as usual. We’re needing a new beginning, or we’ll have another disaster for 4(or 8 years).

I think the reason Sen. Obama did not win in PA is because of the older female voters. These are the people that remember how things were during the Clinton administration. They think that everything is going to be fine again if the Clintons serve a third term. What they are not understanding is, that Hillary is no Bill Clinton. She cares about winning and that’s it. It’s ok. The rest of the country will get it right.

Obama for President 2008

Obama has always been the underdog in this race.

The question should be- why can’t a former first lady with 100 percent name recognition who has been poked and prodded and in the public eye for 16 and a half years wrap up the nomination easily? With her vast network and connections through her husband, she should have twice as much money as Obama does.

Hillay, herself, predicted last year that the race would be over on February 5th (assumedly with herself being the presumptive nominee)

Well, then, she’s also said last year that she agreed with the DNC rules regarding Florida and Michigan not getting any delegates.

He can’t seal the deal because he won’t steal the deal. Hillary will beg, ,borrow, and steal to get the deal! Jack, it is that simple. Bill stole the show when he was president. In fact he ruined the office by with his many affairs, those we know about and the those we don’t
Enough is enough of the Clintons…
Thanks for reading this , Jack!
PS Why do you think Clinton can seal the deal??? I would like to know!

The only way Obama can close the deal is if the Democratic Party takes a play out of the Republican playbook and does not count all the votes. If I was a Floridian Democrat I would stop voting- it seems neither party wants to count their votes.

Jack, “close the deal” is like Bill wanting us to define “is”. Or Hillary now wants us to define “win”. So define “close the deal”.

Hasn’t he already come close to, or in my opinion achieved that?

Remebering that less than 12 short months ago, Hillary was considered a shoe-in, all she had to do was say she was running and was hers. Or the highly touted Clinton political machine that Obama is bucking. I think since he currently leads in states won, the popular vote, and pledged delegates, he has overcome tremendous odds just to be where he is.

And her position that she’s more electable seems a contradiction to the facts already in evidence. Those are, he’s ahead and he’s winning.

But in typical Clintonesque politics, if you don’t like the results, change the rules…or remembering Monica, change the definition…..

Senator Obama could close the deal if he didn’t have a fellow party member trying so hard to distract him from the message. He is bringing in more and more people every day. He is raising more money and getting more delegates. Then Senator Clinton comes along and makes claims and comments that are totally unfounded and play on the fears of Americans who just want to feed their families and bring their sons & daughters home from the war.

It’s actually pretty simple. Obama is a relative newcomer, so he has to cover a lot more ground than Hillary. That’s why he won so many small states with blue collar workers, but not the large states.

In fact, he has trouble with most large states except Illinois, because they already know him in Illinois.

By the same token, Hillary couldn’t win the South except Arkansas.

So we can ask two questions: Why can’t Obama win large states, and why can’t Hillary win the south? Both candiatates are flawed by themselves, but together they might be able to pull it off.

Unfortunately, because of Hillary’s incessant nastiness, that’s not likely to happen. I look at it like a political “sibling rivalry”.

I think the writing is on the wall. Obama can’t close the deal because some Americans would rather vote for the person that started the trade deals that caused them to lose their job than to vote for a qualified black man. This of course has been disguised behind inexperience and this unseen connection Clinton has with blue collar workers. The PA map shown on CNN of where her support showed it clearly!!! Anyplace there is a large population of white blue collar americans, she wins.

It’s ok, let them vote her in and let the superdelegates give it to Hillary. I am not a blue collar worker, so when their homes continue to foreclose and their jobs continue to be shipped oversees…I will continue to reap the benefits of their decision.

It’s simple Jack!

Some of the blue collar voters/elders grew up with Hillary and/or set in their ways. They don’t want change! They like things the way it is!

Obama can’t close the deal with blue collar/elder voters who probably do the samething everyday–take the same routes everyday–eat the same foods everyday—its about change and they don’t want change..

closing the deal with blue collar/elder voters would be like going back in time and growing up with them like Hillary.

This is an easy one, Jack. It is because some of the people in the larger states think they are voting for BILL CLINTON. They remember good times financially and associate her with that. I personally have good memories of his term in office relative to economics.

BUT and this is the BUT, Bill is not running and Hillary has not only her baggage but his and believe me the republicans will have a hayday with it. Obama did great coming back from a 25% delegate lead she had–Bill lived there a couple of months so he got her a good head-start.

Obama will overcome this–he is a good candidate and has surrounded himself with good managers of his campaign. Oh yes, got to get off to send him a check!

Carol
Knoxville, TN

Let’s see. Maybe it’s because the media spent 24/7 for a good week on “bitter-gate,” but has yet to report much at all on Hillary’s desire to “obliterate” Iran. Maybe it’s because the last debate was a tabloidy affair that focused on everything negative that has ever been associated with Obama. Maybe it’s because the media is afraid to talk about why Senator Clinton would have a tough time in the general election: her husband’s antics in the White House. Maybe it’s because no one has bothered much reporting bits and pieces from Hillary’s past that are negative, but focus on Obama’s link to a guy considered a terrorist when Obama was 8 years old. (Bill Clinton pardoned his 2 associates.) Journalism isn’t what it used to be.

He can’t close the deal because he’s not the right candidate and America is beginning to realize that. If he wins the nomination it will be due to his large amounts of money spent on advertising. And the Democrats will be left with a Dukakis instead of a Clinton.

Jorge
San Fancisco

States like PA and OH… Are still stuck in there raciest ways….

OBAMA 08

His lack of experience has been a blessing for his campaign in that he has not done much to alienate anyone, but it also means that when things do come up, he has nothing to fall back on. Voters only know what he tells them. They don’t actually know what he would do in any given situation (besides talking to everyone). As economic concerns get bigger, people are going to want a familiar face who they’ve seen handle crises as opposed to someone who can only tell you how well he’ll handle a crisis.

Because there are a lot of dumb people out there.

Reason why Barack can’t close the deal is simple. Caucuses are Barack’s forte. The regular voter does not have the time to spend 30 to 2 hours debating who is the best candidate. Primaries are easy, just go in the voting booth and place you mark, and the best thing is that you don’t have to listen (which is what happens in caucuses) to what ususally is a young college educated person, who right of the bat thinks that he/she is better than you.

Jack-

First let me say that Obama WON the delegate vote in Texas, so TX should be taken out of the Hillary “win” column.

Second - Obama has had a much bigger challenge than Clinton. She started out this campaign with more delegate votes and the recognition of the ‘Clinton name’ and all that comes with the name. Obama was the unknown underdog.

Third - when you look at the states that Obama “lost” , he actually won if you look at what the gap was supposed to be. Look at PA for example - he started out with an over 20% gap and he CLOSED it at 9% (yes, 9% as of 2 PM) with 99.44% of the vote counted. You guys should check out the PA voter returns website.

Same with Ohio - CLOSED the gap there.

You have to look at the big picture of what Obama has done. He campaigns in the states he is expected to “lose” and CLOSES the margain significantly.

Clinton, on the other hand, ignores the states she is expected to lose in and says they do not count.

Now you tell me, who is the closer? Clearly it is Barack Obama. Still very far ahead in number of states won, delegates, and popular vote totals and all without the negative campaign tactics and lies that are the stuff of Hillary Clinton.

Kathy F/ NJ

I think the pressure should be that we ask Obama to step down. Americans are giving away so much money to Obama to do what?

I feel for all the people who is watching their money go down the drain. STOP giving money to Obama and let’s put the pressure for NOBama to get out of the race NOW!

The real question is, why hasn’t Hillary closed the gap? I believe it’s because people are drawn to each of them for their own reasons, much more to do with personality or ethics, than their issues. I believe that Barack Obama is the answer because he has a vision for this country and he speaks with honesty and understanding. Yet we have seen his ability to address the negativity in this campaign with reason and wisdom. The fact that his campaign came out with negative ads during the PA primary, to me, indicates that this democratic primary process has gone on too long. Those of us who are watching and listening to all of this are stressed and tired. Do you really want to go into the general election with a democratic base that’s exhausted and disillusioned from this process? It’s time for her to give it up. Without overturning the popular vote, she cannot win this, and I for one have already lost my vote and don’t think everyone else’s should count for naught.

She did not win Texas. Just trying to keep you people in the media honest if that’s possible. He won more delegates in Texas and the popular vote was shewed by Republicans voting for her to beat him. Several people at the caucus in Texas that we attended said they voted for Hillary so McCain would win and besides, Texas is a red state and will be again in this election so it doesn’t really matter much.

Racism…However his mom was white…!
The good news is that the new generation is much better and that is the reason young and educated whites are his main support

The demographics in PA did not favor Obama. I think he did a hell of reducing Hillary’s lead by at least 50%. I grew up in Western PA. There is no way that an African American candidate stands a chance there.

Jack,

It should be obvious to everyone.

He rudely insulted the good people of Pennsylvania.

We do not need a president who slams the people.

And there’s no more he can say about it because it would sound phony

He obviously does not have the experienced to be president.

Strongely for Hillary Clinton

I voted for Hillary yesterday. South philly, white female, late 40″s, catholic and earn slighty over 50k. I may not have a master’s degree on my study wall but I do have something more important. “Street Smarts” over “Book Smarts”. (for all those who called us uneducated voters)

Obama is inexperienced, not seasoned to the polictical attacks, lacks substance & can only provide pretty speeches. We need more than that for the top job. He needs to pay his dues and prove he’s ready for the position, maybe he can achieve this over the next for 4 to 8 years. The way his campaign stands now, the republicans will destroy him in November. Including taking this die hard democrate vote with them at the ballot booth. The Media Darling is just that!

Mike, Vicksburg, MI
He has to spend too much of his time answering innane, fear-mongering questions. Take the “flag” question as an example. While at the last debate, he was AGAIN answering why he doesn’t wear a pin, I noticed that Hillary didn’t have on a pin and neither did either of the two asking questions! The amount of misinformation still circulating regarding him and his background is staggering. But why should I be surprised? Jesus spoke of hope, peace and equality and the world crucified Him - why should little ol’ Barack from Chicago get a better shake?

Because it is not his deal to close. Clinton has the ability to bring it to closure but won’t. He has not established his credibility enough (the “overhelming case”) to distance himslef from Clinton. Absent that, he has to slug it out until she cries “uncle”

Jack,

To imply that money can dictate the ideas of American’s means that our country is not as democratic as we would all like to think. The fact that Hillary would win PA is not a suprise or a news headline. Hillary should be asking why her support in such states is slipping. She didn’t win as big as she could have and that has to do with her policy and personality, not Obama’s campaign money.

In addition, as a Texan please, please please stop saying Hillary won Texas. She did not win Texas, Obama won Texas and as strange as our process may be, it has been that way for years. Considering Clinton’s “experience” and “connections” to Texas, she should be aware of our process. She should stop trying to deceive Americans and accept that she lost our 2-step process and stop trying to change the game to suite her perception of victory.

geee.. you spose it has something to do with the fact that he doesnt want to play the game of dirty politics…? meanwhile Mrs H thrives on it… she is pretty creepy… now threatening to use nukes.. I believe her.. Im afraid she would do it just to make history… its what she appears to be shooting for

I believe that Obama has a world of potential and one day will make an exemplary president. However, this is not his time. With less than one full term in the United States Senate, he is lacking the experience to lead the free world. I pray that he would accept a vice-presidential offer from Clinton. After two terms as the V.P. he will still be a young man and will make a great Democratic President. In short, the longer the primary runs, the more doubt regarding his experience comes to light. My open plea to both Barack and Hillary is please do not destroy the Democratic Party. Look to a future with a Democratic President for the next sixteen years. The decision is yours.

J.D. in NH, you took the words right out of my mouth. The reason Obama can’t seal the deal is because the media won’t let him.

Because people lie to pollsters in an effort to seem “cool” or politically correct

He has no expierience, is not qualified to be president and the
American people will not vote for him in the general election.

Jack

Don’t be mislead by the Clinton spin whihc is enhanced by the media coverage. Obama still has a 157 delegate and Clinton can not catch him in elected delegates, states won or popular vote.

This spin from her, is all about raising money for her debt ridden campaign.

NC, Guam and Indiana will end this charade.

After watching this race for the last couple of months, the reason I have given is the MEDIA. Most folks are unable to reason deeply for lack of time etc. But the media jumps on every impossible stupidity the Clintons come up with and it suddenly becopmes truth…even her mis-peaking is not called lies. So the spotlight is on HER and the people resopond. Michigan and Florida are a non-issue by her own statements until she made them an issue and the media AGREES. People I speak to dont even know why Barrack was not on the ticket in Michigan. Electoral votes are between Republicans and Democrats. Sudden she has made it an issue and the MEDIA agrees.
Big states is a non-issue as we all know…but she said it is an issue and the Media agrees…
The Media is making Clinton into a winner and we NEED TO KNOW why?

It’s Hillary and Bill Clinton who say he can’t close the deal. Senator Obama has an insurmountable lead in delegates. The race for the Democratic nomination for president is over.

It’s Hillary and Bill Cllnton who don’t appear to understand the math or the will of the American people.

Jack,

‘Machine’ politics is still a mighty force, and the Democratic Party its last successful national figure, who happens to be Hillary’s husband. It isn’t good enough for Obama to beat just Hillary … he has to either ‘win over’ or beat the machine too.

I attend Democratic Party meetings regularly. Obama is still regarded as an ‘object of curiosity’ and a usurper. Had he earned the backing of the party ‘faithful,’ this primary campaign would have long been over. His ‘new politics’ must win … not just over Hillary Clinton, but also over the organization he chooses to lead.

I think, as much as Hillary will hate to admit this, Bill Clinton’s enormous success with the economy during his time at the white house is resonating in the blue-collar states. People will rather take the change with the devil (not saying Hillary is “the devil”) they know. Because they can argue that they know what the worst case of another Clinton presidency would be, but have know clue what an Obama presidency will be like. But to argue that blue-collar democrats will rush to McCain if Obama wins the nomination is a fact less argument. If they have the economic in mind and are voting based on the policies and not personal difference, Obama should do just as well as Hillary. It all comes down to self preservation, people will not destroy their economic futures to spite one candidate (as someone noted in one of the CNN blogs). I personally think all the people who say they would vote the other McCain in the general elections if their candidate loses are just trying to blackmail the opposing supporters to support their candidate.

Jack, Obama can not close the deal because people are beginning to realize that he is not the real deal! The more you scratch the surface the more he is exposed and the more people realize Hillary is the real deal.

Sorab
Toronto - Canada

Well the Media now is in Hillary’s pocket… so they will distract us from the issues and away from what we should be looking at. Hillary knows fear works, so she has almost copied the GOP playbook of dirty politics. Her latest ads could have been from the GOP. Obama doesn’t want to go to her level, but he might.

Simple-dirty politics. He’s now being forced to play that game and he doesn’t know how to as well. He’ll have to learn to win-unfortunately .
It’s amazing she has the arrogance to critisize others and she is not ashamed of her own skeletons! Yes, she’s been vetted but I don’t want all that to be vetted again. This country was embarrassed by 8 yrs of Clinton, 8 yrs of Bush( for different reasons). Do we really want that to continue? I don’t.
Go ABC(anybody but Clinton).
Preferably Obama!!!!

The real question to me is why anyone believes in Hillary Clinton & wants to support her? I can’t understand why she has one supporter, let alone enough to still be close.

Jack,
Obama was, is amd will always be the underdog. She had a 20 point lead in Penn and (if you believe that windbag Lanny Davis…a 30 point lead)based on her name and personal demographics alone. Obama spent a ton of dough on advertising so that he could diminish that lead significantly, which he did. He also bankrupted her campaign and made it very difficult for her to compete from here on in. He is closing the deal as best as any minority candidate, relatively unknown 3 years ago, fighting a recent president and his wife possibly could.
Did Kennedy or Carter “seal the deal” this early? In large measure Obama already has sealed the deal…Hillary can no longer win in either the primary or General, although she may simply have guaranteed a McCain victory.

Thanks Jack,
Peter in Canada

Neither of them can close the deal because they both have what the other needs. Experience and charisma.

Let’s see, Hillary lied about Bosnia Trip, lied about NAFTA, lied about her daughter Chelsea being in danger on September 11, Lied About Ohio Woman Who Was Denied Treatment, and who knows about what else she lied, she is crazy, and she never apologizes about these things, she just says she “misspeaks”. Hillary starts a war of negative attacks to bring down Obama in what could also be a destroying event for the democratic party. The pastor of Obama says something that Obama repudiates and he apologizes for that but still he has to pay for it, and he apologized for the bitter remarks wich states something that is true he just wasn’t gentle enough when he said it giving his adversaries the advantage of taking it out of context and use it against him, something like that, something that small

Why can’t Barack Obama close the deal?

Because people are being really stupid?

I believe Obama can’t “close the deal” is because Hillary Clinton is making deals that will only surface if she becomes president. Which goes back to the same old politics; special interest groups, lobbyist, etc. Should I say anymore.

You pundits raise the question of Obama’s failure to ‘close the deal’ as if he has some terminal flaw in his campaign style. Obama has managed and run a flawless campaign despite the questionable tactics of the Clintons. As a former Pennsylvanian I am painfully aware of the question of race in this campaign. Exit polling in PA shows clearly that whites refused to vote for this well qualified black candidate. That’s not so much an indictment of him as it is those who persistently maintain racial animus toward those of a different hue. As for going negative and more aggressive toward her, you pundits damn him for not being aggresive enough, not hitting back and similarly damn him when he does, suggesting he’s moving away from his message of hope. Which way do you want it, guys??

Close the deal? Wasn’t he behind almost 20 points? Yep, she got to him this week with her sleazy style of campaigning and drudging up things about him that have nothing to do with him as our future president. What did happen though is that people in PA don’t like change. She’s a brand name. When you have a governor like Ed Rendell behind you who is so beloved, why wouldn’t you vote for her? PA has been known for being an old boys club (she gets to be a part of that I guess!) However, Nutter gave her nothing in Philadelphia. She says she’s been vetted herself and I give him a lot of credit for staying above the water on her style of campaigning. But, there is just that little part of me that wants some Obama supporter to remind everyone of “Whitewater” , the pardons, etc. I mean is everyone so afraid of her they are going to let her bully her way into the Whitehouse? As for closing the deal, remember this is a marathon, not a sprint. The deal is closed (hopefully in June) when he gets the nomination.

He can’t seal the deal because he is just not the right person for the job right now.

Yes, Clinton won.

Whoop-de-do.

And now she’s strapped for cash, way behind in delegates, still way behind in the popular vote, and you have to wonder how this “Big State” mentality is going to play in a state like Indiana. It’s a fairly elitist comment itself. Further, she’s tossing in the towel on North Carolina and it’s fairly hefty 115 delegates and substantial population.

Look, we all know that Hillary Clinton is a big dog in Democratic politics, and she’s being allowed to carry on her campaign because of that. The extended primary is also giving CNN and other outlets plenty of fuel for the fire. I think they’re pretty much the only ones at this point happy that this is continuing.

But do you think that maybe, just maybe, CNN can stop buying the Clinton post-election talking points, hook, line and sinker?

There are clearly going to be places where Senator Clinton is stronger. Pennsylvania was one of them. That she wins with voters who are more set in their ways or are still uncomfortable with the idea of a black president doesn’t bode well for getting anything done positive for the country if she gets elected. I heard her speech on getting tough with China, and she’s sounding more like Bush all the time. She better learn fast that Clinton bully tactics would be met with a polite smirk in China. She’s way way out of their league when it comes to power politics. ( they’ve been refining the art for about 5000 years.) That she is playing on the worst of our instincts to get votes is the same Clinton strategy they’ve had since Bill first took office. Just plain ugly.

The question should be why hasnt she won more delegates, more popular votes, more states. Why is she behind in money. Why, since super tuesday, has she only gained 12 superdelegates and Obama has gained 83. Why did she lose a 20 point lead in Pennsylvania. Why are the republicans attacking Obama right beside her. Seems with all those questions, the real question should be why cant HILLARY close the deal.

Obama has already “closed the deal” but the Clintons refuse to face up to it because their egos are outsized. The latter care more about themselves than the country, always have, always will. I voted for Billary in 1992 and 1996 but not in 2008, even if they get the nomination and yes, I did mean to say “they” because they’re a duel threat. Go Obama!

Jack:

Obama is the deal.

The Clintons have campaigned in Pennsylvania for the last generation.

In his six-week campaign, he managed to sway many voters who are not really open to something new, and narrowed a huge gap in the face of the Ed Rendell political machine.

I’m disappointed, but proud today.

The race will end on May 6. He will win N. Carolina and Indiana.
Hillary was very negative in the last week. The same strategy worked for her in Ohio and Texas…
The question is: where is the red line, and can the democratic party allows candidates to use all means to win?
McCain stopped campaigning, since Hillary is doing for him more than what he could do for himself.
Howard Deen needs to send a clear message that this type of compaigning will not be tolerated. Otherwise, Obama has to do the same

Igrew up in PA and it was all about “Gentlemen’s Agreement”. If you
sold your house to a Jewish family you were maligned and trashed.
Fortunately those days are past for the Jewish community. However,
Ron Reagan had it right onLarry King last night when he said the
elephant in the room was “race”. For whatever reason people seem to need someone to look down on, The llower income, less educated
whites in PA have to a great degree looked down on blacks. I think it
may take one more generation for those mostly senior citizens to pass
on for us to truly get past racism. Hopefully when the whole country
weighs in and the west in particular…it can give Obama the numbers
he needs to close the deal.
Why aren’t you asking why are the giants of the Democratic party like
Sam Nunn backing Obama and volunteering to be on his foreign
policy team?
Nancy

Why when Obama loses it is a big deal? These are two candidates with a very strong reliable base. Can you challenge Hillary to win North Carolina, or keep it within the same margin that Obama kept it in PA? Oh, by the way, the difference was only 9.4%, not double digits.

I really get tired of people talking down about blue collar workers and older women and then of course there are the uneducated voting for Hillary, What about all the blacks voting for Obama why is that OK

There is not only racial divide in this country, but many ileitis and condescending people just like Obama.

You know you just should not mess with older, uneducated, lower income white or black women.

Why can’t Hillary close the delegate count AND popular vote?

Why Hillary won in PA?
1. Northerners are more racist than southerners. Pennsilvania comprises of more Whites than Blacks. (10:1)?
2. Northeastern States usually support Hillary.
3. Obama’s passion for “Change” is becoming weaker. So the message does not appeal enough to voters.
4. Northeastern Whitse appear more narrow minded in various aspects thatn Southern Whites. ( You ask any person of other race moving from the South to the Northeast.)
Michael

It just shows that people are not as excited about Obama as his campaign may think. In recent weeks, his actions and comments have given people some hesitation before giving him the Democratic nomination. I really don’t want Hillary to be the nominee, but Obama is consistently hurting himself by his personal associations and through his comments. This nomination fight will continue until the convention because the superdelegates are now starting to question if Obama really can be the savior for this party.

The question is why hasn’t Billary closed the deal. They have name, the party machine behind them.. Obama has closed the deal, she just won’t listen. She’ll have it her way or no one will win. I can’t believe the party members are standing on the side lines letting this happen,

It’s the democratic parties fault Jack! As they do every four years the party has failed to offer any candidate that can feel the pulse of the voters and offer to represent their ideals. Neither Senator Clinton or Obama can show us a record of success in their public life or offer us a vision for the country. Mr. Obama cannot close the deal because as usual we the voters are being forced to guess instead of choose.

Well, well, how can he close the deal when we know that every where he goes, he has to start from scratch , introducing himself and what he has been doing. In the case of Clinton, thanks to her husband, most people have this sentimental attachment to Clinton’s era, so people easily relate and feel comfortable. Obama on the other hand had to spend more and work more to introduce himself and what he stands for. Come on, shouldn’t the question be, how come Clinton is still in the race? After all, she is famous, and going against unknown person like Obama should have been easier right? Well, obviously he is a tough cookie, so tell her to keep playing catch up.

I agree with the Huffington Post analysis that Pennsylvania was Clinton’s Waterlloo. She won a battle but she will still loose the war. Obama is still ahead in delegates, popular vote, campaign cash, and states won. That will not change in the contest to come. Clinton did not gain any new ground on Obama with last nights win in PA. She was expected to win that state given its demographics.

Senator Obama can’t close the deal because most of the die-hard Democrats like me don’t believe that Mitch McConnell or John Boehner is going to let any of their members work with Senator Obama to change anything. While the Senator is a good man, I want someone in their who is going to slap down McConnel and Boehner when they want to give even more to the rich, put in judges that are pro-business/anti-personal privacy to a fault, and believes that every poor/needy person is just abusing the system rather than needing a helping hand to get thru the next day. That would be Senator Clinton.

Obama CAN close the deal. In fact, he’s ahead in votes, states, and delegates! Why he didn’t win PA is a combination of his being not a Democratic party machine insider, and the mud that was thrown at him the last days of the campaign. This is a contest between change and the old party politics.

Obama is having trouble because of three big reasons. 1.) His agenda lacks substance. Even his own financial experts have difficulty explaining where the money is going to come from to finance his new deal policies for education, the poor, healthcare. Blind faith doesn’t work–he needs to clearly describe how he expects to accomplish his objectives–just putting a different thinker in the White House–probably isn’t the answer unless there are some strategies, tactics, goals, and objectives that are measurable. 2. ) He is an unknown candidate to most Americans. His resume is scant for a run on the White House; his record in the Senate and in the state house–isn’t that remarkable. 3.) His antipathy towards the Pentagon–and his declared ideals of seeking peaceful resolutions with despots who are essentially war criminals for their acts against Americans in Iraq, and others–isn’t selling well. As Commander-In-Chief he must effectively utilize the most powerful instrument of policy the world has ever know–the U.S. Armed Services. It isn’t clear if he has the knowledge or the resolve to make tough decisions that aren’t politically correct, but are in the best interests of the nation. George Bush made horrendous sacrifices to do what he believed was the right thing–Obama doesn’t seem to understand when it’s required, nor have the force of will to take the heat if his actions become unpopular. A vacillating CIC is not what we need in this dangerous world we live in.

Why not ask, Why can’t HRC close the deal? Don’t forget last summer she was the “inevitable” candidate, had record amounts of money, and all the party “poobahs” behind her. This contest has been like David against Goliath and Obama is 150 pledged delegates ahead.

He was close to closing the deal until someone took his words and twisted them to try and scare people into voting for her. If thats what it takes to win then Obama shouldn’t want to win. Shame on all of you who voted for her. She is a liar and a cheat. She couldn’t win running a clean campaign, so she had to go dirty and make up lies about Obama. She says how she wants little girls to look up to her, but she is no role model for my daughter. She is a liar and manipulater who will do anything to win. If that’s the type of person democrats
want to represent their party than so be it. I will vote for someone else.

Jack, what irks me is how the Clinton campaign is saying that she can win the “big states” and he can’t (hence, he can’t “seal the deal”) — but look closer, my friends.

Senator Clinton is getting vote in the parts of all these so-called “big” states that are traditionally Republican — not Democratic. No matter what she does, that part of the state will vote Republican in November and the trick is to get enough traditional Democrats in the urban areas to counter the sea of red in the rural parts.

Senator Obama, on the other hand, is getting out the vote and winning by large margins in the traditional Democratic areas — urban ridings. Yet, Clinton insists that she is the best candidate because she can win the big states? She may very well lose the big states if the traditional Democratic areas decide to sit it out or vote for McCain because they didn’t want her as their candidate ….

Bottom line — Obama is only struggling to close this down once and for all because the Clinton campaign is using false reasoning with the voters and superdelegates.

Think about it!

(Oh yeah — LOVED your book, Jack, and so did my curmudgeony 78-year old dad!)

It is a primary, the choice is Democrat A or Democrat B. In a general election, would women who vote for Hillary or Blacks who vote for Obama go Republican? Only if the race stays negative and the looser refuses to support the winner.

I hope Obama wins. I chose him over Hillary in the Primary. But I still like Hillary over McCain. Go Dems!

What kind of a question is that ? How about, “Why isn’t Hillary Clinton able to gain any ground on Obama ? ” Why is it the media and the all not so silent ” minority ” constantly putting the onus on the Obama campaign to “close the deal ” .Always trying to make out that he doesn’t have the experience. Since when does being the wife of a President make you experienced as President. If she was married to a heart surgeon does that mean I should trust her to give me a bypass.Time to vote with intellect not emotion.

jack he can close the deal its about timeing .all of the media knows ohio pennsylvania is her kind of place meaninng they have more of the so called blue collar workers.so what happens is they make it seems like theres a chance he can win in those places and its not going to happen in those two states. im glad this is happening because I never knew what blue collar meant until now and it means some whites who have glass cielings for blacks.but the good thing about all this is it will not be in there hands this year its other states he can swing his way like he has already done . THANK YOU A BLACK BLUECOLLAR WORKER WHO MAKES UNDER $50,000.00
PS IM tired of being used by the democratic party

this is not a mortage on our house we are talking about here its a election for the right person for the presidency which we screwed up in trusting her husband 16 years ago lets not make the same mistake in her its all preditory lending or campaigning

Jack, It is simple really. People do not trust him. He doesn’t really say much, except yes we can, and I did not vote for the war in Iraq. His biggest problem is he doesn’t do well without a well rehearsed speech. ( Which was most likely written by someone else.) He may inspire, but we question his ability to deliver.

Ah, the dilema of choice between two unqualified affirmative action candidates. Now we know what colleges and universities go through every semester.

Why isn’t anyone asking, “Why can’t Hillary surpass Obama?” The Clinton campaign didn’t just steal Karl Rove’s playbook, they also lifted the “New Rules” game from Bill Mahar. At first, it was “New Rule”, Iowa doesn’t really matter. Then, “New Rule”, only Texas and Ohio matter. Then, “New Rule”, delegates don’t matter. Now, it’s “New Rule”, only states that Hillary wins matter. Don’t be surprised when you hear, “New Rule”, only older white female and blue collar votes matter.

Why hasnt she caught him? She is well known. He has to spend more money because no one knowns him.

Sadly, the 800-lb elephant in the room is that he is an African-American. People can say racism is dead & America is equal opportunity for all, but we all secretly know that is not true. There are just some people who will not vote for an African-American for president. If you put their policies side-by-side & didn’t know their race or gender, most Democrats would not have a problem with either candidate. Once race is revealed, some racial discomfort is revealed. Sexism is alive & well too, but I would guess that HRC’s life as a white woman has probably been a lot easier than BO’s life as an African American.

Barrack is having trouble because of his “High Road” campaign. If he attacks then he gets accused of playing dirty, If he doesn’t respond, then he must be guilty of whatever she said. Hillary will say and do anything to get elected. Mark my words, Now she will say whomever gets the popular vote should be the nominee, when that fails. Its who gets all the big states. If that fails, It will be because hes not strong enough ( subliminal message - he is black ). When that is done she will subtly undermine him in the guise of campaigning for him. I think her political machine is already designing HIllary 2012 signs

Way to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory old school PA democrats! McCain thanks you for your support!

The media really pisses me off—He was way back in The Penn State—he closed to within 10 points that is huge—why not say what a phenominal job he did in staying close… The media is hyping up nothing make things up to make it have more drama –the media needs to get a life and look at the real picture—I am from Canada and love America as or sister state. We want Barack to win because it will be good for the world…Clinton is a fraud, a drama queen, makes up stories to make her movement look good and Make it look like a smoke and mirrors game that she is beating Barack—The american people are not stupid—they all will vote for him when he is running against Mcain—-He will be the next president..America make the right decision—he should win change the way you people think —he will make the world not just america better for eevryone–

I am a white woman and am over 50 and I am for Obama!

Because there are just some people who won’t vote for a Black man, no matter what. It really is that simple. Governor Rendell was right.

Obama was able to bring down Hillary’s lead from over 30% to 9.4%. Obama did something that was nearly impossible considering that Hillary had the “perfect” storm in Pennsylvania. Demographics!!!
First there was a very high percentage of voters who were over 60.
Secondly, she had the advantage of having a higher percentage of women voting.
Thirdly, a lot of negative press was thrown Obama’s way. Funny that Hillary has so much baggage but the press hardly counters with that! If you don’t know of any baggage to counter with then its time to get new people!
Fourth, 75% who voted with race being important voted for Hillary. Maybe this is racism? Just a question or thought that stands out! Fifth, more people know her Clinton brand name and the older people tend to not like change.
Sixth, Hillary had almost all of the high profile Pennsylvania politicians on her side

Why not state that its really Hillary who had a very average night considering all of the above PLUS she had to win BIG. Remember that she is losing not Obama. What would you have said if Obama had won by only that margin in states that he was expected to get over 15-20%? Get what I am saying? Why isn’t anyone saying that Obama did what was expected by keeping the # of delegates close to the status quo?

By the way, Obama WON Texas. He won another key state Missouri, Illinois & Wisconsin.

Actually it really doesn’t matter that Obama does not win them all since some he will win with his eyes closed (NY, California, New Jersey, Massachusetts) in the GE. If Hillary holds to her promise she will help Obama in some of the states he may have difficulty. See, there is a solution!

Also, Obama has done way better than Hillary when it comes to winning the others strong demographic supporters. Jack, its time CNN brings up that Hillary has more question marks than Obama when it comes to that!

You think I am wrong? Lets see Hillary do better in NC than Obama does in Indiana. Actually, Obama could win both states. The real question you should ask, do you think Hillary can win both states? Media has to put that question out there since she MUST win both to come even close to Obama.

When Obama is outscoring his opponent handily and Hillary has NO mathematical chance of catching up and there is very little time remaining in the game, all that Obama has to do is run the clock!

When Obama wins more delegates and gets more votes on May 6, what will that say about Hillary?

I really don’t think that Obama supporters are looking at the big picture. Time and time again I hear about the republican crossover votes for Obama. Are those votes true votes?

I personally know republicans who voted for Obama in Texas, yet they have no plans to vote for him in the general election. The only reason they voted for him is because they don’t want a race between Hillary and McCain.

It would be a big mistake to make Obama the nominee. The only way Obama can win the GE is by having Hillary as a running mate.

That being said, I do believe that Hillary can beat McCain, that is why she should be the nominee. I also think that if she is the nominee, she should pick Obama as VP. They would be unstoppable then.

Obama can then groom for eight ears, run in 2016 and win the presidency. That would garantee democratic rule for the next sixteen plus years.

Jack, he has closed the deal in my books. He closed the deal when she accepted the support of the Right Wing Majority leader, Richard Scaife and when her campaign overlord Terry McAuliffe said that Fox news had the most fair and balanced coverage.

Is it going to get even more disgusting?

Why is Obama still in the race? Hillary predicted a year ago that she would be the nominee. She shouldn’t even be behind. The question should be why is she behind? Obama was an unknown newbie and he managed to LEAD her and win 12 contest in a row. The Clinton Machine was suppose to in PA by 20-30 points with all the powerful democratics in the state supporting her. Instead it is less than 10%…Obama even after the bitter comment did great in my opinion. Obama is in great shape right now because he is still in the lead and Hillary is still lying, scheming, and destroying the party in hopes of making Obama lose in NOv.

Obama is closing the deal. Obama has more pledged delegates, more of the popular vote, won more states and is closing in on Clinton in superdelegates. Furthermore, Obama has over $40,000,000 in the bank plus the $25 I sent his campaign today!

Obama can’t close the deal because Hilary doesn’t know how to quit when she is beaten! the math is key… in a true democracy, which we claim to be, the person who gets the most votes, wins, plain and simple! If hilary could win the popular vote then i would vote for her in November… she can’t win the popular vote or even the pledged delagate vote, therefore if she is “chosen” by the super delagates to be the democratic nominee, throwing out democracy, then i will not vote for her! I would rather see McCain mess up the country for another 4 years then have another president who did not actually get elected by the people!

He HAS closed the deal.He’s ahead in votes,pledged delegates,and states won. That,by any measurement,is success and the sooner Hillary Clinton acknowledges the reality of it, the sooner we Democrats can target the Republican nominee.

My question is why has Clinton lost so much ground as a total?

Wasn’t she up 20 plus points - and she won by around 9 points in a state that was ‘a perfect fit’ for her, with Rendell and Nutter doing a great job for her.

I have to wonder if the exit polls that showed a majority saying they felt Obama would win the primary and were giving their ‘home town gal’ a final gift by showing some support in PA.

She lost ground in quite a few of the exit poll questions from Ohio to PA among different segments of the profile.

I think it was a bit of a lose for her - 20 plus down to 9 points and her negative ratings are very high. The NYT article today has made front page news and the exit polls agreed with the NYT - they felt it was Clinton who had gone very negative and were disappointed in the Osama bin Laden ad. When does the madness stop?

I have been listening to the spin from the Clinton camp today regarding MI and FL - I am going to say they are delusional.

Sandy in NE

I think it would have been much easier on the obamanauts if they would have accepted along time ago that he is out of his league and he isn’t capable of beating Hillary Clinton.He’s going to make a good vice president, and with Hillarys training and guidance, he may become a good president someday.This truth is probably a little hard on you also jack huh?Hillary is our next president and it’s time you all accepted that.

Who the heck does Obama think he is ? He is always talking about Hillary being part of the Washington Status Quo, Well he is just as much a part of the Washington statu Quo as she is. He is a Sentor too.Glad you won last night Hillary. Hope you go all the way, I don’t want to have to vote for McCain.

Hillary went into PA last month with a 20% lead in the polls - he cut that in half, in a state that she had STRONG ties. He won in that matter. I echo what others have said, “why can’t she close the deal”? Because more than half of America can’t trust what she says. I was a supporter of Hillary and Bill until 2 months ago - maybe I couldn’t see who they truly were before - but she has revealed a face that is unpleasant to look at. I will vote McCain before I vote Clinton.

Jack,

The real question is whether or not we (democrats) have, by continuing to let this obtuse charade go on, effectively screwed ourselves out of a democratic president. Clinton and Obama are almost identical on every single issue, yet we are constantly hearing things like “If Hillary does not win the nomination, I will vote for McCain,” or even worse, “If Hillary does not win the nomination, I WILL NOT VOTE AT ALL!” These are the words of spiteful, ignorant children. I personally have stopped caring who gets the democratic nomination; it seems a moot point now. All i care about is ending this foolishness; how are we to unite the country with a divided party?

Obama hasn’t closed the deal because the people who both candidates claim to represent are still choosing. These artificial time tables are a creation of the media and the political pundits. Give the people the opportunity to choose. Just because it has been a while since the decision was made at the convention doesn’t mean it can’t happen now. Thi is a process no shortcuts let it play out, if it is short cutted the side that losses is not going to be inclined to support the candidate and Democrats won’t win if the supporters of one one of these candidates don’t show up and vote Democratic in November.

Obama is running on a message of hope that delivers not much more than…well “hope.” Americans are cynical at heart, and Obama needs to start adding substance to his campaign and stop the Hope Floats crusade. Hillary sounds more concrete in her plans to run this country which is annoying to someone who wants to give a “I have a hope” speech.

Jack—He outspent her 2-1 because he outraised her in March 2-1. He found the solution to the fundraising problem and she didn’t.
When the media just repeats the spin without pointing out the truth behind it, the deal is harder to seal.

Jack, you’re asking the wrong question!
The question is why is Hillary spinning the measly (14 is it?) delegate gap she closed with PA as such a victory?

We all new she was a shoe in for PA and Barack did just enough damage to maintain his delegate lead. Not much changed except the Clinton camp speaking as though they were the frontrunner now, when the reality is Barack’s lead has pretty well stayed the same.

Her comments on FL and MI further demonstate that she wants the nomination, whether she gets the mnajority or not and no matter what kind of damge it does to the DNC.

Hillary is a bad cold that just will not go away.

The reason that the deal can’t be closed is that if Barack’s opposer were named Smith and not Clinton ..it would already be over. Another reason is that you people in the MSM are feeding this “kitchen sink strategy ” because it gets ratings. Some misguided voters are confusing Bill with Hill.

jack.. hillary didn’t win Texas, last time i heard Obama had more delegates from texas than her….Obama can’t close the deal because it seems people keep falling for the old washington politics…with the Bosnia, Nafta and others they still like the same old style..this is what we have to face against Mccain

Jack-

He has closed the deal. He is ahead in all respects and Clinton cannot catch up. This race really is over, but Clinton is taking it somewhere that it shouldn’t go; this notion of superdelegates overturning the will of the people is very dangerous.

Further, even considering that she is now making her argument to the superdelegates and not really the American people any more… the argument that she wins big states, and that Obama cannot, is absurd. She won the big states by narrow margins, not margins that suggest that Obama couldn’t win them in the general, especially if the democrats wake up and unite around their nominee for the good of the party and the nation. If Clinton had not smeared Obama so badly in the primaries, winning these big states wouldn’t even be an issue. If there is any doubts about Obama winning the general election, we have Clinton and her stubborn supporters to blame.

I salute you Jack
After long time back you asked very reasonable question
There is third political party in this country that is called Clinton party
That party is invisible to the pundits, But they have very strong hold in big states
Vic
Nashville ,TN

Jack, the reason Obama can’t put Hilary away is that they are too evenly matched. There are not enough significant differences between these 2 candidates and therefore is just turning into a drawn out, toe to toe, slug fest, with neither opponent having the ability, time or resources to KO the other.

Beacuse…….

America is a country full of uneducated sheep and for that, I am truly ashamed.

Jack, I believe Barack needs to have a bare knuckles, no holds barred primary that he holds no punches. Hillary has more skeletons in her closet than a mortuary. He needs to get tough, angry, and fed up with this Hillary nightmare and exploit her baggage. He missed exploiting her Bosnia lies, not misstatements, lies….He contunually lets her off the hook. I was a Barack Obama supporter, but if he doesn’t get the knockout punch on Billary soon, I may defect. Its time to stop being Mr. nice guy!

Well, Jack this is news to me. Someone who is constantly being called a neophyte has won twice as many states as the democratic veteran whom by all accounts was supposed to seal the deal on Super Tuesday is actually running a good campaign. There wasn’t all of this discussion for Mississippi or Wyoming, but then again, those states don’t matter. I like Barack Obama–he wins the states that don’t really matter for the people that the government doesn’t think really matter either. Since when is a 10 point lead a decisive win, when your grandpa built a cabin and taught you how to duck hunt in that very state and some elitist neophyte still manages to close the gap. So the question isn’t why hasn’t Obama sealed the deal. It’s why didn’t Hillary Clinton beat him 3 to 1 across the state? I mean, she is from Scranton, right?

His campaign has a fatal flaw. He says he embodies change, that somehow electing Obama is realizing MLK’s dream, that he is new kind of politician and only he can heal this country’s soul. This is way to ambitious and the more we see of Obama the more we are offended at his messages. We are not bitter. We do not cling to religion, this one really hurt because the Pope visited this country and people were feeling proud about their religion not bitter. He refuses to apologize, Obama is not infallible. And because his campaign is based on his infalliblity he will not withstand the tests before him. Implosion!!!

Why can’t Obama close the deal? Several reasons:

Because deep-seeded racism passed down from generation to generation is still alive and well.

Because chipping away at her base of poor whites is like chipping away at his base of blacks. Let’s be realistic, people…

Because he’s not as well known in this game as she is and she had Rendell and Nutter on her team.

Because he’s not attacking her like he could on her husband’s scandals, her failed health care plan from before, or her LIE about Bosnia.

Because Obama is a gentleman and a true team player of the Democratic party.

Because he is just now getting the huge number of group endorsements by state that he has needed to appear credible.

And finally because he’s gonna do it his way, not anyone else’s way.

The question oughtta be: Why can’t SHE seal the deal?

Obama ‘08 and ‘12!

The question isn’t why can’t he close the deal, the question should be why are we, as in the voters, always duped by the so called “experience card”. Supposedly “W” brought in the most experienced team ever and look at the mess Cheney, Rummy et. al. have gotten us in to! If PA had listened to Hillary’s words instead of her rhetoric, they would have heard that she is going to run this country as badly as she’s running her campaign!

But alas - we’ll get what we deserve, and unfortunately we may not deserve someone as outstanding as Barack Obama. Thanks PA for dumping on the rest of the country!

He can’t close the deal because people are starting to see him for what he really is. He has no experience. He hangs out with anti American racists. He is going to ignore the advice of the military leaders. He wants class warfare in this country, etc. It’s always troublesome when a candidate talks too much about bringing us together. Those usually are the most divisive candidates. A true leader doesnt have to talk about bringing us together, it just ends up happening.

Wrong question Jack, Why can’t the person who was all but crowned queen last year close the deal? She has taken a well run political machine and run it into 10 million dollars in debt. He was always behind in Pennsylvania, She took a 20 point lead and whittled it down to 10. Then she claims to have come from behind. Why is Barack outspending her? Because more of us common people are willing to donate to bring about real change in Washington. Not send another insider who is beholden to big business, dug companies, and the oil conglomerates.

Perhaps it is due to a continued underlying racism on the part of the blue collar voters in the rust belt.

Jack,

I see last nights PA primary outcome as an incredible strength for Sen. Obama for the following reasons:

- A year ago, Sen. Clinton thought her nomination was a sure thing, and look at where he is, ahead in every count.
- He was able to narrow down a Clinton 20 something points lead in PA down to 10 points, don’t forget he was the underdog in PA.
- He did run an amazingly great campaign, even under incredibly negative attacks towards him from Sen. Clinton, and came out still untouched (for all practical purposes), ahead.
- He ran against a major Clinton support base, including the Governor of the State, over 100 Mayors.

Therefore, the question really be, why can’t Sen. Clinton close the deal?

v/r

Lily

Bill

The better question should be, “Why couldn’t the ‘inevitable nominees’, the Clintons, close the deal since Iowa? lol

Senator Obama is now the front runner; but he became the front runner only after making up much ground.

How quickly we forget that Hilary Clinton started out the contest as the overwhelming favorite, with ‘name recognition’ and the Democratic machinery behind her in all the states.

The Clintons’ campaign is just PLAYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. And it is too bad that some Americans have not got enough of a vision to recognize the ‘politics as usual’, WHICH WILL NOT MOVE AMERICA FORWARD, even if politicians do win with deception,.

Jack,its like the old movies when they only came in black and white.People just dont change,they must die off before a new generation can lead.

He can’t put her away because he is not just fighting Clinton. He is also fighting the GOP. The GOP KNOWS the only possible way they win in November is to be running against Clinton. If Obama wins the Democratic nomination, he wins in November. Why? People who are pro-Clinton will vote for Obama if Clinton does not get the nomination. I don’t think Obama supporters will vote for “GOP Lite” if she gets nominated. I certainly won’t vote for her–I mean the lesser of two evils is still evil. With the Republican nomination locked up so early, the GOP can unify with Clinton against Obama…they can run one of their world-famous smear & fear campaigns FOR her, using their money and allowing her to remain pure. It’s brilliant and sadly it works on the uninformed, headline-reading masses. She started using fear tactics with her 3 AM phone call ad an