Because she’s looking for more 11 year old kids who might part with $400 to help pay off her campaign debt. Did she really keep the money???????

Don’t we all want to know the answer to this one! I have watched this play out from the beginning–CNN is constantly on at our house. I’ve watched all the debates, speeches, etc.

Jack, what strikes me is that she simply cannot believe that she has not been chosen as she feels entitled to the presidency. She carried herself that way in the early debates. Then when Obama’s message started resonating, she changed hers. Not estabishment but change.

She has the opportunity to bow out gracefully and make history with dignity. We can only hope her pride does not get in the way.

Carol
Knoxville, TN

Uh, because despite being in debt, and having more blunders during the primaries, she’s “more electable”? At this point, all she has left to lose by staying in is her future credibility within the Democratic party.

She can’t really try and disenfranchise caucus states. Hillary’s Jacksonian Democrats are going to listen to her to the bloody end. Hillary would most likely throw her support behind Obama.

It would also make better sense to stay so she can continue raising funds to pay off her own debt.

She is still in the race until all votes are counted. Contrary to what you would have your viewers believe, she has every right to do this. Obama cannot reach the total of delegates by the convention and you know it. Florida and Michigan have not been counted. I don’t give a flying fig about Dr. Dean’s rules. They are American citizens and their votes will have to be counted to give the Democratic Party half a chance to win the presidency in November.

Hillary is looking to make a deal to benefit herself. She has an agenda and will do what she has to do to get it done. This is called politics.

Jack., Hillary is still in the race, in HER mind.

Because she is a Republican pretending to be a Democrat.

It’s like when a kid is told not to touch the painting and it just makes them want to touch it even more. She was told to drop out, so naturally she feels she must stay in.

Jack….I am totally confused. So many of the Clinton staffers as well as many of the Clinton supporters continue to admire and boast the claim of her committment for the money she has LOANED her campaign.

What kind of committment is demonstrated by LOANING monies which are expected to be repaid????? Is it the loss of interest or penalties imposed by the early cashing in of CD’s which demonstrates committment? Personally Jack, that doesnt show committment at all, it further demonstrates the naivite of so many people!

Jack,
It is quite obvious that Senator Clinton is vying for the 2012 election by dragging the primary process into August. The amount of time needed to heal the party and mount a campaign against McCain will be geatly hampered. By having a one term president in 2008, John McCain, she can then have the candidacy and election to herself in 2012.
Robert

To destroy Obama with the pretense she is doing it for the women of the world. I am on of your former woman supporter Hillary. Get out!

She wants to fight until the bell rings. I’m supporting Obama, but as a New Yorker, I voted for Hillary in 2006. She’s a strong woman, I do hope she and her supporters are able to coalesce around Obama. I’m sorry, guys. Half my family supported Clinton. But we have to beat the Republicans. I want them to lose so badly, especially Sean Hannity & Glenn Beck, and I want them to feel what I felt in 2000 and 2004, as a proud left wing appeaser.

Luke,
Harlem, NY

Hi Jack,
I think she deserves to stay in since the end is near and so many people will feel cheated if she drops out now, which will further divide the party that she has worked so hard to divide thus far.

BUT, can someone PLEASE tell me, why does the media let her get away with saying completely contradicting things all the time - she says “every vote must count” and in the same breath says she has the majority of the popular vote.

The ONLY way she has the popular vote is if she DOES NOT COUNT the caucus states AND the hundreds of thousands of people who showed up in Michigan to cast a vote against her.
She has to STOP telling this outrageous lie because all it does is further alienate all those she is conveniently choosing not to count to suit her own needs.

Bill won’t shut up about how she will still get the nod from the party. The women are pumping up her moral by saying the media is being sexist against her. I as a woman know she needs to hang up her panty hose as soon as possible. Just because she is a woman don’t mean that I am going to vote for her. I want a complete change and she is not the one. Time to end the reign of the Bush, Clinton, Bush rule.

She’s a fighter and thats what your country need’s; you also need bubba back in there; he had your country straightened out before whats his name took over! she has knowledge and experience which one will need in this time of world crisis!

barrack is wrong for the job at this time; mccain is just bush#2 and thats spells disaster!

I just saw Clintons’ speech in Florida. I wouldn’t have belived it if I hadn’t seen it myself. She is being the most Divisive, and win at any cost, person I belive I’ve seen. This speech should convince the Superdelegates to throw all their votes behind Obama, to save the party from her and McCain. I’m a registered Republican for 30 years whom will be voteing for Obama this season. I’m totaly disgusted with my party. McCain has done an about-face, and shows he can’t be trusted. I and my wife will be changing to Independants this year.

Because Hillary can’t let go of her ego. If the delegate totals were reversed Hillary would be singing a very different tune when it comes to Florida and MIchigan. All candidates agreed with the rules and now that she is losing she thinks things are unfair. She needs to get out of the race, quit whining and get a life.

Unfortunately, Senator Clinton has decided to run a scorched earth campaign. She has pointed out sexism in the campaign, while not acknowledging the racism that has undoubtedly been a factor in the most recent contests. Her campaign advisor, Geoff Garin stated that they may stay beyond 6/3, which is hinting at a convention fight and she is refusing to make any sort of deal in regards to MI and FL. She wants them seated her way and only her way. She is literally galvanizing the electorate and attempting to show that she “deserves” this nomination. All of these factors put together show, that she will not back out graciously and support the winner and she will stay in long enough to ensure that Obama doesn’t win in November.

Jack,
There’s no doubt in my mind alot of people believe she’s staying in because of her supporters and some even believe she still can win. Me and millions of others would disagree. It’s my opinion she’s staying in because of her strong sence of entitlement. Remember Hillary said from the very beginning, in an almost certain tone, that she would be the nominee. Meaning none of the other candidates stood a chance against her. That seemed to me an overconfident tone considering the people she was up against and it’s that big ego that keeps her going today.

It appears it can be defined in one word…”EGO”

Jack …….. I think there are several reasons. 1. she is determined to be the first female president of the United States. 2. she is just stubborn & refuses to throw in the towel & 3. she is of the opinion that in the solitude of the voting booth, many American voters will not vote for a black candidate.
She strongly believes that Obama cannot pull-off a victory against McCain in November.

Welcome back Jack. Hillary is down here in Florida trying to cheat her
way into the nomination by still trying to make the ill gotten votes from January count. After Howard Dean goes on CNN tonight and explains as nicely as he can why those delegates won’t count, maybe she will get the
message, but I doubt it. Jack, who are we suppose to believe. Hillary
Clinton or Howard Dean?

the only answer i can think of is to settle her debt and the media is helping her do it by giving her attention

It;s all about MONEY Jack. I just heard her speak in Florida—all she talked about was counting the votes in Mi and Florida. It was all about HER and how she needs everyone to send money. Giving her website. Even has her audience repeating HC.com web site. I hope the delegates come out in full force and end the MADDNESS!!!
I am an old Iowa White Woman and was PROUD to see OBAMA and his family in IOWA last night. GREAT SPEECH!!!! —Makes me wonder what the CLINTON’s have up their sleeves. SCARY!!
If she can’t run a campaign without debt, How would she run the country.? 2 plus 2 still equals 4.
OBAMA 08

Jack -

All politicians have egos. Her’s must be the biggest I have ever seen.

She can’t win the nomination and everybody has known this fact for months. She blames everybody else but herself.

She needs to come to grips with the facts: 1) she lost, 2) the Clinton campaign was managed poorly and lacked leadership and vision, 3) her life and career witll continue, 4) sitting on the side and blaming others will elect McCain (aka Bush III), 5) She can have a great career in the Senate as the champion of healthcare reform, womens’ rights and children’s issues, 6) if McCain (aka Bush III) is elected she will not be the nominee in 2012, and 7) she has been a pioneer and hopefully will see a woman elected President in the neer future.

Jack,

Her hope now is to damage Barack Obama to the point of being unelectable so that she can come running in 2012 and save us all. She is a dreamer and this is the only one she has left.

Dave P.
Iowa City, Iowa

It is sad to finally suspect that all Hillary wants now is another shot in 2012. If she can weaken the Democrats enough between now and November…she may even get that shot in four years. Or maybe she just doesn’t recognize being “under fire”… cuz that’s what she’s been under for a month now by her own party!
The Clinton’s are now history. Let’s see if they would like to be respectable history.

Sincerely,
A Concerned Canadian Cousin (Southampton, Ontario)

Obama apparently clinched a majority of elected delegates. The remarkable thing is that it took so long whern it appeared about to happen two months ago.

The superdelegates must now face-up to their responsibility. This includes taking into account Obama’s poor perormance in the the last six weeks. He is not geeting support from all segements of voter as he was earlier. Staggering to the finish line, not winning stats impiortan to Democrats, and loss o the popular vote - these things are not reasuring.

We shall see when Obama reaches 2026. If Clinton is still hell bent on making some huge deal of Florida and Michigan and taking this all the way to convention, then we will know she has selfish motives. If she bows out gracefully once Obama reaches 2026, then it will appear that Clinton stayed in to give all states the real opportunity to have their voices heard. My money is on the hell-bent strategy, but I hope I’m wrong.

I don’t know why she is still in there..all the people who seem to be in the know think she will step off June 3rd .Her people and she her self seem to think she can still win..I am starting to become as confused as she is.Please can someone just take her by the hand and tell her its time .

Because she is a Clinton and it’s not over until THEY say it’s over.

Jack,
I’m an optimist. I hope that it is because she wants to increase the numbers of new registered voters. Turnout this year has been incredible.

It’s hard to say. I watch Hilary Clinton on the campaign trail and wonder if she’s just in denial or really truly believes that she can convince voters and superdelegates that Barack Obama cannot win a general election and therefore she should be given the nomination even though she’s unable to defeat him in the primaries. That arguement does not convince me at all! Although i don’t think she should quit i’m more and more afraid when i see exit polls that say her voters will vote for McCain if she is not the nominee and that a certain percentage of voters that voted for her in West Virginia and Kentucky admited that race played a factor. I just wonder what message she’s telling them behind closed doors…

She contends that she does not want the voters in Michigan and Fla to be disinfranchised, but what about the Obama supporters in Michigan who COULDN’T

Gee Jack, I don’t know …. could it be because she keeps kickin’ his butt in primary after primary. That would seem like reason enough to me, but I know that’s too logical for Obama supporters, like you, to grasp.

Hillary is tenacious and she is no elitist whimp. She has shown her pride in America and she is the champion of the middle class. Her work ethic is our work ethic. Her character is the same as ours. Her pride in America is shared by us all. When the convention is over, then the party will have a clear nominee. As it is, I think many people regret their votes for Obama.

I’ve stopped trying to figure out what she is thinking. It makes life a lot easier.
Someone needs to tell her it is over. Obama has the overwhelming amount of pledged delegates, he is still leading in popular votes, he has won 33 states, and he is leading in superdelegates.
The democratic party goes by pledged delegates. Nothing else. It is over. I repeat, it is over. We will not ignore the caucus states (by the way, think of what Obama’s lead would be in popular vote if they counted that in caucus states). Michigan and Florida will be seated and she still has no chance to win. This is getting old, and she is starting to become a joke to a lot of people, not just hardcore Obama supporters I might add. It’s time to move on.

It isn’t really about winning now. It’s about the huge money that will flow into the Clinton’s pockets from speeches that no one wants to hear and books that no one wants to read. Money is all it has ever been about. Just ask Bill. It was always his end game too.

Last I heard she has every right to stay in the race. She is by far the strongest candidate, Obama will be eaten alive by the RNC and their swiftboaters and their lies.
In every previous election there have been several candidates right up to the convention.
I wish the media would quit telling us who to vote for, most of us can make up our own minds.

Because Barack Obama does not still have the magic number required. Plus between now and the convention anything may come out on cnn’s and pmsnbc’s favorite son. I guarrantee you hillary may not use it but the republicans will and cnn and pmsnbc won’t be able to make up excuses or hide it., like theytried to hide the reverend wright. Why should she get out, she still has a major impact positive or negative. Since she is a woman cnn and pmsnbc doesn’t care to make their sexism known and call for her to get out. I bet these two medias wouldn’t dare to call for old Barack to get out . Why they would have to answer to brother Al Sharpton and Reverend Jesse and reverend wright and that scares the heck out of you white liberals.

It is an old question which is not at all important. Instead it is more important to ask and understand what has she done to the party and the presumptive nominee? I think what she has done by stying the race is she exposed Obama of his weakness. one of many is to unable to connect so far with the middle class voters. So now he has a chance to improve on that front and get better at it so that he can win in November. All this call for her to get out is just nonsensical which is proved by the turn coat politicians Dodd and Richardson who first called her to get out then now they say she can stay until the end of the primaries.

She has this scenario: The DNC meets on May 31st, they give her the delegates from Michigan and florida, they discount the caucus wins by Obama, then a light comes shining down and all the remainig super delegates pick her. Oh yeah, then all of her and Bill,s baggage from the past 14 years magiically disappears and she is anoited the country,s savior.

Jack,
Let us consider why a person would want to be president. Money to friends in the form of government contracts comes to mind. Total control of the mightiest military the world has ever known. No constraints on presidential powers. Ability to appoint US Attorneys no advice and consent needed anymore , jobs for all your friends (heck of job brownie) not to mention the use of presidential signing statements which serve as line-item votes, judicial review and executive orders all in one hidden document. Air Force One is a pretty cool way to get to your vacation location and you can take off 200 days a year, if you like. Need we go on?

Hey Jack! I finally figured out why she’s still in the race. With her fuzzy math techniques, she believes that she can fix the budget deficeit in a matter of days…seriously!

She wants Florida and Mich. to really think she’s staying in to fight for their votes to count, not telling them that if she were ahead , she could care less if their votes were counted.
It is sickening. it reminds me of when I was in school and the rich kids were running for king and queen, how they would pretend to be friends with the poor kids just to get their votes, and of course after they won they didn’t know them anymore.

Kathy—Arkansas

Jack…

Hillary is still in the race because she just can’t accept the fact that a
1st. term senator can best her since she was convinced she was the annoited one to be the nominee. Sen. Obama blindsided her in states won, pledged delegates, super-delegates, and popular vote, and, Senator Obama has run the most organized campaign, registered more new voters, and still has millions in his campaign coffers.

With all that Sen. Obama has accomplished, Hillary has no respect for him or his campaign, and it clearly has shown from her past negative remarks…..

Gina
Reno, Nv.

I don’t know, Jack, but I’m begging someone on CNN to ask her how she justifies the fact she signed the agreement that disenfranchised the voters of Florida and Michigan at the beginning of the race - when she expected to win - and now that she’s behind and needs those same votes she’s turned into a crusader fighting for the voters she had a hand in rejecting. Worse yet, the uninformed among us now view her as a noble fighter for trying to get those same Michigan and Florida votes counted. She’s a fighter, to be sure, but the fight is for the benefit of Hillary, not the voters she disenfranchised.

As Hillary keeps saying Moses, Moses Where Art thou?

Jerry
Roselle, Illinois

My heart goes out to Ted Kennedy and his family; yet it does explain his backing Obama instead of his long time friend Hillary Clinton. I hope his recovery is swift, America needs his enthusiasm.

It’s hard to say. I watch Hilary Clinton on the campaign trail and wonder if she’s just in denial or really truly believes that she can convince voters and superdelegates that Barack Obama cannot win a general election and therefore she should be given the nomination even though she’s unable to defeat him in the primaries. That arguement does not convince me at all! Although i don’t think she should quit i’m more and more afraid when i see exit polls that say her voters will vote for McCain if she is not the nominee and that a certain percentage of voters that voted for her in West Virginia and Kentucky admited that race played a factor. I just wonder what message she’s telling them behind closed doors…

Paulina,
Luma Linda, Cali.

it really simple jack!!!!

She know that red neck states like W.VA and KY will not vote for obama sad but true but I truely believe that obama will bring other state into play so that does not matter go obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!!

It’s easy Jack, if you knew anything about math, you would realize that if you counted the illegal votes in Michigan and Florida and just subtract all the caucus states, this equals Hillary wins. I can’t believe you’re even questioning this.

Jack,

The longer that Hilary stays in the race the greater my fear is that some back room deal is in the works. Yes she is still winning contests uncontested. Yes she has a base of supporters. However, I can’t get myself to trust her. I have never voted democrat in my life but Barack has swayed me to the democratic side and I have actually made a few phone calls for his campaign.

I have developed confidence in his message and I hope he is elected but I have a feeling that the Clinton Machine and Old Politics will steal the nomination from him. If that is the case I will have to vote for McCain. While the Republican’s have lost my trust, the Clintons have never had it in the first place.

Mike
Spokane, Wa

Jack,
She has an agenda. Either to knock Obama off enough to run in 2012 or secure an appointment to the Court. The rumours are already out that the ‘movers’ in New York are planning a challenge to her Senate Seat due to her abhorant behavior. She would not even be in this race or the Senate still if her last name were not Clinton.

No one can reason with her –let that old pony run herself to ground. That is why Obama is being gracious…he knows who he is and what she is…..!

Jack, as a McCain supporter I don’t really care, i just want her to know that she has my COMPLETE support in dragging this out until the convention and beyond. In fact, I hope if she doesn’t get the nomination, she forms a third party, the Disgruntled Feminist Party

It is rather sad really. She certainly has the right to remain in the campaign but I can not see anything beneficial coming out of this for the Democratic party. As a woman, I have had great respect for both Hillary and Bill Clinton however they seem to want this nomination no matter what the cost. I originally was a Hillary supporter for the democaratic nomination but their behavior in this election has demonstrated that they are possibly dangerous and will do and say anything to get what they want. Again, it is rather sad and maybe even somewhat scary!

Alison,
Atlanta, GA

Jack I just don’t think she has it in her to give up although in my opinion it is ridiculous for her to go on and waste all that money. Maybe one of these days it will sink in to her that Barack is our nominee, mainly due to her disorganized and kitchen sink/gutter politics campaign. I think the longer she stays in the worse it is for the Democratic Party–she should realize that and show some loyalty and call it quits. I find her claim that she has won more votes than Obama appalling. She seems to make up the math as she goes!

Jack,
I have the solution to the chaos she has created. Both can be nominated to the presidential elections. How? Very simple. Obama wins the Dem race and she creates another party where she will be its nominee. She will have plenty of followers: white uneducated working class (many of them say they vote for her because of race); older people (who dislike new and young ideas); and white women (who think that gender is more important than the issues that have this country upside down). Oh, and, by the way, I suggest her to call her new party the KKKlintonian Party. (Kentucky and West Virginia would be more than happy to join her)

As not to “disenfanchise the Florida/Michigan voters” she would selflessly argue- Okay then, here’s a solution:

I am a democratic voter in Florida who knew when I cast my vote in this state in January that it would NOT count. But since one candidate wants to change the rules to help herself here’s a fair solution: Clinton had 51% of the vote for 857,208 popular votes which would be 108 delegates. Edwards has now supported Obama. Obama, as a result, would have 49% or 817,645 of popular vote for 103 delegates (Obama plus Edwards). Hillary nets 5 delegates in Florida and 39,563 popular votes. This seems fair. How to settle Michigan is a different matter. Bottom line, settle this fairly, now, so the party can move on to McCain.

Jack, it’s just like a basketball playoff game…..She can’t walk off the court until the final buzzer sounds….even though she has more re-bounds, 3 point shots, less turnovers and a better defense, she is still behind in points and the team with the most points usually wins the game….she thinks she will be a stronger player in the final game this fall and should be awarded the victory based on effort but that is not the way the game is played…………..

In short, she can’t quit this game if she ever wants to play again………

It’s sad!
What’s more sad is after listening to her speech today, she is continuing to drive a wedge between Obama and some democrats!

The better question is why isn’t the Superdelegates putting an end to this!

Clinton believes it is her right to be president! Probably her reward for staying with Bill.

I’m getting pretty sick of her supporters blaming Obama!

Obama is winning fair and square, by the same rules Bill Clinton won by, twice! Why can’t they acknowledge that if Hillary can’t win the Primaries, how can she win the GE?

Simple–vanity and selfishness. This is not about us anymore. It is about her and her need to be able to look her self in the mirror without doubting she could have pooled it out. Her quest on having Florida and Michigan votes count is all about that.
It was clear to everyone that democrats broke the rules, so they had to be reminded that the world exists and functions because we all follow certain rules. Thanks to Sen. Clinton’s spin, people now feel denied, punished and therefore angry. Her actions are irresponsible and non-presidential. Answer to “how would we treat him if SHE was the one with the majority of pledged delegates?” tells you all. I do not think she would be paying off his debts!
Oh, I am a woman, democrat and Floridian.

Diana,
Orlando

Because she’s Hillary Clinton, don’t you know! And she was keeping this ace in the hole as a back-up stratey if things didn’t go so well. I have always hated insurance policies, someone always gets screwed. In this case they are hoping its Obama. We know what’s going on. And Hillary’s screaming, ” I don’t care what the rules say, change the rules!” makes her look like a spoiled brat - or in this case a spoiled former first lady.
Come on, we know this is all about stategy, acting and theft of something she wants even though she didn’t earn these votes honesty or fairly!

MD in Atlanta:

She can’t believe the majority of DEMs don’t want her because in her mind being the next DEM President was a forgone conclusion. Frankly I believe it was in the minds of many others too but there is an old saying. If you want to make GOD laugh, just start telling him YOUR plans.

Net, net, if this was her time, nothing and no one would be able to get in the way… Those of us who believe in a high power know when it’s time to get out of our OWN way…

Jack, someday you are not gonna have Hillary to kick around anymore. But you will praying for her votes.

Hillary is doing Barack a favor by staying in. Imagine if she pulled out two weeks ago after Indiana. and an uncontested Obama lost Kentucky and West Virginia by a landslide (her name would still have been on the ballot - even Edwards who dropped out months ago got 7% in WV).

It would have been very embarrassing.

I just watched part of her speech in Florida. Full of lies…why isn’t someone in the media jumping on this. If she says it long enough, I guess some of her uneducated working white class voters (who can’t think for themselves) will believe it. I for one, will be very angry if the DNC gives her the votes the way she wants them on May 31st.

Did she not agree at the beginning that these two states would not count? Go find the tapes, the signed contracts. It will be a free for all in 2012 if the DNC plays by her rules. She isn’t a fighter…she is an evil liar who now is complaining blah, blah, blah, sexism, blah, blah, blah, count all the votes (for me only), blah, blah, blah, me, me, me.

Jack - Bank on this:

Neither Hillary nor Obama will be the Dem candidate for Prez or Veep. The establishment does not want Hillary as she has stepped on too many toes. Obama is too raw and inexperienced to cut it. Their point is to give these two unelectable candidates enough ammo to wear one another down and enough rope to hang themselves. They are also giving the Dem party a lot of media exposure with their antics.
At the convention there will be a deadlock and the real ticket will be Edwards-Richardson. Why do you think they both dropped out so early?

McCain: The only candidate who can bake the cake and not leave the cat out in the rain again.

She is still running because the race is still on.
If she quits before June 3rd she is a quitter.
For a woman to get soooo close to running for president is pretty incredible.
But up here in Canada everyone I know has said all along the U.S is not ready to vote in a Woman.
I mean heck the black people back Obama, but the support for Hillary from woman has just not been there.
Maybe Women don’t realize that in their life time this is probably the only chance they’ll have, or should I say had to vote for a woman.
It’s actually sad.

It’s obvious! She is staying in and attacking Obama regularly, tearing the party apart, and siding with McCain, so that if Obama gets defeated by McCain she can say, “AH HA, I told you I was more electable”. She is power hungry, just like all the other dynasties that have been around too long. Me thinks she talks with forked tongue! Well, stick a fork in me because I’m done! (By the way, I’m older, white, blue collar female in PA.)

At this point, it’s only her Pride. Unfortunately she is using her stage as a final encore for an All About Hillary Show trying to now voice her strong opinions on how sexism is affecting this race. I guess being one of the two most voted for and popular candidates of all time, for president just isn’t enough these days to prove otherwise. Us dang men. It’s all our fault. At least she still captures the racist vote, seeing that 73% of Clinton supporters won’t support a black democrat with almost identical ideals. At least this issue equally includes both genders no matter how ignorant they are.
With her now battling the entire democratic party over FL and Michigan, she doesn’t care who she has to bring down with her. I think her motto has clearly changed from “Yes We Can” to “Go out with a Bang”

A little bit stubbornness, a little for the principle of it. There’s no doubt that she’s doing some damage to Obama by staying in, but I think she’s also doing him some good by giving him an opening to make a compromise on Michigan and Florida, where otherwise they might remain completely stripped of their delegates. I foresee some sort of compromise that allows MI and FL some sort of delegation that favors Hillary Clinton but does not make here the nominee. It’s a golden opportunity to say each state is represented and to come together with Hillary Clinton finally bowing out.

Of course I might be seeing the silver lining despite the thunder-storm…

Fuzzy math……Seriously!!!

Last night I could sense the mood changing and you will not be able to convince any thinking American that this race between Senator Clinton and Senator Obama is not damaging the party, because it is obvious that it is. It is also obvious that Ms. Clinton is doing everything short of calling herself the great white hope to get her way and when the repercussions from the damage that is doing to race relations in our country are felt our entire country will be hurt. I vividly remember the riots in the 60’s and as a caucasion resident of a Detroit metro area suburb I feel we have worked hard to progress since then and that Sen. Clinton is willing to throw all of the progress away just to win. Is there not something that can be done about this election and our party?

Jack, the answer is suprisingly simple.

She is a Clinton and Clintons get what they want by any means necessary. No young upstart from Illinois will deny her her birthright.

Greg
Oak Park, IL

What is Senater Clinton Thinking?
Her speech in Florida today was unbelievably self serving. Does anyone really believe she would be taking this possition if she was in the lead. While she may be fighting for her political life right now it seems clear that she has crossed the line again and this time the real loosers could very well be the Democratic Party and Th American People.

hubris. 2008 was supposed to be clinton’s year, but relative unknown basically defeated her. her dogged tenacity amounts to nothing more than over bearing pride. we’ve seen such pride at work before, thanks to george w. bush, and i think we’ve all seen enough of that.

Hillary’s reasoning is that many more people support her than Obama and I want to know if that is true, why is she out of money??? Obama still is raising more money each month with his loyal voters, even in small amounts.

The one thing no one has ever said about Hillary Clinton is that she’s stupid. I think she’s staying to insure every state is counted. She knows she’s not going to win, but she can’t tell her staff and advisors that, she’d be unable to complete the race, and complete the race she should.

She’s the first woman to run for President, this is historic, and she can’t be seen as a quitter. You can almost hear the pundits years from now, “yeah, we had a woman run once, she quit before it was really over.”

I voted for Obama Jack, and its great he’ll most likely be our candidate - but I admire Hillary for breaking that glass ceiling - she may not have made it, but that glass is shattered for women, thanks to her.

Calm down guys, what’s a couple more weeks????

Jack, obama cant get enough delegates to win the nomination either .A majority dosent win it. READ THE RULES>>>hilary has the popular vote and can beat Mc Cain. Obama is going to lose the general. I watched last nite and saw everyone with their little maps, showing Hilary taking florida ohio, penn w virginia etc. a definate win for the dems. When they got to Obama it was well, they think he can take colorado and maybe georgia will vote dem because of heavy black vote, nothing concrete. Just like his campaign of HOPE. Well Jack I HOPE YOU POST THIS>

Jack, I usually like your questions but this one in particular is a big part of the problem.

For the 1st time in my life I’ve actually been interested in American Politics and when I measure the level of animosity, anger and pure hatred of some of the supporters from both sides out there it makes me lose faith in the belief that we are all working towards the greater good for this country.

On one hand you see Obama supporters unfairly telling Sen. Clinton to quit and verbally lashing out at her & her supporters. On the other hand, you have Hillary supporters threatening that even if she loses fairly that they will not vote for Obama and that they will boycott the nomination.

What is going on with America? What is wrong with us, the American people? Most of us don’t even realize that we are part of the problem… Instead of praising these two great candidates for whom they are, we decided to divide this country and tear it apart. Again, this is the 1st time I’ve ever been interested in politics and I am very disappointed in the American people for turning opportunity into despair.

I proudly voted for Barack Obama and my vote was NOT in anyway shape or form a vote against Hillary Clinton. I admire both candidates and would support whomever gets the nomination.

A TRUE DEMOCRAT.

Jack, my guess is that Hillary’s hope lies with husband Bill’s arm-twisting clout within the DNC and remaining superdelegates in getting a favorable resolution to the Florida and Michigan impasses and enough of these superdelegates to come over to her camp. That evident strategy would take until the Democratic Convention to play out and may cost the Party the general election.

George
Toronto, ON

Dear Jack: Hillary Clinton is still in the race because she wants to be President. The Clinton’s are two of the most political savvy people on the planet and they can read the numbers better than anyone. Sen. Clinton is manipulating the situation so that Sen. Obama and the DNC will have no choice but to put her on the ticket. The vice-presidency may be her last, best hope to the presidency.

Sandra/Edmonton

I would say that’s a pretty good rhetorical question. What is Hillary Clinton doing?

Maybe the thought of making a fool of herself has more appeal than staying home with Bill. He seems to want her out of the home as much as she wants to be out of the home.

I’m so tired of all the whining about “Why is Hillary still in the race?”, “What has Hillary done to the party?”, “Can we win in November when all this damage has been done?” If the Democratic party is destroyed by this primary season it means only one thing: the party is pathetic. They are completely destroying themselves with their loser mentality. Hillary isn’t destroying the party, she’s running an overly aggressive campaign. All of you chicken littles with your “Doom in November” predictions are ruining the party. You have been looking for a reason why the Democrats are going to blow it since December 2004. God forbid you could all sit down and talk about your differences instead of assuming that if you don’t all think the same, the party is doomed. I swear, the entire party must be made up of Cubs fans.
Why is she still in the race? Because there are only two weeks to go. Why not stick around and give everyone a chance to vote?

Jack,
My grandmother taught me that “ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS”

Dear Jack,

Obama doesn’t have enough votes yet and he may not by the time everything goes to Denver. If Barack can’t take it on the first ballot, the whole convention becomes open, pledged delegates can do what they want and who knows what can happen then. That is probably what Hillary is counting on. We could even see a third person no one has thought of yet get into this race at that point. Hold onto your seats it could be a bumpy ride!

I’m not allowed to have an opinion on this, Jack. I live in a caucus state.

two reasons Jack… to take the money from her loyal supporters that can hardly afford things for themselves to help pay off that 20 million dollar debt, and for her own personal ambitions. has nothing to do with her supporters. such selfish act… is she that desperate that she accepted the money from a young kid and not offer to give it back to him. come on!!!

Simple Jack. The majority voters don’t count. The DNC doesn’t count. Superdelegates don’t count. Exit polls don’t count. John King doesn’t
count. White educated voters don’t count. Small states don’t count.
People that can actually count don’t count. Jack Cafferty doesn’t count.
Did I leave anyone out?

She’s still in the race because she still can’t believe she lost. Now she’s selfishly won’t bow out, because NOW she wants the delegates for Mich and FL to count. When she was winning, Mich and FL weren’t an issue. She honestly believes that the delegates are going to be place as they were voted in the primaries, even though no one’s name was on the ballots in Mich…she doesn’t care. In her speech today, she say that Obama removed his name and that was his right to do…in other words OH WELL!!!

This is exactly why I WILL NOT vote for her, if she somehow manipulates her way into the nomination. I guess if your not cheating, your not trying…

I wrote this letter to the DNC… I hope others will also write to them.

Dear DNC,

I am a nurse and my husband is a doctor, we have been loyal democrats our entire voting lives. I am sure you have heard from many how embarrassed most people are to be democrats right now. The word “Democrat” is derived from the word “Democracy”, and our party has been far from Democratic with this race. Both of our candidates are WONDERFUL! They both have their downfalls and their strong points… That being said they both have legitimate arguments for why they both deserve this nomination… Recently they have both said that they would stand behind the Democratic party no matter what the outcome of this race. If that is the case then why can’t anyone call it for what it is? A TIE! If you include all 50 states, this is just that, a TIE… That being said we can only have one nominee… Or can we? Could we not tell Hillary and Obama that it’s a tie, and we want both of them??? They say they’ll do what’s better for the party, we know that if Hillary and Obama came together and ran on one ticket they would be UNSTOPPABLE!

So who should head the ticket? We know that Hillary has a better track record and better chance at beating McCain, she is better know, she has the rural and blue collar voters, and she has more experience, we know Obama has a great record with African Americans and most college student… We know that McCain will argue inexperience and elitism against Obama… What If Hillary was on the top of the ticket and Obama as vice for at least the first term, we know they would take this election. Obama would gain the additional experience and connection with the people that he needs to build his relationships with. This would make him prepared to win subsequent elections. As a team these two candidates could keep us in office for 12-16 years!!! Both candidates share the desire to make major changes, together they can get this done! If in the end the Democratic convention makes the decision, I would hope that this is an option that is discussed and offered to Obama and Hillary. The country is divided but could easily be brought together, both parties would benefit from a Clinton/Obama merger! Thank you for your time! Good luck with your convention, I know this is a hard decision.

Sinserely,

Chandra LaCost RN

Because she is no different than Bush. She is stubborn and will do whatever she wants regardless of what people think. I never quite understood how leaders can ignore what people think but then claim they are running for the people.

Honestly it probably helps Obama anyways, having lost these states after she dropped out would have looked bad.

hillary had six supporters at her rally in fla. obama’s rally was packed.lmao

Jack, I would rather ask why would a large group of people still rallying around her when it is clear that Obama is the likely nominee. I think she stays in the race because people vote for her. 65% and 42% yesterday. If people think it is over then they would vote for Obama. But it is the people who would not let her give up. And Obama is unable to convince those voters to vote for him. Otherwise why would he still loose in big margins when everything favors him. I do not think Hillary would be in the race if she loose big in these final races. The bottom line is that Obama has a PROBLEM. And you don’t see it.

Nuwan from Houston, TX

Jack, you’ve finally got me stumped. I’ve thought of every motive under the sun, and I still can’t figure out why she’s staying in he race. Ego, money, belief she can really win, whatever. Yeah, Obama hasn’t reached the critical number, yeah she has every right to stay in the race. All that. There is simply no credible reason, and yet she is staying in.
You’re the pundit. You tell me why she’s staying in the race.

Manhattan, Kansas

Jack,
My grandmother taught me that “action speaks louder than words”
Her actions displays her egotism. Not a good example for future young women or the presidency.

Jack,
Hillary Clinton could care less about dividing the party. From the very beginning, she and her husband thought this was a fairy tale. She never believed that Obama would surpass her. It’s apparent that she will try anything now to win. Her comments about wining “hard-working white votes” and she is leading in the popular vote,including Michigan and Florida which she constantly mentions in her speeches is clearly sending a message to her supporters that she is more electable than Obama. Her supporters are using a strategy she has concocted that they will not vote for Obama if she does not win. I cannot believe that they care about the party either if they will vote for McCain since Hillary and Obama have similar views.
It’s amazing how she can argue that Michigan and Florida be counted when all the candidates agreed not to campaign in those states.
Obama has nothing but praise for her whenever he addresses a crowd and compliments her on her victory. I have yet to hear the same from Hillary.
If she is defeated, it is because of the type of negative campaign she has run.

A house divided cannot stand…I watched Hillary’s plea to Floridians with awe and dissapointment. Awe because of the un relenting gull..,
Dissapointment, because in my heart of hearts, I really wanted to believe she would put party first.
It’s time for the Super deligates to “Poop” or get off the pot!
She needs to be shut down before our chances for the White House are lost to the republicans.

Because Jack, she continues to win states and primaries by huge margins, and millions of Americans still believe she is the best choice for president. Most polls show that in the general election, Obama would falter against McCain, partly because of a loss of Clinton supporters. Clinton is hoping that the superdelegates will realize that the GOP already has a lot of ammo against Obama, and that some prominent Republicans have already begun to fire. The superdelegates need to go for Hillary, and send the GOP a game changing curve ball.

Hillary knows she can’t win but she also knows she can’t run against Obama in 2012 unless he’s Jimmy Carter II. McCain has shown he doesn’t have the guts to attack Obama on his record so she probably wants to stay in to damage Obama enough so that McCain will win in November and she can run in 2012.

Dear Jack,
I understand why Hillary Clinton is still in the race to make a statement that women can achieve their goals,and just because someone tells you to step aside you just keep on moving with your head held high. This race is exciting but it is beginning to be to long and I want to begin the general election. Another thing if the Democratic candidate is Obama or Clinton and you are a Democrat you need to go and VOTE in November and put all that aside “I am not going to vote for that person because my candidate did not win” ,because we can not have another Bush (McCain) in office. If you do not vote this is just opening the door for McCain, so people lets unite as one and Vote for our Democratic Presidental Candidate. Keep up the good work CNN!

Jack, Hillary is still in the race because HER & BILL can’t stand
being BEAT & the PARTY don’t want too make them MAD.

Pure selfishness. Clinton is thinking about 2012 and how the novelty of being the first female president will stick this time.

Perhaps she was presented with movie rights for her horrifying experience of how sexism prevented her from becoming one of the most voted for and popular presidential candidates of all time? And is just waiting for the impossible hope of a happy ending? Considering her reluctance to admit defeat and trying to bring down the entire democratic party with her, I’m sure it will be one of those movies that ends abrutly leaving you saying “So what the heck happened?”
Unfortunately for her, the whole world already knows how that movie turns out and I give it a 2 thumbs up! Go Obama !

Jack, at this point she can’t quit. She has vowed too often to stay in, and it would be more embarrasing for her to quit that it is for her to stay in. What really amazes me is that companies continue to extend credit to her. Seems like her vendors would have adopted a pre-payment policy by now.

Jack: So simple an answer………..she is waiting to “seal the deal” wtih a “buy-out.” You don’t think for a moment that she is not going to be compenstated for her efforts……….money talks………

Hillary is a empty bucket you keep pouring water in hopes it will fill. YES ! There are many who would have hoped the table was turned, it’s NOT…want be..it’s over…no more marker or favors. Save it for the next time..you’ll need favors then,too!

Jack,
On a serious note, Is this the same Hillary who I heard saying “it was a dumb thing to say” when she was being racist talking about “white voters” is now crying foul saying Obama is being sexest? In all fairness she needs to stop breathing dicord among democrats and changing the rules to suit her as she goes along. PLEASE somebody tell Hillary the White House DOES NOT belong to her, nor Bill. She acts as thou it is her and she have Legal Rights to it. She will not stop till she hurt Obama chances of winning .Then she would say she was the stronger candidiate. She desperately wants to make history.

Perhaps she, along with millions of us, do not want an unqualified, unelectable unknown foisted upon us by the DNC and the media. The day she quits I will change my voting registration to ‘unaffiliated’, and if McCain selects an acceptable VP I just might vote for him!

But there is another thing that you should consider: once she is out, the attack ad tsunami, one that will make the 2004 swiftboating of Kerry pale by comparison, will begin. Why are you so anxious for that to start??

Jack, this is simple. The Clintons – Hillary, Bill, Chelsea, & their Ego – thought they had this nomination wrapped up before the primaries even began. They cannot fathom the fact that it is near impossible for Hillary to win now. Obama has the majority of pledged delegates locked up and both Clinton and Obama supporters both believe she is responsible for the negative tone of the campaign. Her continued stamina is hopeless, and she persists in arguing she can win the swing states only so if Obama perhaps loses the in the election, she can say “I told you so.” Too bad if the Democrats lose the election and analysts attribute it to a divided party, pundits will say the same to her.

This is America. Hillary should keep running till she run out of gas. It is our way of life. Go Hillary! Go ! Go! She is the other half of the Democrats and of course the better half as a woman. We still love her. She will forever stand behind Obama. You know that

Jack,

Hillaryland must be a fun place to live! I wish I too could wake up each day and create an unrealistic view of where I am in life and where I’m heading. This has nothing to do with gender, this is a person who feels such a strong sense of entitlemnt that she cannot believe that this nomination was not handed to her. I am so outraged at the damage that she has wrought upon the democratic party and disappointed at the lack of firm leadership from the DNC. Howard Dean and other party elders should have put and end to her antics long ago!! I used to respect the Clintons, but all I feel now is disgust!

At this point Jack, I can only see two reasons why she’s staying in after all this, and both aren’t pretty. First reason is that she’s waiting for an early “October Surprise” that would destroy Obama (a la Rev. Wright) so that she can swoop in and sweep the nomination.

Second reason is so that it ensures Obama loses against John McCain in November so that she can run again in 2012. I’m sure she knows that if Obama wins the presidency (which he has a very likely chance of winning after this), she won’t be having another shot again.

Hi, Jack.
The gender thing……maybe some people may feel that way, but for me, it was Bill and Hillary. He said, “Barack’s campaign is a fairy tale.” She said that she and John McCain have experience, Barack has a speech. She further said something like “The heavens will open, the sun will shine, the birds will sing….” The straw that is breaking the camel’s back is she wants to overthrow the will of the people - code word: your vote doesn’t count unless you voted for me. It is her character that bugs the hell out of me.

EGO, Jack, pure ego! She wants women to vote for her her because she is a female, then complains about sexism! She, Bill, Ferraro, and others bring up race, then deny it is a factor! If she can’t win, she is willing to alienate youth, educated voters, and independants from the democratic party for the next generation. Considering how poorly she mismanaged her campaign, after all she did start out with all the advantages, I am not sure the country could afford having her run things.

Two reasons Jack, 1. She doesn’t believe anyones rules apply to her. 2. aparently she and her most avid followers are living in some kind of delusion. I suppose it is also possible that no one in her campaign is good at addition.

Jack, lets hold her to her word. Once all the primaries have been completed I fully expect her to withdraw within 24 hours. If she waits one minute longer, the party will be damaged.

She is in the race for a good reason. it was set up by the DNC so that the winner would be picked by the super delegates. Neither of them can reach the magic number without the super delegates. It was also set up so that the votes in Fl and Michigan don’t count even though the people who voted were not at fault. There are still votes out there. If the situation were reversed would Obama drop out? I think not..

Sen Clinton is still in the race because in HER mind she feels she can still win the nomination. Unfortunately, her staying in only leads to further divisiveness. Although an Obama supporter, I understand her staying in the race and not quitting this close to the end. However, we should be seeing a softer, less combative candidate. I strongly admire a fighter , and that she is. However, you have to pick your battles. She’s picked one that she CANNOT win. I do wish her well though.

Its easy. Because she can.

Unfortunately one can only assume that Senator Clinton is staying in the race for her own personal goals and not those of the party in that by dooming the Obama candicacy and creating a blue print for the Republicans she assures herself a run in the 2012 election. Hillary would rather wait 4 than 8 years.

She is staying in the race because it is the right thing to do. Hillary has MILLONS of supporters out there that know, WITHOUT A DOUBT, that she is clearly the better Democratic candidate for the office of President of the United States.

It is sick that you and so many others continue to tell any candidate to drop out when every state has not had a chance to participate in the primary election. If you all are really concerned about the true spirit of the democratic process, why don’t you keep your biased opinions to yourself and let the voters make up their own mind and speak their will by voting for the candidate of THEIR choice.

If Hillary had dropped out months ago as some idiots would have liked, what would be the point of the primary election season. If you want such a quick answer, then you should challange the DNC to hold all the state primaries on the same day and be done with it.

It is sad when you don’t see this kind of crap going on over on the Republican side of the table. No one is demanding that Ron Paul drop out - even though McCain has clinched the nomination. At least the Republicans are going forth with the primary season and letting their party’s voters cast a vote for the candidate of their choice, not the freakin’ media’s.

Dear Jack,

Why is Hillary still in the race? CNN just noted her campaign’s $20M debt. That’s a good reason to stay in. Getting as many donations as possible to address this issue before she bails isn’t a bad idea!

Personally, I”m worn out by her antics/efforts, and very concerned that we may lose an incredible opportunity with Barack Obama because she and her campaign advisors don’t know when to let it go!

Charlie C.

Jack, because it all about Hillary, you would think she would back Obama, but her real goal is about Hillary being in Office. We are not her concern, if we were she would be trying to repair the situation in the States she won.
Sylvia
Moreno Valley, California

hi jack,
considering the damage senator clinton is doing and has done to obama’s campaign, it seems evident to me that her strategy is to destroy his chances and in fact the democrat’s chances for the presidency now so that she can have a clear shot at the presidency in 2012. it’s a sad suggestion i know but surely a credible one.
stephen

Hillary should stay in the race until the final primary.

Then once it’s over, she should get on her broom and fly home.

Clinton is still in the race because she doesn’t know how to bow out gracefully. I think if Obama wins the nomination and the presidency, he’ll still have to ask Hillary to get off the whitehouse lawn. Persistence is one thing, but she knows she’s wrong, and she continues to spend, sound familiar? She needs to leave now if she wants to leave with any dignity.

By her tremendous wins in Kentucky and West Virginia it is obvious that her supporters do not want her out of the race. She is the candidate that can win the general election and I am sure that the super delegates are beginning to realize that. I would not vote for Obama

Jack,
Hillary Clinton is still in the race so she can go down in U.S. history books as the first woman to run for the office of the President. I suspect she wants to run all the way to the last, dieing pathetic moment of this presidential race for the Democratic nomination to secure her spot in history. Personally, I believe she has already secured that spot in the history books, however, continuing her campaign has become agonizingly tiresome to everyone and she is bordering on becoming a caricature of herself. I wish she would step out of the race, begin uniting her party and begin the fight against the possibility of four more years of this Iraq “war”, our economic failures and DOA health insurance problems. Enough is enough.

You ask ‘Why doesn’t Hillary quit now that Obama is ahead? I ask ‘Why didn’t Obama quit when everyone else did when Hillary was ahead?’

It’s just her big big ego and her selfishness and not her concern for the American people.
Just makes me sick to watche her nodding her head after every sentence of her speech, kind of confirming her own lies to herself…. I wonder what the psychologists are making of this…. she is just disgusting and so is the rest of the Clinton clan.

A “majority’ of the delegates does not mean winning the nomination. The fact that over 4000 delegates have been awarded and the two candidates are only 150 delegates apart does not mean or show a preponderance of democrats who are for Obama. If Howard Dean hadn’t “punished” Michigan and Florida by not allowing the candidates to campaign there, or have their names on the ballot, Hillary would have won both handily, giving her a superior edge in the primaries which ultimately would have led to her winning the nomination.

She deserves to stay in the race and fight it out at the convention. Not being able to win Florida, Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania as Obama has been unable to do will hurt ALL democrats this fall. Obama will have his time, but it’s not now. He doesn’t have the experience, the vision, or frankly the maturity to be our President. Super delegates wake up and vote for Hillary. Obama can be VP and hopefully learn enough to step from useless rhetoric into being able to affect REAL CHANGE…it takes alot more than words!!!

Hillary continues to run because BO is unelectable. He is the consumate latte liberal empty suit. The media just won’t admit that; they want to elect a black man so badly to assuage their white guilt. Wait and see what happens in November.

Because what else does she have to do? Running around campaigning sure beats sitting in NY and DC being what she is, a Senator.

Before Florida and Michigan primary all presidential candindates agreed by signing an agreement that should those two states hold primary earlier they should be penalized. DNC made the rule and she signed it.My question is what is Hilary trying to achieve by crying foul.We all respect you Mrs Clinton and it would be nice if you can rally behind the winner and stop dividing the party. Simon Dallas Texas

It’s simple Jack, this country was founded on the premise that any citizen is free to run for elected office. It is what separates us from a monarchy or a dictatorship. She is exercising her rights to run for office and it is not the right of the media or the political parties or her opponents to tell her that she shouldn’t be in the race. If she wants to run just let her run. It’s the American way. To hell with what the party leadership or the media wants.

Although the punditocracy could never say this, Hillary suffers from many of the traits as George W. Bush. He never listens to anyone who disagrees with him, nor does she. He won’t leave Iraq and she won’t leave the race. even though both are obviously losing causes. He makes up things, as does she. And both expect everyone to believe it. Both suffer from giant egos (I’m the decider! - I deserve the nomination) and both feel they have to prove themselves because of comparisons: G.W. with G.H.W.; Hillary with Bill.

Dear Jack,

I have emailed you many times over the last several weeks. Every time I write, the message is always the same — ‘Your comment is awaiting moderation.” Is it my name? Should I take it personally? Should I call myself John Smith?

It’s very frustrating, especially when I take the time to write a lengthy email that I believe will add yet another perspective to the many analyses of this campaign.

Just wondering — Charlie Cafferty ( John Smith)

Jack,

She is still in the race because she believes Obama can not win the general election. I agree with her on this assessment as history has proved that young voters can not be counted on to show up for an election and his support is in young voters and black voters.

I hate to see the Democrats lose another election they should win but the Liberal element of the Democratic Party would rather lose the election to a Republican than see a Democratic win that doesn’t toe their ideological line.

Ed