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- chillmandan, on 05/07/2008, -3/+38Voted for Obama today, and got my dad to vote for him too. Glad to do my part.
- tcbishop12, on 05/07/2008, -5/+37From the article: "The results are now in hand. The latest CBS-New York Times poll indicates that Obama's support has held relatively firm in spite of the provocative statements of Reverend Wright. The majority of Democrats are now satisfied with Obama's handling of his former pastor.
Even more importantly, the early voting results in North Carolina suggest that Obama will carry that Southern state decisively. According to analyses from North Carolina's political experts, Obama is trouncing Clinton via a new and unanticipated surge in black turnout that was almost certainly triggered by the massive MSM overreaction to the stage-managed appearances of Reverend Wright.
In a nutshell, the Reverend Wright strategy backfired. Polls indicate that the early voting in Indiana is heaviest in counties where Obama has commanding leads. While Indiana is another "open primary" state, and Rush Limbaugh's legions of followers could effect yet another Clinton upset via Operation Chaos, it will not matter.
With a population of nearly nine million, North Carolina is the very last large state to hold its primary this year. If Hillary Clinton had upset Obama in North Carolina, the nomination calculus could have been rewritten. The Clintons mustered the governor, Mike Easley, to endorse her campaign last week in hopes of creating a surge of "white flight." The Clintons said that Easley's endorsement was politically significant especially with white, working class voters, but the final tally is not even going to be close. "
Bravo, Mr. Carmichael: From your article to God's ears. - fani, on 05/07/2008, -3/+30I just saw Obama's speech and Clinton's speech.
Obama spoke from the heart. Clinton spoke from her notes.
Obama gave me goosebumps with his speech. Clinton made me queasy with her remarks ( copying Obama's perfect union words, etc. )
Bitch wants FL and MI now after signing a pledge. Pledges mean nothing to her. - peticsu, on 05/07/2008, -2/+28is anyone watching the Clinton speech?
This woman is clinically insane - indiancompanion, on 05/07/2008, -0/+20agreed, she is talking about how she won Indiana, when right underneath her is a news ticker that says "Indiana: Too close to call"
- GhostyBoy, on 05/07/2008, -6/+26STAB HER WITH VOTES UNTIL SHE DIES!!!
BURN THE REMAINS!!! - kingUssop, on 05/07/2008, -3/+17I feel bad for Obama, it's like playing a game with the world's sorest loser who keeps saying, ok best out of 5, best out of 10, best out of 15... Will you let the man move on already Hillary?
- asskicker32, on 05/07/2008, -5/+18I hope this finally puts an end to this joke called the clinton campaign and brings the supers on board with Obama...
- Yatata, on 05/07/2008, -3/+16hmmm...I think most people would be all for it but only if there was a fair re-vote. Hillary was the only one on the ballot in michigan when she 'forgot' to remove her name like the rest of the candidates, and no one was allowed to advertise or campaign in florida - Hillary broke that rule too. if you count the votes as they are now it's not truly the will of the people.
- drband36, on 05/07/2008, -10/+22Hopefully, we are now witnessing not only the death throes of the Old Politics, but also of the Old Media. The mainstream media (TV in particular) has really outdone itself in its race to the bottom this year.
Nobody said this was going to be easy...
http://www.obamastraws.blogspot.com - inactive, on 05/07/2008, -3/+15Hopefully she will pull out after this, the race going on for the rest of the summer cannot be good for the party or Obama, and can't even help Hillary since there is no way she can win now.
- synaesthesia, on 05/07/2008, -2/+13Not to mention her crowd chanting "Yes SHE can!", a shoddy knock-off of Obama's "Yes WE can!". It really shows both where the ingenuity and change in this campaign is coming from (one doing, the other copying) and the focus of each- She vs We.
- MrTito, on 05/07/2008, -2/+12Our long, national nightmare is over.
Enough with the Hillary bashing, enough with the flood of pro-Obama articles. Obama will be the nominee. All of us need to get out and do something to get him elected president. - inactive, on 05/07/2008, -0/+10That was a twilight zone speech.
- Reaktor5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+9There's still 200,000+ votes to be counted in Obama-favored territories and Clinton's lead is only 39,000.
- dunderballer, on 05/07/2008, -2/+10I loved Hillary's acceptance speech in Indiana (before the state was called) where she presented IN as the "tie-breaker" state in the nomination process in which she is the victor when she hasn't been tied with Obama by any measure for some time and, after today, is further behind in every measure. Her utter detachment from reality should shame those who voted for her. If not that they surely should have been shamed for her call in the speech to seat not only FL delegates but also MI!
- martalli, on 05/07/2008, -1/+9Speaking as a supporter of Obama, the only polls that matter are the elections themselves. I would prefer to wait for the polls to close tonight before rushing to judgment. I hope the good people of NC and IN make the right choice!
- UNCCEJ1010, on 05/07/2008, -0/+8No, you're right on.
- jer2eydevil88, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7"Obama will be the nominee."
One can hope but Hillary is STILL in this... March on Digg grab your virtual crosses, garlic and silver bullets so we can end this!! - Catbus, on 05/07/2008, -2/+9Way to go, Mr. Obama.
- Strungout, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7that's ***** disgusting
- inactive, on 05/07/2008, -5/+12BURN THE WITCH....oh wait wrong article
- poopdigger, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7The article acts as if the MSM plays the Rev. Wright stories because they want Obama to lose. I don't think they care at all about that. The Rev. Wright stories are sensational, and they get people riled up (for and against Obama), and the MSM gets their hits.
And what backlash? Clinton was FAR BEHIND to begin with in NC. It may have solidified black voters against her, but she had nearly no support among that demographic to begin with. Looking at previous primaries, Obama brought out a very strong black vote before anyone had even heard of Rev. Wright. Clinton was trying to bring out the poor white vote, and she failed, end of story. - defska42, on 05/07/2008, -0/+7As of right now (10:54 ET), Obama leads in national popular vote, even including Michigan and Florida, by 10,000 votes. What's she got now?
http://tinyurl.com/2hbf4a - Kazbaeden, on 05/07/2008, -0/+6It's 49% to 51% at the moment. It would be the funniest thing in the WORLD if Obama won Indiana after Clinton's victory speech. With a 20,000 vote difference and only 28% reporting in Lake county (Right next to Chicago and Obama territory) that gap is very possible to fill.
- Gerz1219, on 05/07/2008, -1/+7He came within 2 points in Indiana, by the looks of it, which is about 20 points less than Hillary needed to keep going. That is a surprise, given all the ***** Obama has been through in the last few weeks.
- inactive, on 05/07/2008, -2/+8And Obama beat Clinton by 14 points and 220 thousand votes in NC.
Oh, and Clinton is down to a 2 point lead in Indiana. Ready to apologize? - UNCCEJ1010, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6He clearly meant Obama had held it to a 4 point difference...
Fail. - peticsu, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5haaahaa, the 6th dimension
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=relidV9GWL8 - Reaktor5, on 05/07/2008, -4/+9Obama also has Indiana at a 4 point difference.
Give it up Clinton, you are not winning this nomination. - PhireN, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6Looking at the results at this moment, Clinton has 20,000 more votes than obama in Indiana, and most of the uncounted votes so far are in lake county, which has about ~100000 uncounted. And the current stats for lake county are 75% for obama.
So Hillary hasn't won Indiana yet, and explains why no one has called it for her.
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/res ... - WoollyMittens, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Why think for yourself, when TV is so good at telling you what to think.
- joeomar, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5God bless you and your dad, we are smart, good and great Americans of different backgrounds and education. We do know that America took a turn for worse, becuase of hate and corporate greed of the Bush/Cheney people. God bless America, One Nation Under God., peace
- WoollyMittens, on 05/07/2008, -0/+5Indeed. Better to have the country ruined by intelligent design, than to get an actual intelligent being in the white-house.
- inactive, on 05/07/2008, -1/+6Technically true, but after tonight, he only needs about 30 of the remaining 200 regular delegates to have the majority. So, majority of delegates, and popular vote. What will Hillary spin now?
- Feep, on 05/07/2008, -5/+10In a perfect world, a voter's race nor gender would influence in any way which candidate they chose.
Unfortunately, this is not a perfect world, so rock on, black people. - kingUssop, on 05/07/2008, -2/+7Uh... a leftist leaning site talking about the Democrat's politics... no ***** duh? It's not like they're paying off people to write articles and plant them places like Propaganda Commander In Chief Bush.
- PhireN, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5Looking at the results at this moment, Clinton has 20,000 more votes than obama in Indiana, and most of the uncounted votes so far are in lake county, which has about ~100000 uncounted. And the current stats for lake county are 75% for obama.
So Hillary hasn't won Indiana yet, and explains why no one has called it for her.
http://edition.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/primaries/res ... - tnoy, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Ignoring who won what, Obama still picked up 12 more delegates than Hillary, making the gap between them wider. I have a feeling Fox News is going to gloss over that fact.
- inactive, on 05/07/2008, -5/+9clinton wins indiana and obama wins nc. we all knew this would happen back in March. Seriously, who here actually thought obama could win indiana? you have to be dumber than hell to think clinton could have won nc.
- Hortos, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Glad someone noticed, there are not that many of us. There are more white women than black people total. I haven't checked a census lately but I remember there were 3 times more white females than the TOTAL of black people in the country back in 2000.
- chaosium, on 05/07/2008, -2/+6Learn how to read and do simple mathematics, you undereducated tool.
- tharju, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Just look at the exit polls and see which leader has more negative influence on the voters. That just prove my point that regardless of others saying, Obama doesn't preach hate. Who is bitter now?
CNN - According to early exit polls, half of Clinton's supporters in Indiana would not vote for Obama in a general election match up with Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
A third of Clinton voters said they would pick McCain over Obama, while 17 percent said they would not vote at all. Forty-eight percent of Clinton supporters said they would back Obama in November.
Obama got even less support from Clinton backers in North Carolina where 45 percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for him over McCain. Thirty-eight percent of Clinton supporters said they would vote for McCain while 12 percent said they would not vote.
Obama voters appear to be more willing to support Clinton in November. In Indiana, 59 percent of Obama backers said they'd vote for Clinton, and 70 percent of Obama backers in North Carolina said vote for her against McCain.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/06/primaries.c ... - WoollyMittens, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4Emergency radiation therapy is expected to surge? Maybe you should have asked a proctologist instead, since their expertise seems closer to politics.
- PainToad, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4As aussie watching this whole process, I hope this finally means Clinton will pull out and you guys can focus on not only counting down till Bush is out, but also get Democrats in.
- fluxion, on 05/07/2008, -0/+4he's favored as it stands over mccain. it would be more suiting to say mccain can't win without the Hillary supporters, but i think they're smarter than that.
- acroyear2, on 05/07/2008, -1/+5They are two VERY flawed elections from two states that made very poor decisions. If there's a re-vote, let it be. But this idea of counting the votes that have already been cast is nonsense.
- ngmcs8203, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3What's pathetic is that I heard on Potus 08 (XM channel) on the way home tonight that more than 50% of voters in Indiana reported to being "disturbed" and "swayed" by Rev. Wright's comments. That's pretty sad that the lower educated voters really represent their demographic well, by doing exactly what Hilary wants them to do, not research the truth for themselves.
- Reaktor5, on 05/07/2008, -0/+316,609 difference with 95% reporting.
Come on Lake County! - Kazbaeden, on 05/07/2008, -0/+3CNN is reporting it down to 20,000 votes, 49%- 51%. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but if it did my God, I'll be laughing until next thursday.
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