It is time for Hillary Clinton to step aside for the good of the party. If she cares about a Democratic victory she will realize that Obama is best positioned to take on John McCain.
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Hillary has already had her shot at the White House. Any REAL American woman wold have divorced her cheating husband... [MORE]
Paracoot
Feb 12, 2008 00:33
The roaring 1990's will not come back via Hillary and pixie dust - if this is how well she can... [MORE]
Don
Feb 11, 2008 22:46
Bill claiming to file for divorce should garner some sympathy [MORE]
Bill Ragan
Feb 11, 2008 22:40
This woman is not fighting for our country; she is fighting for a promotion. Obviously, she never recovered from her... [MORE]
Jessica
Feb 11, 2008 22:38
We don't need (as a republic) a person who thinks the government should have a bigger roll in our lives,and... [MORE]
Steve Roberson
Feb 11, 2008 22:27
This woman has no soul, so sense of propriety, no moral character. She lacks one great thing she needs to... [MORE]
longfellow52
Feb 11, 2008 22:11
As a Veteran(real combat vet, unlike kerry or gore) I am hopeful that the American people will not turn our... [MORE]
Jerry F.
Feb 11, 2008 21:54
when things dont go my why just blame someone else and get rid of them..God help us if this woman... [MORE]
gary cigalio
Feb 11, 2008 21:35
I'm enjoying Hillary's political apocalypse. The one thing that has always amazed me about Bill & Hill is their sense... [MORE]
Mark "Big Time" Republican
Feb 13, 2008 11:04
The country is ready for a non "old school" politician. We're tird of the same old "crap"! The USA stands... [MORE]
Bill
Feb 11, 2008 21:32
Good News. Sen O currently has Sen C in the panic mode and on the run.
Better News. Conservitive Republicans will... [MORE]
Tom
Feb 11, 2008 21:22
YES!!!!! YES!!!! This is her last chance. By Wed. morning she will be out of the race completly. Packing up... [MORE]
Bill
Feb 11, 2008 20:16
When the obvious is clear, action takes council from wisdom, 4 years is not a life time to wait. The... [MORE]
rich ingles
Feb 11, 2008 20:07
Hillary is the first viable candidate for the US presidency. She had a real chance at this thing. It was... [MORE]
Neleh
Feb 11, 2008 20:00
I am ashamed of my self, but have to admit that i voted for Obama. I did this because if... [MORE]
Ken
Feb 11, 2008 19:42
Who but the clintonistas would vote for these 2 socialists. Clintons are not leaders, they are subversives of the capitalist/free... [MORE]
Johnny B Goode
Feb 11, 2008 19:38
It appears the knee-jerk reaction has begun. Faced with looming defeats in Eastern states the Clintom political machine, stung by... [MORE]
James of Kent Island
Feb 11, 2008 19:02
What a shame when this is all the parties have to offer. I shake my head and understand why I... [MORE]
Dale (Sevilla Spain)
Feb 11, 2008 18:54
The Hillary campaign is starting to unravel. Fund infusion by Hillary, loss of several states to Obama and now replacement... [MORE]
Ted K
Feb 11, 2008 18:46
Extraordinary is understatement indeed. I would have paid to be there when Shrillary "requested" that letter of resignation. I'd bet... [MORE]
Rich
Feb 11, 2008 18:01
Barak Obama is a breath of fresh air, focused on hope and unity and would not be a step backward... [MORE]
John
Feb 11, 2008 17:58
By nominating Hillary ,what new Ideas will be brought into the White House that Mr Clinton did not bring? Voting... [MORE]
Lakony Wilson DD
Feb 12, 2008 03:58
We're witnessing the Democratic Party finally coming to terms (painfully) with the moral vagrancy and malignancy that is the stigma... [MORE]
Albert Bifarelli
Feb 11, 2008 17:53
Hill risks sounding like the boy who cried wolf. She promised to wage a 50 state campaign, but her empty... [MORE]
wilson
Feb 11, 2008 17:50
The Clintons will do anything at all to get elected. No matter the cost to the nation. [MORE]
Phil Baker
Feb 11, 2008 17:39
I would like to see the Clintons out ot the national political scene forever. I am a Republican but I... [MORE]
Del Davis
Feb 11, 2008 17:36
I think Obama has as much charm and charisma as an Egyptian mummy, dead fish or undertaker. I don't understand... [MORE]
IrvingK
Feb 11, 2008 17:28
If Obama is nominated, the democrats will lose the presidency by a landslide in a recession year. I hope the... [MORE]
Dave Tincher
Feb 11, 2008 17:23
Obama says "he'll make some mistakes along the way". Hillary has made some mistakes in her many years in office.... [MORE]
JAS
Feb 11, 2008 16:56
Orinda, CA Starbucks: A woman leans close to her companion, places her hand consolingly on his arm, and asks "When... [MORE]
TJ
Feb 11, 2008 16:45
It would really be sweet and refreshing to have the Clinton campaign just be up front and honest rather than... [MORE]
Martin Shinedling
Feb 11, 2008 16:34
So help me God, I haven't had this much fun in years!! Why are they having so many primaries all... [MORE]
Cameron BAIRD
Feb 11, 2008 16:34
Almost, surely see can see it coming, would love to see her face when it finally hits her. [MORE]
Dick Sicario
Feb 11, 2008 16:23
Didn't Hillary immediately fire travel agents and others in the White House....and now she's firing again.
It won't matter anyway. [MORE]
jon olson
Feb 11, 2008 16:20
4 years ago I saw Barak Obama give a speech at the Democratic National Convention and I thought then, there... [MORE]
Bonnie S Hughes
Feb 11, 2008 16:09
Obama will take the helm, as he should, for the democratic party. Hillary had her presidency when she called the... [MORE]
Hailey
Feb 11, 2008 16:00
Did anyone notice that Hillary cried over everything EXCEPT for her daughter being alluded to as a prostitute? [MORE]
iluvdaty69
Feb 11, 2008 16:00
Who doesn't see Hillary Clinton's strategy here? A black campaign manager who has already been described as 'someone not afraid... [MORE]
Daniel
Feb 11, 2008 15:33
I am a registered republican and will vote for the party nominee. However, Mr. Obama has done a great job... [MORE]
mj bendow
Feb 11, 2008 15:31
I think Mrs Clinton is now saying the Obama victories were due to the african american vote. The facts are... [MORE]
Dear Senator Clinton,
SO long...
And good riddens [MORE]
Gary / Sacramento
Feb 11, 2008 10:12
It appears the fabric of Hillary's "coat-tail campaign" is beginning to wear through.... [MORE]
J. Puzan
Feb 11, 2008 10:12
In 2000, when Gore was deprived of stealing the election thanks to the level-headedness of the Supreme Court, HIllary was... [MORE]
Bill
Feb 11, 2008 10:11
As an american soldier, and a combat wounded vet, this shake up could not make me happier. I see no... [MORE]
wtsane
Feb 11, 2008 10:11
I need free health care, and I like the way she looks out for the poor. I like the $5000... [MORE]
Larry Little
Feb 11, 2008 10:11
look for Clinton to pull some dirty tricks and steal Edward's delegates and lobby to have Florida and Michegan delegates... [MORE]
ivan
Feb 11, 2008 10:09
Gooooooooooodby hillarry. Find a rock and crawl under for four more years! [MORE]
Don Hayes
Feb 11, 2008 10:07
Mrs. Clinton should recognize the reality that her "inevitable" candidacy for President failed. It would be to her benefit to... [MORE]
F. Bacon
Feb 11, 2008 10:06
Senator Clinton remains the biggest threat to the USA and its traditons for what this country was founded on. She... [MORE]
David Waters
Feb 11, 2008 10:05
Ms. Doyle is Mexican-American and Billary already has their vote locked up. Ms. Williams is black and they need to... [MORE]
Cyndy
Feb 11, 2008 09:58
Is'nt Magie Williams the same person seen by Uniform Secret Svc. guard at Vince Fosters office carring out boxes of... [MORE]
Ron Moran
Feb 11, 2008 09:57
Has anyone considered how many Republicans crossed over in the primaries to vote Clinton out of the nominee position? Same... [MORE]
Hera
Feb 11, 2008 09:57
I went to a caucus here in Bellingham, Wa and the 18 to 40 age group dominated the Democratic vote,... [MORE]
Ken Massey
Feb 11, 2008 09:57
Methinks Hillary is between a Barack and a hard place!!! [MORE]
Kenneth
Feb 11, 2008 09:55
It is obvious to the most casual observer that the press had been anti Clinton and pro Obama the last... [MORE]
Geraldine Sorlie
Feb 11, 2008 09:54
The Billary tandem is having a tantrum as their Clintonian Kingdom begins to topple! [MORE]
Warren Hughes Ret.
Feb 11, 2008 09:52
To say that Hillary's campaign is not desperate is ridiculous. She has fallen from grace so to speak. Going from... [MORE]
Rayburn E. Taylor
Feb 11, 2008 09:51
It will be difficult for Obama to win the nomination, although he had picked up several wins... First of all... [MORE]
Rajah Kahn
Feb 11, 2008 09:51
Lets hope that this is Hillary's last stand.....I thought we were rid of her when her husband left office. [MORE]
Dwayne Chastain
Feb 11, 2008 09:50
Maggie Smith of the Vince Foster office fame?
So, we can expect Hillary's campaign to get dirtier in desperation? [MORE]
Jan
Feb 11, 2008 09:49
Yeah, she did an "extraordinary job" of squandering the strongest political machine in modern times. Go Obama! [MORE]
Larry from Purdue
Feb 11, 2008 09:44
Don't like the message. Shoot the messenger.
Hillary's campaign doesn't need a new manager. It needs a new candidate. [MORE]
Billy10
Feb 11, 2008 09:33
Billary would have been easier to beat since so many of us have such great respect for the Clintons .... [MORE]
larry
Feb 11, 2008 09:25
If you're going to keep referring to the Democrat Party as the DEMOCRATIC Party, at the least, you should begin... [MORE]
George Mitchell
Feb 11, 2008 09:24
i assume she was asked to resign....someone has to take the blame for clinton's recent losses and obama's MO.
will her... [MORE]
sheila
Feb 11, 2008 09:16
America is waking up to the fact Hillary Clinton and John McCain are a seamless continuation of the status quo.... [MORE]
x32792
Feb 11, 2008 09:16
Democrats are commiting political suicide if they select Obama at the convention. Hillary can win and Obama cannot. Regards from... [MORE]
Jimbo
Feb 11, 2008 09:06
Hillary Clinton's top aides Doyle and Williams, along with her husband and daughter, will be scheduled for video taped deposition... [MORE]
dan mason
Feb 11, 2008 08:58
Hillary is seeking comfort in her new campaign manager, she needs rest and consoling. Lets respect herneed for tlc and... [MORE]
joey
Feb 11, 2008 08:51
Poor Patti. Mark Penn finally gets her. But he's got a long list of others he wants to get rid... [MORE]
Emily
Feb 11, 2008 08:48
I am not a Democrat, but find it interesting to watch how the Democrats appear to be turning away from... [MORE]
Ivan R. Vernon
Feb 11, 2008 08:42
We've seen it before. When pushed into a corner, Clintons come back slashing and hacking, not caring who or what... [MORE]
CTom2008
Feb 11, 2008 08:41
To whom it may concern,
Another crook working for Clinton Inc. What's new? FBI agents testified under sworn oath that they... [MORE]
Mike Smith
Feb 11, 2008 08:40
Hillary supporters don't worrie. If this race really starts looking bad for her you will see the real Hillary. She... [MORE]
erik
Feb 11, 2008 08:37
Shuffling staff will have no effect. Hillary is losing due to inability to articulate a vision (rather than just a... [MORE]
skc
Feb 11, 2008 08:34
Socialist sympathizer............................Borat is next.
Vote GOP [MORE]
Luis
Feb 11, 2008 08:33
GO OBAMA GO!!!! It is time for change in America and Obama can bring it!! Let's replace the "OLD" Washington... [MORE]
Shannon
Feb 11, 2008 08:29
A focus on the economy may win a candidate the election, but its a bad candidate that will lose the... [MORE]
Broney
Feb 11, 2008 08:21
Clinton has Texas as her saving grace...if she loses there, she is done for!! (Ohio is also important, but not... [MORE]
Alex
Feb 11, 2008 08:20
The problem with the Clinton campaign isn't Clinton's campaign chief. It is the candidate herself. Hillary Clinton is not likeable.... [MORE]
Patrick Curry
Feb 11, 2008 08:16
I think it's time for Hillary to start looking for those cookie recipes.
It's over! [MORE]
naragonl
Feb 11, 2008 08:12
Wofson: "We will be the nominee???"
Hillary when Bill was president: "We are the president???"
Lovely, just lovely.
Fire everyone from the staff... [MORE]
Darrel
Feb 11, 2008 08:12
Obama, is doing great among college kids, the far left and blacks. These have appointed him the new Kennedy! However... [MORE]
John Stein
Feb 11, 2008 08:10
While Barak Obama is forging forward with a great campaign, Hillary keeps reorganizing her staff......and you expect this woman to... [MORE]
Dan
Feb 11, 2008 08:10
Funny, but Hillary C loses five primaries in a row and people still call her viable... If Obama had lost... [MORE]
David G.
Feb 11, 2008 08:08
More reporting by Mr. Gerstein would be appreciated. He might do one on the actual designations of national convention delegates... [MORE]
stella barnhill
Feb 11, 2008 08:07
Hillary is falling like a rock in the polls. Crying only helped a little so now she complains about the... [MORE]
Marvin
Feb 11, 2008 08:01
Yes, with this change we keep hope that the great movement towards a just and Socialist Society will not fade.... [MORE]
Ken
Feb 11, 2008 07:57
Swept in all 5 contests this weekend says a lot. HRC knows that she is in trouble heading into Tuesdays... [MORE]
Sean
Feb 11, 2008 07:57
A telling moment in Hillary's run when in the heat of the last strech before the campaign peaks Hillary choses... [MORE]
dan reily
Feb 11, 2008 07:47
I think it would be interesting if Barak became the nominee simply because it would essentially be telling Hillary that... [MORE]
Reese
Feb 11, 2008 19:10
Isn't it a guilty pleasure to watch her flailing in this frantic downward spiral, giving us a prolonged look into... [MORE]
Tam
Feb 11, 2008 22:37
Clinton's campaign is crumbling, unable to stem the Obama tide. It's time for drastic measures on the eve of the... [MORE]
gilbi
Feb 11, 2008 07:41
Maggie Williams - name sounds familiar - something about missing files, covering for the First Lady, things like that? Loyal... [MORE]
jim brown
Feb 11, 2008 20:07
Hopefully the folks in D C-Maryland-Virginia-see her for what she is and come out in masses and vote against her.... [MORE]
Pat
Feb 11, 2008 21:30
Only accept responsibility for for winning. When you are loosing, look for a scape goat, in this case Patti Doyle. [MORE]
Hank Fields
Feb 11, 2008 07:23
So, according to the "current rules," it takes 2,025 delegates to win the Democrat nomination? Look for the Clintons to... [MORE]
Frank Tyrrell
Feb 11, 2008 06:54
Fellow Obama supporters, the cynics we have proved wrong...but it isn't over yet! FIGHT LIKE WE ARE LOSING(we are down... [MORE]
Chris
Feb 11, 2008 06:39
A movement alright, one with no substance a lot of platitudes and gibberish. What does it all mean, is it... [MORE]
Suzanne Wolf
Feb 11, 2008 21:42
...please stand aside and let a new generation of hope and dreams rise to the forefront of American politics. It... [MORE]