See how goofed up this process is, and they think they can do better with the WHOLE COUNTRY? Geeezzzzzzzz

All of you folks are a bunch of idiots. You must think the American people can’t decide on our own destiny. As far as I am concerned ,we should get ride of all you and start over. Eight years of clinton will last me a life time. I will be forced to look somw where to place my vote.

Too late!

Too late in making this request AND the deadline is too late.

You could have done this right after Super Tuesday…at least after all the votes were finally counted. Why can’t the deadline be sooner…like May 1?

I don’t understand the reasoning here.

I say let the candidates all have at it. The more voters know about these candidates, the better off this country will be.

I thought we weren’t supposed to change the rules in the middle of the game.

This MAN dose not have a clue.

Buster

Isn’t this against party rules? I seem to recall they could choose either candidate and make their decision at any time up to the date of the convention. Setting an artificial decision date in the middle of a campaign sounds just as bad as changing the rules on Florida and Michigan in the middle of the race. What if something really important pops up after July 1st and it causes people to change their minds? It’d be irresponsible to lock them from changing their minds before the convention.

I’m really getting tired of activist groups directing politicians in one way or another. Sure, all the phone calls, advertising, and commercials from Obama and Hillary are getting extremely annoying here in Pennsylvania, but I would like my voice to be heard and not people peeking into my wallet to see how much money I can hand over before they decide who they support or whether or not to listen to me. Someone needs to fix that. Hopefully this election someone will. It’s just about impossible to get local lawmakers to do things anymore since they’re always expecting “gifts” and contributions too.

Tammany Hall has re-organized!

Hi; Hold on Hillary! Remember John Paul Jones, “I Have Just Begin To Fight”. This is what Democracies are all about. I do think that Mr. Dean and super delegates is a mistake but anyone who would disallow two major states to be cut off, is this how you all would rule the country?

Mr. Dean is right about the candidates attacking each other, but Hillary started it and forced Obama to react, It just has got worse and worse because she and her advisors feel she needs to attack Obama in order to get the nomination. McCain did that with Romney and now Romney is sucking up so he can get the VP offer. The sad thing is these are the people who wind up running our country. God help us.

Who is to blame for this mess - Florida and Michigan, Proportionate Allocation and Two strong candidates who have a distinct voter-base. Republicans are going to have a home run this fall. The only thing that can save Dems is a joint bid for Obama and Hillary.

Of course Dean wants this to end before any mor people can figure out that they can’t even run their own party, let alone the country.

Where’s the “Don” (Donald Trump) when we really need him? He’d simply say..”Mr. Dean” “You’re Fired”.. and Howard would simpy fade away… never to be seen again, along with the Clintons. The TRUTH.. “Howard Dean simply doesn’t have the character to step up to the plate like a man and admit he’s personally responsible (and the only one responsible) for the mess he’s got the Democratic party in to at this late stage of the primary. It was Howard Dean who went on national news and announced to the world that the States of Florida and Michigan’s delegates would not be seated nor would they count. Why..? because they broke the rules of the DNC. And, after all, the “rules are the rules”. It’s not up to the “SuperDelegates” to come to Mr. Dean’s rescue. Someone needs to pull this guy aside.. or better yet, just puch him out the door and ask as nicely as possible, to just simply never.. never come back.

Just heard on the news, CNN, that Pat Leahy, Chris Dodd and Howard Dean are saying Hillary Clinton should drop out. I thought that being CNN as being part of the media admiration society for Obama, that this was exaggerated. Turned to FOX news and sure enough they were reporting the same thingThe Democratic Elite are going to try to muscle Hillary Clinton out using the excuse of what it is doing to the Democratic Party. I think they are doing this as an easy fix to the mess they made in Florida and Michigan. They have big problems for the General Election if they keep this nonsense up. As it is, the fact of what they are going to lose is not anything that they can imagine because they figure they will be able to fix this by November. Guess what?? You can’t fix it now by leaving the election run its course, you will not fix it in November. I think if the Democratic Party keeps it up, they will not have to worry about some Democrats voting for McCain, most will vote for the Third Party Candidate. So stop the march by going on to these media sites and telling them to butt out of this election and let it run its course. To stop favoring one candidate over the other and report the facts and do some research on the candidates and their records. That is what the people want to hear. The Democratic Elite better just pay attention to fixing the Florida and Michigan mess instead of looking for the easy way out on the expense of the voters.

I totally agree with Pelosi that the super delegates should vote like the people wanted or otherwise we didn’t have a say. I think they should continue on with the race so we can learn more about the candidates plus give all the states their votes. I am a Texas delegate and we go tomorrow to vote. I’d like someone to explain to me how come the news media was announcing March 11th that Obama had won the Texas caucus and Hillary the popular vote? I realized how they came up with popular vote, but how did they have a clue about the caucus? Did we really have a voice in this? I think the USA needs to do away with delegates, super delegates, and just go back to letting the people win by the popular vote and be done with all this confusion. I don’t trust the super delegates anyway. Look at judas Sen. Richardson. I think James Carville hit the nail on the head. I’m sure Ted Kennedy and John Kerry will follow his lead and be just as low.

Florida and Michigan aren’t to blame for this. Howard Dean is to blame for this! The voters in two sovereign states decided to vote when they wanted instead of when Howard wanted to allow them to vote. Howard, having his panties all twisted, decided to cut his nose off to spite his face. The man is a moron, and now the world has proof! Silly little Howard…

“Had he not acknowledged that what he said had deeply offended people and were inappropriate and mischaracterized what I think is the great character of this country, for all its flaws, then I wouldn’t have felt comfortable staying there at the church,” Obama said on the show.

I’m a bit confused??? When did Wright “acknowledge” these statements? I do not recall hearing or even seeing this pastor apologize to the nation regarding his offensive comments. In fact, Wright has pretty much disappeared from the public eye. What is Obama talking about?? I want to hear Wright come out and say these words, not Obama. Then, I can believe on why Obama would say this and decided to stay at the church. That is a bunch of crap to, because it’s not like Wright just started saying these things and Obama got offended. What about 5, 10 or even 20 years ago, why didn’t you leave then? You make no sense OBAMA. double talker. Obama will tell you anything you want to hear to get him elected! Do not believe the hype!!

This is nothing more than elements in the Democratic party trying to get their far left candidate elected over a left of center candidate, Hillary. Any advantage that can be given to Obama is given. As time goes on the superdelegates may realize Obama is not electable and those early leads won’t mean a thing if he heads into an election with eroding support from, as he described it “typical white people”. The superdelegates are a check for the Democrats to weigh in with a decision that is best for the party - and the Obamabots are afraid of that careful consideration of all facts and despite their party rules are quite happy to scrap them if it favors Obama.

It’s amazing that too much infighting has been a concern of Dems for months yet both candidates are too selfish to just take one for the team and step aside (probably should be Obama since he has his whole future ahead of him). They’re like two wolves fighting over the same piece of meat and all they’re going to do is shred it so bad that neither one of them will eat.

This is only helping the Republicans who now, because of this whole debacle, actually have a chance to win this thing!

Can someone please explain why MI and FL went ahead with their earlier primaries even after they were told by the DNC that their delegates would not be seated as a result? I have not heard a single media voice explain why those two states are in the situation they’re in. And I really can’t understand why voters would turn out in those states if they knew that their votes wouldn’t be counted. This is, of course, assuming they were told in advance. If that has been a long-standing DNC rule regarding moving up your primary, why would FL and MI do that in the first place?

Any knowledgeable response would be much appreciated.

As a Vermonter where Dean and Leahy are from…. If they are for Obama - look out they are the two most evil liberals ever… Dean is lying snake and Leahy is way too powerful for someone who is elected by about 200,000 people….

Asamed to be a Vermonter… Proud to be an American and a Christian!

HILLARY, YOU SHOULD NEVER QUIT
Howard Dean and Patrick Leahy should shut up. These guys have their own agenda. Both of these guys are Obama supporters. If they have any respect for democracy, they should not try to disfranchise the people of Florida and Michigan –the states Hillary won- by colluding with Obama. Let the people vote. This is democracy not dictatorship. They should not be allowed to silence the voices of the people in Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Indiana, Guam, Puerto Rico, Kentucky, Montana, Oregon, and South Dakota. Also they should try to seat the delegates from Florida and Michigan instead of taking sides in this historic election. By disfranchising the people of Florida and Michigan they are trying to steal the election from Hillary. Hillary, you should never quit. If you quit, we will vote for McCain.

If Hillary is forced aside without the voters of the upcoming states deciding or the superdelegates deciding, I as a Hillary supporter promise I will VOTE FOR MCCAIN before I even THINK about voting for Obama. Democrats and Obama supporters better be very crefull about how they handle this thing, or Mccain will be the winner no matter what!

It seems a shame that Obama is getting so much credit for “winning” states that, for the most part, will be solidly for McCain in November. Clinton has easily beaten Obama in all of the states, except Illinois, that will probably go Democratic in the general election. Obama is too far out of the mainstream to get elected President, the media “oohing and aahing” notwithstanding.

I have a hard time believing that N. Pelosi has anything of value to say to anyone about anything.
The race is so close at this point and the public is nearly split 50/50 on the two canidates. The superdelegates are humans also, let them vote the way they want as indivudals, redardless of party fatcats voicing their opinions.

Well unless Hillary gets the nomination, after all the smear, bait and switch lies and games Obama has used, even stooping to calling the Clintons racist? I am DONE with the Democrats after this and many years as a fighter for this party. I will vote for Nader unless Hillary is on the ballot in November if Obama wins this nomination. Obama and his sleazy supporters will never represent me and the Democratic values I was raised with. Today’s Democrats are useless, clueless, back stabbing, unappreciative, disorganized FOOLS who have vilified the Clintons, our proudest and most successful party representatives. It is time to disassociate with these idiots supporting Obama and the biased Democrat “leaders” running our party into the ground. OBAMA started all the infighting among Dems in ‘07 and his preacher / mentor is a RACIST!! I AM DONE WITH THIS UNETHICAL CUT THROAT PARTY. GO HILLARY!! ALL THE WAY!! DO NOT BACK DOWN!!

Hillary should never quit.

Hillary is a better candidate in November.

The history of the superdelegates is to abide by the pledge delegate’s.

Nancy pelosi is an honest person and she is right about
the will of the voters. Stay on it Nancy your great

I am one of those “Typical white people” as Obama has ascribed me to be. I won’t be voting for you Obama. Not in November, not ever.

I find it laughable that he wants each super delegate to declare whom he or she will support by July 1. For whom the super delegates or any American will spend their votes is should not be influenced.

Having nullified the delegates of Florida and Michigan seems to have backfired, and now has placed the chairperson in a very unenviable position; and casting out delegates seems
a little like throwing out the baby with the bath water, which incidentally drives two questions:

1. Which or what is the more important aim: when a primary or caucus actually takes place, or the purpose that the primary or caucuses serve.
2. Should the power to nullify the results of an event that is intrinsic and necessary to the election process be in the hands of a quasi-political organization?

So, after giving thought to these questions, after having been a life-long democrat, Mr. McCain gets my vote in November; why? Regardless of what shortcomings plague the Republican Party, the Republican leadership seem to have their priorities straight. They appear to strengthen as opposed to diluting their party’s position; they also seem far more adept at playing a winning hand; and finally, Republicans seem much, much smarter about unifying the electorate than the Democrats.

Don’t quit Hillary. This race is so close - Obama has outspent you 3-1 and you are still running so close. The race is rigged. These Democrats want to keep spinning everything in Obama’s favor and then crying that you are the one going negative. Obama and his supporters are negative. They are the ones that have been calling you to drop out of the race since he won small caucus states, denying the other half of the country their right to vote. How can people be so stupid and fall for this. Does anyone really believe the caucus system was that democratic? I would love to hear from people who participated in them to let the rest of us know what actually happened. There were some horror stories coming out but I’m sure the media squashed them.

Obama is an unknown and what we are learning is becoming even more disturbing. He is too far to the left for most people, just like the far right Moral Majority was out of the mainstream. Think smart, don’t let others take away your rights and don’t let the media bias sway you.

The members of the Obama camp and the DNC are pressuring Clinton, so they can skirt the issue of Fl. and Mi.
If Obama could win outright, it wouldn’t matter if Clinton stayed in!
It is a scam to not have to explain to millions of Americans in Florida and Michigan why they think they can silence them.
If it is allowed in those two states this year, they won’t have to include “any” states next election if the DNC chooses not to!
44 states followed the DNC’s “rules” not 48! Only two states got their votes stripped!
The DNC’s rules also state the unpledged delegates, (superdelegates), are to make their final decision “At The Convention”!
“The rules are the rules”!
Howard Dean should have to stick to the rules too!

Short of my vote in a primary for Floridian, Dean is talking to the wind. If his superdelegates made the decision, the constitution mandated for me, I will vote for the Republican candidate, whoever she or he will be. I have contributed to Hillary’s candidacy which I never did before in my life because my faith in what she can deliver. As for Obama, his time is coming, but not now. He has a lot to learn and to experience before he can convince me that he can deliver as well as Hillary.

I, too, am an OUTRAGED DEMOCRAT! My ancestors will wonder HOW I could vote for McCain , from the ‘other team’. Well, if they were around it would be an easy explanation…this Obama from PlanetWHERE? being crammed down our throats like we are stupid, his incredible conceit, and the embarassing display to the world how ‘the party’ and the ridiculous biased media treats the Clintons, equating some small remark about Bosnia..at least she went…to the pastor disaster when he ‘discovered’ God twenty years ago…What religion was he before then? And he sat there for twenty years listening to such slander to “typical white people” when he is half-white….The entire campaign has been an embarrassment to anyone with half a brain…the “Hillary should quit” is the straw that broke my back…nice attitude so called “Democrats”…yeah, let’s ignore Michigan and Forida…good idea….The world thinks we are FOOLS to allow such a sham to go on in America….if they cram Obama at us….McCain will get my vote and my ancestors would be proud of me. We may as well be ‘voting’ in Russia.