Sen. Leahy to Sen. Clinton: Give Up
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy is suggesting that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton abandon her White House run.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and six-term Vermont lawmaker said there is no way that Clinton is going to win enough pledged delegates to get the nomination. Leahy told Vermont Public Radio, in a show that aired Thursday, that Clinton ought to withdraw and should be backing Sen. Barack Obama. But Leahy said that’s obviously a decision only Clinton can make.
In a statement issued Friday, Leahy — who has endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination — said Obama’s lead appears to be insurmountable and that Obama’s endorsement by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is the latest sign of how the race is going.
“Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go, there is not a very good reason for drawing this out. But as I have said before, that is a decision that only she can make,” Leahy said in the statement.
Look who is giving out advice what joke Go John Mccain
Hillary should definitely bow out. Obama is significantly, not slightly, ahead in total delegates, number of states won, and popular vote. She has won big states , but only by small margins. And these states, Obama will win anyway in the general election. But Hillary will never win the many smaller states that Obama has won.
Hillary’s negatives are proving to be very high. I think she and her husband are motivated by power.
Hillary is unattractive and she is a big liar. Plus, imagine her as president politicking with world leaders like Vlad. Putin or Nicholas Sarkozy; They will tell her how can you tell me something about my country and the world and you cannot stop your husband from cheating on you. Come on, she was in the White House at the same time Bill was getting sex from Monica L. She needs to smell the coffee, no one likes her. Plus, if she won the primary all of Obama’s would side Sen. McCain or not vote at all. Unlike if Obama won the primary all of her supporters would vote for him. This is Obama’s race and she knows it but she is in complete shock that this has come taken her shine. She should have ran in 2004. America may not be ready for a Black pres., but the rest of the world is. Its time for a change. Our economy is a joke, our money is a fluke worldwide now and the present White House administration has messed everything up with our allies and other world leaders. These are some of the reasons why Obama must be president. He may become one of our greatest.
Shame on you Sen. Leahy!
It’s your comments that will DIVIDE our party! Neither candidate has enough delegates to WIN the nomination. The party rules state it’s the SuperDelegates that will decide who our most Electable nominee is!
It’s also shameful how Hillary is depicted as some evil Temptress day after day! We are finally seeing a side of the “favorite” candidate that is causing the electorate to reconsider this unknown politician. Is this why you and others have this “rush” to get him nominated??
Rev Wright, Rezko, Bill Ayers of the WeatherUnderground, Meeks, are just the beginning of America finding out who Obama is. His judgement, the company he keeps,,,,lots of questions, and many more questions about him will likely be answered by the end of the voting process.
Sen Leahy, perhaps you need to put your efforts into assuring the millions of voices in both FLORIDA and MICHIGAN are counted! We the remaing voters will decide who should lead our country. oh yes, by counting these states Hillary and Obama are even closer than they are today! hmmmmm
Yesterday, Obama gave a speech in which he said ‘There are lots of
Jewish people who are as moral, if not more moral than I am….’. How
could you not possibly interpret that in a negative way. Sounds a lot
like old Jesse Jackson to me. In addition to the Irish and Polish
comment, what is he going to have to do in order to get the media to
cover these gaffes?
Also, did you hear about what Rev. Wright said about Italians?
The ‘Jewish folks’ clip was played in a loop on WTKK talk radio
yesterday, but I didn’t hear it played anywhere else!
I think that we will continue to see Obama’s real face every single day!
Keep going Hillary, I love to see the Liberal Democrats tearing each other apart, this should squash any chance of a Democrat winning the White House!!
i totally disagree with senator leahy. her supporters do not want her to give up. there are more people who want to vote and some big state primaries coming up. just because obama is ahead slightly doesn’t mean he has won AT ALL. as far as i can tell, he can’t win either!
Why will Hillary not give up? Because she is placing her own ambitions and presidential aspirations above what is best for her party and one could certainly argue this country that she LOVES so much (as the tears flow down her cheeks). My question, why is the media not calling her out on this daily? The odds of her attaining the nomination - non existent! The only good I see coming from her continued fight? With each passing week she and her campaign sink a little lower - from Gerldine Ferraro a couple of weeks ago to the fat cat donors threateing to pull support from the DNC for Nancy Pelosi position on the delegate race this week. Perhaps if she continues to push the envelopes behind the scenes, all Americans will come to realize just how low she will sink to satisfy that thirst for power and ambition. My bet - there is no floor to the depths that she will sink to win! Finally, it is one of my upmost desires that the historians of this great nation will remember and memorilize Hillary R. Clinton as the sore loser from the 2008 race for the democratic presidential nomination that committed political suicide in her fight to win at all cost!
¥es!!!! Hillary get out!!!!!
Clinton should give up. I think every day that more will come out about her opponent. Plus “better the devil you know than the devil you don’t know”. That is an old-time cliche, but I think is true in this case.
If someone (Obama) sounds too good to be true, he probably is.
As a church goer, I don’t agree with everything my minister says, but I do agree with most. If I agree at least 80%, I would change the church I attend and I certainly wouldn’t socialize or have him part of my presidential campaign.
I think America is so afraid of appearing racist that they are not looking closely at a relatively unknown candidate. In addition, so much of Obama’s support is the young, idealistic, believe-all-you-hear voters.