Turn out the lights Hillary, the party's over...

[rn79870]

Yep, Hillarie stands a better chance of getting hit in the head by a meteorite than winning the Democratic nomination, but she soldiers on.

Desperately trying to convince Democrats that she still has a chance of returning to the White House, Sen. Hillary Clinton headed to West Virginia Wednesday to continue her presidential campaign.

Her rival, Sen. Barack Obama, took a major step to securing his party's presidential nomination Tuesday when he decisively beat Clinton by 14 percentage points in North Carolina, 56 percent to 42 percent, with 99 percent of the precincts reporting.

Clinton narrowly defeated Obama 51 percent to 49 percent in Indiana with 99 percent of the precincts reporting. The Clinton campaign was hoping for a larger win in Indiana to boost its argument that she is the better general election candidate.

Obama's victory in North Carolina and Clinton's narrow win in Indiana led one of Clinton's most prominent backers, Sen. George McGovern, to switch his support from Clinton to Obama, Clinton campaign sources said.

The Democratic presidential nominee in 1972 also said he urged Clinton to drop out of the race, saying it was virtually impossible for her to win the nomination.

Hillary, it's time to retire and let Pres. Obama give the country away and raise our taxes.

[themadscientist]

BS. She has her rights, she can run as long as she wants. If Obama wants the nomination he will have to fight for it. Democrats of course have a difficult time understanding the concept of "earning" something through struggle and hard work. They are the party of handouts so it doesn't suprise me that they would expect Hillary to just give up. I hate Hillary Clinton but at least I have respect for her mettle. Obama is a con man about an inch deep and I am enjoying watching Hillary's spunk render his facade increasingly threadbare. Go Hillary! (I never thought I would say that )

[rn79870]

She's broke! No money, and no one wants to give her any. And I heard a rumor that she was choosing Chelsea as her running mate...

[themadscientist]

Obama is a schiester with a stunningly short spiel. I want her to stay in the race because it increases the chances that he will slip and expose himself for what he is. Don't get me wrong, I am not on McCain's jock by any stretch but he is the least dangerous of the three.

[rn79870]

I think you've hit the nail on the head. It's no win.

[stopcamping]

i agree, I also support mccain and hope obama is swiftly defeated

[Eikon]

I read today that Obama's campaign managers are already writing his "victory speech". They say that he'll declare himself the winner on May 26th. Though it would be anywhere close to final, they think he'll have enough lead to make it a good political play. Then Hillary will have to fight back and say it's not true, and they think that will make her lose popularity.

Should be interesting.

I hope they keep fighting it out and split the party right down the middle and screw each other and the whole Dem party.

[telcoman]

i agree, I also support mccain and hope obama is swiftly defeated

You can't be serious?7 and a half years of the Republicans in office have so 3ucked up this country and our economy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05...login

We are presently in two wars with Iran a possible third. Our economy has been ruined by Bush. Oil prices at an all time high from an oil man that does not know he is doing. Our children will be paying for his mistakes for a long time. Whether it is Hillary or Obama, the Republicans have got to go!

Telcoman

[Eikon]

You can't be serious?7 and a half years of the Republicans in office have so 3ucked up this country and our economy.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05...login

We are presently in two wars with Iran a possible third. Our economy has been ruined by Bush. Oil prices at an all time high from an oil man that does not know he is doing. Our children will be paying for his mistakes for a long time. Whether it is Hillary or Obama, the Republicans have got to go!

Telcoman

You are incorrect about our economy being Bush's fault.

The two major issues with our economy are the price of oil, which is causing inflation and the housing market correction and "credit crunch". Neither of these issues is Bush's fault. The only thing Bush has done that has fueled the issue is the war in Iraq, which causes some instability in the middle east. However, that impact is minimal since Iraq is not the biggest player and their oil supply is flowing just as it should. The fault is OPEC deciding to put the screws to us.

Bush had zero impact on the housing market and credit issues. That's simply bad luck that it happened at the same time as the oil prices going up. The issue is that our home values have increased so rapidly for so long, they had to correct a bit. When the correction came and the cyclical nature of the housing business brought a slowdown, the equity available to the public to bail them out of their mortgages came to and end. The subprime loan business went out of business and spread problems to the whole of the mortgage arena. That rippled into all financial markets.

To blame Bush for the economy today is ignorent. If he had a crystal ball or hindsight, he still wouldn't have been able to make much of dent in the situation. It's purely economic cycle and outside influence.

Now, if you want to bash Bush for the war itself, or his poor public speaking ability or a number of other common complaints, I won't argue with you. But don't blame the whole nations economic issues on him.

[audtatious]

Opec itself is overrepresented when it comes to oil we use in the US. >40% of it comes from Canada and I believe only 10% comes from OPEC-countries. People like to overlook the economic impact that China and others are causing due to their growth.