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He hasn't clinched it
by MamathaMD

He doesn't have the 2025.

Why should Hillary drop out if she has won TX, OH, PA, FL, MI, IN?

Let it play out. You don't come this far as possibly the first female president to drop out before the other guy has the necessary delegates to secure the nominations.

The superdelegates haven't moved yet.

More than 1.3 million people came out for the IN and NC primaries alone to vote fro Hillary.

Re: He hasn't clinched it
by FairfaxBrian

Don't forget NY, CA, and every other state we need to win.

Superdelegates are tie-breakers, and their whole purpose is to give weight to the blue states, swing states, and swing voters that we need to win. All the fear-mongering of the Obama supporters is really upsetting the Hillary supporters.

Not to mention the fact that her percentage of support actually increased in every population except for... you guessed it, the black vote, which is much larger (percentage-wise) in the primary than in the general election.

Thank you, biased media support for the worst candidate choice ever.

Re: He hasn't clinched it
by tubbs

I don't know about the worst candidate ever part (how much better is Hillary if most of their policy positions are the same?)

But, I don't necessarily disagree with playing out the rest of the contest. While it may hurt Democrats' chances of winning the general election by making us look indecisive and the blood letting between Democrats is just giving ammunition to Republicans, I also don't think that these things will be fatal once our nominee is officially decided.

I will vote for whichever Democrat wins the nomination of the party because either Obama or Clinton will be far better for this country than McCain.

Re: He hasn't clinched it
by justshakingmyhead
Tubbs: I feel the same way in regards to the general election, but I do feel that it's time for Democrats to wrap up this primary. While I strongly believe that both Obama and Clinton are by far a much better candidate than McCain, I can't help but feel that they are shooting themselves in the foot in regards to undecided voters. McCain is smelling like a rose compared to all the mud these two have been slinging back and fourth.
Re: He hasn't clinched it
by tubbs

justshakingmyhead, I agree but I also want our party to come together. If we have to play the whole thing out so everyone feels that they got a fair shake, then I don't have a problem with it.

Also, I really believe that once we turn our guns on Republicans instead of against each other, we will win decisively. They are fighting such an uphill battle. Even in the best of times, Americans are ready to turn the page after 8 year presidencies. Bill Clinton had a strong economy and relative peace at the end of his watch but people clammored for something different, the Lewinsky scandal didn't help, but it was mostly just Clinton fatigue.

That's the best of situations. But at the end of THIS debacle? After Iraq? Broken Army? Housing mess? Gas prices? Katrina? Bin Ladin still alive? Warrantless Wiretap? U.S. Attorney firings? WMDs? I could go on. My point is . . . well Ralph Nader made the point when he announced his presidential bid on Meet The Press (and don't get me started on that):

"If the Democrats can't landslide the Republicans this year, they ought to just wrap up, close down, emerge in a different form. You think the American people are going to vote for a pro-war John McCain who almost gives an indication that he's the candidate of perpetual war, perpetual intervention overseas? You think they're going to vote for a Republican like McCain, who allies himself with the criminal, recidivistic regime of George Bush and Dick Cheney, the most multipliable impeachable presidency in American history? Many leading members of the bar, including the former head of the American Bar Association, Michael Greco, absolutely dismayed over the violations of the Constitution, our federal laws, the criminal, illegal war in Iraq and the occupation? There's no way. That's why we have to take this opportunity to have a much broader debate on the issues that relate to the American people, as, as, as a fellow in Long Island said recently, Mr. Sloane, he said, "These parties aren't speaking to me. They're not speaking to my problems, to my family's problems."

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