For the good of the party, Hillary must drop out

[ButterflyBlood]

Her continued presence in the race benefits only one person: John McCain. Time for Hillary to prove she cares more about the party than herself.

[BobRossi]

1. Long overdue.

She ruined the chances of real Dems to be elected.

[demo dutch]

7. That's the mis-statement of he century! Real Dems as in far left? the far left

will fail miserably in this country just like the far right, because the dynamics of this country are in the center. Every poll will tell you that.

[harun]

23. Any other candidate would have dropped out a while back

It is overdue.

[gerrilea]

2. Please wake up...

[Fredda Weinberg]

3. Not as long as she continues Edward's message for the middle class

It's an important distinction ... she's directing her message at Raygun Democrats - a good thing.

[JeanGrey]

13. The "raygun" dems are voting for Obama...........

Her message isn't being heard.

[Fredda Weinberg]

31. Don't deny reality for your fantasy. HRC is out there doing the right

thing and if you find fault, it's yours.

[JeanGrey]

45. The "right thing"? Why is Hillary the "right" thing and no one

else is? Look, I supported Hillary in the beginning. But it is simply over for her. If she really cared about our party she would graciously concede defeat and start to work in the GE. Not that I think Obama needs it.

[Fredda Weinberg]

52. You finished the sentence that way - not me. Don't you realize what it

says about you?

[JeanGrey]

53. You were insinuating that Hillary was doing the "right thing". (As in

others were not). We'll see if she truly does the right thing.

[dchill]

33. Her message isn't being...

believed. She's just not sincere.

[Yael]

39. shhhhh -- they aren't ready to hear this yet

[JeanGrey]

46. Yes. It's really a no-win situation for Hill no matter what

happens. First, she believed she was "inevitable". All that misery she suffered with Bill was going to finally pay off. She put all of her efforts into it, believing it would be all over by Super Tuesday. Bad miscalculation. Plus, minorities (especially blacks) have always supported the "first black president" and Hillary and they never counted on an actual charismatic black running against them. Plus she thought she had the women firmly behind her (she doesn't). Obama is cutting into every demographic she thought she had sewed up.

She also didn't give enough weight to the people that truly cannot abide her. And last, if by some miracle she wrestled the nomination away from Obama (think court) she still loses because so many would cross over and vote against her just for spite.

As I have said before I hope she has the class to graciously lose before we all get hurt.

[Yael]

38. Edwards? Apparently you missed the Obama Houston talk.

Ms. Lobbyist can crawl back under the rock she came from.

[dchill]

41. "shhhhh -- they aren't ready to hear this yet"

You've just been plagiarized!!! :)

[NightWatcher]

4. I guess we'll see who she cares about, country or self

[demo dutch]

If she cares about the country she'll stay in the race!

[kikiek]

10. No Kidding! Has Obama won the majority of delegates? NOOOO! Far from over!

[JeanGrey]

47. The last time I looked Obama certainly has won the

majority of delegates.

[kikiek]

55. You're wrong. He needs 2025. He hasn't won the majority.

[JeanGrey]

56. Come on now. HE HAS MORE THAN HILLARY. And he will

get even more. The rest is just word games.

[kikiek]

60. Yah right. Rules are made to be broken when it suits you.

[JeanGrey]

64. Rules? What rules are being broken and what does that

have to do with Obama being in the lead?

[JeanGrey]

15. Lord, WHY?? We're going to win this in November!

Why in the world would you even want Hillary when every poll shows she can be beaten. Obama is an unstoppable force. He's not my first choice, but gosh people, we're dems and we're winning!! Are we going to continue to pull this party apart?

[demo dutch]

17. I disagree it's far from a sure win in November by any means!

[JeanGrey]

20. Sorry, but Obama WILL beat McCain. Hillary can be beaten.

Obama is pulling too many demographics. Hillary has too many negatives. I'm not trying to mean just truthful. I supported her in the beginning.

[CorpGovActivist]

62. .

[IDemo]

5. It may be time for Al to phone her with the inconvenient truth n/t

[BringBigDogBack]

24. agree

[WillyT]

49. Ouch !!!

That's a DUzy right there!

:wow:

[HeraldSquare212]

6. I think she'll start hearing that tomorrow from superdelegates

if it turns out he did cut into the demographic she was banking on in Ohio. Texas is already close to tied.

[JeanGrey]

11. Cut into it? Look:

Wisconsin Exit Polls:
Obama Won:
Women (51-49)
All age groups under 65
All education levels
All regions of the state -- urban, suburban and rural
Voters without college degrees (50-48)
Democrats (50-49)
Whites (53-46)
White men (59-38)
Voters who decided in the last week (58-42)

Won or tied voters of all income levels
Tied among white women
Tied among union members
Tied among union households

It is time for all to realize that it is impossible for Hillary to win. She would have to win Ohio and Texas by thirty percent or more, and even then it might not be enough. Not even considering that Texas is looking like a no go for her. Ohio is not going to give her enough delegates.

So the question is: Will she quit for the good of our party or will she continue to drag it out............. It is really sad. I used to support Hillary and defended her and the Clintons against ALL comers. But now I really and truly believe she will not let go unless she is forced to.............

If he continues with the demographics of the above, what can possibly save her? Nothing.

[HeraldSquare212]

16. Wow. What's the rationale for her continuing?

I know they were peddling the fact that PA has a lot of seniors - I guess that's her only demo remaining.

[JeanGrey]

21. NONE.

[psychopomp]

32. She needs to recoup her loan?

:shrug:

[Why Syzygy]

36. Hillary will not carry Texas.

Still my prediction. Still stickin to it.

[dchill]

42. Nor Ohio...

Very similar demographic to Wisconsin.

[Renew Deal]

8. She's up to 9 loses. How many more can she take?

How many more before she knows it's over?

[Hill_YesWeWill]

9. Yeah, it's dissapointing, John McCain's already running his

general election campaign, and every day this primary drags on he's one day ahead

[meow mix]

12. hillarys donations are now helping mccains campaign

this is bad

[MindMatter]

14. Relax. It isn't hurting Obama at all.

It only seems to make him stronger. I mean, look at what has happened in the past week. She was polling 20 points ahead in bother OH and TX and now is almost at parity. By the time those states vote, Obama will win in a landslide.

And the people who Hillary is stirring up for Obama will remain active to vote in November. She is HELPING Obama, not hurting him.

She is not helping HILLARY very much though, so she will "do a Mitt" shortly. She will stop the sending good money after bad in TX and OH and then bow out after that spanking.

[BlackVelvet04]

18. I'd be willing to bet money she doesn't go out before

February 26th.

[dchill]

43. July.

;)

[wanpete]

19. agreed...and I'm not hating on Hilary at all. but this divisive is hurting OUR party.

[BlackVelvet04]

22. She's NOT going to drop out before Ohio and Texas....

won't happen.

[TexasObserver]

25. Party leaders are already working on putting together an Intervention team to tell her.

[Tatiana]

26. She doesn't HAVE to drop out.

She deserves to see if Texas and Ohio can put her back in this thing.

[Spider Jerusalem]

40. And that's still a possibility...

although at this point it's an extreme longshot. I wouldn't bet on it, personally.

[JeanGrey]

48. The thing is, they can't. She would have to win both at thirty

percent or better and that isn't happening.

[CreekDog]

27. I won't go that far

But I don't want her to keep campaigning by tearing Obama down if it won't help her win the margins she needs and I don't see how you get 65-70% by ramping up the negatives. that can get you to 52 or 53% on a good day, but if she gets that, she still loses the delegate race.

[JVS]

Hillary, go home!

[dchill]

35. I think you just plagiarized yourself

[JVS]

37. Oh NOES!!!!11!!1!!!!

Dig the music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FvyGydc8no&feature=related

[JVS]

28. Hillary, go home!

[Colobo]

29. She's almost done. She'll have to quit eventually.

[ctaylors6]

30. can we at least wait until 3/4? TX & OH are big states, and we'd like to vote.

[Why Syzygy]

34. Wish this was a poll. Aye .

[LibertyorDeath]

44. Very well said....

Rec!

[rodeodance]

50. YAWN

[workinclasszero]

51. 9 losses in a row..

..soon to be 10. No way in hades Hillary wins Texas, Ohio is a state similar to Wisconsin in many ways and Hillary got whipped there tonight. Whats the margin? 15%, 17% or more!?!?!?

Hillary needs to drop out now with as much grace as she can muster. She is only helping McCain from here on out. If she persists in her futile campaign she will become a pariah in the democratic party.

Hillary needs to get behind the next President of the United States, Barack Obama!

GOBAMA!!

[Renew Deal]

54. There are people starting abandon ship

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/2/19/22930/5874/648/460063

[Marrah_G]

57. How about letting everyone have their say first- God these posts Suck!

[rodeodance]

58. By your "logic"--upcoming voters in OH, TX, AP "don't count"!! POT MEET KETTLE

For the good of the party, Hillary must drop out

Her continued presence in the race benefits only one person: John McCain. Time for Hillary to prove she cares more about the party than herself.

[backscatter712]

59. Keep an eye on her donations.

My prediction is that the big donors are going to get tired of throwing money at Hillary and getting defeat.

Her donations are going to slow down drastically, while Obama's going to continue to raise huge amounts of cash. And the big donors aren't going to want to throw away tens or hundreds of thousands at this point - they're cutting off her credit card.

It's only a matter time now before she runs out of gas.

[anamnua]

61. Nuts

Reply given by the American commander of Bastogne in 1944 to a call to surrender by the encircling Germans. Also applicable here.
Things must have seemed bleak to the Americans freezing in the Ardennes snow. A few weeks later their position was relieved and the Germans sent packing.

[dailykoff]

63. She scoring for McCain alright

and she knows it. But then she's always been a Goldwater girl hasn't she?