So let me understand this...you're "wow"ing your own post?

Thanks so much :) Go Hillary!

BTW, I can Rec diaries now ;)

So if the final results are anything less than say a 30 point win (13 points lower than this poll) would you say that Obama has gained ground and that the result should be considered a disappointment to Hillary?

Hillary needs 86% of all remaining contests in order to win.  43 isn't enough.  

Also, in NC, Obama got double votes counted or equal to 1% of the total.  No wonder he won by 14%.

"MECKLENBURG & WAKE COUNTIES -- Vote tallies are changing in the state's two largest counties, after certain ballots were counted twice in Mecklenburg and Wake counties.

The mistake didn't change the outcome of any elections, but it is a cause for concern to election directors. For example, when Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama declared victory Tuesday night in North Carolina's primary, he was given approximately 15,000 votes more than he should have been. That's 1 percent of all ballots cast.

In Wake County, early and absentee ballots were counted as part of the individual voters precincts and again as a whole. "So in essence, those voters were recorded double," said Cherie Poucher of the Wake Co. Board of Elections. It was around 37,000 votes.

In Mecklenburg County, only absentee ballots - 2,400 in all - were doubled. "It doesn't change any of the results," said Michael Dickerson of the Mecklenburg Co. Board of Elections. "All the winners are still the winners."

http://news14.com/content/top_stories/59 5595/mecklenburg--wake-find-vote-flaws/D efault.aspx

Absolutely conceded. Hillary will win West Virginia and Kentucky by big numbers, but not close to the 80% she needs. I do hope that Sen. Obama spends some time in both states before their primaries, to begin to lay the groundwork for the general election, but the numbers out of those states on primary day don't really matter much. There's no way to spin that up to some big Clinton comeback. Her opportunity for a comeback is gone.

You didn't quit until the buzzer. Then when the game was over, you didn't whine and may have even shook hands with your opponents. That's what I expect in this primary contest.

Why do you wonder that?  Is your candidate trying to suppress it?  Clinton's phone bankers are connecting with very enthusiastic voters, fyi.

From the article above -

Tom Susman, president of TSG, said if that vote holds true on Election Day it would give Clinton 18 pledged delegates to Obama's 10.

thanks for sharing, we all care so much about your expectations, It's always fun when the guys whose candidate is ahead stays snarky. Why give it up, if it's your thang.  Hey, don't stop sharing, okay?  

it was because they battled the far better-funded Obama and prevailed.

Anything less than 30, and they'll say they battled the far better-funded Obama and prevailed.

Anything less than 20 and they'll say they battled the far better-funded Obama and prevailed.

Anything less than 10 and they'll say that they rallied even though Obama was supposed to win WV by 40.

This line of attack is such a load of garbage.  Recently in American politics, it has become much easier for the candidate with no or little previous national political experience to garner support.  The scorched earth tactics of both parties turn lifelong political careers into a sin.  That's why actors, wrestlers, singers and comedians can run in and win high-profile elections.

McCain gets blown by the press on a daily basis, and his lengthy career was still killing him in the primaries until the Republicans realized all their other candidates were unelectable.  It should play a major role in costing him the general election, too.

Whatever makes you feel better.

yeah....and Obama took the second shot from the grassy knoll.

The fix is in alright.  You and the four people who mojo'd you will never consider a victory by Barack Obama to be legitimate no matter how many hoops he jumps through.

The fix is in.

The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for Mrs. Clinton's presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday, with spending curtailed on political events and advertising as Mrs. Clinton seeks to compete in the last six nominating contests.

...

   The campaign is clearly running low on cash, although advisers would not say how much money -- or how little -- Mrs. Clinton currently has. The campaign had started April with over $10 million in unpaid debts, and Mrs. Clinton was vastly outspent by Senator Barack Obama in North Carolina and Indiana.

She's the better GE candidate?  I don't think so.  Obama is considering limiting donations to less than the federal maximum, because he can, and because it will leave more funds for other Democratic races.

Money's not everything, but politics is nearly an exception.  It would be suicide to nominate Senator Clinton as wounded as she is now.

I think the pollsters who've moved on to only tracking Obama versus McCain, and the general network coverage dismissing Senator Clinton, just shows they're looking at things clearly.

within voting demographics are sure to spur a flurry of discussions on the issue of Obama's electability in the general election.

As a woman, from me to you - take your ridiculous inflammatory rhetoric elsewhere. Quit hijacking my gender and the actual legitimate harm that's ever been done against it and try to put Senator Clinton's failed campaign in the same category. Its offensive, puerile, and highly untrue, not to mention offensive and frankly stupid.

If you want to blame someone, blame the voters, not the party.

The Democratic Party?  You mean the voters? And, by the way, in almost every state, Obama has won women who are under 65.  That's a lot of women who voted for Obama.

you deserve your candidate and her seniority.

Enjoy her while she lasts!

Listen to yourself.  The fact that Clinton lost fair and square and the fact that Clinton is female are two seperate issues.

Voting against Hillary Clinton does not make someone a sexist.  Hillary Clinton controlled her own destiny through most of the campaign.

I would also like to point out that she is the one that called herself "girl" diminutively... well, her husband, too.  

I'd like to add that saying, "The Democratic party is going to screw women" is deeply offensive.  The Democratic party is women... and men... and probably several variations in between, given our GLBT friendliness.

It would be like me saying, "Go screw yourself."

Well, maybe I would say that to you.

So now the truth comes out. One, you think hillary was ENTITLED to the nomination, and two, you only support her because she's a women.

The Democratic party is mostly women at its base, so one wonders how what you say happened.

Oh, yeah, it was because Clinton decided that black women don't count. She thought that Young People, AAs and Women were three distinct rather than three overlapping groups. So by dismissing AAs as merely black bloc-voters, and dismissing young people as Kool-Aid drinkers, she forgot she'd be losing a big chunk of the Women as well.

So she ended up with only White-Women-Over-65 supporting her in big numbers, and suffered complete destruction among black women and young women both.

What a surprise.

"Women, you are about to be screwed?"

Take your misogynist rhetoric to the GOP where it belongs.

So, you're saying she's entitled to the nomination?

Nobody's entitled to the Presidency - it's not a lifetime achievement award.  And if it is, the Democrats have a problem because John McCain has paid more dues.

Hillary is not the party's nominee because people prefer the other candidate's message.

Women are the majority of the Democratic Party--the Democratic Party has chosen Obama. What's the problem?

your comment is just offensive in so many ways.

if you don't have something intelligent to say, or at least aren't willing to take a stab at a reasoned argument, just don't say anything.

this is just fodder for the freepers.

Caucus.