Comment: I just wanted to respond to this comment: He has manipulated the nomination process to defeat the candidate who has the best chance of winning the white house for the democrats.
As a true democrat I was willing to support either candidate that won this nomination, let's remember they both have similar plans and both respect one another. No matter how far this goes we need to make sure the democratic party unites for the good of the country. Now wether you were with Clinton or Obama we are democrats and I would have supported Hillary if she would have won the nomination. I don't think Hillary had any idea that Obama would have the millions of supporters behind him. Hillary also has millions of supporters this is a good thing people. But to say that Obama has manipulated the nomination process is not fair game at all. All parties agreed to the process in Michigan and Florida and if Hillary was winning she wouldn't fight this hard for the delegates, she now need these delegates to win so let's blame Obama. We know better than this, and whomever win we should support. For the people who say they will switch over to McCain maybe you were going to vote McCain anyway, because if we unite the Hillary supporters and Barack supporters McCain will not stand a chance. Barack is not perfect and he has experienced some mishaps just like Hillary but at the end of the day we need to stay united. Obama has not cheated this process, Obama has not tried to divide this party, Obama should not be blamed for what took place in Michigan and Florida, Let me remind you the Govenor's of those states agreed to this penalty as well. Obama is trying to gain the support of all parties as well as Hillary. Obama is not forcing any superdelgates to support his campaign, he is reaching out to them just the same as Hillary. Hillary has loss a lot of support from people who were in there campaign when her husband was President, people that were insiders and close to them. They all have switched over to Obama. She is still trying to convince the undecided to support her but they both are. Why Blame Obama for how this played out. Obama has a fundraiser online where any and all Americans can go and donate $25.00 and up, that shows there are millions of people who believe in his message because he is out raising all of the other candidates including Hillary. Hillary is still in the ball game yes we no that, but don't accuse this man of such false rumors when he is campaigning just as hard as Clinton. I give them both credit, but at the end of the day I am a democrat and will stay a democrat before I ever put in my vote for McCain.........
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If Clinton's team was aware of the kind of sentiments that helped pump up their 41-point margin, they didn't let on. A jubilant Terry McAuliffe, the campaign's chairman, ran up the aisle of the campaign's charter plane en route to Washington late last night and shouted at the press, "West Virginia, baby! We are sweeping this thing!"
Clinton too seized on the momentum that her victory in tiny West Virginia gives her, trying to quash lingering media speculation that she's about to leave the race. In her victory speech she referred to states that won't vote until June, speaking of a dying woman in South Dakota who voted for her by absentee ballot from a hospice bed and an 11-year-old in Kentucky who sold his bike and videogames to raise money for her candidacy. (But the questions about her longevity continued, as some media outlets noted that a recent Clinton video sent to supporters did not mention the contests after next Tuesday's primaries, when Kentucky and Oregon will vote.)
Clinton made a direct overture to the superdelegates, the party officials and Democratic big shots now charged with deciding her fate. "It is still so close and it really does depend upon those who will vote in these next contests and those who have the awesome responsibility as delegates of our great Democratic Party," Clinton said. "I'm asking that people think hard about where we are in this election, about how we will win in November, because this is not an abstract exercise … That is why I am carrying on, and if you give me a chance, Democrats, I'll come back to West Virginia in the general election and we'll win this state and we'll win the White House." The residents of one tiny state believe her, at any rate.
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