There are those journalists and pundits who are continuing to urge Senator Clinton to withdraw on the basis that she is too far behind Senator Obama to catch up. That is still their thought after what happened in Pennsylvania this past week.
USA Today published some facts in their newspaper dated April 25 as follows: Popular Vote: Obama 14,417,619 million, Clinton 13,917,009; Popular Vote with Florida: Obama 14,993,833 million, Clinton 14,787,995; Popular vote with Florida and Michigan: Obama 14,993,833 million, Clinton 15,116,304 million.
Electoral votes based on States won. Clinton 284, Obama 202. Obama has won 17 primaries and Clinton has won 16. Obama has won 13 Caucuses, Clinton has won 2. There are still several primaries and caucuses left in the Democratic process, so a rush to judgement is uncalled for. The people's vote should be taken before any candidate drops out. It should be noted just this week, Nancy Pelosi and Senator Reid said they would like to see the super delegates make up their minds by the end of June. A far cry from their statements made a few weeks ago when both clearly implied that they wanted Clinton to withdraw. Reality finally caught up to them.
Over the last month or so, journalists and pundits have also tried to brain wash the voters into believing that the Democratic campaign has been so negative that whom ever wins the nomination will lose the support of the other candidate and his or her voters. That's a croc, because those voters will only be hurting themselves and what they say they stand for if they vote Republican.
The upcoming primaries are going to be pivotal as to what is really on the voters mind. The American people should be enjoying this race while they can because the general election will really show what negative campaigning is all about and it will be coming from the Republican Party and Senator McCain you can bet on that.
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There's a slight flaw in your "electoral" count theory. First off, even though Clinton carried New York and California, there's no way either of them is going to vote Republican in the fall. You also counted texas, which is NOT going to vote Democratic in the Fall. You can't count electoral votes when you're pitting Democrat vs. democrat. This isn't a general election and the rules are different. According to the rules set up by the Democratic party to determine a candidate, Barack Obama is leading and is a certain lock for the nomination.
BTW, don't be too sure that the party will fall in behind whomever is the nominee. If it were Hillary Rodham Clinton vs. John McCain this November, I'd vote for ralph Nader. To me, the lesser of two evils is still evil!!
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