Because remember, it's been the mission of the Democratic Party, guided always by the understanding that as President Franklin Delano Roosevelt once said, "the ultimate rulers of our democracy are not the president, the senators, the members of Congress and government officials, but the voters of this country." In this Democratic Party, the voters rule. So let's make sure your voices are heard and your votes are counted.

It's beyond me why people (dems included) hate this great woman.  

She got a call for a job interview today, but she has been so demoralized by the boss's behavior that she was worried whether she would do well today.  So she needed some mom time.  But she knows about mom's Tuesday nights with Hillary. :-)  And she's a terrific Clinton supporter, too -- so she said we'd watch last night's victory speech.  

Daughter got fired up and talked about getting the message that a quitter never wins, and a winner never quits.   She did great in the job interview today, already got a callback for a followup interview tomorrow.  And she said that watching Clinton gave daughter the gumption to get up and give it her all today -- and to go back in to the current job tomorrow and just take it, as that's what she has to do for health care coverage . . . while she's doing what it takes to be a winner, too.

That's what every day, every hour of Clinton's campaign battle is role-modeling for girls and young women today -- and smart men and boys, too.  

It is inexcusable that anyone in my state's votes won't count.
I am married to a double minority, i have seen my husband and son's votes stolen in this state, my husband and i put up most of the money in my county for an audit of the DRE machines after the 2006 election...(.the anchor of the I-4 corridor of Florida) the state auditor sat for 2 days here and said ..no audit was possible..

It was because of the good citizens here in Florida that we became one of the first states in the nation to Ban DRE voting machines and mandate Voter Verified Paper Ballots..not for the 2012 election..***but for the 2008 election!

It wasn't the DNC that did this, it wasn't the DNC that paid for the work and FOUGHT FOR the legislation ..it was the people here in Flotida , that worked their rear ends off with no help whatsoever from the Congress of this country, or the DNC, or anyone else...it was the people.

And how have we been paid back..having our votes stolen once again...but this time by Obama , Dean and Brazile.

All I can say is THIS: ..if you sit back and don't scream about this from coast to coast..

Today it is my vote..

Tommorrow it could be yours..will you accept my vote being stolen and that of my family, and only get mad when it becomes your vote , or will you do something now to help us in Florida get our votes counted????????

A democracy is only a democracy when our votes are counted.

EVERY VOTE

Must I  stand outside with a purple finger  to prove to you I voted???????

I voted, my vote has been counted and certified by my state, it is the DNC and the Democratic Party that will not recognize my vote.

Will you let that stand , or stand to not allow it ??????

Please call the DNC and demand my vote count and the votes of the largest block of vets in the nation and the headquarters of this war and the soldiers who are fighting it ..let their voices count! And their parents and wives and husbands voices count as well!

HERE'S THE TOLL-FREE NUMBER TO THE DNC!
1-877-336-7200

The last thing I would ever want is my candidate, a historically unprecedented candidate, to win based on equally unprecedented and CONTESTED circumstances.

It's a really bad idea.

What I'm implying here should be clear.  You just can't say the words.  But the words will be said one day.

You heard it here first.

I'll put it like this.  Wouldn't the AA community have preferred a candidate with a more substantial resume to win an election where there were no mitigating circumstances that would forever taint the victory.

Count MI and FL now!  Move forward.  None of this will ever come into play.

Because here in America, unlike in many other nations, we are bound together, not by a single shared religion or cultural heritage, but by a shared set of ideas and ideals, a shared civic faith, that we are entitled to speak and worship freely, that we deserve equal justice under the law, that we have certain core rights that no government can abridge and these rights are rooted in and sustained by the principle that our founders set forth in the Declaration of Independence. That a just government derives its power from the consent of the governed, that each of us should have an equal voice in determining the destiny of our nation. A generation of patriots risked and sacrificed lives on the battlefield for that ideal.

We are fighting for the soul of the Democratic Party.

One candidate wants to honor every vote and has worked on legislation and taken action to make that happen.

The other candidate wants the nomination at any cost. To call him tone-deaf is far too complimentary. He is simply not standing up for truth, justice, and the American Way. And that's neither Democratic, nor democratic.

If the only question, in deciding who you want running this country is, what kind of political experience a person has, the only people who stand a chance to win are people who have been in the Senate for 30 years. That's not the only question.

I started out this race a Hillary fan.  But, I flipped somewhere along the way. I don't know when, but somewhere along the way, she really changed. In Virginia and in Maine, she kept telling reporters how well she would do. And, she got trounced in both states. In Wisconsin, she told people it was a dog fight. She lost Wisconsin by 17 points.

At some point, what occurred to me is this: Hillary is very smart. She'll make an excellent Supreme Court justice. But, she can't organize. She can't get her people to the polls. She can't get her people to caucuses. And, she can't win a general election.  And, this race is way too important to have a candidate who cannot organize and who cannot get her people to the polls. I saw that with the insider John Kerry (unquestionably one of the most qualified candidates).  

I admit I don't come to this site -- I saw it in a NYTimes article -- so people don't know me. But, I am pragmatic. Both Barack and Hillary are right on most issues. There are some differences here and there -- Hillary's health plan is better in that it gets to univeral coverage quicker -- but for the most part, they're similar. The fact that she could not win states like Colorado and Connecticut and Minnesota (my state) and Georgia is really significant to me, especially given her name recognition.  

Obama isn't perfect, but as a candidate -- as someone who really wants this job -- he's better than she is. That's why he won Wisconsin by 17 points. That's why he won Oregon last night by a similar margin. He's better at the nuts and bolts of organizing than she is.  

Haven't you ever hired anyone? You have the candidate who seems like a perfect fit and who does a lousy interview. And you have this other candidate who has a great interview, but is weak on the experience. So, you bring them both back for a second interview and you toughen your questions for both candidates. And, the same thing happens. Well, Hillary had about her twentieth interview last night and, well, she lost Oregon by 17 points.

When this is over, and trust me, it will be finished LONG before the convention, Obama will have won. Why? Because no one, and I mean no one, will give Hillary what she wants. When the committee meets, they will most likely give 1/2 delegates to Hillary and maintain a punishment for both states. This is the story we are hearing now so don't be surprised when it happens. Obama will still be far ahead of Hillary in electeded delegates. The SD's who are already not committed will not go against the person who has the majority of delegates. According to Tim Russert this AM, not ONE undeclared SD states that they will go against the person walking out at June 3rd with the most delegates.

Thanks folks.

The worst aspect of this whole exercise is that anyone with any intelligence and impartial point of view can see a convention fight will be futile for Hillary. The superdelegates are not going to go against the will of a majority of Democrats, which by, according to the rules, is pledged delegates. Doing otherwise risks more than half of the party staying home in November, namely African Americans who would see what could have been the opportunity to vote for the first African American candidate for President, who played by the rules, ran against almost impossible odds, and won a majority of pledged delegates, and then in the end have it taken away by party insiders. For all the talk about white working class voters, it should be mentioned that without strong African American turnout in key states, our chances of winning the presidency every four years is significantly reduced.  If Hillary's coup attempt at the convention succeeds, don't count on a lot of those people showing up in November.

It's also worth pointing out if Hillary takes it to the convention, no matter what happens, we're going to have an extremely weakened nominee without much of a campaign war chest only having a little over two months to run a general election campaign against McCain, who's been the GOP nominee since March, and try to bring whatever is left of the Democratic Party back together again.

[We are still arguing, aren't we, for counting all the votes back in 2000, and we should be just as passionately arguing for that principle today, here in Florida and in Michigan. It is well within the Democratic Party rules to take this stand. The rules clearly state that we can count all of these votes and seat all of these delegates, pledged and unpledged, if we so choose. And the rules lay out a clear process for doing so.]

Hillary Clinton knocked it out of the ballpark!

But the telling moment in the posted clip was the anchor's comment, when the cutaway occurred, that Hillary had signed a pledge not to campaign in Florida.  This is supposed to be the "gotcha"  moment.  But, hello news media and DNC types, not campaigning is NOT the equivalent of not allowing others to vote.

It has NEVER been adequately explained why Hillary's agreement (made with the other Dem candidates) not to campaign in Florida and Michigan (a pledge which Obama broke in a very sneaky fashion) is the justification given for NOT COUNTING MY VOTE.  HILLARY DID NOT CAMPAIGN; I DID VOTE --- THEY ARE NOT THE SAME THING!  Why are they always equated?

If you all want to insult that, go ahead. I can take it. I realize that I'm right here and you're wrong. Basic fairness is the issue. Name-calling "Obama roolz". What does that mean anyway? Please explain because I'm quite certain the DNC made these rules.