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April 15, 2008 1:06 PM

Frank: Trailing Democrat Should Drop By June 3rd

Longtime Democratic Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts – A Hillary Clinton supporter and the brother of senior Clinton policy advisor Ann Lewis – said Tuesday that whichever Democratic presidential candidate is trailing should drop out once it "became clear that candidate had no remaining practical chance of winning the nomination," the Associated Press reports.

Frank named the date by which he believes that candidate should give up the fight: June 3rd, the day of the South Dakota and Montana primaries. He added that the trailing candidate should drop out "probably sooner" than that.

Clinton trails Barack Obama 1634 to 1495 in the most recent CBS News delegate count, and it is virtually impossible for her to close the gap in pledged delegates before the Democratic National Convention in late August. Barring a major surprise, Clinton's hopes rest largely on convincing the superdelegates – the party insiders who hold nearly 800 delegate votes – to swing significantly in her favor. About 300 such delegates have yet to announce who they support.
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by jgunther7 April 15, 2008 1:21 PM PDT
After all the mud slinging and desperate tactics, Hillary is damaged goods. She may leave national politics never to return. And lets hope she takes her husband Bill Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro and James Carville with her.
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by truth-hurts April 15, 2008 1:36 PM PDT
Barney, say it isn''t so. Don''t let those Loud-mouth, arrogant Obama people bully you like this.
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by craigh9 April 15, 2008 3:16 PM PDT
Barney - do the math, there is no reason to wait until June for Hillary to drop out!!!!!!!!!!!
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by dinslc April 15, 2008 7:35 PM PDT
From his mouth to God''s ears...
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by illinoisvote April 16, 2008 12:40 AM PDT
Well, it sure looks like the Dirty Chicago Politics of David Axelrod and Obama have intimidated Barney Frank too. We Illinois constituents know this type of high pressure tactics all too well. It''s too bad, that even the most experienced political insiders are not strong enough to withstand the Obama Machine.


Obama Knows His Way around a Ballot by David Jackson & Ray Long, Chicago Tribune http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070403obama-ballot,0,1843097.story?,page=1
Some say his ability to play political hardball goes back to his first campaign%u2026.His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Senator Alice Palmer%u2026Obama%u2019s first campaign clouds the image he has cultivated throughout his political career%u2026first entered public office not by leveling the playing field, but by clearing it%u2026
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by seah5 April 16, 2008 9:11 AM PDT
The DNC and high power Democrats playing God and fixing and Election.

Pressuring super delegates. Throwing Florida and Michigan to the road side. They said they want Hillary and so does the rest of the country.


The Democrat People and voters Want Hillary.

We do Not want your boytoy you plan on using as a puppet.

Listen to the People and stop the corruption.
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by seah5 April 16, 2008 9:39 AM PDT
You sure are working over time to get people to believe that

Stop the lies......................

You have lied on your family one time to many.

You have lied on your friends So many times they can write a book about it.

You Lied to the black Community.

When does it stop, Would you Choke on the truth?????????????????????
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