Democrats Must Unify — Or Else

Possibility Exists Democrats Will "Pull Defeat From Jaws Of Victory" If They Do Not Unify After Convention

(CBS)  Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said that he believed if Barack Obama goes into the Denver convention leading in the count of popular vote and pledged delegates, that he will have earned the support of superdelegates - and the nomination.

“I think the superdelegates in the end will ratify the will of the people and the pledged delegates," Patrick, a Democrat, said.

“He will have earned [the nomination], he will have earned it against a very entrenched and strong contender.”

Appearing on Face The Nation, Patrick told host Bob Schieffer that he hoped the Democratic Party would not become divided over the choice of a nominee.

Schieffer asked, if Obama were denied the nomination by the superdelegates despite his current lead in pledged delegates, "do you think black voters will stay home?"

"I hope not," Patrick said. "Because I think that it's the future of all of us, of our United States that's at stake, and ought to be at stake in this election, and always is at stake in a presidential election. And we all have a share in that future."

Former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, however, emphasized that the superdelegates are designated to exercise independent judgment when voting for the party's nominee. "The superdelegates were created as an independent body," he told Schieffer. "Otherwise, they wouldn't exist. And they have to exercise independent judgment.”

Panetta believed that the current division might only be healed by merging both candidates into one ticket. "Clearly, if this is a divided convention, and if it's one in which you've got constituencies in the Democratic Party going in different directions, it may be that some kind of combined ticket of these two candidates may be necessary in order to bring the party together and in order to win in November.

“If different segments and constituencies go off, if this party breaks apart, then clearly we'll probably pull defeat from the jaws of victory. But if the nomination is one in which all of the party comes together and decides this is the strongest nominee, this is the strongest ticket, then I think the Democrats have to unify behind that ticket and put a good race on for November.”

Also appearing: The New York Times' David Brooks said the Democratic campaign is entering "trench warfare," while the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page warned that the Democrats need to present a united front or else.

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Read the full "Face the Nation" transcript here.

[blondchic]

It doesn''t matter what happens even if Hillary rewins Florida and Wisconsin, if Obama loses his church and his "people" will riot in the streets. It will be LA all over gain.

[paris1969]

How can the Democrats unify as long as the Obama campaign keeps playing the race card? Who wants to walk on eggshells for the next 4 years and be afraid to criticize the president at the risk of being called a racist? I think Obama''s 20-years in a divisive church has created that same division in the democratic party.

[agnim]

"Schieffer asked, if Obama were denied the nomination by the superdelegates despite his current lead in pledged delegates, "do you think black voters will stay home?" "

Why is it that there are so many racists in th media? Always stoking one kind of polarization or another?

Why not as WOULD WHITE VOTERS STAY AWAY FROM DEMS IF HILARY IS NOT GIVEN THE NOMINATION; because she isn''t likely to win pledge delegates.

Why ALWAYS targeting the Black people, as if to suggest that racism did not begin with whites and IS BEING MAINTAINED IN AMERICA by the white majority!

And that racism has been stoked by the the racist Clintons ever since she was trounced in Iowa, which was never the media''s fault but that of her shoddy, wasteful and inefficient campaign.

LET''S CEASE THE POLARIZATION OF AMERICA along race, gender, ideological lines; or America''s pressing problems will smother us!

[agnim]

TOO MANY RACIST & RACE BAITERS IN THE MEDIA!

ALWAYS STOKING THE FIRES OF DIVISIVENESS & NEVER OFFERING SOLUTIONS!

[feminist4ob]

Blondchic,

It makes me embarassed, as a white blonde woman that you feel the need to identify yourself as blond, so we know for sure your race.

Obama, unlike Clinton, has never made reference to his race. He didn''t plant phony hecklers in his crowds to "prove" that he is being judged differently because he''s not the average white guy who runs for and wins the American presidency.

I am an Obama supporter, and I will not riot if he is denied the nomination having won the race in both delegates and popular vote.

I will simply vote for McCain, an honorable man.

[sosoe-2009]

Nobody has to play the race card. As we have seen in BOTH campaigns, and on this blog,racism is STILL alive and well in America.

[sosoe-2009]

Hey, Hey. I''m another Obama supporter who will vote for McCain, if HELL-ARY steals the nomination. And I will urge any, and everybody I know, who supported Obama, to do the same. And I''ve been a Clinton supporter, since FOREVER!!!

[sjbj2322]

blondchic....I fear that its already starting. Our neighbor had their tires slashed and the husband is convinced it was because they had a Hillary sticker on their car. Still I am not willing to allow this man to take office out of fear of what might happen if we don''t. So much of this could have been avoided or at least not allowed to create such diversity if the media and individual voters had done their homework in the first place. So many new voters jumped on the bandwagon which was a good thing but not if they weren''t willing to accept the full responsibility of understanding the value their vote had on the outcome. Some - not all were lazy - they were willing to go to rallies and do the fun part of being involved in the electorate but they weren''t willing to do the research. Its not too late I pray but it will take individuals getting the word out rather than relying on just the media to do the job. We truly need Democrats to take the reigns - in the office of the Presidency and in Congress. She''s never abandoned the people - ALL the people. God willing they will now see the wisdom of rallying around here. Vote HILLARY!!

[sjbj2322]

Feminist said..."Obama, unlike Clinton, has never made reference to his race."

NOT TRUE: Quotes from Barack Obama''s book, Dreams Of My Father:
" I found A SOLACE in nursing A PERVASIVE SENSE OF GRIEVANCE AND ANIMOSITY AGAINST MY MOTHER''S RACE".
"The emotion between the races could never be pure..... the other race would always remain just that: menacing, alien, and apart."
"I ceased to advertise my mother''s race at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites"
"never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn''t speak to my own. It was into my father''s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I''d packed all the attributes I sought in myself..".
"That hate hadn''t gone away," he wrote, blaming "white people %u2014 some cruel, some ignorant, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives."
"There were enough of us on campus to constitute a tribe, and when it came to hanging out many of us chose to function like a tribe, staying close together, traveling in packs," he wrote. "It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names"
"I had grown accustomed, everywhere, to suspicions between the races."

AND READ about how he pandered for their votes with out and out lies. http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/saywhat.asp

[rcctex]

I am a registered Republican,I voted for Obama in the Illinois primary and will vote for Obama if elected come Nov 2.In the event Obama is not the NOMINEE,I will "NOT" vote for Hillary and will Vote for MCCAIN .Obama''s message of Hope and Change is REAL to me..I dont WANT to SEE ANOTHER 4-8 years OF a Clinton presidency or MORE of BUSHs policies IF MCCAIN is voted in.Obama is the Right Choice.

[Hybdiesel]

There is no way I can unify with the democrat party if Obama wins. I see no difference in his church and his retired pastor than David Duke and the klan they are both racist.

[samthetvcat]

"Democrats Must Unify %u2014 Or Else" . . . that title makes it look like this guy is saying that, and it comes across as very threatening.

Is CBS aware of that is and trying to stir the pot, or is it just a phrase whose interpretation comes across differently in print and that got overlooked?

[notopennshut]

I see no way that the democrats will unite even if Obama is nominated. You have to analyze where the Clintons are going. She will try to inflict as much damage as possible, and at the end of November, you can just see Bill wagging his finger and saying "I told you that she will be a better candidate!". You have to understand that the Billaries are facing an uphill battle, regardless, so the best is to make this defeat in the best possible way, by showing that we, the voters have blundered!! Henceforth, the Clintons should be shunned and remembered as the couple who shattered the hopes and dreams of the democrats, installed more conservative jusges to the supreme court, took the women''s movements and rights, at least 50 years back and fractured the democratic party. This is what you folks will be facing come November as you allow the Clintons to dictate to the party.

[sjbj2322]

My hope is that the title implies that Democrats must unite for the sake of the country but I agree that is could be misconstrued and interpreted differently. As I previously said...I fear that misinterpretation is already taking root. So much for Obama''s claim that people must not allow their choices to be influenced by fear. By the way....isn''t this the same guy that Obama "borrowed" lines from?

[patkhenry]

The Democrat''s entire political philosophy is based on generating as much anger, disillusionment and discontent as possible.

How could they possibly unite? They don''t have that in their nature - anymore.

[patkhenry]

The Democrat''s entire political philosophy is based on generating as much anger, disillusionment and discontent as possible.

How could they possibly unite? They don''t have that in their nature - anymore.

[sjbj2322]

You can not blame the Clintons for trying to tell people that they needed to open their eyes. All along they have tried repeatedly to tell you that there were issues that would cost the Democrats the Presidency if people didn''t start being more assertive in checking Obama out but no - instead of hearing the message it was easier to call them out as racist. They were not being racist....they were pointing out facts that the electorate is now finally being forced to address. NO - Obama is not the nominee that the Republicans would find the most difficult to beat and it is in part and partial because of what has finally come out and so much more that still hasn''t been addressed.

[hrgrid]

I am a hillary support and will vote for McCain if Obama wins the nomination. no offense. Simply Obama has not experience and the skills for being a war time president. So far he is all talks no action, much like Deval Patrick, a smooth talker before and during the election and a do nothing after the election. Apart from his buying a fancy car, there is nothing he has accomplished since became the governer of MA. Obama is a biggest divisive force since the democratic primary started a year ago. This guy has flaws in judgment yet is about face critizing everyone in DC who does not support him.

[barefootboy9]

No way will I unite with Obama. If he is the candidate I will vote for McCain. I think McCain will win now with all this bickering and really don''t seeing the democrats unite.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU&feature=bz301

[pleasedpig]

All of the "I will vote for McCain if Obama wins" people sound just as spiteful, ignorant, and short-sighted as the "I will vote for Hillary if McCain wins" republicans. And just like those republicans, when faced with reality 30 seconds later, they''ll change their tune back to their party.

[barefootboy9]

I will not vote democrat if Obama is on the ballot as president or vice president. I love America too much to punish my country.

[samthetvcat]

I think a lot will depend on the actions of Barack and Hillary - if Barack continues to try and reach out to Hillary''s base, even if the polls say he ''doesn''t need them'', just because he believes everybody matters and making sure everybody feels included because we''re a team, then that will surely help. It might not persuade many to vote for him, but if he''s leading in the polls (just because McCain''s such a crappy alternative being a GOPig and whatnot) then he''ll have the time and energy to do it.

Same goes with Hillary - she might feel like if she can tank him she''ll have the opportunity to run again in 4 years, but then again she might feel like more perks would come with showing she''s a team player . . . she could run for Governor of NY in ''10, she might like to be Secretary of State, or Minister of Education, and feel that mending fences works in her best interest.

Hillary''s greatest talent is her pit-bull passion for certain causes, and she''s probably chomping at the bit to get out of the hierarchical red-tape Senate. If she can mend fences with Barack, they could set up a really powerful and productive good-cop/bad-cop dynamic that could really move mountains. VP, not so much because she''d be his jr, but with authority of her own, she''d really shine.

Lots of exciting ways for everybody to make a difference imo

I ask You ! Hope vs Hate. Hope is ahead in the race with hate. Who will win when we are taught to hate because we were told that Hope was buried in the 60''s ?

[hypnotoad72]

If both sides had more than egos, they''d unify. Yes, one candidate has more than the other. Right now it''s Obama, but if both are sincere about this country, maybe they should consider teaming together.

And it was Candidate Clinton made the first attempt of reaching out.

[catchsandy]

obama is done. Its very saddening to see all the hopes i had on him and for our country crumble like this. I really dont think he can recover from the wright controversy. It will be hell of a long time before I get enthusiasm in politics again.

[samthetvcat]

PS When you think about it, Barack and Hillary have more in common with each other than with many other people - they''ve shared this unique journey of running against each other as trail-blazers for the nomination, they''re both treated like rock-stars, they''re both stunningly smart and driven, they''re both still kind of ''outsiders'' to the Senate . . .

They probably hate each other right now, but I think that kind of bond lays a great foundation for fostering that good-cop/bad-cop dynamic I was talking about below. There''s no one tougher than Hillary, and there''s no one more charming than Barack . . . toss in a Bubba and wow, we could really be on our way USA!

[randynason]

Democrats must unify- or else, what? The Republicans will take over and ruin the country? Well, maybe a little bickering is a good thing. There seems to have been a little too much complacency and blind trust in the past. I think it''s a good thing that people are questioning authenticity, these days. Ya know what I mean?

[lnab73]

Paris1969

EXACTLY RIGHT! Obama played the race card when he got no traction with black voters in the early primaries. Now no one can get the genie back in the bottle. Mentioning someone''s race as a FACTOR in an event DOES NOT make someone a racists.

As someone who is active in civil rights I personally find Obama''s campaign attacking long time, hard working civil rights activists such as Ferraro disgusting. What he''s done is REALLY just politics as usual. His groupies need to get off the kool-aid!

further, Hillary is actually leading in the primary votes, you know, the place where party activists are unable to control the agenda like they do at the caucuses.

ABC: Hillary Clinton has received 13,568,891 votes so far in primaries and caucuses while Sen. Obama has received 13,565,339.

NBC/MSNBC: Hillary Clinton has received 13,521,832 votes so far in primaries and caucuses while Sen. Obama has received 13,497,175.

In addition to the overall lead in votes, Hillary holds a significant lead in votes among Democrats. Hillary has received nearly 10.3 million votes among Democrats so far while Sen. Obama has received 9.2 million.

[samthetvcat]

PPS Also, if Hillary gets a cabinet position rather than the VP spot from Barack, everybody''ll know it''s for practical purposes of productivity maximization rather than because she didn''t earn it.

Hillary does best when she''s her own boss, so if the only reason she''d want VP is for the status it brings and the advantage when running in upcoming elections (assuming Barack isn''t going to be stricken with terminal cancer or get into an accident), then status-wise she''ll still be on par serving in another capacity of the administration.

Voting aside, as a girl who grew up watching Hillary handle the whole Monica humiliation with strength and dignity, she WAS a role-model to a lot of us in that capacity specifically, so I can''t tell you how exciting it would be to see her get a ''promotion'' over the Senate so she can have a ''triumph'' out of this and a platform to ''stick it'' to the GOPigs ;)

[donaldtee]

If Hilary is elected I will never vote for her. Her and her supporters are race baiters and don''t understand anything outside of the wealthy establishment. She doesn''t represent me. I won''t be associated with her supporters that always enter race into discussions. Trust me Obama supporters won''t vote for her. Obama or noone. If Hilary wins the Democratic party is split and over.

[lnab73]

every time someone puts up a comment that they support Obama, but will vote for McCain if Hillary doesn''t win...

I become more certain that Obama is the worst sort of con man and I certainly hope Hillary wins the nomination.

But I''m not stupid enough to think McCain would be better than Obama. At least Obama will weasle his way around the issues while McCain will be contemplating pushing the button that makes all of this discussion moot.

[butterbeanz]

"blondchic" is a 74 year old Clinton supporter. Don''t let the internet name fool you.

Rock on Obama!

[samthetvcat]

lnab73 - are your numbers old? This is what''s showing at ABC (including Fl and MI (which is like giving Hillary an extra state)):

Clinton 13,755,568
Obama 13,858,246

(I can''t find the popular vote on MSNBC)

[placidgirl8]

Obama is finished. There is no way he can disavow this hateful pastor''s words when he has been attending his church for 20 years, along with the Farakkan thing. The Republicans will play that video over and over and over....and over. How could he think he would keep this under wraps? John McCain would win in a landslide because of this. It''s another example of Obama saying one thing publicly, but another privately...we''re not stupid. His NAFTA fiaso (that his supporters blame on Hillary-joke), and his ties to Mr. Rezko are too much for reasoning people to believe that he is so innocent....he is naive to think the public can be so stupid...truth eventually come out and better now than if he gets the nomination. Goodbye Democrats.

[danstoned]

IN the general election, Obama will get the votes of most independents, thousands of moderate Republicons, and most registered democrats. Republicon fascism, racism, and their endless hatred will never defeat Obama in a general election.

[roughtimes]

Why is Obama getting a free ticket on this issue? IF any other candidate had attended a racist church like he has and does...they would have HAD to resign...but, not Obama, Why? I like many others feel that there is NOT a chance he was not aware of the racially motivated hatred of whites and other people of color in that church. I like many other Americans, wonder how the other states that have voted, would they still after knowing what he has been listening to for supposedly 20 yrs..he could have walked out, yet he didn''t...seems very much a double standard for a black man or a white person in a lot of things these day...a white person is suppose to NOT say a word or it is a hate crime... In my eyes this is a horrible hate crime when you preach and listen to and stay in a church that is ANTI AMERICAN, ANTI WHITE and I have no idea what else...who are they for Africa instead of America, just one question...yet the Black Obama is bascially across the board getting a free ride on racism...SHAME ON ALL OF US, for not saying more about this HATE CRIME against Americans.
CBS, would you please ask the candidate Barak Hussein Obama what HE really is about? It honestly seems to me that he is being treated with kid gloves. How did Obama not know about God *** America!!! It is shame on any news media if this truth is not talked about for those of us that do not agree with this church. As an American, GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

[barefootboy9]

The democrat party might as well forget 2008. It is lost. Look forward to 2012 and maybe we will have someone besides Obama running. It''s over, McCain is in.

Hillary supporters should send the URL for the following video to every one on their email list.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=khuu-RhOBDU&feature=bz301

[kalamere1]

I want to know their exit strategy for their internal civil war!!!! Why have''t they figured that out yet. I say pull out all delegates until I see some progress in the "political" area. Why didn''t they have an exit strategy planned ahead of time. Look how many candidates and voters have gone by the wayside and their sacrifices won''t be counted. The hardship of Florida and Michigan is unbearable. Is this the work of the NEO-Libs? What the heck is going on here. We need a committee to investigate!!!! Hillary proclaimed "Mission Accomplished" and inevitablilty before the war was over!!! Who put these stumbling idiots in charge. This has diminished the world''s view of the Democrat Party. Who''s advising Dean and is he listening to them? Maybe Admiral Fallon or Wesley Clark can come to the rescue because their ideas are bigger and better than anyone else''s and they are willing to do their own diplomacy without the permission of the Democrat Party. Where''s Nacy, she usually has a few things to say about failure???? I want answers and action now!!!!Pull out the delgates!!!

[obamagrls-bf]

If u dont like OBAMA its fine ...but dont manipulate ...everyone knows its Bill Clinton who brought race into the campaign in SC. I know OBAMA cannt win with race ..He always understood it ...Media says if Obama were a white he wudn''t have come to this position ..I strongly believe if OBAMA WAS WHITE HE WUD HAVE WON THE NOMINATION AFTER THE SUPPER TUESDAY ....... below are examples CLINTONS played race card ...

1. Bills remark in SC and J. Jackson ... I''m not black ..but I wud have done the samething waht black are doing now ...all vote other than clintons ..

2. 3 am ad ..where a white blond kid in the picture


4. Ferraro''s coment ...


all bring racial issues.


so who is trying to get benefitaed by racial remarks ...
ONLY Clinton...

in the history of american political process .. no one have used RACE card as much as CLINTONS...even they surpassed the age of slavary..

[fatcathobbes]

Obama and Hillary, though they come across as different, have similar positions on the issues; they both want to make health care more affordable, end the war, etc. John McCain has threatened to keep us in Iraq for 100 years, sang a song about bombing Iran, and waffled on every issue that he and George Bush disagreed on to the point where a vote for him would be a vote for George Bush''s third term. I am an Obama supporter, but I know that both Obama and Hillary would be better candidates than McCain, I will not hesitate to vote for whoever the Democratic nominee is.

[danstoned]

John McCains war hero status will come crashing down before the general election. Wait until McCain is asked if he regrets napalming innocent and unarmed women and children from 30,000 feet during McCains involvement in the Vietnam Civil War. McCain is not a war hero. It is yet another lie fed to the dumb American people that vote Republicon.

[samthetvcat]

I wonder whether the Clintons might want to be Barack''s special envoy to heal the wounds left by the Bush administration around the world.

Wouldn''t that be the ideal way for them to retire and work at the same time? Travel the world and get treated like absolute rock stars and fulfill an important purpose. People around the world are going to friggen faint at site of them, not just because of all the outreach they did during their adminstration, but because they''re not Bush, and they''ll represent a healing, a light at the end of the tunnel if you will.

That would be win-win for everybody . . .

[spinster2]

There once was a man name Barack.
Who''s "change"was a pile of crock.
His wife was Michelle
Who said this country can go to hell.
I''''ve never been proud she mocked.

Barack stands for peace and love.
If it fits, heck, put on the glove.
He can make you feel good
so take off your hood
He was sent from heaven above.

Elect a black man we humbly prayed
To heck with that silly ol maid
We don''t want a cheat
in the highest seat
We want a glass of kool aid

Obama was shiney and new.
A race card he always drew.
But Now that he''s busted
and not to be trusted
he''s finished except with the youth.

There also was a preacher named Wright
Who hated everything white.
Obama followed suit
Until he decided to shoot
As the white house was dead in his sights.

[neonink]

Funny how all the Obamabraindead children think Hillary''s supporters are old toothless ones.

Funny how all the Obamakoolaid babies think Rev. Wright will just blow over and not touch their pseuda-profit half-white man.

Obama is just self-loathing wanna be Hillary and McCain.

[obamagrls-bf]

If u dont like OBAMA its fine ...but dont manipulate ...everyone knows its Bill Clinton who brought race into the campaign in SC. I know OBAMA cannt win with race ..He always understood it ...Media says if Obama were a white he wudn''''t have come to this position ..I strongly believe if OBAMA WAS WHITE HE WUD HAVE WON THE NOMINATION AFTER THE SUPPER TUESDAY ....... below are examples CLINTONS played race card ...

1. Bills remark in SC and J. Jackson ... I''''m not black ..but I wud have done the samething waht black are doing now ...all vote other than clintons ..

2. 3 am ad ..where a white blond kid in the picture


4. Ferraro''''s coment ...


all bring racial issues.


so who is trying to get benefitaed by racial remarks ...
ONLY Clinton...

in the history of american political process .. no one have used RACE card as much as CLINTONS...even they surpassed the age of slavary..

[cjravi]

What about Alice Palmer? How many friends does he distance himself or cut down when it''s in his "best interest"? Isn''t what he did to Alice palmer pretty low? How many friends is he prepared to distance himself from? William Ayres? Rashid Khalidi? Reverend Wright?

He is a smart man isn''t he? Or is he?

How many friends will he want to distance himself from if president? Australia? UK? Japan?

At least with Hilary you know where you are going. She doesn''t need him at all.

[spinster2]

I can''t believe we haven''t been flooded with cartoons featuring Obama sitting in church with his fingers in his ears.

[geops-2009]

I don''t see how a group of diverse and perceptive people, far more so than Republicans, can unify when its leading presidential candidate is brazenly duplicitous enough to tell them that they must achieve racial harmony and unity, while he himself is cozying up to a brazenly racially conscious pastor for his spiritual advice.

Now this man is telling every Democrat that there is a force of division within the Party. Of course there is, and it was all brought in by the man who speaks of it, and he is brash enough to blame it on everyone else because he happens to take the stand against it first.

It''s an old preacher trick ("The devil is lurking amongst us, and my religion is the answer! Hark ye, and come thee under my banner"), the manner and delivery of which this graduate of Harvard Law School picked up by watching evangelical preachers and practicing it in front of the mirror--something similar that another young, brash, rhetorically gifted meteoric politician coming out of nowhere did in Munich in the 1920s.

This is why not an insignificant number of Democrats are now beginning to feel compelled to stop this imposter as more urgent than having a Democrat in the White House.

[barefootboy9]

The democrats cannot win without the south. All the states in the south are now controlled by republicans. Florida, Al, GA MS,AR,SC, NC VA TN, KY, OK, TX just to name some. In the states that Obama won, the democrats have more blacks than white, but in the general election the republicans will prevail. Al Gore is probably the only democrat that has a chance to carry these states. How long has anyone won the presidency without carrying the south. I live in FL and we are about even with both parties, but democrats here often vote republican. This is why I think Obama cannot win and doubtful that Hillary can. Hillary may be able to swing enough women over but Gore would do better than any and we know he will not be running. It will be McCain in November.

[jamesseattle]

There''s simply no proof of any kind that the Democrats will suffer in the fall if they don''t unify now.

Stories like these are obviously designed to scare away voters or superdelegates who might vote for Clinton.

With Obama having blatantly lied about never having heard of his own Pastor''s hatred of America, despite having attended the Rev. Wright''s church for 20 years, I think Obama supporters are getting nervous about their candidate''s long-term prospects, and so they''d like it if Clinton were to drop out of the race.

Obama supporters should be nervous - how is someone who goes to a church like that, and who lies to the American people like that, going to have enough mass appeal to win an election?