Yep, I agree publicus, meaningless. The only good thing is the trend that it shows. At the end of the day in november, who knows what's going to happen. I really am tired of these polls. They are never right.

Yep, once again, Hillary can't beat McCain, Obama can, so why are we having any arguments about anything else at this point?? If Hillary cared the least bit about our chances in November or the future of this country she would bow out gracefully now and help Obama as much as possible. The fact that she will continue to try to win, no matter how much it hurts everyone, even though if she did get nominated it is clear she would just lose to McCain, shows how selfish the Clintons are. If they aren't willing to look at the big picture and do what is best for Democrats, hopefully their supporters will.

Hand me a fork. This one's done.

The one part of this that isn't meaningless: the head-to-head matchup polls. As long as they keep showing it with an Obama win and a Clinton loss, that's great news for Obama. Superdelegates, after all, see these polls.

I don't think Hillary should quit yet because the backlash against Obama may be severe. Better to let her quit on her own terms. i.e., if she does not win convincingly in OH/TX, or worse loses one or both. I agree that both Hill and Bill are obsessed with winning, but one thing they ain't is stupid. Both are reasonably young with futures ahead of them, and they need this truth to sink in.

For my part, I want her to hang in there at least until Mar. 4, and then make the decision that is best for herself, Bill, and of course, Chelsea. If she loses either OH or TX or both, then she should throw in the towel.

If that happens, Obama will have a clearer path ahead of him, rather than one troubled by a pro-Clinton backlash.

Don't believe any polls, especially national ones.

Simply stated, to win the general election you do not need to win the popular vote nation wide. You simply have to win (by one vote each) the states with a majority of the electoral college.

Just ask President Gore!

I think Hillary would beat McCain and Obama would beat him in a landslide. I don't think Hillary can beat Obama, but I have no problem whatsoever with her continuing her campaign. I would have a problem if, in desperation, her campaign took a sharp turn negative, as that would hurt the party.

This is coming from a dedicated Obama supporter, by the way.

Funny. Mattie, franklyO, and the other HRC cheerleader/apologists don't seem to have much (or anything) to say these days. Evidently, the "ignore what you don't like" strategy is consistent across the board.

And of course, if Hillary *does* win TX (my money is on Obama to win OH by a decent margin, but HRC has a pretty good shot at TX at this point - but don't count out her ongoing ability to piss off as many people as humanly possible), no doubt they'll all be back here in full-on obnoxious victory mode. If/when that happens, I'll be quick to remind them of how speedily they abandoned any semblance of support for their candidate when things looked bad for her.

As an aside: while watching Obama's speech last night, I noticed that he hit the issue of higher education - availabilty and affordability - a number of times, to loud applause. Not a shock when speaking at a university, but certainly a demonstration that Obama is a politician (Oh no!), and well aware of how to tailor his approach based on the crowd. In noting this, I commented to my husband - without even thinking - "Man, Obama sure is pimping out the college stuff for this crowd." Oh, how we laughed.

Needless to say, I have been temporarily suspended from my home. Half-hearted apologies and soul-searching to follow.

true, but after the Florida votes were analyzed, it was clear Gore should have taken those delegates too, and thus the election.

which only goes to show that delegates shouldn't be apportioned until the votes are counted.

AND that we surely don't want Florida's wack elections to throw everything off balance yet another time, effectively disenfranchising Florida voters by arguing that they must NOT be disenfranchised...

If the O bomb would only quit the race and throw his support behind Clinton she would beat McCain easily! This proves that O bomb is just selfish and doesnt really care about Democrats winning in November! Nya nya nya....!