1. If Hillary’s campaign ended last night, no one would ever take a future bid by her again because her campaign would rightfully be remembered as a complete trainwreck. Now she is one of the greatest turnaround magicians in political history. (Look at it another way: Who would recommend that Rudy, Fred, or Howard Dean run in 2012?)

2.a. If HWMNBMN were the presumptive nominee, all the dirty laundry would still be coming out, and a massive case of “buyer’s remorse” among the more practical democrats would be setting in AFTER it would be EXTREMELY difficult for the party elites to deny him the superdelegates without sending his less critical followers into a party ending conniption. It is safe to say that nobody in the DNC would be too hot about supporting a loser for a second time in 2012.

(superdelegates which either candidate has mathematically required for weeks, BTW)

2.b. If HWMNBMN was the presumptive nominee, Hillary would eventually be dragged from the spotlight and a news vacuum would set in. What would fill that vacuum over the long slow news weeks of summer? PATRICK FITZGERALD’s Prosecution of the Democratic Candidate’s patron and mentor. Not even the MSM would miss that opportunitity.

3. I think Hillary will now win the nomination. As I understand it, she will do well in PA and will carry Puerto Rico, which as I understand it is a WINNER TAKE ALL primary that has far more delegates than the next several contests combined.

4. People hate Hillary. But about 50% of the people hate the people that hate Hillary. It could have been a blowout between an acceptable candidate and a candidate that a majority of Americans would have seen as an unacceptable one. Now it will probably be a contest between Red & Blue again, and that’s not good considering the mood right now.

5. Even if Barack could win, a twit which reminds Americans of why they hate liberals would be infinitely preferable to a hardcore socialist that would actively pursue an agenda to dismantle capitalism. That alone justifies defeating her when we got the chance. Hillary said it best this morning: “Be careful what you wish for, Rush.”

One of 2 things will happen. Hillbilly may yet snatch the prize from He Who Must Not Be Middle Named, even though HWMNBNM will have more popularly chosen delegates and more popular votes.

In order to take the prize, Hillbilly will have to torture the ex-officio delegates, and conduct inside baseball moves to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations. The most likely result of that would be that HWMNBNM’s supporters will believe that they have been cheated out of their chance to enter the Kingdom. They will p-oed and dispirited. She will face November without being able to count on a large turnout from the Democrat party’s most loyal voters, and the kids will go back to school in the fall and return to their customary drunken stupors.

OTOH, if HWMNBNM is the nominee, he will have to be out in public making speeches and defending himself for months, not weeks. He will look less like the messiah, and more like what he is, an inexperienced hack politician from Chicago. By November, most of the people who fell for him in February will be thinking about chewing off their legs to escape the trap.

If we had beat her tonight it would have been game over for the Clinton comeback forever, and we would have had a total lightweight for an opponent that would have folded like a cheap suit. (See the “8 questions” press conf?) Who would take a chance on Hillary ever again if her campaign ended tonight?

Now she has the momentum, Barack will get more scrutiny, and idiots like Hannity have “educated” the dems on the alarming weakness of Obama RIGHT BEFORE THEY WERE ABOUT TO SEAL THE DEAL. And since Barack will probably NOT be the nominee, he has been spared a humiliating, career-ending loss in November.

AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGG!!!!!

All you instant Hillary voters should pat yourselves on the back, because you saved both of their political careers tonight, and now McCain will actually have to run against a candidate that can win.

I’m terribly torn between voting for Hillary and then going back for the caucus or, because I swing libertarian, voting (grudgingly) for Mr. Ron Paul to send a message to the Republican party that libertarians are indeed an honest to God part of the Republican coalition.

Decisions, decisions, and only four and a half hours to make it.

The problem with voting for Hillary is this: in this year, the circumstances favor the Democratic candidate winning. And Hillary is by far and away the worst candidate. Regardless of policies, her and her husband’s endless corruption are a threat.

And she would rip this country apart. Hillary is a threat that needs to be ended as soon as possible, in any way possible. The risk is too great to attempt to perpetuate her candidacy.

Let’s get real: It is entirely arrogant to believe that you can control circumstances to this degree.

As a lifelong Republican, I am appalled at your suggestion, and if this becomes some sort of installed strategy in the party, I will leave the party for good. Trust me when I say that this tactic turns off a lot of people and you only marginalize yourself.

All you have to do is ask for a Democrat ballot when you get to the polling place. You will be listed a D on the rolls until the next time. You could probably change at the BoE later, if it bothers you.

Tomorrow, I intend to go to the polls, ask for a Democrat ballot, and vote for Hillary Clinton. It will be very painful, but my duty to God and Country requires it.

Hillary needs a big win in Ohio to stay in the campaign. If she stays in the campaign, she and ****** will continue to slag each other and will be forced to spend their money on ads attacking each other. Their respective supporters will be more entrenched and more likely to be embittered when their candidate is eliminated at the convention. It also raises the likelihood that the Clintons will resort to divisive tactics and over the top arm twisting to attempt to secure the nomination for her.

Furthermore the entertainment of watching the Clintons whine about the biased media is just too good to miss.

I urge all of you who can vote in Ohio to do likewise.

I should make it clear. I abhor Hillary, and I think that ****** is a hard line anti-American leftist.

I just want to keep the pot boiling.

****** He, whose middle name may not be mentioned.

For example, my Congress-critter has some stiff competition from another Republican. If I were to take a Democrat ballot I wouldn’t be able to help my local candidate win the nomination.

Remember folks, there’s more to this election than just POTUS. We’re also electing 435 Representatives and 33 or 34 Senators. Many of them may need help in the Primaries too.

Finish Hillary now that she’s down and be done with it. I beg you.

No! You should NOT suggest that. Sen. Cornyn has a Republican challenger and anything that prevents him from winning the primary and unseating that RINO pinhead would be a disaster. IMHO.

Trader

If you want an absentee representative that votes with Nancy Pelosi on the Global War On Terror, and talks controling spending without delivering results, your choice is Paul. In that case, feel free to vote for Clinton or Obama.

If you prefer a representative that will show up, vote with the Republicans on the GWOT, and actually has succeeded in cutting taxes and governmental spending, you want to vote for Peden. Please don’t waste your vote in a Democratic primary where it makes no substative difference anyway.

In contrast, Obama will be a disaster for the dems in the general. 5/6ths of the electorate will realize that 1/6 of the electorate has picked an ultra leftist liberal from a corrupt Dem machine with no practical experience. Another 1/6th (the Hillary dems) will scream “I told you so” as the wheels come off in the fall.

In the general, the other 2/3rds will expect Obama to stake out policy positions he has largely been able to avoid because Hillary can’t challenge him on any of them. [Many of the 1/6 that voted for Barack because he's a rorschach for "he agrees with me" won't be too happy with the answers either.]

Consider the list of issues she can’t make an issue of:
Corruption: “Paging Mrs. Pot.” Consorting with radical bombers: FLN pardons. Spending: see HillaryCare(tm). Immigration: He’s on the side that brings more votes in the primary. Radical black church: a third rail for dems. Pushing Obama to clarify a time certain withdrawal: “What about your dissembling on a plan, Hillary?” NAFTA blatent pandering: “I voted for it before I was against it.” This is why Obama has gotten a pass.

John McCain will not be so constrained, and you can expect to see more like “They’re called Al Qaeda in Iraq” and brutal CBC call outs, because he’s a lightweight, and the truth will out. By november the bloom will be off the rose and he’ll look like just another scumbag poll who has and will say anything to get elected. McCain may be a jerk, but people won’t wonder about his experience, what he really thinks.

Be smart: Drive a stake through the dread queen while the press still hates her.

I’m one registered Republican who certainly won’t be voting for either Obama or Hillary because, for no other reason, I’m terrified that I might wind up with either as president

A co-worker who lives in Sugarland in Tom Delay’s old district said that although he voted early ballot in the Republican Primary. (there are number of candidates trying to run for that old seat that was stolen for the Dems) he was surprised at the huge line to vote Dem in a normally heavily Republican district.

I never dreamed the day would come when I would be voting for Hlllary Clinton.