"Always aim high, work hard and care deeply about what you believe in. And, when you stumble, keep faith. And, when you're knocked down, get right back up and never listen to anyone who says you can't or shouldn't go on."So - while the leaders of the Democratic Party have silenced her. We will continue the fight on her behalf and to ensure that everyone knows Hillary Clinton is the Winner of the 2008 Democratic Primary Election.
"No self respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her" -Susan B Anthony, 1872.The way in which Obama got the nomination is similar to how Bush won in 2000 against Gore. All votes were not counted and they were not counted equally.
"Woman is the Nigger of the World" -John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 1972.How can I vote for McCain?
"Woman is the Slave of Slaves, We insult her every day on TV and wonder why she has
no guts or confidence. When she's young, we kill her will to be free. While telling her
not to be so smart, we put her down for being so dumb."
"Women's Rights are Human Rights" -Hillary Clinton, 1995 Beijing, China
I no longer share the values of a party that selects it's
nominee through a series of discriminating and disenfranchising methods. Where certain votes count and others do not.




These results are clearly consistent with what we found in the voting data. White males have been a kind of swing vote nationwide, but Clinton has performed extremely well with them in the Republican swing states. Unsurprisingly, she also won Hispanics and white women. Obama, per usual, carried the African American vote.
What about white voters by age? We know that, nationwide, young whites are partial to Obama, older whites partial to Clinton. What about in the Republican swing states?

While Obama did better among young whites, Clinton still carried them. Furthermore, she carried whites of all age groups.
What about partisanship? We know that white Democrats are partial to Clinton, white Independents are partial to Obama. Does this apply to the Republican swing states?

The answer is yes and no. While Obama did better with white Independents, Clinton still won them.
What about income groups?

Again, we see that while Obama did better with wealthier voters than with poor voters - Clinton won all categories.
What about our other metric of socioeconomic status, college education?

Clinton won those without college degrees comfortably, and the two basically split the college educated.
Finally, what about votes by type of living area? We can break these into three categories - city, suburb, and small town/rural. Let's see how each candidate did.

While Obama carried the cities, Clinton won the suburbs by a solid margin. The results from the rural areas are particularly noteworthy. What you see there is a 40-point Clinton victory.
All in all, the exit poll data, the statewide votes, and the countywide votes point in the same direction: Clinton is stronger in the areas that have swung presidential elections in the last decade. Thus, it is reasonable to conclude that she would be relatively stronger at recreating the voting coalition that has provided victory to the Democrats in years past.
Gallup Organization did this analysis pointing out that Clinton, not Obama is by far the stronger candidate in the swing states which are necessary for Democrats to win in November:Swing states won by Clinton, excluding Florida and Michigan:
Swing states won by Clinton, including Florida and Michigan:
The analysis by Gallup:
In the 20 states where Hillary Clinton has claimed victory in the 2008 Democratic primary and caucus elections (winning the popular vote), she has led John McCain in Gallup Poll Daily trial heats for the general election over the past two weeks of Gallup Poll Daily tracking by 50% to 43%. In those same states, Barack Obama is about tied with McCain among national registered voters, 45% to 46%.In contrast, in the 28 states and the District of Columbia where Obama has won a higher share of the popular vote against Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primaries and caucuses, there is essentially no difference in how Obama and Clinton each fare against McCain. Both Democrats are statistically tied with him for the fall election.
The Gallup study directly supports Clinton's assertion that she will be a stronger general-election candidate against John McCain in crucial battleground states, based on her primary election performance. Obama, on other hand, cannot claim a similar advantage.
The following maps are from various unbiased sources. Each source shows the SAME information: Hillary Clinton handily beats John McCain in November in the General Election and Barack Obama does not.
REMINDER: The Winner needs 270 Electoral Votes to win the Presidency



| May 28 | Electoral Votes: Clinton 327 McCain 194 Ties 17 |

| May 28 | Electoral Votes: Obama 266 McCain 248 Ties 24 |










She suggests that much of the negativity by the media towards Hillary is unconscious behavior based on fear and anger towards powerful women.
Journalists comment frequently on Clinton's "likeability", but in dissecting it they are commenting on her emotions: Is she too cold or calculating? Is her voice too shrill, will she do or say anything to win?
Yet when a man is shrewd or calculating, or plays to win - it is acceptable within the framework of our society. A man's laugh or physical appearance is not dissected to the extent that Clinton has had her laugh, looks, clothes, hair, and emotions taken apart by the media.
The author states "sexism is embedded in what is not being said." She uses the example of Obama and Edwards supporting each other at one of the debates, while going after Clinton and the news commentators never addressing these dynamics.
Another article that appeared in American Chronicle, link here:
Talks about the fact that racial comments or slurs are unacceptable and the media pounces on these quickly. However, sexist slurs against women, and in particular Hillary Clinton, are routinely heard and go unchallenged because it is an acceptable form of behavior in America.
I would use the example of the man holding the sign that stated "Iron my Shirt" when Hillary campaigned in Iowa. This is an unacceptable comment when put in the context of prejudice of any kind. Had the man held up a sign that had racist remarks, there would have been an outcry from the media.
Women are forced into defined roles sanctioned by our society. When women move outside these roles, they are often criticized as they are perceived as a threat.
When some of the "Good ole boys" of the Democratic Party got together and demanded that Hillary Clinton withdraw from the race, this was met with a flood of angry letters from women in the Democratic Party that believed Hillary was a target. After all, did Ted Kennedy care if he hurt the party when he took his nomination fight against Jimmy Carter all the way to the Convention Floor in 1988? Here is what Senator Patrick Leahy said:
"There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama. Now, obviously that's a decision that only she can make. Frankly I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate."
"Frankly I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate"! She already has a tremendous career in the Senate!!
Lou Dobbs, on his show, pointed out that the Center for Media and Public Affairs has found that since last December, 83% of the reporting on Barack Obama has been positive compared with only 53% on Hillary Clinton. That is a 30% gap in positive media reporting.
In an NPR (National Public Radio) interview with Hillary Clinton, the interviewer once again turns the tables on Clinton suggesting it is she that is harming the Democratic Party. Here is how the interview played out:
NPR: Senator, I want you to react to something that I keep hearing among voters, and increasingly among people who cover the campaign - both those who are reporters and those who speak about the campaign on television, on radio - the statement that the only way that Hillary Clinton can win is if she's willing to win ugly. When you hear that, what does that mean to you? How do you react to that?
HRC: Well, I don't' know what it means because there is no way for Senator Obama to win unless he also obtains a significant number of superdelegates. I understand that there has been, throughout this campaign, something of a double standard. I accept it; I live with it.
NPR: What is the double standard?
HRC: Well, I think that it's pretty obvious to anybody who has followed it.
NPR: Just in case it's not clear to someone, I don't want to assume. I just want you to tell me what you think the double standard is because I don't' want to assume.
HRC: