Mother Jones - Comments for "First Kennedy, Now Kerry Blasts the Clinton Campaign"

I cannot understand why massachusetts voted for Hillary Clinton and she wins the primary here ,why our top two senators back Barrack? what ever happened to the will of the people being shown by the ones that are supposed to represent us?

I am certain that the super delegates will realize before the convention that Hillary can not win in November. For that reason Barack will be the Convention's choice. The Democratic elite are dim, but not stupid. They will realize that Barack can not only win, he can give them an even larger share of congress on his coat-tails.

Is there really any chance that Florida could be counted? After telling candidates not to campaign there, that would be a low move by the the DNC. Personally, I'm not so keen on having non-elected officials use Florida to decide the presidency again...

How is this measure unlike the one that gave Bush the presidency in 2000? This is the Democrats and Obama telling the floridians that they don't matter, their votes don't matter. And having the name "kennedy" doens't make one an authority nor a guru. That family have been using JFK's body as a sleigh for 45 years. Give him a proper burial FFS.

Florida chose. It matters. Saying it doesn't says people don't matter. You can debate the issue of delegates and what will happen to them forever. The reality is that the people of Florida showed up and they made their choice. It matters. I'm sure if Obama had won, the whiners of Mother Jones would be shouting in joy.
Hillary won Florida. The people chose her.

The Democrats are a sorry lot. Yanking the Florida delegates was a colossal boneheaded move. You'd think that after being the Washington doormat for low these many years the Democrats would wise up, but no. However, seeing as how the Democrats are responsible for a warmongering maniac like Joe Lieberman, the Dems yanking Florida's delegates is perfectly plausible. Those Democrats do love that prone position.

No Sharon, she shouldn't 'borrow any pages from their loser manuals'. She should go right on borrowing from George Bush's 'Winning' manual. What a breath of fresh air we can expect from that!

No thank you; I don't wish to go where that will lead.

"a very political maneuver."

And by a politician no less?

I think people are better informed on many of the issues and this will not go unnoticed.

Let the politicians take their best shots and the people can see what they are made of.

Seems like even the MSM is starting to stir a little. There has been more substance in the last few days than many of the weeks before.

If progressives really want an end to a neoconservative lock on the White House, they better hope Hillary gets those Florida delegates. Karl Rove, the G.O.P. and the establishment media will stop at no dirty trick to make sure their political novice Sen. Obama knocks her out in the primary. Then they can slam him in the fall over his 12-year affair with indicted Chicago slumlord Tony Rezco. For more on this, see my article at http://www.thecityedition.com

Of course Clinton is trying to change the rules in the middle at the moment she sees an advantage. With someone like Mark Penn as her strategist, I expected nothing better. This is why so many of us in the party base coined terms like "Republican-lite" and "triangulating" during the Clinton administration. Bill tore the party apart, and now Hillary is doing the exact same thing. The best Hillary can do is win a squeaker of an election with her party divided and no mandate. She's our only chance to lose in November.

I could see allowing Florida to have its delegates, but either non-voting, or without being able to vote for president. Let them vote on the platform, party rules etc. If the Clintons go for that, then maybe I'll believe they suddenly decided Florida was being treated unfairly.

Excuse me Ted Kennedy and John Kerry, but what the Clintons are doing is planning to win a presidency. A feat, neither one of you has been able to accomplish. So, does Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton needs to borrow pages from your loser's manual? Not likely. Please, go somewhere and work on your 'bucket list'.