Let's say Obama was down 150 in the delegate count

[BL611]

...and was talking constantly about Whitewater, and comparing Hillary to Karl Rove, and saying she is not qualified to be President and that McCain would be a better CinC, and went on 60 minutes and said "as far as I know Hillary did not kill Vince Foster." Would Hillary supporters be encouraging him to stay in the race and continue to "vet" him for the GE?

Just asking...

[FrenchieCat]

1. We would hear......

Obama who?

[Pavlovs DiOgie]

2. At that point

Obama would be sounding bitter and desperate.

[dchill]

20. It's because he's NOT bitter and desperate...

that he's not at that point.

[yourguide]

3. notice how quiet the hillbots are?

[woolldog]

4. The pressure on him to withdraw would be overwhelming.

There is a huge double standard here.

[Voice for Peace]

9. Huge double standard - I completely agree. nt

[joshcryer]

5. I would never suggest for a candidate to drop out as long as they wanted to run.

[BL611]

8. No if she wanted to stay in the race

and let it play out till the end, thats her prerogative. However her willingness to do and say anything to dramatically change the dynamic, regardless of how it will impact the candidate who will in all likelihood get the nomination in the GE is way out of bounds. If she wanted to stay in and do her ready on day one routine thats one thing, staying in on a Obama-is-Ken-Starr-Karl-Rove-unqualified-to-be-President-and-may-be-a-member-of-Al-Queda platform is a whole other ballgame.

[muntrv]

6. The Hillbots would be screaming about Obama destroying the Democratic Party.

[ecdab]

11. I wish folks could get past the whole "Hillbot" thing -

but yeah they would be and they would be correct in some ways - if somewhat over dramatic.

Certainly Hillary isn't doing the Democratic Party any favors at this point by going negative in the manner that she has chosen to.

And come on - Hillbot, Obamabot (what is that crap?) sometimes this board sounds like a gathering place for 5th graders.

[fujiyama]

19. You're right

The level of discourse is terrible and there is a lot of immaturity. I'll admit that certain statements from the Hillary camp has pissed me off recently, but calling them Hill-Shills, Hillbot, or whatever is pathetic.

[AtomicKitten]

7. He would already have been escorted out the Dem Party's back door.

[Exilednight]

13. You're right. The only thing that keeps Hillary around is her husband.

[AtomicKitten]

15. The party faithful are more afraid of the Clintons than like them.

Try as they might though, the Clintons just can't weave a losing campaign into a victory. But, no worries; they have every intention of giving it their best shot regardless of the consequences to the party.

[SKKY]

10. Good points. I'm hoping the voters will put some sanity to this race...

...and make the decision. Before the smoke-filled back room does.

[TheDonkey]

12. The MSM would also not be propping his candidacy up like they are with Hillary

they would have just shut the cameras off by now and went back to calling Hillary the anointed candidate.

[madfloridian]

14. Good points. Obama said she's the "champ", he's the upstart.

That she will have to be knocked out.

Obama said recently he would be facing pressure to drop out if he had lost as many contests as Clinton has.

"Look, I'm the challenger. I'm the upstart. I'm the insurgent," he said. "She's the champ. She's part of the Democratic network in Washington and, you know, if you're the titleholder, then you don't lose it on points. You've got to be knocked out."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080302/pl_nm/usa_politics_obama_mood_dc

[yourguide]

18. Again I say

It's HRC who can't close the deal, not the other way around.

[Connie_Corleone]

16. He would've been driven out the race before he had a chance to bring up the Clinton scandals.

[ossman]

17. They would kill him like they killed Vince Foster

Just kidding. As far as I know.

[Quixote1818]

21. Good point. Obama should be making that point to the voters. nt

[yourguide]

22. kick

[BL611]

23. I actually really

would like to hear what Hillary suppporters have to say. There's no need for name calling or shouting past each other. I'm really would lime to hear thier opinion...

[annie1]

24. if he were down not only would i not be suggesting he drop out, but i wouldn't be putting him down..

as viciously as Obama supporters do to hillary. i'd just be happy my candidate was winning. these people are such freaks! they can't even be happy their candidate is doing well. what the hell are they so rabid about?

[BL611]

27. My point is not that she should drop out because she's

down, its the tenor of her attacks. Why are people so rabid? Well in some cases its because this is DU, you should expect half the posts to be hyperbolic drivel. But I think many people are legitimately steamed because they think Hillary's attacks are way over the line of what is expected in a primary, especially considering the likelihood of Obama being the nominee.

[VolcanoJen]

25. And imagine Obama had lost 11 straight states between Super and Junior Tuesday.

And the press was urging him to stay in the race, and admitted being "unfair" to him.

[progdog]

26. She's setting it up to

Run in 2012.

[HannibalBarca]

28. He would be under enormous pressure to withdraw

...in fact he may have already. I contend that the only reason Hillary Clinton is still in this race is her surname. I am not a rabid Obama supporter, I like the guy but he certainly has flaws, I believe Clinton would make an excellent president but I fear that the divisiveness of the last several years would continue. Her recent "victories" were marginal at best, Obama's ability to eat into the massive leads she enjoyed should clearly demonstrate that this time around he is the peoples choice. I've said it before that if this continues right to the end then it may hand the republicans the presidency.