God bless America? If McCain or Clinton wins, God help America.

Jan Thomas, Nottingham, UK

When politicians start trading insults you know they have no meaningful policy on anything. Their campaign, and hence the candidate himself or herself, has little more to offer of any value to the voter.

Rod Baker, Cape Town, South Africa

Hillary, like Bush & Mr "Bomb bomb Iran" McCain, are part of the old, protect our military/ind. big business complex, brigade that has brought scorn from the rest of the world.

From an south african perspective, Obama, like Nelson Mandela, can bring peace through dialogue, rather than war. Go Obama

Leon, Cape Town, South Africa

Daschle said in the beginning of the primaries, that either of Obama or Billary will give in untill there is for him or them absolutly no chance left to win. Following that statement there will be no declared winner before the convention.

maz hess, biel, switzerland

Do Americans really want bill Clinton again, because that's what you have in electing hillary. One hundred million dollars in income. how can they relate to the common person?
Obama is a breath of fresh air. He came up the hard way...by hard work and not forgetting his roots. He has integrity and new ideas. He's the one you need.

Sheldon LeGrow, Halifax, Canada

John McCain must be rubbing his hands with glee - sadly he's gonna win by a country mile whichever of these two win.

Alex, London,

Because Mrs Clinton seemed to have a more viable plan for universal heathcare for all US citizens and residents, I (British resident, EU passport) tended to support her over Obama. Not any more. She plays too dirty with insinuations, guilt-by-association and outright fibs.

Julia Iskandar, London, England

Wolfgang, Boulder, CO, USA

just wondering which feminist literature you get your information from?

sam, limerick,

Hillary Clinton only cares about POWER at the cost of her own party! She neeeds to get a grip. Obama all the way!

K, london, UK

I don’t know who I despise the most Hillary, Bush or Chaney. Hillary is just as dishonest as Bush and Chaney. Undecided voters of Philadelphia, I appeal to you, please do not allow this liar Hillary to have your vote. This race, the times and your vote is far too important.. Hillary is nothing more than Bush and his policies hiding under a Democratic Cape. This is not Clintonian "Dynasty" TV Soap, Starring Hillary Clinton! This is real affecting real lives, all our lives. Voting for Hillary is 4 more years of lies, deceit, death and destruction. America we made that mistake already and paid for it dearly with the blood of 4000+ of our kids. Our Soldiers are still fighting while she is playing Matrix-Rambo under sniper fire in Bosnia, and running around talking about she is like Rocky. Send Hillary a clear NO, with no spinning room for any misunderstandings. Superdelegates please put a stop to this arrogance.

C.Wreit, Bloomdale, GA

Politics is politics....trying to dress it in the salvation of "hope" is like asking a hooker to act like a nun - even in a habit you still look like a hooker..............Obama is an empty shirt - why can't democrats see that. Hiliary might well be a political sycophant - but at least see is a heavy weight.

Matt, Melbourne, Australia

Obama has not voted over one third [1/3] of the time he has been in the Senate, only three [3] years. If your employee missed work 33% of the time, you would fire him! And this is the man who should be president? No thank you!

Hilary in '08!

Nona, New York City, USA

"Mrs Clinton once said her parents named her after Sir Edmund Hillary. Then it was pointed out to her that she was born more than five years before he climbed Mt Everest."

She is also quoted saying NZ's current Prime Minister is actually the former PM and made a joke about her. As much as I hate Helen Clark, H Clinton sounds like a total bitch that would do anything to get votes.

Cameron, Auckland, New Zealand

Clinton and McCain are from the same mould and it is about time that people came to realize this simple fact. Hillary Clinto is pulling wool over the eyes of working class voters who seem to have forgotten that she spoke and showed anti-union sentiments while she was on the board of Wal-Mart, the biggest anti-union company in the world. She also supported Bill Clinton's folly, the pursuit of NAFTA and she lies with ease, she calls it "mis-speak" and laughs at her deceptions. She is an evil person and a Liar, to call a spade a spade. Obama is untested in the Premier leagues but so is she, Really and so is McCain but Obama has the intelligence to lead and he will.

Harry Greenwood, Vancouver BC, Canada

Any woman that would continue living with, and be supported by a creep such as her present husband " I DID NOT HAVE SEX WITH THAT WOMAN' knows nothing of human values, principles or basic honesty. She may just have got the majority vote if she ran for office alone... Do people even think that, in the event of her winning that her sex mad husband would not have any effect on her decisions... Think about it folks before it is too late

Peter, Perth, West Australia

SHe has nothing to say except how Obama sucks and how terrorsits are going to attack again. just like Bush.

josh, hjghjGreenwich, ct

Both have now demonstrated well their immaturity and unsuitability for high office.

Gerry, Glasgow,

Too bad I hoped that the US would finally have a decent president. Obama, Hillary, and McCain, pick your poison.

Jeremiah Gottfield, Toronto, ON

Everyone knows that American politics is a charade - business and the military make the running, with democracy a sad myth.
Why bother with this tawdry window-dressing.

Ian, Berwick, UK

I cannot believe she is being let off so lightly on the 'sniper fire' fabrication.

The thing with snipers is that they don't miss often. If she was under sniper fire, then people around her were getting shot and I imagine that US troops would be firing back.
Unforgettable stuff you would think.

Mark, London, UK

Politics is a dirty game. Whoever wins will raise America up from the dirt in terms of World Opinion.
Its interesting though.

Andy , Sydney, Australia

Mr. Obama said, “We’ve got to get out of the typical pattern of politics.” And yet he is the candidate who has raised raised record shattering campaign contributions, and who has spent record amounts in political advertising.

But, how could it be termed "negative" to recite his stated respect and admiration for his racist pastor, his association with a proud and unrepentant radical bomber and terrorist whose only regret is that he had done more, and his financially profitable association with on trial for corruption.? Why is it negative campaigning to point out that Mr. Obama has not repudiated these people who remain his friends? Why is it negative campaigning to point out his clear lack of experience at the national or international level?

Bob Evans, Anaheim, California

Is there any depth to which Hillary will not stoop? I'm beginning to think there isn't. That must why people have taken to calling her "Hellary". I personally don't care for name calling and dirty politics either, but I only take so much from other people before I start my own offensive attacks. It is clear and simple: Barack Obama has more integrity than Hillary Clinton.

Carol, LA, CA, USA

Obama now accused of negative politics? Well, how long do you expect him to keep taking punches without returning some and expect to win? Sometimes you have to dish out the same meal to your opponent so she/he knows what the taste is like.
M. Odeh

Odeh Michael, Glasgow, UK

Yes, well, we know how and on what issues the Republicans are going to attack Obama

But then we also know how and on what issues the Republicans are going to attack Billary

Frankly, if I were one of the Superdelegates pondering who is the most likely to succeed against McCain, I'd still pump for Obama.

volov, auckland, new zealand

I remain shocked that Obama still stands following connections to 'institutional racism' through his friend the pastor. A connection with the BNP or to any other form of racist institution would end your political career here, and rightly so, regardless of background.

The irony of a country struggling to conjure up the best portrayal of what it wants to show as change; while the 'mother country', Britain, perceived as archaic and entrenched in tradition, had its first female leader in the 80s, not to mention a leader of Jewish descent some time before.

Neither of them had to lie about trips, had ties with racist organisations at all. I never thought I'd say this, but McCain looks the best bet.

Oliver Taylor, Nottingham,

The Democratic primaries, having started so full of hope and energy, present a sad picture now. The only positive thing I can get from this is: This contest clearly disproves (again) the old feminist notion that, whereas men's ways are dirty and mean, women, by their very nature, are kind, virtuous, and good. Welcome to the real world!

Wolfgang, Boulder, CO, USA

We all hoped that the US was on the brink of having a peaceful revolution and that either a woman or a black man would be elected President. Somehow or other we felt that either would bring a change in national attitude. It wasn't so much that we believed that women or black people were inherently superior but merely that the election of either would signal a massive change in terms of hope and aspiration from the average US citizen. But now how the US public hopes are being dashed, as Obama and Clinton trade gutter politics with each other. And the likely winner? McCain , the man who tells us he will do everything in his power to keep American troops in Iraq for the next 100 years!

Anderson B Robertson, Dunoon,

Bring on Al Gore as the peacemaker.

James Lachowsky, Swindon, Wiltshire

I am not here to defend Obama. Nor am I here to defend Bill ayers formerly of SDS and the Weathermen. I disagreed with the Weathermen politically during the '60's because as an African American militant I felt they put our communities at risk. That was then. As a former schol Princiapl and an administrator who ran Juvinile detention center schools here on the West Caost, I know that Ayers has compiled a body of work working with the poor and disadvantaged youth of Chicago all these years. He sat on a board with Obam. Have you looked at the rest of the board. This specious reasoning is along the lines of attacking Clinton because she did an internship with the man who defended the Communist Party USA. He was not a party member but is portrayed as such by her Republican foes.
While she did an internship with this progressive law office she has spent her legal career as a corporate lawyer on the board of WalMart etc. I would take the men who dedicated their lives to the poor!

Marty Price, Oakland, California

I said it yesterday and I'll say it again. Isn't she just hideous? I do hope Mr Obama wins, that would be ever so nice.

Samarius, Leeds,

Mrs Clinton's campaign content and style has consistently focussed on what she feels are Senator Obama's weaknesses rather than her own strengths.

She has been found lacking in honesty and integrity. She has entered into agreements about the primaries in Florida and Michigan and then simply broke them with the same level of nonchalance as when she 'misspoke' on several occassions about her perceived sniper fire experiences at Tuzla Airport in Bosnia.

Using the same warped logic, she has lowered the tone of the campaign to new depths using the excuse that the Republicans would do the same. Her focus of negativity has been a quotation from Mr Obama taken out of context and comments made by his preacher, who incidentally and unlike her husband, fought for his country in Vietnam.

I have heard it said that a country elects the leader it deserves. I cannot believe that the USA and by default, the rest of the world, deserves Hillary Clinton.

Donovan Wright, Reading, Berkshire

Yes, Hillary's plan to bring down her party if she can't win is working. She knows Obama can beat McCain but will try to destroy him first. She is unelectable so she will wait it out until 'one term McCain' is done. Hillary is a traitor to her party and remains the most divisive politician in America.

Martha, Greenwich, Ct

And I quote:

"She is arguing forcefully that Mr Obama is an untested presidential election risk and that she has far more chance of beating John McCain in November."

She got to the senate because of her husband. Obama got to the senate because of himself.

She's got a lot of nerve on the whole "experience" thing.

I'm hoping & praying for Obama to win by one vote tomorrow.

Dan, Portland, US

It's time for a change. We are tired of Clinton and Obama. Give us John McCain.

Rosalind Blakeshaw, Boston, MA

Mrs Clinton asked for negative campaigning from Mr Obama when she commented he wasn't strong enough (to fight back).

Now she criticizes him??

Bill, Vancouver, Canada

Mrs Clinton's argument that Obama is 'untested' is only interesting in that she has been tested and found seriously wanting.

John McCain must be rubbing his hands with glee.

Neil Murphy, cromer,