Hillary’s supporters are enthusiastic about her qualifications and put off by all the men who keep bullying her to get out of the race early. She is not some fringe candidate who has garnered a small percentage of vote. She has won the large states and important battleground states that are necessary for an electoral victory for the Democrats. Two states she would clearly have won have not even been counted. If this were a winner-take-all contest, like the Presidential race will be; she would be ahead 2:1 in electoral votes against Obama.

If Rep. Cohen wants the Democrats to take back the White House in the Fall, he should be respectful of this first serious female contender for the highest elected office in our country. Those of us who support Hillary want to feel that our candidate has been treated fairly. If she is, we will continue to vote in large numbers and be on the phones and streets for the elected nominee in the Fall. Remarks such Rep. Cohen’s will divide the party and leave many Democratic unenthusiastic and some even staying home - not his intent I’m sure. He should retract his disrespectful remarks.

Pat Branham, Elected Delegate for Hillary Clinton
3rd Congressional District, TN

I shudder to think what Representative Cohen and others of his mindset would have done if the same details had been revealed about Senator Clinton. Representative Cohen and his like minded thinkers will find the 2008 election carries the same results as when George McGovern, Walter Mondale and Michael Dukakis ran for President.

There is considerable talk about healing the split in the Democratic Party and moving forward. When individuals such as Representative Cohen speak and leave the impression that women are still chattels, it is very unlikely healing will occur. Instead, Democrats will either hold their noses and vote for Senator McCain or simply sit out the election. Either way, the Republicans will stay in the White House another four years. Even if Representative Cohen wins the primary in August, he might find himself sitting back in Memphis come January as he becomes a casualty of the vote and the backlash against him and the Democratic Party.

By the way, since Senator Obama is so anti-Israel, I wonder what Representative Cohen’s synagogue thinks of his statements about his comparison of Senator Clinton to an unbalanced movie character.

I deplore you to stop this sexist, unfair and hate filled effort to keep a woman from winning the Presidency.

Rep. Cohen is indeed running against a strong woman in Memphis, but this is way beyond the pale. There was a time when women in Tennessee could count on Rep. Cohen, but guess he has decided the 51% of us Tennesseans who are female are no longer important.