Huckabee's dropping out was for the best as there was such a huge gap in the number of votes, he didn't stand a chance.

McCain is THE Republican candidate for President, that is for certain, there are no more in the running.

I also feel he will be out next president.

People are still pushing for an Obama/Clinton or Clinton/Obama ticket. Do you think, after all the recent attacks that is still a possibility or just wishful thinking?

My opinion is that it is just wishful thinking at this time. The rift between the two is just too great.

No joke. Each one has made so many negative claims against the other that if one of them did take the VP slot, they'd never have a legitimate career in politics again.

Looks like it will be Obama for the Democrats. I don't think either can get the required delegates to make them the automatic candidate and Obama is quickly closing the gap on super delegates.

I don't claim a party (I tend to vote for the lesser of the 2 evils most of the time so I tend to vote Republican more often because I see them as the less evil most of the time, but I have no objections to voting for Democrats as I have in the past). In this race, it is my opinion (and feel free to take it as that, just my opinion) that if the U.S. is to have any future as a country McCain is the only real choice (unfortunately).

As for a Clinton/Obama ticket, Ted Kennedy (The Godfather of the Democratic Party) has already stated that will not happen.

I claim a party so that I can vote in the primaries, but, when I get in the voting booth, I am strictly independent, I vote for who my conscience feels is the best person for the job and at this point I am not happy with any of the choices. I agree that Hillary will not be the Democratic candidate and no way will there ever be a Obama/Clinton ticket.

This is an open forum and thus we are free to voice our opinions freely without fear of any flaming.

What is amusing though, is that even though Obama is leading in the delegate count, there are lots of folks on the message boards that are calling for him to drop out of the race.

Well, I feel the "leak" that he is a Muslim has hindered him even though this is not a fact, but, people hear something, want to believe it and thus it goes...human nature I guess. So many are against Obama because they think he is lying when he says he is NOT Muslim, so, they do not trust him based on a rumor.

Now, on the other hand, if Obama wasn't caught in so many lies, maybe more would believe him. I don't know.

As i'm not from the USA. I wouldn't know off hand.

They're all politicians...they're all lying in one way or another. The NRA convention was held in Louisville KY this weekend, and the only candidate that bothered to come and speak was McCain--even though they all claim to support the second amendment.