[Howlin]

Everything I've seen, except for the local channels, are pushing Ruben.

[RAT Patrol]

Yep. Everyone is pretty much pushing Ruben. I love Ruben, but I don't think it's fair to push him before the competition tonight. Oh well. Clay will make us proud I'm sure.

[WatchOutForSnakes]

Even Fox News Channel this morning was plugging Ruben. That's the second time I've seen them say Ruben was their guy. It took me an hour and a half to vote last time and I only voted once. This time I'm going to vote as many times as they will let me thru. I'm voting for Clay for two reasons. First, he is easily the best singer and second I don't like it when they try to push one over the other.

[OldFriend]

On Amazon they say that the single that will be out by each of the top two.........Clay is way up near the top and Ruben is way down on the list. Clearly Clay has stolen the hearts of Americans of all ages.

[DoughtyOne]

I'm not sure that it matters which of these two wins other than braging rights, since both are going to get singing contracts and become wealthy men.

Both have great voices that lend themselves to different styles. Both seem like nice people that I'm glad are getting a break.

For a while there I was concerned that those blond girls were going to get the adolescent male vote and beat out the more qualified to the end. Glad that didn't
happen. Neither had a voice with the power and range that these two do.

The black man that went to Southwestern University in Keene Texas, (Jimmy Smits or something like that, about 6th or 7th from the end) gave an incredible
performance the night he left. The range was astounding. The person who wrote the song complimented him and I agreed.

I think the best to voices made it to the end. I liked the black girl Tenesha (or something like that). Her last performances were incredible. I wouldn't be surprised to
see her get a contract either.

Kimberly Locke made some nice offerings before the end. She was much improved over time, as were a number of the last six or seven.

All in all, I think Ruben is the voice to beat. He's had very few off the mark performances over the length of the competition.

Clay has an incredibly strong voice, lots of power.

[fightinJAG]

Agreed---there is like this big Ruben machine out there pushing him.

He CAN sing, no doubt about it. But Clay has much more versatility and, eventually, he will get his performance legs and really knock 'em dead.