What the hell happened to this?!

"I think Indiana is very important," Obama said. "We've got three contests coming up in pretty big states -- Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Indiana. They all have significant numbers of delegates, and they are states where Sen. Clinton and I are actively campaigning."  

"You know, Sen. Clinton is more favored in Pennsylvania," he added, "and I'm right now a little more favored in North Carolina, so Indiana right now may end up being the tiebreaker. So we want to work very hard in Indiana. While Sen. Clinton has some advantages here, I benefit coming from an adjoining state."

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2 008/04/11/878455.aspx

As far as I can tell Hillary Clinton won the tiebreaker!

Settle in...this one's going to Denver and we aren't leaving her side.

There are 4,048 delegates who are headed to Denver as of now (this could change depending on what the Rules Committee decides in the Florida/Michigan debacle).

Barack Obama currently has 1724 delegates
Hillary Clinton currently has 1589 delegates

There are 735 delegates left for the taking

Okay...I am sick and tired of people saying Hillary has run the negative campaign in this election!

Let's take a look at the facts, which as they say, tend to be stubborn things.

1.) July 27th, 2007:
Obama Says Clinton Is `Bush-Cheney Lite'
"I don't want Bush-Cheney lite," he told reporters yesterday. "I want a fundamental change."

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/27/us/pol itics/27clinton.html?_r=1&oref=slogi n

Sounds pretty negative to me

2.) Michelle Obama on Good Morning America:

ROBERTS: So what if Senator Clinton defeats her husband, becoming the first woman nominee. Could you see yourself working to support the first woman nomination?

OBAMA: I'd have to think about that. I'd have to think about that, her policies, her approach, her tone.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02 04

Didn't see this one blown up in the media

3.) Jesse Jackson Jr. on MSNBC right before the South Carolina Primary

"...there were tears that melted the Granite State. And those are tears that Mrs. Clinton cried on that day, clearly moved voters. She somehow connected with those voters.
But those tears also have to be analyzed. They have to be looked at very, very carefully in light of Katrina, in light of other things that Mrs. Clinton did not cry for, particularly as we head to South Carolina where 45% of African-Americans who participate in the Democratic contest, and they see real hope in Barack Obama."

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsm emo.com/2008/01/obama_campaign_cochair_q uestions_hillarys_tears.php

Yeah; Bill's the one who injected race into the campaign :)

4.) General McPeak speaking to a crowd (while Senator Obama stood right next to him) about a comment Bill Clinton made the day before:

McPeak, a former chief of staff of the Air Force and currently a co- chair of Obama's presidential campaign, said that sounded like McCarthy.

"I grew up, I was going to college when Joe McCarthy was accusing good Americans of being traitors, so I've had enough of it," McPeak said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id= D8VIB4QO0&show_article=1

I mean, are you kidding me, comparing Bill Clinton to Joe McCarthy! That one blew my mind

5.) General Walter Stewart on an Obama Campaign conference call:

"One of the inherent duties of the president of the United States is to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day," said Gen. Walter Stewart on an Obama campaign conference call on the issue of Bosnia...Imagine the lack of moral authority she has now to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day."

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/200 8/04/19/clinton-camp-obama-was-a-hypocri te-from-day-one/

Wow, the politics of hope at its finest

6.) Claire McCaskill on Barack Obama

What this man has done, Barack Obama, is, he, for the first time I think, as a black leader in America, has come to the American people not as a victim, but rather as a leader.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/ 2008/03/mccaskill-obama.html

Just wondering what would have happened if Bill Clinton said that...

7.) McPeak again on Hillary:

The advisor, retired Gen. Merrill A. "Tony" McPeak, said in a telephone interview that Obama has "real gravitas, not artificially created, focus-grouped, poll-directed, rehearsed gravitas."

He also said Obama "doesn't go on television and have crying fits; he isn't discovering his voice at the age of 60" -- references to Clinton's much-publicized show of emotion during the New Hampshire primary campaign and her speech after winning the contest in which she declared that she had "found my voice."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/02/02 /obama-adviser-barack-do_n_84581.html

Honestly, I could give you dozens of examples but I'm tired and would like to catch up on some 30 Rock.

But seriously, enough of the Hillary's been more negative drama. Barack Obama is a politician and he is not adverse to playing dirty.

The seven states with the most electoral votes:
1.) California - 55 - Won by Hillary
2.) Texas - 34 - Won by Hillary
3.) New York - 31 - Won by Hillary
4.) Florida - 27 - Won by Hillary *
5.) Pennsylvania - 21 - Don't want to jinx it but let's just say it looks good for Hillary
6.) Illinois - 21 - Won by Barack
7.) Ohio - 20 - Won by Hillary

"To know me is to love me?"

Why can't Barack win the big states?

He outspends her 3-1 in PA and looks headed for defeat?

Here's a newsflash...there won't be any caucuses in November and if you take away caucuses...

* This is a real reason he's dodging the Florida and Michigan issue! He wouldn't have even mattered they campaigned there...the man can't win the big states!

I saw dozens of articles talking about Newsweek's poll showing Obama ahead by 19...where are the articles showing Hillary has REGAINED the lead according to Gallup!

http://www.gallup.com/poll/106606/Gallup -Daily-Clinton-46-Obama-45.aspx

Clinton 46% - Obama 45%

The first time she has been ahead since March 20th...

but if no one is around to hear it fall does it make a sound?

Call, write, jump up and down...just make sure some media outlets pick this up because something is happening on the ground...he was ahead by 11% a week ago.

To all the Obama supporters:

1.)Be happy the questions he got last night came in a primary debate because should he win the nomination there is no doubt they would have come in a general election debate.

2.) This is what her supporters are talking about when they say he hasn't been vetted! You're not vetted until the American people hear ALL the garbage...Can you imagine what would have happened if Wright and Ayers broke October 25th, 2008!

3.) If John Kerry (war hero) and Max Cleland (war hero & triple amputee) were successfully swiftboated then we need to be damn sure that our nominee this year can handle the garbage that will come their way.

Many people believe that the "Governor Dukakis; if Kitty were raped and murdered..." question sunk his candidacy. The media loves their Gotcha questions and will not stop asking them and our candidates need to be prepared to answer them.

Okay, Hillary needs to seize this and seize it quickly!

88% of Democrats believe the Superdelegates should either follow the popular vote or choose the candidate they think is best...88%! Only 12% of delegates believe that the supers should vote for the person ahead in the pledged delegate count. This is
huge news for Hillary. Her campaign should lay it on the line and say "we're in this because when all is said and done more people will have voted for Hillary Clinton than Barack Obama." 88% of the party is behind you on this Hillary - GO FOR IT!!!!

"Those superdelegates are free to back any candidate, and many of them remain uncommitted. When asked how superdelegates should decide which candidate to support, nearly half of Democrats said they should follow the overall popular vote, while just one in eight said the number of delegates won in primaries and caucuses should be the deciding factor. Nearly four in 10 said superdelegates should choose the candidate they think is the best." http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2008/04/15/AR2008041503586_ 2.html?sid=ST2008041600002

Oh, and here's a good article explaining how she could end up with a hundred thousand more votes than Obama without Florida and half a million more votes with Florida:

"Conclusion

All told, this gives Hillary around a 100K margin of victory, using Obama's best count system (use caucus estimates, don't us FL or MI). In truth, I think the best system credits FL -- both were on the ballot, neither campaigned, and even though the delegates don't count, the votes were still cast. Under this count, she wins by almost a half million votes -- exactly Gore's popular vote win over Bush.

And therein lies the rub. Are the Democrats, who still feel victimized by 2000, going to go with the person who very narrowly won the bizarre system of delegate allocations? Who won because of Texas' primacaucus, and the refusal to seat FL and MI?"

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/article s/2008/04/no_really_hillary_has_a_decent .html

It's game time

It's 5pm and I'm sitting in an office in Los Angeles filled with almost a dozen Hillary Clinton volunteers. Why am I writing this diary? Because sometimes I feel that in all the back and forth we forget about the passion of the people on the ground. I've been phonebanking for Hillary since January; I've met dozens and dozens of people of different ages, races, and economic status. Some are students, some are full time workers, some are retired. Some of them have children while others are brand new voters. What is true of everyone here is that we are committed to a Democratic victory in November. I am not here because I am opposed to Barack Obama. If Barack Obama wins the nomination he will have my vote. But I am here because I believe in Hillary Clinton. I believe that the differences in their health care plans are not small ones. Out of the two plans only one will lead to universal healthcare. That difference alone is enough for me. Her plan is fantastic, if you haven't read it please do so: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/he althcareplan/americanhealthchoicesplan.p df

They say she voted to authorize the war, I respond that he voted for Cheney's Energy bill. They say _, I say __...
That's not what this is about. We have two phenominal candidates and I would be proud to have either as my President. But with the majorities we are set to win in the House and Senate I don't see why we should give up on Universal Health Care. And please, make no mistake about it...Senator Obama's plan is not Universal as Elizabeth Edwards pointed out.  

Let's fight for our candidates in a positive way, let's stop this madness as it has gotten completely out of hand. There are two words I never want to hear and they are "President McCain."

I say best of luck to Obama but I'm not giving up the fight any time soon. I appeal to Obama supporters to stand against the viciousness one can find on the DailyKos and the HuffingtonPost because let us not forget that come November you cannot win without us and we cannot win without you.

7 Days until PA!

If you're not calling then put some coins in the piggybank!

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