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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:40 PM
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Obama spoke in Harlem last night and then had "coffee" and a meeting with Bloomberg today...
Edited on Fri Nov-30-07 12:57 PM by jenmito
Chris Lawrence, CNN reporter who was there, said Obama changed MORE than a few minds last night. Obama promised as president he'd have a civil rights division that will investigate crimes like those in Jena. He said there's a tremendous amount of good will for Obama and thinks the numbers can EASILY flip (among Black people's support of Hillary vs. Obama). :D
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:43 PM
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1. The more minds the better!
Edited on Fri Nov-30-07 12:53 PM by silverweb
:D

On Edit: I really like these parts of _this article_:

"I trust him," said Harlem resident Angela Dews. "Hillary is slick. Democrats are taking us for granted."


and

By having breakfast with Obama, Bloomberg is doing what he said he would do while not running for president and dropping his Republican party affiliation: he is injecting himself into the national dialogue to try to influence the debate.

"I am going to speak out on those issues," Bloomberg said in June. "By not being affiliated with a party I think I'm going to have a better opportunity to do that."

Obama "is a person who is not only setting policy in the senate, he's also one of the handful of people who are shaping the national debate," Loeser said.

A spokesman for Obama, Robert Gibbs, said the men share a similar view: that Washington has been consumed by partisan politics.



GObama!
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:45 PM
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2. He's going into Clinton territory and people are just getting to know him and liking what they see
and hear. I think he's going to end up winning the whole enchilada!
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:49 PM
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5. I hope, I hope, I hope!!
"I think he's going to end up winning the whole enchilada!"
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:50 PM
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6. I think, I think, I think
it'll happen! :hi:
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jefferson_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:45 PM
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3. It feels great to finally have a candidate who inspires us toward something better.
It's his time.
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Pirate Smile Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:47 PM
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4. He had dinner last night with Sharpton at Sylvia's. Remember the last
person we heard about having dinner with Sharpton at Sylvia's?

I don't think Obama had the same response as the other person. Of course, I'm sure it wasn't his first time there. :)
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:54 PM
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8. Yup. BillO and his shock and awe about Black people eating with forks
and knives and stuff! I'm sure it was a different experience with Obama.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:53 PM
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7. Is this hilarious or what?



:rofl:
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:55 PM
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9. They were showing these pics/videos on MSNBC and CNN...
Bloomberg requested the meeting. Hmmm...
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:58 PM
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12. It's so funny they sat in the window
Such a New York City, in your face cameo. I love it.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:01 PM
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13. I know! I wonder whose idea it was.
Maybe they knew people would be trying to see them so they just decided to make it easier for everyone!
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:11 PM
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15. There's a dining room in City Hall serves breakfast
Waiters who can serve it in the office!

I'm not saying it means what it's being taken to mean, but there is certainly some purpose at hand.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:27 PM
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23. Hahaha! Then I'm sure it was meant to send a signal...
what it is, I don't know. But I like the attention it's getting. :D
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silverweb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:58 PM
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10. Talk about being in a goldfish bowl!
I imagine if they'd wanted to squash speculation and keep their meeting private, they could have had breakfast someplace else, eh? :D

You'd better believe that there's a reason for the picture window. I'm just surprised that no one hired a lip reader to catch the conversation.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 12:58 PM
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11. How relaxing!
Yikes...whatever those photogs get paid, it's not enough.
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LSK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:13 PM
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16. why?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:28 PM
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24. Because they're sitting right at the window. n/t
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:13 PM
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17. BHO and Bloomie about to pull a Nader?
When BHO loses the nomination will he, like many of his supporters here, get a Republofuck elected by emulating little Ralph?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:30 PM
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26. No. Will Hillary when SHE loses the nomination?
:eyes: I can see it now...a new party called "Clintons for America."
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:33 PM
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30. I know that Hillary has pledged to support the nominee, Has Obama?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:34 PM
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32. Yes.
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:04 PM
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14. IMO, Bloomberg was checking out Obama for his VP, if he runs as an IND. n/t
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:14 PM
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18. Obama would never do it. He's a Dem through and through.
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Adelante Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:18 PM
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20. No, he wouldn't
I just think it's funny as an NYC kind of story. It's almost Saturday Night Live.
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MNDemNY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:24 PM
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21. Do you know...
Has Obama made "the pledge" to support the nominee?
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:32 PM
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29. They all said they would. n/t
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:29 PM
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25. I don't know, I'll bet Obama is more worried today that Bloomberg may rain on his parade. n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:34 PM
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31. It wasn't Obama who requested the meeting. I doubt he's worried about ANYTHING. n/t
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:38 PM
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36. If Obama isn't worried about Bloomberg, he is a fool. n/t
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:45 PM
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38. They had a meeting-a public meeting at Bloomberg's request. I doubt it was to threaten him
or give him some "scary" news like he's going to be running against him. :eyes:
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:37 PM
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35. Bloomberg won't run if Obama is the nominee--I feel pretty certain of that.
Edited on Fri Nov-30-07 01:38 PM by wienerdoggie
edit--my typing's awful today
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CK_John Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:43 PM
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37. I think Bloomberg will run if it's Hillary and Rudy to make it a NY trifecta. n/t
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:49 PM
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39. I agree on that.
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polichick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:31 PM
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27. Does Bloomberg think he'd be more popular than Obama? nt
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:31 PM
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28. I doubt it. The opposite could be true, though, on the Dem. ticket. n/t
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jaysunb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:18 PM
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19. Was there ever any question where the AA vote would go ?
I think not.....and a win in Iowa will energize and add upwards of a million new voters in the community.

Mark my words.
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:36 PM
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33. I agree.
And yes, a win in IA would show all those who had doubts he could win that he could win and will vote for him.
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AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:26 PM
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22. Wonderful.
Thanks for posting, Jen. :)
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jenmito Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-30-07 01:36 PM
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34. No problemo!
:hi:
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