“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Wednesday May 14, 2008

Does anybody really believe that they won't have them lined up for tomorrow?

will add the updates here

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/wire/chi-ap-in-obama-visclosky,0,5558382.story

In a statement Wednesday, Visclosky says Obama "promises to bring Americans together."

Lauren Wolfe and Awais Khaleel, president and vice president of the College Democrats of America, made their official statement via a YouTube video. How appropriate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VARYagkoAQo


Edit--Lauren is an SD from Michigan, so she doesn't count (right now).

I guess she's a half vote.

http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGBdf5

As a Democrat abroad, I've seen the repercussions of the Republican Administration every day, in the diminished reputation of the United States and in the lack of real leadership both at home and abroad, from the economy to the war in Iraq,” said Schon Marques. “I'm proud to be a Democrat, and proud of both our candidates. Today I pledge my support to Senator Barack Obama because I believe that he will take our country in the right direction, he will restore America's reputation, he will honor the men and women who are bravely serving our country, and he will reach out to Americans across the country and around the world.

:loveya: :hi:

I was born and raised in WVa, and its the poorest or next to poorest state in the
country, ranks low in education, and not a whole lot of sunlight gets in
between those mountains. They are 10 years behind the times and many democrats there
listen to Rush Limbaugh.

Clinton Supporter Can’t Vote For Obama Because He’s A ‘Muslim’

"He's a Muslim and you know that has a lot to do with it. I just rather have, you know, Hillary."

video here
http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=95263

Thank God most of the country isn't this stupid.

And the young people continue to leave the state.

Watchdog Group: Clinton's Wealth Rose Fastest Among Lawmakers

By Greg Gordon | McClatchy Newspapers Posted on Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Clintons may repay campaign debt with book deals, speeches

Tue May 13, Jed Report

This pre-election overview can also serve as a post mortem. The real problem
with WVA.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008 The Personal IS Political

Pre-WV Election Commentary

The Queen's Sense Of Entitlement

The Personal IS Political

Hillary Clinton Wins West Virginia

Oliver Willis. May 13, 2008

"The nutjobs might have been kind of right about the Clintons this whole time."

by John Aravosis (DC) · 5/14/2008

Why Obama got his ass handed to him in West Virginia

Kevin K. at RumpRoast on 05/14/08

The tone of the extreme pro-Clinton chorus is growing ever more twitchy as they watch their candidate circling the drain.

They don't all suck at math...

Betty Cracker at 5/13/2008

for Obama since PA. He saw the writing on the wall then and he's started defending Obama in discussion panels. I've been surprised with his change.

One of the things I admired about him is that he didn't try and get a job with the Clinton administration - too bad Rove didn't do the same thing.

Now he just is trying to save his reputation as an indpendent and intelligent guy.


I am not surprised because he never takes things personally - how could he - look who he married.

cool - coal mine - right after WVa election. Hehe.

ELECTION RESULTS IN WEST VIRGINIA, NEBRASKA AND MISSISSIPPI

Down With Tyranny

Factoid Of the Night

Andrew Sullivan 13 May 2008

are now boasting Hillary signs. I've noticed quite a few in my neighborhood that fit that pattern.

Also, the state's largest conservative newspaper, The Charleston Daily Mail, endorsed Hillary.

Hmmm. Interesting.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

May 14, 2008 at 1:00 AM by David Pleasant

Customer: "Look, matey, I know a dead parrot when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now."
Pet-shop owner: "No, no he's not dead, he's -- he's resting! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian blue, isn't it, aye? Beautiful plumage!"
-- From "Monty Python's Flying Circus"

This Is an Ex-Candidate

By Dana Milbank Wednesday, May 14, 2008; Page A03

in fact, she is waving at an aide she had been talking with on the plane minutes earlier.

She seems so phony at times.....

I wish someone would start an op on this, imagine it on the front page.

May 14, 2008 - Obama, Clinton Both Top McCain In November Face-Off, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Most Democrats Back Obama-Clinton 'dream Ticket'

Either one of the two Democratic contenders, Illinois Sen. Barack Obama or New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, leads the likely Republican presidential nominee, Arizona Sen. John McCain, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today. Sen. Obama leads Sen. McCain 47 - 40 percent while Sen. Clinton is up 46 - 41 percent.

In an Obama-McCain matchup, independent voters back the Democrat 48 - 37 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University poll finds. Men split with 45 percent for McCain and 44 percent for Obama, while women back Obama 49 - 36 percent. McCain leads 47 - 40 percent among white voters, while blacks back Obama 87 - 4 percent.

In a Clinton-McCain contest, independent voters split with 41 - 41 percent. Men go with McCain 46 - 42 percent while women back Clinton 51 - 36 percent. White voters back McCain 48 - 41 percent, the same margin as the Obama-McCain matchup, while black voters back Clinton 79 - 8 percent.

Among Democrats, Obama is ahead slightly as 45 percent say they want to see him win the nomination while 41 percent want to see Clinton as the nominee. And Democrats say 63 - 34 percent that Clinton should stay in the presidential race.

http://www.quinnipiac.edu/x1295.xml?ReleaseID=1177

A bit more than a week away from Oregon’s May 20 primary, Barack Obama has amassed a nearly insurmountable lead in the Democratic presidential race, according to statewide polling conducted by Portland’s Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall Inc. for the Portland Tribune and FOX 12 News.

The U.S. senator from Illinois leads Hillary Clinton by a commanding 55 percent to 35 percent margin among likely Democratic voters, and even leads among women voters who ordinarily tilt toward Clinton, said Tim Hibbitts of Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall. The poll was conducted May 8-10, during and after visits to Oregon by Obama and Clinton.

“Barring a disaster, Barack Obama’s going to win Oregon, and he may win it very big,” said Hibbitts, one of Oregon’s most respected nonpartisan pollsters. “This is the widest lead that I’ve seen of any poll for Obama in Oregon,” he said. “I’d be shocked if Obama didn’t win here.”

http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=121064144749596700

The two College democrats, a democratic abroad chairwoman, and an Indiana Representative.

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/05/early-bird-still-got-worm.html

Iowa the highest, 7.13
Vermont the lowest, 0

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121073227421390697.html

In a statement released by the campaign, the four men said they believed Sen. Obama would take a "reasoned approach" to "balanced regulatory reform." As with rival presidential candidates Sens. John McCain and Hillary Clinton, Mr. Obama has advocated revamping financial regulations to head off a repeat of the current credit crisis. Unlike the other two, Sen. Obama has said he would consider raising the capital-gains tax rate from its current 15% -- a move that could have a profound effect on the financial industry.

http://wweek.com/editorial/3427/10974/
I like Obama's six minute interviews with local press.
Is anybody keeping track of them?

Thats the first I've seen of these types of interviews. They aren't making it to
the media and blogs that I search each day.

It would be great to see more of them.

This was a hilarious ending question and Obama handled it well:

Uh, I cannot imagine any circumstances in which I would get a tattoo. If a gun was put to my head?

Yes.

Then I suppose I’d have to have Michelle’s name tattooed somewhere very discreet.

http://www.wsaz.com/news/headlines/18864284.html

It's hard to find them, because they're not necessarily published, the local media may just give a quote or something.

Posted Tuesday, May 13, 2008 8:04 PM
West Virginia's No-Win Primary--and What's Next
Andrew Romano Newsweek

And the winner is... no one. Hillary Clinton may have received the most votes in today's West Virginia primary, taking 67 percent of the vote and netting 10 delegates. Barack Obama may have moved one step closer to clinching the Democratic nomination. But as the polls close, the odds of Clinton topping her party's ticket are still impossibly long, and the worries about Obama's potential weakness among white, working-class swing voters in November are more justified than ever. Thanks for nothing, West Virginia. You may want to consider changing your slogan from "Open for Business" to "Everybody Loses."

With pre-primary polls showing Clinton set to clobber Obama by 37 points in the Mountain State, her staff didn't bother to wait for the returns to roll in before they began to brag. In a memo emailed to reporters around 1:00 p.m., Team Clinton ticked off the reasons "Why West Virginia Matters": as the "presumptive nominee," Obama "outspent us on advertising," "sent "more staff" to the state, opened "more than double the number of offices" and "benefited" from the backing of Sen. Jay Rockefeller and Congressman Nick Rahall, West Virginia's top elected officials. But despite all those advantages, they added, Obama couldn't "close a significant gap." Fair enough; Clinton did, after all, win by 41 points--one of the largest primary margins so far this season. At a different place and time--say, before she failed to meet her own expectations in Indiana and North Carolina on May 6--such boastful spin might have sounded pretty convincing. "In Washington, some people say the presidential primary in West Virginia doesn't much matter," she told voters in a last-minute radio ad. "But you know what? Tuesday, we can show ‘em."

Unfortunately for the former First Lady, who spent the past week hawking her new populist message in Appalachian hamlets from Webster to Clear Fork, the one thing worth bragging about in this twilight phase of the interminable Democratic nominating contest is the one thing she still doesn't have on her side: the math. Trailing Obama by 170 delegates, she's 316 short of the nomination. The problem? There are only 189 delegates available in the remaining primaries. Assuming Clinton splits them with her rival, she'd still have to win 94 percent of the uncommitted superdelegates to reach the magic 2,025 majority. That seems unlikely--to put it mildly. In the past week alone, Obama has added 30 superdelegates to his tally (or more than Clinton would've gained if she'd won every single Mountain State vote). Clinton's take? Three. Tonight, West Virginia didn't reveal any new voting patterns; everyone is well aware that blue-collar Dems prefer Clinton to Obama. So it won't convince the superdelegates to suddenly change their minds. “Obama is so far ahead at this point, it is hard to see anything we do, even big wins, being a game-changer,” a senior adviser told the New York Times this morning. Regardless of what Clinton says on the stump or on the radio, that's not just Beltway chatter. It's reality.

...more at the link

http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stumper/archive/2008/05/13/west-virginia-s-no-win-primary-and-what-s-next.aspx

Wed May 14 at the Jed report
Stacking up the blowouts



Contests won with 65% or more

In part because of the 9:1 delegate disparity in his blowout wins compared to Clinton's,
Obama didn't need a win in West Virginia -- like John McCain, he just needed to pick up
a few delegates and move on.

Well, even if he only ended up accomplishing the bare minimum, he did what he had to.

And now it's on to Oregon and the final stages of the campaign.

...more at the link
http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/stacking-up-the.html

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Fafblog Interviews: HILLARY CLINTON
FAFBLOG: Wow, Hillary Clinton, right here on our little blog! Well, we don't want to waste your time so let's cut to the chase! Why should we vote for you for president?

HILLARY CLINTON: One word, Fafnir: experience. I have thirty-five years of experience working for change, building a list of accomplishments so lengthy and impressive no one else even knows what they are. Why, I could go on for hours just about the policies I advanced as First Lady, from critical legislation like the Mumble-Something Act to my efforts to bring peace to the troubled region of Upper McDonaldland.

FB: And millions of Americans still enjoy the benefits of your successful health care plan in some distant parallel universe!

CLINTON: That's right, Fafnir. No one has more experience failing to fix health care than me. I worked in the White House for eight years failing to fix health care, and as president I'll make failing to fix health care my number one priority.

FB: Well that sounds pretty good, Hillary Clinton, but what if I wanna vote for someone with even more experience, like John McCain or Zombie Strom Thurmond or Andrew Jackson's collection of antique spittoons? Those spittoons have been in the White House for a long time an I hear they got a formidable command of foreign policy.

CLINTON: Ha haaa! Well you know, anyone off the street with a scary black pastor can talk about change, but it takes a fighter to fight for change. And I'm a fighter. I'm tough. And if you lived my life you'd be pretty darn tough too. I mean, I had to go to Wellesley. That was my safety school. But I was strong anyway and I endured. And as president I'll fight the insurance industry and the pharmaceutical industry and the health care industry, just as soon as they stop giving me millions of dollars!

.... more at the link
http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/fafblog-interviews-hillary-clinton.html

I posted Dana Milbank's article "This Is an Ex-Candidate"
in the Late Breaking news here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3309090

please kick and recommend.

must see, this is on the front page of DU
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5963280

Do you have a link to it?