The Trail: A Daily Diary of Campaign 2008

lylepink:

I think we agree on Obama. Re: Hillary, here are the States (not including Washington D.C., although even those 3 E.V.s may be in doubt if she STEALS the nomination from Obama) I currently show as "almost certain" for her:

California
New York
Illinois
Massachusetts
Maryland
West Virginia
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Delaware

That's only 156 Electoral Votes for her so far. Which other States are you assuming as "almost certain" to get Hillary up to 309?! Keep in mind that the latest McCain vs. Hillary polls from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Minnesota and Tennessee have them basically tied.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/25/224531/594 Lexis-by Ron Fournier, AP, March 25, 1996 Protected by sharpshooters, Hillary Clinton swooped into a military zone by Black Hawk helicopter Monday to deliver a personal �thank you� to US troops�Mrs. Clinton hosted a USO show with comedian Sinbad and singer Sheryl Crow�highlight of her trip were visits to two fortified posts outside the US base in Tuzla. Even President Clinton, restricted to base by bad weather in Jan., did not see as much of this war-wracked region as Mrs. Clinton�Riflemen rushed to brush line as the helicopter landed and surrounded her as she walked in the post. Located in a �separation zone,� the US outpost nestles between two tree lines�Security was tight-fighter jets accompanied her C-17 cargo plane to Tuzla�

sounds like a visit that was pretty "HOT" to me...

sniper teams do not do "meet and greet" for nothing....

or do you think they were just part of great clinton international conspiracy?

right...uh hah

...ohio killled obama's cross over dream state

and pa will put a nail in that coffin too

and then comes wva and indiana

where he has adds running but NO ONE TO COME OUT AND MEET HIM EXCEPT IN THE BIG OLD URBAN INDIANNAPOLIS NEIGHBORHOODS

SOUNDS ALOT LIKE OHIO ALL OVER AGAIN BOYS AND GIRLS!!!!

go hilary

jack smith is absolutely right

bill clinton did not lose a single american soldier inside of the serious carnage and unbelievable genocide called bosnia and related regions

its the MOST UNDER STATED FOREIGN POLICY SUCCESS IN OUR NATIONAL MODERN HISTORY

and he did it and did not get a huge ego over it

and he did it without using major killing force to do it...

so what...you think obama could have solved this international european crises

and do you not believe the europeans do not thank bill clinton to this day for what he accomplished in getting bosnia to quiet down...

it was not perfect but it was a major breakthru for europe and the baltic states as well

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/3/25/224531/594 Lexis-by Ron Fournier, AP, March 25, 1996 Protected by sharpshooters, Hillary Clinton swooped into a military zone by Black Hawk helicopter Monday to deliver a personal �thank you� to US troops�Mrs. Clinton hosted a USO show with comedian Sinbad and singer Sheryl Crow�highlight of her trip were visits to two fortified posts outside the US base in Tuzla. Even President Clinton, restricted to base by bad weather in Jan., did not see as much of this war-wracked region as Mrs. Clinton�Riflemen rushed to brush line as the helicopter landed and surrounded her as she walked in the post. Located in a �separation zone,� the US outpost nestles between two tree lines�Security was tight-fighter jets accompanied her C-17 cargo plane to Tuzla�

check out this real time 96 ap newstory

it is rather revealing in that hot zone sniper teams actually did surround the first lady as she swept into several war torn hot zones....

mmmmm

maybe someone in the media did not quite get the story out to the national audience quite right....i wonder why?

JakeD: I have 22 states, but the three key ones are Pa., Ohio, and Fla. that Obama cannot win. The big suprise is Mass., that shows a tie between Obama and McCain.

YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT

If you didn't realize that these anti-Obama posts are from neo-cons pretending to be Democrats.

They want WAR, and they're afraid Obama won't give it to them...

they're quite happy with Hillary, or McCain... but Obama scares them.

It's part of an organized neo-con campaign to smear Obama

SO THEY CAN HAVE WARS THEY WANT

YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT:-)

If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary's than they had ever been before or since.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)

Best regards

jacksmith...

I and many of my friends in Ireland wish Sen Barack Obama all the luck in the world he will make the best US president ever.

He is young,fresh & full of energy and most of all he is a very genuine person that fact comes across very strongly.

IRELAND.

I and many of my friends in Ireland wish Sen Barack Obama all the luck in the world he will make the best US president ever.

He is young,fresh & full of energy and most of all he is a very genuine person that fact comes across very strongly.

alancharbonneau,

I have a friend in his late 20's who drives a 1972 boat of a car, with a Nixon-Agnew sticker on it. I can't remember what kind it is, but it almost takes up two spaces.

I think that McCain supporters are unaware of how much anger there is over the war and the 50 different reasons we were given for it. I am still angry with President Bush sending an honorable man like Colin Powell out to convince the United Nations of the threat with faulty intelligence.

corridorg4, yes some women may be angry but I doubt that Sen Clinton is staying in the race because of her deep concern for them.

My sister (age 60) is a lifelong Dem who, to my surprise, chose Obama. Me, I'm a 54yr old who voted for Nixon, Ford, & Reagan. Bruce Herschensohn and I are the only two living Americans who admit to voting for Tricky Dicky. But I digress...

I was opposed to the war before it started and have remained so. I decided to vote for Obama last summer even though I thought he had no chance and would have dropped out before my state, Texas, had their primary. I have my differences with Sen Obama on a number of issues, but they are all minor compared to the war in Iraq. I do not care if I have to pay higher taxes if we can get America's sons and daughters out of harm's way.

Also, I think that if Sen Clinton is seen to be pushed out, some of her supporters may stay home, but if she takes the high road, she can rally them and defeat McCain and his 100 years of war insanity.

So if someone like me disagrees to a large extent with Obama but will vote for him anyway, it gives me hope that others will do the same. I heard some conservative, lifelong Republicans say almost the exact thing on talk radio in Texas. The war is a big issue and a number of moderates and even some conservatives will cross the line. Hopefully, we will be joined by Sen Clinton's supporters. We need strength in the Congress as well as the White House.

alancharbonneau,

I suspect that there is a sizeable portion of white women between the ages of 50-75 who will not vote for Senator Obaman because of their belief that a woman, any woman, deserves to be president.

This woman is voting for Senator Obama, but then again I don't fit in that age category. I have always lived in a time where my body was my own, not that of the government.

Senator Clinton's base would do well to remember that when they decide to stay home in November and pout instead of keeping our right to choice alive.

Well, lylepink, using much more recent polling data (available at the links above), I only have her at 229 -- I would be happy to compare notes -- which States do you show her as "almost certain"?

"Women notice everything. If she gets forced out before the convention...I will leave the party."

I am not a member of the party, I am an ex-Republican, current Libertarian voting for Barack Obama - the first Democrat to ever get my vote. Therefore, I do not have to make silly threats to leave the party if I do not get my way.

I am also not required to believe every bit of political rhetoric that one campaign or the other puts out. The lastest from the Clinton camp is that women will be angry if she drops out, like she is staying in the fight for them; talk about a howler.

She is also thoroughly interested in the Fl and MI voters and has been ever since she first realized that she needed them. So she's probably staying in the fight for them as well.

Hillary had a contest a few months ago for a campaign song. I think a certain classic by the Who would have served her well: "Won't Get Fooled Again".

BTW, check out youtube for the Hillary "experience" video - Hendrix in the background blends well with the other images, speeches, and sounds.

JakeD; I have Hillary with 309 Electoral Votes and this goes back to June of last year. I am only counting what I consider the almost certain ones. For Obama it is very hard to reach 200 given the best of circumstances.

Anyone actually interested in how the Electoral College (the only vote that counts) is lining up so far:

McCain (324) vs. Obama (205)

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Obama/Maps/Mar31.html

McCain (278) vs. Clinton (229)

http://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Clinton/Maps/Mar31.html

I think it's important this cycle to see what's happening on the other side, Dems. The unholy union between social conservatives (i.e. religious right) and fiscal conservatives (i.e. corporate America) brought together by Reagan seems to be unhinging somewhat. McCain's unorthodox candidacy I think is a reflection of this. McCain claims to be a "footsoldier" in the Reagan revolution and may try desperately to keep it together, but he may also be the wedge that drives it apart. It really depends on whether he picks his VP from the center or from the right (and if from the right, whether from the social or fiscal side). Rather than focusing on whether Hillary is dividing us, we need to be watching to see if McCain divides them. My only hopes are: a) Rove's chickens really come home to roost, and people unhappy with how they were manipulated get a chance to exact their revenge, b) the religious right gets to sit on their collective hands because they don't have a suitable candidate to annoint. Amen!

"So the question we have to ask ourselves is, how are we going to debate John McCain?" Obama said in State College. "Do we want to debate John McCain with somebody who agree with him on the war in Iraq? Do we want to debate John McCain about who's been in Washington longer? Because that's a debate John McCain is going to win."

It is easy if you phrase the questions yourself, so you can give great sounding answers. Rumsfeld employed the tactic while he was reigning at Defence.

I have a few more questions Obama can use to give winning answers.

Do we want to debate John McCain on who is the blacker candidate? Because that's a debate I'd welcome.

Do we want to debate John McCain on who is black, white, Hawaiian and lived in Indonesia? Because that's a debate I'd welcome.

Do we want to debate John McCain on who hasn't taken money from Fedral lobbyists (state lobbyists don't count), who is against NAFTA (never mind the little tete-a-tete at the Chicago Consulate), who is the most ethical candidate (who is Rezko?), who was conceived as a direct result of the Selma March (you say, barck, but you were born four years before the March -- So!!)? Because that's a debate I'd welcome. And win handily.

wly34: Do you realize that no vote is a vote for the other candidate? Exactly what are you suggesting? Should we vote to keep thousands of mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, sisters and brothers in Iraq because of ego? I don't think so. Our troops are getting killed because of a lie. If that is what you want to continue, then go ahead with your plan.

Will someone please exlain to me how being a POW -- held in a cage and tortured -- is a qualification for being Commander In Chief? I think having served in the military is a plus for McCain, but his shameless fake modesty when HE is the one who brings it up all the time is nauseating and selfserving. I really don't get the HERO part. Someone who saves another is a hero, not someone who got shot out of his sky cadillac and caught. Dropping napalm wasn't heroic. Bombing civilians and friendlies isn't heroic. But if most Americans believe it is, then no wonder they bought BushCo's BS line of fake patriotism and Fascist Christian pitbull operatives for 8 years.
McBush is out whoring for support from every wingnut that will sign on.

Great choice, Sen. Klobuchar -- and yes, I think this is part of an overall strategy by Sen. Obama to string these endorsements out as the upcoming primaries approach. As to all the threatened boycotters, chill. And please go look at Sen. McCain's website to be reminded of just how far this one-time-maverick has veered to the right to get his party's nomination. This is not a zero-sum choice here -- Sen. McCain has been saber-rattling about Russia, is anti-choice (except as to religious schools); his economic theory is Republican orthodoxy; and his plans to keep us in Iraq for 100 years says everything I need to know. But for this anger-challenged 72 year old (with a 2d wife that got him into the AZ political elite-- how 'bout them family values?), there are also these underlying personality issues -- do you really want a trigger-happy old crank having control of our nuclear arsenal? I am an Obama fan but I'd vote for Sen. Clinton if she got the nomination. Democrats, just don't panic.

For those who don't follow links, I won't quote it in full, but here's perhaps the most important section:

"I do have a bit of personal context. About 26 years ago, I became engaged to my wife, an African-American. She was at that time and remains a member of Trinity. Somewhere between the ring and the altar, my wife had second thoughts and broke off the engagement. Her decision was grounded in race: So committed to black causes, the daughter of parents subjected to unthinkable prejudice over the years, an "up-and-coming" leader in the young black community, how could she marry a white man?

"Rev. Wright, whom I had met only in passing at the time and who was equally if not more outspoken about "black" issues than he is today, somehow found out about my wife's decision. He called and asked her to "drop everything" and meet with him at Trinity. He spent four hours explaining his reaction to her decision. Racial divisions were unacceptable, he said, no matter how great or prolonged the pain that caused them. God would not want us to assess or make decisions about people based on race. The world could make progress on issues of race only if people were prepared to break down barriers that were much easier to let stand.

"Rev. Wright was pretty persuasive; he presided over our wedding a few months later. In the years since, I have watched in utter awe as Wright has overseen and constructed a support system for thousands in need on the South Side that is far more impressive and effective than any governmental program possibly could approach. And never in my life have I been welcomed more warmly and sincerely than at Trinity. Never."

Quote: "Wow, you are proof that we have such a long way to go to unite in this country. Anyone who would jump party lines because they don't get what they want needs a bottle and a bed time story.

No, you are living proof that you would vote for a proven liar, someone who can't run her own campaign, someone who is not paying her own bills to small companies so that she can still be "entitled" to serve as president. You would vote for such a person to run the country? You are the one who needs a bottle and a bed time story. You would ruin your country instead of jumping party lines or just not voting??

Shame on you.

Here's an interesting article about Rev. Wright that appeared in the Trib:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-oped0326trinitymar26,0,7143430.story

to jadamsdie: Like I said before grab your bottle and a good bed time story. Hillary knows some good ones.....

Women notice everything. If she gets forced out before the convention...I will leave the party.

Hmm, do they? You haven't noticed that Senator Clinton is ruining the party's chances in the general election, because she thinks she is "entitled" to the presidency?
If she doesn't get forced out or leave before the convention, I will leave the party.

quacksgirl21 : No dear anyone that would vote for Obama needs far more education. This country would be far better off to have McCain a POW with great experience. McCain knows not to get us in a war because as a POW he hates war....but he will get us through the Bush war without losing. I would much rather Hillary Clinton be the next President but in no way would endanger our country by electing another guy with less experience than Bush had for starters. Add to that the FACTS that Obama is training his own young daughters to be racist by bringing them to a church that hates white America and thinks America manufactured AIDS to kill blacks. My generation raised our children to be color blind and if you look at the college kids coming to vote Obama, we the white America did a good job raising our children to be color blind but Obama is raising the next generation, his daughters to believe we want to kill them with AIDS because of their skin color. Obama is a racist and would not untie anything more than Bush the uniter did. Vote Hillary Clinton

to badger3: Goodbye who needs you. It is clear that you have no idea what loyalty is. I am an Obama backer, but would vote for Hillary if somehow she was to bully her way to the nomination. You really should think about what you are doing. You sound like Bill and Hillary when they were talking about how great McCain is over Obama. Doesn't she realize that using a strategy like that will backfire on her should she become the nominee. You are giving the Republicans exactly what they want, 4 more years of Bush politics. Wow, you are proof that we have such a long way to go to unite in this country. Anyone who would jump party lines because they don't get what they want needs a bottle and a bed time story.

Another one signs on! Good for Sen. Klobuchar to stand up to what must have been rather ugly pressure and express her own best judgment in supporting Sen. Obama.

The super delegates will continue to line up behind Obama, his path to the nomination will become smoother with each passing day, plain people will flock to him in droves (22,000 came out to hear him at Penn State University yesterday!), and Sen. McCain will continue to stumble badly over the impossible twin roadblocks of Iraq and the economy.

Hillary who?

I have been looking at the "Caucus" states won by Obama and find most of them will vote Repub in Nov. The Primary votes in states, not including Mi. and Fla., have Hillary with a fairly good lead. The most interesting thing I find is how the Electoral College Votes are likely to be when I put Hillary or Obama at the top of the Dem ticket. Hillary wins, Obama loses. The most amazing thing I've found is that Ca. would be in play and likely go Repub if Obama is the nominee.

gjay78: what news were you watching ??/ Obama denied ever knowing or hearing that Wright was making these racist comments. Then after they ran on TV for 3 days then Obama came out and said he never heard any of that and then he gave a speach and now he admits to hearing some rough talk....The guy is a LIAR and only Aadmits to the facts when they are all over the TV.

Hillary was on a trip to Bosnia which did have to land with a corkscrew landing and they were told to sit on their flap jackets due to sniper fire. Now if I am on a plane and it hits a little turbulance, I'm shook up until landed. So Hillary remembers that some 10 years ago while landing in Bosnia that she landed in a corkscrew style because of sniper fire and thinks she was wearing the flapjacket rather than sitting on it and thinks or thought she ran to a car when she walked. While Obama sat in a church for 20 years and as recent as Dec 2007 while the Pastor was damning America and the Clintons but he still claims he never heard any of this crap. That sounds like a man that has trouble with comprehension or just lies.....better stick with Hillary.

Olandug & the other Rove operatives just make commenting almost pointless if it weren't for the fact that the more they do it, the more obvious it is how desperate the BushCoMcCainCheney Corporate Enron Halliburton Patriots are to win at the cost of telling any lie, playing any trick, in order to keep a strong government from regulating their ongoing milking of the stupid American public.

Keep it up guys, the landslide Demolution is coming to a state near you, and after November, we will once again become a country ruled by law, not idiot-would-be-kings.

Talking about Wright is a dead give away, by the way, Rove minions.

To our pathetic reporter - when you use the Middle name it shows your hatred of the women. Senator Clinton, in a story is fine just for the record.

We don't know if she wanted to support Hillary.

Every fool in America knows Obama sent his lap dogs in a fool attempt to push Hillary out of the race. Fools also new this would back fire. Telling someone the movie has gone on too long and then back tracking does not look like the high road except to a cultist or someone who does not like to see women get too high.

Come on fellow Democrats, what happened to the spirit of unity that we all enjoyed in late December 2007 when polling revealed that Democratic voters were happy with both Clinton and Obama as their candidates?
I have no doubt that Hillary will remain in the race after June 3rd voting. But are you Hillary-supporters really willing to allow Republican John McCain to become the next president of the US?

My projection of the political future is...
1) Obama garners 5 more superdelegates between now and April 22nd.

2) April 22nd, Hillary win Pennslyvania by 7pts in record voter turnout however Obama shows signs in exiting polls that he is eating into her base. Hillary gets small bump in polls.

3) Obama wins Guam on May 3rd. Small momentum bump. Three superdelegates endorse Obama over 3 days.

4) Obama wins North Carolina and Indiana on May 6th and gets big bump in polls. Ten to 15 superdelegates endorse Obama.

5) Hillary wins West Virginia on March 13th.

6) On May 20th, Hillary barely wins Kentucky and Obama crushes Hillary in Oregon.

7) On June 1st, Obama wins Puerto Rico. Obama picks up 10 more Superdelegates over three days.

8) On June 3rd, Obama wins Montana and South Dakota, ending the last 10 voting contests with a record of 7 wins and 3 losses. Remaining superdelegates flock to Obama pushing him over the 2025 magic number.

9) On June 16th, Hillary drops out of race.

Senator Amy Klobucher speaks to the national ideology that has made the US a shining beacon to the world. With Bush, this light has dimmed. Unlike Obama's suporters, Gov. Rendell of Pennsylvania, in pushing Hillary's campaign, has been speaking out against the UNITED States of America and for a DISUNITED States, divided by race, gender, age, class, etc, because that is all that Hillary will be able to produce. She will disunite us all. What solutions will be possible then? Eight more years of paralysis and the death watch for our beloved nation, with the Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton dynasties. Wake up, superdelegate patriots, and help Senator Klobucher turn the page for US all. The UNITED States forever!

I wish I could choose not to pay my bills, like Hillary. Perhaps another $5,000,000 personal loan...whatever happened to taxes being released?

Hillary fired a campaign director to hire Maggie Williams. The same Maggie Williams who made $200,000 from the human suffering we know as subprime. Enough!

Can someone please explain this to me...the pundits say that if Clinton were to be appointed the nominee by super-delates, the nation would be up in arms. Isn't this the same nation where Al Gore got the MOST VOTES last election yet didn't become president?

> rat tat tat tat

I need to run to my car.....can't type much.....
rat tat tat tat tat

Obama 08
=-)

Obama directly confronted Wright controversy with courage. On the other hand Clinton's response to Bosnia story was that I misspoke proving that she is human. I never doubted whether she was human or not but whether she can tell the truth. Wait can Bill explain what 'truth' means? I guess, he said it that the Clinton family ain't no quitters, infact they are also not in the business of facts.

Chicago1:

I fully agree with you. I would definitely vote for McCain and convert to a republican if Hillary is pushed out .

Obama reminds me of Bush at many levels. Young people's fever over him reminds me of Mao's red guards. We cannot afford to have another inexperienced president.

Thanks, Sen. Klobuchar!

Bill and Hill's Bogus Journey needs a curtain call. Exit, stage right!

And siuwed, I live in New York and voted for Hillary-- a mistake I won't make twice!

Chicago1:

I fully agree with you. I would definitely vote for McCain if Hillary is pushed out and convert to a republican forever.

Obama reminds me of Bush at many levels. Young people's fever over him reminds me of Mao's red guards. We cannot afford to have another unexperienced president.

So like every other time Shillary tries to flame Obama, the truth comes out later.. Bill and Wright were good buddys, Bill used to call him to the White House to counsel him during times of crisis.. And Ohhh.. the pictures to back it up.. ouch.. Just another do as I say flim flam, the Clintons are the experts on Hillbilly politics, no one is smart enough to see that they are pissing on you while they are shaking your hand and looking into your eyes right? Nice propaganda but like the Nazi's, Shillary and Bill are done committing political genocide, they need to take their pills so the country can move on and recover hopefully someday.

When the primaries are over they are over --- let everyone in our great Country have their say. There are lots of little old ladies and gentlemen out there without computer access and the only way they can make themselves heard is at the ballot box. Please don't turn this into 2000 Election when everyone was in a great hurry and look what we got for 8 years. Don't give the unheard a chance and you have them walking into the welcoming arms of McCain -who is jetting around like a President in waiting. We were all mislead about the War not just the Senate and Congress regarding weapons of mass destruction - so now everyone just remembers Hillary Clinton's vote --- Believe me if the Sears Tower had have been blown up --- Barack would have given his vote --- the people who voted him in would have demanded it --- Hillary is - in case people forget --- the Senator from New York --- like where the Twin Towers were ---
Both Candidates will make great Presidents - but thanks to the Republicans spending millions of our tax dollars on investigating Bill Clinton - there isn't anything I feel I don't know about Hillary --- Barack I don't know and I wish I Knew better - this time six months ago - I didn't know anything about him - I am sure the Republicans will change all that come November if he should get the nomination. They have been kind to him because I feel they want him to get it because he will be easier to beat. As for McCain - his Vietnam record is wonderful -- but apparently a Vietnam record isn't wonderful when you are a Democrat --- look at the last election --- they made it not so wonderful for John Kerry to have been a Vietnam vet.

jadamsdie, do you really believe that anyone is buying the republican in dems clothing act? Obviously you are trolling for Mccain since if you were a true Democrat you would understand that it's not the candidate, but rather the issues that are important. We don't need further proof that the Republican Party, of which your boy has been a card holding member since dinosaurs walked the earth, has run this country into the ground. Mccain is a good guy, but he is as tainted as the rest, experience so to speak IS their downfall, just as Hillary's is. Republicans WANT to run against her, he has all the dirt on the Clintons, and I assure you that his skeletons will be floating to the top once this Clinton farce is over. Change means CHANGE, like a different party in power, it's not about WHICH candidate, it's about which party.

klobuchar endorses obama notwithstanding all we have learned over the past month. How long can one person, even a brainless bimbo, continue to forgive and overlook Obama's continuing associations with crooks (Rezko), lunatics (Rev. Wright..oh yeah, Obama went to his church for 20 years and never had a clue Wright hated the "USofKKK"...we believe him just like we believed Hitler had no designs on the Sudentenland) , ex-weather underground bombers, Che Guevara boosters and whoever Obama will disavow next week. The fact is Obama , had he been white and had these associates been Klansmen or Nazis, would have been out of the race by now...but Obama is a token black and he hangs with rqdical leftists..so Bimbo can forgive and endorse. Question, does she have the judgment necesary for her elected office?

Chicago1, I agree, you need to just sit it out. Hillary, for lack of any real qualification, relies on crutches and political games that have worked in the past. She needs the old guard like you, why does she have to drag race and gender into this? You should vote for her simply because you are a woman and are her peep? Give me a break, Hillary cares about Hillary, not you. Last time I checked (today), there are more women in college than men, proportionately higher in leadership jobs, serving in the military in combat, and making new inroads every day. Marriage has suffered, apparently teething pains over new roles, but it will come along too. It's time for the NEW GENERATION, we can't make progress until we leave the past behind. At what point do you get tired of the same old game? Nepotism and corporations run this country, how do you change that, one step at a time, take the first step, vote for the candidate that has NOT been charged with crimes over and over aye?

sydneyg77: I totallly agree with Chicago1 except that I wish she would vote McCain if Obama is nominated. Again I say wait for the last 10 PRIMARIES WHICH HILLARY WILL LIKELY SWEEP with the possible exception of NC...........MI and FL deligates will be seated as voted when the states go before the credintials committee and then we shall see who is nominated. If Clinton then the dems win in Nov. If Obama is nominated then McCain gets my vote and McCain wins easily over Obama. If Obama supporters want the dems to win in Nov. then call for Obama who does not have the number of deligstes needed to win...to drop out and let's all get behind Hillary Clinton for the win.

Hillary knows darn well it's over and has for some time. Anyone who knows the Clintons is aware that she is simply sticking it out in hopes of refilling her campaign funds since she is way in debt now. Once she has milked this cow for all it's worth, she will do the "right thing for the good of the country", as if she ever cared about anyone other than herself. Then she will spend four years undermining Obama so she can run again. NEW YORK, wake up, jettison that trash like the rest of the nation is doing!

Chicago1: please do sit this one out, I don't need some pissed off witch speaking for all of womankind. As much as I fully realize the trials within my life caused by the existence of my vagina, and can fully appreciate the gains generations of women before me have made, I can also appreciate the fact that a lot of other people's lives suck a lot more than my own now and there are more important things to be done than whining "we've suffered more than you".

These Endorsements are not unusual or unexpected, only the timing. Every time anything appears to be coming out about him that could be seen as negative, another Endorsement is announced and The Media plays it as something big when in reality it means little and is mainly used to turn attention away from another matter. It works for him so expect to see more of the same.

People might wish to recognize and honor the courage of Senator Klobuchar -- a first term female senator -- endorsing Senator Obama at this moment. Hilary will be a grumpy colleague for many years to come.

If Obama is nominated I will vote McCain and wait 4 years to see if the dems earn my vote back or McCain changes the republican party to continue to deserve my vote after his 4 years.

But we should all wait for the rest of the primaries as it looks like Clinton could sweep all with the possible exception of NC. Remember that we have not seen a voting primary since the Rev. Wright exposure.

Politico.com reported this morning that Hillary's campaign owed a lot of money to state by state organizers and to those people setting up tents in the campaign trails. Too bad.

Obama's Bible Study Class

James Meeks - an Illinois state senator, pastor of one of the largest churches in the state and a declared Spiritual Adviser for Obama - came under fire for comments rebroadcast last week calling white American mayors "slave masters" and referring to black preachers and politicians who "protect" the "white man" as "house n-ggers."

"We don't have slave masters, we got mayors," Meeks said in an August 2006 sermon broadcast on a Chicago community television channel.
Aside from his senatorial duties, Meeks is an Illinois Superdelegate pledged to Obama and also presides over Salem Baptist Church, described as the largest church in Illinois.

In 2006, Meeks informed his church during a sermon he may run for Illinois governor. He was recorded telling the mostly black congregation any "white Christian" who doesn't vote for him is a "racist." Speaking from his pulpit Meeks said, "if I don't have every white Christian vote in the state of Illinois, I will stand on top of the Sears Tower and call every one of y'all racist."

Meeks is also notorious for his strong anti-homosexual platform, although Obama is campaigning for the "gay" vote. Meeks has routinely voted against pro-homosexual legislation and has been quoted during sermons referring to same-sex attraction "an evil sickness."

Obama told the Sun-Times that he is an attendee of Meeks' Salem Baptist Church for Wednesday night Bible Study.

According to Illinois State Board of Elections records, Rezko's businesses, Rezmar Corp. and Rezko Concession, contributed to Meeks' campaign funds.

A recent Meeks endorsement is touted on Obama's campaign website.

James Meeks and his relationship with Obama was described in a 2004 Men's News Daily report during Obama's 2004 US Senate campaign:
Obama's closest religious advisers -- Fr. (Michael) Pfleger, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, and Illinois State Sen. James Meeks, who moonlights as the pastor of Chicago's Salem Baptist Church - may have quotes from Scripture always handy, but are theologically closer to Karl Marx and black nationalism, than to Christianity.

If senators are meant to endorse the candidate for whom their constituency voted, I guess we can expect Kennedy and Kerry to soon end their endorsement of Obama, rejected by the electorate of Massachusetts.

More laughable than people who think Obama is post-partisan or post-racial (see his church), are the women who think they would have jobs like senator if not for the women's movement. African-Americans are not so stupid: they know how important having a black president will be for them. But women who think this society is post-sexist are a contemptible joke.

No one should vote for the unqualified just because they are black or a woman. But Hillary is qualified. If the unqualified Obama is the nominee, it has always been my intention to sit this one out and become an Independent. He is as absurd a nominee as was George W Bush.

I agree with those saying all super delegates should vote the way the popular vote went in their state---it's only democratic---of course at this point that gives Clinton 313 and Obama 260 super delegates--not including Florida and Michigan. With PA and Indiana and West Virginia coming---a path to the nomination if we follow the Obamakins' view on super delegates----

"My decision to stay in the race depends on how heavy the sniper fire becomes in Pennsylvania and Indiana. Until recently, we'd only had to run from the plane twice, but in the last week we've had to run from the media and our own misstatements twice. My sleep deprivation turned media potshots into incoming mortar fire. I apologize for "misspeaking" and look forward to Senator Klobuchar endorsing me early next week," said Clinton.

It is the "I want my way" spoiled brat of Hillary we now see being displayed. She will bite, fight, and scratch if she does not get HER way.

She is perfectly willing to trash thee Democrat Party in her childish "princess Hillary" rantings. The "I love my country so much" is really the "I want what I want so much" ploy.

When is America going to be rid of the Embarassing Clinton drama being played to all the world as an example of American Pseudo leadership???

Next comes the flat on her tummy screaming and crying tactic. Bill better get way out of her path unles Hillary gets her way.

Amy's a Senator in our state. She has always been well repected, and my guess is she'll have her job for life, if she wants it....but...interesting timing
Now that the democratic party is afraid of loosing the women support in the party if they push out Hillary...they have a women senator endorse Barack.
Given the incestoeous nature of the party, I'm sure the pressure put on the junior senator was immense...You know things like..do you ever want a position on any committees...ever?
The lynching we're seeing the media and her male senatars being done to Hillary is probably nothing compared to the lynching they're planning on her in back doors.
Even if they think they can get her out of the running subtly, it won't work. Women notice everything. If she gets forced out before the convention...I will leave the party.

Gee...The lady endorses whom she prefers, when those senators endorse Hillary there is no bog deal, now this lady endorses Obama, so there should be no big deal. I think people here are suffering from mental illness, because of their addiction to e-mailing. Or to vent their anger and hate.....

Obviously, whoever endorsed Sen. Obama doesn't know that Obama is being sued by Larry Sinclair for his alleged illegal drugs used and homosexual intimacy with Larry Sinclair. The Republican Party is well aware of the fact, but they choose to ignore it until Obama becomes the nominee, then they will expose his past.

Soon, the dam will break. Soon, the S-delegates will get in line behind the future of the Democratic party and reject the "it depends on the meaning of win is" candidate.

More votes, more states, more delegates, more money, more enthusiasm, more new voters, more likely to beat McCain. Come on Hillary, End the Drama, withdraw and back Obama!

WHO is Klobuchar? She has NO clout in the Senate. It would be the same as Ronald McDonald endorsing Barry.

To "rat-the": ObaSAMA? I wonder how much Karl Rove is paying people to plant this kind of subliminal lie? It's ironic that the traitors to the Consitution try to slime its defenders.

Klobuchar said in her announcement:

"Barack has been a proven agent for change and advocate for middle-class Americans"

I wish people would actually check his record before saying things like this. His record is public; you can look up every statement he's ever made in the Senate and check his votes. You'll find that he was absent from most committee meetings, and absent from a lot of the votes. He even tried to take credit for doing something that Sen. Kennedy actually did, and was publically (in a senate committee meeting) upbraided by Kennedy for doing so. Obama got up and left the meeting.

This is just another example of people who drank the Kool-Aid and jumped on a bandwagon hoping it would gain them votes for their own elected jobs in the future.

I'm a middle-class American, and a resident of Minnesota. Neither Obama nor Klobuchar have done anything that helped me.

jm917, that was one of the most insightful comment posts i have read on this websight. This election is indeed about generational attitudes. I am beyond curious to see what decision we as an electorate will reach in the fall. The Obama-McCain election will be a true referendum on the policies of the PreBoomer/Boomer generation.

acjinvest, Obama beating Clinton by 34% is hardly a "barely won that state" margin (source: nytimes.com).

I wonder if Carville will call her "Benedict Arnold" for endorsing Obama? Hillary can remain in this contest for as long as it takes. The longer Hillary campaigns, the more of "the real Hillary" America will see (and what we will see won't be nice at all).

Someone should have told KLOBUCHAR that if she is applying for the Condi JOB Mc A$$kill, has that job already. All these late endorsers are followers NOT LEADERS, WE NEED LEADERS. Obama barely won that state.

the snowball is getting bigger, Hillary is rolling downhill just in front of it - just as she gets back up to fight her uphill battle - I thinks she's gonna get run right over. The snowball will be kinda lumpy for a minute then, but I think it will smooth right out. Guess that will show her what happens when you try one too many snow jobs.

T will be interesting what James Carville and the Clinton camp will call Sen. Amy Klobuchar for endorsing Barack Obama. Since Judas is already taken, perhaps Mary Magdalene would be a second choice. After all according to the Clinton camp, only people with a dubious past could possibly follow Obama. Give it up now Hillary. For the sake of our country.

Obama is the grown-up stateman in the Democratic race. (And, to be fair, so is McCain.) He treats the public, young and old (see today's editorial page), as if they are actually intelligent and as if they actually want to see the country pulled together to accomplish something.

McCain, the oldest candidate in the race, is a pre-Boomer and the last of the generation that grew up with Ike as their president and role model--a line of presidential candidates that has also included WW II veterans Old Bush and Bob Dole.

Hillary, like her husband and Pipsqueak Bush, is a petulent Boomer. The Clintons were Boomers who, in their now dim and distant (but ever longed-for) youth, turned left and screamed against the authority-figures of the Establishment--that is, Ike and all he stood for. And Pipsqueak Bush is the frat-rat Boomer who wanted to get in on the goodies without taking the personal responsibilities--hence his finding refuge in the National Guard during Vietnam and his coke snorting.

Now Hillary is acting like a spoiled kid, still stuck in the Sixties, who hasn't been getting her way. She is the ultimate candidate of the "Me Generation"--of the angry Boomers obsessed with entitlements and aggrieved over ancient slights. That explains her raucous "I won't quit," her "I'm a fighter" mantra, and her (and Bill's) rage against anyone who seems to thwart their ambitions--including the post-Boomer generation.

Obama isn't haunted by the demons of the Boomer generation--whether of the left or the right. That's why this particular old Boomer is glad to see him take the lead. And this old Boomer also hears in Obama an echo of JFK's "the torch has passed to a new generation."

That's why the Klobuchars and the Casey Jrs. are endorsing Obama.

With the Wright flap now passed (thanks to Clinton's own Bosnia fabrications--those bullets weren't from snipers, Hillary! That was you shooting yourself in the foot!), the superdelegates are starting to come back out of the woodwork. Another day, another delegate for Obama.

Clinton is now in the slow fade back into Senate semi-obscurity. With each new superdelegate that voices support for Obama, more will follow.

Clinton's only hope is to win Pennsylvania in a stunning fashion, by something like a 2-1 margin, and then to continue in this pattern in subsequent states, or else to find a new scandal to drag down Obama and make some superdelegates rethink their support.

Except that this time Clinton has to make sure that the scandal actually sticks, and that she doesn't trump it again with an idiotic flap of her own.

Another day, another Obama superdelegate.

I suspect that Obama is rolling these endorsements out one every day or so just for dramatic effect.

Another mindless Clinton supporter says that it all comes down to PA. We somehow heard that before with Super Tuesday, Texas and Ohio. And now it's PA. Where would it end ? It's been coming down so many times, we just don't care whether it's coming down or going up anymore. Just like Hillary Clinton herself, her supporters are deluding themselves, a big time. I have a news for you guys, it is regarded as an embarrasement to be associated with Hillary, the sinking ship at present, in case you haven't noticed it yet.

Hillary\
She is around for one reason and one reason only. She was married to a president of the U.S.
She was a nobody. Failed in her attempt to get universal health care.
She knew about her husbands affairs and kept quiet in order to keep her power base.
Lied about the "under fire landing" .
Lets move on.

YESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!

Thank You Amy!!!

United we need to be to get some things accomplished around here. We can start with bringing our troops home.

Who Else wants to give the nod???

Yes, Obama won Minn, but Klobuchar fits in nicely to Hillary's core support group. Surely she's one of many to come. Obama, although a lousy bowler, has clearly become the frontrunner and he's acting the part. Soon those annoying daily conference calls will become utterly irrelevant. He's survived the Wright flap nicely and for the moment, everything is moving his way. Hillary can stay in as long as she wants, but with each passing day she becomes a bit less relevant.

In a tragic-comic operetta, McCain finally gets the nod to run as the Republican nominee in his last chance to beat Father Time and for his trouble inherits the "live grenade" of the Bush legacy.

Serious-minded discussion of American foreign policy will be drowned out in 2008 by the screams of outrage from an American electorate in absolutely no mood for anything Republican. Throw the Bums out!!

With Iraqi battles escalating among Shi'ite factions and the Maliki government while American war casualties continuing to mount, the 2008 voters will rebuke the Republicans with tsunami-sized turnouts of Democrats, Independents and angry Republicans voting for Obama.

This result will be strengthened as there seems little likelihood that either the housing market or credit market will rebound before November 4, while gas prices at the pump could well approach $5.00 a gallon by the end of the summer.

True to his code, McCain will throw himself on the Bush legacy grenade in truly heroic style, but in the end the old warrior will be defeated by the wisdom of Dick Chaney, the organizational skill of Don Rumsfeld and the brilliant policy choices and deft execution of the Bush White House.

I predict that in 2008, the Republicans will enjoy the same sort of victory they suffered the last time a Senator from Arizona was their standard bearer.

Hopefully this will be the wave of the near future, with more support moving to Obama. I also hope the race in Pennsylvania will be a little closer and not a big win for HRC, or the momentum may switch and just keep this going. I agree that there is way too much divisiveness in the party because of the prolonged fighting.

Well, any endorsement is welcome, although I'm sure I'm not the only one who looked at the headline and went: "Who?" I just hope she doesn't have to take any crap just because she happens to be a she.

I think there is something to be said for having Democrats riled up in all 50 states.

An interesting development. Obama is probably smart to take this tact, especially if his supporters (surrogates?) can continue to "encourage" Clinton to drop out without their requests being tied to him. Rather a shrewd bit of political maneuvering by all involved.

Senator Klobuchar Endorses Obama - drip.drip.drip.......

Obama came out of this weekend's Texas conventions with a 38-29 at-large delegate lead - drip..drip...drip....

Senator Casey Endorses Obama - drip....drip....drip......

WOSH!!!

Hillary Clinton is uniting the party behind Obama by staying in the race. The longer she's around, the more people remember what the Clintons are all about and fewer and fewer are pining for a third term.

Well what has been a slow bleed until now may now be turning into more of a "I wish it were over" gush of support for Obama. Or, more like it, "Hillary please go away." Were she any other candidate, she would have been politely pushed out the door already in the name of a united party. Democrats are increasingly interested in turning their energies against McCain and away from Democratic fault lines. It would be one thing if Hillary was the great ideological champion of some issue, but increasing it feels like the only thing she fighting for is her "entitlement." And that is the biggest downer of this campaign season.

Senator Obama can afford to take a magnanimous approach here. Senator Clinton's refusal to gracefully bow out of a race that is increasingly she can't win is proving to be a big minus for her. Although there's a lot of talk about the ultimate harmful effect that this will have on the Democratic Party and on Obama's race against McCain in the General Election, the more immediate harm that is being done by Hillary is to Hillary. There is really no reason for her to continue on beyond stubborn unwillingness to accept defeat - a trait that does not reflect well on the Junior Senator from New York.

So, yes, Senator Cinton can do as she wishes. Senator Obama will continue with his campaign for President and will likely start focusing on McCain. I believe that Hillary has become a non-issue for him.

Another positive PR experience for Obama... No wonder his Internet stats are through the roof! (Not to mention the mainstream polls now as well.)

Yet, still, it all comes down to PA...

BFD! Obasama handily won the State. Like she should vote any other way? :-(

Talk about a No-News News clip!