Clinton Campaign Stands Up For Voters (in a State They'll Win)
Two things became clear on a conference call held earlier by Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle, communications director Howard Wolfson and chief strategist Mark Penn this morning. One: they do not want anyone to forget that Barack Obama’s national media buy means that he has ads running in Florida. Two: they are determined to get Florida and Michigan delegates seated at the national convention, despite the pledge all three top Democratic candidates took not to campaign in those states (and despite the fact that neither Barack Obama nor John Edwards were on the ballot in Michigan).
In her opening remarks, Solis Doyle told reporters that when the D.N.C. penalized the Florida Democratic Party by stripping them of delegates to the national convention—because they defied the national party by moving up the date of the primary—“they thought Floridians wouldn’t vote, but we can see they’re voting in record numbers.” The campaign speculates that a major turnout is an expression of not only enthusiasm and a media-saturated primary campaign, but also, “the signal that they’re sending is that they fully expect to be heard,” as Penn said.
The three representatives of the campaign managed in the course of the call not only to heap praise on Floridians (“Hey, I think it is a testament to the people of Florida,” said Wolfson), but also to position themselves the voice of the people and the defenders of democracy. “We think that a million people coming out to vote in this country matters,” said Wolfson.
When asked why the campaign wanted delegates seated when there has been no real primary campaign in Florida, Penn said, “people in Florida have gotten a very significant campaign through the national media,” and added that he doubts there is “a household in Florida that doesn’t know about Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barrack Obama.” Penn also explained Hillary Clinton’s planned presence in Florida tonight by saying, “She is going to thank voters who came out and voted for her.”
Michigan, of course, is trickier to justify, given that her two main opponents weren’t even on the ballot. The campaign only noted this when asked about the convenient timing of coming out for Floridian voters after a big loss in South Carolina (and when she’s running comfortably ahead in Florida polls). “In fairness about Michigan,” said Penn, “the other candidates had taken their names off the ballot. Here everybody’s on the ballot, everyone had a level playing field in terms of campaigning, other than Senator Obama’s television ad.” He added later, “I think the situation was less clear then as to how many people would vote.”
- Poll
- Obama (D)
- McCain(R)
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- 50.1
- 42.9
- Obama +7.2
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- 57.1
- 36.1
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Disgraceful. This is LEADERSHIP? Vacuous and Rovian.
Where is HOWARD DEAN??? The DNC makes rules and then constantly allows the Clintons to manipulate (mangle?) them. For shame.
katharine jose is smoking hot.
TRUST IN HILLARY’ MORAL DEPRAVITY
When did her Christian God give her the right to support mothers sacrificial killing their own children by abortion?
When did her American Constitution give her the right to support the sacrifice American wealth and blood, in exchange for the crooked donations from domestic lobbies; and the subversive donations by the foreign lobbies of China, Mexico, and Israel?
If she dishonors her Christian God and her sacred Constitution, how can she be trusted to ever honor her promises to the American People?
Is her impending doom the work of that “Vast Right Wing Conspiracy”, or is her own blooming moral depravity?
Google References: Mark Penn Hillary; Hsu Hillary; Mearsheimer “Israeli Lobby and US Foreign Policy”; and, Stricherz “Why the Democrats are Blue”
IM GLAD SAINT OBAMA IS GETTING caught in is OSAMA outfit, even with the media protection! The media is the ONLY reason we are talking about obama today, he might be the first media elected MUSLIM candidate full of racism! With a racist wife who really isn’t proud of her country. Frankly I’m disgusted at the biased media saint hood Osama has received. NO OTHER MAN OR WOMAN has ever been allowed to vote to kill babies, support terror countries, lie about his religion and heritage and be ashamed of having a white mother and patted on the back... HE IS THE ANTICHRIST! (Anti-Christ will be a world leader who would come under the disguise of being a world uniter, preach world peace, and would be such a very likeable and unassuming figure; he will achieve all of that. Basically the Anti-Christ is going to kill us with kindness and reveal himself when he gets to the position he wants. That’s close to Obama’s platform; people are beginning to believe it’s him.” The biggest trick the devil ever pulled is convincing the world he didn’t exist.)
Voters are constantly posting TRUTH about Obamas awful senate record and the media like CNN and MSNBC sweep it under a rug. THE MEDIA IS SCARED TO ATTACK THE BLACK MAN! Funny thing is, he wasn’t black at the beginning until SC he was mixed race? Now if you’re black you are required to vote for racism! He has not moved blacks forward he has taken them back 50 years, just wait! The division is coming once everyone learns his past! Obama has ZERO experience to run this troubled country! Do you think his nice prewritten stolen worded church speeches will get you a job? Save your home? Feed your children? Pay for education? Allow you to get medical care...the answer is NO! HELL NO! SHAME ON YOU FOR THE FINAL SELLING OF AMERICA NOMINATING OBAMA THE RACIST! I've always been a democrat but WILL NEVER VOTE FOR OBAMA. If he is the nominee, we might be best to stay with McCain. Was a horrible mess the mainstream biased and racist media has done to this most important election? Im not so PROUD at this moment...
Barack Obama rasied some serious eyebrows admitting he was related to none other than Vice President Dick Cheney and drew some serious boos..
OBAMA THE CHANGE AGENT -CNN — Last night, Obama supporter Texas State Senator Kirk Watson was asked to name Obama's legislative accomplishments. He failed to name a single one. Heres a few
Obama said he goofed on votes angered fellow Democrats in the Senate when he voted to strip millions of dollars from a child welfare office on Chicago's West Side. But Obama had a ready explanation: He goofed!
Also announced he had fumbled an election-reform vote the day before, on a measure that passed 51 to 6. The next day, he acknowledged voting "present" on a key telecommunications vote. He stood on March 11, 1999, to take back his vote against legislation to end good-behavior credits for certain felons in county jails. "I pressed the wrong button on that," he said. Obama was the lone dissenter on Feb. 24, 2000, against 57 yeas for a ban on human cloning. "I pressed the wrong button by accident," he said.
But two of Obama's bumbles came on more-sensitive topics, he backed legislation to permit riverboat casinos to operate even when the boats were dockside.
The measure, pushed by the gambling industry and fought by church groups whose support Obama was seeking, passed with two "yeas" to spare -- including Obama's. Moments after its passage he rose to say, explaining that he had mistakenly voted for it.
Obama would later develop a reputation as a critic of the gambling industry, and he voted against a similar measure two years later. But he was clearly confused about how to handle the issue at the time of his first vote, telling a church group that he was "undecided" about whether he backed an expansion of riverboat gambling. And, months earlier, he had voted in favor of a version of the bill.
Obama's vote sparked a confrontation after he joined Republicans to block Democrats trying to override a veto by GOP Gov. George Ryan of a $2-million allotment for the west Chicago child welfare office. being responsible," said Sen. Rickey Hendon, accusing Obama of voting to close the child welfare office.Obama replied "I understand Sen. Hendon's anger, I was not aware that I had voted no on that piece of legislation.
He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive. Abortion opponents see Obama's vote on medical care for aborted fetuses as a refusal to protect the helpless. Some have even accused him of supporting infanticide.
Striking similarities between Barack Obama's words and those of Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick during his 2006 election campaign have raised eyebrows and attracted traffic on YouTube. The stump speech Barack Obama has been giving aimed at convincing voters that his campaign is not just about lofty rhetoric — is from Patrick, Obama's campaign acknowledged over the weekend.
THERE IS NO CHANGES WITH OBAMA AND HIS USUAL WASHINGTON POLITICAL TATICS EXCEPT THE MEDIAS HELP AT HIDING HIS RECORD OF SUPPORTING THE WAR AND BUSH. WHAT OBAMA SUPPORTERS ARE AFRAID TO REALIZE. "Senator Obama has some questions to answer about his dealings with one of his largest contributors, Exelon, a big nuclear power company. Apparently he cut some deals behind closed doors to protect them from full disclosure in the nuclear industry."Obamas record shows he supports the war, voted twice in 2006 against bringing America's troops back home. He voted for war appropriations giving our money to Halliburton and Blackwater where recently A Houston, Texas woman, who says she was gang-raped by her co-workers at a Halliburton/KBR camp in Baghdad, His latest bit of posturing S 433 allows the Bush Administration to suspend any troop withdrawal!!!!if not suspended, still keeps the troops in Iraq for a long time to come? Obama when faced with tough choices always gave in to pressure from the Bush administration or corporate lobbyists. Such as Obama voted for Bush's energy bill, sending more than $13 billion in subsidies and tax breaks to oil, coal, and nuclear companies. Obama voted with Republicans to allow credit card companies to raise interest rates over 30 percent, INCREASING STUDENT LOANS RATES AND FEES increasing hardship for families. Obama voted for one of Bush's top priorities - expanding Nafta to South America - even as President Bush obstructed all the top Democratic priorities. Obama voted with Bush to make it harder for ordinary people to hold big corporations accountable when they do things like sell toxic toys, poisonous pet food, human food or just plain rip you off. Obama was the Senate's biggest Democratic advocate of subsidies for liquid coal, even though liquid coal produces twice the global warming pollution of the crude oil it's meant to replace and voted for increased subsidies, albeit with conditions.Obama, a Hamiltonian believer in free trade and supporters of globalization has lent his support to the "Hamilton Project formed by corporate-neoliberal Citigroup chair Robert Rubin and other 'Wall Street Democrats' to counter populist rebellion against corporate tendencies within the Democratic Party. Obama provided assistance to pro-war candidates (such as Joe Lieberman). Obama voted for "business-friendly 'tort reform' bill that rolls back working peoples' ability to obtain reasonable redress and compensation...from corporations!!! Obama considers single payer universal health care too socialist and has stated that he prefers voluntary solutions. **He voted against requiring medical care for aborted fetuses who survive. Abortion opponents see Obama's vote on medical care for aborted fetuses as a refusal to protect the helpless. Some have even accused him of supporting infanticide. He supported allowing retired police officers to carry concealed weapons, but opposed allowing people to use banned handguns to defend against intruders in their homes. And the list of sensitive topics goes on. With only a slim, two-year record in the U.S. Senate, Obama doesn't have many controversial congressional votes which political opponents can frame into attack ads. But his eight years as an Illinois state senator are sprinkled with potentially explosive land mines, such as his abortion and gun control votes. recent land purchase from a political supporter who is facing charges in an unrelated kickback scheme involving investment firms seeking state business. Obama has no substance. He has provided no solutions.
Enough Of Hillary.
This close race is a non event - being kept alive by the media to distract us from the business at hand.
Its time to unite around a winner.
GO - BAMA