Has Obama’s Superdelegate Momentum Slowed?

Well it is actually 20 by midday today and some more forthcoming.
So we are going to near the proportion of the week before.
Also considering some of those are add-on delegates, they are added only according to a predetermined schedule which has NOTHING to do with momentum.

Jake,
It amazes me. I do wonder just how etched in stone these delegates are. They really are not, not by the DNC rules.

Obama will surpass 1.5 million individual internet donors sometime today as per the May 6th goal.

Sad ti think that people are stil blaming Fl and MI on Obama. The state dems and Reps decided this by voting early . They knew the consequences but still took the chance. Now they want sympathy. All those voters went out thinking they were doing the right thing were duked…I think to be fair they shoudl split the vote. Especially in MI. How can you say you won there if you ran against no one. I guess it is Clinton Law.

Jake forgot to mention the Couple of Super Delegate defections Hillary’s camp had over the referenced time period as well. Do you think Jake is secretly a Republican who just wants this thing to continue?

Come on Tapper.
I know Hillary and Obama is good for ratings
but I think Obama and McCain will also be great
for some hits.
Hillary played out the last “uncommited” Supers she
had and Obama STILL is wiping the floor with her.
Don’t forget to count the Illinois add ons that
are official today.
More like 6-0!

Don’t listian to the media especially ABC News, they are so biased and they takes tiny bits of the truth and turn it into lies to suit their needs. How disgusting.

If Obama gets the nomination i”ll
vote for McCain in november.

geevill
Even if you add FL & MI, Clinton will still be trailing by 100 delegates. But we both know his name wasn’t even on the MI ballot and they are tied in the polls in MI.

countal….you forgot this phase:
“He still offers the best opportunity for new leadership in this country,” Kennedy said.

It shows Hillary is getting desperate and she and Bill are putting the arm on supers and people like George Stephanopolis (how did the Smushee girl from Seinfeld ever fall for him).

Nicloas…too bad. YOu” be voting for 10 or more years of war, kiiling thousands more young men and women…another 4 years fo Bush. If Clinton wins I will vote for her even though I don’t support her.

These it is disgrace to back Clintons.

Dan/Kevin,
Delegates must show up and vote to elect the nominee at the convention. That is the rule. Tomorrow could be the end of Obama. KY, WV, and PR will be massive blowouts for Clinton.

Lois…I guess you haven’t seem the bags under her eyes lately…she is exhausted as well as Bill. I think if he gets upset one more time he’ll have a coronary..

Lois,
Her inevitable loss to McCain has nothing to do with support from any demographic. It has to do with:
A) Her Baggage
B) Bill’s Baggage
C) her behavior in this campaign
D) Clintons are to Republicans as red is to Bulls
E) She can’t seem to fundraise her way out of a paper bag
F) She’s trying to argue experience with a man who has vastly more experience
G) McCains biggest weakness will be the “he’s just like Bush” argument. She keeps acting like Bush, sounding like Bush, and siding with the Republicans in this campaign, negating this opportunity.
I could go on, but please, take away from this that race and gender have nothing to do with why Hillary will lose against McCain.

It seems Obama can always find some 3rd tier democrat to throw under the bus. How many of them though are in tight races? None, I’m sure. They’d have to have a death wish to come out for a candidate who’s sinking fast.
End the Drama – Pull the Plug on Obama!!

Just wait until Tomorrow. Mr. Hope will be finished after Hillary beats him in Indiana and maybe, in NC. If she doesn’t win NC (I think she WILL WIN IT), and comes close, Mr. Hope can kiss his SDs good bye. They will FLOCK to the ONLY candidate that can beat McCain. It’s not Mr. Hope.

Mr. Obama will be the nominee. He will have the majority of the delegates. Ironically, Mrs. Clinton may finish with more popular votes than Mr. Obama or Mr. McCain. Although the FL and MI votes will not be a factor in the selection process, the permanent record will reflect the final tally in her favor.

Is the Obama campaign still reannouncing support of superdelegates to give the impression of gains, or are these superdelegates actually new pledges?
With Obama, you never know for sure.

If Obama does get the Nomination, he will lose so badly in the general…..
Look at how we are in the Democratic Nominations so far….. this is like a playground compare to what the Republicans will come out with during the general.
If Obama is worn out now…..
People are already sick of his speeches, and excuses for everything under the sun about him……
Obama is becoming a joke faster than any candidate.
Kerry was farther ahead before he got slammed……
The country will not crowd around a weak man like Obama…….
The polls will say it’ll be close—- the but the actual voting will say otherwise…….
( you can not end a 20 year relationship with a speech…..Rev.Wright will be back whether anyone likes it or not )
And the Democratic Party has swung too far-left for anyone to stomach with Obama as their Leader anyways…….
As far as the Superdelgates are concerned— they know he will lose too—– they only crowd around him cause he has money for them if they did……

And, wasn’t it Democrats who whined loudly about Al Gore winning the popular vote and not winning the Presidency?
Now, the same party is ready to give their own nomination to a candidate who will probably not win the popular vote.
And, that’s an Obama candidacy will put McCain in the White House.

No way can mc-more-war beat Obama in the fall. You bloggers don’t realize how many new voters Obama has brought with him. He has financed his campaign with normal citizens (which I think is Fantastic). I predict an Obama landslide this fall against an OLD man who will basically offer a bush third term. So GET REAL people. Obama 2008!

Even with bumps in his campaign and Obama having to explain words that are not his own he still gains MORE Super delegates than Clinton.

You also forgot about the super delegate he picked up this morning. Today Obama 3 Clinton 0

Obama has gained 3 SDs today and will gain an extra 3 from Illinois either today or tomorrow

Is Politico’s super delegate right?
I thought I checked it earlier today. Obama was down by 20.
This afternoon, Politico is showing Obama is down by only 12 super delegates.

If I was a SuperDelegate I would vote for Obama too— cause he will give me alot of Money…. you can bet on that.
And it would not matter if he wins or lose– as long as he pays me now for my vote……UNLESS he promises me a Cabinet Position— then I would try to get on all the Pundits’ news…..and work really hard to convince the folks that OBAMA is the one…. Whatever that means……. with a straight face……NOT!…lol.

Well….I don’t know where ABC gets their info but Barack Obama picked up 9 superdelegates today alone. There is now only 14 difference between both candidates compared to 50 before. Get your facts straight!
Obama ’08

After Hillary wins in both states we need to think about an independent party I bet she could beat them both as an independent .

There is something that just doesn’t work with Obama’s strategy.
American politics is a RUTHLESS game. You don’t come out waving the WHITE flag and hope your opponents will do the same. Which is exactly what Obama is doing. Obviously, HOPE doesn’t inspire Americans. But Bill and Hil seem to do with all their dirty tricks.

Howard Dean said this weekend that the FL & MI delegates would be seated.

Lance D -
You’d be right about Obama’s tactics not working, in fact about everyone who’s made the same comment about Obama’s approach would be dead on correct, were it not for one teensy little detail…
He’s winning.

You know, when it comes to vote, all super delegates might change their previous commitment in the last second.
Politicians are politicians. They move in the direction of the air.

Al -
I don’t get your Jay Z comment. What, they’re both African Americans? That’s what’s funny? A black president? That
s innately funny and silly to you somehow?
Gee, you’re a riot a minute, Al. What’s next in your routine, anti-semitism? Sexism?

Actually, the superdelegates do count, they are added to the pledged delegates for the total delegate count.
The total number of delegates needed for the Democratic Nomination is 2,025. Obama needs any combination of pledged delegates and superdelegates numbering 273 to become the Nominee.
Every little bit helps!!
OBAMA ’08

The only “Hope” he has now is collecting more delegates from super delegates.

Dean,
You must have missed this report:
Ken Herman blogs for Cox News Service: “John McCain’s senior campaign staff and President Bush’s senior White House staff are so close that the McCain folks let the Bush folks know in advance whenever McCain is about to distance himself from the unpopular president, says a top McCain aide. . . .
“‘We have an excellent relationship with the White House,’ Black told reporters at a Friday lunch. ‘The senior staffs talk literally every day, sometimes more than once a day.’
McCain is more of the same as Bush.

At the beginning of the primary season, the real Hillary was unknown, as was the real Obama. Hillary existed in most peoples minds as an uncertain image from the ’90s. That image was the residue of the massive assault by the press on the Clintons. At the beginning of the primaries Hillary was still seen as a mere reflection, or extension, of Bill. The image of Obama at the beginning of the primaries was based entirely on his convention speech in 2004, and on rumors that he opposed the Iraq war early on.
Over the past several months Hillary has built a real image of herself, primarily as a fighter for the middle class; and moderate voters like what they see. Even moderate Republicans like what they see. Hillary’s battles against the far left and a hostile press have proven her mettle to what Nixon used to call the “silent majority.” The more people see of Hillary, and the more battles she fights, the more people like her.
Obama was an unknown, and in some ways is still an unknown. His early victories came more from anti-Hillary votes that votes for him. As people come to know Obama they see how narrow is his appeal to voters. His promises of bridging the gap between Democrats and Republicans, of creating a new politics, of being the post-racial candidate, are now falling flat with voters as he is seen more and more as a creature of the far left — another McGovern.
The superdelegates are now reassessing who can take the fight into the fall, and who can be the most effective for America. The doubts about Obama are mounting.

David H -
If superdelegates doubts are mounting, then how do you explain how they’re routinely outnumbering her in support for Obama, and how frequently hers have switched to his side?
Same old tired message… “The fix is in, it’s curtains for Obama, it’s only a matter of time…” Blah Blah Blah.
Fact in, the dude is winning, and has been for some time.

Clinton could win 3 superdelegates to every one that Obama wins and he will likely still lock up the nomination. Assuming a split of pledged delegates in the remaining contests, Obama would need only about 64 of the remaining 264 delegates to reach 2024. Not that she is anywhere close to even matching him in superdelegate pick ups, let alone outpacing him 3 to 1.

This race is over but I am left to wonder if HRC’s campaign has done enough to damage the nominee. If this turns out to be the case and Obama does not win the general election, I will make it my lifes mission to ensure that HRC doesn’t get a chance either. Obama has run his campaign with integrity while it would have been far more expedient to trash HRC with her own baggage. People like to question Obama’s associations over the years but it is so interesting how many of HRC’s have actually gone to prison. She is a pathological liar and a cheat. Just like Bill.

Here is another 2 for him today:
Two MD supers for Obama
PolitickerMD reports that State Democratic Party Chairman Michael Cryor and Vice Chairwoman Lauren Dugas Glover will endorse Illinois Senator Barack Obama this afternoon.
ABC really!!! Shame on you.

I thought I would also mention that Hillary now is saying she is standing beside McCain on keeping our soldiers in Iraq long term. Catch up ABC, losing ground today.

The lack of understanding some people show for the process amazes me sometimes.
The facts are quite clear. Hillary Clinton leads in the popular vote – I know that you Kool–aid drinkers don’t want to count Florida and Michigan – maybe you all had the same Marxist professors Obama sought out in college – but you see, in America, we count all the votes – The votes in those 2 states were certified by their respective Sec. of States. The DNC has no power over them – they can simply deny the seating of those delegates at the convention – until the credentials committee rules on their status. – it’s just that simple – and I know you will whine and complain that the candidates didn’t campaign in FL or that Obama’s name was not on the ballot in MI – The truth is Obama did campaign in FL, running cable TV ads for weeks prior to the election in violation of the agreement he had with the other candidates and the DNC – as for MI, he took his name off the ballot there by his own accord, in order to curry favor in Iowa and with the explicit hope of invalidating results that he knew would favor Clinton – he then conspired with his supporters in the MI legislature to thwart any effort to allow for a revote there – a somewhat callous and audacious political calculation for such an uplifting, inspiring leader – and one that will fortunately come back to haunt him.
Facts can be terrible things but they are what they are – and after 2.5 million people vote in Puerto Rico, Clinton’s popular vote lead will be undeniable and insurmountable and trust me – the Democratic party will not do to Hillary Clinton what was done to Al Gore 8 years ago. Super-delegates will not overturn the will of the people – it’s just that simple – I could go on but I see by the old clock on the wall it’s time for your next dose of Kool-Aid.

No!!!!!!!!, Obama has picked 4 supers today, and that does not include 3 addons from illinos

If Obama gets the nomination and does not win, as many beleive, in November, guess who the angry Obamabots will be blaming? Hillary… Just like their leader, they always have to blame someone for something…

How many of Hillary’s superdelegates were “add-ons”?

Teleprompters for McCain? Get serious!
Have we forgotten how badly Barack Obama got hammered in the last debate?
Have we forgotten that Barack Obama is now afraid to ever debate Hillary Clinton?
Perhaps we should just let the chickens roost for a while.

Another “superdelegate” for NObama… TOM HANKS! ABC posted a clip of him on the opening page… Smashing! Just ONE day before the primaries.. Very very interesting.. How come ABC did not mention the letter that Dr Maya Angelou wrote to Hillary?!?!?

Doug Wilder must be posting under the name “Democrats United.”
The only thing missing was a call for rioting in the streets.
By the way, I was a Democrat for over 34 years.
Just like many of the majority who refuse to vote for a far-left, radical liberal of any color, I am now an independent.
After August, the Democrat party may be so small that the candidate who wins won’t be of any consequence.
That’s the change that you can believe in.

Who is more electable in the General against MC CAIN ?
This is not a matter of beating Hillary— it is a matter of BEATING MC CAIN !
Obama will go down.
Look at Kerry.
Look at Gore ( I miss him )
Look at Dukakis……
Now take a good look at Obama NOW…..
He looks just like the past Democratic Noms…. We Will LOSE if Obama WINS….

This protracted race is bad, bad, bad for Democrats. The supporters of the losing candidate will be cranky and vindictive–it is basic social psychology in cognitive dissonance–you love your choice more and derogate the other choice, especially if the initial differences are quite small.
I think all superdelegates should make their choice known by June 5, and we should be done with it. The democrats need time to heal and react against the republicans or they are so-o-o-o screwed in November. The loser supporters will be less likely to vote for the winning democratic candidate and the independents will think democrats are a bunch of whiners.

Reality check:
If Obama gets the nomination we gonna
have 4 more years of Republicans.
I wonder if the democrats will
ever learn their mistakes.
No utra left wing liberal ever won the
white house.

And your point Jake? Where is all this support for Hillary?
I have seen spin before, but it used to come from the Campaigns, not the media.
Obama is still gaining in supers and has took the lead from the members of congress.
ABC is putting on the full court press for Hillary.

Becky is this true she will leave the troops ??????If it is she needs her hear examined>>>>>>>

@Dean Lerner,
I agree with you.
O’Reilly asked her very tough questions but she passed the test.
O’Reilly said he knows she’s done lots of good things in NY.

Some of the logic on these forums is simply amazing. For instance, If Hillary loses the nomination and runs as an independent, she’ll win the election. How? If half the democrats vote the democratic nominee as well as many unafilliated and independents? The other half of the democratic party votes the independent candidate, Hillary. That leaves the entire GOP voting for McCain. Using very loose math that looks like:
25% Obama
25% Clinton
50% McCain
Pretty sure that’s not a victory. And all this nonsense about who can win the general election. Obama has pulled punches and shown respect to a member of his fellow party. For that, he is called weak. Don’t we have a word for that? Friendly fire? He says he will not be so kind to McCain if McCain wants to dance. Both McCain and Hillary have loads of baggage. Much more than a single man, Jeremiah Wright. Obama doesn’t feel the need to attack a teammate. Come general election, Hillary will be blasted constantly. There are so many things the GOP can bring out. All they have on Obama is Rev. Wright. Truthfully, I won’t be too upset if Clinton steals the nomination because then the GOP will bring all this to light making her look foolish as well as all her followers who refused to admit she has faults and stole the election.
I’m sorry, I meant to say any act of aggression toward the GOP would be met with an “Obliteration” of the democratic candidate. I figure I would put it in words you could understand.

Obama wins….
Asian will be happy…. (the whole country of China)
Africans Will be happy ….. ( the whole Country of Africa)
Whites will be Happy…. ( the whole country of Russia )
Everyone around the world will be Happy cause OBAMA is going to Sell-Out Our Country………
He is a BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL……..
He wants to save the world……
He will Sell U.S. OUT.

TO: DemocratsUnited.
====================
You know as well as i do,”democrat”
it doesn’t mean you belong to a solid political party.Democrats are a group
of different individuals under one
umbrella.
There are:Reagan democrats,right wing
democrats,middle democrats,left wing
democrats,progessive democrats,
conservative democrats etc.
If we have a nominee who,s ideology or
the color doesn’t represent the majority of the so-called democratic party,them the group splits in different
directions.
That’s exactly what’s going on with
Obama.He cannot unite the party.
….And that’s the true.
They don’t tell you…i just did.

Well, Independent,
Part of what you write is accurate, but the rest leaves out quite a bit.
Hillary Clinton has plenty of negatives as do any politicians who have been part of the process for any amount of time.
So does John McCain.
But, negatives are not a characteristic peculiar to Obama. Obama negatives are a plethora waiting for the RNC.
A simple Google of Obama produces pages and pages of negatives associated with the man, his past, and his ultra-liberal agenda.
And, it’s not a question of whether Hillary Clinton will run as an independent. She will not.
However, the candidate Obama, his campaign, his positions, and his supporters have produced conditions that will result in mass defection from the Democrat party.
I know, because I was a Democrat for over 34 years–until now.

Nat Turner writes:
“Let a real man handle this country like it needs to be handled.”
Ooo! Macho, huh? How about John Edwards, who played football in high school.

There is difference between perseverance and stubbornness. Clinton is just Stubborn.

Speaking of “behind-closed door” deals and “back-room” antics…keep an eye and ear out on the upcoming news on the Teamsters endorsement of the candidate…this only the beginning!

Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight
By Brody Mullins and Kris Maher
Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption, according to officials from the union and the Obama campaign.
It’s an unusual stance for a presidential candidate. Policy makers have largely treated monitoring of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as a legal matter left to the Justice Department since an independent review board was set up in 1992 to eliminate mob influence in the union.
…how does that slogan go again?..oh yeah….”YES WE CAN…CONTINUE THE SAME BUSINESS AS USUAL POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF WASHINGTON D.C….YES WE CAN”..what a joke!

axelrod probally have several more delagates stashed back, ready to spring them out when the bad news hit. Most likely after tuesday vote.
It makes you wonder how much these people sold their souls for.

Time for Nat to learn about his idol.
Obama Gong Show:
1.) “Selma Got Me Born”
Selma, what is that about? Barack Obama was born in 1961. As the events in Selma occurred in 1965, they had no effect on his parents choice to conceive or his birth.
GONG!!!!
Maybe Nat was in Selma.

wasn’t it four more delegates for Obama today. I might be wrong… but I think he gained four.
hillary is going to not only leave the party in shambles…leave the general less stable for us …but she will be viewed very harshly…
she didn’t have a very high ceiling in New York even…I do not know how she expects to get back in the senate enxt run.
she has destroyed her numbers with this primary.

dwc
Obama doesn’t have enough backbone?
what are you talking about…oh your “tough” candidate who can’t even answer a single question during the entire primary about a single one of the pages of controversies that she has…
as ferocious as everyone has made her out to be …it’s all a lot of hype.
there was one candidate who handled everything thrown at him during this primary…and he wasn’t a woman…and he wasn’t a dangerous hawk…who has now given the terrorists their best recruiting tool with a stupid comment on obliterating Iran.

Time to learn more, Nat:
Obama Gong Show:
3.) Barack Obama says his family has strong ties to African freedom. Depends on how you look at it, but not quite. Obama’s cousin, Raila Odinga, is credited with creating widespread violence in attempts to overturn a legitimate Kenyan election in 2007.
GONG!!!
Maybe Nat will go to Kenya.

More learning time for Nat:
Obama Gong Show:
4.) Barack Obama said his grandmother as always been a Christian. Well, that could depend on which grandmother and how you define “Christian”. One of Obama’s grandmothers recites daily Salat prayers at 5am according to her own account. Also, we should probably mention, this grandmother was one of 14 wives to 1 man.
GONG!!!!
Maybe Nat can define Christian.

WAKE UP DEMOCRATS!! Divide and conqueror. Sound familiar? That is what the republicans are doing to the democrats right now. Its time the democrats clean up this campaign and unite as one. Obama is great as the first American black to have a real chance at becoming president. Hillary Clinton is a great woman candidate to become the first American woman president. It is time that both campaigns join together and run as one major force. This is what the republican fear the most. They both tangled and rumbled in a well contested fight. Both have something to make them proud. The same thing happened to Kennedy and Johnson in 1960. It happened to Reagan and Bush (Sr.) in 1980. Let’s learn from the past and become one. After these two states there are only a handful on states left and none of them will change the results of the delegate count. Obama/Clinton 2008. Sounds good to me. If Hillary is serious about helping her party and the nation, then just as LBJ and BUSH (Sr.), she can do that as Vice-president. If all she really wants is a national health care program, I am sure that Obama will let her try and get one as Vice President. Somebody wins and somebody loses. Let’s not make the mistake and let American lose as well by electing John McCain. IT’S TIME TO UNITE AS ONE!!

Religious lessons for Gnat:
Obama Gong Show:
6.) Barack Obama claims to be a Christian who never practiced Islam. Anyone attending a school where religion is practiced daily as curriculum probably practices that religion, at least temporarily. But, what if the same person was registered as a Muslim and kept that faith, until his wife made him convert, so he could run for political office?
GONG!!!!!
Time for evening prayers, Gnat.

All the Obama robots always said superdelegates shouldn’t be figured into the race. Since many of the supers have gone over to Obama the Obama robots are gleeful. They like the supers. OH…only if they support Obama. That’s like Florida and Michigan votes. If those votes had gone to Obama and they weren’t going to be counted they these same Obama supporters would be rioting in the streets. Such a fair race isn’t it? It’s BS. The press wants to elect Obama. Media wants Obama. The people want Clinton. The blacks and college students (the majority) want Obama. What a mess. I pray Michelle Obama will never be in the White House. This family hates white people. The blacks are voting blindly for Obama for his color. He has no record except a liberal present one to run on, so it has to be his color. What a way to elect a President. Intelligent thinking?

No difference between HRC and McCain.
Both are wacky loose cannons.

Jayhawk:
Thou are’t well informed! Amazing… there ARE people who have the ability to think for them self and actually research the candidates. However… I have noticed that you can post the truth about the “perfect one” and it gets totally ignored. It goes to prove that those who support him don’t care WHAT he stands for. From his brother and cousin in Africa… from saying if it came down to it he would go with Islam… from the repeated references to “typical white people”… to voting to keeping it legal to allow living babies to die… to back stabbing his colleagues to get his position… duel citizenship here and Africa… terrorist associations… to him and his wife like the majority of Americans… yep… most of us can afford over $10,000 a year in dance and piano lessons for our kids… and so forth! DUH! I WISH I had that kind of extra money. I would buy gas, pay bills and get groceries! Good thing he isn’t related to Pinocchio!!!!

Belle Star writes:
Most of the county committees are full of people for whom “politics” is a social substitute for going to church, and whose political work consists mostly of serving as groupies to elected officials.
Belle… you post well. He is very scary. His brother and cousin scare the crap out of me and should concern everyone in this country… especially Christian church goers. Perhaps his followers don’t care if “Christian” people, in Kenya are being burned ALIVE… women and children… burned ALIVE. Who cares, right? After all… Christians are infidel. We are throwing away everything our ancestors fought and died for… our country, our freedom, our choice to worship as we please, our rights, our future… all for the promise of change. Well… it looks like change IS coming! Maybe I should go into the asbestos suit business?

“Annie”
are you trying to imply that Senator Obama can’t invest money into his children and their extra curricular activities? Whoa! The clintons earned over one hundred and nine million dollars!!!! That is after their White house years, I wonder what kind of priviliges their daugher had? Look, the writing is on the wall people! I will be glad when this is all over so Obama can beat McCain and begin his work in the White House!!!

I’m just trying to get my head around the numbers you’ve quoted here, Jake.
If you factor in the delegates picked up today, then the margin since April 22 and April 28 is exactly the same. So Obama’s momentum is in fact the same as it was last week. And could it be that the delegates who wanted to declare themselves early have already done so (with Obama getting the lion’s share), and we’re now left with those who will declare themselves later (as in tomorrow or even after all the contests are finished)?
And besides, Obama is still grabbing twice as many delegates as Hillary, so the point of your piece is what exactly? That Obama is still on track to win the nomination? Which would have been a more honest headline.

For those who don’t get the Jay Z comment, well, that just goes to show how little you know about Obama.
For those who say if Hillary gets the nomination you’ll vote for Obama on a third party ticket, well, that just goes to show how little you know about our political system.
For those who say that Obama is soon to have 1.5 million internet donors and that he can win the general election without blue collar/women/moderate dem votes, well, that just goes to show how little you know.

Lois, nice post, but I think (opinion only) that you’re wrong.
I think not only will African Americans stay at home, I think the new voters inspired by Obama will stay at home as well. For Dems in tight races in their Congressional districts, they can’t afford to have those voters stay home. So, in a BIG way, the DNC NEEDS Obama to be on the ticket to keep those voters (to keep their majority in both the house and senate).
By the way, didn’t U see two days ago that a Dem in Louisiana was being hit with “association to Obama” vis-a-vis Rev. Wright? Guess what? He won his race in a district that had been in Reps hands since 1974. So, the DNC knows they need Obama to keep them in power.

Belle, Clinton had a 30% lead after the Texas and Ohio primaries in early March. Three weeks before the Penn primary, Clinton was up 20%. In a matter of those three weeks, with a lot of money (that he got from A LOT of small donors) he was able to bring the deficit to 10% at election time. And pleaes remember, Senator Clinton had the endorsement of EVERY major democrat in the state. The Governor, the State Dem party, the mayors of Philly and Pittsburgh, etc. She had everything going for her and ended up winning impressively. Just not as big as one would think considering all she had going for her into the vote. Sorry, you’re wrong on this, please get your numbers right.

Al from Al | May 5, 2008 6:10:50 PM
Well said, well said. Glad to see you see the BIG picture. I hope others like Carpenter, Jay, Jayhaw, Lou can see the BIG picture of getting your priorities lined up vs. voting for someone elses priorities because your candidate didn’t get to the top of the ticket.
Remember everyone, Senator Clinton and Senator Obama have almost identical voting records on legislation they both voted on over the last two years. So, what you get from one, you’re likely to get from the other with some obvious exceptions. But those exceptions may be against your ideal anyway, so stick wtih the Dems, either one. Both should be better than McCain for this next voting cycle.

We are blaming Obama for not counting FL & MI because he said no and he will be held accountable by the voters of those states. He said we’ll have to talk about it. The guy is totally inexperienced and couldn’t get a bill passed if he tried. He misleads about being against the war and I even hear his pundants say he voted against the war – he was not in the senate at the time and continually votes to finance the war. He’s such a fraud. I will not vote for him under any circumstances – at least I know Hillary will come through like she always does. How in God’s name does anyone think he can win with his Wright & Ayrs controversy and his non existent experience? Maybe before 9/11 you can win without experience but after Bush’s disasters that is over. If Obama wins the nom you may as well congratulate the new Pres McCaine because if me – a staunch liberal is afraid of Obama you can bet the soccer moms will feel the same. My prayers are with Senator Clinton.