Obama Says Childers’ Win is Proof of his MI Chances

Boy this guy is arrogant. No mention of his 41% loss in the heart of Deomcratic America?

What he isn’t saying is that Childers did everything he could to distance himself from Obama.

Obama with his “typical” remarks….go figure!

“Obama said that if he is the nominee he will guarantee that the Michigan delegation is seated at the convention”
and if he is not the nominee he will give Michigan the finger like he gave Clinton and West Virginia.

What’s this about Chris Matthews calling HRC “The Al Sharpton of White People”?
Now that is funny.

Last time I checked MI was the abbreviation for Michigan and MS was Mississippi…

Travis Childers denounced Obama; said he’s never met him!

Lets not forget West Virginia only has 28 delegates.
And Obama would not be the democratic nominee if he had a “white voters” problem.
He’s only won 3-4 States with a heavy AA vote.
Obama has won the endorsement of 4 SDs today… WV who??? lol

You’re almost correct, although you undercounted by two.
I actually saw 59 stars. I guess he did say he had visited 57 but didn’t go to Hawaii or Alaska. If I remember correctly.

Quite a thumping you took in WV yesterday, big BO. What makes you think Michigan will be any different?
Mississippi voted for Childers, not for you. In spite of you, BO, not because of you.

Arrogant Presumption….. He is asked a question about his running mate and says that it would be presumptuous to talk about a VP pick when he hasn’t even secured the nomination. YET… he has racheted up the criticisms on McCain and campaigns in a swing state that ALREADY VOTED in the Democratic Primary.
NOW, he points to Childers as being an example of HIS opportunities in Mississippi. Words Matter as Obama put it. So, why not be the team player and say the Childers victory is an example of A DEMOCRATS opportunities in Mississippi.
But he can’t… why ???
ARROGANT PRESUMPTION………

It is so interesting to hear the conversation about Clinton’s win in West Virginia–that this is a warning for Obama.
Does anyone remember that Obama beat Clinton in Hawaii by 76% to 24%? It is also a State in the U.S. and it is about the same size as West Virginia.
Regardless of what color, or what class or what educational level the people are who are voting for Obama, the main quality difference is that there are more of them because he has more popular votes, more elected delegates, more superdelegates and more states won.
Hillary’s campaign was doomed from the start. She employed principles of the white male paradigm to determine how she was going to win the election. The white male paradigm for running for President in the U.S. is:
1. I’m white
2. I’m male
3. White people in the U.S. are more plentiful and they will vote for me, a white male,
4. I need only the “big” states where white people are
5. I can ignore the Caucus states
6. I can depend on big donors to raise money because as a privileged white male, I have access to such people
Hillary used this paradigm even though she was an unconventional candidate for President. How sad! That’s like a women taking a stress test to detect heart disease by taking a stress test that was designed for men.
Obama, on the other hand, knew he had to rewrite the paradigm. His paradigm is based on these principles:
1. I am an African American male
2. U.S. has many diverse people
3. No all white people are racists
4. Every state is important, no matter how small
5. I don’t come from wealth or fame so I don’t have one person who can give me $1,000,000.
6. But, my 1,000,000 non rich ordinary friends can give me $50 each which will result in millions of dollars
7. I will preach a message of change, not simply because I can bring change but because AMERICA HAS ALREADY CHANGED!
Herein lies the difference.
Go on you pundits, keep preachin’ and dissecting American citizens into groups, income levels, education levels, skin colors, etc. In the final analysis, it’s who has the most votes.
AAC

Well, I live in Colorado, which is also a swing state, and Obama won in Colorado by around 40% also. Some of the comments here are really absurd. Calling him arrogant because he didn’t mention his 40 point loss in W. Va.? Umm… is he supposed to bring this up in every speech? During plenty of speeches by Clinton following losses she never mentioned her losses from prior days. Just absurd double standards, and as for the stupid flag pin, I’ve never seen Clinton or McCain wear on either….

It’s amazing to see the intelligence of Hillary voters. How pathetic.

Whether Sen. Obama or Sen. McCain, our country will get exactly what it deserves. The choice will be ours.

His Royal Highness Obama had to finally wear a flag pin to pander to us idiotic White Asian and Latino trash. How pathetic.

I’m sick and tired of the media talking about the African-American vote. Obama will win some southern states because of the African-American vote. The media are the ones that created this divide. I’m African-American and a Hillary supporter. I will not vote for Obama in the General Election. I will sit this one out. Here we go again, putting up another John Kerry, Al Gore nominee. These are white guys and they lost the GE. I’m sick of the Democratic Party because they have become disorganized and weird.

Sen. Obama forgets that he fights with Sen. McCain in November for the White House. So, Democrats’ party could not make a decision on who will be the USA President as they made decision on who is Democrats’ nominee.

Typical Americans are against Obama.

Obama has lost 2 states by margin of 40+%. Hillary has lost 15 states by 40+%. Obama will put more states into play in the general, Hillary will have only Ohio and Florida. I’ve said before I’ll say it again. Obama will make Republican sweat to keep the south while he will focus on His available swing states, Michigan, Virgina, and Missouri. He can possible get South Carolina and Georgia. Obama is a better candidate that why the math is on his side.

Hillary Clinton is the AL SHARPTON of white people.
NOW THAT IS FUNNY!

College towns like Ann Arbor and Lansing will go for OBama big time.

When is somebody going to pin Obama down on his definition of “poor”, “middleclass” and “rich”? If elected, I believe that many couples earning a combined annual salary of around $100,000 will be very surprised to find that they are the “rich that must pay their fair share”.

Kathy
Obama definition of Poor – living on food stamps, living in Indonesia, Hawaii, going to school on scholarships, single mother.
Obama definition of MiddleClass – hardworking civil wrights lawyer, $30,000 in debt due to college loans.
Obama definition of Rich – Mr. Buffet nuff said.

BHO family working the systems. Mom – career student 2 degrees going for Doctorate. Chose not to have a job & leave off the state!

Voters won’t be fooled by Obama’s statement that he’ll do everything he has to to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations ONCE he is the nominee.
p.s., Clinton didn’t campaign in Michigan and Florida either but she still won.

Super delegates need to be asking themselves, if down ticket democrats don’t want to appear with Obama, then we must have a problem.

The good people of WV were clinging to their votes and not letting Obama have any. Now who’s bitter.

There might be many negative things that you can say about Mr. Obama, but trying to imply that he is stupid because of his slip of the tongue about the number of states that he visited, is ridiculous.
He graduated at the top of his class from Harvard!
Not only is he one of the most intelligent people that I have observed, he has vision and reasoning abilities.
I would rather have a person as president with the above attributes, than a person who is great at arguing about things that make her appear that she knows what she is talking about.
What happened to the importance of integrity? Do you think that world leaders will trust a president who is not trustworthy?

What happened to experience?????? He does not have the resume for POTUS!!

This democrat winning the seat in MI is because these people are still upset with how the bush-league handled katrina. This will be a trend this fall and will put a lot more states in play for Obama. People are really fed up with the bush/cheney arrogant attitude. Look for a landslide this fall against mc-more-war. Obama 2008!

Obama wants to tax capital. His tax plan will add up to a 39.6% personal income tax, a 52.2% combined income and payroll tax, a 28%capital gains tax, a 39% dividend tax and a 55% estate tax. A huge percentage of citizens have money invested in the market, when the parents of baby boomers pass on, Uncle Sam will get 55% of of the inheritence. So get ready to be fleeced “middle class” and good luck keeping your jobs.

In a climate of needed change,the need for a new direction, the need for a better America, it is befuddling to me how a presidential candidate could be that proud of this win having openly and flagrantly played the race card on the road to achieving it.
Hillary would have created a much much better impression across the board had she just simply gone in there and conducted and issue oriented campaigned knowing full well that she would have won anyways.
It has to be clear to all the good people of this country who has been pushing and playing the race reminders all along. Clearly it is not Barack Obama as any intelligent person could deduce. The fact that WV supported her method of operation makes the case only for that state and one state at that. The voice of “America” is plenty bigger than WV.
BO and his team got my vote because clearly they are the only ones actually trying to fix this country – live out its creed. Indeed one has to be forever mindful that some like the folks of WV would like it to remain as is………..BUT NOT THIS TIME…THIS TIME……….

Regardless of who heads the ticket in November, the Democrats will unite and defeat the Republicans. It is obvious that most of the posts here are from individuals who have ulterior motives. But true Democrats understand the issues and will not be misled. We know that people are more concerned with real issues and are not interested in the vitriolic nonsense being spewed here. The comments lend absolutely nothing to the conversation. They are just hateful and ignorant.

Obama doesn’t wear a flag pin = unpatriotic.
Obama does wear a flag pin = pandering. You guys are great – keep it up.

Obama is a symbol of change to the new world.

Above, when I said “…McCain would carry Wisconsin against Clinton, but not Wisconsin.” – please add “against Obama.” Now it’s a coherent thought! :-D

The flag pin is an important issue for me. I like Clinton and McCain because they do wear flag pins, and by doing so, they show style. Red, white and blue bling. Bling is important to the eye of the voter because real issues are things that don’t really matter in a campaign. I know this, and you know this. Now on the other hand, flag pins show a candidate’s position on issues. It shows whether they are for a war or accept lobbyist money. So listen here Mr. Obama, if you want to win, bring out the bling, and you’ll get them votes.

Obama is winning. Period. He’s been above the fray and I actually think that’s the only thing that has hurt him. Obama lost in W. Va, but didn’t really do lots of campaigning there. Here’s the deal, Dukakis won W. Va, and it did not help him. On the other hand, Missouri’s a swing state, Obama won it. Missouri has chosen correctly with the exception of once since like 1904 the actual president. Everywhere Obama is actually campaigning, shaking hands, kissing babies, etc., he closes the gap or wins. He’s been down 15-30 pts. in 90% of the states and has closed the gap to win it or lose by a slim margin like 5pts. Examples, down by 20 pts. in Missouri, wins it. Down by 20 pts. 2 weeks before voting in Texas, only loses by 4 pts. Down by 20 pts. in N. Mex. loses by 1 pt. Everyone his boots touch the ground, it’s Ms. Clinton who can’t close the deal. Everyone’s talking MI and FL. Well, Obama’s name wasn’t even on the ballot in MI, because he was trying to stay true to the agreement the DNC, he, and Ms. Clinton had excluding those states. He didn’t campaign in those states, but given his history if they do decide to seat MI and FL, it should be a 50/50 split given the fact that no one knows who would’ve one. He always closes the gap.(Because of DNC rules, Obama and his supporters were also disenfranchised) Ms. Clinton’s making a big deal about Florida, and it’s not going to any democrat anyway…it will go Republican, McCain won’t even waste time or money doing much campaigning there, it’s a given. Everyone’s acting like Florida’s the state to watch, because it was “close” last time. Reality is, it was not close, Bush walked away with Florida. Pennsylvania will go democrat. California, NY, etc. Obama will probably flip some other states. Ohio’s a toss up. The dynamics in Ohio have changed, meaning they have a democratic governor and some democratic seats. Bottom line, she’s losing. Can’t change math. 2 + 2 will always equal 4. Obama’s chances are great!
Obama 08!!!!!!!!!!!