By Alexa Ainsworth

Jun 25, 2008 9:12am

The Note: Pressure on Clintons as Democrats Seek Unity

ABC News’ Rick Klein Reports in Wednesday’s Note: It’s unity week for the Democrats — and watch this tense tango: Hillary Clinton two-steps toward togetherness, Barack Obama congas for comity (with a fandango of a phone call) — and Bill Clinton manages to shimmy out a statement.

While we ponder Sen. Obama’s star choices (Samuel L. Jackson or Don Cheadle? Heidi Klum or Cindy Crawford?) and taste preferences (fruitcakes or martinis? — combine them both and you have a drink worthy of “Sex and the City,” female outreach settled) . . . a few questions to frame the day:

How many more polls like this before there’s real panic in the GOP? (Answer: One.)

How many more panel discussions can turn into debates before there’s a real-shakeup inside the McCain operation? (Answer: None — and two more foreign trips next week? Is he seeing an electoral map we’re not?)

Read the rest of The Note — and get all the latest on the 2008 election, Congress, the White House and the wide world of politics every day — from Rick Klein by bookmarking this link.

Is this one of those weeks where it’s good to be a candidate/senator or bad to be a candidate/senator? (Answer: Depends on the senator.)

How many more ads like this before Obama’s upside is formally declared to outweigh his downside in down-ballot races? (Answer: Three.)

Is Ralph Nader trying to say things politicians just don’t say? (Answer: Yes.)

How carefully will Bill Clinton have to choose his words when he puts his endorsement into action? (Answer: Very.) How many of those words will be unscripted? (Answer: None.)

Continue reading today’s Note by clicking HERE.

ABC News’ John Santucci and Alexa Ainsworth contributed to this report.

User Comments

Good grief, figure it out. The Clinton’s can help Obama but it is up to him to figure out the electoral math and reach out to the Clinton supporters. Instead, it is continuous veiled threats from the ObamaNation and attempts to degrade the Clinton’s reputations.
What McCain may see that others don’t is the weakness of the so-called unified party strategy. The reluctance is high and it won’t take many more flip-flops by Obama to undo it given his reluctance to get his Luddite ears out of his chickenLittle behind on energy policy.
Change for the worse is not change we want to believe in and if it comes to electing another Republican to get change we need, then ‘yes we can’.

Posted by: len | June 25, 2008, 9:32 am 9:32 am

Obama — N E V E R !

Posted by: T | June 25, 2008, 9:37 am 9:37 am

Obama doesn’t have a clue about anything.

Posted by: Soetoro No! | June 25, 2008, 9:40 am 9:40 am

No, I’ll never vote for him.

Posted by: brigitte | June 25, 2008, 9:43 am 9:43 am

Obama – change you can believe in. If, of course, you don’t care about specifics.

Posted by: Soetoro No! | June 25, 2008, 9:43 am 9:43 am

Obama and the DNC ripped the Democratic party apart.
Obama continues to do so. By the move of only half the Democratic party to Chicago.
The Voters do not want Obama. What does the DNC not see about that. The voters voted NO to Obama. They still do not want Obama.
The DNC playing God and Poltical Fixer in the Primaries. Getting involved, Playing thier game and influencing the media and voters. Was wrong on so many levels.
It is not on Hillary’s Shoulders That she was the better candidate and best one to be President, and the choice of the people.
The Bottom line is the voters voted Not to obama. They still do not want him.
Hillary gave her word. she is living up to that. Kudo’s to her. Takes honor and courage. Showing she is still the better one.
The voters are obligated to their country. To make sure the best person for President is put in Place.
It Is NOT Obama.

Posted by: seah | June 25, 2008, 9:48 am 9:48 am

PUMA.

Posted by: K | June 25, 2008, 9:50 am 9:50 am

the least hillary can do is try to unite this party thank god she lost she would have been horrible as president just look at the debt she got us into just think if she was president the debt we would be in

Posted by: angie | June 25, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

len your comment made no sense…
i argue that by most polls standards the democrats are very unified behind obama. I dont know why you think some saving grace is the clintons.
I mean thats what you republicans hope for is that somehow someway the clintons will get back up on their horse and ride forward in a charge that would destroy the democrats… but thats not going to happen..
i think the mass majority of democrats are fully behind obama, and campaigning with clinton will possibly bring most of the rest home…
but women dont like mccain because hes a polar opposite to womens issues. It doesnt matter how many times he says my friends he still is opposed to issues that women have always been very pro.
obama has a very good energy policy and it will continue to grow… mccains energy policy is a few bandages and some duck tape. What has mccain offered in terms of real progress on the energy crisis?
and soetoro id have to say that mccain is the one looking like he doesnt know anything.

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 9:51 am 9:51 am

Barack Obama has the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE tattooed on his stomach. It’s upside-down, so he can read it while doing sit-ups.
Obama 08!!!

Posted by: matt w. | June 25, 2008, 9:55 am 9:55 am

How can Obama reach out to Clinton voters when they stand red-faced, arms folded and sticking their tongues out? What a bunch of spoiled cry babies. The best way to deal with such immature behavior is to ignore it.

Posted by: J Robinson | June 25, 2008, 10:10 am 10:10 am

Obama’s way of reaching out is by telling Clinton supporters to “get over it” will only make things worse.

Posted by: Kardasia_Prime | June 25, 2008, 10:15 am 10:15 am

I think the only Hillary supporters who are not backing Obama are the ones on this site. Have you looked at the polls lately? Those supporters of HIllary’s are not stupid and are not acting like a child, they know how important it is that McCain does not win this election.
Grow up, stop acting like a child and do the right thing.

Posted by: becky | June 25, 2008, 10:23 am 10:23 am

I’M A HILLARY SUPPORTER. I WILL ONLY VOTE FOR OBAMA IF HILLARY BECOMES HIS RUNNING MATE. NOT BECAUSE I HAVE FINALLY LEARNED TO LIKE HIM BUT BECAUSE MCCAIN SCARES ME MORE AND WITH HILLARY, AT LEAST, THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY IN THE HIGHEST PLACE WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION AND MOVE FORWARD TO GET THE GOALS ACCOMPLISHED.

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 10:24 am 10:24 am

Obama or Clintons have NO power on
voters at this time OR to dictate our
votes.
We said over and over again:we will
NOT vote for Obama in november….
…..end of the story.
4 years with McCain is fine with us.

Posted by: Nicholas | June 25, 2008, 10:29 am 10:29 am

sorry to see Hillary sell herself like this to the big O. I still think she is only doing this for the cash and not for unity. Superdelegates haven’t voted yet and can change their mind any time they please. It ain’t over till it is over. The big O is just a bag of air.

Posted by: mich mike | June 25, 2008, 10:36 am 10:36 am

I hope Obama’s campaign managers
read our posts…..
UNITY…..NEVER…..
We will NOT vote for Obama in november
and nobody can change our minds…

Posted by: Nicholas | June 25, 2008, 10:40 am 10:40 am

puma people,
be little bit politician… like your Hillary… be more realistic and smart.
if you ever want her to be a nominee again… at least this time you should not ruin this election…. then you know what? she will never get a chance in her life time… because other 1.8M will never vote for her…. fair is fair. period.

Posted by: cloud123 | June 25, 2008, 10:43 am 10:43 am

bhrandon, THE KNOW-IT-ALL,
THAT’S WHAT YOU THINK …. WELL, YOU DON’T KNOW THAT MUCH …. I STILL THINK THAT OBAMA IS NOT FIT OR QUALIFIED FOR PRESIDENT BUT I’M VOTING FOR HIM ANYWAY ONLY IF HILLARY IS HIS RUNNING MATE. AT LEAST, WITH HILLARY, THERE WILL BE SOMEBODY IN THE HIGHEST PLACE WHO KNOWS HOW TO GET THE WHEELS IN MOTION AND MOVE FORWARD TO GET THE GOALS ACCOMPLISHED.

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 10:48 am 10:48 am

Neil1785
Hill isn’t going to be the VP nom…but she is going to be part of the team.
It really is going to be the best team the country has seen in a long time.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 10:50 am 10:50 am

dl,
HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT HILLARY ISN’T GONNA BE VP? WHO IS IT, THEN?

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 10:53 am 10:53 am

It’s going to be Biden.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 10:56 am 10:56 am

Keep your dream Liberals and DNC Leaders. Soon you will know why you always are the losers in this coming November again.

Posted by: stock_craft | June 25, 2008, 11:01 am 11:01 am

and he already has shown that he is the attack dog that knows the ground and has the veritas…that someone needs in a Vice President running with them.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

I think Biden would make an excellent running mate.

Posted by: erin | June 25, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

OBAMA NEEDS THE CLINTONS THEY DON’T NEED HIM> IF HE IS SMART HE WILL CHOSE H ILLARY AS HIS VICE PRESIDENT, AFTER ALL HE STABBED HER IN THE BACK BY STEALING ALL HER SOLUTIONS AND CALLING THEM CHANGE WITH A WORD HERE AND THERE DIFFERENT. HOARD DEAN MADE A WOOPER OF A MISTAKE THE PERSON MOST QUALIFIED WITH THE GUMPTION AND THE FIGHT TO GET THINGS DONE WAS STOMPED ON AND THRWON AWAY NOW THE BHO HAS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IN DISGRACE mE I WILL TYPE IN HILLARY COME NOVEMBER NOT VOTING FOR MCBUSH OR OBAMA UNLESS HILLARY IS VP

Posted by: Rose Szymanski | June 25, 2008, 11:08 am 11:08 am

rose
so the other 18 million voters dont count?

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 11:16 am 11:16 am

seah
It must be cold standing in that lonely room.
Obama has a lot of ideas..but yes…most of his ideas come from many people…
that is the candidate we want.
That is not a sham.
a good manager is one who manages many other ideas…not just their own.
and if you actually went and read his plans you would see his plans are much more detailed than McCain’s…and many of McCain’s”new” ideas…were ones that Obama’s team (somewhat out of necessity because of the primary) laid out a long time ago.
and I would guess Obama took those ideas from other people who laid them out a long time ago.
but overall Obama is the candidate because his LOGIC is better.
that is the bottom line.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 11:18 am 11:18 am

Rose, Obama did not disgrace the party. Where would you even get that. The country was split down the middle. They both received 18 million votes. And all the Clintons wanted was to extend their legacy by having Hillary as pres. They felt an entitlement to it.

Posted by: erin | June 25, 2008, 11:19 am 11:19 am

Can’t we all come together Dems???? YES WE CAN!! We are all one family!!!!!

Posted by: Peace | June 25, 2008, 11:21 am 11:21 am

erin,
Almost half of those 18 million votes that Obama won were earned before his scandals. A lot of them have been undegoing buyer’s remorse since then. That’s why those 18 million should be down bya significant number. That’s why he would need Hillary to help him get elected as President as his runningmate.

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 11:25 am 11:25 am

POSSUM is not a democrat but a far right radical so it is absurb to talk about unifying the Democratic Party. It no longer exists. But Obama needs her support and voters. I certainly hope he loses and is forced back to his corrupt Chicagao homestead. He is wrong for America.
.

Posted by: Mary | June 25, 2008, 11:29 am 11:29 am

As long as Hillary isn’t running for president, I’m happy. Obama or McCain.

Posted by: GetaLife | June 25, 2008, 11:30 am 11:30 am

neil, how do you know almost half of the 18 million have buyers remorse. I don’t and my state will definately vote Obama. But it all boils down to the swing states. I think Pa will go dem because of Rendell. And there is a very good chance that Va will also go dem. And I think having Hillary as his running mate is a bad idea. We need to get away from the Clinton and Bush dynasties. But I do think she needs a position in his cabinet.

Posted by: erin | June 25, 2008, 11:32 am 11:32 am

erin,
I never said that half of 18 million votes he earned have buyers remorse. I said a lot of those half have.

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 11:36 am 11:36 am

Neil
the numbers are saying overhwlelmingly differently from the idea that people were having “buyers remorse”…
and Erin
I think there is only one role that she REALLY sees as possible that she would want in the cabinet…and that might be sec of state.
there is a slim chance that obama would pick her out of respect for the campaign…and believe it or not maybe even wanting her because of despite the anger…they have a familiar history now that I bet he respects…
but they both would be put in a fuinky situation if he chose her for VP and to be honest it would hurt him more than help him…sorry to her supporters but the numbers show that…she always had a low ceiling unfortunately)
she might want the sec of state …maybe even partly just to make sure Richardson doesn’t get it…but I think she is going to do what the pundits say and take the Ted Kennedy route…especially, rpobably and sadly because Ted kennedy is not going to be around for much longer in that full capacity he was (as sad as that is to say)…
She has a knew opportunity to have the respect of the senior elder of the congress without having the actual official seniority…ya know.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 11:39 am 11:39 am

but women dont like mccain because hes a polar opposite to womens issues. It doesnt matter how many times he says my friends he still is opposed to issues that women have always been very pro.
————————————
Look we do NOT have to LIKE McCain.
WE do have to VOTE for him!
WHY? Because WE CAN!

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

dl, let’s face it, the VP really doesn’t do much and I just can’t see her wanting or accepting that position. And then you have to wonder what Bill would do. But you’re right. She could be a real powerhouse in the Senate if she stays. I think it would be a smart move on her part if she did that.

Posted by: erin | June 25, 2008, 11:49 am 11:49 am

CHANGE–> you can believe Obama will
Change his mind, his words,his staff, churches, and issues over and over again through out this campaign.
CHANGE YOU CAN NOT BELEIVE IN.
OR you can give 20 buck to Obama and in exchange he will give you HOPE….lol

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 11:52 am 11:52 am

CHANGE–> you can believe Obama will
Change his mind, his words,his staff, churches, and issues over and over again through out this campaign.
CHANGE YOU CAN NOT BELEIVE IN.
OR you can give 20 buck to Obama and in exchange he will give you HOPE….lol
Posted by: carpenter.nyc | Jun 25, 2008 11:52:10 AM
——————————
LOL great!
I will send my 20 bucks ro PUMA!

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 11:54 am 11:54 am

POSSUM is not a democrat but a far right radical so it is absurb to talk about unifying the Democratic Party. It no longer exists. But Obama needs her support and voters. I certainly hope he loses and is forced back to his corrupt Chicagao homestead. He is wrong for America.
.
Posted by: Mary | Jun 25, 2008 11:29:00 AM
————————————–
Mary I agree.
So we must pray every day and give money to PUMA and McCain.
VIOLA! Our prayers will be answered!

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

Obama has quite an amazing background
you would know that if you werent in a hole somewhere. His life is extraordinary, and has done a lot of good for the people of chicago. He graduated from harvard law, was a community organizer
————————
And he is a copycat, his whole campaign is a duplicate of Deval’s in MA. right down to the WORDS! He copied every one of the the other Dem candidates on every issue. He is a phony and a fake.
He is good at speaking written speeches of other peoples WORDS!
A loser puppet who is on thin ice!

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

The Consumers Rights League issued a report that reveals that ACORN (AHC) may have reaped substantial financial gains by misusing taxpayer dollars for political ends. What does OBAMA have to do with ACORN—time to get enlightened!
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2008/06/25/the_acorn_obama_knows

Posted by: Ann | June 25, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

We don’t know what the change is, although we can still believe in it. Insanity.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:07 pm 12:07 pm

“has done a lot of good for the people of chicago.”
Read the news, that city is like a war zone. Under an Obama led regime, we can expect many more cities just like it. He has a soft spot for gangs. Change that we can be afraid of.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:11 pm 12:11 pm

Neil
i think your buyers remorse argument is a complete fallacy. I do not have buyers remorse… i think obama is a wonderful strong intelligent candidate
HP BOSTON
your line taht we dont have to like mccain but we can vote for him because we can
is probably the most moronic thing i have ever seen you write, and my friend you have written some moronic things
Carpenter
how many times has mccain changes his mind on… lets see EVERY issue this campaign… for taxes against taxes, for bush against bush, for illegal aliens against illegal aliens, against off shore drilling for off shore drilling, for the environment against the environment, for 100 years in iraq troops home in 4 years troops coming home doesnt matter, for talking with rogue leaders against talking with rogue leaders, against lobbyists still has lobbyists that have ties to iran burma hamas… need i go on?
i mean mccain may have once been a maverick, but now hes more like the maverick condom.. limp, wet, and sitting in a puddle

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:14 pm 12:14 pm

Mack you tried to do this with kerry alst time to sayign he was pro gangs
grow up its just a pathetic display of lunacy

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:15 pm 12:15 pm

This is an unbelievable blog. Is this where Republicans write? Not even on the Fox blogs do you find so many visceral anti-Obama sentiments. The feelings here seem mostly irrational and are so out of step with what you hear people say and what you read on other blogs. I suppose you are all supporting each other and giving each other solace in your hatred of Senator Obama. Perhaps you all should leave this anti-Obama wailing and move on with your life because you will not be able to convince anybody new. Your arguments are emotional, irrational and weak.

Posted by: Pat | June 25, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Public Law 110-181, Obama ad
GOOGLE IT….
It’s regarding the Ad Obama has out…
$ 75 Million Dollars spent…140000 plays
“to re-introduce himself….”
Now he fluffs up his resume with Legislatures he didn’t vote on….McCain didn’t vote on it either but you won’t see McCain tooting his horn over it…
MCCAIN 08
Hillary……….2012 !!
….it’s the only way

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

What “CHANGE” can Obama bring to this country while took him 20 years to “CHANGE” the Church he went to? Can someone answer me this simple question.

Posted by: stock_craft | June 25, 2008, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm

Mccains economic advisor is phil gramm
phil gramm help create the enron loophole which is being used to drive up your gas prices
phil gramm also helped create the subprime morgage crisis he works for teh bank UBS
wow mccains economic advisor is as corrupt as they come

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm

Many Americans are fearful the U.S. government will be forced to reinstitute the draft given the prolonged Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Asked about that possibility by a potential voter in Florida during a telephone “town hall meeting,” McCain said: “I don’t know what would make a draft happen unless we were in an all-out World War III.” …
McCain In 2006: “We’re In The Early Stages” Of World War III with Iran
bye bye kiddies

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

bhrandon,
Who is Obama’s economic advisor and what is his qualification?

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 12:21 pm 12:21 pm

With Obama in the General Election…..
He makes the Republicans look REAL GOOD.
Give Obama another month…he’s going to CHANGE his view on EVERYTHING he promised during the Primary….just like he did the Public Financing AND FISA !!….AND OF COURSE NAFTA !!
Obama—> CHANGE ?
You Bet !

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 12:22 pm 12:22 pm

“Mack you tried to do this with kerry alst time to sayign he was pro gangs”
Street organizer = gang banger
Only kidding about that.
I voted for Kerry, but I don’t remember reading anything about him feeling pity for gang members.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

Pat you are so right. I used to write on this blog and I stopped. From time to time I stop by to read them but I just don’t bother to write. I don’t see many of the people who used to write on it either. Seems the thinking people have moved elsewhere. Unfortunately, you are probably wasting your time also, this level of ignorance rarely learns or changes.

Posted by: Sarah | June 25, 2008, 12:24 pm 12:24 pm

the crazies on here are funny…
one side argues with issues …the other argues withanger toward obama based in some weird grudge thing…
so the choice is lol
vote like your 12 or vote like an adult who sees the last 8 years sucked.
luckily most adults are exactly that…adults who listen to issues…
not weird spin.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

“Obama has done a lot of good for the people of Chicago”. Yes, during his years as state senator, 11% of the jobs were lost in his district. Drug use, gangs, crime and proverty rates went up. The only “good” was all his legislation that gave more hand-outs to irresponsible people using working people taxes.
He is a socialist.

Posted by: Mary | June 25, 2008, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

stock craft
as a church is more about the people and the ties with that community more so then a preacher is
I attended church for years and I care zero about religion, in fact i disagree with a lot of the views of the christian church. But i had friends who attended and i continued to attend.
No matter how much you try to demonize rev wright and some of the things he said seemed completely insane to me.. but i hate church so…yea
but you are talking about years and years of sermons that had NOTHING to do with politics and were probably more focused on community and faith…..
but yet you want to take a few sermons after the wake of the worst presidency in the history of america where you will find radicals in every corner of america
some think 911 was an inside job
some think bush fought the war for oil
some think bush and all politicians are all working together in asecret society that controls all of us
but you want to pick this guy
im sure your uncle harry has said some pretty out rageous things
im sure you didnt know that your uncle was a kkk member
im sure you didnt know that when your uncle was 13 he fooled around with a little girl
does that make you evil? should i blame you for him? is he still not your uncle
sometimes people suprise you… you can have your best friend in the world you do everything together, and then one day… its just not the same,
and you no longer are friends you no longer see eye to eye
has that ever happened? So obama should have had the forsight to know that someday rev wright would take these kinds of stands?
teh clintons invited rev wright into the white house…
how about all those catholic priests that molested little boys?
does that mean catholics are molesters?
you see wahts going on here, your argument has been answered

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:28 pm 12:28 pm

and sarah
the thinking people are voting for obama now.
read a paper…look at a poll…go to an event outside the couple of people who have not learned in their adult lives how to deal with not getting their way being more important than issues and those that the issues effect….uh can you say Puma..lol.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

Mary…duh…look at other coties in the country and compare those numbers…
god some people are really dumb…or just like to throw out “half-facts”
and the world is flat…if you look at on a piece of paper… oy.
the countries numbers have taken a ski slope dive on those same issues especially in the inner cities duh.

Posted by: dl | June 25, 2008, 12:31 pm 12:31 pm

Bhrandon, with Democrat controlling Congress and John McCain as US President, the GOP and Dem will have to work together to end the war in Iraq and improve the economic. There is no draft in the power balance US government and Congress unless we have a world war III, I agreed.

Posted by: stock_craft | June 25, 2008, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

Elitists
“Oh yes, lets talk of issues and giving the poor this and that and yes lets control everything they do as they can’t possibly know what they want….”
Obama is BUSH III
McCain 2008
Hillary 2012—> hopefully by then Obama will join his brother and Cousin ODINGA RAILA in Kenya and sell them HOPE AND CHANGE….
It’s about Character and Judgement.
Obama is a wishy washy shinsham run of the mill Politician…..his Mentor Rev.Wright(20 years) Knows Him Best.
( do you not hear him anymore since being shoved under the big Obama Bus?)

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

“What “CHANGE” can Obama bring to this country while took him 20 years to “CHANGE” the Church he went to? Can someone answer me this simple question.”
Careful, you know what they say about waking up sleep walkers.
They can’t answer the simple questions, because they’re too busy making up complicated excuses for the constant flip-flopping and lack of substance of their Messiah.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:36 pm 12:36 pm

Sarah, You are clearly right.

Posted by: Pat | June 25, 2008, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

Change is no more republicans in the white house. How’s that.

Posted by: d | June 25, 2008, 12:39 pm 12:39 pm

Mary
in 2000 america had a estimated surplus of 3 trillion dollars
8 years later we are how much in debt?
Bush promised oil at 20 dollars a barrel when we went to war with iraq and how this would be an easy job to get done
so where are we with that?
Whats our unemployment rate now here in ALL of hte us?
How many jobs have been shipped overseas under george bushes watch?
yup… nice… you can claim that all that you have said is somehow obamas fault… but you could also say gang violence is up since bush has been president,
and theni could argue that because of current trends a mccain presidency would ruin america
now you can blame all the statistics you want on anyone
but the fact remains that obama DID some very good things for the people of chicago…
if you want to blame those statistics you quoted from god knows where on obama instead of say… the governor or the law enforcement or any other elected official that you should be mroe inclined to blame for those statistics but if you want to lay them at obamas feet i guess thats your prerogative.

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 12:42 pm 12:42 pm

d said: “Change is no more republicans in the white house. How’s that.”
Then Dem becomes the dictatorship party, very much is the same as communist.

Posted by: stock_craft | June 25, 2008, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

“I don’t see many of the people who used to write on it either.”
They’re all over at the huffpo and dailykos. Better get over there quick for some reassurance that your blind worship is justified.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:47 pm 12:47 pm

Obama won the demorcatic nominee fair & square. All you Clinton supporters are poor losers just as the Clintons’ they represented. Vote for Obama or shutup!

Posted by: Jan | June 25, 2008, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm

“Then Dem becomes the dictatorship party, very much is the same as communist.”
That’s the goal of any good democracy..isn’t it?

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm

d said: “Change is no more republicans in the white house. How’s that.”
correct:”Then current liberal Democrat will becomes the dictatorship party, very much is the same as the communist.”

Posted by: stock_craft | June 25, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

It really does not matter who or what endorses barack Hussein obama, he will NEVER be president of the United States of America.

Posted by: JULIE | June 25, 2008, 12:52 pm 12:52 pm

Senator Obama’s champaign about hope and change is nothing more than a marketing tool put up by his PR and ad people. Besides, Change can be a very horrible experience such as a accident that leaves one dead or disabled for life. Or change can be very good when you win the power ball lottery. Senator Obama’s CHANGE is just too vague to know what he means. He dances around shouting CHANGE, CHANGE–but I don’t trust the politician or his version of change. His HOPE to me simply means he hopes we will believe his rhetric and vote for him.

Posted by: Maggie | June 25, 2008, 12:55 pm 12:55 pm

lol

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 1:06 pm 1:06 pm

noticed you couldnt debate anythign back,
all my questions.. everything ive said and your comeback is
you drink kool aid
lol
arent you the one who thinks hillary is going to make a comeback
plus i like kool aid whats wrong with kool aid
oh i see your trying to make a religious reference
like im brain washed…
uh huh, i guess im brainwashed because i care about america… man what is it with you people
if we say something against america were unpatriotic if we say something for america were in some cult
talk about flip flops

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

Mack,
I thought he have been senator since 2004?

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

bhrandon,
don’t count out that possibility…looks like sh’es on a waiting list right now…she just suspended and not dropped out.

Posted by: neil1785 | June 25, 2008, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

And Legislatures that Obama didn’t vote on which end up being popular– Obama Takes Credit for….eg. Public Law 110-181, in the new Obama ad….
There goes $ 75 Million Dollars of the Obama Cash….
Obamabots….Obama needs more money….
In exchange for 20 bucks–he’ll give you HOPE……AND….HIS HOPE FLOATS like you know what.

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 1:16 pm 1:16 pm

“Mack,
I thought he have been senator since 2004?”
Sorry, that was in Illinois.

Posted by: Mack | June 25, 2008, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

Obama opens up a 15 point lead, and the usual suspects are on this blog trying to tear him down again.
Unfortunately for them, the polls indicate their bitter, inane comments are 180 degrees wrong.
So sad…. so sad….

Posted by: Texas Voter | June 25, 2008, 1:24 pm 1:24 pm

Dukakis was up 14 point around the same time.
Voters….JUST like Obama can CHANGE their mind once they get to KNOW him….
McCain 08
Hillary 2012….
Obi-One-Konobi…it’s our only way…

Posted by: carpenter.nyc | June 25, 2008, 1:27 pm 1:27 pm

McCain 08 = Wah!!!
Hillary 2012 = Double Wah!!!
Same arguments, no facts behind it. Again, the same posts by the usual, oh so bitter individuals.
Again, the polls show a big swing toward Obama, and you can offer nothing concrete to bolster your crybaby rants.
Unbelievable.

Posted by: Texas Voter | June 25, 2008, 1:31 pm 1:31 pm

ps mcain looks like a corpse

Posted by: bhrandon | June 25, 2008, 2:12 pm 2:12 pm

There are 49,100,000 OBAMA LIES posted on the net. Voters, do your homework and prove each and every one false. Bet my vote, you can’t.

Posted by: Mai | June 25, 2008, 2:40 pm 2:40 pm

is probably the most moronic thing i have ever seen you write, and my friend you have written some moronic things
bhrandon
_________________________-
I am and never have been your friend.
You are just to brillant to be seen with!

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 2:47 pm 2:47 pm

ps mcain looks like a corpse
Posted by: bhrandon | Jun 25, 2008 2:12:55 PM
—————————
Put the mirror down bhrandon..you will scare the crap outa yourself!
I am happy to report McCain is extremely more brilliant that you scholar brhandon.

Posted by: HP Boston | June 25, 2008, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

The Democratic Party deminds me of Hummpity Hummpity–it can’t be put back together again thanks to Obama, DNC, MSN and VIPs.–It is a lost cause. Obama is a radical left socialist and he has been selected to take the reins of the DP and even move it to his corrupt Chicago Headquarters. The party has thrown moderate Democrats under the bus.
Obama lost millions of democrat voters.

Posted by: Mary | June 25, 2008, 3:07 pm 3:07 pm

Mai: You still haven’t bothered to answer my earlier post regarding that photograph. I guess that… like your 49,100,000 claim… is unfounded.

Posted by: Champ | June 25, 2008, 3:15 pm 3:15 pm

I have a question for Senator Obama
Question: You say you oppose the war?
Obama: Change!
Q: But you have never, ever voted against funding it!
Obama: Change!
Question: why?
Obama: Change the subject!
Haha…it’s so funny, check it out!
http://news.yahoo.com/comics/pricklycity;_ylt=Ai0F2h9a237KE4HrWjw0rmDpcLQF

Posted by: Sandy | June 25, 2008, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

Texas Voter,
Keep shouting and screaming, Texas will be red as usual and you are stuck in it!

Posted by: Dallas voter | June 25, 2008, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

This is a test! If today, both Hillary and Bill decided not to support Obama, what would happen? There goes the Party, and there goes Obama. Too many on this blog have written the Clintons off with scorn. If they were not involved in the political world and knowledgeable about the art of compromise and the need for it, they should abandon this high and mighty candidate and let the chips fall where they may. Obama is a naive, inexperienced and arrogant candidate. Those who have promoted him as a unique agent for change think we will fall for anything if it is packaged as “brilliant”. No thank you, CNN, MSNBC, and DNC. It is time for another kind of change–Party.

Posted by: georgia | June 25, 2008, 3:35 pm 3:35 pm

“Texas voter: “Obama opens up a 15 point lead, and the usual suspects are on this blog trying to tear him down again.Unfortunately for them, the polls indicate their bitter, inane comments are 180 degrees wrong. So sad…. so sad….”
Yeh, the polls showed John Kerry was 10 point lead over George W Bush 4 years ago and we all knew who the looser was???? Pack you belongings and be ready to register at a mental institution because I don’t think you can bear your sadness this November!
Republicans won’t be alone this year, millions of Hillary’s supporters will cross over the line to joint them and vote for John McCain as well! That’s a real fact!

Posted by: Dallas voter | June 25, 2008, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm

Dallas voter, it’s a fact that both parties will cross party lines this election. I seriously doubt McCain will win but it will all come down to the swing states. So we will see.

Posted by: erin | June 25, 2008, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm

Why the Clintoms are allowing the democratic party to put the pressure on them to unite the party is beyond me, should’nt Senator Obama be doing that he wants to be president. This whole election thing is utterly ridicuolous,you choose a candidate that is unknown with a resume that is unknown, then you shake up the whole democratic process to crown him during which the party is divided and now you try to force him down the folks throats with the aid of the Clintons. Can’t he win on his own, I am sure he would feel a greater achievement if he did. Simply amazing!

Posted by: cmt | June 25, 2008, 4:12 pm 4:12 pm

—DL–Could you please tell me where to look for ‘coties in this county’? You need to go through 4th grade again.
I based my postings from several sources. I could find no “coties” in a Webster dictionary.
The reason I brought up his senate district is because of his insane bragging about fixing the wrongs in our country including jobs.

Posted by: Mary | June 25, 2008, 4:13 pm 4:13 pm

New Gallup tracking poll has Obama.McCain tied at 45% each.
if this is te best Obama can do against an old, tired republican with the war, economy, mortage and gas crisis, he is in big trouble.
You know Hillary would be way ahead and the public knows she is up to the job.

Posted by: ch | June 25, 2008, 5:20 pm 5:20 pm

Just checked again and there are now 49,200,000 OBAMA LIES LISTED on the net. You Obama Kool Aid drinker and c-line doers had better start reading and become more informed.
LOL
From now on, Ov bama will lose supporters every day.
McCain 70%—Obama 28% in November

Posted by: Mai | June 25, 2008, 6:02 pm 6:02 pm

Mai we are informed. No more republicans in the white house. And where exactly are you getting your facts. Sorry, no way McCain will win. Nice try though.

Posted by: d | June 25, 2008, 6:53 pm 6:53 pm

Obama is very presidential with his Obama seal.

Posted by: Gord | June 25, 2008, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm

OBAMA’S ARTISTRY OF THE AMBIGUOUS – It is not his lack of experience that will work against him, it is his indecision.
Obama would be well served by his hired help if it could move him to specifics on numerous critical fronts.
Voters are looking for definitive action while they battle overwhelming increases in costs on all fronts.
http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/06/obamas-artistry-of-ambiguous.html

Posted by: PacificGatePost | June 25, 2008, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm

Hussein Obama will have a problem in november, Michelle Obama. He will never win the presidency with Michelle with him.

Posted by: Jack | June 25, 2008, 9:48 pm 9:48 pm

They can make her stand with him, but that doesn’t mean her voters will follow.
I am not torn. I am not racist. I have never been a republican. I am now a member of the Pacific Green Party. I do not believe that supporting John McCain is “lunacy” and I have always understood that his policies are in many ways different than mine.
However, I WILL vote for John McCain this November. I WILL vote republican down ticket as well, if any democrats on ticket supported Obama before Oregon voted. I cannot hold them accountable after that time as Oregon voted Obama. I WILL donate to campaigns against Kerry, Pelosi, Reid, you, and others who have ursurped the democratic party.
I am NOT torn. I can wholeheartedly support McCain because at the very least, I respect him. I respect his service, I respect his standing against his own party and for democratic principles at times, I respect his personal knowledge of the horrors of war, I respect the man.
I do not respect Obama at all. I have seen lie after lie. I have seen him selected by the “leaders” of my former party, not elected. I have seen him claim status his has as yet not been given. I have seen far too much. I WILL NOT vote for a man I cannot respect. And really, what policies does he stand for; he changes them as the wind blows.
McCain is not Bush. Obama is far worse than Bush, really a dem version of the same.
I will suffer no guilt and you have no right to claim my vote. The DNC, RBC, has crossed too many lines. It is time for Americans to stand up and fight for what is right. What is right is that EVERY vote counts. What is right is honest debate, not racebaiting. What is right has little to do with what has happened in the last eight months.
Actually I pity Ms. sebilis and others.
You will learn too late that what is right is what America and Americans stand for.

Posted by: drae | June 26, 2008, 3:21 pm 3:21 pm

Can’t wait to see MO’s smiling face in the White House, or whatever she and BO decide to rename it. Rev. Wright will probably swear him in. There’s a change we can believe in.
But, he will win. The press loves him and he’s a rock star to the kids. Who needs sound policies? When he is done taxing us, we won’t have to worry about $5 a gallon gas; we won’t be able to afford a car to put it in.

Posted by: KC_1971 | June 26, 2008, 4:05 pm 4:05 pm

And, I will “get over it.” I don’t have a choice. Why do we vote when it doesn’t matter ? I voted for Gore, I voted for Kerry when I thought only an idiot would re-elect Bush. What a waste of time.

Posted by: KC_1971 | June 26, 2008, 4:08 pm 4:08 pm

I can’t stand it any longer! I have read all of these messages…and it tells me one thing…We as American citizens need to tear it down, and rebuild this country to the standards of what the Founders and past patriots fought for. The Constitution is not just a piece of paper as Bush stated so eloquently. It is the breath that blows life into every citizen who truly loves this country. We are looking into the mirrors of our souls, and at the same time, we tear into each other, forgetting that we are the light that the world looks to when she wants to do whats right. The rigid narcicism that I see in the words of all of you who sprew negative thoughts of your candidate. I have had enough! It is time to put all of that hate ( yes…hate…I feel it when I read your words) out of your minds, and lets do the only thing that can bring us back to being truly one country under God (or whatever you believe in or don’t). It’s time to really change this government for the better. Let’s start by understanding the Constitution…study it…believe it…then let’s talk like the true citizens we are.

Posted by: LetsDoIt! | June 26, 2008, 5:54 pm 5:54 pm

Any other undecided voters up for an INTELLIGENT debate/discussion about the issues:
http://www.realdealreport.com

Posted by: fasfar | June 27, 2008, 12:41 am 12:41 am

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