I Did NOT Have Relations With That Lobbyist!

Hat tip David Horsey

What to Learn From Obama's Success and How's He Gonna Do That?

The success of Obama doesn't lie in is oratory skills and it's a big mistake to think otherwise. Last I checked "I Have a Dream" was a speech full of hope but with little detail on how we were going to get there.

Before anyone says "but he wasn't running for president," no but he was asking people to break the law and put their neck on the line "hoping" that would bring about a better day.

If pundits want to study the success of the Obama campaign you need to look no further than the massive political machine he's built and the very methodical way he's gone about attacking this race, that's where the story lies.

Mind you Obama has taken on and beaten the best political machine the democratic party has had in the past 20 years. The only one that has managed to deliver the White House in the last 30 years. The lesson to be learned isn't that giving inspirational speeches is how you win elections but that running a 50 state strategy is how you win elections and how you win BIG. In Nebraska the governor said, "Hey no one comes and visits us out here. The first person who does gets my vote. Obama visited and Clinton didn't"

He made every state matter. LISTENED to folk and won them over because he paid attention to them and because he knows how to inspire folk to be better than what they have been. Not only that but he used technology in a way that no campaign has done before and he understood the very basic idea of cash flow: it's better to have thousands of small donors give over time than it is to have big corporations or big donors give all at once and then when your well runs dry have no where to turn to for a new influx of cash.

As far as substance. I've never heard anyone complain about a politician so much as I do Obama. His Texas speech was full of policy initiatives he wanted to accomplish. As much as any politician's would be. But now the complaint is "how's he gonna do that?"

Come on. Did anyone ask JFK how he planned on putting a man on the moon? No. it was enough that he said it was gonna happen and he made it happen.

Part of what's going on is that (unlike George W. Bush) Obama (if he wins the general) would really be going in with a mandate from the people and if his coattails are as long as I think they are, a super majority in the house and the senate. That will make much of what he wants to do a hell of a lot easier and much harder to oppose for fear of losing your congressional seat.

I'm not real sure what more the guy needs to do. Hell Hillary hasn't anywhere near lived up to the standards that anyone seems to set for Obama...but hey Black folks have always had to work harder just to prove that they're just as good.

Obama Camp Responds to Clinton's Speech

From NBC's Mark Murray
"We agree with Senator Clinton that there is a choice in this campaign," says Obama spokesman Bill Burton in a statement. "It's a choice between a candidate who's taken more money from Washington lobbyists than any Democrat or Republican running for President and a candidate who hasn't taken a dime of their money in this election. It's a choice between a candidate who's called NAFTA a victory and supported permanent trade with China and a candidate who will end tax breaks for companies who ship our jobs overseas and give them to companies who create good jobs in America. It's a choice between a candidate who voted for the war in Iraq and one who opposed it from the very beginning. It's a choice between going into this election with Republicans and Independents already united against us, or going against John McCain with a campaign that has already united Americans of all parties around a common purpose."

"The choice in this election is between more of the same divisive, say-or-do-anything-to-win politics of the past and real change that we can believe in. That's the change that Barack Obama offers, and that's why more and more voters across America are choosing him as our next President."

Ahh McCain...You Need More People

McCain says that America is, "not fooled by the eloquent but empty call for change" of someone wants to take a "holiday" from history.

I think all those folks who've been voting for Obama might be inclined to disagree.

Live Blogging Wisconsin and Hawaii Primaries

Barack Obama Pojected Winner in Winconsin Primary

Wisconsin Primary - 0% of Precincts Reporting
Hillary Cinton -
Barack Obama -

Barack Obama leading in exit polls

Quote of the Day

This is the worst beating a Black man has given a woman since Ike Turner died.
- Bill Maher on Barack Obama's recent victories against Hillary Clinton

Since All of Us Obama Supporters are Cultists...

...here's our prayer.

Place your hand on your screen and pray with me-

O merciful and beloved Obama.

I beseech thee.

Giveth me hope.

Turneth me away from the path of the wicked, whose names art Clinton and McCain.

Forgiveth me of my sins.

Restoreth my audacity.

Changeth me so that I may believe.

Yes we caneth.

O-men.

Source

Obama to Hillary: I Ain't Scared of You

Quote of the Day

Contrast this Obama speech with Clinton's from earlier tonight. Obama is running against John McCain, while Clinton is still running against Barack Obama.
- Rick Klein

Potomac Primary Results

Barack Obama Projected Winner in Maryland

Barack Obama Projected Winner in DC Primary

Clinton's Deputy Campaign Manager Steps Aside

Mike Henry, deputy campaign manager for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) has resigned, according to a source familiar with the decision.

Henry tendered his resignation yesterday morning but worked the last two days on a volunteer basis. His departure is not entirely unexpected, as he was brought into the campaign by Patti Solis Doyle, who stepped down on Sunday.

Source

LOL.

Exit polls: Obama Stealing Clinton's Base

Barack Obama did well with Virginia Democrats across both race and gender lines, and seems to be eating away at Hillary Clinton's backbone of support: women.

According to exit polls, Obama won nearly 60 percent of the female vote, a demographic that has carried Clinton to success in past primaries.

Clinton even fared worse among men in Virginia – more than two-thirds chose Obama.

Meanwhile, the Illinois senator scored his highest percentage of African-American support to date — winning close to 90 percent of that voting bloc.

The only demographic Clinton won in Virginia was among white women, who broke for her over Obama by 10 points. But that margin is significantly smaller than the national average on Super Tuesday. She beat Obama among white women by 25 points then, according to national exit polls.

Source

Potomac Primaries - Bring'em On - 7pm

VA Exit Polls per NBC
- Obama wins voters who make less than $50k, 59% Obama, 40% Clinton - this was a constituency that's been hard for Obama to get
- Obama won Democrats 59-41
- Obama won independents 66-33
- Obama won Republicans 70-26

Obama took 90% of the black vote, and 48% of the white vote (Hillary got 51% of the white vote).
- Obama won white men 55% to Hillary's 43%, and Hillary won white women 58% to Obama's 42%.
- Obama took 62% of independents

Barack Obama Projected Winner in Virginia (CNN)

Watch Hillary Clinton Put Her Foot in Her Mouth

Yes 'cause we all know that only votes for her count. No caucus states or states with large amounts of black people or any other state that didn't vote for her for some reason.

SMH.

Desperate people say desperate things.

Word of the Day

Hopemonger (n) - One who arounses hope in others
ex: Many accuse Barack Obama of being a hopemonger because of his inspirational speeches.

Quote of the Day

Those are the same stars, and that is the same moon, that look down upon your brothers and sisters, and which they see as they look up to them, though they are ever so far away from us, and each other.
- Sojourner Truth

Clinton Puts Her Foot in Her Mouth

Noting that "my husband never did well in caucus states either," Clinton argued that caucuses are "primarily dominated by activists" and that "they don't represent the electorate, we know that."

Source: CNN

I wounder if she feels that way about the Nevada caucuses that she won? If I were Obama I'd turn this into an ad and play it in all of the remaining caucus states. Tell those folks how, "they don't represent the electorate..." and see how they feel about it.

Boy you know folk are desperate when they start disparaging a part of the primary process that's been with us for forever. She's the "presumptive" nominee right? You mean to tell me brand name Clinton can't win a bunch of little caucus states? LOL. Someone needs to take a dose of that personal responsibility the Republicans are always selling.

Anti-McCain Paarody Set to Obama's "Yes We Can" Video

Best Quotes Regarding Clinton's Campaign Shake-up

From ABC News The Note:

"The switch occurred at a time when Mrs. Clinton has found her campaign in a slump, coming off a split victory in a multistate round of nominating contests on Feb. 5 and losing badly in a string of state caucuses that relied on a high level of on-the-ground organizational skills at which the Obama campaign excelled," Katharine Q. Seelye writes in The New York Times.

The statement offered no real explanation for the shakeup, but none was needed," per the New York Daily News. "Clinton's campaign has sunk into a post-Super Tuesday funk, with little to crow about except a spike in fund-raising."

The decision to install Maggie Williams over Patti Solis Doyle "gave credence to what some supporters have said for many weeks -- that the campaign had spent too much money yielding too few results and that fresh management and advice are needed for what could be a long battle against Obama," Anne Kornblut and Dan Balz write in The Washington Post.

A Clinton campaign source is more frank with the Chicago Tribune's Mark Silva: ""We were lying about money," the source said. "The cash on hand was nothing." Silva writes: "In turn, Clinton didn't tell Solis Doyle that she was lending her own money to keep the campaign afloat. Solis Doyle found out third-hand. And when she asked Clinton about it, the senator told her she couldn't understand how the campaign had gotten to such a point."

"A sudden switching of quarterbacks in the middle of the playoffs is not what any campaign needs; there's no question that Patti Solis Doyle's resignation will produce a spate of negative stories that no campaign likes to handle," writes The Atlantic's Marc Ambinder.

In a statement about Doyle's departure, Clinton said she was "enormously grateful for her friendship and her outstanding work" and said she "has done an extraordinary job in getting us to this point -- within reach of the nomination."

ABC's Jake Tapper: "Of course, by now Clinton had expected to have secured the nomination."

Says one adviser: "In part, this was Patti's choice." (In part, indeed.)


I can't lie. Watching the (almost) fall of The House of Clinton is just so--much--fun. LOL. But rest assured they are not out of this race. Not by a long shot. The Clinton's are not going quietly into the dark night. You can count on it.

Where Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama Stand on the Momentum Meter

A commenter over on the Carpetbagger Report had a great analysis of momentum and where it stands (and who it stands with) in the democratic race:

I think that for Obama to get where he is right now, he has had created momemtum working in his favor. It has got to the point where it has beaten HRC yet, but considering where he was a just a couple of months ago, it is definetely there.

On the otherhand I don’t think HRC has had any in her campaign yet. From the original position of trumphant inevitablity, they have had a few wins but nothing like the level of support that they need to turn back the Obama tide. This doesn’t mean she still can’t scrape a win, but I don’t think momentum is now any part of her campaign strategy so they will down play momentum as much as possible. They must have loved this section title of yours today.

What has been most interesting for me of the campaign thus far is trying to work out the original HRC strategy and I have to wonder if there really was one. She has apperaed for quite some time now in a purely tactical, reactive mode, (the MSNBC drama is exactly that) and that in itself will never lead to momentum, because each one of these dramas leads to as many people thinking negatively about her as positively. And the great ironey is that it smacks up against her touting her 35 years experience. Maybe her 35 years, (and mostly with Bill), has been a whoile series of tactical reactions to everything that has gone on around her and that is how she thinks, which leads me to wonder if some form of “political paranoria” hasn’t set in. If not saying that isn’t justified from her viewpoint, but cause and effect are not entirely out of her control.

Lou Gerstner said, “Strategy is execution” and on that basis, Obama is currently in a league of his own.

What people don't understand is that momentum doesn't happen overnight. Like a tidal wave there is big build up and then it comes crashing down. If Obama sweeps the Potomac Primary then the wave would have crested and will come down on HRC and her campaign.

Shady Shennanigans in Washington?

So as everyone knows by now Obama swept the primaries/caucuses yesterday (and Maine today. Yeah!) but it also looked like Huckabee was going to sweep the table yesterday as well.

Right?

Well he won Louisiana and Kansas and appeared to be leading in Washington but after leading all day and then McCain getting ahead by 1 to 2 points the race was called for McCain with 87% of precincts reporting.

We're now a full day from the end of the Washington Caucuses and its still only 87% reporting with a 242 vote differnce between Huck and McCain. Yeah. From Group News Blog:

Did Huckabee win in Washington State? Yesterday, after Huckabee leading all day in Washington, at the last minute the Washington State republican party issued a press release showing John McCain pulling ahead by 1 or 2 percentage points and calling the race for McCain.

They never updated the voter totals or turnout after the 87%. Huckabee, after winning the 2 other states that held elections for the Republicans yesterday, got very suspicious about the results.

The Huckabee campaign is deeply disturbed by the obvious irregularities in the Washington State Republican precinct caucuses. It is very unfortunate that the Washington State Party Chairman, Luke Esser, chose to call the race for John McCain after only 87 percent of the vote was counted. According to CNN, the difference between Senator McCain and Governor Huckabee is a mere 242 votes, out of more than 12,000 votes counted-with another 1500 or so votes, apparently, not counted. That is an outrage.

Huckabee has now sent lawyers to Washington state, presumably to audit the votes. This race is not over.

The Huckster ain't having it. LOL. Seems like the Republican parties that be couldn't let the presumptive nominee get swept in the primaries/caucuses right after he became the presumptive nominee. And they say the Dems have problems.

Maine Caucus Results

Barack Obama Projccted Winner in Maine (MSNBC)

Maine Caucuses - 59% of Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 42%
Barack Obama - 57%

Maine Caucuses - 44% of Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 42%
Barack Obama - 57%

Quote of the Day

We won North, we won South, we won in between. And I believe that we can win in Virginia on Tuesday if you're ready to stand for change
- Barack Obama

BREAKING: Hillary Clinton's Campaign Manager Steps Down

From ABC News:

Patti Solis Doyle announced that she is stepping down as the campaign manager for the presidential campaign of Sen. Hilary Clinton, D-N.Y., ABC News has learned that this afternoon.

In a note she sent to her staff, Solis Doyle announced that this week Maggie Williams, Clinton's chief of staff when she was first lady, "will begin to assume the duties of campaign manager." Solis Doyle said she would remain as a senior adviser to the campaign

My guess is the ass whooping Clinton got last night was the straw that broke the camels back. It's not that she just lost last night, she lost BIG. I mean it was 2 to 1 in Washington and Nebraska and while Louisiana was closer it was still a 20 point drubbing.

Not only that but there is no guarantee she wins Maine and Tuesday is looking bleak. her best hope is Virginia and that's no guarantee. Her campaign is running on fumes (let's not forget the 5 million dollar "loan") and I'm sure she's worried about the Superdelegates jumping ship if she keeps on this losing streak.

We can hope Maggie Williams does a better job but this campaign has been on the defensive since Iowa and has never really regained its footing.

Massive Turnout in Maine. Delays Start of Caucus

From Huffington Post:

Democrats and independents have arrived in droves to caucus at Cape Elizabeth High School this afternoon, delaying the start of the proceedings by more than an hour. The event is one of hundreds of its type today, as Democrats in Maine head to local caucuses a day after Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. swept contests in Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington - closing in on front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. in the battle for the Democratic presidential nod.

Hundreds of people waited in the school's cafeteria for the proceedings to begin. Some were forced to wait at least an hour to get into the building. The caucus had been scheduled to begin at 12:30, but proceedings were getting under way at 1:40 p.m.

I'm always of the opinion that huge turnout favors Obama. Largely I feel this way because he draws grops that previously may have never participated in a caucus or rarely participated in caucuses. His supporters are similar to die hard fans of rock bands or hip hop artists who will stay in line for hours so they can get their ticket. In this case the ticket is their vote.

I'm not sure how Maine plays out but my guess is it will be close with a slight edge for Obama because of his previous success in caucuses and his string of victories last night.

Hillary Clinton needs to pray for a win tonight or the news cycle just gets worse for her.

Live Blogging Super Saturday

Alright folks. I'm calling it a night.

Barack Obama Projected Winner in Louisiana Primary

Louisiana Primaries - 24 Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 39%
Barack Obama - 52%

Louisiana Primaries - 16 Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 37%
Barack Obama - 54%

Louisiana Primaries - 3 Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 32%
Barack Obama - 56%

Louisiana Primaries - 1 Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 40%
Barack Obama - 44%

Obama projected winner in Washington State

Wahington Caucus - 35% Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 32%
Barack Obama - 67%

Obama projected winner in Nebraska
Obama - 69
Clinton - 31
73% precincts Reporting

Wahington Caucus - 24% Precincts Reporting
Hillary Clinton - 33%
Barack Obama - 65%

Early Results Look Good for Obama in Nebraska

From the Omaha World-Herald:

Barack Obama won 76 percent support today from caucusgoers in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District.

The Omaha-based district includes Douglas County and almost all of Sarpy County.

In unofficial results announced by the Douglas County Democratic Party, Obama won 12,252 votes in the 2nd District to 3,709 for Hillary Clinton.


Hat Tip Americablog.com

Live Blogging Super Saturday Begginning at 8:00pm (Hey that's what abc called it, not me.)

You know the drill.

Turnout for Lousiana Primary Low

According to CNN, Louisiana officials are saying the turnout for the LA primary is low. Around 15%. They go on to say that witout big local elections it's hard to energize the electorate.

Personally I think that spells problems for Barack Obama. I think he does well when there are larger turnouts because they're likely filled with newer voters and younger voters. People who don't usually vote.

Low turnout may represent democratic faithful and that, in my opinion, leans toward Hillary Clinton. We shal see. Polls close in Louisiana at 9:00pm.

Mike Huckabee Projected Winner in Kansa Caucuses

Hmm...

And here I was thinking that McCain was the "inevitable" nominee.

Damn.

The democrats have problems. But the Republicans are just damn funny.

Quote of the Day

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.
- John McCain in 1998

Fired Up and Ready to Go

Quote of the Day

if you’re a woman not willing to have standards and stand by them, you will allow Ray-Ray, “Mighty King of Disappointment” into your life.
- Hostess

Quote of the Day

I cannot handle being screwed by two people at once.
- Wendy Healy (Brooke Shields), Lipstick Jungle

Best Quote of the Night

There is one thing on this February night that we do not need the final results to know: our time has come. Our time has come, our movement is real, and change is coming to America.
- Barack Obama

Quote of the Day

We are the ones we've been waiting for.
- Barack Obama

Live Blogging Super Tuesday

Alaska - Barack Obama Projected Winner

Missouri - Barack Obama Projected Winner (Apparently)

California - Hillary Clinton Projected Winner

Colorado - Barack Obama Projected Winner

Quick Analysis: How is it folk are spinning tonight as an Obama disappointment? Are you serious? The man was down 20 some odd points in MOST if NOT ALL of the Super Tuesday states (Illinois and Georgia notwithstanding). AND he's winning MORE states and (possibly) the delegate count then Hillary at this point.

The punditocracy needs to sit down and shut up.

Obama leads (Pledged) Delegate Count?

Obama campaign claiming lead in delegates:

Barack Obama's presidential campaign is claiming an early lead in pledged delegates for Super Tuesday.

In a media conference call at 10:30pm, Campaign Manager David Plouffe estimated that Obama leads Hillary Clinton in pledged delegates by 606 to 534. -- The Nation

Hat Tip Group News Blog

Live Blogging Super Tuesday

Arizona - Hillary Clinton Projected Winner

Idaho - Barack Obama Projected Winner

Kansas - Barack Obama Projected Winner
His Momma's State

Conneticut- Barack Obama Projected Winner
That's HUGE

Minnesota - Barack Obama Projected Winer
This is pretty big

Utah - Barack Obama Projected Winner

North Dakota - Barack Obama Projected Winner

Alabama - Barack Obama Projected Winner

New Jersey - Hillary Clinton Projected Winner
Trounced Obama. Ouch. A little surprising

Delaware - Barack Obama Projected Winner

Massachusetts - HIllary Clinton Projected Winner

Note: Massachusetts is one of the states where the person who wins the popular vote very well may NOT win the delegate count

A Little (Early) Analysis

The Good News:
The longer it takes to call New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Missouri the better for Barack Obama

The Even Better News
Even if Obama loses some states by as much as ten points (think Oklahoma and Tennessee) he could still come away with a significant amount of delegates and he may win the delegate count in states where he loses the popular vote.

Live Blogging Super Tuesday

Arkansas - Hillary Clinton Projected Winner

Tennessee - Hillary Clinton Projected Winner

Huckabee Leading in Georgia

Well Damn,

This night is gonna be way more interesting than I ever thought it would be....

And that's saying something.

Update: Damn Gerogia. Huckabee is KICKING ASS. He won Georgia and several other states. Doesn't look like there will be a coronation of McCain tonight.

Expect to here more talk of a McCain/Huckabee ticket.

Live Blogging Super Tuesday

Here we go...

Illinois - Obama Projected Winner
No Surprise

Oklahoma - Hillary Projected Winner
No Surprise

Georgia - Obama Projected Winner
86& Black Vote
43% White Voters - That's NUTS

Managing Expectations

No one's making predictions it seems...

Clinton Campaign



“We’re all kind of guessing about what it’s all going to mean because it’s never happened before,” Clinton said. The New York senator said she found it all “intriguing and somewhat mystifying."

Obama Campaign



Obama said a “split decision” was likely. “I don’t think today’s going to end up being decisive,” the Illinois senator said.

Why a President Barack Obama is so Important to The US and the World

"Hell No I Ain't Voting for No Stinkin' John McCain," says Dobson - Or Something Like That

As Republican friends in-the-know often remind me, Dobson is THE religious right leader - not "a" leader, THE leader.

As voters in 24 states head to the polls today to choose a presidential nominee, Dr. James Dobson released a statement to The Laura Ingraham Show today. He stated his personal opinions of this critical election:

"I am deeply disappointed the Republican Party seems poised to select a nominee who did not support a Constitutional amendment to protect the institution of marriage, voted for embryonic stem-cell research to kill nascent human beings, opposed tax cuts that ended the marriage penalty, has little regard for freedom of speech, organized the Gang of 14 to preserve filibusters in judicial hearings, and has a legendary temper and often uses foul and obscene language. "I am convinced Sen. McCain is not a conservative, and in fact, has gone out of his way to stick his thumb in the eyes of those who are. He has sounded at times more like a member of the other party. McCain actually considered leaving the GOP caucus in 2001, and approached John Kerry about being Kerry's running mate in 2004. McCain also said publicly that Hillary Clinton would make a good president. Given these and many other concerns, a spoonful of sugar does NOT make the medicine go down. I cannot, and will not, vote for Sen. John McCain, as a matter of conscience. "But what a sad and melancholy decision this is for me and many other conservatives. Should Sen. McCain capture the nomination as many assume, I believe this general election will offer the worst choices for president in my lifetime. I certainly can't vote for Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama based on their virulently anti-family policy positions. If these are the nominees in November, I simply will not cast a ballot for president for the first time in my life. These decisions are my personal views and do not represent the organization with which I am affiliated. They do reflect my deeply held convictions about the institution of the family, about moral and spiritual beliefs, and about the welfare of our country."

Around noon today, Dr. Dobson talked to national talk-show host Dennis Prager. He made it clear he was not endorsing anyone.

"Dr. Dobson's statement speaks for itself," said Gary Schneeberger, vice president of media relations for Focus on the Family Action. "He made it as a private citizen, and it reflects his personal opinion of Sen. McCain's candidacy and record. People can read into it what they like; all I see is his own personal 'straight talk' regarding why he can't vote for one candidate."

Source

Primary and Caucus Closing Times

7:00 p.m.
Georgia

8:00 p.m.
Alabama
Connecticut
Delaware
Illinois
Massachusetts
Missouri
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Minnesota
Kansas

8:30 p.m.
Arkansas

9:00 p.m.
Arizona
New York
New Mexico
North Dakota
Colorado
Idaho

10:00 p.m.
Utah
Montana
Alaska

11:00 p.m.
California

It'a gonna be a LONG night.

Last Minute California Polling Tells Us Not a Gotdamn Thing

This just shows you what kind of day it's going to be...

Reuters/CSPAN/Zogby gives Obama a 13 point lead:

In California, which alone provides more than one-fifth of the Democratic delegates needed for the nomination, Obama led Clinton by 49 percent to 36 percent, the poll found. The margin of error was 3.3 percentage points.

Survey USA has Clinton leading by 10 points:

24 hours till votes are counted in the California Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton appears to fend-off a late charge from Barack Obama, 52% Clinton, 42% Obama, according to SurveyUSA's 13th and final pre-primary tracking poll. Obama leads among men. Clinton leads among women. 44-point Gender Gap. Clinton leads among whites. Obama leads among blacks. 53-point Race Gap. Among younger voters, Clinton leads by 3. Among older voters, Clinton leads by 18. In greater San Francisco, the contest is tied. In the Central Valley, Clinton leads by 7. In greater Los Angeles, Clinton leads by 15. In the Inland Empire, Clinton leads by 16.

Survey USA's poll has a margin of error of +/-3.4%

Hat tip to Americablog

Picture of the Day

Rene Werse, Getty Images

Source

A Dash of Hope Going Into Super Tuesday

Quote of the Day

If Barack Obama was a state, he'd be California.
- Maria Shriver

Barack Leads in Indonesian Super Tuesday Votes

Hey, you take the good news where you can get it.

As you may have heard, Democrats Abroad, the Democratic Party committee abroad, Is having it's first Global Primary, and elects 22 delegates to the National Convention. Polls opened at 12:01 am in Jakarta Indonesia (2/5/08) last night for a special midnight voting center.

The Party Chair of DA Indonesia reports

We had a great turn out. We had twice of many people come as anticipated, great considering it was midnight voting on a "school" night.

Here are the results Barack Obama, 75%, Hillary Clinton 2http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif5%. We believe these numbers will hold for internet voting and the next voting center tomorrow. AP should be running with an updated story including percentages soon. (from the DA Chair of Indonesia- Arian

Source

The Apple Doesn't Fall too Far From the Tree

Well this explains a lot.

The Kwame and Carlita Show or Is it Worth it?

Is it worth it? I don't feel sorry for Carlita but I wonder is it worth it? That's what I've been asking myself and why I waited so long to post this video. I get why women in this position stay (H. Clinton, Vanessa Bryant). The money, the power, the possible political career of their own. But is it worth it?

Is it?

Live Blogging Super Tuesday

I will be blogging all day tomorrow and will start blogging results as soon as the polls close so look for me around 7:00/7:30pm tomorrow for results. Check in throughout the day for what's going, new developments, shady shenanigans, etc.

Cross your fingers. Tomorrow is a BIG day.

There is a God: Giants Win Super Bowl 17 - 14

The Lord answered my prayers. Those damn cheats the Patriots LOST! Woo Hoo! The best damn moment of this otherwise crappy football season.

Quote of the Day

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.
- Malcolm X

Picture of the Day

Why White People Just Don't Get it Part 2

This was the response on one of the "progressive" blogs to me saying I won't be voting for Hilary Clinton if she wins the democratic nomination:

JJ -

Gee, thanks for your racial strawman of the "have you stopped beating your wife" type.

Either I agree with you, or I'm just a dumb white man who doesn't get it because of my lack of racial understanding of the black experience. And worse, given my background, I must be genuinely obtuse not to see what you in your wisdom are seeing. Thank the Gods I have you and your buddies to show me the truth.

JJ -- I'm not blind to a damn thing the Clinton Campaign is doing, and I include here, and I especially include here, both the Big Dog, and their surrogates.

But it's a LONG way from there, to go as you apparently have, to claiming the Clinton campaign has turned racist. Wow is that a loaded word. I don't think you said it. But I sure as hell listened it, in everything you said and are saying it.

Is that not the claim you are making? If not, be clear please, that is what I am listening in what you are saying. And while people can not be responsible for every damn fool's listening, I am a careful and responsible listener, and I am listening to you with a great deal of care right now, as you deserve as a honored reader of GNB. So be clear, this is what it is I am listening. If this isn't what you want me to listen, please change what you are saying. Clarify your remarks. Do something.

A campaign can do really really stupid things in the heat of battle, trying to win, getting down in the muck. Including play the race card, without being racist. I don't believe either Clinton, Hilary or Bill, is racist. That does not mean I don't think the actions of their surrogates and Bill himself especially in SC didn't suck.

If you don't think the Clinton's are willing to play brutal hardball politics -- and has -- you weren't watching when they let 500,000 Iraqi children die. Was that racist? More so than what the Clinton Campaign has done against Obama.

This is Presidential Politics.

Finally, it was the US Supreme Court, in the end, after all the Nader bullshit, the Florida official vote counting horseshit, the Al Gore incompetence which would have made everything else moot, the illegal suppression of the vote in Florida to the tune of over 50,000 documented votes, after EVERYTHING else, it was five Republican Justices on the Supreme Court of the United States who violated their oath (read the Vanity Fair article for the ugly details) and stole the election, ordering the counting of votes be stopped. And yeah, Al won.

THE SUPREME COURT IS THE WHOLE BALL GAME, which means the White House has to go into Democratic hands this cycle. Has to.

I've lost count of how much more damage the Supreme Court has done in the last seven years, especially with the latest two Bush appointees on the bench.

If you truly -- not simply because you're upset -- don't think there is a major difference between the Justices a President Clinton would appoint, and the Justices a President McCain would appoint, starting with abortion, social welfare programs, moving to affirmative action, and continuing right down the line, then yeah, I think you're a nut-job. And not up to serious analysis. That you're someone so overcome with emotion, that while I appreciate you telling me what you're doing, I'm not going to argue with you, because you live in an emotional world, not in one where logic, strategy, or long-term thinking matters.

You're cutting off your nose to spite your face. That's plain nutty. It's not paying attention to what matters, and what matters, is getting a Democrat into the White House.

Also JJ -- if you think for one moment you have figured out who I'm personally for, who I've been for, or who I'm likely to be for... you don't.

What I'm pointing to here and in the articles I've been running, is that supporting the Democratic candidate, even if you have to hold your nose and vote (in your case, for Clinton), is still enormously better in terms of overall outcome to the communities which deeply matter to you, than voting for (or letting be elected) a Republican candidate.

And you should know that. You got your feelings miffed. Enormously. Which I understand.

But the difference in this between a pro such as myself and you who are not, is pros keep our eye on the ball. And the ball here, is everything which gets delivered when our guy is in the White House v. everything we lose when their guy is in the White House.

Keep your eye on the ball.


This is from the blog owner of a "progressive" blog. Yeah. I don't think I need to say anything else. I think it fully speaks for itself.