Thanks to your contributions over the weekend, including amazing matching efforts by HLF, which was joined by Birdie, you all gave Hillary the boost she needed. So many other Hillary supporters kicked in over the last days. It will make an enormous difference.
Great job.
But as you all know all too well, Obama is putting lots of resources into Pennsylvania, so the fundraising efforts need to continue. For those of you who haven’t given, please remember that no amount is too small. Keep it going.
Fox is “fair and balanced.” Sheesh, who would have believed it?
At least that’s the case where Hillary Clinton is concerned, which has the Obama Democratic elite in a tizzy. What to do with their Freeze Fox Out campaign?
To be clear, I was one of those bloggers to push that Fox not be given a debate in Nevada. I also said come the general election that Fox “News” would be important. But I never in a million years thought the during the primary season interviews on Fox would be critical for Clinton. See Greta Van Susteren for proof.
That doesn’t change the reality that come the general election Fox will push for the Republican, while creaming the Democrat at every opportunity. But right now, which would you prefer: an interview on “Countdown,” “Hardball” or Fox “News?” No contest. If Clinton wants any fairness at all during the primary season, Fox is the place, with a maybe on CNN.
Good grief, that’s how bad it’s gotten in the press, as well as in the elite progressive blogosphere.
It’s a shocker, but it’s the truth.
The traditional media and the Obama blogs are stacking the deck against Clinton. At least with Fox you get fairness for the time being, though no one should think that McCain will take second come the fall.
… .. Similarly, all three of the House Democrats who endorsed Obama — Coleman Young II, Bert Johnson, and Aldo Vagnozzi — voted in favor of the bill to push the Michigan date forward. When Obama later took his name off the Michigan ballot, Young and Johnson became sponsors of the bill to cancel the election they had just voted to authorize.
The support of Obama’s principal backers in both states for the move-up bills was hardly consequential, but it does raise questions about his current opposition to any counting or recounting of these states. If bad faith is the DNC’s standard, Obama doesn’t have to look too far to find alleged examples of it, and to recognize that the national party might be unfairly characterizing what the leaders in these states did.
Imagining a convention without delegations from these large and politically volatile states has become the nightmare of every thinking Democrat. Polls indicate that a nominee who refuses to count the 1.7 million Floridians who voted in a level-playing field primary, or to find a way for them to vote again, will wind up wasting whatever time and money he or she spends there in the general election campaign. As close as the general election vote in Michigan has been in recent years, even a small margin of voters disgruntled by the state’s Democratic lockout could push it into the GOP column. Obama’s stonewalling about both states may offer short-term advantages, but two delegations denied seating because of his maneuvers may well be seen as contrary to his populist rationale now — and crippling to his candidacy in November. … ..
As to whether the Republicans could be picking our nominee, I’ve answered that question before.
It’s really simple. If Michigan and Florida are not counted before the nomination is complete, the Democratic nominee will not be fully legitimate. Obama is giving all Democratic voters, especially Hillary suppporters who are dug in against him, a reason to stay that way. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.
Obama’s church is busy. Their geeks are on the job.
They’re scrubbing their website of all things Louis Farrahkan, as well as Trumpet magazine, which got Wright in trouble recently. Poof! Like magic, gone.
It’s the remaking of Obama’s story, starting with Rev. Wright. No doubt they’re either getting ready for the general election, or making sure superdelegates only see what they want them to. If it’s scrubbed from the web, did it ever happen?
Here’s a clue. The blogger in question has a terminal case of Clinton Derangement Syndrome. I know, there are so many of them.
Clinton has taken a lot of heat from Obama supporters, but particularly from the big Obama bloggers on her Iraq war vote.
Never mind that Senator Obama’s speech in 2002 was greeted by a yawn at the time and wasn’t exactly a profile in courage considering his district. Via NPR:
… .. “There was nothing magic about it,” Andrade said, adding, “There was nothing about that speech that would have given anybody any sense that he was going places. We were just glad that he was one of those who was willing to step up at a time when very few people seemed to be willing to do that.”
So, just how much attention did the speech attract?
Bill Glauber, who covered the rally for the Chicago Tribune, says he didn’t even quote Obama.
“I guess other media was there,” Glauber says, “but we didn’t quote Barack Obama at his famous anti-war speech. He was not the main guy.” …
… .. Obama cites the speech as an example of his political courage, but David Mendell, author of Obama: From Promise to Power, says the address was not necessarily a risky move.
“I still don’t think it was an inordinate risk here in Illinois, where you have a very blue-state crowd,” Mendell said, adding, “I might take issue with just how risky it was.”
So let’s take the time machine back to when John Kerry was running in 2004. A lot was made about the Iraq war back then too. Here’s one of today’s Obama bloggers coming to the aid of John Kerry back in 2004:
… .. In any case, all of this is merely a too-lengthy way of noting that giving the president the authority and the muscle to force the inspectors back into Iraq (i.e., giving him the authority to go to war if they were not allowed back in) simply cannot be equated with giving the president the go-ahead to game the process and go to war immediately even if they were allowed in.
That doesn’t mean that Kerry is in the clear on any legitimate criticism. But ironically the best argument against Kerry’s position is one that is simply off-limits to the president — namely, that Kerry should have or perhaps did know that the president was lying when he said he needed the muscle of the resolution to force the inspectors back in and have some hope of settling the crisis short of war.
The president was dishonest with the world and dishonest with the American people. He gamed the process and it blew up in his face — though with a long fuse. By any reasonable moral reckoning he deserves all the comeuppance of his bad faith. …
This one is a true classic.
I got a heads up on this via email. The answer was in the comment section of one of Big Tent Democrats’ posts over at Talk Left, which I already linked to. However, I missed the comment by Mike Pridmore that revealed the blogger who supported Kerry’s position back in 2004, but now thinks Clinton’s position on Iraq is, well, you know what the Obama blogs think.
So, name that blogger. (If you can’t guess, here’s the answer, again, compliments of TalkLeft reader Mike Pridmore. More CDS from the same blogger here and here.)
Iraqi lawmakers traveled to the Iranian holy city of Qom over the weekend to win the support of the commander of Iran’s Qods brigades in persuading Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr to order his followers to stop military operations, members of the Iraqi parliament said.
… .. There the Iraqi lawmakers held talks with Brig. Gen. Qassem Suleimani, commander of the Qods (Jerusalem) brigades of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and signed an agreement with Sadr, which formed the basis of his statement Sunday, members of parliament said.
… .. “The statement issued today by (Muqtada al Sadr) is a result of the meetings,” said Jalal al-Din al Saghir, a leading member of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq. “The government didn’t have any disagreement with the Sadrists when it went to the city of Basra. The Sadrist movement is the one that chose to face the government.”
“We asked Iranian officials to help us persuade him that we were not cracking down on the Sadr group,” said an Iraqi official, who asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject. …
Mr Kagan, a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute think-tank, told The Sunday Telegraph: “British forces have an obligation to step up when needed and it sure looks here like they’re needed.
“It is rather a watershed moment in the Anglo-American alliance. I understand that your Prime Minister has already said that the special relationship is over. There’s an issue here of fulfilling your obligations as an ally, freely undertaken.”
His fellow surge architect, retired US general Jack Keane, also voiced doubts that the Iraqi security forces would be able to pacify Basra unassisted. “There are about 8,000 armed militiamen with a stranglehold on the people of Basra. The situation in Basra has deteriorated since the British pulled out.” … ..
As John McCain begins his bio week, this situation plays right into his hands.
Meet our reality: U.S. special forces units working with Iraqi troops in Basra; Baghdad under indefinite curfew.
Sadr calls for a “ceasefire.”Iran is all for it, because they want us to leave and all this violence doesn’t look good. However, as the video above illustrates, Sadr is still in control of many neighborhoods.
Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Sunday ordered his fighters off the streets nationwide and called on the government to stop raids against his followers and free them from prison.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki issued a statement calling the order “a step in the right direction” towards resolving six days of violence sparked by operations against al-Sadr’s backers in the oil-rich southern city of Basra. … ..
The U.S. military said separately that American and Iraqi troops unearthed 14 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave on Saturday in Muqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad. It was the second such find since Thursday, when 37 bodies were found. …
We’ll see what actually develops. But one thing in the mix, according to CNN, is amnesty for the Mahdi army, for whatever has gone down over the last days.
… .. Sadr has urged his followers to abide by the truce. But the cleric does not want them to hand over weapons to the current Iraqi government, said Sheik Haider Jabiri, a member of Sadr’s political committee based in the Shiite holy city of Najaf.
You know, just in case the “ceasefire” doesn’t work out, always be prepared.
To put this all in political terms, Iraq is exhibit A for why we cannot allow a McCain presidency. I say this to everyone who has emailed or commented that McCain’s their man if Clinton doesn’t get the nomination, which I’ve also heard from Obama’s supporters; or that they’ll sit this one out. I also respect that it’s your vote and that is has to be won. But it’s simply not good for our country or the foreign policy we need to re-establish after Bush-Cheney. Consider the consequences.
Then answer this question if you’re one of the Democrats thinking about voting for McCain, if your candidate doesn’t win the nomination: What would U.S. foreign policy look like under John McCain; what would our diplomatic efforts be under another Republican administration?
Hmmmm…. Is this one for real? If so, Senator Obama’s aides were obviously engaged elsewhere. But if you’re going to pose for a photo, the least you could do… Oh, never mind.
It’ been a tough primary all ’round.
So without further ado, caption contest. Have fun.
PS – Some of you guys need to get a sense of humor! Of course it’s photoshopped. Sheesh, as the title says, it’s been a tough primary season. But seriously, a phone upside down with a clock stopped at 3:00. Don’t be dumb.
“Mrs. Clinton, we’re assured by sources right and left, tortures puppies and eats babies. But her policy proposals continue to be surprisingly bold and progressive.”
Obama had to finally admit that when it comes to John F. Kenney and his father, OOPS applies.
Contrary to Obama’s claims in speeches in January at American University and in Selma last year, the Kennedy family did not provide the funding for a September 1959 airlift of 81 Kenyan students to the United States that included Obama’s father. According to historical records and interviews with participants, the Kennedys were first approached for support for the program nearly a year later, in July 1960. The family responded with a $100,000 donation, most of which went to pay for a second airlift in September 1960.
Obama spokesman Bill Burton acknowledged yesterday that the senator from Illinois had erred in crediting the Kennedy family with a role in his father’s arrival in the United States. He said the Kennedy involvement in the Kenya student program apparently “started 48 years ago, not 49 years ago as Obama has mistakenly suggested in the past.” … ..
Obama’s Selma speech offers a very confused chronology of both the Kenya student program and the civil rights movement. Relating the story of how his parents met, Obama said: “There was something stirring across the country because of what happened in Selma, Alabama, because some folks are willing to march across a bridge. So they got together and Barack Obama Junior was born. So don’t tell me I don’t have a claim on Selma, Alabama.” … ..
Mistakes happen. So maybe the Obama team will cool it when thinking Clinton is the only one who ever makes a biographical mistake. I’m sure the media and the Obama blogs will jump right on this one. Oh, and speaking of Obama blogs, check out BTD today. He takes one to the cleaners in Obama To Blame If The Dem Contest Goes To The Convention.
“I think there’s no room for hate, and I could not sit and tolerate that kind of language, and especially over a very long period of time,” said Philadelphia’s newly elected mayor, Michael Nutter, in an interview with ABC News’ David Muir.
Will someone please show where Rev. Wright admits to what Senator Obama is talking about in “The View” interview above. Links, please. Anyone? Otherwise, I’m still in Tapper’s corner on this one. No evidence whatsoever that Wright backpeddled, acknowledged, or whatever else you want to call it, that his un-American remarks and his hateful screeds were beyond the pale and grossly inappropriate.
Oh, and in case the superdelegates are surfing this Sunday morning, the conservatives are on the Wright story like a dog with a bone: here and here for starters. They also might like to read Wright’s letter to the New York Times, which is quite astounding.
Meet Johnathan Alter. First he told Hillary Clinton to bow out of the race before Ohio and Texas. Now he thinks the governorship of New York should be Clinton’s “consolation” prize. Thinking forward, you know, also again asking Clinton to bow out, this time after Pennsylvania:
Under the scenario sketched out by the insiders, serving two years as governor would give Clinton the executive experience to become the prohibitive favorite for the 2012 Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton believes that Barack Obama may well lose this year to John McCain, who would be 75 in 2012 and a possible one-term president. Clinton would arguably be better positioned to replace McCain in the White House as a governor than as a senator. … ..
… The best exit strategy for her, say some Democratic superdelegates who aren’t talking for the record, would be to suspend her campaign after winning Pennsylvania. (George H.W. Bush ended his 1980 campaign against Ronald Reagan after defeating him in the Michigan primary). That way, Hillary would go out on a high note—higher still if it was accompanied by reports that she could be headed for Albany. For now, Clinton has rebuffed that advice and said publicly that she will stay in the race even if she wins Pennsylvania only narrowly. (If she loses Pennsylvania, by all accounts she’s out). … ..
What’s in the water over at Newsweek? Between Alter and Richard Wolffe, the feminization of the political news at that magazine is remarkable. Maybe at mid-life both men need to up their testosterone take.
But another round of whining from the likes of Alter is one too many. But he just cannot help himself. This is the man who Keith “He’s no Edward R. Murrow” Olbermann goes to for his political analysis regularly, which is why when Keith celebrates 5 years tomorrow night many former viewers will no longer be watching.
Imagine the Ragin Cajun on “Countdown.” I say let him loose on the Newsweek weenies. Nowhere to run. No place to hide.
Dear Democratic Elite: Back Off cross-posted at Huffington Post
This little missive is directed at Senator Leahy and the other elite Democratic party officials, including Speaker Pelosi, whom I have supported unflinchingly throughout her tenure, as well as the elite progressives, who are suggesting Hillary Clinton drop out of the race. This goes for the mighty superdelegates who think they should weigh in before the rest of the primary votes are counted, as well. I don’t expect you to understand this or even like it, but you’d better take it to heart, or you’re going to be responsible for handing the presidency to John McCain.
If you continue to try to push Hillary Clinton out of the primary race before a clear winner emerges, you’re going to accomplish one of two things, neither of which have anything to do with your actual goal. Taking myself out of this equation entirely, if the Obama elite keep pushing their agenda here’s what you’ll get:
1. Clinton supporters will harden further against voting for Obama if he becomes the nominee. (Hillary fans are already close to this, so don’t push them any further, because you can’t win in November without them, especially after Obama’s Rev. Wright pastor disaster, which is already causing problems in the larger electorate.)
2. Clinton supporters will protest your overbearing and undemocratic interventionism by casting a protest vote for John McCain. (Lunch bucket and Reagan Dems don’t trust McCain on the economy, but Clinton’s their man in this race, because they believe she’s the one who can get us out of this economic mess, but they hate elitist political snobs even more, so voting for a heroic veteran like McCain won’t be that hard for them, especially if these same people took their vote away, too.)
I’m not even going to get into all the bellyaching coming from the Obama contingent about the alleged negative campaigning. As if McCain and the Republicans can’t figure out how to run negative ads without the main Democratic challenger of Obama pointing out what gifts he’s given to Republicans starting with Rev. Wright. It’s true that Democratic primary voters don’t care about Wright. But they’re not your general election voter. Already, Rev. Wright has cost Democrats my home state of Missouri.
Few people know the mood of Clinton supporters better than myself. I’ve been talking to these die hard Clinton supporters for months and months. I’ve got stacks of emails on which to base this post and others I’ve written on the subject, which foreshadow dangers coming in November on the Democratic side (see here, here and here for starters). Many Clinton supporters started out willing to accept Obama, though that was before Rev. Wright’s greatest hatred hits, as well as Obama’s unwillingness to explain how he sat in a church for 20 years without walking out. Obama taking Clinton voters for granted didn’t help. His appearance on “The View” didn’t do it either, by the way. Read Tapper’s column, which catches Obama in what may be an unending unwinding of details that don’t add up. It’s also not very impressive when Obama finally says he would have left the church, but only after Hillary Clinton led the way days earlier by saying the same thing. Playing follow the leader, with Clinton the leader, doesn’t help.
Also, the Obama team needs to understand that there isn’t a Clinton supporter who doesn’t know the uphill fight she faces to the nomination. That’s especially true since Obama won’t let Michigan and Florida votes be counted. It’s not a minor fact that legitimacy for the eventual nominee depends on counting Florida and Michigan before, not after, the fact, because Democrats are either for counting all of the votes or we’re not. This one isn’t multiple choice.
Right now, nobody has enough votes to claim the nomination. That’s just a fact. Read Marc Ambinder’s piece if you want to know just how close this race really is.
But as sure as Democrats know all about “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,” if you Obama elites keep trying to push Clinton out of this primary race you’re going to end up with a much bigger problem. Clinton’s voters will dig themselves in and protest your undemocratic actions by either staying home or voting for John McCain.
But listen to Chuck Todd, if an in your face Show Me State former “give ‘em hell” Truman Missourian like me isn’t good enough for you:
Ultimately, the Wright issue will never be fully behind him. He will have to address the issue again at some point because race is like catnip to the media, as well as to the public at large. As a society, we can’t help but examine the issue any chance we get. For the press it is like a car crash story: We hate to report it, but we always do.
Moreover, I would argue the Wright story turned off enough older white voters so that Obama can no longer argue that when compared with Clinton he will expand the electoral map in a general election with McCain. … ..
… .. The party ought to lay off the calls for Clinton to drop out, at least for now, because her presence at worst is making Obama a better candidate. … ..
It’s also time to ask yourselves why Senator Obama, if he’s such a uniter, has a good portion of Clinton voters refusing to vote for him. That’s not a sign he can even unite the Democratic party, let alone the entire nation.
But if your guy wins fair and square, Clinton supporters are likely to swallow their pride and eventually join the fight against John McCain, who simply cannot be allowed to win in November, as far as I’m concerned. But if people keep trying to push Clinton out before the votes are counted, you’re going to lose more than Clinton votes in November, and you’re also going to hand the presidency to John McCain.
This video came in from several of you Hill fans and also in Hot Topics. So it kicks off tonight’s TGIF festivities.
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Now for all of you concern trolls who are whining that pointing out Obama’s negatives doesn’t make the case for Clinton. I’ve posted innumerable posts about her national security support and respect among the military; her health care expertise that includes learning from past mistakes; the fact that she’s a woman and what that means to the world; as well as her economic prowess and the years of experience she brings. That she’s a fighter. That she has blown every other candidate off the stage on sheer wonk power. That equates to intelligence, for those of you too ignorant to get it. That she’s been in the White House and knows what it takes to hit the ground working for the American people. Below are links to her site. Educate yourselves.
“Mrs. Clinton, we’re assured by sources right and left, tortures puppies and eats babies. But her policy proposals continue to be surprisingly bold and progressive.”
Howard Dean is correct. He’s not afraid of letting Americans vote. He also is smart enough to know the passion of the supporters involved. But there is something else afoot. If the elite DC Dems keep trying to push Clinton from this race, Hillary’s supporters will sit the November election out or worse, protest the party’s actions by voting for John McCain.
Enter Senator Patrick Leahy, someone who is making the situation worse. What a wimp. Statements like what he made today are also only going to harden Hillary supporters against Obama.
No wonder the Democratic Congress can’t manage a real PR campaign to get us out of Iraq.
There’s only one reason Barack Obama and supporters like Leahy are standing in the way of counting all the votes, including Florida and Michigan. Segue to a post by Marc Ambinder:
The hyperintelligent Jay Cost at RearClearPolitics has produced for us a most helpful spreadsheet computing the various popular vote scenarios.
But this paragraph, is, to me, a very crucial point that both Clinton and Obama campaigns would rather ignore:
We have a large number of unknown factors. For many of them, we have very little idea what values they will ultimately take. What we do know is that small changes in several of them could induce large changes in the vote count. This makes it extremely difficult to be as precise as many commentators have been. We need to be wary of all the uncertainty we face here. So — my fairly conservative calculation has Clinton netting about 446,000 votes between now and June 3. Under all scenarios that exclude Florida and Michigan votes — and count the votes of Washington’s primary — Obama still retains a popular vote lead of not more than 330,000 — or an advantage of less than one and a half percent.
Under a scenario that includes the Florida and Michigan votes for Clinton, gives Obama all of the uncommitted Michigan votes, estimates the votes for all the caucus states and includes the Washington primary, Clinton wins by about 16,000 votes — or about a tenth of one percent. … ..
But what do we get from Obama and his team? Give up.
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah.
This is just too nasty.
Stop the debate.
No more voting!
End the “infighting,” also known by people with actual spine as debate.
Democrats like Leahy, Ed Schultz and the like are so dumb they actually believe that if everyone shuts up McCain and the Republicans won’t figure out how to beat Obama up side the head with ads. What’s wrong with these guys? Have they been under a rock for the last 20 years. They sure sound like it.
To be blunt, Senator Patrick Leahy is exhibit A on why Democrats lose presidential elections. Some of these elite DC Democrats just don’t know how to fight. It’s the reason Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leder Reid find themselves beat on the PR campaign on Iraq at every turn. Bush has cleaned their clock.
Let’s face it. Some of these elite party officials just don’t know how to fight. Leahy, Kerry, who I’ve fought hard for but who wouldn’t go to the mat in Ohio, with Obama agreeing with him back then, all represent the Don’t Fight For Every Vote wing of the Democratic party. They’re all afraid of letting the girl in the race get her votes and fight until someone wins. Tom Daschle? Puh-leaze. What’s scaring these boys?
Bill Clinton fought off the entire wingnut arsenal in the 1990s. The Obama contingent, led by Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Obama elites, would have egged him on to resign. But WJC knows how to fight. As for Hillary, she’s revealed the same grit and then some over the years.
“What have we got, five months left?” Gore told the Associated Press after delivering a speech at Middle Tennessee State University. “I think it’s going to resolve itself, but we’ll see,” he added.
Again, no Clinton supporter believes this will be easy; every person I hear from day in and day out are fighting their hardest for Hillary and know the odds. It’s up hill, especially since Obama won’t let Michigan and Florida be counted. What they don’t need is the Boyz Club of Elite Dems, following behind Nancy Pelosi, of the Always Losing Democratic wing of the party telling Hillary Clinton to drop out. Pelosi had a mandate and couldn’t even mount a PR campaign to get us out of Iraq. When someone gets to 2025 this race is over. Until then, buckle up, baby, and enjoy the ride.
This is quite simply the best political season of our lives.
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton will lose New Hampshire and the race will be over
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton wins New Hampshire, defying the predictions and the polls
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton will lose the big states on Super Tuesday and the race will be over
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton wins the big states on Super Tuesday – and wins them by double digits
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton will lose Texas and possibly Ohio on March 4th and the race will be over
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton wins both Texas and Ohio on March 4th – and she wins Ohio by double digits
THE PUNDITS Despite Hillary Clinton’s big victories on March 4th, "the math" works decisively against her and the race is essentially over
THE REALITY The math is simple: neither candidate has reached the number of delegates required to secure the nomination and either candidate can win
THE PUNDITS Barack Obama is substantially ahead in the pledged delegate count; pledged delegates are the only measure of success; therefore the race is essentially over
THE REALITY The candidates are within fractions of one another on delegates; Barack Obama needs super delegates to win; and a marginal pledged delegate lead does not determine the outcome
THE PUNDITS Barack Obama is substantially ahead in the popular vote; Florida and Michigan don’t count; therefore the race is essentially over
THE REALITY The popular vote is virtually tied; half of Barack Obama’s narrow vote advantage is from his home state; and his lead excludes Florida and Michigan
THE PUNDITS Once the remaining states vote, Barack Obama will be substantially ahead in delegates and votes and the race will be over
THE REALITY The race is a dead heat now and no one knows where things will end up after millions of remaining voters in the upcoming states make their choice
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton’s situation is dire; her campaign is struggling; her supporters are disillusioned and desperate
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton and her supporters are calm, confident, and focused heading into the key state of PA, where she is running strong
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton’s campaign lacks significant grassroots energy; only one candidate has mobilized supporters to take action for the campaign
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton’s supporters across America have written letters, blogged, donated tens of millions of dollars, volunteered millions of hours and made millions of calls
THE PUNDITS There is a loud and growing chorus of voices asking Hillary Clinton to withdraw from the race
THE REALITY Precisely the same number of voters (22%) think Barack Obama should drop out of the race as Hillary Clinton
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton is the candidate running a negative, divisive campaign; she is throwing the "kitchen sink" at Barack Obama
THE REALITY Barack Obama has been throwing the sink, the stove, the plates and the garbage can at Hillary Clinton, attacking her integrity and character every day
THE PUNDITS For Hillary to win the nomination, super delegates will have to "overturn the will of the people"
THE REALITY The will of the people is split and both candidates need – and are making their case to – super delegates
THE PUNDITS Hillary Clinton is threatening to poach pledged delegates from Barack Obama
THE REALITY Barack Obama is reportedly already trying to poach pledged delegates from Hillary Clinton
THE PUNDITS Florida and Michigan’s voters won’t be heard and their delegates won’t be seated all because of complicated procedural roadblocks
THE REALITY Barack Obama is intentionally disenfranchising voters in two critical states for purely political reasons, namely, that he’ll lose his small advantage if they count
THE PUNDITS Every single word or action from Hillary Clinton, her campaign, her surrogates and her supporters is part of a calculated and cynical political strategy
THE REALITY Hillary Clinton is a loyal Democrat, a lifelong public servant, a tireless and tenacious candidate, and is fighting hard – and fair – to win with the help of millions of dedicated supporters
… ..For many voters, Obama is still an unknown quantity because of his relative newness to the national political scene. Despite all his speeches, many voters are still unsure what to make of him.
Add to this the backdrop of the whole Rev. Jeremiah Wright flap, and the questions “What does Obama think?” and “Where has he been?” probably raise more anxiety with more voters than would’ve been true a few weeks ago.
We know there’ve been questions, no matter how unfair, about Obama’s patriotism, questions revived not just by Wright and his by now infamous imprecations against America but by Michelle Obama’s foot-in-mouth statement about the success of her husband’s campaign making her proud of her country as an adult for the first time.
Thus the portrayal of McCain as, first and foremost, a candidate whose life story demonstrates patriotism, goes right at what appears to be an Obama weakness because of the way many voters perceive both men.
Then there is the “Has he walked the walk?” question. McCain, like Clinton, have been trying to define Obama as little more than a speechifier. Everyone knows the first half of the proverbial question the ad alludes to. “He can the talk, but can he walk the walk.” . ….
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