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Jumping Ship? WAPO Reports that over 70 of Clinton's top donors donated to Obama in March. [In same article, Black rep. (Obama backer) asks her to exit race]

More than 70 top Clinton donors wrote their first checks to Obama in March, campaign records show. Clinton's lead among superdelegates, a collection of almost 800 party leaders and elected officials, has slipped from 106 in December to 23 now, according to an Associated Press tally.


"If you have any, any kind of loyalty to the Democratic Party, perhaps you need to rethink your strategy and bow out gracefully in order to save this party from a disastrous end in November," Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.), an African American Obama supporter, said in an appeal to Clinton.



http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/25/AR2008042503707.html?sid=ST2008042504037


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This article is great. Highly recommend. Some shocking behind the scenes turn of events lately for Hillary.

IT WAS A BAIT AND SWITCH

Gomer told me I was donating to someone who would chase off the rich white folks. But turns out Farrakhan already done that.

Gimme back my 85 cents
Goober

VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE

But this doesn't fit the current MSM narrative! How can that be? Didn't the tide turn?

The media is always behind the curve because they read events that have already taken place and are about as capable of predicting future trends as you and I are. Or, in short, they're totally reactive. So for this news cycle, we got Hillary redux. She won in Pennsylvania and they blew endless hot air about what that piddling 9.2 win means, but now there's a lull until May 6. And the stories that are popping up now constitute a very different narrative (Clyburn, the Hillary donor defections, hey even Obama's basketball game). So watch. In the next cycle things will begin to turn. Slowly, because the last month and a half of all Pennsylvania all the time (and blue collar voters and blue collar voters and, did you hear, blue collar voters) so they can't just grind gears getting into reverse. But they know the American public has a short attention span and they can back up with nobody the wiser, and they will back up. They have to because if it isn't a real race again, there's no drama, and nothing to sell.

The media was still drunk from those shots and beers in PA.

ONE OF THEM EVEN WANDERED ONTO...

...Barry's bowling lane and goofed his best chance at a spare.

As metaphors go mine pretty much kicks your metaphors ass.

Sorry bout that
J. Carvile

VOTE YOUR CONSCIENCE
NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE

Hey wow, the Superdelegates are not just a bunch of moronic, zombie-like lemmings like the MSM makes them out to be. Go figure.

Another interesting tidbit in the article: Elaine Benes' father has also switched from Clinton to Obama. GET OUT!

On the surface, without consideration of issues, it seems as if everyone is highly in favor of Barack Obama.

If Hillary concedes, she allows Barack Obama and all of the Democrats that voted for the Iraq War to lead the way with Barack Obama as their leader.

The majority of the Democrat Party would have then spoken and America, once again, is the loser, but this time under Obama! A man who promised change, but capitulated to the power structure in his effort to raise $300 million. Barack is wrong for doing this and being elected to office is not the ultimate thing. If you have no mandate to rule and no mandate to get policies of peace, then you have lost.

I have said something like this many times and America wasn't listening.

If Hillary was smart and pushed the press to continually do an expose on Barack Obama, Obama would never get as far as he has gotten. The Obama team and followers will now put down any dissent, by all and any means, possible. Larry Sinclair will go down the tubes or be killed. And China's head of state, a good man and a believer in Jehovah, god of Abraham, Issac, and Jacob, will be done away with and never allowed to come to power in China and in his Hebrew country of Iraq.

The truth of the Iraq War will never surface under Obama and the people guilty for this violation of US Constitutional and international laws will never be prosecuted.

I truly do wish that people found about Obama and put an end to his crooked reign before it began. Perhaps, Obama bashers were right in the first place that Obama is the or an anti-Christ.

My family wished for the love and goodwill of the American people for our return home and for justice to occur in America. With a crooked person like Obama, such will never happen.

Lastly, if a person posted the truth about Obama, which I did, on TPM, you are likely to be slammed by PAID Obama attack dogs!

I firmly stand my ground and hope for the love and goodwill of the American people. Obama is prejudice and he distances himself from issues and questions. He is not open to questioning and not open in his governance of this nation. He is not like JFK and Obama lies, whatever they may be will prevail in America. Not unless the press can do something about it!

For Obama to invite another man to such his blank, sets a bad tone for America's youth. I asked an Obama support about this and he was in denial and still supported Obama!

I would call all of these people "Obama Nation" because that's just what they are. Children of Nimrod wanting to get their vengeance upon God himself!

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This is a great article, but have you noticed that the Clintons did not respond to Rep Clyburn. It is one of the few times if not the first that they do not respond to a strong message.

That is very interesting, and I wonder if they will. My guess is that they hope it goes away by the next news cycle.

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Has anyone asked them about Clyburn's comments? Because the media seems to view it's job right now as helping Hillary Clinton destroy Barack Obama.

"If you have any, any kind of loyalty to the Democratic Party, perhaps you need to rethink your strategy and bow out gracefully in order to save this party from a disastrous end in November," Rep. William Lacy Clay (Mo.), an African American Obama supporter, said in an appeal to Clinton.

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The issue here is not one of saving the party, but in getting a good man elected as President. Mr. Clay and others are wrong. It is not a question of bowing out gracefully, but of opposing a liar and very bad future possible US President.

The reason for Obama's popularity is due to the media being bought out and NOT printing the truth about Obama. Most of the truth about Obama and the same for the Iraq War was published in bits and pieces and no major network had published the truth, a true and complete expose, behind both.

What are the great truths that are being hidden. Hiding them from us in this cryptic way makes you as bad as the media, if not worse because no one is paying you to behave a certain way.

you are a seriously disturbed person..

"the truth about Obama?"

are you and Weaver good friends yet?

can you not deal with a good person that happens to be black? or an honest politician?

seriously, Obama's books, legislative records, and what his long time friends say about him speak volumes to anybody who wants to listen.

but I guess that's not you.

did you watch the interview with Rev. Wright? if you did, did you afterwards still think that he's a closet racist and America hater?

you're no better than those people that believe that Obama is a "sikkrit muslem".

you might be able to string together longer sentences, but your prejudices come shining through just as well.

Elsewhere here, she has explained that she is descended from the family that should rightfully be ruling China, and that she has written to the Obama campaign to enlist their help in effecting regime change in China. Predictably they haven't answered.

As Josh Marshall might say, you can't make this stuff up.

YES YOU CAN "MAKE THIS STUFF UP"

If your sushi boys had not invented Barry we had one ready to go. Albeit a better bowler but every bit as much a platitude jabbering wankjob.

Heck we even got a Filipino model.

Sincerely
Boys From Brazil

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NOT YOUR GUILTY CONSCIENCE

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And Senator Clinton has shown incompetence in terms of managing her campaign (3 reorg), she can not manage a budget (15 Millions in debt), she voted for the war and therefore is responsible for what is happening in Irak, she has a problem with the truth (Bosnia story among many), she has already embarrassed the Prime Minister of England (He did not boycott the opening ceremony), the Prime Minister of New Zealand, she speaks double talk (against Nafta, while her campaign adviser and husband were working with the Colombian government in favor of NAFTA), she has the highest negative rate of all the candidated (54% of negative), not to mention that she wants now to obliterate Iran...

And you forgot to mention that the media has been reporting for quite a while that Obama is not electable,which is a pure lye,

And I would like to know what truth about Obama has not been reported by the media...

Excellent article!

Let's hope we find out just how loudly money can talk...

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The donor stuff is good news. The calls for her to bow out always backfire. Not such good news.

Great Article.....Oh, calls for her to bow backfire...hmmmm, yeah, lets let her and her campaign decide, she should continue to fight nevermind whats at stake. See how that works out for the Democratic party in the long run.

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I don't mean to suggest that the calls for her to drop out are illogical or wrong, just that politically, she has gotten a lot of mileage out of the whole "being forced out by the boys" thing. Allowing Clinton to make herself a victim doesn't help Obama.

This is true, it energizes the feminists who back her. And that's not an "anti-woman" statement -- it's a fact that a lot of her core constituency of older women are backing her solely for the fact that she's a woman. I heard one on Tom Hartmann's radio show yesterday, railing against "those men," specifically talking about PA superdels who have backed Obama, and swearing to never vote for "those men" again. All the while claiming she's not voting for Hillary based on gender. Backers like her see the calls to exit the race as gender bias and yes, the men ganging up on her. What might have some impact is if a group of women superdels and/or party leaders appealed as a group. Of course, that would ignite the "you're a traitor to the sisterhood" bunch. Geez, there's no easy way, is there?

I remember the very beginning of this campaign, when I looked at Clinton, Obama, Edwards, Dodd, Biden, Kucinich, and was breathless at the choices. Elated, even. For the first time in a long time, Dems actually had a choice, and all were good! The high that came from knowing -- knowing beyond a doubt -- that Democrats were going to win the White House seemed almost too good to be true. Now, today, I have to say that it was too good to be true. Here we sit with two historic candidates and we're killing each other. Good god -- how did this become such a bad thing?

Thats fair....but lets face it. She hasnt shown real leadership, (silly me I would say she isnt a leader)...but I know her defenders would disagree. So basicaly, her claiming strength and leadership, combined with she is so abused just doesnt sell here. I could lose a pick basketball game and blame it on I hurt my hamstring, but the fact may be the other players were better. Everyone has excuses.

I'm surprised the 70 donors fact isn't the headline of the article. That's a huge sign that even most Hillary backers see the end game now.

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himyaosui,

"I have said something like this many times and America wasn't listening."

you didn't talk loud enough - America could not hear you - but btw, why should America listen to himoyasui's great words. If you said "I talked to my friends, acquaintances, whoever, who support Obama and they did not listen" would be one thing, to say "America did not listen" sounds funny to say the least. Your words seemd to indicate an amazing degree of sense of self worth, so yes, you and Hillary are kindred spirits and made for each other. People who speak out for Obama, do not get paid by him, they pay Obama to speak for them and amplify their dissatisfaction with the tired, mean , old Washington spirit that Hillary Clinton represents.

I AGREE YES I REALLY REALLY DO!!

Keep those "tired" old Geezers out of DC and send in the fresh troops. You know like a bus full of 7th graders. I mean isn't Barry like 47 or something? That's like older than my iPod dude!


Hail Ozzy Ozborne
Jeff Spicoli

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"If this party is perceived by people as having gone into a back room somewhere and brokered a nominee, that would not be good for our party," House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (S.C.), the highest ranking African American in Congress, warned yesterday.

This is priceless. Funny how people are so concerned about a back room deal, but totally support the idea of party leaders going into a back room and forcing Hillary to drop out. I guess it's only a "back room deal" if Hillary prevails. What hypocrisy.

Giving the nomination to the person who won according to the rules is a back room deal? Priceless indeed.

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