For her part, Mrs. Clinton is making a counterargument that she is winning the popular vote if Florida and Michigan are counted, and that the party’s leaders should take that into consideration before deciding which candidate to support.  New York Times

Do I not know the primary rules or I'm just dense but if a correct primary do-over was funded and held in both states wouldn't all the candidates names have to go back on the ballot?

After the count where would Hillary's majority of the popular vote be then?

 From Ben Smith's Blog at Politico:

 An Ohio-based group of Democratic Hillary Clinton supporters say they’ll work actively against Sen. Barack Obama if he becomes the nominee, arguing that Clinton has been the subject of “intense sexism” by party leaders and the media.

 Sexism, what a joke!  How about acknowledging that the biggest sexist of the Clinton campaign is the one closest  to Hillary,  her husband Bill Clinton.  How soon those boomer woman forget that the President they voted for in 1992 and 1996 had oral sex with a young intern in the White House! (I don't see how they could with all that Bill Clinton campaign finger wagging.)

 Have they twisted history so much to believe that Bill  just couldn't control himself against the femme fatal ways of  Monica Lewinsky?  I'm no boomer prude.  I even thought impeachment was an over the top  Republican stunt to humiliate both Bill and Hillary but I also admit I felt just as disgusted and  betrayed by both of them.   They sat for a Sixty Minutes interview in 92 and declared and then asked us to believe that  Bill's "problems" were in the past.   

So to all the women supporters singing "I Am Woman" for Hillary listen up.  I'm not going to stand by and have Bill Clinton shoved down MY throat .  You want Hillary Clinton elected based on her merits then you make your candidate understand that for some of us her being elected to the Presidency doesn't include Bill Clinton.

If we can make a candidate's  past relationships deal breakers in getting the votes, as in the case of the Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers for Barack Obama, then we or someone better stop making the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky affair off limits. As far as I'm concerned Bill Clinton doesn't deserve eight minutes let alone eight years back in the White House. He f*cked over a lot more than just Monica with that fiasco.  He stopped the start of bipartisan Social Security reform with Newt Gingrich and the Republicans right in it's tracks. To read more: Steven Gillon's, In Monica's Shadow.  Hillary may have gotten it tough from the media on some issues and some pidley stuff like Bosnia but she's gotten a free ride on dredging up a lot of her past.  A past most women seem to have fogged over.

Remember our current President's quote, "Fool me once, we won't get fooled again"

I'm not sorry because I  want a brand  new bold candidate for President and not some 1990's hash.  Barack Obama made some political mistakes in Chicago and may have some old political ways about doing some things, so "they" say,  but how much can they find in 25 plus or minus years of a man's personal and  political life.  Maybe a lot but it hasn't happened yet.  Hillary Clinton's vetted is just code for "keep moving, nothing new here".  Well maybe not new but some of us are still choking and have had it up to here with the old.

 Remember Scrooge's partner Marley's life was vetted in Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol but he still had to wear that heavy,  long,  clanking chain for all of eternity.

I went, I worked, We conquered.

I just returned from the beautiful city of Washington, North Carolina where the courageous Voters For Change and the dedicated volunteers brought in the City of Washington plus Beaufort, Martin and Hyde Counties for Barack Obama.

I had the pleasure of meeting many nice citizens and making long lasting friendships among the volunteers. I was so glad that I stepped out of my comfort zone after the PA primary , went to Barack Obama.com, and signed up to volunteer. I even have Senator Obama  on my cell phone voice mail thanking the volunteers.

If you haven't already visited the web site it's a great place to start helping out. You can even make phone calls from your own home to potential voters to encourage them to vote Obama in their upcoming primary.

I wish I could have blogged but that's a no-no with the campaign but I was so busy canvassing, phoning volunteers, and helping cover the Obama Headquarters I just barely had time to visit TPM for the polls and headlines.  I hope to go back to my now "sister city" and help out in the fall election.

Yes We Can
Barack Obama For President 2008

   
Hillary Clinton doesn't need any friends to donate to a 527 to run ads and swift-boat Obama. The media is doing just fine with this Rev. Wright issue. They are sinking this man's Presidential campaign by linking Wright's word to Barack Obama's character.

Now the apology is not enough, the denunciation is not enough, now it's incredulous that Barack Obama could have known this man for twenty years without knowing the truth of this man.

How do you contact MSNBC by phone and e-mail.  I have never heard such trash talk in the name of picking the right candidate in all my life. This is making me livid.

Call CNN if it's pulling the same crap and you know what Fox is doing.

I don't expect Barack Obama to cry but he needs to show some real feelings of sadness about this issue.  The speech is now over but I don't know if it was enough. 

Now they, meaning talking heads predict, a back and forth fight and more ridiculous discussion. National news turned into a soap opera. What a disgrace.  Makes me sick.
 

I echo Josh's post of Today at 12:15.  I too felt a major dip in morale and a counting of the days to wrap this all up.  I think it's because of all these blabbing pundits going on and on about Rev. Wright,  Obama not connecting to blue collar white voters and,.....blah, blah, blah.

I've decided to turn the funky into Getting Real Funky.

 I'll be leaving Richmond, Virginia tomorrow to work in the Washington, North Carolina office until primary day.  Turning off the tv after Barack Obama's speech which is on right now.

I'll be going on my own  Audacity of Hope Tour.

Remeber, what ever it takes how big or how small and what ever you can do no matter how big or how small. 

Don't Give Up......Get Re-energized......Get Down To Work. 

NOW IS THE TIME TO DO IT!

BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT 20008  

I know that this has been blogged before but I'm venting.  I have two issues with Hillary Clinton the stuff about first it's the delegate count, then it's the popular vote, then it's the super delegates voting for the nominee that can win in November or voting the way the popular vote carried in your district, that's all spin.  She makes Niccolò Machiavelli look like a Catholic Saint.  You know that saying don't cut off your nose to spite your face?  Well that's just what I might be doing and  funny how at Wikipedia it says under that statement see also:  Pyrrhic victory.

That is exactly what I believe is going to happen to Hillary Clinton and I'm not going to say I'm sorry.  If you can't be trusted to keep a simple pledge how can you be trusted to be the President.  Her excuses over this primary voting issue sounds  like "If  I knew the Iraq intelligence about WMD was wrong I wouldn't have voted that way" or "if I knew we would disenfranchise millions of voters I wouldn't have signed that pledge" or "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky".   The DNC screwed up big time by letting this whole Michigan-Florida fiasco happen and they'll lose the November election by letting Hillary Clinton run this end game around them and her fellow Democratic voters.

Hillary and her team use Fox News as a platform, she has a sit- down with Richard Mellon Scaife, guru of the "vast right-wing conspiracy" and now according to JackieinCA's - April 24, 2008 post,  is advertising on Rush Limbaugh's radio program, while he's calling for riots in Denver and he plays "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" in the background.  Exit polls show fewer  Obama voters would stay home or vote McCain on election day  then would Clinton voters and she just shrugs the issue off by saying "We'll all come together no matter who the nominee is,  to beat John McCain.  Lots a luck sister.

If Bill Clinton wasn't  in the picture I'd be voting for Hillary .  I'm no prude but what he did during his Presidency disappointed  a lot of Democrats including me and now between the two of them there is a double trust issue.  Like I said enough is enough.  Frankly I'd like to see Al Gore step up and release some type of statement,  endorse Clinton or Obama or offer to be one of the candidates running mate.

The Republican Party is about as low as it can go and the Democrats with what they have done ham handedly and what they have failed to do about Iraq,  FISA,  Mukasey, torture, etc. are still one step below them. 

The number of Delegates going to Denver from my state.

Virginia
District-Level Delegates: 54

At-Large Delegates: 18
Pledged Party Leader & Elected Official (PLEO) Delegates: 11
Unpledged Delegates: 20
TOTAL Number of Delegates: 103

Alternates: 14

TOTAL DELEGATION SIZE: 117

MICHIGAN

District-Level Delegates: 0

At-Large Delegates: 0
Pledged Party Leader & Elected Official (PLEO) Delegates: 0
Unpledged Delegates: 0
TOTAL Number of Delegates: 0

Alternates: 0

TOTAL DELEGATION SIZE: 0

FLORIDA

District-Level Delegates: 0

At-Large Delegates: 0
Pledged Party Leader & Elected Official (PLEO) Delegates: 0
Unpledged Delegates: 0
TOTAL Number of Delegates: 0

Alternates: 0

TOTAL DELEGATION SIZE: 0

9/1/2007 Clinton Campaign Statement on the Four State Pledge

The following is a statement by Clinton Campaign Manager Patti Solis Doyle.

"We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process.

And we believe the DNC’s rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role.

Thus, we will be signing the pledge to adhere to the DNC approved nominating calendar."

3/12/2008 Hillary Clinton Statement on Seating Delegates from Florida and Michigan

Hillary Clinton made the following statement at the Hispanic Chamber Of Commerce earlier this morning:

"If you are a voter from Florida or Michigan, you know that we should count your vote. The nearly two and a half million Americans in those two states who participated in the primary elections are in danger of being excluded from our democratic process and I think that’s wrong. The results of those primaries were fair and they should be honored. Over the last few weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about what we should do to ensure that the voters in Florida and Michigan are counted.

"In my view there are two options: Honor the results or hold new primary elections. I don’t see any other solutions that are fair and honor the commitment that two and a half million voters made in the Democratic primaries in those two states. Whether voters are clamoring for solutions to the challenges that we face or not, or whether people are coming out in droves to be heard, we have a basic obligation to make sure that every vote in America counts.

"I hope that Senator Obama’s campaign will join me in working to make that happen. I think that that is a non-partisan solution to make sure that we do count these votes."

Reader BlogsHillary Clinton and the Four State Pledge By - March 13, 2008, 7:27PM

How can America trust her, if she breaks such a solemn promise? Thursday, April 24, 2008

Opinion
Michigan is becoming Clinton's secret weapon
Susan J. Demas
On Aug. 25, Clinton will march into the national convention in Denver stronger than most people realize, thanks to her aggressive ground game in Michigan.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

If your into pigeon blogging (where you fly over and shit on my article)  post somewhere else please.

Republican Coat Check Girl - Joe Scarborough: Why can't he win the big states or close the deal?
Screaming Pat Buchanan:  Why can't you beat Hillary Clinton?

Because he's an inner city black man with a strange heritage.
Scary.........

If MSNBC is such a professional news organization why are they so afraid to say it.  He's black, he's black, and he's black.  If a large part of a state is white older woman and men with middle and lower incomes they are most likely not voting for Barack  Obama. 

Hillary understands the average voter even though she went to elite schools, worked for elite law firms and didn't care about poor folk after the 1994 midterm election spanking that Bill  got. Hillary is a woman of the people. She's cultivated relationships,  lived in more states and has been to more places for her political career than dog poop on the bottom of my shoe.

MSNBC just stated that this is such a polarized campaign. Polarized by race, gender, age, and class and it's such a shame because this has also been the most exciting campaign in the  way it's brought both young and new voters to the Democratic Party.  Exit polls are stating that voters on each side, especially young and/or new voters, will stay home or vote John McCain in November.

A lot of people surmised that this would be the PA primary result yet you would have thought by all the cheering and electricity in the air that Hillary Clinton had some miraculous anointing. You know like "the clouds parted, the light came down and celestial choirs of angels were singing" .

This primary win doesn't change her overall argument that delegate totals or popular vote don't matter, even though it did make a difference in Bill Clinton's campaign. That "automatic"  delegates have to vote, the the disenfranchised Michigan and Florida voters have to be counted even though she approved penalizing those states. That she's been vetted even though the Republican Party will not hold back in bringing Bill Clinton into the fall campaign by raising the fund-raising connections to his foundation and the point that he will be advising her.
Clinton camp: 'There's still a long way to go'

Stay tuned.

SC Church Sign "Obama, Osama, hmm..." Causes Controversy

I really think that this article should be featured more prominently. I know there are a lot of uninformed voters out there but this is beyond the pale.   This church's campaign is on purpose is not right. A citizen candidate in America should never be smeared like this. Is anyone questioning that Hillary Clinton is a Methodist?

Obama supporters should visit or call this church.