OBAMA DAILY NEWS THREAD Tuesday Feb-26-08

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1. Dana Milbank: Team Clinton: Down, and Out of Touch

Team Clinton: Down, and Out of Touch

By Dana Milbank
Tuesday, February 26, 2008; Page A02

They are in the last throes, if you will

As Vice President Cheney knows, such predictions can be perilous. Still, there was no mistaking a certain flailing, a lashing-out, as two Clinton advisers sat down for a bacon-and-eggs session yesterday at the St. Regis Hotel.

The Christian Science Monitor had assembled the éminences grises of the Washington press corps -- among them David Broder of The Post, Maureen Dowd of the New York Times and columnist Mark Shields -- for what turned out to be a fascinating tour of an alternate universe.

First came Harold Ickes, who gave a presentation about Hillary Rodham Clinton's prospects that severed all ties with reality. "We're on the way to locking this nomination down," he said of a candidate who appears, if anything, headed in the other direction.

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2. Caption this Obama Security Agent

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2008/02/25/us/politics/20080225SECURITY_index.html

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29. Kevin Bacon's day job

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3. Eugene Robinson: Geraldo's (Black) Discovery

Eugene Robinson muses over talking heads like Geraldo who seems to think there must be a weird secret cabal of black geniuses
advising Obama

Geraldo's (Black) Discovery

How weird is this presidential election? So weird that I'm about to give a nod of appreciation (of sorts) to Geraldo Rivera, of all people -- and also to, gulp, Fox News.

...The Obama campaign hasn't had success just on black America's terms but on white America's terms. For all the impact of Barack Obama's soaring rhetoric, he wouldn't be where he is without a campaign organization that is second to none. He's the one with more money and more offices. He's the one who made the better decisions about where to spend resources. Obama has won overwhelming support from black voters, but there's nothing stereotypically "black" about his campaign. It's as if a black American is beating white America at its own game.

So when Clinton made an issue of how a passage from a Deval Patrick speech found its way into a Barack Obama speech,
Geraldo Rivera imagined some sort of secret conclave of black geniuses who had developed a foolproof formula for winning elections. He didn't envision a basketball camp, or a prison camp; he saw a genius camp, presumably for African Americans who had figured out just how white America works and just what buttons to push. How diabolically clever.

Hey, if I'm trying to catch a taxi late at night, I'd rather have the cab driver wondering if I'm secretly plotting world domination than thinking I'm about to mug him.

Who else attended Black Genius Camp? Will Smith must have spent at least one summer there -- he's the most bankable star in Hollywood right now. And Tiger Woods, who has conquered our whitest sport. Condoleezza Rice enjoys sitting around the campfire, entertaining everyone with corny knock-knock jokes in Russian. And Oprah's a regular, of course; she even has her own "cabin," although it looks more like a luxury hotel.

Oops -- I think I've said too much. Forget I mentioned it. And pay no attention to Geraldo's paranoid fantasies.

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4. WaPo: Dodd to Endorse Obama

Dodd to Endorse Obama
By Shailagh Murray

Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.), a former contender for the Democratic nomination, is expected to endorse Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill) this morning,
sources close to the campaign said. Like Sen Joseph Biden (D-Del.) and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Dodd has been heavily courted by both the Obama campaign and that of Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), including numerous calls from former President Bill Clinton. But the veteran senator had been reluctant to weigh in until voters across the country, including from his home state of Connecticut (which Obama won on Super Tuesday) could weigh in.

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30. Here is the AP confirmation

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpX0l1Q8Tuizuh_axZJMThV8xEBgD8V22PFO0

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5. Richard Cohen: "Quit Now, Hillary"

The more Hillary Clinton campaigns, the worse she does.

Hillary's Diminishing Returns

By Richard Cohen
Tuesday, February 26, 2008; Page A17

There is dissension in the Hillary Clinton camp. Top aides have been in arguments, shouting back and forth about differences in strategy. Should Clinton come on strong? Should she go negative? Should she be upbeat and positive? Here's my answer: Stop campaigning.

The evidence is overwhelming that since Super Tuesday, the minute that Clinton steps foot in a state, her numbers start to plummet. Of course, Barack Obama has something to do with it. He's a phenomenon, a political version of Roy Hobbs, "The Natural" of Bernard Malamud's wonderful novel, whose physical repose is TV perfect and who will, when the time comes, provide a jarring visual contrast to the much older John McCain. Obama is nearly as good as he thinks he is.

So it could be that Clinton would lose the Democratic nomination even if she were a gifted politician. But she has no such gift. Her smile is strained. She is contained. She seems unknowable, and there is that melancholy Billie Holiday air about her -- all those songs about a suffering woman. Most of us would prefer Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)," the upbeat theme of Bill Clinton's first presidential campaign.

It might seem surprising that Clinton has turned out to be something other than a brilliant campaigner. But consider her record. Back in 1999, she entered the New York Senate race in the manner of Marie Antoinette entering France -- to be ultimately crowned queen. When Clinton announced an interest in running, every other potential Democratic candidate -- Andrew Cuomo, Rep. Carolyn Maloney, even Al Sharpton -- took it as an order to vanish. The strongest of these, Rep. Nita Lowey, graciously stepped aside, as if Clinton was the real McCoy and a six-term member of Congress was an undeserving interloper.

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6. Politico: "Ickes has new love for superdelegates"

Ickes has new love for superdelegates

By: Roger Simon
Feb 25, 2008 07:58 PM EST

...Ickes believes, as do most analysts, that neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama will get to the Democratic National Convention in Denver with enough pledged delegates won in primaries and caucuses to secure the nomination.

Which means that the superdelegates, who are party big shots, will have to choose the nominee.

“They are supposed to exercise leadership,” Ickes said of the superdelegates Monday at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast with reporters. “They are not sheep.”

But should they be kingmakers? (Or queenmakers?)

...It was not always thus. In 1988, the Rules and Bylaws Committee stripped DNC members of their superdelegate status. Though the status was later restored, do you know who led the charge to kick DNC members out of the superdelegate pool?

Harold Ickes.

“Yes, I stripped them, and I was working for Jesse Jackson at the time and we thought automatic delegates represented too much of an institutional interest and they didn’t recognize the qualities of someone like him,” Ickes told me in a phone interview a few days ago...

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7. Media upset over reduced access to Obama

Obama stiffs, stifles national press



By: Carrie Budoff Brown
Feb 25, 2008 07:58 PM EST

EDINBURG, Texas - For all the positive press Barack Obama receives, as he moves closer to clinching the Democratic nomination he is establishing himself as the candidate who keeps the most distance from the national media.

Obama is gregarious on the occasions when he interacts with the traveling press corps. But he largely remains a distant figure to most reporters, appearing more removed from the national media than Clinton—who has never been noted for her coziness with the press.

...The Obama campaign, on the other hand, is mimicking the 2004 campaign playbooks of President Bush and Democrat John Kerry, who often bypassed the national press in favor of local media, which tended to focus on local issues and yield more favorable headlines.

Around the Super Tuesday primary elections on Feb. 5, the barriers around the press area at Obama events went from easily penetrable, fabric rope lines to interlocking metal gates manned by vigilant gatekeepers.

Bottom line: The media can no longer roam free....

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8. Finger-pointing, frustration in Clinton camp

Finger-pointing, frustration in Clinton camp

By: Mike Allen and John F. Harris
Feb 26, 2008 07:11 AM EST
With a week to go before climactic tests in Texas and Ohio, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s campaign team has slipped into full recriminations mode.

Looking backward, interviews with a cross-section of campaign aides and sympathetic outsiders suggest a team consumed with frustration and finger-pointing about the apparent failure of several recent tactical moves against Barack Obama.

Looking forward, it is clear Clinton’s team has only a faint and highly improvisational strategy about what to do over the next seven days. Simply put, there is no secret weapon.

At Tuesday night’s debate in Ohio, aides are mapping plans for drawing persistent attention to Obama’s record without attempting any knockout punch theatrics that could backfire....

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9. HuffPo: Clinton Launches 5 Point "Kitchen Sink" Attack on Obama

Clinton Campaign Launches 5-Point Attack On Obama
Huffington Post | February 26, 2008

New York Times Reports On Clinton Attack Plan: The New York Times reports that the Clinton campaign is ratcheting up its plans to try and unseat Senator Obama as the presumptive frontrunner for the democratic nomination.

After struggling for months to dent Senator Barack Obama's candidacy, the campaign of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is now unleashing what one Clinton aide called a "kitchen sink" fusillade against Mr. Obama, pursuing five lines of attack since Saturday in hopes of stopping his political momentum.

The effort underscores not only Mrs. Clinton's recognition that the next round of primaries -- in Ohio and Texas on March 4 -- are must-win contests for her. It also reflects her advisers' belief that they can persuade many undecided voters to embrace her at the last minute by finally drawing sharply worded, attention-grabbing contrasts with Mr. Obama....

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10. Is The DNC Leaving The Light On For The Florida & Michigan Delegations?]

Simple examination of Hotel reservations indicates that DNC is considering seating
the Florida and Michigan Delegates.

Is The DNC Leaving The Light On For The Florida And Michigan Delegations?Posted February 26, 2008

A cornerstone of Senator Hillary Clinton's strategy to become the Democratic presidential nominee--and a recently renewed argument on the campaign trail--is the eventual seating of the Florida and Michigan delegations. But could the official decision on whether to seat those delegates already have been made? And during the Democratic Convention, when lodging will be at an absolute premium, does the apparent lack of hotel space for the Florida and Michigan delegations portend their eventual absence in Denver?

As punishment for moving up their primaries in breach of party rules, the Democratic National Committee stripped both Florida and Michigan of their delegates, leaving those states' Democratic voters in a sort of convention limbo. Senator Clinton won both states, although it should be said that besting "Uncommitted" in Michigan by only 15 percent is not a particularly impressive feat. Her now-familiar, but somewhat rule-bending, argument is that effectively disenfranchising Florida and Michigan would jeopardize the chances of the Democratic nominee to carry either state in November. However, regardless of the merits of Clinton's argument, party officials are sending mixed signals as to whether the Florida and Michigan will indeed be invited to Denver this August.

One of the better forecasters of whether the DNC intends to seat the Florida and Michigan delegations is whether hotel rooms have been set aside for the offending states. Last November, the DNC announced hotel assignments for the convention, and while Florida was absent from the list, the Michigan delegation had been booked into the Red Lion Denver Central Hotel, as the Michigan delegates had not been officially stripped at that point. Then, last month, the DNC told the Michigan state Democratic Chairman that the Red Lion reservations had been canceled.

Huff Post OffTheBus's Ron Levitt contacted DNC headquarters and the DNC Convention Denver office to investigate hotel availability for Floridians and Michigonians. When pressed for an answer, the DNC press secretary, Natalie Wyeth, demurred, stating only that Florida and Michigan delegates and private citizens seeking to travel to Denver had to go online to get a hotel room, and for media members to register online for press credentials. But nowhere on the Convention's website is there any mention of hotel availability or lodgings, not just for Florida and Michigan, but for any state's delegates. ...

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11. Obama inspiring European politicians

Obama inspiring European politicians

By Tracy Wilkinson
Los Angeles Times / February 26, 2008
ROME - Europe can't get enough of Barack Obama - just look at a couple of the continent's own elections.

more stories like thisWalter Veltroni, until last week the mayor of Rome, is casting himself as the Italian Obama as he runs for prime minister of Italy.

"Yes, we can!" he says in his campaign, to the bewilderment of the majority of Italians who don't speak English.

...These European politicians have very little to do with Obama; for one thing, they've been in office for many years. They do, however, represent the left wings of their nation's political spectrum and are relatively young, in the local context.

The emulation is testament to how Obama has captured the imagination on this side of the Atlantic as he has at home....

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12. thanks for that, that's interesting!

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13. Mystery: Which Hillary Will Show Up At Tonight's Debate?[/

Mystery: Which Hillary Will Show Up At Tonight's Debate?

Ohio Democratic Debate On MSNBC Huffington Post | February 26, 2008

The Stakes Couldn't Be Higher: The Columbus Dispatch sets the tone for what's on the line:

On the line is Sen. Hillary Clinton's continued presidential viability. Losses in Ohio and Texas a week from today could effectively kill her chances of winning the nomination against Sen. Barack Obama, who has reeled off 11 straight wins.

"Clearly for Clinton and Obama, the stakes are much higher here than any other debate," said former U.S. Rep. Dennis Eckart, a Cleveland Democrat. "Obama can close it out on March 4 (or) Clinton can live to fight another day on March 4. All of that comes to a head in this debate."


Tonight's Clinton Strategy: Politico sketches out tonight's strategy for a Clinton campaign that has been struggling to find a message that will stick against her opponent:

At Tuesday night's debate in Ohio, aides are mapping plans for drawing persistent attention to Obama's record without attempting any knock-out punch theatrics that could backfire.

Many recent decisions have done exactly that. This has left the campaign awash in anger over who is to blame.

Communications chief Howard Wolfson--echoing a strong belief of the Clintons themselves--blamed the news media Monday for allegedly tossing bouquets to Obama whenever he criticizes Clinton but writing that she is throwing low blows whenever she draws contrasts with him.

Debate Preview: MSNBC outlines what to expect from tonight's debate:

The $64,000 question is: Which Hillary shows up -- the one we saw at the end of the Austin debate, or Ms. "Xerox" and
"Shame on you, Barack Obama"? Certainly, this unknown tone she'll take at tonight's debate has a way of forcing Obama to be prepared for anything. It's not a bad place for her to be, in control of the tenor of this debate. Of course, is there such thing, after 20 debates, as a knockout blow anymore? Maybe not for Clinton but possibly for Obama. If he handles all of her shots, then he could put this thing away. If he wobbles, it could be a long six days for the front-runner. And keep in mind: The debate will be broadcast on all of the NBC affiliates in Ohio, and with weather likely to keep folks inside, there's a captive audience. More importantly, if you want a clue as to which Clinton is showing up tonight, think about this fact: Not a single Clinton TV ad is negative on Obama right now, in either Ohio or Texas.

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14. Samuel L. Jackson Skips Oscars For Obama

Samuel L. Jackson Skips Oscars For Obama

Shockingly overlooked by the Oscars for his role in last year's "Black Snake Moan" -- he reportedly spent hours learning to play blues guitar, which ought to count for something -- Samuel L. Jackson still could have been a presenter at Sunday night's awards show. But he passed that up, too.

In the process, though, he might have sealed an invite to an inaugural ball.

On location in Louisiana for the film "Soul Men," he crossed the state line Sunday ...

to do his part to help Barack Obama's chances in Texas' March 4 Democratic presidential primary. Specifically, he stumped for his candidate in East Texas; his stops included a rally at Eddie Towles Telephone Repair Service & Phone Center in the city of Longview.

According to the local paper's account, Jackson provided a six-minute spiel on Obama for the more than 400 attendees. He also held forth at a news conference and signed autographs for about 30 minutes (perhaps explaining the crowd size)

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15. NY Times: Obama’s Support Grows Broader, New Poll Finds

Obama’s Support Grows Broader, New Poll Finds
By ROBIN TONER and DALIA SUSSMAN
Published: February 26, 2008

WASHINGTON — In the past two months, Senator Barack Obama has built a commanding coalition among Democratic voters, with especially strong support among men, and is now viewed by most Democrats as the candidate best able to beat Senator John McCain in the general election, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News Poll.

After 40 Democratic primaries and caucuses, capped by a winning streak in 11 contests over the last two weeks, Mr. Obama has made substantial gains across most major demographic groups in the Democratic Party, including men and women, liberals and moderates, higher and lower income voters, and those with and without college degrees.

...Mr. Obama’s advantages are more apparent on other measures. Nearly 6 in 10 said he had the best chance of beating Mr. McCain, double the numbers that believed Mrs. Clinton was more electable. He is also viewed by more Democratic voters as someone who can bring about “real change” and is willing to compromise with Republicans “the right amount” to get things done.

Democratic voters are also more likely to say Mr. Obama cares a lot about them, inspires them and can unite the country.
Sixty-three percent of Democratic voters said he cared a lot about them, while fewer than half thought Mrs. Clinton did.
Nearly seven in 10 said he inspired them about the future of the country; 54 percent said Mrs. Clinton did.
Three-quarters said he would be able to unite the country as president; 53 percent said Mrs. Clinton would.

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16. Taking Blows From All Sides and Weighing When to Punch Back

Taking Blows From All Sides and Weighing When to Punch Back

By MICHAEL POWELL
Published: February 25, 2008
LORAIN, Ohio — Senator Barack Obama of Illinois is getting the customary greeting that the political tribe accords to apparent front-runners: He has taken rhetorical mortar shots from all sides.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, his opponent in tight Democratic presidential primary races in Ohio and Texas next week, sarcastically described his message on Sunday as naïve and suggestive of “magic wands” and “celestial choirs.”

Ralph Nader, who on Sunday announced his plan to run for president, said Mr. Obama leaned toward the “pro-corporate side.”

And conservative blogs and television commentators accuse Mr. Obama of all manner of unpatriotic derelictions.

Mr. Obama has fired back a few shots of his own, even as his advisers say they and the candidate weigh on a daily basis when it is wisest to remain silent.

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17. "The Early Word: Fight Night" (tonight at 9 PM E.T. MSNBC)

REMINDER: TONIGHT'S DEBATE IS AT 9 PM E.T. MSNBC

The Early Word: Fight Night
February 26, 2008
By Ariel Alexovich

Oh, Ohio. Tonight’s Democratic debate (9 p.m. E.T., MSNBC) will be the last face off between Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama before the state’s bellwether primary one week from today — and with none scheduled for the future, it could be the last one, period.

Mrs. Clinton is hanging on to her edge in the early polls in the Buckeye State despite recent gains made by her rival, who’s looking to extend his primary winning streak to Texas and Ohio on March 4. Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland supports Mrs. Clinton, but on Monday Mr. Obama picked up the endorsement of another Buckeye superdelegate, Mark Mallory, mayor of Cincinnati.

In other endorsements today, Senator Chris Dodd, former Democratic presidential candidate, is expected to endorse Mr. Obama. Don’t forget that Mr. Dodd had received the backing of the powerful firefighters union, yet another labor group that could swing to the Obama camp.

...Amy Chozick of The Wall Street Journal notes that the Clinton campaign “has grappled for nearly a year with how negative it should go against Sen. Obama as it has tried to portray Sen. Clinton as both a strong commander in chief and a genuine and likable candidate,” and tensions mounted yesterday when a photo of Mr. Obama dressed in Somali garb appeared on the Drudge Report.

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18. Barack Obama Is No J.F.K. Or Is He?[/

Video: Bloggingheads

Barack Obama Is No J.F.K. Or Is He?

David Frum of the American Enterprise Institute and John Judis of The New Republic debate the Obama-Kennedy analogy.

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19. The clock is still ticking (on McCain's public financing problem)

Today's Must Read

The clock is still ticking

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Any day now, McCain will pass the spending limit for the primaries under the public financing system. He wants out of the system and claims he has a "constitutional right" to withdraw. The FEC says it must agree to his withdrawal, but it's unable to act because of a lack of commissioners.

Who blinks first?

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20. Obama Seen Beating Republican Nominee In Polls - MarketWatch

By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch
Last update: 11:13 a.m. EST Feb. 26, 2008

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Hillary Clinton will have her work cut out for her in Tuesday night's debate in Ohio, if two new polls are any indication.

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say by a 2-to-1 margin that her rival Barack Obama has a better chance of beating the Republican presidential nominee in November, according to a new USA Today/Gallup poll.

Similarly, in a separate New York Times/CBS News poll, most Democrats think Obama is the candidate best able to beat presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the general election.

Seven in 10 Americans see Obama, the first-term Illinois senator, as the likely Democratic nominee, according to the USA Today/Gallup poll, which was conducted from Thursday through Sunday.

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Link: http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/obama-seen-beating-republican-nominee/story.aspx?guid=%7B95F4F8A9-ADDC-4A6F-8385-8F9D3C1D032A%7D

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21. Obama a Native Somali? Clinton Supporter Says So to MSNBC

On MSNBC'S "Morning Joe", Clinton supporter Rep Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
tells Pat Buchanon that she has no problem seeing Barack Obama in the clothing of "his native country".

Obama Is A Native Somali?

video at the link'

Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH)
We Shouldn't Feel Shame About
Barack Obama Wearing the
"Clothing of His Country"
February 26, 2008

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24. Yikes.

I wonder what sort of robes her ancestors wore.

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22. Poll: Obama And Hillary Tied In Texas

Poll - Obama And Hillary Tied In Texas
By Eric Kleefeld - February 26, 2008, 12:17PM
A new poll from Public Policy Poll (D) shows Hillary Clinton and Barack tied at 48% each for next week's primary.

From the internals: Obama wins the white vote 51%-44%, Hillary wins Hispanics 66%-27%, and Obama wins African-Americans 73%-27%.

PPP did not have a previous survey for comparison.

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23. Rasmussen: Hillary's Ohio Advantage Shrinks To Five Points

Polls show NAFTA hurting Clinton in Ohio

Rasmussen: Hillary's Ohio Advantage Shrinks To Five Points

By Eric Kleefeld - February 26, 2008, 12:08PM

A new Rasmussen poll shows the Ohio primary continuing to tighten. Here are the numbers, compared to last week's survey:

Clinton 48% (+0)
Obama 43% (+3)

Only two weeks ago, Hillary Clinton enjoyed a 51%-37% lead over Barack Obama, but now it's down to a five-point race. In comparison to other pollsters, Quinnipiac has Hillary ahead by 11, the University of Cincinnati has her ahead by 8, PPP (D) by 4, and ARG by 10.

Ohio Dems view Obama as a NAFTA opponent by a 53%-14% margin, while 35% think Hillary is in favor of it, 31% say she's opposed, and the remaining 34% aren't sure. In a state where NAFTA is opposed by most voters, this would seem to suggest that Obama's attacks against Hillary over the issue have helped him chip away at her lead.

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25. AP/Ipsos: Obama Takes Three-Point Lead Over Hillary

AP/Ipsos: Obama Takes Three-Point Lead Over Hillary
By Eric Kleefeld - February 26, 2008

A new AP/Ipsos poll released last night gives Barack Obama a three-point national lead over Hillary Clinton.
While it's not as big a lead as the Gallup and CBS/New York Times polls that put him up by double digits,
all the polls are nevertheless showing clear momentum in Obama's favor.

Here are the numbers, compared to the last poll from about two weeks ago:

Obama 46% (+5)
Clinton 43% (-3)

And for the general election match-ups:

Clinton (D) 46%, McCain (R) 41%
Obama (D) 48%, McCain (R) 39%

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27. Excerpts from 7 Local Texas Newspapers: Obama surging

Summary
1) Multiple Polls show Clinton losing ground Obama winning Texas
2) Michelle Stumps in Galveston
3) African-American Districts have extra delegate power
4) Heavy Turnout Helping Obama- Corpus Christi
5) Heavy Turnout From Obama supporters Dallas
6 )Heavy Democratic Voting in El Paso
7) Delegate Distribution Heavily Favors Obama: Caucuses could be Chaotic


http://blogs.chron.com/txpotomac/2008/02/the_latest_polls_is_obama_gain.html
1)Three new Texas polls out today, and Barack Obama is ahead of Hillary Clinton in two of them.
A CNN poll shows Obama ahead, 50 percent to 46 percent. An American Research Group survey showed the Illinois senator at an identical 50 percent but his rival from New York a bit lower, at 42 percent. The third poll, a Rasmussen Reports survey conducted on Feb. 24, showed the former First Lady clinging to a lead of 46 percent to 45 percent.
While the bottom lines vary, the trend lines agree: Clinton is losing ground.
Rasmussen polls have shown a continuing decline in Clinton's performance, from a 16 point lead two weeks ago to 3 points a week ago to 1 point yesterday. ARG showed a similar trend, with Obama moving from a 4 point advantage to an 8 point edge over the past two weeks. The CNN poll indicated that a 2-point Clinton lead had turned into a 4-point deficit.
Rasmussen 02/24 - 02/24 646 LV 46 45 Clinton +1.0
ARG* 02/23 - 02/24 600 LV 42 50 Obama +8.0
CNN 02/22 - 02/24 861 LV 46 50 Obama +4.0

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/5569294.html
2) Michelle stumps in Galveston
GALVESTON — Michelle Obama showed that her rhetorical skills are as good as her husband's Monday as she delivered a stump speech saying Barack Obama will remove the barriers confronting average Americans.
Speaking to an audience of more than 900 that crowded into the historic Galveston Grand 1894 Opera House, Michelle Obama said her husband should be the Democratic presidential nominee because his humble background allows him to understand the obstacles confronting working Americans.
Former President Bill Clinton spoke in front of the Galveston County Courthouse on Wednesday before a crowd of about 300, saying the Texas and Ohio primaries next Tuesday could decide the party nominee.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/state/stories/022508dnpolblackvote.4071505.html
3) In Texas, black voters could be difference for Obama
Most of the delegates at stake in the March 4 primary are from state Senate districts with significant numbers of black residents, including state Sen. Rodney Ellis' district in Houston and Royce West's district in Dallas. Those districts receive a lot of delegates because of a formula derived from Democratic turnout in the 2004 presidential election and 2006 governor's race



http://www.caller.com/news/2008/feb/25/area-early-voters-double-2004-turnout/
4) HEAVEY TURNOUT HELPING OBAMA
CORPUS CHRISTI — With four days left to vote early in the March 4 primary, twice as many Nueces County voters have gone to the polls as compared to the same time frame in 2004, according to statistics from the Texas Secretary of State.
Astronomical turnout statewide is driven by the fight for the Democratic presidential nomination between U.S. senators Hillary Clinton, D-New York, and Barack Obama, D-Illinois. Texas is a deciding factor in who will get the nod, political analysts said.
Turnout in Nueces County hit a high water mark Friday, the same day Obama made a campaign stop here, with 1,168 Democrat voters going to the polls. Friday was also the busiest day for local Republicans with 292 ballots cast. More than 1,000 Democrats have gone to the polls each day since early voting started on February 19, every day except Sunday, which is traditionally a slow voting day, according to Nueces County Clerk statistics.
“God it’s high and I am looking at it every day,” said Texas A&M Corpus Christi political scientist Bob Bezdek. “If it continues like this, it will end up being a historic turnout. A close race always makes a difference. The Republican side is roughly a fourth of the Democratic turnout. If the Republican race was close they would be turning out also.”
While turnout is up locally, other urban areas are outpacing Nueces County, with Hidalgo County leading the pack with 8.9 percent of registered Democrats there turning out through Sunday, a jump from the 6.7 percent posted by the county in 2004, Haywood said.
But high turnout in South Texas, is not likely to offset the massive jumps in turnout in some of the state’s most populous urban areas such as Dallas County where 49,485 of 1,114,002 registered voters or nine times as many have gone to the polls as compared to the same time period in 2004. In Harris County five times as many voters, 66,756 of 1,804,641 have turned out and there is a similar pattern in Travis County, where four times as many, 36,890 of 541,315 have cast ballots.
What that means according to analysts including Bezdek and Southern Methodist University political scientist Cal Jillson is that Obama is likely to pull ahead of Clinton on March 4 and take Texas.
“It’s way up, but its up stronger in some places than in others,” Jillson said. “The overall benefit seems to be to Obama. Looking at the numbers by county, what those numbers show is that early turnout is up by big multiples in the urban parts of the state where Obama is strongest. It is up but up by less in the Valley where Clinton is counting on the Hispanic constituency.
“What that suggests is that Obama’s boxes are up more than Clinton’s boxes. I think that Obama is odds on favorite to win Texas and to capture the democratic nomination.”

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/politics/local/stories/022608dnmetvoting.3c094e6.html
5) Early voters swarm in Texas; voting numbers on record pace
Six days into early voting – and with a week left – about 360,000 voters in the state's 15 largest counties have cast early or mail-in ballots in the 2008 Democratic primary, compared with 120,000 in the Republican primary.
"It's the intensity. The energy we're seeing," said Diana Broadus, election judge at one of Dallas County's busiest early-voting locations, in Oak Cliff.
"They are coming in ready to vote. They want to make sure their vote is going to count."
Both parties are seeing much higher turnout than four years ago – but it's the numbers in the Democratic primary that are turning heads.
There is a reaction against entrenched forces," he said. "The second part is this kind of Obama phenomenon – there is just no question that young people are just truly identifying with him, with his energy and even perhaps with his naiveté, and the freshness of his views. ... The tenor and tone of this campaign are very, very different."
http://www.elpasotimes.com/politics/ci_8341798
6) EL PASO EXPERIENCES HEAVY DEMOCRATIC VOTING
AUSTIN -- More than 15,700 El Paso County voters cast ballots in the first three days of early voting, county elections coordinator Javier Chacon said Friday.
That turnout is nearly twice what it was during the 2004 presidential primary contest, Chacon said Friday.
"The numbers are overwhelming," he said.
As Texas gets its first chance in decades to have a say in the Demo cratic presidential nomination, the race between U.S. Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, as well as contentious local contests, are driving more voters in El Paso and statewide to early-voting stations for the March 4 primary.
Early voting began Tuesday and will end Friday. After just three days, more than 13,000 Democrats and more than 2,700 Republicans -- a total of 15,729 El Paso County voters -- had cast ballots, Chacon said.
http://www.texasobserver.org/article.php?aid=2689

7)DELEGATE DISTRIBUTION HEAVILY FAVORS OBAMA;
CAUCUSES COULD BE CHAOTIC

Another 126 garden-variety “primary-sourced” delegates will be decided March 4, but this delegate cache too is apportioned in an idiosyncratic fashion. Each of Texas’ 31 state senate districts is assigned a number of delegates based on the number of votes received by John Kerry in 2004 and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Chris Bell in 2006. Senate districts that turned out the vote are rewarded with a greater number of delegates than those that sat on their duffs. At the extremes, the nearly Democrat-free Panhandle Senate District 31 has only two delegates at stake, while District 14, home to state Sen. Kirk Watson and liberal Travis County, has eight.


According to Ian Davis, coordinator of Texans for Obama, “This will be the largest voter turnout ever in the state of Texas. The county election aren’t prepared for this; the Texas Democratic Party isn’t ready for this. Nobody is ready for this.”
Consequently, the potential for caucus confusion or worse is significant. For starters, the March 4 precinct conventions can’t begin until the last regular precinct ballot is cast. With record turnout expected, long lines could delay the start of caucuses in some precincts by hours. In just one Harris County precinct, which presents an unusually long ballot this year, Harris County Democratic Party volunteer Leif Hatlen expects 2,000 primary voters. But heavy turnout won’t be the only hurdle to an efficient caucus. There’s also enormous complexity.
“It’s a Byzantine process,” said Glen Maxey, a former state representative from Austin and caucus expert.
Democrats are vague on the specifics of what irregularities might arise, but one potential problem area is the manner in which delegates are awarded to candidates in the precinct conventions. When voters arrive at the caucus they sign in with their name, address, voter ID number and presidential preference. They will then be checked against voter rolls to make sure they voted in the Democratic primary for that precinct. Then delegates are divvied up based on each candidate’s share of sign-in-sheet supporters. Even insiders are confused about the system’s nuances and potential loopholes.
“You can literally sign people in who aren’t there,” Davis told the Observer. “… It’s just ripe for abuse.”
Texas Democratic Party communications director Hector Nieto insists that only those who are present can be counted, but that message clearly hasn’t reached everyone.
Nieto said his office is training county chairs in the process, coordinating with the campaigns, and planning to deploy field staff statewide to monitor the caucuses. “We’re confident that we’ll have a smooth caucus process,” Nieto said.
But with more than 8,000 precincts in the state, it will be impossible to place independent monitors everywhere. Davis, of Texans for Obama, is encouraging Obama supporters to take video cameras to the polls. “I want to shine a big flashlight on this so nothing under the table happens,” he said.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

28. Bill Slips While Stumping for Hillary? ‘If You Elect ME'

Video:

Bill Slips While Stumping for Hillary? ‘If You Elect Me…

Was he still speaking "as" his wife or was it a slip?

"If you elect me, I'll repeal those subsidies and put them into a strategic energy fund that
will create American jobs for America's future with clean energy."

[WillyT]

31. Fifteen Hundred Feminists for Peace Endorse Barack Obama - CommonDreams

<snip>

NATIONWIDE - February 26 - Feminists across the country have signed onto a statement endorsing Barack Obama as the Democratic nominee for President. In rejecting the candidacy of Hillary Clinton, they cite her "seven year record" as a US Senator in which she not only authorized the Presidential use of force against Iraq, but until quite recently opposed all legislative efforts to bring the war and occupation to an end.

Under ordinary circumstances "electing a woman President would be a cause for celebration." However, issues of war and peace are also part of a feminist agenda. The country urgently needs "a Presidential candidate who understands that 'pre-emptive' attacks on other countries and the reliance on military force have diminished…our national security…We do not believe Senator Clinton is that candidate."

The statement, "Feminists for Peace and Barack Obama," was initially written and signed by a group of 100 New York feminists in the lead-up to the New York state primary. Since then, feminists in other states have taken up the cause, circulating the petition nationwide. The list now comprises over 1,500 signers from around the country representing diverse backgrounds and professions, ranging in age from college students to the retired.

Says Anne Robinson, cardiac nurse from Austin, Texas, "I have always considered myself a feminist, even when that was not a popular thing to admit in the south. I would love nothing more than to see a woman become president of our country. I am also completely unapologetic for supporting Senator Obama. My first and foremost reason is his position and record on the war. I will not support a candidate was refuses to accept responsibility for supporting this horrible preemptive war with Iraq and who supported a resolution posturing for conflict in Iran."

As explained by Professor Eileen Boris, Director of the Center for Research on Women and Social Justice at the University of California, Santa Barbara, "Voting for Bush's war showed Senator Clinton more concerned with future political viability than with the impact of war on the world's women, men, families and the environment. That's not my idea of global feminism."

Adele Welty, a social worker whose firefighter son died in the World Trade Center, deplored Clinton's unfriendly attitude towards antiwar constituents. Noting the Senator's unwillingness to meet with peace groups, Welty described her personal experience of Clinton's "dismissive" staff when she and others traveled to Washington DC. to express their views. "I would love to be able to vote for a woman, but it would have to be a woman who is able to maintain her integrity."

<snip>

Link: http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0226-03.htm

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

[babylonsister]

41. Holy smokes. This needs its own thread! nt

[WillyT]

45. Feel Free... I'm Out Of OP's Until This Evening !!!

:hi::shrug::hi:

[babylonsister]

48. Ha!

I have a few hours to go myself; our hands are tied. :hi: Anyone else out there who's not a wastrel? :rofl:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

50. I've almost quit doing OPs, ran out of asbestos bloomers

Tired of getting flamed. :nuke:

You know, Clinton supporters could have a Clinton Campaign Daily News thread too,
if they wanted to. I imagine it would be depressing. :cry:

But it would be very different each day! :popcorn:

[WillyT]

32. Hillary's Last Stand - MSNBC

<snip>

WASHINGTON - In many ways, tonight is Sen. Hillary Clinton’s last stand.

It’s not what Sen. Barack Obama has to do tonight in Cleveland: he just has to keep on keepin’ on.

But if Clinton can’t dramatically convince voter/viewers of her essential point – that Obama is dangerously vague and ill-prepared for a fall campaign, let alone for the presidency – then it is very hard to see how she can stop the Obama Express in March.

There is a gathering sense in the media that Obama has gotten something of a free ride. But, fair or not, it is still up to the Clinton campaign to slow that train’s momentum before it is too late, which it almost is.

This is the time and place for the former first lady to pull out all the stops. The MSNBC debate will be broadcast on most NBC-affiliated stations in Ohio, making it by far the most pivotal event before the state's March 4 primary.

How can Hillary stop Obama?

Comparing his lack of foreign policy experience and knowledge to that of a certain Texas governor named George W. Bush probably won't work for Clinton. That's because she voted to authorize his war in 2002.

Calling herself the working girl’s friend in Ohio also might might not work for Clinton. That's because she was, at best, silent about the job-destroying trade agreements her husband championed while he occupied the White House.

Clinton also faces three additional tactical problems.

Among likely Ohio Democratic voters, she is regarded very favorably in recent polls. But among the rest of the electorate, in this state and elsewhere, Clinton remains, as they say, a polarizing figure, with "unfaves" as high as 40 percent.

And it is a general rule of politics that attacks by unpopular candidates do not work. They also generally don't work in the last days of a campaign, because they are too easily dismissed an act of desperation.

And last, Obama has built a truly multi-racial, multi-generational coalition of supporters. Obama can easily turn an attack on him into an attack on THEM. He's done it before.

<snip>

Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23352812/

:shrug:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

33. Biz Journal: Obama beats McCain, McCain beats Clinton

Poll: Obama beats McCain, McCain beats Clinton

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

A statewide poll conducted by Riley Research Associates shows that Oregon voters would choose Democrat Barack Obama over Republican John McCain, but in a matchup between McCain and Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton, McCain would prevail.

The telephone poll was conducted among 401 randomly selected likely voters -- ages 18 to 44 -- between Feb. 7 and Feb. 18. The poll has a margin accuracy plus or minus of almost 5 percent.

In a potential race between Obama and McCain, Obama would receive 46 percent of the votes, compared with 38 percent for McCain and 16 percent undecided. In a race between Clinton and McCain, McCain would also receive 46 percent of the votes, compared with 38 percent for Clinton and 16 percent undecided.

...

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

34. AP: Obama's Senate Foreign Relations Work

Obama's Senate Foreign Relations Work

By The Associated Press Feb 26, 2008

Some of the work done by Sen. Barack Obama since joining the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2005


LEGISLATION:

_ In February 2008, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved Obama's proposal to require a new strategy to reduce global poverty.

_ In January 2007, the president signed Obama and Lugar's legislation aimed at improving nonproliferation efforts, including eliminating stockpiles of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles. Later that year, Obama proposed creating an internationally monitored uranium reserve that would guarantee fuel would be available for commercial nuclear reactors and dissuade countries from building their own uranium enrichment capability.

_ In June 2007, the Senate passed Obama's resolution condemning violence by the Zimbabwe government.

_ In January 2007, he proposed legislation that would have prevented President Bush from sending more troops to Iraq and required troop withdrawals to begin that spring. Last November, he introduced legislation that would make clear Congress had not authorized military force against Iran. Neither measure received a vote.

_ In July 2005, the Senate passed legislation co-sponsored by Obama to provide $13 million for the Special Court for Sierra Leone to use in the prosecution of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

Also available at the above story is description of committees and travel by Sen Obama

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

35. Dodd could help Obama with Hispanic voters

Dodd also could help Obama with Hispanic voters

The Associated Press notes:

Dodd also could help Obama with Hispanic voters.

A fluent Spanish speaker, Dodd served in the Peace Corps in a rural village in Dominican Republic from 1966-68 and has had a strong interest in Latin American affairs throughout his career.

Dodd's endorsement emphasizes that superdelegates are not going to stick up for the Clintons in the face of party momentum towards Obama. Superdelegates aren't going to be enough. Clinton would have to narrow Obama's lead in pledged delegates --- which is looking more and more unlikely....

[sonias]

36. JFK’s daughter stands behind man who ‘inspires’ like dad

Brownsville Herald 2/26/08
JFK’s daughter stands behind man who ‘inspires’ like dad
(snip)
"I’ve been told this is Clinton Country and I hoping we can turn that around this morning," she told the crowd of community members and local officials who turned out to greet the daughter of former Presi-dent John F. Kennedy.

Caroline Kennedy said she is supporting Obama because she has found similarities between the Illinois senator and her father, who successfully campaigned on a platform of "change" in 1960.

"I never met a candidate who inspired me the way people said my father inspired them," she said, later adding, "I’m doing everything to get him (Obama) elected the next president."

This is Texas, and Caroline has been touring Texas for the past couple of days. I saw her in Austin yesterday.

Sonia

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

37. THAT’S SEXIST!

THAT’S SEXIST!

Do you know why Hillary Clinton won’t get the Democratic or Republican nomination
and become our first lady president who is married to Bill Clinton?
Because Obama and McCain are men, that’s why.
Did you know many U.S. presidents were men? Salon

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

38. Clinton supporter stabs Barack Obama backer (may lose right to vote)

Hillary Clinton supporter stabs Barack Obama backer

February 26, 2008

THE US presidential race has become a blood sport, with a family feud over which Democratic candidate was the best person for the job spilling over into a full-blown fight, with punches thrown and a man stabbed.

The incident took place last week, when Jose Antonio Ortiz began arguing with his brother-in-law Sean Shurelds about Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama, US website The Smoking Gun has reported.

Mr Ortiz, 28 is a Clinton supporter. Mr Shurelds, 41, is an Obama man.

...Mr Ortiz has been charged with aggravated assault by Pennsylvania police. Mr Shurelds was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

The campaign of Senator Clinton is in a similarly grave state. If she does not win next week's contests in Texas and Ohio, it is expected that her campaign will collapse.

...

KYW reports that if Ortiz is convicted of the felony charge, he won’t be able to vote. ...

[sonias]

58. This is sad

These two guys are related, at least by marriage.

[grantcart]

39. Help now please

Good morning!
The Obama campaign in Texas is in urgent need of miles and points - tomorrow will be too late

Need to bring in Attorney's for voter protection and reservist volunteers to work near the bases;


THANK YOU


We are in desperate need of rental cars and hotels for
our Veterans and Military Families traveling with us
to Texas!

Please contact me ASAP, if you can help with this
effort! Some have tickets to fly to NIGHT or First
thing TOMORROW! They are going to play a BIG PART in
getting out the VOTE of Non partisan, Obamacians,
undecided Democratic voters. So, please help with this
effort!




Again we need reward points with the following:

Hertz, Avis, National, Enterprise, Dollar or Budget

Hyatt, Marriott, Sheration, Intercontinental or Choice
Hotels

We need to match a 10K pledge with 15K miles on
American to send a member of the legal team to Ft.
Worth to assist with voter protection! Please call me
ASAP, if you have miles on American you can donate.

Thank so much again!

With YOU "YES WE CAN"!

Carla Mays
760-438-2529

[catgirl]

40. TIME article about Obama volunteers in Ohio

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20080226/us_time/obamasohiograssrootsadvantage

I posted this separately. Great article!

[catgirl]

42. Old interview w/ Bill proves the Clinton's knew Bush planned a war

This is a bit off the usual post in this thread, but it's important to see
that Hillary's excuse for voting for the IWR is false. In this interview, Bill
talks about invading Iraq. I find it hard to believe that the Clinton's didn't
discuss this with one another (she claims she didn't know what Bush may
be planning a war).

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4780440&mesg_id=4780440

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

43. Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

Poll: Bullshit Is Most Important Issue For 2008 Voters

http://www.theonion.com/content/video/poll_bullshit_is_most_important

[babylonsister]

44. Dodd endorsement of Obama brings well-connected party leader

Dodd endorsement of Obama brings well-connected party leader

By Mike Dorning


CLEVELAND—Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) became the first former candidate in this year’s Democratic campaign to endorse a rival today, urging Democrats to unify behind Barack Obama’s candidacy and warning against harsh attacks that could damage the party’s nominee in the fall election.

“It is now the time to come together as a Democratic party,” Dodd said at a morning press conference, adding a few moments later, “I don’t want a campaign that is only divisive here. And there is a danger of it becoming that.”

Dodd’s candidacy never achieved a significant popular following. So his endorsement may not have much impact with the public.

But he has considerable potential influence within the party’s political establishment to make the case that other party leaders need to throw their weight behind Obama to bring the contest to a close. A 27-year veteran of the Senate and a leader of the party’s liberal wing, he came within one vote of becoming of the Senate Democratic Leader in 1994 and served as general chairman of the party during the mid-1990s.

Already, a steady stream of Democratic superdelegates have been announcing support for Obama’s candidacy since his 17-point win in Wisconsin last week. Major union endorsements of Obama last week and national polls this week showing he continues to build support among new demographic groups such as blue-collar workers and women also are seizing the attention of political professionals.

more...

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/02/dodd_endorsement_of_obama_brin.html#more

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

46. Proof of Obama's Red State Appeal? The Beltway's borders are turning blue.

Proof of Obama's Red State Appeal?

February 26, 2008

The Beltway's borders are turning blue.

Both Virginia and Maryland booted Republican incumbents in the last elections, tapping new school Democrats Jim Webb for senator in the Old Dominion and Martin O'Malley as governor of the Old Line state.

This month, Maryland primary voters deemed Rep. Al Wynn insufficiently Democratic, rejecting the periwinkle incumbent for the bright blue candidacy of Donna Edwards, a Netroots-powered progressive. Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner leads the current race for the Senate seat of retiring Republican incumbent John Warner -- a victory would put the Commonwealth's top three jobs in Democratic hands. And if Obama is the nominee, Virginia could even be in play in the presidential race.

Obama not only clobbered Clinton by 29 points in the Feb. 12 primary. He drew support from 623,000 Virginians -- that's 181,000 more votes than Republican candidates John McCain and Mike Huckabee combined.

Virginia's other Democratic star, Sen. Webb, says the Commonwealth's presidential race is finally "open" to both parties, and Democrats can win on the war, "economic fairness and social justice." Webb, who served in the Reagan administration, believes this is the "time for the Reagan Democrats to come home."

...

[Cha]

47. You Rock, WillYourVoteBeCounted for

doing this daily thread on Obama in the news! Thanks.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

49. 'We already won Michigan'

Cross post:

In Ellen interview, Hillary corrects herself: 'We already won Michigan'http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4781727

[Scurrilous]

51. Kick

:kick:

[grantcart]

52. ****OBAMA GAINS FOUR SUPER DELEGATES****

1)Cincinnati's only Democratic "super-delegate," Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory, ended months of courting by both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, by endorsing the Illinois senator just before he came on stage for a rally at the Fifth Third Center.
http://frontier.cincinnati.com/blogs/gov/2008/02/obama-campaigns-in-cincinnati.asp


2)CLEVELAND (AP) — Sen. Christopher Dodd of Connecticut has endorsed Barack Obama, his former rival in the Democratic presidential race.http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gpX0l1Q8Tuizuh_axZJMThV8xEBgD8V22PFO0

3/4Washington, DC – Two more superdelegates have endorsed Barack Obama today. Shadow United States Senators Paul Strauss and Michael D. Brown endorsed Obama, citing his longstanding commitment to the rights of DC residents and his ability to unite Americans to bring change.http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/samgrahamfelsen/gGg5dn


IF SOMEBODY HAS A THREAD THEY CAN POST THIS TO GD:P GO AHEAD AND COPY AND PASTE IT - OUT OF POSTS

[grantcart]

53. Please see details on Texas election here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4782802

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

54. Reminder: It was a Dem who introduced the early primary bill in Florida

From instigator to victim. It was a Dem who introduced the early primary bill in Florida.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4593109#4593157

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

55. Rev. Lowery: Lewis will back Obama

Cross posted

Rev. Lowery: Lewis will back Obamahttp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4781766&mesg_id=4781766

[grantcart]

56. pls read and kick

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=4783480&mesg_id=4783480

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

57. Just In: Official NYC Primary Results after recounts

Just In from the New York Observer "Politicker"

Official NYC Primary Results after recounts

"The city Board of Elections, whose initial and unofficial results from the February 5 presidential primaries
under-counted Barack Obama’s numbers, just released an official count.

Officially, Hillary Clinton got 527,941 votes citywide and Obama got 413,898 votes citywide.

I'm just looking through the district-by-district numbers and will have an update shortly."

[grantcart]

59. kick