“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Wednesday April 16, 2008

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WELCOME TO “OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS

Wednesday April 16, 2008


Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., speaks
with veterans during a town hall-style meeting at Washington Jefferson College
in Washington, Pa., Tuesday, April 15, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)



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1. Michelle Obama on Colbert Apr 15 – photos and more

Michelle Obama on Colbert Apr 15 – photos and more

You should be able to see the video up at Comedy Central on Apr 16 at this link

There are 2 DU threads on Michele Obama’s spot on Colbert” so far

Michelle Obama is breathtakingly beautiful!



link

PHOTOS: Michelle Obama on The Colbert Report



more at the link

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25. Watch it: ***VIDEO: Michelle Obama on the Colbert Report***

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5524575

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2. Tweety blabs: Hillary Clinton to be on Colbert Report Thursday

Hillary Clinton to appear on 'Colbert Report'

Tue. Apr. 15 2008 The Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA -- Hillary Clinton is hoping the "Colbert bump" will help propel her to victory in Pennsylvania.
The U.S. Democratic presidential candidate will make her first appearance on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" on Thursday (broadcast at 12:30 p.m. ET on CTV). Both Clinton and Colbert have come to Pennsylvania ahead of the state's hard-fought Democratic primary on April 22. Clinton rival Barack Obama also is in Pennsylvania, but has thus far declined Colbert's invitation. Obama's wife, Michelle, will appear on the show Tuesday.

News of Clinton's visit was divulged Monday night in Philadelphia by MSNBC pundit Chris Matthews. He blurted it out during taping of the show at the University of Pennsylvania's Zellerbach Theatre. The news was confirmed by a person close to the satirical news program, who insisted on anonymity because the date of the visit hadn't been publicly announced.

Comedy shows have played a role in the presidential campaign, and good things have happened to guests on "Colbert." Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was a regular on the show before his unexpected -- but short-lived -- success in pursuing the Republican nomination. And a "Saturday Night Live" sketch was credited for helping Clinton gain momentum in February.

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3. Clinton Downs A Beer And A Bump To Impress The Cool Kids, And This Dad's Not OK With That

seafan
HuffPost: Clinton Downs A Beer And A Bump To Impress The Cool Kids, And This Dad's Not OK With That
Apr 15 • It's all beyond bizarre. Paging Harry Reid, Pat Leahy, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Al Gore,

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/?az=hp_redir&forum=132&thread=5518581&author=121963

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4. CNN poll of polls shows Clinton only 6 points ahead of Obama in PA

(CNN) — Hillary Clinton has slightly increased her lead in Pennsylvania, according to a new CNN analysis of recent polls ahead of the crucial April 22 primary.

In the latest "poll of polls," the New York senator holds a 6-point lead over Sen. Barack Obama in Pennsylvania, 49 percent to 43 percent. Eight percent of likely Democratic voters there remain unsure.

Clinton's margin over Obama is two points higher than it was in a poll of polls conducted late last week, though is still half of what it was two weeks ago.

Tuesday's poll of polls includes one survey conducted in part after Obama's controversial comments about some small-town Americans surfaced. Despite Clinton’s repeated criticism over the comments, a new Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday shows Obama's position has not changed from a similar poll conducted early last week.

Clinton holds a 6-point lead in the just-released Quinnipiac poll that was conducted April 9-13. Obama's comments first surfaced on April 11. The organization reports there was no noticeable difference in the results from the two days immediately following news of the comments.

The CNN poll of polls also includes recent surveys from Zogby and Time Magazine.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/15/polls-clinton-up-slightly-in-pennsylvania/

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5. Will Lincoln Survive "Gettysburg" Comments?

Will Lincoln Survive "Gettysburg" Comments?

Transcript from "Hannity's America" November 20, 1863 Freeway blogger posted on Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Sean Hannity: Well, we've got the transcript right here and it looks like Mr. Lincoln's really put his foot in it this time. The question for our panelists is: "After Gettysburg, Does Lincoln still have a chance for re-election?" Pat?

Pat Buchanan: I'd have to say no Sean. Right from the start he's set himself up as another liberal elitist, hopelessly out of touch with the voters. "Four Score and Seven..." The number he's looking for is eighty-seven. Maybe if he put down his chablis and brie plate for a minute he'd understand how real people actually speak.

Laura Ingraham: And the whole thing was written on the back of an envelope for cryin' out loud. Hey Abe, get a clue: it's called "paper." Not everybody can use a perfectly good envelope, which as all Americans know is meant for mailing things... and he uses it for scratch paper! Give me a break!

Sean Hannity: Let's go a little further down here to the comments that really seem to have set American's teeth on edge, the part about not being able to dedicate, consecrate or "hallow", whatever that means, this ground. Is it wise for someone running for re-election to tell us what we can't do? Does he just hate Americans? Pat?

Pat Buchanan: Sure sounds like it to me.

….more at the link

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6. CNN Poll shows Obama gaining, holding steady in key states

Poll shows Obama gaining, holding steady in key states
Posted: 10:24 PM ET


A new poll shows good news for Obama.


(CNN) — Despite a weekend of negative coverage following his controversial remarks about some small town Americans, Barack Obama appears to be holding steady or making gains in the next three primary states, according to a just released poll.

Most surprisingly, the new LA Times/Bloomberg poll shows Obama ahead of Hillary Clinton by 5 points in Indiana (40 to 35 percent), a state with demographics that favor the New York senator and one where other recent polls have shown her with a lead.

The poll also shows Clinton only holds a 5 point lead in Pennsylvania (48 to 43 percent). That margin is among the slimmest measured between to the two candidates and is significantly less than the double digit lead Clinton held there two weeks ago.

In North Carolina, the new survey shows Obama with a 13 point lead (47-34 percent), a margin that is consistent with other recent polls in that state.

Pennsylvania votes April 22 while Indiana and North Carolina vote two weeks later on May 6. Should Clinton win in Pennsylvania, some political observers have said she must score a victory in at least one of the May 6 states to make a compelling argument to continue her presidential campaign.

The poll was conducted over five days (April 10-14), the majority of which came after Obama's now famous "bitter" comments first surfaced.

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7. Hillary Clinton's Strategically Delayed Gratification."

"Hillary Clinton's Strategically Delayed Gratification."

P.M. Carpenter: The Fifth Columnist for Tuesday, April 15, Only on BuzzFlash.com

"What, pray tell, is Hillary's game? And that, too, by now, seems self-evident: Try to destroy the chance of some other Democratic administration of eight long years, lick her wounds for four and reenter the presidential arena with image, by then,
somehow repolished and party reunified. And all she asks of her marks is another four years of another George W. Bush --
a small price to pay for their ultimate salvation: the Clintons."

...more at the link

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8. Reid "it will be over soon" Reid jokes Dem race making him 'bitter'

Reid jokes Dem race making him 'bitter'
Posted: 05:29 PM ET

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/




Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
(CNN) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid joked on Thursday said the sharp back-and-forth of late between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama is having an effect on him.

"It makes me bitter," the Nevada Democrat said, invoking Obama's controversial comments that sparked strong criticisms from Clinton and Republican John McCain.

Reid went on to call the prolonged Democratic "healthy for our party," and predicted, "This is all going to be over fairly soon."

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9. Insider Advantage NC Poll: Obama 51, Clinton 35

Unchanged from their last poll which had Obama up 49-34

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10. Now He's A Godless Commie

Now He's A Godless Commie

Andrew Sullivan 14 Apr 2008

Bill Kristol, trained in the same politics as Hillary Clinton, now argues that Obama's remarks in a fundraiser q and a are the "real Obama" - and that his voluminous writing and speaking about the sincerity of his own religious faith, and of others, are presumably "masks." The reason for inferring Obama's Marxism is the following point Obama artlessly made about the way in which economic distress can alter people's tolerance for others:

"It’s not surprising then that they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."

Is this indistinguishable from saying, along with Marx, that all religion is an obviously false consciousness caused by the alienation of the world-historical class struggle? No, it obviously isn't. It's saying that economic distress does often in human history express itself in more rigid forms of religion, more reactionary cultural identification, less tolerance of "the other." Since large swathes of human history have shown this to be true - and perfectly arguable without any materialist understanding of religion - Kristol is deliberately distorting to paint Obama as a cynical manipulator of religious faith for political ends, rather than as a genuine Christian. He's calling him a lying, Godless communist.

…more at the link

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11. Clinton mayoral rally gets small turnout in Pa. (bitterly small)

Clinton mayoral rally gets small turnout in Pa.

The Associated Press April 15

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Turnout at the "100 Mayors for Hillary" rally was a little under 20 percent.

Nineteen mayors of Pennsylvania cities showed up for Tuesday's rally in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Capitol. Other mayors' names were listed on placards supporting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed spoke for the group against the backdrop of a banner touting the 100 mayors. He criticized Clinton's rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, for saying at a San Francisco fundraiser last week that some voters in small towns in Pennsylvania cling to guns or religion because of their frustration over their economic circumstances.

Reed called Obama's comments "divisive and condescending."

"Small-town values are the bedrock of American values," Reed said.

An Obama campaign spokesman said participation in the rally was "about the same percentage of voters who actually care about this story."

…more at the link

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12. Pennsylvania Auditor General Jack Wagner To Endorse Barack Obama At 1: 00 PM Today.

www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5514677 - 2 hours ago - Similar pages

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13. Barack sporting new flag pin at veterans town hall meeting in Washington, PA on April 15, 2008

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x119150

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14. Who's Patronizing Who?

Frankly, Who's Patronizing Who?

By Richard Cohen April 15, 2008

Long ago, I discovered that the word "frankly" often meant a lie was coming my way. I learned this from an insurance agent, who preceded every attempt to sell me useless coverage with a "frankly." This explains why I distrust what Hillary Clinton said about Barack Obama and his admittedly klutzy statement about guns, church, immigrants and bitterness -- "elitist, out of touch and, frankly, patronizing," she said.
Frankly, I don't believe her.

And this, frankly or not, is the trouble with Clinton. Obama clearly misspoke. But there are really very few moments with him where I feel that he does not believe what he is saying -- even when, as with his lame capitulation of leadership regarding the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, I can't respect it. With Clinton, on the other hand, those moments are frequent. She is forever saying things I either don't believe or believe that even she doesn't believe. She is the personification of artifice.

The current fuss is an example. She has turned Obama's statement into an affront to gun lovers everywhere, which it just might be. But since when is Hillary Clinton a gun lover, a hunter or even a weekend skeet shooter? She is, apparently, none of the above -- at least she will not say when she last fired a gun. The truth, if a guess is allowed, is that she does not give a damn about guns and hunting, and when she brings up her "church-going family" and her "Our Town" values, they are expressions of treacly nostalgia and not the life of incredible affluence and situational morality she now enjoys. To paraphrase Dorothy, Clinton left Kansas a long time ago.

…more at the link

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15. The MSM has crossed the threshold to evil and toxic

The MSM has crossed the threshold to evil and toxic

Comment over at Balloon juice today

…MSM has crossed the threshold from just being the dumb cousin in the basement, to being an actively evil and toxic force in our public life. It’s really time for citizens to do what they can to let these assholes know that enough is enough.

I’ve resisted this conclusion as long as I can, but I now totally agree with DougJ, this isn’t tolerable any more. The stakes are too high and the evil and willfully ignorant products of MSM cannot be tolerated any longer.

We now have a situation where the entire media has descended to basically the level of Rush Limbaugh, and will sit there and tell you to your face that they aren’t to blame for the fact that the country is in an ongoing train wreck, and how dare you accuse of them of having anything to do with it?
Well, I do accuse them, and I am out to find ways to defeat them, put them out of business, and marginalize them. And I am giving more money to Obama.

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16. North Carolina Debate in Doubt

North Carolina Debate in Doubt

The Caucus NY Times By Sarah Wheaton April 15, 2008

The first debate in nearly two months is coming up in Philadelphia tomorrow, but it’s unclear how long we’ll have to go until the next one. There is a debate scheduled in North Carolina on April 27. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has committed, but Senator Barack Obama is still checking his date book.

The North Carolina Democratic Party isn’t waiting for that key R.S.V.P. before inviting more guests. The party already has an entry form on its Web site for a drawing to receive tickets.

Mr. Obama originally agreed to a debate on April 19 in the state, but that date fell through. Jerry Meek, chairman of the North Carolina Democrats, said the party chose April 27 from the four choices presented by CBS, which is co-sponsoring and broadcasting the forum. Mr. Meek said the time, 8 p.m. on a Sunday, was appealing “given that the time slot after ‘60 Minutes’ is one of the most coveted time slots.”

Why the Obama campaign is balking on the date remains unclear. “I am always open to debates,” he told the Charlotte Observer on Friday, “but I think that obviously we’ve got to structure our campaign so that we’re reaching as many voters as possible, and it’s not clear that the April 27 debate will work for our schedule.”

CBS anchors Bob Schieffer and Katie Couric would moderate the event at the R.B.C. Center in Raleigh.

...more at the link

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17. Obama in Raleigh North Carolina Thursday

Obama in Raleigh North Carolina Thursday

Submitted by kmr on Tue, 04/15/2008

Barack Obama will be at the Kerr Scott Building in Raleigh for a Town Hall meeting at 11:30 a.m.

Details on tickets via the campaign:

Thursday’s Town Hall in Raleigh is free and open to the public, but tickets are required.
See details of ticket distribution locations and times below. For more information please call 919-828-0080.

Ticket Distribution Location

Obama for America Raleigh Headquarters
130 E. Morgan St. Raleigh, NC
Wednesday, April 16

...more at the link

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18. Hillary lied again (Super delegates bitter over bitter claim)

Hillary falsely claims superdelegate endorsed her over "bitter" comments (John Aravosis / AMERCAblog)

Hillary lied again

by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/15/2008

We had two very good men run for president in 2000 and 2004, but large segments of the electorate concluded that they
did not really understand or relate to or frankly respect the truth, and I think that is an issue for voters.

Here's what Hillary says on her campaign Web site:

Today, Hillary Clinton received the endorsement of another prominent Montana leader, Yellowstone County Commissioner Bill Kennedy
.... Kennedy said Sen. Obama's remarks last week at a San Francisco fundraiser solidified his support for Sen. Clinton.

Here's the truth from Kennedy today, April 15:

“I had been leaning toward Hillary for months,” Kennedy said. “I actually decided to endorse her two weeks ago.”

In other words, he decided on April 1. Obama made the bitter comments on April 6. So, she lied.

It's not just the lies, but how bad Hillary sucks at lying. The lies are amateurish. She was caught in sniper fire when she knows there were a bazillion reporters, including film crews, with her at the time? The White House sent her and her 15 year old daughter on trips that were too dangerous for the president? She only mentioned the Bosnia gaffe once, late at night? Everyone at all of their stops has been wearing "I'm not bitter" stickers (when they weren't, and the media has been with them the entire time)? She's always been opposed to NAFTA? She brought peace to Northern Ireland? She once tried to join the Marines? She's a duck hunter and a big fan of the culture of guns?

Speaking of ducks, if it quacks like a duck...

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19. In N.C. this year, almost 53,000 people under 25 registered to vote

In N.C. this year, almost 53,000 people under 25 registered to vote

By Lisa Boone-Wood JOURNAL REPORTER Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Students for Barack Obama set up a sound system in front of the clock tower at Winston-Salem State University one recent afternoon and cranked up the music.

Speakers encouraged political activism while others worked the crowd to sign up new voters. In two hours, 110 students had registered to vote.

...“In the past, conventional political wisdom was that young voters don’t vote, so campaigns ignored them,” said Gary Pearce, a longtime Democratic political consultant in North Carolina. “That has changed this year.”

Young people have registered in large numbers this year. N.C. State Board of Elections records show that 52,844 people ages 18 to 24 registered to vote in January, February and March, compared with 20,067 who registered during the same period in 2004.

Some attribute that surge to Obama’s popularity among young people.

“Both campaigns seem to be aggressive,” Pearce said. “But Obama’s campaign really seems to be aggressive about recruiting young people and that’s been a big part of his surge nationally.”

...more at the link

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20. Petraeus Leaves Hillary Speechless

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21. Who IS Mayhill Fowler? (hint, her husband is a McCain supporter)

Who IS Mayhill Fowler?

At TPM Cafe April 15, 2008

By now, most of us know the name of the person who surreptitiously
weaseled her way into a private Obama fund raiser hosted by Alex
Mehran, a wealthy real estate developer and boating enthusiast, and his
companion Carolyn Davis in California, armed with some kind of a
recorder, and walked out with a sound bite that's created a veritable
shit storm in the political world.

But who IS this woman, how did she pull this off, and what could have
motivated her to do what she did? These are the questions that many of
us have been asking as we watched the media, Clinton and McCain
campaigns attempt to distort Obama's remarks into a bombshell.

Meet Mayhill Fowler, a 61 year old "Vassar Girl" who landed in Oakland California, and married well.

As the wife of attorney James C. Fowler (a UCSB undergrad; UC Berkley
J.D. circa 1968), a Mc Cain supporter and boat lover who owns a 43 foot
yacht via some kind of revokable trust he established, and who is a
partner with the prestigious firm Bingham & McClutchen, which
list's Mehran's firm as a client on it's website, specializes in real
estate law, does work in the energy sector, and who's clients also
ocassionaly include people who buy military bases that have been
closed, Mayhill Fowler inhabits that rarified air of the truly rich and
truly elite. Evidently the irony was lost on this Wellsley Girl, who
married so well, when she wrote her article disparaging Barack Obama as
an "elitist".

...more at the link

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22. being labeled an elitist by Hillary ..is as hard to swallow as a shot of Royal Crown at a photo op

Bitter? I didn't even vote for 'er

By by The Gipper- TPM Cafe April 16, 2008, 12:21AM

This is my first TPM post. I'm not sure why now, but after years of reading this site (among my other usual blog stops), sending links to my fellow obsessives, and yelling at the computer screen, I thought I'd throw in a couple of brief thoughts about the latest imbroglio.

When Obama's SF quote surfaced and made its initial rounds across the media and internets, I gulped and sweated, thinking, "this might be the one that buries him." Obviously this has not been the case. I think there are 2 reasons for that:

1. The crux of the condemnation of Obama's words in SF was that they were uttered by an elitist out of touch with the working class, whose voting tendencies he was trying to analyze. However, being labeled an elitist by Hillary Clinton is as hard to swallow as a shot of Royal Crown at a photo op.

2. More importantly, it is worse for people to be told they are being offended than being told they are bitter and cling to their values. It seems many people sensed the intrinsic value in his statement, as awkward as it may have been. He may have actually tapped into their frustration, their yearning for change, and, yes, their bitterness. To jump on that, get in people's faces, and tell them how offended they are (all to score a few political points) is more offensive than the original offense: "I might be bitter and clingy, and I may not want to hear about it, but I sure as hell don't want to be told what offends me."

As a disclaimer, I'm a 30-something, white collar, while, male Obama supporter from NYC who has been to PA maybe 5 times in my life. Therefore, it's probably difficult for me to speak for the constituency in question. However, if anything, we are seeing a back-lash against HRC, and if I may speak for others, they just aren't hearing her loud, empty, rattling can about elitism and being out of touch.

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23. "I am the rural voter Barack Obama is talking about"

Clinton Supporters, Please stop putting words in my mouth!

By Nate Biehl - April 15, 2008

Dear Clinton Supporters,

I am the rural voter Barack Obama is talking about.
I am a gun owner and a sportsman. Not the kind of sportsman that pays thousands of dollars for a guided trophy hunt. I save for my tags every year, and I go where I know I will fill them because my family depends on that meat in the freezer.


Though I'm not a factory worker or a miner, I struggle to provide for a family of four on a salary that falls below the federal poverty line. My company was just bought out and jobs are vaporizing around me as this economy continues to skid (someone forgot to tell corporate that there may not be a recession. )

I come from a fire & brimstone evangelical background. I still go to a small country church in a ghost town on holidays with my parents.

I do not consider myself a Christian, but I do attend regular services with my family (the UCC Church, the church of Jeremiah Wright. I go with my wife, but I stay because they are at the ABSOLUTE BLEEDING EDGE of progress and social justice in my community. To hear a church that has done so much for so many progressive issues demonized by Democrats is astonishing, but that's a subject for another post. )

... more at the link

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24. Gaffe-In

Gaffe-In

By: John Cole at Ballon Juice. April 15, 2008 at 2:18 pm

The Daily Show:

See the Daily Show Video on Hillary Clinton, this is one of the best, Stewart takes it from beginning to end, mocking the "elitist" thing,
mocking how Hillary works to appear like regular people.....

A great comment about the skit:

She’s drinking an overpriced whiskey served in a faux-velvet pouch with a name that implies aristocracy – twice – in order to emulate the common man.

It would be like if she drank a Bloody Mary in salute of non-violence or a Sex On The Beach in support of abstinence education.

She’s trying to out everyman Obama and she’s failing in an embarrassing fashion. Thank god Obama is our guy for the general. I’m really in the mood for a serious candidate for the White House.

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26. WaPO, Schoen: Hillary Needs to Completely Abandon Her Positive Campaign Against Obama

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5524824

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49. Hillary doesn't have a positive campaign against Obama

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27. I Got Flyers Today From Both Hillary & Obama Today (large pics)

So much for that "positive" campaign:

I Got Flyers Today From Both Hillary & Obama Today (large pics)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5520517&mesg_id=5520517

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28. Washington Post-ABC News poll: Majority View Clinton as Dishonest

OUCH:

Washington Post-ABC News poll: Majority View Clinton as Dishonest

Clinton is viewed as "honest and trustworthy" by just 39 percent of Americans, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, compared with 52 percent in May 2006. Nearly six in 10 said in the new poll that she is not honest and trustworthy. And now, compared with Obama, Clinton has a deep trust deficit among Democrats, trailing him by 23 points as the more honest, an area on which she once led both Obama and John Edwards.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5525058

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29. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Endorses Obama

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Endorses Obama

...This editorial began by observing that one candidate is of the past and one of the future. The litany of criticisms heaped on Sen. Obama by the Clinton camp, simultaneously doing the work of the Republicans, is as illustrative as anything of which one is which. These are the cynical responses of the old politics to the new.


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5525132

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30. ABC Restricts Debate Clips to 30 Seconds; Cable Channels May Cite ‘Fair Use’ - tape delay for West

Tape delay for the West Coast!!!!!!

http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/abc-restricts-debate-clips-to-30-seconds-cable-channels-may-cite-fair-use/


ABC Restricts Debate Clips to 30 Seconds; Cable Channels May Cite ‘Fair Use’
By Brian Stelter April 15, 2008, 7:10 pm


Maybe Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton can sum up their policy differences in 30 seconds or less on Wednesday night. They will have to if they are going to get their points across well on networks other than ABC, which is sponsoring the hotly anticipated Democratic debate that evening. According to the usage guidelines circulated by ABC, other news organizations are only allowed to excerpt half a minute from the broadcast.

That means choosing only one 30-second clip to use on television and the Web between 11 p.m. Wednesday and 5 a.m. Thursday. ABC defends the restrictions as being “very reasonable.” After all, ABC is footing the bill to stage the debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. “We have an obligation to our West Coast affiliates to not make chunks of the debate available until their viewers have had a chance to see them,” an ABC spokesman said.

By tape-delaying the debate for its West Coast television stations, the network seems to be treating the debate as a television show rather than as a live news event. When cable news channels sponsor debates, they telecast the forums live across all time zones.

Indeed, the cable news channels may make it their business to skirt ABC’s rules. Fox News, CNN and MSNBC can be expected to use “fair use” justifications to show more clips from the debate, especially if the two candidates have a newsworthy exchange.


Bill Carter contributed reporting.

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31. Taylor Marsh wants you to send emails... Sounds like a good idea to me!

Taylor Marsh wants you to send emails... Sounds like a good idea to me!

John Brown Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Just when I thought I could lay off Taylor Marsh...

Talk radio personality (not) Taylor Marsh is begging her intellectually bankrupt, pro-Monster mini fan club to send emails to the folks at Air America and XM satellite radio. She's hoping that a wave of "please put Taylor on the radio" missives will somehow convince the network to give her a show.

Now, as you may remember from this little bio of Taylor Marsh, she portrays herself as a radio host when, in reality, she is a Hill-shill podcaster whose only actual on-air experience consists of buying time on a Nevada vanity station in hopes of convincing someone she deserves mic time. That experiment, obviously, failed.

I'm doing my part to keep the streak of Marsh radio disappointment alive.

I'm following Taylor's advice. I'm going to write a little bit to Air American and XM. I doubt my sentiments are the ones she had in mind when she hit "publish" on her Begging for Airtime post, though.

...more http://johnbrownks.blogspot.com/2008/04/taylor-marsh-wants-you-to-send-emails.html">at the link

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32. Maybe someone is figuring this shit out... Hillary's speaking gigs not working out so well.

Maybe someone is figuring this shit out... Hillary's speaking gigs not working out so well...

John Brown



Two interesting stories. They almost make me wonder if maybe folks are beginning to see through the bullshit.

If a tree falls in the forest... You get the idea. Does this actually count as a speech if no one bothered to listen?

No you can't! At least a few people at this speaking engagement were ready to answer what Hillary mistakenly assumed was a purely rhetorical question. Whoops, Monster!

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33. LOGOS and ART Bitter and not so bitter

I keep my eye out for cool logos or other graphic art. DU is full of it.
Thought you might enjoy.

Anytime you see something cool, I hope you will post it in the news or else
pm me.

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41. Thread featuring DU's TOP GRAPHIC ARTIST SWAMP RAT

There's Only One SwampRat, And I'm Glad He's On Our Side !!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5520507&mesg_id=5520507

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42. More logos and super graphics seen at DU today

many from the Swamp Rat thread:









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34. Senator Obama defends Senator Clinton against charge that 'elitisim' = 'uppity'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5525773

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35. More Americans brand Clinton 'dishonest'

http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=51807§ionid=3510203


More Americans brand Clinton 'dishonest'
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:16:54
Hillary Clinton
A new Washington Post-ABC news poll shows US Dem. candidate Hillary Clinton is losing support among Americans for being 'dishonest'.

The poll revealed that only 39 percent of Americans see her as 'honest and trustworthy,' with six in 10 saying she is not so.

She has also lost support among Democrats with 63 percent calling her honest, down 18 points from 2006, and among independents, her trust level has dropped 13 points to 37 percent.

The new poll suggests that much of her problem is with men with nearly two-thirds of them saying she is not honest and trustworthy (an increase of 19 points), compared with 53 percent of women (up 12 points).

Among whites, the percentage agreeing Clinton is honest has declined 10 points, compared with 26 points among nonwhites.

At the moment compared to Democratic rival Barack Obama, Clinton has a deep trust deficit among Democrats, trailing Obama by 23 points as the more honest.

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36. Wonder why Clinton doesn't talk about Michigan - Obama leads in Michigan

http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/04/obama_does_better_against_mcca.html


Obama does better against McCain than Clinton in Michigan poll
by Kathy Barks Hoffman | The Associated Press
Monday April 14, 2008, 1:44 PM

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- A new poll shows Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama doing better against Republican John McCain among Michigan voters than Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton.

The poll by Lansing-based EPIC-MRA shows 43 percent of the 600 likely voters polled back Obama, while 41 percent back McCain. Eight percent say they'd vote for independent candidate Ralph Nader, while 8 percent are undecided.

McCain leads Clinton 46 percent to 37 percent. Ten percent say they'd vote for Nader and 7 percent are undecided.

Fifty-nine percent have a favorable opinion of McCain, while 55 percent feel that way about Obama and 45 percent about Clinton.

The poll was conducted April 3-8. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.

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37. BILL ASKS FOR CAMPAIGN DONATIONS

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/15/893724.aspx


From NBC/NJ's Mike Memoli
COATESVILLE, PA -- Bill Clinton made another pitch for campaign donations during a rally this morning in Pennsylvania, telling a supporters that his wife risks being “blown out” by Obama on the airwaves.

“I want you to get out there and work for her,” he told a crowd of about 200 at a union hall in this small town. “She can win being outspent -- the first two weeks of this television campaign she was outspent five-to-one on television. But she can’t be blown out.”

He asked the supporters to not only vote for Hillary and convince their undecided friends, but also ask them to “send $10 or $5 or $15 dollars on the Internet.” “I’m telling you, she’s your candidate. She is the best person you can elect to be president to change lives for the better,” he said.

Clinton often refers to the financial disparity in the race, noting that she has been outspent in past contests and prevailed. But that stump -- at least since the time of the Potomac Primary -- hasn’t always included an outright solicitation for more funds.

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44. word is: "campaign is $10 million in debt to Penn, Schoen & Berland,"

I refer to the source of that quote with a little bit of vomit in the
back of my throat.

Ugly treachorus blue dressed Bob Novak:

Clinton's Debt to Penn

Penn's business conglomerate remains entwined in Clinton's campaign. Three weeks ago, the campaign hired as chief operating officer Howard Paster, who heads the London-based global advertising giant WPP Group. Penn is CEO of the public relations and lobbying company Burson-Marsteller, which is owned by WPP. Penn and Paster won the admiration and devotion of the Clintons by running Bill Clinton's 1996 presidential campaign.

Beyond loyalty, Penn is welded to the 2008 Clinton campaign by financial ties. A source who has had close connections with Penn got word to me that he believes the Clinton campaign is $10 million in debt to Penn, Schoen & Berland, which is owned by Burson-Marsteller. The campaign's March report to the Federal Election Commission recorded indebtedness to the company of nearly $2.5 million (with its expenses for the month listed at $3.1 million).

My sources suggest that Clinton's full indebtedness may be revealed only gradually. This money link helps explain why Penn is still around even though organized labor demanded his scalp last summer and he is blamed inside the campaign for failing to perceive the public's demand for "change."

Just how much money Clinton owes Penn could cause major difficulties. If not repaid promptly,
would it constitute an illegal financial contribution? Because the British WPP owns Burson-Marsteller, would that debt constitute an illegal foreign contribution?

Over the past week, I talked to 10 superdelegates (including two U.S. senators) who are committed to Clinton. Each claimed that he would stick with her, but none could see how she could be nominated. In such a frame of mind, they would prefer a Geoff Garin-style soft landing to conclude the campaign. With Mark Penn still around, they could get a far more dramatic endgame.


...more at the link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302029.html?wpisrc=newsletter

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38. Dakota Wesleyan Poll: Obama Leads in South Dakota (46% to 34%)

The South Dakota primary will be held on June 3rd.

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080415/NEWS/80415035/1001/news

I've used up my 3 posts in the last 24 hrs., so someone please post this!

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39. McCain even with Obama, leads Clinton: Reuters poll

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain runs even with Democratic rival Barack Obama and narrowly leads Hillary Clinton in potential match-ups in November, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday

McCain was seen as a better steward of the economy than either Democrat despite their repeated criticism of his economic credentials. He led Obama by 3 points and Clinton by 5 points on the question of who would best manage the economy.

In the Democratic race, Obama widened his national lead over Clinton to 51 percent to 38 percent, up from a 3-point edge in March, in polling taken before a controversy erupted over Obama's comments about small-town residents.

The two Democrats, battling for the right to face McCain in November's presidential election, both gained ground on the Arizona senator nationally in the last month although Obama fares slightly better in head-to-head match-ups.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080416/pl_nm/usa_poll_politics_dc;_ylt=AujUBTksI.9w7MYUGYyGe86s0NUE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3270402

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40. kick

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43. For Obama, Unexpected Support - Antiabortion Lawmakers' Backing May Help in Pa., Ind.

For Obama, Unexpected Support
Antiabortion Lawmakers' Backing May Help in Pa., Ind.

By Shailagh Murray
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, April 14, 2008; Page A01

As strong and consistent abortion foes, Sen. Robert P. Casey Jr. and former congressman Timothy J. Roemer are anomalies in a Democratic Party that has overwhelmingly advocated abortion rights. Yet both are backing Sen. Barack Obama, whom one conservative blogger dubbed "the most pro-abortion candidate ever."

As firmly as Casey (Pa.) and Roemer (Ind.) have adhered to their opposition, Obama has never supported a single measure that would curtail access to abortion -- even under controversial circumstances. But Casey and Roemer have chosen to ignore Obama's legislative record, and are promoting the Democratic presidential candidate to their antiabortion allies as someone who could achieve a new consensus on the issue. "He has the unique skills to try to lower the temperature and foster a sense of common ground, and try to figure out ways that people can agree," Casey said, although the freshman senator added, "On this issue, it's particularly hard."

The endorsements send a powerful signal in two critical battlegrounds: Pennsylvania, which will hold its primary on April 22, and Indiana, which will vote on May 6. Both states have sizable segments of socially conservative Democrats who reject the party's orthodoxy on an issue they have long viewed as troubling and complex.

Casey's endorsement is particularly important because Obama's ability to reach these voters is even more in question in light of the controversy provoked by his description of small-town Pennsylvania voters as driven by bitterness over their economic situation and looking for ways "to explain their frustrations."

...more at the link
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/13/AR2008041302457.html?wpisrc=newsletter

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45. Leechburg PA Mayor Wants Clinton Apology - video and article

Leechburg Mayor Wants Clinton Apology

Former President Bill Clinton is campaigning in western Pennsylvania today on behalf of wife Sen. Hillary Clinton and he could face a serious confrontation.

Video: http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/video/15896501/index.html

Local news is reporting about potential confrontation between mayor of Leechburg & Clinton.
The mayor of Leechburg said he would confront Clinton at Kittanning High School and demand the former president to apologize for the major job losses in Armstrong County. The mayor Chuck Pascal said workers lost their jobs due to a free trade agreement passed during the Clinton administration

Ex-President Clinton Back In Town Campaigning For Wife April 15, 2008
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/politics/15890065/detail.html

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46. **VIDEO** - Obama on HBO Real Sports (watch Barack in action)

I posted both parts:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x119487

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47. Reps. Watt, Price (NC)are endorsing Obama

2 of our most influential in NC:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5529473

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48. Frank: Trailing Democrat Should Drop Out

Frank: Trailing Democrat Should Drop Out

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Barney Frank said the trailing Democratic presidential candidate should drop out of the race by no later than June 3 -- the date of the two last Democratic primaries -- even if it is the candidate he supports, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton.

''Probably sooner,'' the Massachusetts congressman added in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press. He suggested that the trailing candidate should drop out once it became clear that candidate had no remaining practical chance of winning the nomination.

South Dakota and Montana vote on that day. Sen. Barack Obama currently leads Clinton in both pledged delegates and in the popular vote. But neither can mathematically win a majority by that date and the final outcome will depend on superdelegates.

As a member of Congress, Frank is one of the nearly 800 elected officials and party leaders who are superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention.

...
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Democrats-Frank.html?_r=1&scp=12&sq=obama+bitter+guns&st=nyt&oref=slogin

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50. k and r and thanks...(n/t)...

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51. WIll Lou Dobbs read results of his "are you bitter" poll on his show?

Since the vote isn't going Dobb's way, WILL he read the results
live on his show?

The poll is lower down on the right hand side.

QuickVote
Which of these best describes your attitude as an American citizen?
Partisan & pitiful 2% 281
Bitter & angry 67% 9271
Independent & proud 31% 4358
Total Votes: 13910

This is not a scientific poll


http://loudobbs.tv.cnn.com/