Obama: Clinton PA Supporters Switching Sides Today

[Coexist]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/4/17/9359/02959/833/497491

Sorry about the quick-fire diary, but according to Halperin:

The Obama campaign tells Stephanopoulos that "prominent Pennsylvania supporters" will switch their support from Clinton to Obama Thursday morning due to Clinton’s negativity.

unertl's diary :: ::

First, the traditional media is turning its back on George Stephanpoulos and Charlie Gibson for its horrible performance. Even Clinton supporter Ed Rendell was disappointed with the debate. Then this morning, Obama picks up another superdelegate endorsement from Oklahoma. Now, Clinton supporters are coming out to denounce AND reject her for being a Republican in Democratic clothing.

Am I missing anything else?

Let the backlash continue! Pennsylvania, you can end this on Tuesday.

Update from Halperin:

Obama campaign to hold 12:30 pm ET media call with Clinton Pennsylvania supporters who are switching their support to Obama due to the "recent wave of negativity."

Head over there to check out the many links in the Diary.

On edit: I am taking "prominent" out of the headline because if it is what Ben Smith has up, its regular voters, not SDs.

[tishaLA]

1. Wow. I thought this might happen

But it was only wishful thinking.

[Catherina]

3. I knew it would and keep telling her supporters to quit encouraging

her bad behavior if they really care but none of them seem to get it.

[writes3000]

2. You mean Democrats don't like Republican smear tactics? They want someone better than that?

What a surprise!

[meow mix]

4. K&R

[democrattotheend]

5. It's after 12:30. Any news on who they are?

[Coexist]

8. the conference call probably isn't over yet - I will keep checking for updates

you can count on that!

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

9. Is Harry Thomas Jr. of PA?

Because he's a superdelegate that just switched to Obama.

[shadowknows69]

10. Washington DC

[crispini]

6. Weehee! nt

[redqueen]

7. That sure didn't take long.

Let's see Hillary's more rabid supporters here continue gloating as she reaps the rewards for her RW antics.

[meow mix]

11. they are so happy about hillary being in free-fall

:crazy:

[redqueen]

17. All they seem to care about is that Obama got burned.

[meow mix]

19. yup, i think that indicates their true allegiance

and its not what they claim.

[americanstranger]

32. I said this yesterday, in the midst of that horrible Obama thread.

It's not even about getting Hillary nominated any more. Now it's all about damage and payback.

They know the show's over, and all they want to do is bust up shit before they're thrown out of the building.

- as

[crankychatter]

43. you sound like a person that's busted up some shit before getting thrown out of the building

I like that in a person

but when the building is America and the World?

Well it looks like Clinton's going to get the old "86" eh?

not a minute too soon...

I remember at the Blue Moon in Seattle there was a BIG UGLY, 265 lb guy, going around picking on people, trying to start fights...

A little lady led the charge and got right up in his face... and 25 gentle hippies, picked him almost physically UP, and floated him out of the building... not a soul was injured

everyone applauded

[americanstranger]

50. I've been there.

Heh. Ramones @ the Palladium on 14th St. in NYC, January of '78...

Not exactly busting shit up - but the Palladium set up chairs on the dance floor for the show, and the crowd was having NONE of it. Within 2 songs, the chairs were in a pile to the side of the stage, and the crowd was off.

I've seen my share of ugly at concerts in my time, though. CBGB, as much as I loved the place, was not always sweetness and light. When you throw in Brooklyn tough guys and Hell's Angels and a tightly-packed room full of punk fans and beer, something is bound to happen, and it usually did.

Good times, good times... I miss that joint. but I digress.

- as

[nels25]

46. Could not agree with you more!!

after all how dare someone with a better approach, who horror of horrors actually wants to address the conditions the country faces rather than continue in useless combat with the other party.

I swear Obama is such a breath of fresh air in the stench that has become politics in this nation.

[SoCalDem]

48. Revenge & Vitriol.. Hillary's Biggest Hits..coming soon to your nearest music store

Get your CDs before they run out,..

The HRC crowd is the "if she can't have it, NO ONE can" club..

The utterly sad thing is that for many of them it's because she's A woman....

That same kind of thinking is what drove Chinese people to actually drown female babies.. (there are millions of young Chinese guys now who dearly wish they hadn;t done that.. they cannot find wives)


A "preferred" sex is NO way to vote..and people who do NOT vote that way are NOT sexist..

The woman has too much baggage and we are sick of the Clintons...like the Bushes..and we want ALL of them to just GO AWAY...

[roguevalley]

39. this debate was the worst possible thing that could happen to her

because she gloated at his discomfort and the blogs are saying her saying she is smearing him because the repugs will later makes her a repug. I cannot even recognize her. thank god this primary happened this way. we would have never seen it otherwise.

[redqueen]

44. Excellent points...

thanks for pointing out the silver lining.

:hi:

[Imagevision]

12. Obama will be our next presient - McCain, if he lasts? merely going thru the motions for Obama

[tishaLA]

13. This is blowback from the Ayers story

The thought that the Clinton camp would try to give that bunch of bullshit legs, I think, has just disgusted people. The ship jumping is only going to get worse before Tuesday.

[Cha]

26. ESPECIALLY when I hear ol

bil pardoned them. What's up with that..are they stupid.

[AtomicKitten]

14. It's a natural progression of events that shouldn't surprise ClintonCo but does.

Her campaign has been run on hubris and negativity. She is running a 2000/2004 campaign. I guess she didn't pick up the red clue phone that would have advised her it was 2008 and that Barack has changed the paradigm of politics as we have known it.

[Cha]

31. Who knew hilary was so

unhip? Actually, from having her as a Senator in 2002 when she voted for the IWR, without reading the 90 page NIE,.. after we called her office and emailed by the thousands to becheech her to vote NO was when a lot of us first realized she was in her own bubble, oblivious to the people.

[Why Syzygy]

47. Didn't she have Code Pink arrested outside her DC office? Or another pro peace group?

[Cha]

52. "Code Pink asks hilary to be a woman of Peace"..

"6 arrested"..

http://resistancemedia.org/2007/01/30/code-pink-asks-hillary-to-be-a-woman-for-peace-6-arrested.aspx

Yeah, that hilary is a hypocrite of the first magnitude.

[Why Syzygy]

53. Yeah. She was on my sh*t list before she even started campaigning. nt

[Cha]

55. I didn't have a candidate yet but

I knew it had to be one of our bright politicians to whom hilary couldn't hold a candle.

[SoonerPride]

15. Could it be the Philly Mayor? How about 81 small town mayors that blew her off on her photo op?

Anyone know?

[Coexist]

23. I wish - I've been checking everwhere - even siren-guy.

nothing yet.

[Mooney]

24. I would be shocked if it was Nutter.

I saw him just a few days ago on Colbert and he gave one of the best statements of support for Hillary Clinton that I've ever heard from one of her supporters. To flip from that overnight (or even in just a couple of days) to supporting Obama just doesn't seem likely.

[SoonerPride]

28. I agree. I saw him Colbert too. But certainly it ain't Rendell.

Who then?

[Mooney]

40. No clue.

And no, it's not Rendell. And between him, Nutter, and Bob Casey, that constitutes the full extent of my knowledge of PA politicians.

[madrchsod]

16. who knows untill it happens

[libnnc]

18. Hey, has Clinton paid her bills yet?

Wondering what's up with that

[Debi]

22. Reports are due on April 20th - if history repeats itself we won't have access

to them for 2-3 days after the reporting deadline (because of the size of the reports). What happens between April 20th and 2-3 days after April 20th? x(

I'm sure we'll know if she paid her bills right AFTER the PA primary.

[lisa58]

27. I have been on her e-mail list for years....

...and they have asked every day since Tuesday for as little as $5 to keep the campaign going. They have NEVER done that before.

[Why Syzygy]

49. That's sad.

[Shae]

51. wow

they must really be hurting.

[liberaldem4ever]

20. Awesome!! K&R

[Diana Prince]

21. When Hillary goes negative Obama always looks sweeter.

No one wants the nastiness she spews.

[Cha]

34. I was hoping the majority wouldn't

want that nastiness the way she seems to think is so clever.

[PoliticalAmazon]

54. Even Pat Buchanan last night on MSNBC...

...was asked about Obama being the Teflon candidate. Buchanan said that he didn't believe that was true, and that it was the fact that OBama is a genuinely nice guy who is trying very hard to keep the campaign out of sound-byte cheap-shots, and that is why the negatives weren't sticking.

Buchanan has seemed to be more pro-Hillary, IMO, in the past, so this was a big surprise to me.

I don't agree with many of Buchanan's policy positions, but I think he has integrity. He is an excellent interviewer, comes to the table prepared, doesn't interrupt his guests, and asks really good questions. As a pundit, his answers are usually thoughtful and insightful. He has a keen sense of fair play, IMO, and I think that 3-on-1 hit job on Obama last night may have swung Buchanan over to Obama. Buchanan really didn't like the fact that Staphylococcolus was carrying water for Clinton and used a Hannity question.

As I said, I don't agree with most of his policies, but I do respect his integrity.

[DB1]

25. k/r Can't wait for update on who they are!

[InsultComicDog]

33. feh

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[TragedyandHope]

29. Glad to hear it

[rndmprsn]

30. keepin this kicked...i want to know who they are

[InsultComicDog]

35. nothing to see here, move along

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/

[AllentownJake]

36. my friends

I may be wrong but I thnk you all are going to be disapointed here.

[4themind]

38. "My friends".....

:mad:
Edit: I was suspicious when they said the O campaign told this to stephanopolous of all people

[SoonerPride]

41. Channelling McLameBrain are we?

"My friends"

[AllentownJake]

58. That was part of the joke

However I didn't here the rumblings of anything big when I stopped by the office yesterday so I figured this was going to be a small story.

[my3boyz]

37. I would not put it past George S to release that info just

to build the expectation and have it not happen. Then they can see the debate made them nervous about taking the step...Obama's future is uncertain. Blah..blah..blah..

[MarjorieG]

45. Interesting end game chess if Obama knew this pre-debate

Think Obama maintaining less negativity as prime game plan? If knowing these switches were happening, a bigger campaign strategy plus than piling on Clinton for issues many viewers may know. Those few that didn't might not have been worth the bigger gain.

[nels25]

42. Due we remember the dirty little secret of

who George S used to be the press secretary for.

Might help the direction the debate took last night.

[quantass]

56. Interestng!

[catgirl]

57. It's 3 P.M. now... any word?

I see voters switching. Any SDs... ?

[barack the house]

59. The wind is at our backs now people see the light. Our party dserves better.

[Texas Hill Country]

60. this is so blatantly staged. LOL