“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Sunday April 27 2008

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WELCOME TO “OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS

Sunday April 27 2008


Charles Ommanney / Getty Images for Newsweek
Road Tested: Obama, between campaign stops on his 'Road to Change' tour, aboard his bus in early April

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1. Reminder: Bill went on Limbaugh show day of Texas Primary

seems that some have forgotten or not noticed.

Bill went on Limbaugh show day of Texas Primary

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time - Blogs from CNN.comAnd former President Bill Clinton made an appearance on talker Rush Limbaugh's show the day of the Texas and Ohio primaries - contests in which the ...

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

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2. The truth about Florida Dems and the Democratic Primary

Those poor Florida Democrats

by kos
Tue Apr 01, 2008 at 05:05:00 PM PDT

To hear the Clinton campaign and Florida Democrats tell it, they were innocent bystanders to their state's GOP in deciding to move their election date up prior to their sanctioned slot in the calendar.

The reality is much different:

WATCH THE VIDEO OF SEN GELLER MOCKING HIS OWN AMENDMENT TO "OPPOSE" PRIMARY MOVE

That's the Florida Senate Democratic minority leader Steven Geller overtly pretending to object to the new calendar, laughing about it the whole time.

Geller: The chair of the Democratic National Committee has of coursed threatened that if we move the primary to before the first Tuesday in February that they will sanction us at the Democratic National Convention. So the Democratic leader and the Democratic leader pro-tem are jointly making this motion, which we will duly show to them later, that we tried not to have the election before the first Tuesday in March.

Chair: And so Sen. Geller are you urging a negative vote or would you like us to pass this vote?

Geller laughing: Oh no sir, we really really want this, don't we senator?

Chair: I understand. Please don't throw me into the bramble bush.

They were mocking the DNC's calendar and its rules from the beginning. This wasn't a Democratic Party dragged along by a malicious GOP. Florida Democrats wanted their state earlier in the calendar

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3. Dirty Tricks in Pennsylvania

In South Philadelphia, voting machines were broken at 4th and Ritner, smack dab in the middle of a Obama strong hold. "The dirty tricks have begun," said John Lucas, spokesman for the election board, who sees a conspiracy.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5696805

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4. Sen. Harkin today: "The rules are the rules"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5698737&mesg_id=5698737

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5. Florida and Michigan Dems, my heart goes out to you, but your state parties BROKE THE RULES

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5694351&mesg_id=5694351

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6. McAuliffe's threats to MI in 04 make ABC News...they should have read DU last year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5698663

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7. Arizona superdelegate pledges vote for Obama

Charlene Fernandez, chairwoman of the Yuma Democratic Party, was chosen the state party's first vice chairwoman, a position that carries with it superdelegate status
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5699334

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8. Hillary. Can. Not. Win.

Bizzaro World

By: John Cole at 12:16 pm
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I see several blog posts about this Eleanor Clift piece, in which Clift claims there will be hell to pay should Clinton eventually win then Presidency. Let me be clear about this:

Hillary. Can. Not. Win.

She can’t. She can’t even win the nomination in most scenarios here on planet earth. And should a backroom deal happen awarding her the nomination while trailing in the popular vote, trailing in pledged delegates, and trailing in, well, everything, the party and Hillary will be mortally wounded. People can pretend all they want that the party will sew itself right back together should the nomination be handed to Clinton. It will not.

So all together now- Hillary can not win. You don’t have to worry about vengeance.

I guess it is a testament to the power of Hillary that people keep role-playing in this little fantasy, because I saw Tony Snow and Gloria Borger sitting around gushing about how Hillary is doing this and how Hillary is doing and all sorts of other pointless babbling, when finally Jack Cafferty, also pushed to the brink of madness, had to stop the charade:

BORGER: Well, and that’s the smart answer for him. It’s the answer he’s going to give throughout the campaign. But I do still think that Barack Obama’s kind of a cool candidate. I think of him as kind of F.M. radio, kind of that sort of soft music. And maybe he needs a little more A.M. in him, you know, a little more rat-a-tat- tat, this is what I stand for, this is what I’m going to do for you, these are my headlines on the hour. Because that’s what Hillary Clinton is doing. And that seems to be connecting.

CAFFERTY: Excuse me, if I could just offer—he’s winning.

Stop the nonsense. Please.

*** Update ***

More on the media nonsense here. Unless the mainstream media are all super-delegates, this is just silliness. Sure, they want the race to continue on- it is sexy and exciting and you don’t have to deal with issues like, well, the war and the economy, but it changes nothing.

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17. Graphics for that Article! To be used in good stead!

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9. *** "Clinton stood and cheered, while Obama remained seated and silent." ***

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5695296&mesg_id=5695296

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10. Interesting comments from my Republican cousins:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5696989

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11. The Clinton-Obama Map

The Clinton-Obama Map

Andrew Sullivan 26 Apr 2008 11:45 am

From the Obama website, some political geography:

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12. Obama to Kokomo Kokomobama!

photos and more
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5689225&mesg_id=5689225

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13. Go Calling for Barack - facts and tips for first time callers

Get Calling for Barack!

Thank you for your interest in reaching out to potential supporters all across the nation by phone. The easy-to-use online phonebanking tool will provide you with a script and list of names to call.

Phonebanking is one of the most effective ways to have an impact beyond your own community, and you can do it whenever it's most convenient for you -- a little bit each day or all in one evening. Check out the tips and tutorial below. When you're ready to begin, select a state to start calling!

First time caller? Listen to a tutorial on how to get started.

Listen in for some great calling tips from some of our top callers. you'll need to go to this link

Patty from South Carolina on calling Indiana.

Ann Marie in Pennsylvania.

Susie in Maryland.

Questions about calling? Check out the Calling Frequently Asked Questions.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. How do I get started calling?

Thanks for your interest in making calls! To get started, first choose a state to call. Once in the calling campaign select, Click here to get started. Next, log into your My.BarackObama account. If you’ve never logged in before, it will only take a moment to create an account.
After logging in, you'll see a list of people to call. If you do not immediately see your list just click, request more numbers. Calling lists are available from 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. in the time zone of the state you're calling into. Next to your list you'll see, preview call script, which you may want to read over before you begin.

When you're ready, click on the first person's name and the page will display their number along with the beginning of the script. When you click the button that corresponds with their response, you'll see the next part of the script. Just make sure to click Done at the end of the call. After you click Done the program will bring you to the next number. For more information on how to get started, you can listen in to a calling tutorial and calling tips.

2. What are the most important calls for me to make?

You can always find the highest priority calls to make at My.BarackObama.com/call.

3. How do I make calls offline?

You now have the option to print off the script and list of numbers, make calls offline, and then return to record your call results online.
To get started calling, go to My.BarackObama.com/call and select the state you'd like to call. After logging in, select, Call Contacts Offline under Your Action. This will bring you into Offline Calling Mode where you can Print Call Script and Print Call List.

Once you've printed off the script and call list, feel free to log off the internet and leave the computer to make your calls. While making the calls, mark down the responses on your paper list. After you have completed all of your calls, please be sure to log back into the calling campaign and record your results by going to My.BarackObama.com/call.

It is so important to report your call results. You can enter the call results by going to Enter Printed Call List Results.

4. If I live abroad can I still make calls?

You may make calls from abroad. Just remember to check for the time difference. Each calling campaign is available from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the time zone of the state you’re calling into.


5. How old do I have to be to call?

You must be at least 13 years of age to make calls using the online calling tool.


6. Do I pay for the calls I make?

Volunteer callers using the online calling tool pay for their own calls. The campaign cannot reimburse you for the calls you make. Many callers take advantage of free cell phone minutes on evenings and/or weekends to make calls.


7. The phone numbers seem to be running together or are too small to read.

To make the names and numbers easier to read, go to View at the top of your browser. Next select, Text Size or Increase Text Size. This should allow you to increase the text, which will make the names and numbers easier to distinguish from one another.


8. What is the best response to mark if the person called is deceased?

If you call someone who has passed away, please mark Wrong Number so that they will not be called again.


9. If I reach a disconnected number, what response should I mark?

If you reach a disconnected number, please mark Wrong Number so the number will not be called again.


10. Why do some voters receive duplicate calls?

Many voters are not used to being in the spotlight during the primary election and may be surprised at the attention. It is possible that the same voter will be called for various reasons, such as to early vote and then to vote on election day. There is also a chance that a voter will receive a call from a local organizer as well as a national volunteer caller. If you speak with someone who is concerned about receiving numerous calls, please apologize and remind them that it is because the stakes are so high in this election and their role is so valuable in choosing the Democratic nominee.


11. I don’t see my list to call. Why is this?

If you do not see your list, first be sure to check the clock. Lists of numbers are only available from 9 a.m. – 9 p.m. in the time zone of the state you're calling into. It is also possible that a new batch of numbers is being added. Please check back in about 15 minutes. Thanks for making a difference!

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14. Bill Clinton Seeks Third Presidential Term (and Loophole to 22nd Amendment)

Bill Clinton Seeks Third Presidential Term (and Loophole to 22nd Amendment)

by DHinMI Daily Kos Sat Apr 26, 2008

Bill refuses to get off the stage:

Dubbed the "Billification" of Sen. Clinton's campaign by some insiders, Mr. Clinton has become something of a strategist-in-chief in recent weeks. He has been pushing for harder and sharper attacks on Sen. Obama. While she has jabbed her opponent over his "elitist" tone and controversial statements by his former pastor, Mr. Clinton delivers his own slams on the stump, calling Obama ads misleading.

The former president says he's in uncharted territory. "Being the spouse is more difficult than when I was the candidate," he says in a brief interview. "When you're running, you're out there driving every day. But when you're the spouse, you feel more protective. It's much harder."

Mr. Clinton has placed several of his own aides at headquarters, including his former lawyer and a bevy of strategists. Known as a bad loser, Mr. Clinton privately buttresses his wife's drive to push on, telling her, according to aides: "We're not quitters."

On his own daily message calls, advisers say, he implores: "We've got to take him on every time." At the Clintons' Washington, D.C., home recently, these people say, he reviewed possible TV spots and told ad makers to be more hard-hitting, faster and harsher.

Mr. Clinton also told the campaign to double the number of his daily appearances. "Look at this schedule -- you've got me down for four events," he said the week before Pennsylvania's primary, according to one operative. "Give me six, eight a day. Get me to the suburbs where I can make a difference."

Hillary Clinton won't be the nominee, but a small part of me wishes she would have won and then become President to see her and Bill fight for the microphone to answer those questions shouted out to "President Clinton."

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15. Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Top 9 Lies to Voters on the Campaign Trail

Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Top 9 Lies to Voters on the Campaign Trail

Think On These Things

“Obama’s best hope is that Democratic voters aren’t as dumb as Hillary and Bill Clinton think they are." Jonathan Alter

#1 Bill Clinton lied to voters at their rallies and said he had been opposed to the Iraq war from the start.

see video

#2 Hillary Clinton lied and said she had been opposed to NAFTA. After an advocacy group sued to have her First Lady records released, it was revealed that she had supported and advocated for NAFTA.

see video


#3 Hillary Clinton lied to voters about a trip to Bosnia claiming she was running for cover and did not attend a greeting ceremony.

see video


#4 Bill Clinton lied to voters about Barack Obama’s Iraq record.

see video


#5 Bill Clinton completely made up the story to supporters about Barack Obama dismissing the 90's

see video


#6 Hillary Clinton said she was instrumental in bringing peace to Ireland

see video


#7 Hillary Clinton lied to Iowa and New Hampshire voters about whether
she would try to count the Florida and Michigan primaries

see video

#8 Hillary Clinton lied at one of her rallies and said she began
criticizing the Iraq War before Barack Obama did.

see video

#9 On April 21, Bill Clinton said "I think they played the race card on me"
of the Obama campaign. The nexts day when an NBC reporter asked
Clinton, "Sir, what did you mean yesterday when you said that the Obama
campaign was playing the race card on you?" Clinton
claimed that he didn't make that statement.

see video

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16. Hope vs. Fear - Hillary wants to cast Obama as a 'Brother From Another Planet.'

Hope vs. Fear

Hillary wants to cast Obama as a 'Brother From Another Planet.'

What's New? Voters have made the same choice for decades
By Jonathan Alter | NEWSWEEK
May 5, 2008 Issue

With the exception of such all-Anglos as Monroe, Fillmore, Pierce and Coolidge, none of America's 43 presidents has ever borne a name that ends in a vowel. We traditionally like 'em not just white and male, but plain vanilla. President Barack Hussein Obama would pose a shock to that system.

Opposition to him is not so much old-fashioned racism as fear of the "other," with the subtext not just our tortured racial history, but tangled views of class and patriotism. Fortunately for him, different strains of the American character often work to ease our anxieties: openness, optimism, hope.

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Hillary Clinton has echoed Fox News's guilt-by-association tactics—linking Obama to people he barely knows like Louis Farrakhan and William Ayers. The sad irony is that these are the same attacks used against her husband in the elections of the 1990s. The GOP tried to destroy Bill Clinton for his relationships (much closer than Obama's tangential connections) with Arkansas crooks, sleazy fund-raisers and unsavory women. But "The Man From Hope," while seen as less honest than Bush or Bob Dole, bet that issues and uplift were more important to voters than his character. He won, though the fears concerning what he had done to "dishonor" the White House helped damage Al Gore in 2000. The first election after 9/11 was, not surprisingly, a fear campaign, as George W. Bush persuaded voters in 2004 to be afraid, very afraid, of "soft on terror" Democrats.

The big question this year is whether voters are sick of fear campaigns. Hillary, desperate to stop Obama, is betting no. That's why she has Osama bin Laden and Fidel Castro in a recent ad. But I'm not so sure the 2004 rules still apply. This fall may be more like Reagan's victory in 1980 or Clinton's in 1992, when scare tactics fell short. Will voters believe that the Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr.'s inflammatory sermons make Obama a dangerous black nationalist? Will they conclude that serving on a board with Ayers (along with many bankers and lawyers) and accepting a campaign contribution from him 12 years ago make Obama into a suspicious radical? Only if Obama fails, as he did in the last debate, to dispatch distractions in a crisp and presidential way.

...more at the link

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18. Now Democrats have real "irreparable" problems if Hillary somehow manages to steal the nomination

Now the Democrats have real "irreparable" problems if Hillary somehow manages to steal the nomination.

Saturday, April 26, 2008 by Joe Sudbay (DC)

The fun and games are over.

A lot of people, including too many Democratic party leaders, sat back and watched Hillary and Bill plot and carry out their plans to destroy Obama. The pundits and a lot of Democratic strategists oohed and aahed at how aggressive the Clinton campaign had become. We've all been warned not to underestimate them as the Clinton team contocted new rules and new negative ads. The Clintons have an enemies list. The Clintons hold a grudge. Oh, and the latest is the Bill himself is the campaign's "strategist-in-chief" and he's pushing the negative attacks, just like his predecessor, Mark Penn.

This whole drama -- and it is always, always drama with the Clintons -- has played out as if we're in some kind of Clinton vacuum. It's as if there were no political consequences beyond those relating to Bill and Hillary.

There are.

This week, the Clintons and the Democratic party learned that there will be serious political consequences for the Clintons' bad behavior.

Rep. James Clyburn laid out very clearly what is at stake. The interviews Clyburn has done with several major news outlet should be sending shock waves through the Democratic hierarchy:

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19. oops dupe

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20. I really need the free TV, Please, oh please debate with me...

This is funny and reminiscent of a Dr. Seuss rhyme:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5698102&mesg_id=5698102

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21. Obama Backer: Irreparable Breach Between Clinton And Blacks Is Foreseeable

Obama Backer: Irreparable Breach Between Clinton And Blacks Is Foreseeable

Sam Stein HuffPo April 25, 2008

A key Obama supporter in North Carolina said it was "foreseeable" that an "irreparable breach" had been created between the black community and the Clintons as a byproduct of conduct during the Democratic campaign.

Rep. G.K. Butterfield, a African American Democrat from North Carolina, was asked on a conference call to respond to comments reported earlier in the day by Rep Jim Clyburn, in which he qualified former president Bill Clinton's recent primary conduct as "bizarre."

"Jim Clyburn is my very best friend in the U.S. Congress and he and I talk on and off the record every day of the week," said Butterfield, who predicted that the race in North Carolina would ultimately be decided by single-digits. "That said, I had not read his comments... But politics by its very nature is a competitive process and there have been times when Sen. Clinton has walked up to the line and there has been a time or two when she has stepped over the line in terms of her comments... Whether there is an irreparable breach, I don't think we are at the point right now where we are at an irreparable breach, but it is foreseeable and that is why I encourage civility."

In the days leading up to the Pennsylvania primary, Bill Clinton was quoted on a local radio station as blaming the Obama campaign for "playing the race card" on him. A day later, he denied that he had ever made such a remark. In an interview in Friday's New York Times, Clyburn responded to the episode, as well as other Clinton remarks, by saying: "black people are incensed over all of this."

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22. CNN WILL SOON BE AS FAIR AND AS BALANCED AS FOX-- AND JUST AS PRO-McCAIN

CNN WILL SOON BE AS FAIR AND AS BALANCED AS FOX-- AND JUST AS PRO-McCAIN

No differences at all-- not where it matters

I get the feeling that many of the CNN anchors really don't have a political agenda; they're just empty-headed news readers. Not so the network's newest hire. Tony Snow is an unabashed right wing propagandist and GOP partisan who does whatever he can to twist the news in favor of right-wing Republicans. Great goin', CNN. The world certainly needs more of that, right?

So last night Wolf Blintzer sat down for a Q&A with the network's newest GOP plant and he promptly admitted that McCain will say whatever it takes to win the election.

Wolf Blitzer: What do you think about McCain's decision yesterday? He was very forceful in making it clear he did not like the Bush administration's handling of Katrina.

Tony Snow: Of course he also doesn't know a lot about what went on behind the scenes, but you would expect that. You've got somebody who's running for a nomination. The president's popularity ratings are low. He's going to put a distance between himself and the president. Everybody hates what happened in Katrina, including the president. It's an easy critique to make.....

...more at the link

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23. The Kitchen Sink Yet To Be Thrown

The Kitchen Sink Yet To Be Thrown

Saturday, April 26, 2008 Andrew Sullivan

Hendrik Hertzberg says it well:

Hillary Clinton has not, in fact, survived the worst that the Republican
attack machine (and its pilotless drones online and on talk radio) can dish out.
We will learn what the worst really means if she is nominated.
The Commie law firm will be only the beginning. Many tempting targets—
from Bill’s little-examined fund-raising and business activities during the
past seven years to the prospect of his hanging around the White House in
some as yet undefined role for another four or eight years to whatever leftovers
from the Clinton “scandals” of the nineteen-nineties can be retrieved from the
dumpster and reheated—remain to be machine-gunned. The whole Clinton marital
soap opera, obviously off limits within the Democratic fold, will offer ample material
for what Obama calls “distractions.” To take the most obvious example,
the former President’s social life since leaving the White House will become,
if not “fair game,” big game—and some of these right-wing dirtbags are
already hiring bearers and trying on pith helmets for the safari.
Is this a “there” where the Democratic Party really wants to go?

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24. There will be serious political consequences for the Clintons' bad behavior.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5699217&mesg_id=5699217

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25. As the World Turns - In this episode Crazy Uncle Wright returns to create war among Repubicans

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5702081

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26. GDP Winners for this week's DUzy Awards

If you haven't seen the DUzy awards, they are given to posts or ops that are outrageous or hillarious...

***DUzy Awards for week ending April 25, 2008.***

Posted by JeffR in General Discussion
Fri Apr 25th 2008, 08:34 PM

A few winners from the GDP forum:

DUZY Award Winner: Whoops: Clinton actually doesn't give a crap about Passover
By Sniffa NC Primary Watch: How is Hillary honoring Passover?
How is Hillary Clinton honoring Passover this evening?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5582389

DUZY Award Winner: Obama's FEC Report Filed Reactions here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5595428

DUZY Award Winner:
Obama's Half-Eaten Breakfast Sold on Ebay
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3193257

DUZY Award Winner
Sniffa The Official, HRC is soooo broke thread (add your own)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5650877

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27. Please vote in this News 14 poll (NC)

I was dismayed to see Hillary Clinton in the lead
The poll is on the lower right hand side at this link
http://news14.com/content/headlines/Default.aspx

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34. This is a poll where you can vote more than once

useless.

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35. but the media will use that poll in their next sound bites

thats who I am aiming at.

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28. Poll Reveals Hillary's White Voter Deficit

Newsweek Poll Reveals Hillary's White Voter Deficit

by Steven R at Daily Kos Sat Apr 26, 2008

This Mish Mash over Obama's Electability and White Voters completely misses a glaring Truth: Hillary Clinton will LOSE the white Vote versus John McCain Too!

Newsweek's Latest National Poll is now out, and in it, Obama leads Clinton 48 - 41, a large move from last week's 18 point differential. Much of the change comes from perceptions of Electability and with the Media holding up that White Voter Card for an entire Week, it's no wonder. What's not reported however is the following Results among White Voters

Clinton: 42%
McCain: 52%

Obama: 38%
McCain: 52%

A FOUR Point Differential, with the entire Differential landing in the Undecided Column. I like to call this the Cunning Hillary Bitter Voter Spike-a-poll Vote. What's fascinating though is if you go back to the earlier polling conducted by Newsweek, they had not broken the McCain vs. Candidate questions out into racial categories and at the end of the day, that's the only time it'll really matter.

...more at the link

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29. Top Dems warn Clintons about negative tactics, Clintons "Robo Call" North Carolina anyway

Top Dems warn Clintons about negative tactics, Clintons "Robo Call" North Carolina anyway

Laura Roslin Blue NC April 27, 2008

I guess the Clintons haven't heard the old country saying that "you don't crap where you eat"....Or when you've dug yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Dems addressed alarm and concern about Clinton’s negative campaign to the press.
Its funny how Bill Clinton can turn on the charm and swagger to get people to forget his "transgressions". Its like being married to a wife beater and inviting them back after the bruises heal. But top democrats are not being taken in by the old Clinton charm... A key dem launches a shot across the bow:

Top House Democrat denounces Clinton campaign tacticsPosted by: Richard Cowan
WASHINGTON -

“Scurrilous” and “disingenuous” were among the words a top Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives used on Thursday to describe Hillary Clinton’s campaign tactics in her bid to defeat Barack Obama for their party’s presidential nomination.

...more at the link

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30. Readers, please share your news, links and photos here

if you see a great post in GDP, share it with us by posting
here at Obama news.

You can make the news more interesting and informative, and
more fun.

Thank you and.....

:yourock:

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31. Clinton Camp Responds to NCGOP ad but infers Obama supporters bad

Clinton Camp Responds to NC GOP Ad (Finally!)

Jake Tapper ABC April 25, 2008 4:00 PM

It took hours for the campaign of Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, to weigh in on the North Carolina Republican Party TV ad that calls Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois, "radical" and purports to attempt to harm two Democratic Tarheel State gubernatorial candidates -- Bev Perdue and Richard Moore -- by tying them to Rev. Jeremiah Wright via Obama.

The Clinton camp was in an odd spot, after all. This ad is Exhibit A in her case to superdelegates against Obama, that he will be the victims of such smears, some of them racial. So they wouldn't necessarily want to shut it down.

On the other hand, how could they not comment on an ad so many Democratic voters find offensive? Especially after the RNC and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., decried the ad? (Not to mention the two North Carolina TV stations announcing they would not broadcast it.)

So finally, from spokesman Jay Carson, comes the response to the ad against Purdue and Moore, that seeks to more pointedly hurt Obama.

"Even though they (Perdue and Moore) are supporting Senator Obama they are good Democrats, and this ad is wrong," Carson says, in a statement sent to ABC News' Eloise Harper. "It's exactly the kind of ad Republicans run every cycle to distract us from their failures and the real issues that face our country."

That's curiously worded.

"Even though" they're supporting Obama they're good Democrats? What does that mean?

Have things gotten so bitter between the two camps, do they view each other's supporters so warily, that the Clinton campaign's collective mind doubts whether Obama's supporters are good Democrats?

- jpt
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/clinton-camp-re.html

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33. K&R. (nt)

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36. Obama Finally Says It, Flag Pin Falsehood Edition

Obama Finally Says It, Flag Pin Falsehood Edition

Oliver Willis April 27, 2008



Since I’ve been following politics closely and especially since I moved back to the DC area to work in the industry (more or less), one of the things I have never understood has been the liberal/Democratic reluctance to call something a lie. When Al Franken wrote his book Lies And The Lying Liars Who Tell Them, I am certain that the forthright way in which he called out something as a lie was a pivotal element of its success. In 2000, and especially 2004, Al Gore and John Kerry drove me batty with their constant rhetoric that something was “a falsehood” or that someone “misled”. They just never came out and said George Bush and the Republican party and the conservative noise machine were just filthy liars.

So I’m mighty happy to read this quote from Sen. Obama in the course of discussing the phony flag pin flap pushed by the right wing.

Obama continued, saying “so I make this comment. suddenly a bunch of these, you know, TV commentators and bloggers (say) ‘Obama is disrespecting people who wear flag pins.’
Well, that’s just not true. Also, another way of saying it is, it’s a lie.”

It seems like such a small thing, but I’m so happy he said it.

oops edited to add link:
http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/27/obama-finally-says-it-flag-pin-falsehood-edition/

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37. Thank you grantcart quantass catgirl FrenchieCat Kurovski and invisible readers

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38. Boston Globe blasts Hillary for saying she'd nuke Iran; ..she shouldn't be answering phone at 3 AM

this might make a great OP:

Boston Globe blasts Hillary for saying she'd nuke Iran; says she shouldn't be answering the phone at 3am

by John Aravosis (DC) • 4/27/2008

It's a story that the American media totally ignored. Our wonderful "independent" reporters collectively decided last week that it simply wasn't news that Hillary revealed she'd be nuking Iran if they attacked Israel, and that it wasn't news that she'd like to extend the US nuclear umbrella to Israel's neighbors. That means we'd be nuking Iran if they attacked Jordan, Egypt, maybe even Saudi Arabia. Show of hands: How many Americans are willing to start a nuclear war for the Saudis?

Well, it seems even the Saudis aren't too keen on the idea. They criticized Hillary this week, we learn via a Boston Globe editorial entitled "Hillary Strangelove" (the Globe is one of the few American papers to even write about this issue). They said she was as stupid as Bush:
The Saudi paper called Clinton's nuclear threat "the foreign politics of the madhouse," saying, "it demonstrates the same doltish ignorance that has distinguished Bush's foreign relations."

…more at the link

http://www.americablog.com/2008/04/boston-globe-blasts-hillary-for-saying.html

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39. MoveOn's Obama Ad Contest Garners Massive Response

Sam Stein: The Huffington Post

In the span of 24-hours, starting Monday night, more than two million votes were cast for MoveOn.org's Barack Obama political advertising contest, a robust show of Internet activism even by Obama's standards.

MoveOn, which has endorsed the Illinois Democrat, launched its "Obama in 30 Seconds" contest weeks ago, challenging members to create an advertisement for the Senator's presidential campaign. The project drew more than one thousand submissions and will conclude with the winning entry being aired on national TV.

The reaction, organizers say, has been pleasantly unexpected. Indeed, when MoveOn launched its President George W. Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest in 2004, the group received 2.9 million votes total.

"We're blown away by the remarkable response to our 'Obama in 30 Seconds' contest--it's a testament to the energy and enthusiasm for Senator Obama's message of hope," said Eli Pariser, Executive Director of MoveOn.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/23/moveons-obama-ad-contest_n_98154.html

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40. Video: Full Interview With Obama On Fox News

Video: Full Interview With Obama On Fox News


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5707395

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41. thank you Hope and Change, thank you

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42. Obama does Fox, right winger comments "I say Obama did quite well for himself."

Right Winger Barnett on Obama's Faux News Appearance -- "I say Obama did quite well for himself."
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5708018