“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Friday May 23 2008

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

WELCOME TO “OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS

Friday May 23 2008


New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, left, shakes hands with an Obama supporter
in Catano, Puerto Rico, Thursday, May 22, 2008. Richardson is campaigning
in Puerto Rico for Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama, D-IL, ahead
of the June 1 primary. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley)

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[bunnies]

1. wow. 12:15 and you've already got the new days post up.

Damn you're good. :thumbsup:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

2. Send In the Clown

Update: Guess who met with Senator Geller, yesterday?

Send In the Clown

By Al Giordano

No three ring circus - like the one that Senator Clinton is ginning up regarding the Florida and Michigan
non-binding straw polls last January - would be complete without a clown.

And right on cue, enter Florida State Senator Steven Geller:

Sen. Steve Geller, D-Cooper City,
filed a federal lawsuit today force the national Democratic Party to recognize the 1.75 million votes
Floridians cast during the Jan. 29 primary and seat the state’s delegation at the convention.

Here is the same Senator Geller, caught on videotape, during the proceedings
in the Florida Senate that led to the the illegitimate January 29 “primary” upon
which he wants the Florida delegation based and seated:

Click here to view video

Note how he was mocking and gaming the system even back then.

His lawsuit, by the way, is a non-starter: the courts have always ruled that political parties
get to define their own internal decision-making procedures, including with presidential nominations.

Clinton is poisoning the well as much as she can. The appeal to a 5/31 decision would take us into … July!

[Rosa Luxemburg]

5. Hillary and her henchmen are looking more stupid every day re lawsuits

[Cha]

7. They aren't even smart enough

to pretend they're not stupid.

[papau]

24. a smear against Hill always unites - good luck in Nov

[Rosa Luxemburg]

26. smear?

no, they look ridiculous

[TBF]

34. No problem, papau

If you want to spend your tax money on 100 years in Iraq, health care premiums through the roof if you can get care at all, another facist for the Supreme Court, gas at $5.00+ a gallon, and everything else a McCain presidency will bring us then you go right ahead. I don't vote my pocket book because I actually give a damn about the people in this country, but if you want to give corporations and high-income folks tax breaks, go ahead and do your little "protest vote" and I'll have an extra vacation next year. I can afford to go either way, but I'd prefer that we'd actually keep this country a democracy and give all people a fighting chance.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

45. Papau,this is the Obama SUPPORTERS Daily News, but you can start your own HIllary Supporters News

Papau,

Read the OP. If you don't support Obama, then this thread is NOT for you.

If you are strongly support Hillary, I invite YOU to start a
Hillary Clinton Daily News thread and I promise I won't bother you there.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

3. ***PHOTOS: SENATOR OBAMA comes to Florida! PLUS discusses FL primary vote count with St. Pete

flpoljunkie

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6068664

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

4. Going after the enablers

Going after the enablers

Thu May 22 The Jed Report

John Aravosis and Joe Sudbay at AMERICAblog and Arianna Huffington at HuffPo are stepping up to the plate and targeting the undeclared superdelegates.

They are absolutely right: we have nobody to blame but the superdelegates who refuse to make a decision.

No matter how distasteful Hillary Clinton's antics may be, she is merely taking advantage of the opportunity they have provided. It was utterly predictable that she would do this, and the time has come for them to stop it.

...more at the link

[Cha]

6. Thanks! I did not know Gov Richardson

was down in Puerto Rico for Obama..this is fantastic news!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

8. Sen Kennedy asks Obama to speak on his behalf at Wesleyan Commencement Ceremony

Even when he is ill, Teddy finds a way to help Obama politically.

Big Shoes to Fill

By Al Giordano May 22 2008

This just in from the Obama campaign…

Chicago, IL – On Sunday, May 25, 2008, United States Senator Barack Obama will deliver the Commencement Address at the 176th Commencement Ceremony at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Senator Obama is honored to speak on behalf of United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy, who was previously scheduled to deliver the address.

“Ted and I talked about me filling in for him at Wesleyan University earlier this week. Considering what he’s done for me and for our country, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him. So I’m looking forward to standing in his place on Sunday even though I know I won’t be able to fill his shoes,” Senator Obama said.

...more at the link

[catgirl]

13. K & R... great photo

[JanusAscending]

14. I also heard on the local news tonight in Ct. that

Vickie's daughter is among the graduating class, and one of Ted's sons will also be there as an Alumnus for the 25th Reunion of his class. Ted himself, if his health allows may also attend, at least he would like to. Middletown is going to be MOBBED !!!!

[JimGinPA]

9. Analysis: Obama Can Win By June 3 With A Superdel A Day

Can Obama Clinch on June 3rd?


Last night, Barack Obama clinched a majority of pledged delegates excluding Florida and Michigan, as well as under certain Florida/Michigan scenarios. But, in spite of a big win in Oregon and a well-executed speech in Iowa, the milestone did not quite produce the sense of euphoria and closure that his campaign might have been after. The circumstances of the day -- Hillary Clinton's overwhelming margin of victory in Kentucky, the late hour at which Oregon ballot boxes closed, the subdued tone of the evening necessitated by Senator Kennedy's diagnosis, and some relatively effective pushback from the Clinton campaign on the pledged delegate metric -- conspired to prevent that.

Obama might have another opportunity to declare victory on June 3rd, when South Dakota and Montana conclude the primary calendar. The conditions for doing so are otherwise pretty favorable. He is likely to achieve victory in one or both of these states (his worst case scenario is probably losing one of them -- more likely South Dakota -- by a small margin). And while Obama could conceivably hold a victory rally anywhere, there is a sound argument for doing so in Montana, a potentially competitive state that symbolizes the Democrats' 50-state strategy (think Brian Schweitzer and Jon Tester) and their hopes to expand the electoral map in November. But will the math be there to make Montana the state that puts Obama over the top?

It depends, of course, on what happens to Florida and Michigan at the Rules & Bylaws Committee meeting on May 31st. But the good news for Obama is that something will happen at the Rules & Bylaws meeting, meaning that the Clinton campaign can no longer use those states as a smokescreen to deny Obama a sense of victory.






More at link

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/05/can-obama-clinch-on-june-3rd.html

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

10. May 31, Bill & Hillary will detonate Nuclear option - survivors will call it Judgment Day (video)

TPMtv: The (Clinton) "Nuclear" Option
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x136004

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

11. Hillary Clinton Blows (Another) Hole in Her Florida Argument (video)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x136278

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

12. E.J. Dionne: Friends May Seal Clinton's Fate

Friends May Seal Clinton's Fate

By E. J. Dionne May 23, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton is talking as if the battle over seating disputed delegations from Florida and Michigan at the Democratic National Convention is the greatest crisis for democracy since the 2000 Florida recount.

Her rhetoric flies in the face of intensive efforts by members of the party's rules committee to settle the delegate battle with a compromise that would likely guarantee the nomination for Barack Obama. Ending the struggle quickly depends on whether the rules committee's peacemakers succeed in their work.

Clinton's chances of winning are slim, partly because some of her own supporters believe the contest is over. They see the clash over Michigan and Florida as futile for Clinton and destructive to the party.

....The heat of Clinton's rhetoric threatens to end an informal cease-fire she and Obama have observed in recent weeks, and some Democrats fear it presages a fight to the convention. It may thus fall to Clinton's own supporters on the rules committee to force her to accept a settlement. By picking this fight, Clinton may guarantee that her defeat is sealed not by her enemies, but by her friends.

...more at the link

[BearSquirrel2]

25. Per Rachel Maddow ...

Per Rachel Maddow's astute analysis, she will not accept any Florida/Michigan compromise. If she doesn't than the issue goes to the convention. The ONLY way to stop this definitively is for Obama to rack up enough superdelegates to trump ANY scenario the Hillary camp can imagine. At that point they can declare the process over and Obama the winner.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

15. Puerto Rico Primary June 1 - 55 elected delegates, 8 super delegates

Puerto Rico’s Moment in the Sun

By MICHAEL JANEWAY Published: May 22, 2008

PUERTO RICO, an afterthought trophy for the United States 110 years ago at the end of the Spanish-American War and an island in limbo since, has become an improbable player in the contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Its primary on June 1 could bolster Mrs. Clinton’s claim to a majority of the popular vote — the combined tally for all the Democratic primaries and caucuses held across the country over the past six months

Puerto Rico’s formal role in the process is indeed weighty. Its 63 voting delegates — 55 elected ones and eight superdelegates — at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer will outnumber delegations from more than half the states (including Kentucky and Oregon) and the District of Columbia. Yet Puerto Rico does not have a vote in the Electoral College, nor will its 2.5 million registered voters cast ballots for president in November.

...Puerto Ricans elect their own Legislature, along with the governor. They enjoy entitlements like Social Security, but they do not pay federal income taxes. They retain their own cultural identity (Spanish is the prevailing tongue) but live under the umbrella of the American trade system and the American military. They have been citizens since 1917, but they have no vote in Congress or for the presidency.

...more at the link

[psychmommy]

27. i loved this article.

it was very positive. also thanks bill r for reppin obama in pr.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

16. "Somebody Get a Muzzle"

What does this heifer have to say for the Democratic elite to give her a big old STFU?

Somebody Get a Muzzle

Big Man at Raving Black Lunatic Thursday, May 22, 2008

Y'all know who I'm referring to, She Who Shall Not Be Named if you're a fan of the young wizard from Hogwarts. Coming off her latest resounding victory at the hands of white folks who think the only good nigger is a dead nigger, she had the audacity to invoke the specter of the 2000 Florida election when arguing for the state's delegation to be seated as is.

Yes, The Nutcracker went there.

I know there has been a lot of talk recently about just how much sexism Hillary has faced in her run for the White House and I'm pretty sure some of the terms I've used for her in this piece so far could be called sexist. If some of y'all think that invalidates my entire point, I understand your feelings and wish you well. After all, if somebody said some blatantly racist shit I would tend to ignore them as well.

With that said, of all the ballsy things the New York Senator has done during her campaign her latest move just crossed into a brand new territory of arrogance and evilness. Everybody knows that Florida Democrats still bear the scars of that 2000 election when the Supreme Court pimpslapped the voters and got Bush his money. Many of them can't go to the polls without getting flashbacks of hanging chads and Katherine Harris' makeup.

So, for the former Arkansas First Lady to compare what's happening to her to what happened to Gore is just ridiculous. First, her dumbass actually agreed not to count Florida's votes when she thought she would have this whole exercise wrapped up on the first Super Tuesday. She made the pledge, but now that she's losing, she wants to backtrack like a young Michael Jackson.

....more at the link

[flor de jasmim]

18. Yes, her comment in FL is akin to Bush having referred to the Nazis in Israel.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

17. Betty Cracker losing patience: "Piss off already"

Piss off already

Betty Cracker 5/22

I've got a better idea: Why don't all of you fuck off and let the Democractic Party get around to the important task of electing the nominee who won by the goddamned rules that you signed up for? Jesus H. Christ singing "Rocky Mountain High" in the noon-day sun in Denver, they just don't get it. "DNC" stands for "Democratic National Committee," not "Democratic National Clintons."

I sincerely hope Senator Clinton is just blowing smoke up her supporters' asses with all this talk about taking the FL and MI delegate fight to the convention, but from her recent remarks, in which she preposterously compared the situation to Florida 2000, slavery, Zimbabwe and the suffragette movement, it appears she's opting for a scorched earth policy, just as .
Can anyone talk some sense into her? If not, we're screwed.

[Phx_Dem]

37. I don't know who Betty is, but I love her

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

19. Tbogg makes quote of the day

Well

By: TBogg Thursday May 22, 2008

It's a poor sort of memory that only works backward.
...it's nice to see that I pissed everyone off this morning.

Now that we've established that I'm a hack, an asshole, a douche, and a very naughty boy who had disappointed his family in oh so many ways, I shall elaborate.

My point is, was, and will remain: I'm not going to reward bad behavior by voting for the person who would destroy the party unless they get the nomination. I don't believe that she is going to get the nomination but if she were to somehow pull enough strings to basically rip it from Barack Obama's hands, there is no way in hell that she could win. I'm not talking about people who are hard core supporters of either one of them, I'm talking about people who would be so disgusted by her actions and the process that they would sit on their hands rather than vote for her. I know it would happen and you know it would happen.

To put it another way: Hillary Clinton is like a mother standing on a bridge threatening to throw her baby in the river unless she is named Mother of the Year.

...more at the link

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

20. Rachel Maddow on what is needed to avoid a convention battle

Clinton to the Convention?

Rachel Maddow HuffPo May 22, 2008

...If Clinton fights to stay in until the convention -- which seems utterly plausible to me -- then I believe the Democratic Party's nominee (Obama or Clinton) will lose the general election to John McCain. This last point is of course infinitely debatable -- but my take is that in November, the party that's had a nominee since February/March, beats the party that only got a nominee the last week in August.

So, how does the Democratic Party get a nominee before the convention? Seems to me there's two things that need to happen. One small, one big.

First, Obama's campaign should stop believing what most of the press says, and start believing what Clinton says -- she isn't budging. If they don't mind the prospect of a divided convention, then fine -- if they do mind that prospect, they'll have to fight for their desired outcome. Clinton is now arguing that taking the fight to the convention is OK for the Democrats -- even noble. This argument won't be defeated if it is ignored -- Obama's camp will have to rebut.

Second, if the Democrats are to avoid a divided convention, the Florida and Michigan dispute will have to be taken off the table -- settled in a way that avoids the risk of a rules dispute that stretches the nominating contest out through the convention. I can think of only one way to do that, but there may be others.

Here's my way: based on my read of NBC's delegate math, I think if the Clinton campaign won 100% of what they wanted on the Florida and Michigan dispute, Obama could still clinch the nomination -- even according to the most pro-Clinton math -- if 90 of the remaining 210-or-so undeclared superdelegates declared for Obama.

...more at the link

[WA98296]

21. UNITED MINE WORKERS about to announce their endorsement! (:

Source: United Mine Workers to endorse Obama

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Associated Press has learned that the United Mine Workers of America will endorse Barack Obama for president.

The union's executive board voted unanimously for an endorsement of the Illinois Democrat Wednesday morning, said a union official speaking on condition of anonymity. The official would not speak on the record because an announcement has not been made yet.

The Mine Workers union had originally endorsed former Senator John Edwards of North Carolina. But Edwards dropped out of the race earlier this year and threw his support to Obama.

The union includes COAL MINERS, clean coal technicians, health care workers, truck drivers and school board employees. It has more than 86,000 members.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

22. Bad day for John McCain, Part II: anger management

(( The RBC Update: Bad day for John McCain, Part II: anger management ))

2008.05.22 18:50:42


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When a candidate has well-known anger-management issues, he
really needs to be careful about the tone of his statements.
Today, John McCain was one of only three Senators who failed to
show up for the debate and vote on Sen. Jim Webb's improved GI
Bill. (Ted Kennedy is in the hospital, and Tom Coburn was at a
funeral. McCain was...

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http://WWW.samefacts.com/archives/john_mccain_/2008/05/bad_day_for_john_mccain_part_ii_anger_management.php

[psychmommy]

32. hey you kids get off my lawn.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

23. Anyone upset that we're not fighting McCain yet?

It hurts the democratic party that we are busy in-fighting instead
of being united and trying to win the GE.

We're running out of time to win the White House.

[Aloha Spirit]

28. Two New Hampshire Edwards delegates back Obama

Not positive this is new but, Peter Burling and Deborah Nelson said in a news conference they support Obama because he is on the verge of clinching the nomination.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hY742M_s1ttD_ycf2Zusn1o1fD3QD90RCS480

So that's two more pledged delegates for Bama.

[Aloha Spirit]

30. Two new superdelegates!!! One abandoned Clinton

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/05/superdelegate-endorsements-for-friday_23.html

California Representative Dennis Cardoza has switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama: “This is the most important election of my lifetime. While I continue to greatly respect and admire Senator Clinton and feel she has made history with her campaign, I believe that Senator Obama will inevitably be our party’s nominee for President."

California Representative Jim Costa has endorsed Obama: “It’s been a long presidential primary season, and now is time to bring it to a close."

So, to recap, FOUR delegates today.
That's 1969 total.
Plus the two "traitor PD's" who are never officially counted, gives Obama 1971.
Hell yeah.
Every Clinton attack makes Obama more inevitable.
Just like those Chinese finger traps.

[quantass]

29. Obama Gets Two SuperDelegates! One Switched From Hillary

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6087837

[Aloha Spirit]

31. Ooh, you beat me. I still think "abandoned" is more accurate than "switched from."

[Aloha Spirit]

33. 6 minute interview with Palm Beach Post

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/state/epaper/2008/05/23/0523barackobamainterview.html



Q: Assess the Florida's impact on the primary race. You've done well in many states, but have had trouble in bigger states.

A: The truth is that the states where Senator Clinton has won a lot of these bigger states, it's just a lot harder to campaign in bigger states. And I benefit from one-on-one interaction with voters.

The really big states where it requires a lot of time because you've got a lot of media markets, overcoming the name recognition disadvantage is more significant. But I don't think anybody doubts that I'll win California for example.

[Aloha Spirit]

35. Very revealing interview with Mass. SD Kozikowski!!!

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/daily-features/article3730592.ece

"June 3 is the end of this process. Every (Democratic) voter in the country will then have had an opportunity to vote," said Kozikowski, during a Belfast Telegraph interview. "There is no reason for a superdelegate not to weigh-in on June 4."

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

36. *****TODAY'S ELECTORAL MAP: Obama 302, McHundred 236***********

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6088503

[Aloha Spirit]

38. Republicans... view MSNBC as “basically a 527 for Obama.”

NY Times piece analyzing the Gillespie email to NBC:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/us/politics/23web-stolberg.html?_r=1&oref=slogin

Republicans, this strategist said, view MSNBC as “basically a 527 for Obama.” The Gillespie letter, he said, “fired up the troops on the Hill, gave Republicans something to be happy about, gave the McCain campaign something to be happy about. I think it was a net plus for the Republican Party.”

Here's a thread a started about the Gillespie letter:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6031828

[Aloha Spirit]

39. Obama will release medical information next week.

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_to_release_doctors_state.html

Sen. Barack Obama's campaign plans to release a summary of their candidate's health early next week. The summary will be from his primary care physician. A campaign source said there will be no surprises in the information.

The Obama campaign plan follows on the heels of Sen. John McCain's release today of medical records for the last eight years. Four doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona put together summaries of his health, and will hold a 90-minute conference call to answer questions from reporters this afternoon.

[Aloha Spirit]

40. Nice editorial in Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia

Nice editorial in Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia
Obama, agent of change:
http://www.elnuevodia.com/diario/voces/408561

Here's the google translated version:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.elnuevodia.com%2Fdiario%2Fvoces%2F408561&hl=en&ie=UTF8&sl=es&tl=en

When Barack Obama announced his candidacy in February 2007, spoke of the need to change the way Washington works and how the urgency of a new generation that faced big challenges of our times.

In that speech, Obama called upon to "recover the meaning of our citizenship" because nothing can beat million voices crying out for change.
...
Puerto Ricans are more divided and we are much more skeptical that citizens in the United States. The need for change in Puerto Rico is much deeper and real. The need for change in Puerto Rico is much deeper and real. But it is always possible a better tomorrow as long as there are people willing to believe and fight for change.

I for my part I want to be part of change and history are voting for Barack Obama the first of June.

[Aloha Spirit]

41. The Economist weighs in on Bush's tease of "appeasement"

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=11412488

EVERY noun enjoys its 15 minutes of fame. Some get more fame than they deserve. In America's foreign-policy debate one that has been bandied about too much lately is “appeasement”. When he spoke to Israel's parliament on May 15th, George Bush blasted those who sought “the false comfort of appeasement” by negotiating with terrorists and radicals in the Middle East. Barack Obama assumed the barb was aimed at him. He in turn accused Mr Bush and John McCain, the Republican candidate, of “hypocrisy and fear mongering”.

Mr Obama had it right. Speaking to the enemy is an ordinary part of diplomacy and does not on its own amount to appeasement

[grantcart]

42. *** Friday Super Delegate Update ** Obama +3 also +2 Pledged Delegates updates magic number '56'

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6089938

[jefferson_dem]

43. Oregon Superdelegate Jenny Greenleaf: I'm for Obama

Oregon Superdelegate Jenny Greenleaf: I'm for Obama
guest column
By Jenny Greenleaf of Portland, Oregon. Jenny was elected as Oregon's DNC Committeewoman in 2004. In 2006, she contributed, "Will you have Howard's back?"

The netroots is my political home and where I got started, so I have chosen to announce my endorsement here on BlueOregon.

The voters of Oregon have spoken, and I have listened.

I will be supporting Senator Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August. Senator Obama has the vision and leadership ability to move this country forward and to undo the damage done by the Bush administration. I am proud to support him in this endeavor and will do whatever I can to make sure Oregon's electoral votes are Democratic this fall.

Our Democratic Party of Oregon will be the hub for the presidential campaign in Oregon. I hope you will join me in volunteering with the DPO to turn Senator Obama into President Obama.

I have the utmost respect and admiration for Senator Hillary Clinton. She has run a great campaign and has contributed much to our national debate. She deserves our thanks for her service, her leadership and her candidacy.

http://www.blueoregon.com/2008/05/oregon-superdel.html

[Barack_America]

44. Just saw this. I believe that now puts Obama at -56?

Or will when the final tally for the day is done?

ETA: Why don't I just look for grantcart's threads before I post this shit? Of COURSE he's already answered my question, lol.

[Aloha Spirit]

46. Clinton's ed board conference with Argus Leader (South Dakota). Warning--disturbing lack of reality

http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080523/FRONTPAGECAROUSEL/80522033&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

47. Hillary's Path to the Nomination

ALL YOUR DELEGATES R BELONG 2 US