AMERICAblog: Big movement towards Obama in the Gallup daily tracking poll
Deacon_Blues
· 1 year ago
I thought it was closer than that in Pennsylvania. Personally, I think Barack should campaign for all he's worth in the Keystone state.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
yea, me too, Deacon Blues. Obama makes up about 20 points once people are able to see him IN PERSON. That tells me something good about the man. Maybe the long weeks ahead will work to his advantage, he will get to see more people overall in the state.
redjb
· 1 year ago
let's hope the polls are wrong...I don't think it will be that broad... this new endorsement might help..
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
This poll may have an impact on voters' thinking in PA.
AngelaChanning
· 1 year ago
If I recall, didn't other state polls have Clinton ahead of Obama by double digits and he was able to close the gap, if not win? It still has me wondering that pollsters are not getting a representative sample of those who use their cell phone as their primary or only phone -- or if they are calling cell phones, people are not answering because they don't want to waste minutes. Anyway, I think pollsters are undercounting younger folks....who are more likely to be for Obama.
I am starting to get Clinton fatigue -- all of them....including precious snowflake Chelsea and Sox if he's still alive. I know, that's harsh but I am feeling punchy. Thank you for listening.
hector
· 1 year ago
from Markos Moulitsas Zúniga “Clinton was the only top-tier candidate to refuse the ultimate Iowa and New Hampshire pander by removing her name from the Michigan ballot. That makes her essentially the de facto winner since Edwards and Obama, caving to the cry babies in Iowa and New Hampshire, took their name off Michigan’s ballot. Sure, the DNC has stripped Michigan of its delegates, but that won’t last through the convention. The last thing Democrats can afford is to alienate swing states like Michigan and Florida by refusing to seat their delegates. So while Obama and Edwards kneecap their chances of winning, Clinton is single-mindedly focused on the goal.”
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
Is Hillary broke? March 28, 2008 BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist Scoop du jour? Sneed hears major money problems in the Clinton camp may soon become a coroner knocking on her campaign door. • To wit: Word is the cash feeding into Hillary Clinton's campaign coffers has not only slowed down in a big way, undisclosed campaign debts that have yet to be made public could signal the end and have insiders biting their nails. "Hillary needs to raise money to stay alive," a top Dem source said. • Translation: "It won't necessarily be politics which may force her out of the race," said a top Dem source. "There is no hanky panky going on, but Hillary needs to raise money to stay alive . . . and word is she may not be able to climb out of the money hole." • The buckshot: "I think it's safe to say Hillary's not going to dip into her pocket again," the source added. "And if her employees start taking pay cuts while chasing the dream . . . it's usually the beginning of the body becoming totally cold." The flip side . . . Word is former Dem presidential hopeful John Edwards is now leaning toward endorsing Hillary . . . but it's still a wait and see. • Translation: Sneed hears Edwards' wife, cancer survivor Elizabeth Edwards, does NOT favor Barack Obama's candidacy . . . but NOT because of racism. "She feels her husband should have been the man in the center of the presidential sweepstakes, rather than Obama," a source said.
Clinton is disliked in NC. A poll I saw yesterday gave it to Obama, 55-37.
My good Old North State. : )
Indigo
· 1 year ago
I grew up in Indiana and completed by doctorate at Indiana University-Bloomington. It's difficult for me to think of Indiana as "pivotal." It's even more difficult for me to imagine there are enough Democrats in Indiana to put together a primary. Color me a Hoosier, but that's the way it is. (Go Big Red!)
Rustyzipper
· 1 year ago
Great News, See, Voters are smarter then we think. And yes, he will close the gap in PA.
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
Word is former Dem presidential hopeful John Edwards is now leaning toward endorsing Hillary . . . but it's still a wait and see.
• Translation: Sneed hears Edwards' wife, cancer survivor Elizabeth Edwards, does NOT favor Barack Obama's candidacy . . . but NOT because of racism. "She feels her husband should have been the man in the center of the presidential sweepstakes, rather than Obama," a source said.
Hillary gave a speech today... she said that 20% wanted her to drop out, 20% wanted Obama to drop out... and said that 62% wanted the race to go on.
OK... do the math, 22% and 22% is 44%.. that would leave 56% left. NOT 62%.
ok, so she is not good at math too, maybe its from all the bullets she had to dodge.
Rustyzipper
· 1 year ago
should be 22%, not 20%...
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
ok, so she is not good at math too, maybe its from all the bullets she had to dodge.
Rusty
It's even more embarrassing and pathetic when the "bullets" Hillary claims she had to dodge were fired at herself...by herself. It's called self-inflicted blowback.
Hillary's math is as shaky and slippery as her relationship with truth in general.
Can we call her "Slick Hilly" yet? :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
How about going Down Hillary? :-)
grandma
· 1 year ago
Big City Barack
It seems Barack Obama has good things to say about congestion pricing. Good for him. It'd be nice to have a President whose background is in representing an urban area and perhaps has a personal sense of the importance of these issues. Hasn't happened since John F. Kennedy, I believe.
Big movement towards Obama in the Gallup daily tracking poll
Obama is closing the gap -- and the three weeks between now and the Pennsylvania primary on April 22nd represents a lifetime in politics.
There is ample time for Obama to not only catch up, but to surpass Hillary Clinton between now and then. So far everything the Clintons have pulled out of the kitchen sink to throw at Obama has caused Hillary's approval ratings to sink and his to rise!
The Clintons' "kitchen sink" strategy has backfired on them, and they are now so desperate that they are trying to revive the Rev. Wright issue which was already a dead donkey by last week. What most people remember is Obama's magnificent speech on race in America delivered in Philadelphia, and the Rev. Wright's sermons are a non-issue at this point.
The proof is in the polling:
Here is a the latest Pew Research Center polling data on Obama and Rev. Wright – using data gathered during the height of the firestorm – and it hasn’t put a dent in Obama’s overall approval-rating and enthusiastic support:
The latest Gallup tracking poll also seems to reflect the trend -- that the public is rejecting the Clintons’ nasty, negative campaign and the lying, exaggerating, unprincipled candidate at its helm.
I don't trust polls anymore....or maybe it is the election results I don't trust. Anyway, something seems screwy.
LunaStick
· 1 year ago
On Tuesday's Rasmussen poll, it showed Obama 10 points behind. Rasmussen has been showing weaker numbers for Obama than other polsters so it is significant that he cut the lead down to 10 in that poll. I'd be very interested to see poll results from this weekend.
"the people in the poll were from boutique states"-Hillary Romney Clinton
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Breaking....
"It has come to our attention that someone, perhaps in the name of the Texas Democratic Party, is spreading misinformation about upcoming County and Senate District Conventions. We have received reports from delegates who have received e-mails saying that conventions have been cancelled. We have also received unconfirmed reports that someone is placing robo-calls, claiming to be from the Texas Democratic Party, suggesting that county or district conventions have been cancelled. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/28/17314/9...
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Nigel
The real "breaking" news here is that the Clinton Crime Family is fast at work -- moreover, this particular activity involving emails and robo-calls intended to confuse voters and thus disenfranchise them is illegal and qualifies as election fraud worthy of the GOPers at their Karl Rove worst!
Howard Dean needs to contact the Democratic Party officials in Texas--as well as the Secretary of State who oversees the primary/caucus process--to call for an immediate investigation by law enforcement.
This illegal activity also calls for a Department of Justice investigation because it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- and emails and robo-calls are easy enough to trace back to the culprits.
The Clinton Crime Family....same as the Bush Crime Family!
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Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
The Clintons are showing their true colours. They're REDS, nothing 'blue' about those two DINOs. ;-)
Perhaps we need to put this on billboards across the land
NO MONARCHIES IN THE USA!!!!!
Nigel Elliott
· 1 year ago
Firebrand,
the Clintons are a legend in their own minds and their legacy is already history. The Democrats are better off without them!
firebrand
· 1 year ago
Mirth
I was trying make an issue about Edwards in my comments in preceding threads. In fact, it bothered me enough to google for news about how Edwards was inclined.
All of the information I came across indicates that information in in the Sun times was merely a rumor...so far!
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
And one more thing:
The latest Pew Research Center poll has Obama up by +10 -- Obama 49, Clinton 39.
This news news is especially impressive because Pew is one of the most reliable pollsters in the country -- they are neutral, objective, use the best methodology, and their only goal is to provide information in the public interest:
Obama is moving up -- it's a trend! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Coming Undone
· 1 year ago
Mirth, that was funny, and I know how you feel.
Rustyzipper
· 1 year ago
Hillary is a goner, and NO way will she get to be Senate leader, People are saying that when Hillary returns to the senate, she will be Senate majority leader. NO WAY !, she won't step over Harry Reed, Chris Dodd, John Kerry and Dick Durbin. Barack won't sit by and allow Hillary to run him crazy in the senate, no way... if she keeps going, she will Lose her Senate seat.
LunaStick
· 1 year ago
Hey Rusty! Have you been surreptitiously giving me plus ponts?!?!? I was at -47!!! What happened?!?! :)
Hillary is alienating a lot of her fellow dem senators. The only way I can see her as Senate Majority Leader is if she arm twists some deal in which she agrees to drop out of the pres race and endore Obama or else fight to the bitter end and make it bloody. I can see her making such a threat.
Dave of the Jungle
· 1 year ago
Really getting tired of being right all the time, here.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Really getting tired of being right all the time, here.
Dave
You really should be entitled to a pundit's salary for your contributions to this blog.
So, why are "real" pundits who are always wrong -- like "surge" protectors Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack and David Ignatius -- still collecting the big bucks?
I thought court fools went out of fashion when the Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans took out Charles I, thus making court fools illegal -- but, clearly, I was mistaken.
But, on the bright side, now you can be paid in "Clout" points! -- surely, that should sustain you in your golden years along with Social Security and Medicare. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Soundboy_jeff_meanie
· 1 year ago
okay... so Obama is ahead nationally...
now we need to get down to the REAL questions for both of them.
how do they feel about nipple rings?
nicho
· 1 year ago
PITTSBURGH - Barack Obama got a surprise boost in the last big state of the long Democratic campaign Friday with an endorsement from Pennsylvania Sen. Bob Casey Jr., while another Obama supporter sought to nudge Hillary Rodham Clinton out of the race.
Clinton leads by double-digits in Pennsylvania polls, and Obama hopes Casey's endorsement will earn him a second look from the state's white, working class and Catholic voters — groups that have leaned toward Clinton in other Democratic contests this year.
tommccaslin
· 1 year ago
Local word in PA is that Billary's numbers have plummeted. If she wins by less than 15 points, it will be a devastating loss for her. The number drop is stunning and the Hillbots are getting more and more desperate to resurrect her.
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Coming Undone
I goggled Michael Sneed and found this composite of articles. On March 19th, Sneed reports a "rumor" that Edwards may be ready to endorse Obama. What gives with this chick? On a side note, if Edwards, for any reason endorses Clinton, I am going to go ballistic. He will forever be nothing more than a "$400 haircut" to me.
If the Breck girl endorses Shillary, he will have Hell to pay. No one respects a weasel like that. I only wonder why Gore has held out so long. He should have endorsed Obama weeks ago or else he should shut up about politics.
constantcomment
· 1 year ago
it's amazing what goes through one's mind on a beautiful spring day when sawwing and splitting and stacking wood.... you'all sing now......Get out of the way Hillary Rodham....It's too late, your campaign's bottomed....Obama's the man, it's McCain were cooking...Ole Bill Clinton just stands there a looking.
Rob Mule
· 1 year ago
Ebony and Hillary will live together in perfect harmony... (lyric sez nothing about clenched teeth)
grandma
· 1 year ago
new thread above
grasshopper
· 1 year ago
I read somewhere Obama campaign's internals project losing PA by 4% and they've been pretty accurate.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
grasshopper
Even the Obama campaign's internals are only a brief snapshot that captures a moment in time at this point -- with three weeks to go before the Pennsylvania primary, Obama has a golden opportunity to close the gap and beyond in that state.
Also, Obama is planning a six-day bus tour across Pennsylvania this week -- with speeches and rallies in the cities and rural areas alike -- and that is what he does best. Whenever he engages in direct, up-close-and personal retail politics, Obama's poll numbers skyrocket.
Certainly, the enormously popular Bob Casey's endorsement today is huge, and I expect that Casey will make appearances now with Obama and on his behalf as the the bus tour moves across the state.
Plus, as Obama keeps moving up, Clinton is sinking like a rock! :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
aquarius2
· 1 year ago
Michael Sneed scared the crap out of China. Apparently, she and only she, identified the Virginia Tech shooter as a Chinese National. Apparently Ms Sneed is none too accurate with her reporting.
If Hillary Clinton thinks that she can politically destroy Barak Obama so that NEITHER of them wins in November, only for her to come back in 2012, then she is certifiably CRAZY.
She will have angered Democrats so badly, that there will certainly be no chance whatsoever of her winning the Democratic nomination in 2012.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
DavidinChelsea
Hillary won a second term as the junior Senator from New York in 2006, but I suspect that she won't win another race New York in the wake of her presidential campaign -- not only has she been ruthless and nasty and vindictive, she has proved herself to be a pathological liar and incompetent!
The public simply won’t accept another lying and incompetent member of a political crime family to inhabit the White House ever again -- and I very much doubt that the people of New York will reward Hillary with another term in the Senate now that the degree of her tendency to lie, when the truth would have served her better, and her overall incompetence have been exposed for all to see.
The Empress has no clothes.
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visiblelv
· 1 year ago
Winning Presidential candidates are concerned about three things, the people (us) , their party, and their campaign. Hillary clearly is only worried about one of these priorities. Hearing Hillary say "people keep telling me not to stop" is just plain crap. As far as the Clintons go, I've been following the rule...fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I refuse to be fooled by the Clinton's one more time.
shanobama
· 1 year ago
Yea, Sarah, I am always amazed at the Obama poll numbers after he starts meeting people in person. Making up 20 points is not unheard of. Did he make up about 20 points in Ohio? Combine that with Hillary Clinton approval rating polling lower than at any time since she became a Senator, the numbers may surprise people.
Sarah B.
· 1 year ago
Hi, shano!
Actually, there is ample evidence that Hillary's big “win” in Ohio is less than meets the eye -- there is a call for investigations to probe allegations that GOPers in Ohio committed voter fraud -- guided by Rush Limbaugh, no less -- to switch parties and ask for Democratic ballots so that they could vote for Hillary as a way to knock out Obama in that state:
Just as he did in Ohio, Limbaugh is now urging the GOPers in Pennsylvania to change their registration to Democrat so that they can vote for Hillary in the primary as a method of stopping Obama’s momentum.
The only problem for the GOPers who are changing their party affiliation so that they can subvert the Democratic primary – and for Limbaugh who is encouraging such tactics – is the fact that this specific activity is illegal and constitutes voter fraud. Limbaugh’s actions--by encouraging voter fraud on such a grand scale--would more likely fit the statutory requirements for election fraud.
The GOPers have gone on record to declare their preference for running against Hillary – that playbook, complete with dirty tricks, has been ready for years! – but, they really don’t have a set playbook or even a game plan for a race against Obama. He's way too smart for them.
Yesterday, I heard an audio clip of Hillary bloviating before an audience that she was “thrilled” and “excited” that Pennsylvania has seen a record number of Republicans crossing over to change their registration to Democrat in Pennsylvania in recent weeks! Does she really believe that these GOPers are changing their registration because they long to vote for her in November? Is she really that delusional?
These fraudulent Democrat-for-day GOPers are expected to return to their rotten GOPer roots and vote for McCain in November, so they are just trying to make mischief for the Obama campaign.
In the meantime, let’s just hope that the investigations move forward in time to expose this rotten scheme before Pennsylvania voters go to the polls on April 22nd.
PS – Nice new gravatar pic – is that Sedona, by any chance? :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
kenosharick
· 1 year ago
These polls are totally meaningless and all over the place- the national media (esp. MSNBC) has really ramped up their Hillay bashing this week and it shows. The state match ups for Nov. have Obama losing Penn.,Ohio, Fla.,Mo, Va., and tied with mccain in NJ and Mass. Hillary does much better in the important state match-ups for the Fall. While it is nice Barack won ND in a primary, that means nothing in the Fall. He will start falling even more when the 527's pour 200million in ads about jeremiah wright into swing states.
BatGuano
· 1 year ago
There are three weeks to go until Pennsylvania.
Who's to say that Obama won't be much closer to Clinton than we expect? The way things are moving, he might tie or even win the state.
And as far as November goes... anyone who declares Obama the loser over McCain right now is being unrealistic -- so blinded by their Clinton love they're hoping for a Dem. defeat.
LeslieB
· 1 year ago
Hurrah! Hopefully Obama will continue to gain momentum. Hope he closes the gap in Pennsylvania and cuts Clinton's lead in half too.
houstonray
· 1 year ago
Yeah, I agree, it's still a little over three weeks until Pennsylvania. A whole lot could happen in that time. I was an Edwards supporter until he dropped out and then moved to Obama. Hillary just reminds me of what I DIDN'T like about the Clinton Presidency. I wrote a nice long email to Senator Edwards explaining why I supported him and why I moved to Obama when he dropped out. I got a reply saying that the website was closed down but for press and interview requests, use a different email addy. So I resent the same note to both of those addresses. Doubt he will read it of course, but I'm sure someone in his campaign will and maybe if they get enough comments, it might get back to him...
mirth
· 1 year ago
If it is just rumor, firebrand, then it's a nasty one. I hope Elizabeth addresses it soon and maaaaybe it'll nudge Edwards to endorse (the winning candidate).
Coming Undone, recently I am teetering at the edge. Often I like this state o' mind, but not now.
Thanks, Sarah B, for the uplift.
Hey Rusty & Luna...check my points! This can't last long. Garrrrunteed. :)
mirth
· 1 year ago
Coming Undone,
Your link doesn't work, but with your translation I call bullshit on the Suntimes article.
Elizabeth's quote (by a source) does not sound like something she would say at this late date. In fact it makes no sense. Sour grapes? Unless this is proved as truth by Elizabeth herself, my instinct is to reject such coming from her. And why would Edwards back a losing candidate?
Or maybe, like Gore and Dean, she isn't the person I thought she was.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Thanks, Coming Undone, for the new link.
I hope that Elizabeth address this source-quote directly and soon.
If it's true, I'll come undone.
mirth
· 1 year ago
Hi Luna :)
Rasmussen is notoriously tilted to Republicans.
LunaStick
· 1 year ago
Hey Mirth! :)
Very tilted towards Republicans. Their head to head tracking shows McCain leads nationwide (by fair sized margins) while almost all others show either Dem ahead. Between hillary and Obama, they had been showing much more favorably towards hill. I want to see someone else do a poll in PA this weekend.
mirth
· 1 year ago
I don't believe the Sneed gossip thing. Until we know differently, don't let what he says about the Edwards worm into your brain. I suspect that is it's purpose...and maybe to blunt a coming endorsement from Edwards for Obama.
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this new endorsement might help..
I am starting to get Clinton fatigue -- all of them....including precious snowflake Chelsea and Sox if he's still alive. I know, that's harsh but I am feeling punchy. Thank you for listening.
“Clinton was the only top-tier candidate to refuse the ultimate Iowa and New Hampshire pander by removing her name from the Michigan ballot. That makes her essentially the de facto winner since Edwards and Obama, caving to the cry babies in Iowa and New Hampshire, took their name off Michigan’s ballot. Sure, the DNC has stripped Michigan of its delegates, but that won’t last through the convention. The last thing Democrats can afford is to alienate swing states like Michigan and Florida by refusing to seat their delegates. So while Obama and Edwards kneecap their chances of winning, Clinton is single-mindedly focused on the goal.”
March 28, 2008
BY MICHAEL SNEED Sun-Times Columnist
Scoop du jour? Sneed hears major money problems in the Clinton camp may soon become a coroner knocking on her campaign door.
• To wit: Word is the cash feeding into Hillary Clinton's campaign coffers has not only slowed down in a big way, undisclosed campaign debts that have yet to be made public could signal the end and have insiders biting their nails.
"Hillary needs to raise money to stay alive," a top Dem source said.
• Translation: "It won't necessarily be politics which may force her out of the race," said a top Dem source. "There is no hanky panky going on, but Hillary needs to raise money to stay alive . . . and word is she may not be able to climb out of the money hole."
• The buckshot: "I think it's safe to say Hillary's not going to dip into her pocket again," the source added. "And if her employees start taking pay cuts while chasing the dream . . . it's usually the beginning of the body becoming totally cold."
The flip side . . .
Word is former Dem presidential hopeful John Edwards is now leaning toward endorsing Hillary . . . but it's still a wait and see.
• Translation: Sneed hears Edwards' wife, cancer survivor Elizabeth Edwards, does NOT favor Barack Obama's candidacy . . . but NOT because of racism. "She feels her husband should have been the man in the center of the presidential sweepstakes, rather than Obama," a source said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/865494,CST-N...
www.theunionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Fa...
My good Old North State. : )
• Translation: Sneed hears Edwards' wife, cancer survivor Elizabeth Edwards, does NOT favor Barack Obama's candidacy . . . but NOT because of racism. "She feels her husband should have been the man in the center of the presidential sweepstakes, rather than Obama," a source said.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/865494,CST-N...
Hillary gave a speech today... she said that 20% wanted her to drop out, 20% wanted Obama to drop out... and said that 62% wanted the race to go on.
OK... do the math, 22% and 22% is 44%.. that would leave 56% left. NOT 62%.
ok, so she is not good at math too, maybe its from all the bullets she had to dodge.
Rusty
It's even more embarrassing and pathetic when the "bullets" Hillary claims she had to dodge were fired at herself...by herself. It's called self-inflicted blowback.
Hillary's math is as shaky and slippery as her relationship with truth in general.
Can we call her "Slick Hilly" yet?
:)
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It seems Barack Obama has good things to say about congestion pricing. Good for him. It'd be nice to have a President whose background is in representing an urban area and perhaps has a personal sense of the importance of these issues. Hasn't happened since John F. Kennedy, I believe.
http://matthewyglesias.theatlantic.com/archives...
Obama is closing the gap -- and the three weeks between now and the Pennsylvania primary on April 22nd represents a lifetime in politics.
There is ample time for Obama to not only catch up, but to surpass Hillary Clinton between now and then. So far everything the Clintons have pulled out of the kitchen sink to throw at Obama has caused Hillary's approval ratings to sink and his to rise!
The Clintons' "kitchen sink" strategy has backfired on them, and they are now so desperate that they are trying to revive the Rev. Wright issue which was already a dead donkey by last week. What most people remember is Obama's magnificent speech on race in America delivered in Philadelphia, and the Rev. Wright's sermons are a non-issue at this point.
The proof is in the polling:
Here is a the latest Pew Research Center polling data on Obama and Rev. Wright – using data gathered during the height of the firestorm – and it hasn’t put a dent in Obama’s overall approval-rating and enthusiastic support:
Obama Weathers the Wright Storm, Clinton Faces Credibility Problem
http://people-press.org/
The latest Gallup tracking poll also seems to reflect the trend -- that the public is rejecting the Clintons’ nasty, negative campaign and the lying, exaggerating, unprincipled candidate at its helm.
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Here's the Rasmussen link:
http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/poli...
"It has come to our attention that someone, perhaps in the name of the Texas Democratic Party, is spreading misinformation about upcoming County and Senate District Conventions. We have received reports from delegates who have received e-mails saying that conventions have been cancelled. We have also received unconfirmed reports that someone is placing robo-calls, claiming to be from the Texas Democratic Party, suggesting that county or district conventions have been cancelled.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/3/28/17314/9...
The real "breaking" news here is that the Clinton Crime Family is fast at work -- moreover, this particular activity involving emails and robo-calls intended to confuse voters and thus disenfranchise them is illegal and qualifies as election fraud worthy of the GOPers at their Karl Rove worst!
Howard Dean needs to contact the Democratic Party officials in Texas--as well as the Secretary of State who oversees the primary/caucus process--to call for an immediate investigation by law enforcement.
This illegal activity also calls for a Department of Justice investigation because it violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -- and emails and robo-calls are easy enough to trace back to the culprits.
The Clinton Crime Family....same as the Bush Crime Family!
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Hillary And Bill We Aren't Going Anywhere
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/28/hillar...
Perhaps we need to put this on billboards across the land
NO MONARCHIES IN THE USA!!!!!
the Clintons are a legend in their own minds and their legacy is already history. The Democrats are better off without them!
I was trying make an issue about Edwards in my comments in preceding threads. In fact, it bothered me enough to google for news about how Edwards was inclined.
All of the information I came across indicates that information in in the Sun times was merely a rumor...so far!
The latest Pew Research Center poll has Obama up by +10 -- Obama 49, Clinton 39.
This news news is especially impressive because Pew is one of the most reliable pollsters in the country -- they are neutral, objective, use the best methodology, and their only goal is to provide information in the public interest:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/la...
Obama is moving up -- it's a trend!
:)
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I was at -47!!! What happened?!?!
:)
Hillary is alienating a lot of her fellow dem senators. The only way I can see her as Senate Majority Leader is if she arm twists some deal in which she agrees to drop out of the pres race and endore Obama or else fight to the bitter end and make it bloody. I can see her making such a threat.
Dave
You really should be entitled to a pundit's salary for your contributions to this blog.
So, why are "real" pundits who are always wrong -- like "surge" protectors Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack and David Ignatius -- still collecting the big bucks?
I thought court fools went out of fashion when the Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans took out Charles I, thus making court fools illegal -- but, clearly, I was mistaken.
But, on the bright side, now you can be paid in "Clout" points! -- surely, that should sustain you in your golden years along with Social Security and Medicare.
:)
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now we need to get down to the REAL questions for both of them.
how do they feel about nipple rings?
Clinton leads by double-digits in Pennsylvania polls, and Obama hopes Casey's endorsement will earn him a second look from the state's white, working class and Catholic voters — groups that have leaned toward Clinton in other Democratic contests this year.
I goggled Michael Sneed and found this composite of articles. On March 19th, Sneed reports a "rumor" that Edwards may be ready to endorse Obama. What gives with this chick? On a side note, if Edwards, for any reason endorses Clinton, I am going to go ballistic. He will forever be nothing more than a "$400 haircut" to me.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/sneed/index.html
(lyric sez nothing about clenched teeth)
Even the Obama campaign's internals are only a brief snapshot that captures a moment in time at this point -- with three weeks to go before the Pennsylvania primary, Obama has a golden opportunity to close the gap and beyond in that state.
Also, Obama is planning a six-day bus tour across Pennsylvania this week -- with speeches and rallies in the cities and rural areas alike -- and that is what he does best. Whenever he engages in direct, up-close-and personal retail politics, Obama's poll numbers skyrocket.
Certainly, the enormously popular Bob Casey's endorsement today is huge, and I expect that Casey will make appearances now with Obama and on his behalf as the the bus tour moves across the state.
Plus, as Obama keeps moving up, Clinton is sinking like a rock!
:)
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http://jamesfallows.theatlantic.com/archives/20...
She will have angered Democrats so badly, that there will certainly be no chance whatsoever of her winning the Democratic nomination in 2012.
Hillary won a second term as the junior Senator from New York in 2006, but I suspect that she won't win another race New York in the wake of her presidential campaign -- not only has she been ruthless and nasty and vindictive, she has proved herself to be a pathological liar and incompetent!
The public simply won’t accept another lying and incompetent member of a political crime family to inhabit the White House ever again -- and I very much doubt that the people of New York will reward Hillary with another term in the Senate now that the degree of her tendency to lie, when the truth would have served her better, and her overall incompetence have been exposed for all to see.
The Empress has no clothes.
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Actually, there is ample evidence that Hillary's big “win” in Ohio is less than meets the eye -- there is a call for investigations to probe allegations that GOPers in Ohio committed voter fraud -- guided by Rush Limbaugh, no less -- to switch parties and ask for Democratic ballots so that they could vote for Hillary as a way to knock out Obama in that state:
Will Rush Limbaugh Be Indicted for Voter Fraud?
http://www.alternet.org/story/80392/?page=entire
Just as he did in Ohio, Limbaugh is now urging the GOPers in Pennsylvania to change their registration to Democrat so that they can vote for Hillary in the primary as a method of stopping Obama’s momentum.
The only problem for the GOPers who are changing their party affiliation so that they can subvert the Democratic primary – and for Limbaugh who is encouraging such tactics – is the fact that this specific activity is illegal and constitutes voter fraud. Limbaugh’s actions--by encouraging voter fraud on such a grand scale--would more likely fit the statutory requirements for election fraud.
The GOPers have gone on record to declare their preference for running against Hillary – that playbook, complete with dirty tricks, has been ready for years! – but, they really don’t have a set playbook or even a game plan for a race against Obama. He's way too smart for them.
Yesterday, I heard an audio clip of Hillary bloviating before an audience that she was “thrilled” and “excited” that Pennsylvania has seen a record number of Republicans crossing over to change their registration to Democrat in Pennsylvania in recent weeks! Does she really believe that these GOPers are changing their registration because they long to vote for her in November? Is she really that delusional?
These fraudulent Democrat-for-day GOPers are expected to return to their rotten GOPer roots and vote for McCain in November, so they are just trying to make mischief for the Obama campaign.
In the meantime, let’s just hope that the investigations move forward in time to expose this rotten scheme before Pennsylvania voters go to the polls on April 22nd.
PS – Nice new gravatar pic – is that Sedona, by any chance?
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Who's to say that Obama won't be much closer to Clinton than we expect? The way things are moving, he might tie or even win the state.
And as far as November goes... anyone who declares Obama the loser over McCain right now is being unrealistic -- so blinded by their Clinton love they're hoping for a Dem. defeat.
Coming Undone, recently I am teetering at the edge. Often I like this state o' mind, but not now.
Thanks, Sarah B, for the uplift.
Hey Rusty & Luna...check my points! This can't last long. Garrrrunteed. :)
Your link doesn't work, but with your translation I call bullshit on the Suntimes article.
Elizabeth's quote (by a source) does not sound like something she would say at this late date. In fact it makes no sense. Sour grapes? Unless this is proved as truth by Elizabeth herself, my instinct is to reject such coming from her. And why would Edwards back a losing candidate?
Or maybe, like Gore and Dean, she isn't the person I thought she was.
I hope that Elizabeth address this source-quote directly and soon.
If it's true, I'll come undone.
Rasmussen is notoriously tilted to Republicans.
Very tilted towards Republicans. Their head to head tracking shows McCain leads nationwide (by fair sized margins) while almost all others show either Dem ahead. Between hillary and Obama, they had been showing much more favorably towards hill. I want to see someone else do a poll in PA this weekend.