and he who controls the spigot.................controls the spice
tlsintx
· 1 year ago
let Hillary throw her tantrums she'll end up sitting alone in the corner
i've been thinking about all the opportunities obama has had to attack Hillary (and McCain) using their own tactics, and he hasn't. and he's leading. that takes wisdom and heart and discipline. wow.
paulbe
· 1 year ago
I'm sure Hillary's donors would take their money straight back to Columbia, or Tel Aviv, or some other equally dubious location if they don't get what they expect.
dad
· 1 year ago
SDs: ABC shows Obama leads Clinton now, 267-265.
good morning!
dad
· 1 year ago
(double dip)
johnkerry
· 1 year ago
Looks like Hillary will end up as the nominee over racist Marxist Hussein!!
blackwolf
· 1 year ago
There's a concern here folks, and this is the quiet dealings of the Obama campaign to pay off Hillary's debts. I'm hoping the Huffington post got this one wrong. Otherwise, it would be the first betryal of Obama to his suppporters.
bill__free
· 1 year ago
when barack is the nominee and he asks that his donors give to the DNC for 1 day, watch the money flow in.
he is a link t all superdelegates, how they are voting, and who is still not committed.
josh marshall makes a great point this morning as well...
imagine our outrage if a GOPer had made the remark about hardworking white American voters, just before primaries in West Virginia...
Indigo
· 1 year ago
click? clique?
grandma
· 1 year ago
blackwolf....I just went over to Huff post and read that article...
The immediate problem.....
grandma
· 1 year ago
The immediate problem with Penn -- whose conflicts of interest plagued the Clinton campaign and ultimately led to his being publicly, if not privately, repudiated -- is that if Obama helps Clinton pay off her debts, a big chunk of those debts -- an estimated $10 million or more -- is owed to Penn.
I sure don't want to donate any more money to Obama if any of it is going to go to Penn.
vwcat
· 1 year ago
Grandma, Obama is only going to put Clinton's camp in touch with donors who can help raise her the money she needs. He is not giving Clinton any of his own money donated by us. That is his. The way it is explained is that he can help with finding her ways to raise some cash but, our money is not going to her. It's staying with Obama.
grandma
· 1 year ago
good to know vwcat...thank you !!
SarainKC
· 1 year ago
Grandma (17 mis ago)- no worries. Campaign finance law prohibits Obama from paying off Hillary's debt. All he can do is encourage donations toward that effort. Your contributions will never end up in her hands. Bottom line, camp Hillary is holding the primary ransom. Too bad for her that no one gives a shit about their debt. Let her stay and become even more irrelevant. If we're lucky, she'll campaign herself straight out of the US Senate.
grandma
· 1 year ago
Thanks SarainKC !
michaelt
· 1 year ago
i thought the whole idea of the obama campaign was to stop bailing out millionaires. hillary can pay her own bills. besides, what has she done that would warrant bailing her out?
grandma
· 1 year ago
Chuck Todd saying it's hard not to come to the conclusion that Edwards is for Obama..... after Edwards appearance this morning on MSNBC
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
IT'S OFFICIAL: for first time, Obama leads the Superdelegate tally: 267-265. Stick a fork in her, she's done!
vwcat
· 1 year ago
I am one of the powerful - haha. I have been part of that spigot for over a year and it's the power of us, the people, to shove it in the faces of these rich and formerly powerful elitie that thinks they can still control the government and politics. The Obama coalition is part of the larger effort to take back our government and country from the powerful few. So, Hillary's big time donors can threaten all they want. Pelosi knows the era of Clinton, with it's big money control, is over and the people will help and support her if need be.
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
Joe wondered in an earlier post if Billary would be able to leave the campaign with dignity and class. I've begun to wonder if they ever had any. Her remarks yesterday about race were completely crude. Why would anyone want to vote for her for president> Her behavior is certainly not presidential.
IMNSHO, the longer Hillary goes on, the less interest Obama representatives will have in trying to accomodate her. Her bargaining power diminishes by the hour. So does her bank account.
Mischa G
· 1 year ago
Great post header. I couldn't agree more. Though the long term goal should be publicly financed elections, the short term goal should be to buy back the Democratic party from the big donors so that we can achieve the long term goal.
caphillprof
· 1 year ago
so, is it Geffen vs Weinstein?
jr
· 1 year ago
"Brown vs Board of Education was a mistake"-Hillary in Kentucky
tbhull
· 1 year ago
Screw these folks.
Walker
· 1 year ago
Oh c'mon John -- you HAVE to remember "Square Pegs," right? That's how I learned how to spell "clique." You might have forgotten because it starred some girl who went on to do a couple of other minor things and then disappeared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Pegs#Openin... Lauren: "I've got this whole high school thing psyched out. It all breaks down into cliques." Patty: "Cliques?" Lauren: "Yeah, you know. Cliques. Little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique, and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us." Patty: "No way! Not even with cleavage." Lauren: "I tell you, this year we're going to be popular." Patty: "...Yeah?" Lauren: "Yeah. Even if it kills us."
OneManComotion
· 1 year ago
Give Obama's money to the congressional runs and forget her debt.
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she'll end up sitting alone in the corner
i've been thinking about all the opportunities obama has had to attack Hillary (and McCain) using their own tactics, and he hasn't. and he's leading.
that takes wisdom and heart and discipline. wow.
good morning!
he is a link t all superdelegates, how they are voting, and who is still not committed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic...
imagine our outrage if a GOPer had made the remark about hardworking white American voters, just before primaries in West Virginia...
The immediate problem.....
the Clinton campaign and ultimately led to his being publicly, if not
privately, repudiated -- is that if Obama helps Clinton pay off her debts, a
big chunk of those debts -- an estimated $10 million or more -- is owed to
Penn.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/05/08/obama-...
I sure don't want to donate any more money to Obama if any of it is going to go to Penn.
The way it is explained is that he can help with finding her ways to raise some cash but, our money is not going to her. It's staying with Obama.
after Edwards appearance this morning on MSNBC
So, Hillary's big time donors can threaten all they want. Pelosi knows the era of Clinton, with it's big money control, is over and the people will help and support her if need be.
Her remarks yesterday about race were completely crude. Why would anyone want to vote for her for president> Her behavior is certainly not presidential.
IMNSHO, the longer Hillary goes on, the less interest Obama representatives will have in trying to accomodate her. Her bargaining power diminishes by the hour. So does her bank account.
You might have forgotten because it starred some girl who went on to do a couple of other minor things and then disappeared.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_Pegs#Openin...
Lauren: "I've got this whole high school thing psyched out. It all breaks down into cliques."
Patty: "Cliques?" Lauren: "Yeah, you know. Cliques. Little in-groups of different kids. All we have to do is click with the right clique, and we can finally have a social life that's worthy of us."
Patty: "No way! Not even with cleavage."
Lauren: "I tell you, this year we're going to be popular."
Patty: "...Yeah?"
Lauren: "Yeah. Even if it kills us."