Keith Olbermann gave a Special Comment on Countdown, regarding President Bush’s latest interview with The Politico.
Crooks and Liars article with transcripts. Go there and Digg it up.
Archive for May, 2008
John Edwards has endorsed Barack Obama for President. They both gave great speeches with no small amount of praise for Sen. Clinton as well. Both stressed the need for unity against the Republicans this fall.
I would support an Obama/Edwards ticket more than an Obama/Clinton ticket, but I don’t think Edwards will wind up on the ticket. Something tells me Obama is going to have a lot of pressure from the party to put Clinton on his ticket in the interest of unity.
Sen. Obama lost West Virginia by a hefty margin, but his superdelegate gains over the past week and change basically negate the gain for Sen. Clinton there. He’s still right where he was; poised to win the nomination. It does however draw more attention to the problem Sen. Obama has in Appalachia. I don’t think this will be enough to lose the election for him, but does concern me quite a bit.
I’m hoping that Edwards’ endorsement can help with that problem in Kentucky, though I’m doubting that will be the case. I do expect it will pull some more superdelegates into the Obama column. I’m also wondering if we should be watching for an Elizabeth Edwards endorsement of Sen. Clinton in the next few days.
Endorsements or no, Sen. Obama’s lead is nearly insurmountable at this point. I think he’ll win in easily in Oregon and South Dakota, with a closer victory in Montana. Sen. Clinton will win Kentucky and Puerto Rico by a large margin and may challenge for the popular vote win once Florida and Michigan are added. I do think Florida and Michigan will have their delegations seated. While they knew the rules and I vehemently disagree with changing them now, the party can’t stand the fallout from not having Florida and Michigan at the convention.
One other thought on West Virginia: Obama really should have thanked his supporters there. I was disappointed that there was nothing from the Obama campaign after the contest. It would have sent a stronger unity message for him to have spoken a few words, even if it wasn’t in a rally environment.
It’s good to hear her talk about gas prices. They’re killing us,” said Donna Madden, 45, a part-time high school cafeteria employee from Clear Fork. “She’s an American, a real American. It’s just good to know that she has the same ancestors as us, that her family goes back for generations and generations and generations
I’m not angry at Donna Madden. I feel sorry for her.
Source: Clinton compares her campaign to JFK’sin 1960
What makes this funny is that Sen. Obama actually DOES have West Virginia roots, of a sort. His Great Great Great Grandfather, Jacob Mackey Dunham was born 7 May 1824 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia).
I wonder if Sen. Clinton is proud of her largely racist, uneducated and clearly uninformed base.
I was going to wait until all the polls were in before I made a post, and Indiana has just been called for Sen. Clinton.
North Carolina was expected to go for Sen. Obama, and it did in a resounding fashion, 56% – 42%. Indiana was expected to go for Sen. Clinton by several percent, and it is basically tied. We’re talking about a delegate or two between them in Indiana. Sen. Obama has effectively washed out Sen. Clinton’s gains from Pennsylvania.
A lot of folks are now expecting Sen. Clinton to step out of the race this week, but I think I’m just a little more cynical. I don’t see her stepping aside when she has a basically guaranteed win in West Virginia. I think she stays in at least through that contest and hopes for an Obama gaffe, or that the media latches on to another lapel pin or Wright non-issue. She’s out of money — barring a huge fundraising announcement from April — but I just don’t think she’ll suddenly decide she can’t win and step aside. A clear Clinton victory has been a long shot for some time. She has been “moving the goal posts” for quite a while, with Michigan, Florida, “more votes by people who have voted,” the legitimacy of caucuses versus primaries, etc. With a win (however minor) in Indiana, I can’t see her stepping aside. I am hoping I am wrong because every day she is in this race is a distraction from the attention that should be being paid to going after McCain. He’s currently getting a free pass.
Here’s a good article from The Huffington Post, before I come off too much like a hater: It’s Not About Hating Hillary
And can I just say how much I love this picture?
Janny over at Long Live The Monkey sent me this article today. I thought I should share it here after my mentioning earlier about how Sen. Obama is the only one being realistic and truthful amongst the Presidential candidates when it comes to this political gaming over gas prices.
Here’s an excerpt:
Much nonsense has been written about how Hillary Clinton is “toughening up” Barack Obama so he’ll be tough enough to withstand Republican attacks. Sorry, we don’t need a president who is tough enough to withstand the lies of his opponents. We need a president who is tough enough to tell the truth to the American people. Any one of the candidates can answer the Red Phone at 3 a.m. in the White House bedroom. I’m voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV — at 8 p.m. — from the White House East Room.
Who will tell the people? We are not who we think we are. We are living on borrowed time and borrowed dimes. We still have all the potential for greatness, but only if we get back to work on our country.
(emphasis mine)
