O.K., I'll be honest. I'm in a state of despair at Obama's loss here in California.

[calteacherguy]

;(

NOT!!!!!!!!!!:P

For one thing Obama won my county!

For another thing, he got 42% of the vote is so-called "Clinton Country."

And for another thing, Hillary campaigned her in recent weeks, Obama didn't, and still she could barely crack the 50% mark statewide!

AND FURTHERMORE....

Obama has won more delegates than the Clintons!!!!

Obama has won more states than the Clintons!!!!

Obama has brought in more new voters to the Democratic Party than the Clintons!!!!

Obama has brought more indpendent voters into our fold this time around than the Clintons!!!!

Obama has converted more Republicans to our side than the Clintons!!!!

Obama has tied the the Clintons in the popular vote!!!!!

The more voters get to know Obama, the more they like him...time is on our side!!!!

We've got a great round of February caucuses and primaries coming up, and Obama will shine!!!!

We've got the momentum, in votes, funds, and hope!!!!!


YES WE CAN!!!!!!!

[Political Heretic]

1. You might be a child of the 80s....

....if you put "NOT!!!" or "PSYCHE!!" at the end of things... :D

[calteacherguy]

4. I'm 41. nt

[Political Heretic]

43. You're only as old as you feel, 80s-dude :)

hee hee :hi:

[LostinVA]

23. My wife is a child of the 80's and even she doesn't do that

[mrreowwr_kittty]

34. Au contraire, "NOT" is from the 90s.

Wayne's World. ;)

[Nitrogenica]

2. WE

[calteacherguy]

5. Love that, awesome!

:hi:

[Recursion]

39. OMFG

Cafe Press that. Please?

[Nitrogenica]

45. I'll get on that after work. I'll send you a link.

I want to re-design it for light colors.

[mahina]

44. Sweet Honey in the Rock

has a song by that name, and it is perfect for the Obama campaign!

They have another song in my Obama playlist...Where are they keys to the kingdom
Open the door
and walk right in!

Aloha.

[Radical Activist]

3. The New York results makes me happy.

When a candidate can't get 60% in her own state something is very wrong with that candidate.

[mopinko]

14. hill worked it, too. we have almost forgotten

what baracks looks like here. ok, not really, we know he looks great on tv.

[Cha]

26. I got robo calls here

in New York that annoyed the heck outta me considering how she turned her back on us in 2002.

[jasmine621]

6. Yes, child of the 80's. All that going for you and you still want more? nt

[BootinUp]

7. I'm gonna let someone else fact check you

if they don't I'll be back. :hi:

[Avalux]

8. I'm, not worried about it either. He wasn't expected to win.

Just like he wasn't expected to win Massachusetts. He broke even; that's what his campaign was hoping for. Good news - Obama has raise d 5 million since yesterday! :hi:

[AlCzervik]

9. i'm surprised the margin wasn't much closer, i figured Clinton would win but not by much.

[meow mix]

10. yah, makes it kinda difficult to be properly enraged.

i mean i really wanted to be fuming about californias inabilty to not be stupid,
(i mean look at arnie)
but every time i tried it just wasnt working to well becuase of all the reasons you said lol.

[thunder rising]

12. i mean i really wanted to be fuming about californias inabilty to not be stupid,

It just needed to be an a title line !! :-)

[thunder rising]

11. See how easy it is to get out of the blues. Hillary ran the traditional Dem 50%+1 campaign.

That's the NE, CA, FL and she drew more votes.

And Barack is close to matching the $5M loan with $5M contributions from small donors.

[Samantha]

13. Here's some consolation for you

My Republican brother (Huckabee guy) called me today and said Obama would have won California had it not been for the early voting. He said the 10% difference had to have come before the tide started to turn for Obama.

To my knowledge, my brother has never made a complimentary remark about a Democrat in the 55 years I have known him, and he initiated the call.

Sam

[AmBlue]

21. I hate early voting.

Too many things wrong with it, and too many things can change before election day. There's no taking those votes back if you change your mind.

[Cha]

29. That's what I've been hearing so

the rally with Oprah, Stevie Wonder, Michelle, Maria Elena Durazo, Caroline Kennedy, and Maria Shriver helped quite a bit.

Thanks for this report, Sam!

[Samantha]

31. I Don't understand why people keep saying that the Kennedy

endorsement had no impact. Prior to the vote, some talking heads said Clinton had as much as a 6 to 1 ratio of favored Latino voting over Obama. She pulled off only a 2 to 1 ratio in California. He was like 20 or 30 points behind her at one point; and he ended up with only 10 points less. I call that kind of turnaround in the space of a week a miracle.

He was polling 22% in MA about a week before the election. Right before the vote, his camp said they hoped to reach 40% to claim a fair share of the delegates. And that they did.

I think what Obama accomplished in the space of about a week with the assistance of the Kennedys, and of course, the base, is a political miracle. Why are people here selling that short, even if they don't support him. He's received much kinder remarks from my Republican brother, the Bush* proponent, than many DU'ers. What a shame.

[Cha]

35. 'Cause DUers have

an agenda and it starts with an "H". That's why they're saying that..of course, all those endorsements from those wonderful people helped Obama and did a lot of our hearts really good!~

[ursi]

15. last night I read over in the election reform section that almost 700,000 ballots from Indies were

thrown out because people didn't fill in one little circle that they were told to fill in. Go figure. This was in LA County.

[Frances]

16. Which county are you in?

Santa Cruz is my county; it went for Obama.

I know it's heresy here at DU, but I think Obama and Hillary are much more similar than they are different.

I think both are VERY different from McCain.

[jody]

17. "know Obama, the more they like him"? For some voters, liking a candidate is not the same as

believing she/he can do the job of president.

[tandem5]

18. California no se puede ganar sin el voto latino y no ayuda a robar lemas del UFW.

jaja. :P

[Seabiscuit]

19. Indeed, the more I get to know Obama,

the more I want to :puke:

[Peace Patriot]

20. California has an election system that remains extremely vulnerable to rigging.

See my analysis of it, "California Election Integrity Assessment 2008." I lay out out the system, in its bare bones, where many of the vulnerabilities are, which counties, which registrars, the bloody see-saw history of reform and anti-reform over the last decade, the current struggle between reformer SoS Debra Bowen, and corrupt county officials and the rightwing corporate election vendors they serve.

Bottom line: A couple of insider corporate hackers, a couple of minutes, a few lines of code, leaving no trace--and millions of votes can be changed.

And when did greedy fascist bastards ever hold such power over a country's government and political establishment, and not use it? Never.

Did they want to stop Obama in California? It's possible. And, if they did, it was a piece of cake.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4380748

But whatever they dark lords intend, the thing we have to face--and do something about--is that they have the EASY capability to game our political system with fraudulent results.

You also might want to see this thread, with TIA's analysis of official results/exit polls:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x496897

[AZBlue]

22. Don't forget - Obama has more raised more money.

Or maybe I should just say: Obama has...money.
:evilgrin:

[WillyT]

24. Dude !!! - Read This And Cheer Up !!!

Link: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4434552

Plus... Hillary just had to loan her own campaign $5 Million today.

Not a good sign.

:shrug:

[Cha]

36. Audacious!

To the end!

[WillyT]

37. Hey Gorgeous !!!

:bounce::loveya::bounce:

:hi:

[Cha]

40. Yeesss!

That's what I'm talkin' about! :loveya: :D :hi:

[jlake]

25. That will be comforting in the GE.

"Obama closed the gap"
"He only lost by 10 points"
"If he had another week..."
"He won my county"
:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Colobo]

27. YES WE CAN! GOBAMA, OUR NEXT PRESIDENT!

[ClayZ]

28. We will help in Washington State on Saturday.

[femrap]

30. Are you on the cheerleading squad?

It's too bad you couldn't get this excited over Impeaching. It is amazing how voters are so easily bought with such slogans as 'yes we can.'

I am embarrassed by my fellow citizens. America is dying....and all the citizens can say is, 'yes we can.'

It's just pathetic how easily the average american citizen can be manipulated. Obama is even agog at how easy it is.

[TankLV]

32. umm - CLINTON has more delegates - over a HUNDRED more...

GO HILLARY!!!

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

33. And Yet, Hillary Will Be The Nominee Anyway LOL

[Thrill]

38. He was down 30 points there just last month

And Hillary won by 10. Sounds like the half mill early votes won it for her. Too bad they didn't wait

[AtomicKitten]

41. He performed brilliantly and I am nothing short of thrilled about it.

This guy has skills.

[rufus dog]

42. He lost my County - Orange

To be expected based upon the polling of Latinos. OC has a very large Hispanic population. I was concerned with my touch screen system. My ballot # was 00000! Should have questioned it before committing the vote. I thought I would get an output ticket but didn't.

[itcfish]

46. Don't Despair

Obama has been given the nomination by the "right wing" media. Sit back and relax. November is a different story.