“OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS Monday May 5, 2008

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WELCOME TO “OBAMA SUPPORTERS” DAILY NEWS

Monday May 5, 2008


Former Indiana Rep. Lee Hamilton , left, introduces Democratic presidential hopeful,
Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. during the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Indianapolis,
Sunday, May 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

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1. Local NC and IN Primary reports Mini thread

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4. These NC Obama offices NEED volunteers Monday & Tuesday

The reason Obama won so big in many states is because he had lots of volunteers.

The offices will accept whatever amount of time you can give, and yes they need people Monday and Tuesday (yes Tuesday).

You can make calls or canvass. They may have other tasks you can do.

If you've never canvassed before, they send you out in teams, you aren't alone, and they will send you with an experienced person. You don't have to do the talking unless you get comfortable.

I have found that when canvassing as the "silent partner", often you get comfortable and are ready to speak up. I've found that people are really happy that someone cares enough to come to their neighborhood. REALLY.


Subject: NC HQ: MANY more canvassers needed; hard to find volunteers across NC

We are BEGGING for help at all 33 offices across NC...PLZ call your office and signup for a shift--


Asheville
107 Merrimon Avenue
Asheville, NC 28801
[phone]
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Boone
920 West King Street, Suite B
Boone, NC 28607
Phone #1: [phone]
Phone #2: [phone]
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Burlington
113 East Front Street
Burlington, NC 28144
[phone]
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Chapel Hill
504 West Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
[phone]
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Charlotte
1523 Elizabeth Avenue, Suite 120
Charlotte, NC 28204
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
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Clayton
34 Oleander Dr.
Clayton, NC 27527
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Clinton
305 E. Main St.
Clinton, NC 28328
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Concord
20 Union St S.
above Natural Harvest Store
[e-mail]



Durham
112 West Main St., 2nd Fl
Durham, NC 27701
[phone]
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Elizabeth City
427 South Hughes Boulevard
Elizabeth City, NC 27909
[phone]
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Fayetteville
214 Hay Street, 2nd Floor
Rear entrance
Fayetteville, NC 28301
[phone]
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Gastonia
413 W. Main Ave., Ste. 110
Gastonia, NC 28052
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Goldsboro
210 S. William St.
Goldsboro, NC 27530
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Greensboro
500 West Friendly Avenue
Greensboro, NC 27401
[phone]
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Greenville
414 Evans Street
Greenville, NC 27858
[phone]
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Hendersonville
614 Spartanburg Highway
across from Wendy's and

next door to McDonalds

Hendersonville, NC 28792

GARY PRICHARD
[phone]

[e-mail]


Hickory
258 1st Avenue NW
Hickory, NC 28601
[phone]
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High Point
710 East Washington Drive
High Point, NC 27260
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Lexington
223 S. Main St.
Lexington, NC 27292
[phone]
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Lumberton
1209 N. Pine St.
Lumberton, NC 28358
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Mount Airy
228 Franklin St., 2nd Fl.
Mount Airy, NC 27030
Phone: [phone]
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New Bern
806 Queen Street
New Bern, NC 28560
[phone]
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North Raleigh
8321 Six Forks Rd.
Raleigh, NC 27615
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Raleigh
130 East Morgan Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
[phone]
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Rocky Mount
1956 Stone Rose Drive
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
[phone]
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Salisbury
215 Depot Street, Suite B
Salisbury, NC 28144
[phone]
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Shelby
205 S. Washington St.
Shelby, NC 28150
704-682-5660
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Southern Pines
175 W. Pennsylvania Ave.
Southern Pines, NC 28387
910-692-8485
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Washington
408 N. Market St.
Washington, NC 27880
[phone]
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West Charlotte
1520 West Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28208
[phone]
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Wilmington
511 North 3rd Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
[phone]
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Wilson
1211 Tarboro St.
Wilson, NC 27895
[phone]
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Windsor
102 E. Granville St.
Windsor, NC 27983
252-955-7166
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Winston-Salem
8 West 3rd Street
Entrance on Main between 2nd & 3rd
Winston-Salem, NC 27101
[phone]
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5. Charlotte Observer endorses Obama

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., addresses supporters at Lawrence North High School in Indianapolis, Saturday, May 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Do the Democrats need a restoration of the past, or is it time for a change? We think it's time for a change. We recommend a vote for Barack Obama in Tuesday's primary.

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Concerns about Clinton

Yet we're troubled by, to cite a few examples, these aspects of her presidential campaign:• Many of her supporters seem intent on depicting Sen. Obama as the Jesse Jackson of 2008, a leader who appeals to an ethnic minority but not to the broader electorate needed to win.

• She sometimes exaggerates her influence and experiences, as when she claimed she "helped to bring peace to Northern Ireland" and said she ducked under sniper fire in Bosnia.

• Florida and Michigan were stripped of national convention delegates after breaking party rules by scheduling their primaries too early. The candidates didn't campaign in them. Yet after Sen. Clinton did well in those states, she pushed to change the rules and count the votes. That's a cynical, self-serving effort to corrupt the selection process.

• Her tendency to tell voters what they want to hear is disturbing. Her proposal to suspend the federal tax on gasoline this summer is campaign gimmickry, not leadership. Her assertion that she was a critic of NAFTA from the beginning is simply unbelievable. The record shows she was an ardent advocate of the trade deal.

Some Democrats accept that as just the way the political game always has been played. Perhaps it is. But is that the best Americans can expect? We think not.

Is Obama ready for the job?

As to Sen. Obama, he's one of the most powerful, effective speakers to seek the presidency in years. He offers a different vision of politics. Is he ready for to be president? His relative inexperience is reason for concern. He has been a U.S. senator for three years, an Illinois state senator for eight. He has no executive experience.

Experience is important, but it's no substitute for good judgment and the ability to assemble and wisely use capable advisers. George W. Bush had six years' experience as governor of a big, complex state, yet his administration has made some of the worst decisions in recent history.

Sen. Obama is a man of uncommon intelligence. He's a graduate of Columbia University with a law degree from Harvard, where he was editor of the law review. He bypassed lucrative job opportunities to become a community organizer with a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor Chicago neighborhoods plagued with crime and joblessness.

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Early in the campaign, Sen. Obama said, "We want a politics that reflects our best values. We want a politics that reflects our core decency, a politics that is based on a simple premise that we stand and fall together."

Yes, we do.


http://www.charlotte.com/opinion/story/608888.html

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17. Good - The Charlotte Observer is in our largest county, over 550,000 reg voters

I'm so glad they endorsed, and on a Sunday. Good good good.

Charlotte is in Mecklenburg County, and its a hard county to
manage the activists in.

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6. NPR: Clinton, Obama Campaign in North Carolina

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90157298&ft=1&f=7

Weekend Edition Saturday, May 3, 2008 · Polls in advance of Tuesday's primaries in Indiana and North Carolina showed Hillary Clinton ahead in Indiana and getting closer to rival Barack Obama in North Carolina, where she has found growing support among rural white voters. Friday night, both candidates spoke at a Democratic Party dinner in Raleigh.

The Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner was held at the state fairgrounds — in an arena usually used to judge livestock. Friday night, it was the two presidential hopefuls who were on display, seeking the crowd's approval. And despite what's been an often combative campaign, their speeches were anything but caustic. In fact, both Clinton and Obama — as if reading from the same script — went out of their way to praise one another.


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Obama used some of his strongest rhetoric of the night to dismiss the gas tax holiday as "a gimmick." Noting that Republican John McCain also has endorsed the idea, Obama derided it as a plan that would save motorists just 30 cents a day for three months.

"When we're offering the same thing that John McCain's offering on the cheap that means we're not presenting a truthful response to the challenges that we face in America," he said. "We can do better than tat this time.

The vast majority of people at the dinner already had decided on a candidate before they heard the speeches. Obama seemed to be the favorite of most, in keeping with statewide polls. But one person who said he still has an open mind is Bob Etheridge, a North Carolina congressman and one of 10 superdelegates in the state who remain uncommitted. Even after hearing the candidates, Etheridge said he's keeping his options open.

"I think you want to know how your state does. You want to know how the people that you represent do, and you also want to look at what happens in America and what direction we're headed and those are the things I'll be looking at," he said.

In his largely rural district, Etheridge says he senses the race tightening — something that's also been borne out in statewide polls. Still, even Clinton's most prominent supporter in North Carolina — Gov. Mike Easley — says it's a long-shot for her to win in a state where Obama has held the lead continually since February.


Related NPR Stories

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7. Obama’s 2-Minute Closers in N. Carolina and Indiana

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/03/obamas-2-minute-closers-in-nc-and-indiana/

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8. Zogby Poll: Obama Lead in NC Shrinks; He and Clinton Remain Deadlocked in Indiana

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1496


UTICA, New York - Democrat Hillary Clinton made gains in North Carolina yesterday, drawing within single digits of rival Barack Obama, while the two remain deadlocked in Indiana with just days before Tuesday's primary elections in those states, a pair of new Zogby daily tracking telephone polls show.

Obama leads in North Carolina by a 46% to 37% margin, with 17% either unsure or favoring someone else. In Indiana, Obama won 43% support, compared to 42% for Clinton, with the balance either favoring someone else or undecided.

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9. CBS Poll: Support For Obama Rebounds

Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., bounces the ball at Riverview Elementary School in Elkhart, Ind., May 4, 2008. Sen. Obama campaigned door-to-door in the city. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)






CBS) Democrat Barack Obama appears to have rebounded from some of the damage caused by the controversy surrounding his former pastor Rev. Jeremiah Wright, according to the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

On one key measure, Obama has seen a big reversal since his denunciation of Wright’s remarks on Tuesday. He now leads presumptive Republican nominee John McCain in the hypothetical fall contest by eleven points, 51 percent to 40 percent. That compares to a tied match-up in a CBS News/New York Times poll that was released last Wednesday.

Positive assessments of how Obama has handled the situation with Wright are also reflected by a continued lead over fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton in his battle for their party’s nomination. Among Democratic primary voters (those who have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic primary) Obama’s lead over Clinton has increased -- he now leads Clinton by twelve points, 50 percent to 38 percent. That’s up from his eight point lead in the poll released just a few days ago.

However, among all registered voters who identify themselves as Democrats (regardless of whether they have voted or plan to vote in a Democratic primary) Obama and Clinton are virtually tied -- 45 percent for Clinton and 44 percent for Obama. This is similar to the numbers earlier in the week.

The poll also shows good news for both Democrats in a campaign versus McCain in the fall. Just like Obama, Clinton’s lead over McCain has jumped, from 5 to 12 points.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/04/opinion/polls/main4069259.shtml

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10. WP: La. Democrat Wins In GOP Stronghold - Anti Obama strategy fails Reps loss 33yr old seat

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x5818584

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11. Local NC and IN Sunday Front Page Newspapers

No longer able to show you the front page you have to clikc on the link


The Indianapolis Star has a story about a marathon race that may be an ironic foreshadowing of Tuesdays election:

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_IS&ref_pge=lst



The Kokomo Tribune gives everything above the fold on two stories about Obama's ancesteral home in IN.

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_KT&ref_pge=lst



The Lafayette Journal and Courier devotes their front page to the Obama family

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_JC&ref_pge=lst



NWI The Times has a local poll that shows Clinton 46 Obama 33 and an amazing 19% undecided

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_TT&ref_pge=lst



South Bend Tribune makes it look like Bill Clinton is running for a third term against a slain prisoner's family

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=IN_SBT&ref_pge=lst



The Fayetville Observer with a rare balanced front page

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NC_FO&ref_pge=lst



The News Observer wonders if race will effect the outcome

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NC_NO&ref_pge=lst



Winston-Salem Journal goes BIG

http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/hr.asp?fpVname=NC_WSJ&ref_pge=lst

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2. Super Delegate Update mini thread

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12. Obama's Saturday Super Delegates Obama + 3 Clinton +1

DemconWatch http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/superdelegate-list.html


NM Democratic Party chairman endorses Obama
The Associated Press
Article Launched: 05/03/2008 11:47:16 AM MDT


ALBUQUERQUE—The state Democratic Party chairman, who also is a New Mexico superdelegate, has endorsed Barack Obama's presidential bid.
Brian Colon said Saturday the U.S. senator from Illinois will put Western states in play in the general election.

Colon also said Obama has run a different kind of campaign that is driven by a commitment to change starting at the grassroots level.

And Colon said Obama has presented a positive message of change while focusing on the Democratic Party's real opponent—the expected Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Superdelegates are the party and elected officials who will automatically attend the national convention and can support whomever they choose, regardless of what happens in the primaries and caucuses.




DNC Inez Tenenbaum (SC)


Guam Vice-Chair Jaime Paulino (GU) for Obama

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13. Sunday Super Delegates Obama +1 Clinton +1

In addition to the 24 pledged delegates, two “unpledged add-on” delegates were also named. Although not pledged to any candidate, Gov. Parris Glendening (Obama) and Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (Clinton) had publically disclosed their preferences far in advance of the meeting.



http://www.mddems.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/1169269

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14. Monday Super Delegate Obama +3 Clinton 0 -- partial results

* Also note, with the Illinois state convention over the weekend, Obama is slated to pick up the three superdelegate add-ons from the state: Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; Illinois House Maj. Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, who lives in Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood, per the Chicago Sun-Times; and Cook County Board President Todd Stroger. Since these have not been officially appointed yet (they will be by Monday), the NBC News Political Unit has not added them to the count as yet.


http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/williamplunk/gGChyl

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25. DNC Kalyn Free Choctaw Nation of OK endorses Obama

CHICAGO, IL -- Kalyn Free, an at-large member of the Democratic National Committee, today announced that she supports Illinois Senator Barack Obama for the party's presidential nomination. As a DNC member, Free will serve as a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention. Free is also founder and President of INDN's List, an organization dedicated to recruiting and training American Indian candidates.

This brings the total number of superdelegates to endorse Barack Obama to 258. Senator Obama is 276 delegates away from securing the Democratic nomination.

Free said she was excited to see two qualified candidates emerge from the field of Democratic contenders. "Today, I am casting my support for a new kind of leadership and a new possibility of what America can be. Barack Obama is a once-in-a-generation kind of leader and the best hope the American people have to rebuild the erosion our collective foundation has endured the last eight years. In 2008, we must elect a President who will restore our faith in the possibilities of each and every American, including the First Americans.

"As a member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, I am proud of what it means to be an American Indian. I am proud Barack Obama is committed to our unique issues and willing to tackle our toughest problems, from historical inequities and injustices to contemporary issues, like protection of our right to tribal self-determination, access to health care for our elders, and education for our children. Despite the threats that have faced our culture and our people, hope has lifted Indian people through the most difficult times. Because we remain connected to our past, our culture and our communities, we never gave up that hope. American Indians need not just progressive ideas but new and visionary leadership that inspire us to build a better future for all Americans. No President alone can rebuild the American public after eight years of George Bush's disastrous policies and poisonous politics. I support Senator Obama because I believe the only way to rebuild America is to rebuild what makes us great - the hope and drive of the American people.

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29. 2 SDs from MD endorse Obama today's total Obama +6

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/05/obama_picks_up_maryland_superd.html

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3. Obama won Guam. Hillary's one contest winning streak is over

Obama won Guam. Hillary's one contest winning streak is over

by Joe Sudbay (DC) • 5/04/2008

Obama won Guam last night.

Clinton's one contest streak is over.
Yes, let's repeat that. Because, as I've written before, contrary to the spin and the gullibility
of the punditry to be spun, after PA, Clinton was on a one-state winning streak.

After the February 5th Super Tuesday contests, Clinton lost 11 in a row (those still count).
On March 4th, Clinton won two (Ohio and Rhode Island) while losing two (Vermont and Texas --
yes, she lost Texas, it's about delegates, remember). She then lost two more, Wyoming and Mississippi,
before winning Pennsylvania by a smaller margin than expected.
That's was a one-state streak that has bestowed magical powers upon her.
But, she still can't -- and won't -- win the nomination.

And, if Clinton is as hot as all the pundits think, she should win both North Carolina and Indiana by wide margins. She has to win both. And, big. Or she can't deliver.

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15. Tom Friedman: I’m voting for the one who can talk straight to the American people on national TV

Tom Friedman is Shrill

By: John Cole

I don’t know what happened to Friedman on his break, but it was a good thing. He is now shrill:

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.

I don’t know if Barack Obama can lead that, but the notion that the idealism he has inspired in so many young people doesn’t matter is dead wrong. “Of course, hope alone is not enough,” says Tim Shriver, chairman of Special Olympics, “but it’s not trivial. It’s not trivial to inspire people to want to get up and do something with someone else.”

But with Hillary, Tom, you get someone who has been lied about for two decades and who is tough enough to lie
about her opponents and lie to the American people. Isn’t that what America really wants and needs?
And, you know, her baggage has been fully vetted.

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16. Slate: Hillary Clinton, Fairy Princess

Hillary Clinton, Fairy Princess

By Timothy Noah Posted Friday, May 2, 2008 CAN WE PLEASE STOP PRETENDING SHE HAS A PLAUSIBLE CHANCE TO WIN THE NOMINATION?

"Give me a break. This whole thing is the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen."

—former President Bill Clinton, Jan. 11, 2008. Clinton was criticizing Sen. Barack Obama's claim to have opposed the Iraq war more consistently than Hillary Clinton...

Here's a rule I would like every political reporter, campaign official, TV talking head, and politician in the United States to follow.
Go ahead and say, if you like, that Hillary Clinton retains a serious chance of winning the Democratic nomination.
If you say this, however, you must describe a set of circumstances whereby this could happen.
Try not to make it sound like a fairy tale.

….That exhausts the possibilities. Not one of them is plausible.
So, please, let's stop pretending there's much suspense about who the nominee will be.
As an arithmecrat, I will not consider anyone the winner until a candidate achieves 2,025 delegates.
But neither am I obliged to believe Hillary Clinton has a decent shot. She doesn't.

…more at the link

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18. Political influence = outrageous profit: Exxon posts $10.9 billion profit

Exxon posts $10.9 billion profit

Concord Monitor May 4, 2008

Bolstered by record crude oil prices, Exxon Mobil Corp. yesterday reported huge first-quarter profits and fueled new congressional vows to come up with legislation that would tax windfall profits or demonstrate concern about high gasoline prices.

"Demonstrate concern about" is NOT the same thing as "actually do something about."
Exxon didn't get so rich and powerful without the help of lobbyiest donations to politicians.

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19. Robo Caller targeting African Americans in NC could face HEFTY fines

Fines Could Exceed $1 Billion for NC Robocalls

May 4, 2008 at 6:04 AM by David

Women’s Voices, Women Votes (WVWV), a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organization, may be subject to more than $929 million in fines for generating tens of thousands of robocalls to North Carolina voters last week. According to the state’s Attorney General’s office, WVWV may have violated the state’s telephone solicitation laws.

In addition to the $929 million in fines the state may levy on the non-profit, WVWV may also be liable for paying recovery fines to residents of N.C. that may, depending on the actual number of voters called, range anywhere from $91.1 million to $911.2 million. If the maximum amounts are levied (criminal and civil) on the non-profit, WVWV would face fines and penalties totaling a staggering $1.841 billion. It should also be noted the penalties discussed here are for violating the telephone solicitation laws only. Any alleged voter suppression matters are separate and not covered in this post. I felt that $1.841 billion was enough for at least today.

Chris Kromm of The Institute for Southern Studies (Facing South) published an investigative report last Wednesday that resulted in a firestorm
on the Internet, and widespread concerns throughout the country and in the N.C. Attorney General’s office.
Kromm’s report strongly implied that robocalls made by WVWV and its affiliates were targeting African Americans with an objective to suppress votes.

…more at the link

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20. Oliver Willis: Hillary Clinton As Bush In A Pantsuit

Hillary Clinton As Bush In A Pantsuit

Oliver Willis
Published May 4, 2008

This is the kind of thing Bush always does. Dismiss the experts, put down people with intelligence and expertise, deride them and ignore them in favor of short term policies with slightly populist overtones that turn out to be a mess. This is the same sort of thing she pulled when she voted for the Iraq War.

“I’m not going to put my lot in with economists,” the New York senator said when asked to name a credible economist who supported her proposal. “We’ve got to get out of this mind-set where somehow elite opinion is always on the side of doing things that really disadvantage the vast majority of Americans,” said Clinton, a former first lady who would be the first woman president.

Ron Suskind detailed this sort of world view back in 2004.

In the summer of 2002, after I had written an article in Esquire that the White House didn’t like about Bush’s former communications director, Karen Hughes, I had a meeting with a senior adviser to Bush. He expressed the White House’s displeasure, and then he told me something that at the time I didn’t fully comprehend — but which I now believe gets to the very heart of the Bush presidency.

The aide said that guys like me were ”in what we call the reality-based community,” which he defined as people who ”believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.” I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ”That’s not the way the world really works anymore,” he continued. ”We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you’re studying that reality — judiciously, as you will — we’ll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that’s how things will sort out. We’re history’s actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.”

More at the link

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21. The RBC Update: Obama/Ayers. McCain/Liddy. Sauce. Goose. Gander.

The RBC Update: Obama/Ayers. McCain/Liddy. Sauce. Goose. Gander.

2008.05.04 18:29:44


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John McCain is closer to Gordon Liddy than Barack Obama ever
was to William Ayers. He has never repented his record of
burlary and of plotting to use firebomging, kidnapping, and
political assassination when he worked for Richard Nixon.

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

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22. Reminder, Rush Limbaugh trying to sway NC's democratic primary

Republicans in NC have been asking Rush Limbaugh to stop his "operation chaos" in our state due to the hotly contentious gubenatorial race. Party switching to vote democratic will mean that these republicans turned "unaffiliated" cannot support the GOP gubenatorial candidate.

IMHO - Rush Limbaugh is committing the worst and most craven voter fraud there is.

OpChaos North Carolina Bulletin

March 28, 2008


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RUSH: Hickory, North Carolina, Todd, you're next on the Rush Limbaugh program. Hello.

CALLER: Mega dittos, Rush, from the Tar Heel State.

RUSH: Thank you, sir.

CALLER: I just want to give an Operation Chaos bulletin. If anyone in the great state of North Carolina is wanting to participate, they need to change their voter registration by April the 11th. If it's after that, you're going to be too late.

RUSH: Got a lot of time then, you got a little over two weeks to make up your mind as to whether or not as a Republican you want to change registration and vote in the Democrat primary in North Carolina. I've been getting e-mails. I must be honest about this. I've been getting e-mails from North Carolinians who have literally been begging me to suspend Operation Chaos in North Carolina because of the importance of many of the down-ballot races on the Republican side --

CALLER: Right.

RUSH: -- for local races, the statehouse, US Congress and that sort of thing.

CALLER: Right. But we've got a pretty important governor's race going on, too, right now.

RUSH: A pretty important governor's race. Yes. That's all very true, and these things have to be taken into account. Why don't you wait for guidance from me as to what to do with North Carolina, because we may be able to sacrifice a state here in Operation Chaos. If that state has some truly, truly important Republican down-ballot races that people need to participate in, we might suspend and exempt North Carolina, special dispensation. I haven't decided on it yet.

CALLER: Well, only with your grace and blessing.

RUSH: Well, I appreciate that, sir. You know, loyalty to the commanding officer is required --

CALLER: There you go.

RUSH: -- for any successful operation, chaos or otherwise, to succeed. I haven't gotten any from Pennsylvania because the Republicans know they don't have a prayer there anyway. Philadelphia, Pittsburgh don't have a prayer so they're happy to have fun with their vote count for something because it doesn't as Republicans. Now, Harrisburg, we own. Allentown, we own that. Wilkes-Barre, we own that. Pennsylvania is like a mini-United States. You've got Philadelphia on the East Coast, Pittsburgh on the West Coast, and you America in between. (laughing) Fly-over. I love both of these cities. I go to Pittsburgh and Philadelphia a lot. But really, in Philadelphia, Republicans know, you know, lost cause, unless your vote's for Arlen Specter. Pittsburgh is much the same way. So we haven't had any requests from people in Philadelphia. We did not get any requests from any Pennsylvanians to suspend Operation Chaos in that state, nor have I heard any from Indiana, but I have heard from a lot of people in North Carolina. So we'll figure it all out, folks. Wait for orders from headquarters.


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http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_032808/content/01125111.guest.html

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

26. May 5 I got a call from a GOP voter asking about voting in DEM Primary

a voter found my phone number on the internet,

first - asked if voter could vote for either party in the primary.

second question - if voted in democratic primary, could she vote for different party in the General Election.

second question was dead giveaway that caller was GOP. No dem is going to vote in the GOP primary and then cross over in GE.

If this was someone interested in Obama, they would have been able to get plenty of information
from the Obama 1-866 number or on their website.

Don't think it was.

I'm glad that this voter didn't change their registration in time (I didn't tell them about
it, hope they forget this by 2012).

[JimGinPA]

23. K&R

:kick:

[grantcart]

24. CA Clinton super delegates starting to re consider

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-supers5-2008may05,0,4564727.story


California superdelegates' wavering bodes ill for Hillary Clinton
Some who have supported her say they'll switch to Barack Obama if she doesn't make big gains in the remaining Democratic primaries.


FRESNO -- Hillary Rodham Clinton, stung last week by the defection of a prominent superdelegate, could lose the backing of more of these Democratic Party leaders and elected officials if she fails to make significant gains in the remaining month of presidential nominating contests, several California superdelegates said this weekend.

Two of the five superdelegates aligned with Clinton who spoke at the annual California Democratic Convention here said they would reconsider their support if rival Barack Obama maintained his lead in elected delegates and the popular vote after the last contests on June 3.

While hardly reflecting a groundswell, the superdelegates' comments underscored the concerns among some of these officials about the drawn-out Democratic race. It follows the embarrassing defection Clinton's campaign suffered Thursday when former Democratic National Committee Chairman Joe Andrew switched his support from her to Obama, and warned that the negative tone of the campaign was becoming a "catastrophe" that would help Republicans.

Christopher Stampolis of Santa Clara, a superdelegate who endorsed Clinton after the Iowa caucuses, said that he remained in the New York senator's camp but that his commitment expired with the end of the primaries.

"When it's done, all of us, whether we're committed or not, we're going to take a look" at the final eight contests, said Stampolis, who until recently worked in external relations for a Bay Area environmental firm. "Our job is to represent the constituents who trusted us to win the White House."

Garry Shay, a Los Angeles attorney, said that if Clinton remained about 150 pledged delegates behind Obama, the current estimated margin, he would have to "reassess the entirety of the situation."

"It doesn't mandate me switching," he said, "but it does mandate me reconsidering."

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

27. *Warning: Deceptive Robo Calls Made to Voters in NC, Kentucky, Oregon and WVA

182,236 calls in North Carolina, millions in over 20 states.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=5822206&mesg_id=5822206

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

28. Dusseldorf Appreciates Obama's Dogged Pursuit of the Nomination (must see photo)

One Million Strong
Germans Want You To Know: Dusseldorf Appreciates Obama's Dogged Pursuit of the Nomination

Posted: 04 May 2008 10

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,1087784,00.jpg

Last month I told you about the Belgian politicians who decided to put up posters of Barack Obama at the entrances to the historic city of Brugge (Bruges) in an effort to reach out to American tourists. Well in case you missed it, here are photos of a float in the Dusseldorf carnival parade in early February, just before Super Tuesday. A Stern poll of over a thousand Germans conducted about the same time indicated that they favored Obama over Clinton by 43 to 39 percent.

http://www.onemillionstrong.us/showDiary.do?diaryId=1134

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

30. For what it's worth: a soft-touch pro-Obama bash-free email canvass I got...

It differentiates Obama, rather gently, from Clinton and McCain, without mentioning either of them or turning negative. It also has some substance. There are, of course, a million ways to amend it to include additional/other issues that matter more to you, but I like the conversational and positive tone and the look at Obama's voting record.


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Hello All!,

I know many of you have already voted and some of you may not share my views, but I’m just so excited about this election, I had to write. Last week, during early voting, I went out and voted for Barack Obama. For the first time in my life I am energized about a candidate, and I think we have an opportunity to shift the course our country is taking by electing Barack Obama as the next President. I have been inspired and motivated to become active in this political race because of this once-in-a-lifetime candidate. Obama exudes a unifying energy that draws people together around our common interests and concerns as Americans. His ability to build consensus will be essential in fostering the change that our country needs. The change that we dream of for ourselves and for our children.

Barack Obama is a man of strong convictions. With political courage, Senator Obama spoke out against the war in Iraq when most of the country supported it. Unlike the other two presidential candidates, Senator Obama voted for an amendment to ban the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas. Again, unlike the other two candidates, Senator Obama does not support the saber-rattling Kyl-Lieberman amendment that classifies the Iranian National Guard as terrorists. Senator Obama also is the only remaining presidential candidate who is AGAINST the death penalty. Senator Obama INTRODUCED an ethics reform bill, which neither of the other presidential candidates supported. He received a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood for his pro-choice and pro-women’s reproductive health voting record. According to the League of Conservation Lifetime Scorecard, Senator Obama’s exceptional voting record on the environment surpasses both the other candidates. In addition, the ACLU rates Senator Obama well-above the other two candidates for his consistent voting record to protect civil liberties. These are just a few of the reasons that I voted for Senator Obama. I could go on and on.


If you would like to learn more for yourself, please check out www.barackobama.com . I thank you for taking the time to read this.


With hope for change,