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Hillary, McCain, and Obama

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Editor’s Note: I changed the original title (“Hillary Endorses McCain”) so that it would not be misleading.  Please avoid “clever” titles that, read literally, say something that isn’t true. –David

In a matter of speaking – Clinton and McCain are piling on Mr. Obama using the same lines.  Hillary’s quote from below just makes it that much more stark. Thanks Hillary for trying to make it that much easier for our party to lose in November.

Hillary Clinton told reporters that both she and the presumtive Republican nominee John McCain offer the experience to be ready to tackle any crisis facing the country under their watch, but Barack Obama simply offers more rhetoric. “I think you’ll be able to imagine many things Senator McCain will be able to say,” she said. “He’s never been the president, but he will put forth his lifetime of experience. I will put forth my lifetime of experience. Senator Obama will put forth a speech he made in 2002.” Clinton was referring to Obama’s anti-war speech he delivered in Chicago before entering the United States Senate.

And if its all about experience – does Hillary actually have more than McCain?  I don’t like our chances in an experience contest with McCain, but I do like our chances making the case for change, which Obama can do a lot better.  I pray Hillary loses one of the big states tonight.  

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  1. From Joe Wilson’s Piece blasting Obama and experience

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    Barack Obama argues that he deserves the Democratic nomination and Hillary Clinton doesn’t because he possesses superior “judgment,” as he calls it, on the key issues we face as a nation. As definitive proof he offers one speech he made in 2002 during a reelection campaign for an Illinois senate seat in the most liberal district in the state, so liberal that no other position would have been viable.

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    p>From Goolsbee Gate

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    “Noting anxiety among many U.S. domestic audiences about the U.S. economic outlook, Goolsbee candidly acknowledged the protectionist sentiment that has emerged, particularly in the Midwest, during the primary campaign. He cautioned that this messaging should not be taken out of context and should be viewed as more about political positioning than a clear articulation of policy plans.”

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    p>From Wikepedia

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    Supporters and critics have likened Obama’s popular image to a cultural Rorschach test, a neutral persona on whom people can project their personal histories and aspirations

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    p>From Rezko gate

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    In sharp contrast to his tough talk about ethics reform in government, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., approached a well-known Illinois political fixer under active federal investigation, Antoin “Tony” Rezko, for “advice” as he sought to find a way to buy a house shortly after being elected to the United States Senate. The parcel included an adjacent lot which Obama told the Chicago Tribune he could not afford because “it was already a stretch to buy the house.” On the same day Obama closed on his house, Rezko’s wife bought the adjacent empty lot, meeting the condition of the seller who wanted to sell both properties at the same time. Rezko had been widely reported to be under investigation by the U.S. attorney and the FBI at the time Obama contacted him and has since been indicted on corruption charges by a federal grand jury in a case that prosecutors say involves bribes, kickbacks and “efforts to illegally obtain millions of dollars.”

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    p>So what I pray for is a Hillary  win in Texas, Ohio and RI so she can go on and the press can finally stop projecting onto Obama and the real person can explain who he is.

  2. will likely get trounced in the general.  The problem is that this is becoming ugly even amongst US.  Truth be told, if Hillary does not win by substantial margins, I do not believe that she will gain any ground.  Since the campaign is getting rather ugly, I believe that Dems will begin to endorse Obama as he will still be ahead ahead in delegates even if Hillary wins one of the two ” big states” or both for that matter.  I think folks are forgetting that delegates are distributed proportionally. Also remember that HRC’s and OHB superdelegates DON’T count today.  Check this out for fun

    • Everyone has a different count, since no one has a clue who has what delegates.  I think there is a general agreement that Obama has more and it’s in that magic 100 threshold.  What I would like is the people voting in the primaries choose our candidate.  Not this who endorses who thing you are pushing.  The super delegates should go with the vote.  Don’t think that Patrick, Kerry, etc. is going with Hillary since she crushed Obama in MA, but proportionally it should be similar.  Hillary should not have more super delegates if she has less votes.  But it ain’t done yet, two thirds of Democrats think that Hillary should continue even if she loses one of the two big states tonight.  I think it’s going to be a sweep of the big states for Hillary and she’ll take RI too.  PA is hers as well.  Let’s try having the voters decided whom our nominee should be, novel idea huh?

    • Unless a miracle happens in Baghdad Iraq will be McCain’s albatross, especially if our side keeps playing that 100-year clip.  As for exiting the race, I heard on Nightline last night that 2/3 of Democrats polled believe HRC should remain in the race even if she wins only one of the two big states.  There are still 600+ delegates to go to make the magic number of 2025 so this is not close to over.

    • There is no way else to run a political campaign except to draw distinctions between the candidates. That is not “ugly;” that is what we should expect from a campaign.  I think this is great for the Democratic party and great for our country.  We Democrats get to talk about our main goals, like universal healthcare, over and over again on a national and local stage and the voters in every state are so excited that participation rates have broken all records.  I hope it continues onto the convention.  This is called real democracy… and we will not get trounced in the general because of it.  In fact, because our issues are getting so much exposure, like universal healthcare, it will be easier to convince the American public to support us.    

  4. So it was provocative and leading but I wanted people to tune in so sometimes you have to be.  Part of this is about starting a debate and being provocative.  I’m not the first one to do that and I see much worse in the blogosphere.

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    p>Your the editor, but I think that kind of sucked.

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