think the boy should get ready for a Novwember loss. Democrats fell for the Republicans strategy and for that they'll pay in Novemeber.

Republican startegy vote for Obama in states that hold open elections. No intentions of voting for him in the general elections.

Use Obama to take Hillary out.

Democrats you have been punck'd.

That is a total disgrace, a candidate outspends 5-to-1 and only gets 17 points above.  I would not be proud of that record.   Obama spends millions to Hillary's  300,000  and he only gets 17 points.

Boy?

Patty, Patty, Patty . . . it's 2008, not 1948 . . . pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze get a clue . . .

*sheesh*

Spot on Patty, SD, CA

Obama, his supporters and the Democrats have been puncked.

He spent more b/c he had more, Clinton wishes she had more to spend but due to the mismanagement of her campaign she couldn't. I am proud that he was able to have enough money to put himself in a position where he could show people who he is!!!!

Awesome!!!
www.barackobama.com

Patty,

You and J. Merle should hook up!  Both of you are blathering idiots and your posts are utterly meaningless.  Suck it up, your candidate is going to lose!

First, consider that the money he spent came from people. We paid for this, and it is to Obama's credit that he has the organizational ability to spend this much without breaking a sweat.

Second, remember that Obama was the underdog in that state. He had a lot more work to do there than HRC. And while HRC left the state early, Obama backed up his ads by staying and showing WI some love.

It pains me to think Patty lives in the same city as me.  What a jerk.  

Fred - he had it, he spent it, he won. This was a state full of people who fit Clinton's demographic base, and Obama won by 17. I don't see anything the Obama campaign has to be embarrassed about here.

Barack has managed his campaign and its finances wisely. A good indication he will do the same for our country. Its about time!

Patty, Obama won most of his States in closed democrat only contests. So keep deluding yourself if it helps you sleep at night.

And Clinton might have done better if she hadn't blown all her money on fancy hotel rooms, catering, etc.  She's spent nearly the same amount of money overall so far as Obama.  He's just managed his spending far better and didn't squander it away.  Shows you who should lead our country.

Only 17 points?  HUH?

Obama won 58% of the vote in Wisconsin.  Hillary's gotten at least 58% of the vote in ONE out of the 36 contests this year (Arkansas).  She couldn't even get 58% of the vote against Uncomitted and Dennis Kucinich in Michigan's beauty contest primary.

Don't give me this "Only 17 points" nonsense.  It was an impressive win in the minds of virtually all neutral observers.

To Fred from Dallas, "only" 17 points, when Obama was trailing Clinton by as much as 20 not too long ago? I'd say the ads did their job. Don't think Hillary wouldn't have spent more on ads if her campaign could've afforded it. Instead, she blew her money on high priced message gurus and Dunkin' Donuts.

Yeah, Fred, but Hillary would've spent more if she had the money to spend.

:D

Ohio Superdelegate Endorses Obama-
CLEVELAND, OH – Sonny Nardi, President of Teamsters’ Local 416, today endorsed Barack Obama for President, citing his 20-year record of standing up to special interests and fighting for economic fairness.  

“Barack Obama began his career in public service helping to restore opportunity to a community that was devastated by a steel plant closing, and he has been fighting for economic fairness ever since,” said Nardi.  “The American Dream is getting out of reach for too many working families in Ohio, and we need a President who has stood up to special interests and fought for the middle class throughout their career.  Barack Obama believes that unfair trade agreements like NAFTA were the wrong policies for American workers, and he has proposed the Patriot Employers Act which would end tax breaks for corporations that outsource American jobs and encourage corporations to create good-paying jobs here in Ohio.  He passed legislation that reduced the grip of corporate lobbyists over the legislative process, expanded health care coverage to 150,000 thousand Illinois residents, and opposed the bankruptcy bill which has made it harder for many Ohioans to climb their way out of debt.”

“Barack Obama will mobilize Americans against special interests and make a working families agenda the nation’s agenda.”

I guess Patty and Fred were put in their place. :)

WOW how dare I disagree with the mob and the destiny child.

Sorry to tell you, not all of us have been hipnotized.

Didn't it work?

In the debate Obama said he has been endorsed by every major newspaper in the state.  

Seems a bit odd to me & bears wondering WHY?

Could it be ..... those advertising dollars .... the media lives by?

There is a pattern to be seen across all forms of the media; a pattern that has been going on throughout this campaign.  That pattern is strikingly ABNORMAL:  no criticism, no scrutiny, no questioning of Obama, no blame for anything; Nothing but Promoting HIM.

The other side of that  coin is: criticism, scrutiny, questioning of HER every smallest word and move ... taken to absurd lengths, even blaming Clinton for things Obama did - (for example, he turned to negative campaigning, first, but the media blamed HER for it);  nothing but slamming the Clintons.

This has been going on every day all day long in most of "the media".  Lots of other people Noticed it too and posted their complaints about this sudden "media madness" on media matters website.

Curiously, the media ignores this highly Abnormal state of affairs - turns a blind eye to the Blatant absurdity of their "news" "coverage".  Just a few months ago suddenly, overnight all the TV media turned into Faux News.

The media is failing to cover the Biggest Story of this election campaign:  Their OWN Corporate Controlled FAILURE to do anything other than PROMOTE (SELL)  their Corporate Masters Choice for Democrat Presidential Candidate: Barack Obama.

The question remains:  WHY?

The deal killer for me on Obama for President is:  29 new nuclear power plants.  The dirtiest, Un-Greenest, most expensive energy we can build.

Obama voted FOR the Cheney Energy Bill passed in 2005 (H.R.6) - which enables the nuclear industry to obtain financing for their 29 new nukes - by Guaranteeing TAXPAYER Payback of those loans .... in the event of DEFAULT....... which the Congressional Budget Office rated at 50% or greater.  (No new nukes have been built in the U.S. for the past 30 years because the banks would not loan money to build them - too risky).

(.... .... & how would you like to take a quarter, or a half of everything you own .... whether that's $100, $5000, $1 Million, several $Billion .... go to Las Vegas & place it all on one roll of the dice --- which will get you --- double your money ..... or Nothing?  NO PROBLEM.....IF.... like the NUKE industry ..... --- You Can't Lose ..... since your fellow citizens of the USA will give you All Your Money back.  Do you Think that's capitalism, free enterprise?)

Now, Back to WHY?

McCain is in favor of building new nukes.  Obama is in favor of building new nukes.  Clinton is not and she voted AGAINST the Cheney Energy Bill.

Three consortiums are planning to build those 29 nukes.  Major players in those consortiums are: Excelon, GE, Westinghouse.

Excelon is headquartered in ILLINOIS, Obama's 4th largest campaign contributor, sends lobbyists to see him.  

GE owns NBC and MSNBC.  Westinghoue owns CBS.  They have many many thousands of products to ADVERTISE on TV, Radio, and in newspapers all over the USA. .... and they want to build those new nukes.
(GE is the 2nd largest corporation on the planet)

WHY has every major newspaper in Texas endorsed Obama?  Got any idea yet?

WHY are NBC, MSNBC, CBS, CNN,  PROMOTING Obama for President/Slamming the Clintons?  Got any idea yet?

IF ELECTED, No matter what Obama might WANT to do .... does he have any chance of doing anything other than what the Corporations & the Corporate-controlled media who put him in the White House .... Want him to do?

Obama repeatedly says ..... that his campaign has been financed by .... we the little people ...... says .... he doesn't take a dime from federal lobbyists (Registered with the Federal goverment)  but that's just lawyer legal-technicality-speak ..... because .... he does take money from REGISTERED Federal Lobbyist's wives, husbands, aunts, cousins, law partners, state lobbyists, not registered lobbyists, and all the same Big$$$ sources as Clinton.

Has the TV media ever Called Obama on his deceptive practice of fooling voters into believing he is fiananced by no one but the little people?  No.
Has the TV media ever Reported the FACTS .... that his money comes from the same lobbys & Big$$ corporations as every other candidate?  No.

That information is easily found on the internet.  I know about it - don't the TV media people know about it?  Sure, but they sure aren't telling you ... the little people. WHY?

WHY isn't the TV media telling you there's a real good chance Obama's chances of getting elected will go down the tubes ..... after Antoin Rezko of Chicago (aka Tony the Fixer) goes on trial February 25th - prosecuted by Patrick Fitzgerald on bribery, extortion, and money laundering charges?

Rezko's low-income property financing (federal loans) was handled by the 12-person law firm Obama worked for;  Rezko was an Obama fund raiser since Obama's earliest days in politics; he was a member of Obama's campaign finance committee when Obama ran for U.S. Senate; some of the ....allegedly.... extorted money went into Obama's campaign coffers.

Heard about ANY of this On the TV "news"?  No?  Who's the REAL Reporter .... the TV Talking heads ..... or me?

Perhaps, she shouldn't have wasted her money in Las Vegas hotel...

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/us/politics/22clinton.html?hp

Barack Obama had to introduce himself everywhere. Hillary Clinton had years of name recognition. Instead of spending her time and money/ads attacking a fellow, good Dem(Barack); maybe she should have been toting her positives. She seemed to have had a one day strategy(either Iowa or Feb 5th.) That is an insight into her general strategy.
ps...Her dismissing states/voters that did not follow her is not a winning strategy either. Maybe, someone should remind her that this is the Democratic party(not Karl Rove-type politics).

Only 17 points?

Hillary Clinton, the second term Senator from NY, managed to win New York by "only 17 points".

Barack Obama, the first term Senator from Illinois on the other hand, won Illinois by 32 points, the birth state of Hillary Clinton by the way.

Barack Obama on the other hand won his birth state of Hawaii by 51 points.

Patty from SD calls Obama the "boy".  SENATOR Obama is a 46 year old man, a graduate of Columbia and Harvard.  Probably more than we can say for you. The sun is setting fast on you racist yahoos...can't wait 'til you're gone...

If Hillary wasn't so bad with managing her campaign's finances, she would have had that money to spent on ads... she raised over -100 million dollars-.  There's just no excuse for being out of money.

She claims to be ready on day one, but I think we need to start worrying more about day twenty when she runs the government out of money...

She is non human, non feeling. See this hypocrit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEDkqVvpkk

Clinton only spent $300,000 because she couldn't afford more than that.

If she had it, she would have spent it.

Guaranteed.

Patty, sd, ca

it's hypnotized.

maybe you should be in school instead of on a blog!

To Patty SD CA: To call a grown black man a "boy" is really insulting.  You are definitely living in 1948.  

Patty from SD calls Obama the "boy".  SENATOR Obama is a 46 year old man, a graduate of Columbia and Harvard.  Probably more than we can say for you. The sun is setting fast on you racist yahoos...can't wait 'til you're gone...
YCM - NYC (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008 1:35 PM)

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Talk about hate. :)

where are you sending the ones that don't agree with the mob and the desteny child?

Patty from SD calls Obama the "boy".  SENATOR Obama is a 46 year old man, a graduate of Columbia and Harvard.  Probably more than we can say for you. The sun is setting fast on you racist yahoos...can't wait 'til you're gone...
YCM - NYC (Sent Friday, February 22, 2008 1:35 PM)

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Talk about hate. :)

where are you sending the ones that don't agree with the mob and the destiny child?

it's shameful when i see those people who proclaims to win this election with ideas/change actually spend most of the time raising tons of money and spend it .

Where is John edwards , i miss your leadership and ideas. At least you practise what you preach.

Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, a progressive icon who briefly considered seeking the Democratic presidential nomination himself, said he voted in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary for Barack Obama.

Asked directly about his choice, Feingold answered directly.

"I voted for Barack Obama," said the senator, who indicated that he was "extremely likely" to cast his superdelegate vote at the Democratic National Convention for his colleague from Illinois.

--per The Nation

Clinton Supports are a cult of vagina worshippers and redneck welfare recipients.

How you like them apples, Patty?

Patty, either type slower or please learn to spell.  It's distracting reading your posts if I have to decipher every word you write...

An example of how each campaign spent money: I read about the Clinton people running up a $25K tab at the Bellagio.  I then remembered seeing a picture in Newsweek of Obama leaving his hotel during one campaign stop; the sign on the door said "Hampton Inn"....

Looking at the management styles of the both campaigns, a voter like myself can easily pick out a good presidential candidate - OBAMA. Here's why.
1. He used the campaign funds wisely - NOT on "Rooms at the Bellagio luxury hotel in Las Vegas consumed more than $25,000; the Four Seasons, another $5,000."  But on advertising which can earn the voice of the voters.
2. Unlike Hillary, Obama had to raise money from "the bottom up." He executed it beautifully and now he has almost a million donors.
3.His human resource management demonstrates his ability to spot excellent people...I can almost picture him with his cabinet..capable and competent.

YMC, You know what's the problem of Obama? He thinks he is better than us working class ble collar folks because he is a  harvard graduate.

I am voting for Clinton for sure.

If only there were more Dunkin' Donuts in WI, Hillary would have caught up with Barack on the spending front.

Patty,
The only one that seems to be hypnotized is you and some other yahoo.  You should seek some professional help... Wait are you sending emails from an institution already?

Clinton Supports are a cult of vagina worshippers and redneck welfare recipients.

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Sorry still not drinking the Obama Kool-Aid. I won't join your cult.

Hillary, should illegal immigrants be given driver's licenses . . . well, er. I would first vote yes then later vote no . . . well, er, maybe vote no first and then later yes . . . well, really, I cannot state my opinion until my focus group tells me what it is, but in general, I will be for it in States that that helps me and against it in States that that helps me, hey, wait a minute, I have a transcript of my opponent's kindergarden transcript and it shows he did poorly in fingerpainting; do we really want a President that cannot fingerpaint?  She smiles smugly and cackles, knowing that her kindergarden transcript has been sealed until 2012.

Just an FYi, what I posted above was not how I truly perceive Clinton supporters (I know and work many, I was one, until I saw her campaign.), but I figured a lil reciprocation for Patty's ignorance and intolerance were on order.

LB, in VA. -- I agree with you totally on Patty. However, to call this a blog -- it's actually more of an open forum for spreading seeds of discontent and ignorance where the intelligent postings get passed over for whoever can yell the loudest and kick the hardest.... oh wait, you're right it is a blog.

Just an FYi, what I posted above was not how I truly perceive Clinton supporters (I know and work with many, I was one, until I saw her campaign.), but I figured a lil reciprocation for Patty's ignorance and intolerance were on order.

Even at the CNN the host of the debate questions Hillary's closing lines borrowed by John Edwards' and Bill Clinton's speeches. How come the reporters of the media provide a balanced information to its readers and viewers??

Hey FirstRead!  Wake up and report on how Hillary's last response in debate was completely lifted from Bill Clinton and John Edwards spoken words. Who the heck can tell who the "real" Hillary is?  She'll say and do just about anything to get elected.

Patty from SC,
What are you ranting about What is causing you to hate Obama? Any flaws you want to share with us that you feel should have been reported? Or are you brainwashed by some bigot?
I just cannot think of a reason for people to dislike Obama and vote strongly for Hillary or McCain than their ignorance or their bigotry as causing them to do so.

So....I guess you can "BUY"  a presidency. Especially when you're the media's darling like Obama.

Wow Patty. San Diego must have better drugs than I thought.

Meanwhile, virtually, all Obama ads featured the Illinois Senator speaking on his own behalf."
-------------That's because the MAN loves the sound of his WORDS!
The man loves to hear hiself talk the talk, if only he had some there, there or some where to walk! A gasbag, hot air and all DEVAL PATRICK SPEECHES!

Patty, learn to spell.  Obama outspent Clinton because he could. She would've done the same if her campaign had that kind of cash.  He's raising tons more money than her because he has a better organization, a better message and more people believe in him.  
He'll win the nomination and then the white house because he's the best candidate.

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