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It's Obama, stupid: Carter and Gore to end Clinton bid
DEMOCRAT grandees Jimmy Carter and Al Gore are being lined-up to deliver the coup de grâce to Hillary Clinton and end her campaign to become president.
Falling poll numbers and a string of high-profile blunders have convinced party elders that she must now bow out of the primary race.
Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats.
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/It39s-Obama-stupid-Carter-and.3976738.jp
These 2 statemen know how to stop McCain from getting elected.
DEMOCRAT grandees Jimmy Carter and Al Gore are being lined-up to deliver the coup de grâce to Hillary Clinton and end her campaign to become president.
Falling poll numbers and a string of high-profile blunders have convinced party elders that she must now bow out of the primary race.
Former president Carter and former vice-president Gore have already held high-level discussions about delivering the message that she must stand down for the good of the Democrats.
http://news.scotsman.com/latestnews/It39s-Obama-stupid-Carter-and.3976738.jp
These 2 statemen know how to stop McCain from getting elected.
Mark Penn isn’t the only Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter on the wrong side of the Colombia trade agreement.
The Democratic-leaning advocacy firm the Glover Park Group, former home to Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, signed a $40,000 per month contract with the government of Colombia in April of 2007 to promote the very agreement that Clinton now rails against on the presidential campaign trail.
That means Glover Park Group was arguing the same position as Penn's firm. The contentious Clinton strategist and Burson-Marsteller chief executive lost his campaign job over the weekend after The Wall Street Journal revealed that he’d met with Colombian officials to plot strategy on the pact.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9433.html
Shillbilly is surrounded by anti-working people groups. She is corporate America's darling.
The Democratic-leaning advocacy firm the Glover Park Group, former home to Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson, signed a $40,000 per month contract with the government of Colombia in April of 2007 to promote the very agreement that Clinton now rails against on the presidential campaign trail.
That means Glover Park Group was arguing the same position as Penn's firm. The contentious Clinton strategist and Burson-Marsteller chief executive lost his campaign job over the weekend after The Wall Street Journal revealed that he’d met with Colombian officials to plot strategy on the pact.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9433.html
Shillbilly is surrounded by anti-working people groups. She is corporate America's darling.
HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Former U.S. Sen. John Melcher endorsed Barack Obama for president on Wednesday, praising the Illinois senator for his leadership and early opposition to the war in Iraq.
Melcher, who has a key vote as one of Montana's eight Democratic superdelegates, told The Associated Press that he chose Obama over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton largely based on the war.
"He was against the war in Iraq from the start, which was the right call," Melcher said in a telephone interview from his home in Missoula.
Melcher said he believes the costs of fighting the war are partly responsible for the nation's current economic struggles.
"Obama makes sense to me to take the country in the right direction," Melcher said. "I like the fact that Obama has demonstrated leadership, and that above all is what you need in a president."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MT_MELCHER_OBAMA_MTOL-?SITE=CODEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Indications from Montana show the state as Obama country.
Melcher, who has a key vote as one of Montana's eight Democratic superdelegates, told The Associated Press that he chose Obama over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton largely based on the war.
"He was against the war in Iraq from the start, which was the right call," Melcher said in a telephone interview from his home in Missoula.
Melcher said he believes the costs of fighting the war are partly responsible for the nation's current economic struggles.
"Obama makes sense to me to take the country in the right direction," Melcher said. "I like the fact that Obama has demonstrated leadership, and that above all is what you need in a president."
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MT_MELCHER_OBAMA_MTOL-?SITE=CODEN&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Indications from Montana show the state as Obama country.
HOUSTON " A Texas oilman who's accused of defrauding the Nigerian government by illegally pumping and exporting 10 million barrels of oil is a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign.
Kase Lawal of Houston is at least the fourth person accused or convicted of criminal wrongdoing to help finance Clinton's political ambitions since 2000 and the second in her quest for the White House. The list also includes Chinese and Pakistani fugitives and a former Miami lawyer who was convicted of defrauding Cuba.
There's no indication that Clinton's campaign was aware of Lawal's legal problems when it accepted his help in raising more than $100,000, but a McClatchy investigation in the U.S. and Nigeria suggests that her campaign did little to scrutinize the background of one of its top fundraisers.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/32613.html
What about big oil?
Kase Lawal of Houston is at least the fourth person accused or convicted of criminal wrongdoing to help finance Clinton's political ambitions since 2000 and the second in her quest for the White House. The list also includes Chinese and Pakistani fugitives and a former Miami lawyer who was convicted of defrauding Cuba.
There's no indication that Clinton's campaign was aware of Lawal's legal problems when it accepted his help in raising more than $100,000, but a McClatchy investigation in the U.S. and Nigeria suggests that her campaign did little to scrutinize the background of one of its top fundraisers.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/32613.html
What about big oil?
In a nutshell:
Shove it up your wazoo!!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0308/Pelosis_office_responds_to_Clinton_supporters.html
Shove it up your wazoo!!
http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0308/Pelosis_office_responds_to_Clinton_supporters.html
"Schreiber all but says it: Hillary Clinton needs to get out.
If McCain winds up facing Obama, he’ll enjoy yet another advantage: a nominee weakened by attacks from a fellow Democrat…
Hillary’s only path to the nomination, barring a meltdown by Obama, is to destroy his electability. But harsh attacks on Obama will inevitably discourage African Americans from voting in the fall, and Hillary can’t beat McCain without strong black turnout in places like Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia. Conversely, any attack on Hillary that alienated moderate Republican women could cripple Obama’s chances.
The chances of Hillary Clinton doing the right thing and stepping aside are about equal to the chance that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will someday put impeachment on the table. That they aren’t going to happen doesn’t change the fact that both decisions would be good for America."
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80533/
We already know Shillbilly's sense of entitlement and greed are far more important than America.
If McCain winds up facing Obama, he’ll enjoy yet another advantage: a nominee weakened by attacks from a fellow Democrat…
Hillary’s only path to the nomination, barring a meltdown by Obama, is to destroy his electability. But harsh attacks on Obama will inevitably discourage African Americans from voting in the fall, and Hillary can’t beat McCain without strong black turnout in places like Cleveland, Detroit, and Philadelphia. Conversely, any attack on Hillary that alienated moderate Republican women could cripple Obama’s chances.
The chances of Hillary Clinton doing the right thing and stepping aside are about equal to the chance that Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will someday put impeachment on the table. That they aren’t going to happen doesn’t change the fact that both decisions would be good for America."
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80533/
We already know Shillbilly's sense of entitlement and greed are far more important than America.
Clinton Lie Kills Her Credibility on Trade Policy
by John Nichols
What is the proper word for the claim by Hillary Clinton and the more factually disinclined supporters of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination " made in speeches, briefings and interviews (including one by this reporter with the candidate) " that she has always been a critic of the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Now that we know from the 11,000 pages of Clinton White House documents released this week that former First Lady was an ardent advocate for NAFTA; now that we know she held at least five meetings to strategize about how to win congressional approval of the deal; now that we know she was in the thick of the manuevering to block the efforts of labor, farm, environmental and human rights groups to get a better agreement. Now that we know all of this, how should we assess the claim that Hillary’s heart has always beaten to a fair-trade rhythm?
As she campaigns now, Clinton says, “I have been a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning.”
But the White House records confirm that this is not true.
Her statement is, to be precise, a lie.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/21/7818/
by John Nichols
What is the proper word for the claim by Hillary Clinton and the more factually disinclined supporters of her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination " made in speeches, briefings and interviews (including one by this reporter with the candidate) " that she has always been a critic of the North American Free Trade Agreement?
Now that we know from the 11,000 pages of Clinton White House documents released this week that former First Lady was an ardent advocate for NAFTA; now that we know she held at least five meetings to strategize about how to win congressional approval of the deal; now that we know she was in the thick of the manuevering to block the efforts of labor, farm, environmental and human rights groups to get a better agreement. Now that we know all of this, how should we assess the claim that Hillary’s heart has always beaten to a fair-trade rhythm?
As she campaigns now, Clinton says, “I have been a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning.”
But the White House records confirm that this is not true.
Her statement is, to be precise, a lie.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/21/7818/
Story behind the story: The Clinton myth
By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN
Clinton's campaign rests increasingly on a game of make-believe.
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party�s most reliable constituency.
Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote â�" which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle â�" and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.
As it happens, many people inside Clinton�s campaign live right here on Earth. One important Clinton adviser estimated to Politico privately that she has no more than a 10 percent chance of winning her race against Barack Obama, an appraisal that was echoed by other operatives.
In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html
By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN
Clinton's campaign rests increasingly on a game of make-believe.
One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party�s most reliable constituency.
Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote â�" which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle â�" and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.
As it happens, many people inside Clinton�s campaign live right here on Earth. One important Clinton adviser estimated to Politico privately that she has no more than a 10 percent chance of winning her race against Barack Obama, an appraisal that was echoed by other operatives.
In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html
Hillary’s Nasty Pastorate
There’s a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she’s a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that “through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the “Fellowship,” aka The Family. But it won’t be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet’s shocking exposé, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.
Obama has given a beautiful speech on race and his affiliation with the Trinity Unity Church of Christ. Now it’s up to Clinton to explain " or, better yet, renounce " her longstanding connection with the fascist-leaning Family.
http://ehrenreich.blogs.com/barbaras_blog/2008/03/hillarys-nasty.html
Shillbilly will soon regret having her campaign push the Wright affair.
There’s a reason why Hillary Clinton has remained relatively silent during the flap over intemperate remarks by Barack Obama’s former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, she’s a lot more vulnerable than Obama.
You can find all about it in a widely under-read article in the September 2007 issue of Mother Jones, in which Kathryn Joyce and Jeff Sharlet reported that “through all of her years in Washington, Clinton has been an active participant in conservative Bible study and prayer circles that are part of a secretive Capitol Hill group known as the “Fellowship,” aka The Family. But it won’t be a secret much longer. Jeff Sharlet’s shocking exposé, The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power will be published in May.
Obama has given a beautiful speech on race and his affiliation with the Trinity Unity Church of Christ. Now it’s up to Clinton to explain " or, better yet, renounce " her longstanding connection with the fascist-leaning Family.
http://ehrenreich.blogs.com/barbaras_blog/2008/03/hillarys-nasty.html
Shillbilly will soon regret having her campaign push the Wright affair.
Damn straight she will....lie, cheat and steal just like any other republiscum would. She is on a mission to get McCain elected.
"At this point, the Clinton campaign is holding out hope that she can top Obama in the popular vote. And if that happens, she’ll then try to convince superdelegates to give her the nomination. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are calling on party leaders to look at more than just pledged delegate counts when they pick their nominee.
Meanwhile, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows a majority of Democrats prefer Obama over Clinton: 52% want Obama, 45% prefer Clinton."
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/18/clinton-willing-to-destroy-the-party-to-win/
"At this point, the Clinton campaign is holding out hope that she can top Obama in the popular vote. And if that happens, she’ll then try to convince superdelegates to give her the nomination. Both Bill and Hillary Clinton are calling on party leaders to look at more than just pledged delegate counts when they pick their nominee.
Meanwhile, a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll shows a majority of Democrats prefer Obama over Clinton: 52% want Obama, 45% prefer Clinton."
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/18/clinton-willing-to-destroy-the-party-to-win/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyO92C-Cbhc
No one gives a Special Comment like Keith.
No one gives a Special Comment like Keith.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFaB_PRFXBk
Obama picks up 4 delegates from CA
Clinton loses TX by 4 delegates
Obama will get 1 more WY delegate
Thanks to TYT for buying the fork!!!
Obama picks up 4 delegates from CA
Clinton loses TX by 4 delegates
Obama will get 1 more WY delegate
Thanks to TYT for buying the fork!!!
must be applied to Shillbilly for her endorsement of McCain.
Hillary Clinton and her campaign is pushing for precinct captains for Texas' 8,000 Democratic polling places. They need to train folks to lead the caucus sessions that will determine more than 60 delegates after the primary voting is over.
In training materials being handed out by the Clinton campaign, it is clear that they want to control those caucus sessions.
The materials say in part, "DO NOT allow the supporter of another candidate to serve in leadership roles."
It goes on to say, "If our supporters are outnumbered, ask the Temporary Chair if one of our supporters can serves as the Secretary, in the interest of fairness.
"The control of the sign-in sheets and the announcement of the delegates allotted to each candidate are the critical functions of the Chair and Secretary. This is why it is so important that Hillary supporters hold these positions."
http://trailblazers.beloblog.com/archives/2008/03/caucus-strategy.html
More of the Neocon Clinton's Karl Rove strategy.
In training materials being handed out by the Clinton campaign, it is clear that they want to control those caucus sessions.
The materials say in part, "DO NOT allow the supporter of another candidate to serve in leadership roles."
It goes on to say, "If our supporters are outnumbered, ask the Temporary Chair if one of our supporters can serves as the Secretary, in the interest of fairness.
"The control of the sign-in sheets and the announcement of the delegates allotted to each candidate are the critical functions of the Chair and Secretary. This is why it is so important that Hillary supporters hold these positions."
http://trailblazers.beloblog.com/archives/2008/03/caucus-strategy.html
More of the Neocon Clinton's Karl Rove strategy.
AmericaBlog:
"Looks like she took the advice of leading neocon Bill Kristol lwho just this weekend suggested Clinton play the "politics of fear." That "be afraid" strategy is so 2002. It's the mindset that got us into the Iraq war in the first place -- and you recall Senator Clinton voted for Bush's war in Iraq. She also voted last September for the Iran resolution. If Clinton wants to play the fear card and bring up national security, her votes on Iraq and Iran have to be part of the discussion."
Andrew Sullivan on The Daily Dish:
"Clinton deploys her smartest ad yet. It really advertizes her inner nerd and workaholic as virtues. In many ways, I think Clinton should have emphasized her frumpy, unglamorous, but diligent side more. She could appeal in a way that Queen Elizabeth II has eventually appealed: a familiar, hard-working, uninspiring grandma who knows what she's doing and will always be cautious but smart. Alas, Clinton's boomer narcissism and fathomless self-pity mess up the picture. But as a last minute gambit, it's smart."
Ben Smith on Politico:
"Clinton is up with the scariest ad of the cycle, one that echoes, in a soft-focus way, some of President Bush's 2004 campaign spots... Whichever Democrat is nominated, they can expect harsher versions of this coming from the Republican side in the fall."
http://unfilterednewsnetwork.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1813&sid=8cf222ce7bd06d18a8cf7ea7b96b29d5
Looks like she is going to follow Neocon Kristol's advice.
"Looks like she took the advice of leading neocon Bill Kristol lwho just this weekend suggested Clinton play the "politics of fear." That "be afraid" strategy is so 2002. It's the mindset that got us into the Iraq war in the first place -- and you recall Senator Clinton voted for Bush's war in Iraq. She also voted last September for the Iran resolution. If Clinton wants to play the fear card and bring up national security, her votes on Iraq and Iran have to be part of the discussion."
Andrew Sullivan on The Daily Dish:
"Clinton deploys her smartest ad yet. It really advertizes her inner nerd and workaholic as virtues. In many ways, I think Clinton should have emphasized her frumpy, unglamorous, but diligent side more. She could appeal in a way that Queen Elizabeth II has eventually appealed: a familiar, hard-working, uninspiring grandma who knows what she's doing and will always be cautious but smart. Alas, Clinton's boomer narcissism and fathomless self-pity mess up the picture. But as a last minute gambit, it's smart."
Ben Smith on Politico:
"Clinton is up with the scariest ad of the cycle, one that echoes, in a soft-focus way, some of President Bush's 2004 campaign spots... Whichever Democrat is nominated, they can expect harsher versions of this coming from the Republican side in the fall."
http://unfilterednewsnetwork.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1813&sid=8cf222ce7bd06d18a8cf7ea7b96b29d5
Looks like she is going to follow Neocon Kristol's advice.
February 20, 2008 - 1:52am
By RON FOURNIER
The Democratic nomination is now Barack Obama's to lose. After nine consecutive defeats — including a heartbreaker in tailor-made Wisconsin on Tuesday — Hillary Rodham Clinton can't win the nomination unless Obama makes a major mistake or her allies reveal something damaging about the Illinois senator's background. Don't count her out quite yet, but Wisconsin revealed deep and destructive fractures in the Clinton coalition.
It's panic-button time.
That explains why Clinton's aides accused Obama of plagiarism for delivering a speech that included words that had first been uttered by Deval Patrick, the Massachusetts governor and a friend of Obama. The charge bordered on the hypocritical — Clinton herself has borrowed Obama's lines — and by itself was unlikely to have an impact on the race. Clinton claimed Tuesday that reporters, not her campaign, pushed the plagiarism story line. That is not true.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/4598
Just words....that's all.
By: Roger Simon
Feb 19, 2008 05:48 AM EST
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.
This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8583.html
Hmmmm....her corporate pimps must be squeezing her hard.
Feb 19, 2008 05:48 AM EST
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.
This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8583.html
Hmmmm....her corporate pimps must be squeezing her hard.
An imported disease that is creating quite a debacle in the Rocky Mountains.
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What about that port security?
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What about that port security?
I know we have a fight here in Colorado over this, specifically on the Roan Plateau and, I am not sure too many folks in Wyoming even care. I haven't heard much about Montana yet.
One well equals 10 acres of environmental damage.....you do the math.
I believe this is greed driven (who gets the most out the fastest wins) and damn the impact.
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One well equals 10 acres of environmental damage.....you do the math.
I believe this is greed driven (who gets the most out the fastest wins) and damn the impact.
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