Obama Nets Over Almost Two-Dozen Super-Delegates So Far Today
Obama's haul of super-delegates is turning out out to be very heavy today -- and that's before any actual votes are counted from tonight's primaries, increasing the likelihood that he will clinch the nomination imminently soon.
• Former President Jimmy Carter, who had dropped hints for quite a while that he was for Obama, and officially confirmed the news with the Associated Press.
• South Carolina Congressman John Spratt.
• DNC member Ralph Dawson, from Hillary Clinton's home state of New York.
• Massachusetts DNC member Deb Kozikowski.
• Massachusetts Congressman John Olver.
• DNC member Joyce Beatty of Ohio.
• DNC member Jennifer Dechant of Maine.
• DNC member Maria Chappelle-Nadal of Missouri.
• State party vice chair Carnelia Fondren of Mississippi.
• DNC member John Perez of California.
• Six Michigan super-dels, who each count as half a vote: Detroit Mayor and DNC member Kwame Kilpatrick, Congresswoman Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, and DNC members Debbie Dingell, Rick Wiener and Joyce Lalonde, and state party vice chair Tina Abbott.
• Florida DNC member Diane Glasser, who counts as half a vote.
• DNC member Kamil Hasan of California, who has switched from Clinton.
• DNC member Ben Johnson of the District of Columbia, who has switched from Clinton.
• Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California, who is defecting from Hillary Clinton.
• Delaware DNC members Harriet Windsor and Rhett Ruggerio, and state party chair John Daniello. Ruggerio has switched from Clinton.
• Congressman Dennis Moore of Kansas.
• Maryland DNC member Bel Leong-Hong.
• Oklahoma party chair Ivan Holmes.
• Congressman Bob Brady of Pennsylvania.
Score: Obama +23.5, Clinton -3.5.
The Obama camp also rolled out a list of endorsements by Edwards pledged delegates, totaling ten for the day.
According to the Obama camp's most recent math, he is only eight delegates away from securing the nomination.
(ed. note: This post will be continually updated to reflect new endorsements.)
President Barack Obama
June 3, 2008 4:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
I look forward to saying that for real on 1-20-09.
June 3, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Obama WILL beat McCain.
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
As long as he can get McCain to drop out before he wins the popular vote.
June 3, 2008 5:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Would you like to place a wager on that foureyed monkey-boy.
June 3, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, rstepped-on should know. He's been working for St. John the Apostate for the last 5 months at least.
June 3, 2008 6:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Congratulations, my friend!
With this post, you have accrued enough McCain points for a free meal from the Denny's Senior Menu!
Please keep up the good work, my friend.
June 3, 2008 6:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
BAD MONKEY! Monkeys are always flinging dung. BAD!
June 3, 2008 6:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
HISSSSSS.
June 3, 2008 6:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey monkey--I picked this one out especially for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx4UEe98EkY
June 3, 2008 6:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Barack Obama said that we should thank Hillary Clinton and her campaign tonight for a hard-fought campaign.
With that in mind...
Thanks for playing, monkeyboy!
June 3, 2008 11:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
"President Barack Obama"
Assuming the Republicans don't rig the elections.
June 3, 2008 10:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is it really over?
June 3, 2008 4:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I doubt it.
Hillary has no hold on reality. She'll keep at it, trying to foul Obamas run straight through 2012.
June 3, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but with the Delegates now in his camp, any further protests from Hillary have no meaning.
Onward to the General, friends!
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well that has been the case since February.
She'll keep herself in the news. Once or twice a week Hillary, Bill or some other Clintonista will say something reprehensible and force their way into the national limelight again.
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah you know the superdelegates could change their minds...even pledged delegates aren't really pledged..and you know ANYTHING can happen between now and August....
I wish I could believe. I really do. Somehow I just can't get that sigh of relief.
I will not believe it until she concedes, refuses VP, and starts campaigning for him.
June 3, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here ya go, Mage, have a glass of bubbly. That'll fix you right up!
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, by the way, I taught my dog to impersonate Hillary, check it out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20v9F-sWHQ
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I do not think that Senator Clinton will sabotage things after Obama goes over 2118.
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hope you are right, but I really don't think they can help themselves.
June 3, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
When all is said and done, if Senator Clinton wants any political career at all, she will, of necessity if for no other reason, be enthusiastically supporting and helping the Democratic ticket win in November.
June 3, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
While many of us wish that were the case, some people just can't help turning their backs on the Democratic party and offering comfort and cover to the enemy. If the Democrats weren't smart enough to vote for Traitor Joe then I had every right to sabotage them. I hope Hillary does the same so we can all see her true colors.
June 3, 2008 11:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's not up to Hillary to unite the party. It's up to Obama, and he's already decided that he doesn't need to do anything meaningful to unite the party. Just more empty words from a candidate that always says one thing and does another.
June 3, 2008 5:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
You can go back to McCain's HQ now. It didn't work.
June 3, 2008 6:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
One reason you never want a monkey for a pet is because they have a nasty habit of reaching into their diapers and flinging turds at innocent bystanders. As exhibited here.
They also beat off a lot and drink their own urine.
June 3, 2008 6:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Haha, you beat (pun intended) to it!
June 3, 2008 6:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
When I was a kid, the pet store down the street had a monkey named Mohawk. If you started talking to him really fast, he’d get excited and start masturbating while screeching up a storm. All I can say is; thank god this is an online forum, because rstephen is easily excited.
June 3, 2008 6:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
The monkey at our local zoo used to piss on people as they walked by. The kids loved it, and he loved to please.
June 3, 2008 7:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I appreciate Kwame waiting until the very end. He's not really a highly sought after endorsement.
June 3, 2008 4:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
So true. Kwame actually did Barack a huge favor there.
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
That was surprisingly astute of him, yeah. Then again, the MI superdelegates weren't really rushing to endorse until their votes were reinstated.
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Woo-hoo! Jimmy Carter isn't really a surprise, but it's nice to see him making it official.
Now what about those spineless senators?
June 3, 2008 4:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
All the spineless Senators have already declared for Obama because they didn't want to be seen as being racist.
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Eat shit and die, you disingenuous fucktard.
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Poor sad little monkey. You really don't get it, do you?
June 3, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh he gets it, he pays a transexual polar bear to pound it into him once a week.
June 3, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
So we should want Senators who do want to be seen as racists?
June 3, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
We should have senators who are brave enough to vote for the strongest candidate and winner of the popular vote, even though she happens to be a white woman.
June 3, 2008 5:36 PM | Reply | Permalink
Your opinion (complete with fabricated metrics) is not shared by the majority of voters or members of the party as to who is the strongest candidate. And your baseless assertion that race is the reason that she is losing is not just ridiculous, but reveals your ethical and moral failings, not others.
June 3, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Undeniably spot on.
June 3, 2008 5:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wake up and smell the coffee junior. Obama peaked months ago and the only reason he is still ahead in total votes is because the party elites fixed the totals in Florida and Michigan so that he could win. And from this moment forward, race will no the asset that it was in the Democratic primary, and so you won't be able to win by playing the race card or bashing Hillary. So instead of blaming me for throwing cold water on your delusional frenzy, I've got another suggestion"
WAKE the F#$% UP !!!
June 3, 2008 6:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are spouting fraudulent nonsense.
As has already been pointed out to you down-thread, the RBC meeting (what you refer to as 'party elites' fixing 'the totals') this past Saturday, the committee voted to give her 69 pledged delegates from Michigan vs. the 0 pledged delegates she had under the existing rules from that state; and give her 52.5 pledged delegates from Florida vs. the 0 pledged delegates she had under the existing rules from that state. In addition she was given the the 7.5 superdelgates who were endorsing her in both states vs. the 0 superdelegates she had under the existing rules from those states.
If they had not done that, Obama would have clinched the nomination outright on Saturday since neither candidate would have gotten ANY delegates form either state as per the rules agreed to by all parties before a single primary contest was held.
June 3, 2008 6:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pretty lame argument. Everyone concedes that the Party had to do something to represent Florida and Michigan, and so pretending that they didn't is obviously false. The point is that what they did was grossly unfair to Hillary, the voters of Michigan and Florida, and the rules of the Democratic Pary. And it was done to make sure that Obama could win as quickly as possible. Period.
June 3, 2008 7:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
The party didn't have to do anything actually. It was only for the sake of offering an olive branch within the parties (mainly caused by ginned up narratives from the Clinton campaign in its desperate attempt to secure any delegates they could to remain in the race, which then spiraled into the larger "CW") they accepted the compromise put forward by the state parties.
June 3, 2008 7:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're right - they didn't have to do anything. The reason that they did was make sure that Obama won as quickly as possible. Certainly not as some favor to Hillary. Your disingenuousness is astonishing.
June 3, 2008 7:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Disingenuous? That's your middle name. The party bent over backwards to let Hillary graciously exit this thing BUT NO! Assholes like you (although I still presume you're really a McCain troll) keep making shit up. I swear, you're like Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumber. Except that you don't actually believe any of the shit you spray, anyway, fucktard.
June 3, 2008 7:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, as I pointed out just below, your argument here is bunk. If "they" wanted Obama to win as quick as possible, they would have rejected the Ausman petition at the RBC and Obama would have crossed the nomination threshold of delegates this past weekend.
June 3, 2008 7:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
BTW, if "they wanted Obama to win as quickly as possible" as you claim, they would have let the sanctions from last year (which everyone including the Clinton campaign agreed to back then) remain in place and Obama would have had the nomination three days ago.
June 3, 2008 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
So sorry, weasel. You need to go back to McCain HQ and tell your master that you've failed. I'd be worried if he starts out by saying, "My friend..."
June 3, 2008 6:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
he won. Junior.
June 3, 2008 6:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Weak. Keep fighting the good fight, cheeky monkey you.
June 3, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
They are voting for the strongest candidate and who leads in the popular vote. OBAMA.
June 3, 2008 5:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
I guess that if it was a white woman who won the popular vote, it would be nice to have senators who were brave enough to vote for her. As it happens, however, there is no such candidate, so it is hard to see how it might be understood to reflect poorly on the democratic senators if they do not vote for this non-existant white, female popular vote winner.
June 3, 2008 5:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
You lost, you little fucktard. DOn't you get it? Let's say you were actually a Hillary supporter. Well, guess what. She's about to lose. More likely you're a McCain supporter who's been trolling these forums just to stir shit up. Well, guess what. It didn't work. So just make like the youtube clip and piss yourself.
June 3, 2008 6:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yay! Yay! Yay!
That is all.
June 3, 2008 4:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
THIS
June 3, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
IS
June 3, 2008 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
EXCELLENT
June 3, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
EXCELLENT
June 3, 2008 4:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
EXCELLENT
June 3, 2008 4:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
ALL CONCERNED!
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
THAT JOHN MCCAIN MIGHT NOT WIN IN NOVEMBER
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR SCAT MUNCHERS LIKE RSTEPHEN!!!!!
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just what you'd love, you GOP-loving troll bastard.
You fucking lost. Yeah--You.
PAWNED BITCH.
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
We can reject the GOP trolling without calling others 'bitch' can't we?
We can be classier than this by following the tone set by our parties nominee.
June 3, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree with you about everyone but this little bitch, lestatdelc. Like, to ken's dad--all the best. Excellent Hillary supporter. But with respect to this POS. Sorry, I've been waiting for this for too long.
June 3, 2008 6:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
You can refer to someone as a POS without resorting to calling someone a sexist epithet.
That said, we can rise above it while not neglecting to rightfully expose divisive trolls and dead-enders as well as not getting into the gutter with them.
June 3, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
K, I'll refrain from the term.
This troll, however, has earned wallowing in it like no other.
June 3, 2008 6:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Just to be clear, I don't disagree that this troll deserves a good metaphorical beat-down.
June 3, 2008 7:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep, I gotcha. We're good on my end.
And thanks for your continued *reasoned* knockdown of this pinhead, as well as various other trolls in these forums. Your comments haven't gone unappreciated in these parts, I can assure you.
June 3, 2008 8:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
EXCELLENT
June 3, 2008 4:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR NARCISSISTIC WINDBAGS WHO THINK TYPING ON THEIR KEYBOARDS = POLITICAL ACTIVITY!
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
NEWS
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
FOR
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
HILLARY!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
OVER!!!
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think there is an echo in here...
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
Second wave:
FIRED
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
UP!
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
READY
June 3, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
TO LOSE IN NOVEMBER!!
June 3, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Feel free to have some more of t3h bitch-slapping, motherfucker.
Bend over.
June 3, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well you are certainly doing your part to make the Democratic party lose in November. John McCain and the GOP thank you for your efforts (even though they will fail).
June 3, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I actualy think a little GOP trolling will help bring the Democratic party together for the fall. I hope they go all out.
June 3, 2008 6:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
UP!
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
READY
June 3, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
TO
June 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
GO!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yay!!! for Ralph Nader!!!!
http://www.votenader.org/index.html
June 3, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
Big surprise, you fucking GOP troll.
Grandpa's goin down in November, fuckface.
..|., rstepped-on, LOSER.
June 3, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
WHy do you want us to stay in Iraq?
Why do you want Roe v. Wade overturned?
Why do you want to continue failed economic policy?
Why do you not want to do what is required to address global climate change?
June 3, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
WOOO!!!HOOO!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Kwame Kilpatrick is a super-delegate?
June 3, 2008 4:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
For the time being....
June 3, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nowhere in the DNC rules does it say that texting horndogs can't be superdelegates.
Hell, Bill was POTUS!!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
We are the champions! No time for losers (Clintonites), cuz we are the champions....of the world (well, of this nomination process, but you get the picture)!!!!!
ole ole ole ole ole, ole ole!!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
According to DemConWatch, the magic number is now 27.5
June 3, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
I wonder if Hillary will actually get around to paying all the blog trolls she's had working for her these last few weeks?
June 3, 2008 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not until after she has finished paying Mark Penn what she owes him for all of his excellent advice.
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Speaking of Mark Penn, Josh just posted a piece about Mark Penn's latest advice for Hillary.
June 3, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
I doubt any of the blgo trolls are Clinton supporters, much less on the payroll of any Democratic campaign or organization.
These are more than likely GOP/Rush trolls.
June 3, 2008 5:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is like the final thirty-five seconds of a double-overtime game. Your team has the ball, and your up by ten points, and you just want this thing to be over - but the other team keeps fouling in a futile effort to extend the game hoping against hope that SOMETHING happens. Of course, unlike basketball, this ACTUALLY matters.
June 3, 2008 4:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep. And the other team knows it can't win, but keeps calling frickin' timeouts!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's the most accurate sports analogy I've ever seen. That's exactly what this is.
June 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bad analogy DanF...
Least you forget the Pacer's game when Reggie Miller scored 8 pts in 11 seconds. :)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/espn25/story?page=moments/90
June 3, 2008 6:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
EGGZELLENT
June 3, 2008 4:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whoo-hoo!
It's finally going to be over.
God, I've got so much work to catch up on....
June 3, 2008 4:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Now THAT'S funny!
June 3, 2008 4:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Haha, ditto. Especially today. I've been refreshing all day to see who else has come out for Obama.
June 3, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
I finished my slides. I don't know if they make any sense...but I did finish them.
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm guessing your audience might understand if you explain when you created them.....
June 3, 2008 4:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
We are a somewhat partisan group. I'm sure I won't be the only one that's somewhat giddy with excitement when the Conference kicks off on Sunday.
It's a good day, ain't it? :)
June 3, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
No CarolBG. It's a STUPENDOUS day!
Sort of like that day here in CT when Lamont beat Lieberman in the primary.
On a much bigger scale, of course.
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
I haven't gotten a frickin' thing done all day. I keep checking the NYT superdel tracker about every 30 seconds.
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/the-superdelegate-tally/index.html?hp
Lo and Behold: another two endorsements since 3 PM!
NYT is saying the magic number is now 27.5, but I thought it was down to 26.
June 3, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Depends on how official the endorsements are.
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think this is no accident. They're carefully announcing just enough endorsements to ensure he clinches tonight without embarrassing Clinton with a landslide. I think they'll give her a chance to do the right thing. If she doesn't, the landslide will come later.
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yea, that must be it. Obama's only let things drag on this long to spare Hillary's feelings. Just like he did when he passed around Keith Olbermann's insane diatribe comparing her to Lady Macbeth.
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but YOU LOST BIATCH. Yeah, let that sink in, you fucking uberwaNKER.
June 3, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Keep dropping your rants rstephen. Interesting to see how you conveniently pick and choose what you are willing, or maybe rather,able, to engage in. cheeky monkey you.
June 3, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
As if I have enough time to waste adressing all the ignorance on this blog.
June 3, 2008 5:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Funny, you seem to have plenty of time to see how people tear you a new one, and try to get the last one in.
Just go back and read some of the cynical shit you've been peddling on this blog for the last several months, dipshit. Fine, you made your little $.02 media consulting fee from McCain 08 for spraying the crap you did. Now, go FUCK OFF BITCH.
June 3, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
ROTFLMAO!!!
June 3, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
The difference between you and me is that I don't engage in childish ad hominem attacks. That's why I always win, because that's all you have.
June 3, 2008 5:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, but either way you still lose.
June 3, 2008 6:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Once you leave this blog the ignorance level will go waaaayyyy down.
June 3, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Then you can always choose to spend your time elsewhere. Nobody but yourself is keeping you here.
June 3, 2008 5:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Standing up for the truth and for the votes of 17,710,545 Democrats is what is keeping me here. That you won't allow them or me to be heard makes you ones who have irrevocably divided the Democratic Party.
June 3, 2008 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are not standing up for any "truth" nor any Democratic voters at all. You are here spewing divisive blather. Nothing more. The voters you claim to be speaking for have been heard, and their chosen candidate didn't win the nomination of the Democratic party to run for President of the United States in this November's Election.
June 3, 2008 6:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is why you suck. The bullshit you peddle is such a bunch of crap. We've been hearing your idiotic black-is-white, red-is-blue arguments for months. Normally, I'd ask "what color is the sky in your world, Woody?" but at this moment, I don't give a crap. I just want to rub your face in the shit you've spewed for months.
You convinced me long ago that either your truly were a two-bit Hillary commissar, or, more likely, Karl Rove Jr. Well, either way, it was all for naught.
rstepped-on, reality just crushed those fucking glasses and left a treadmark stamped PWNED all over your ass, and I'm loving it.
And you're getting ad hominem all night, because ad hominem is all your Karl Penn bullshit deserves.
June 3, 2008 6:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
you suck...bullshit... bunch of crap...idiotic... I just want to rub your face in the shit... a two-bit Hillary commissar...Karl Rove Jr...crushed those fucking glasses...left a treadmark stamped PWNED all over your ass.
Ad hominem _and_ threats of violence. Give that man the cigar.
June 3, 2008 7:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
Should we be asking Bill for one?*
* Sorry, I had to go there.
June 3, 2008 7:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
You know where you can put it, fuckface.
June 3, 2008 7:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWLpbcgc814
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
DNC members that robbed her.
Go figure.
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hah ha ha hah, hah hah hah hahahahahaha, tee hee, hahhh!
LOSER!
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
My wife sings this song to our 3 year old when he cries.
Maybe it'll soothe what ails you too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIVaUcE4kAM
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
... of 4 votes?!?
Get over it, gotalife. This was really over after Super Tuesday.
The Supers / DNC had nothing to do with it. The people decided they wanted Obama over Clinton.
Now you need to decide who you'll support: McWar or Obama?
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Actually, Obama only leads Hillary by 20 or so among DNC superdelegates. In fact, Hillary benefitted from a HUGE lead among DNC supers at the beginning of the primary race. Had they not endorsed her so early and padded her stats, the race would not have seem as close as it was.
June 3, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Stupid facts.
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please, don't start bringing logic into this. It only confuses things :)
June 3, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Didn't Hill's strategy consists of Democratic insiders robbing Obama? I don't think she can claim the moral high-ground here.
Oh, and that check... we promise its in the mail.
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
More stupider facts.
June 3, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
KING DUMBFUCK OF THEM ALL, WE SALUTE YOU!
June 3, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
The DNC did not "rob" Clinton of anything.
If you are referring to the decisions of the RBC on Saturday, they voted to give her 69 pledged delegates from Michigan vs. the 0 pledged delegates she had under the existing rules from that state; and give her 52.5 pledged delegates from Florida vs. the 0 pledged delegates she had under the existing rules from that state. In addition she was given the the 7.5 superdelgates who were endorsing her in both states vs. the 0 superdelegates she had under the existing rules from those states.
June 3, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gotalife: Have you been sick recently? Rstepehen is really showing you up on this thread! You're my favorite troll and I'd hate to have to leave you for a newer, more vapid one!
June 3, 2008 7:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yahhh! The SuperDel floodgates are opening. DemCon Watch has Obama's needed total down to 27.5. Pending endorsements now include: Former President Jimmy Carter, Rep. Jerry McNerney (CA), DNC Ralph Dawson (NY), Gov. Bill Ritter (CO), Sen Ken Salazar (CO), Gov. Brian Schweitzer (MT), Sen. Max Baucas (MT), Sen. Jon Tester (MT) and Margaret Campbell who endorsed Obama but had to back down due to her vice-chair position in the Montana Democratic Party. They are just waiting for confirmation.
I think it's safe to say that he will be going over the top this evening.
Yay Dems!!!!!
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
Quote from the honorable former President Jimmy Carter:
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Over at DailyKos, the analysis is that Obama takes 21-23 pledged delegates in MT & SD.
Worst case right now, he passes the bar tonight with 6.5 more supers.
June 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
That sound you hear is the sound of all of the blood rushing to Bill Clinton's empurpled face.
June 3, 2008 4:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
He looked really red yesterday. I couldn't tell if it was sunburn or something like that.
He didn't look healthy. I hope that he's ok.
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
He does'nt look happy or well.
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
He needs less than 10 more to squeak over the line.
June 3, 2008 4:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
He did his endorsement by texting...
June 3, 2008 4:46 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEMxYggoKQ
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x20v9F-sWHQ
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Where's Gore?
June 3, 2008 4:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
He'll wait until the end of the week or early next week would be my guess. He's Big Al. He can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants.
June 3, 2008 4:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
In St. Paul.... I hope....
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
I actually thought about that. I'd say it's possible. Maybe not likely, but ...
June 3, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Joseph: Are you still going tonight?
June 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good question?
June 3, 2008 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
So, he's gonna need about 10-15 more if he's to go over the top tonight - right?
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
He should net at least 18 just from the primaries.
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
If he can get about half of the pledged delegates tonight and the 5 delegate bonus out of MT - I'd say he needs about 10 more to go over the top, just to be conservative.
Now, DemCon Watch has exactly 10 sitting on ice, but 4 of those are MT, so they may be part of that 5 Delegate bonus...don't know.
June 3, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Off-topic (sorry!) but that SurveyUSA poll with Obama over McSame by 2 in MISSOURI is HUGE news!
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I predict an Obama LANDSLIDE.
The country is hungry for CHANGE.
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Beat you to it!
Predicted it Saturday!!!!!
It's in one of these here threads ....
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is significant.
SUSA also has Obama up by 9 in Ohio.
June 3, 2008 4:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
w00t!
And hubba hubba! Missouri and Ohio - and the general is just getting started!
June 3, 2008 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey there Tena: I decided in honor of today, Pippi would stand upright and post (her) my picture too. Aubie, Obama1st and I are all standing tall celebrating! We followed your lead girl.
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have been knocking on every door in the two mile radius around my house for the last week and a half registering voters. The 20th ward of St Louis is mostly democratic, but traditionally has a low turnout given its size. As such, the Obama campaign has made it a focus to contact every household in this ward personally (via volunteers like myself and my wife) to make sure 1) everyone is registered to vote at their present addresses and 2) the concerns of Clinton-backing democrats are addressed so that no one sits this election out.
I mention this because I look at that poll result and say "who cares?" Polls five months out mean nothing. If polls taken this far out were a reliable indicator of actual electoral outcomes, John Kerry would be seeking his second term right now. If you want to feel excited about Ohio and Missouri (and you should!), don't feel excited about poll results which will change a million times between now and November; feel excited because Sen Obama's campaign is working the grass roots months in advance and taking nothing for granted in these important swing states. We are going to win this by hard work, not stupid, ephemeral poll results.
June 3, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
You are so great to do that, thank you.
June 3, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I thank you for your kind words, but this is not really about me. I mention myself only because I am the volunteer I know best, just as the 20th ward of St Louis is the part of this state that I know best. The effort is much bigger, however. There are teams working the 3rd ward, the 15th ward, the 11th ward and of course there are also efforts in Kansas City and Columbia and Springfield and Cape Girardeau and all sorts of little -villes and -bergs and -tons throughout the state. I am simply delighted to see the Obama campaign move so aggressively to change the electoral dynamics in this state to ensure democratic wins here in November. This is the sort of movement I have been longing to see organized in this state and I cannot tell you how excited I am to see Sen Obama roll up his sleeves and get it moving.
June 3, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
Why are the other superdelegates taking their time? Is it to give Hillary one last show of dignity? Is the game truly over? Is it as Chuck Todd said today on MSNBC--Obama's party? How about they all declare and let us move on and not have Hillary out there stoking more fires of resentment among women who feel Hillary was owed.
She fought the good fight but now it is over. Superdelegates isn't it time? Enough enabling of petty resentments--when it comes to a choice between a party that has started two wars and has no clue as to how to finish either one and that has virtually bankrupted us and one that offers a bit more hope that we wont keep repeating the same stupid mistakes --Hillary's sense of entitlement pales into insignificance. The message from superdelegates to Hillary now should be keep your ego in check--it has had its 15 minutes of fame--now is time to fight to take back our country.
June 3, 2008 4:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think some Supers are waiting for the Polls to close... not sure why.
Ideal circumstances: Obama gets JUST enough Supers to endorse so that the states tonight push him over.
That way, there's no argument that the Supers chose, and not the people.
But, if the 10 or so supers that are needed endorse AFTER the polls close, that works too.
June 3, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think we are witnessing a very scripted ending to this historic battle. Every step is planned here on out, including Clinton's speech. I think Obama knows exactly what she's going to say, even if her own campaign denies it.
June 3, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Could Gore be the capper?
Is it that scripted?
June 3, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wouldn't that be awesome? If Gore and Carter both endorsed him in person tonight in Minnesota?
June 3, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ickes!!
June 3, 2008 4:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well...at least it's just his face this time.
I'm SORRY. I had to say it.
June 3, 2008 4:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't be sorry, it was funny!
June 3, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayum, I'm rollin' ......
June 3, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!!!!
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
OMG, funny!
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's interesting to see this last day of primaries from the point of view of Hillary supporters.
check it out
Here's one of the comments:
June 3, 2008 4:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, peering into an alternate reality can be very interesting.
June 3, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yep... last chance! Get yers now! Just keep following the lemmings...
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
sorry, here's the
link
June 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh dear, the sound of desperation...it's never pretty, is it?
June 3, 2008 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Last call for superdelegates who want to see their name in print!
June 3, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
READY
June 3, 2008 4:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
TO LOSE TO McCAIN
June 3, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
HA HAH HA HA HAAAA HA HA HAAAA, OHHH AHHH HAA HOO!
June 3, 2008 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Is this you?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnkoUIVRnxU
June 3, 2008 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL Exactly.
Pissing all over these forums for months with his sanctimonious crap. Now piss on yourself, dickhead.
June 3, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's Obama's great Uncle. The one who liberated Auschwitz.
June 3, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, sorry that it was just Buchenwald. What did you do?
Yeah, didn't think so, just a chickenshit just like the rest of the little fucktards that go following Crazy Uncle John around. You fucking prick.
June 3, 2008 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
MI DNC member Tina Abbott is out for Obama - and he's down to 27 needed and the ball starts it slow trip down, down, down...
June 3, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Does feel a little like New Year's Eve, huh?!
June 3, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yepper! More bubbly?
June 3, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Remember the SD's who declared before it's official. They are TRUE party leaders and deserve to be recognized. My god, it's close that we can become a party of progressives. Doesn't that sound sooooo good! I was overseas last year and tried to explain to the many people we met that we have this chance in 2008 and keep the faith that there will be more Bushes, Cheneys this time.
Oh, happy days are here again!
June 3, 2008 4:57 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well, I'm off to stand in line in the cold MN June weather. The weather may suck, but I am happy. Happy because our night is finally here! I hope his speech is one for the history books. I'm really excited to hear Michelle speak too.... and who knows who else.
Gonna be quite the night! Minneapolis is a blaze with talk and excitement.
Obama 2008! Yes, we can!
June 3, 2008 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, have fun!
June 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
You lucky thing!
And don't be cursing cold weather - it's about 96 here and very humid. I would kill for cold weather right now.
Can't wait to get out of here on Friday.
June 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Yes we can"
"We"...meaning "eggheads and AAs"?
Uh huh.
June 3, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let us know how it was Joseph!! Love MN!!
June 3, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sorry to rain on the parade. But:
What is this about Hillary "being open to a VP nod?"
Yes, that means she is, without having the grace to say it, acknowledging that Obama is winning.
However, what could be more diabolic that this statement, on the eve of the night that should be Obama's? He's worked for it, he's earned it; it is his moment in the sun. Now, it's all about whether or not Obama will tumble, a lose/lose dilemma for him.
If he says "yes" he encumbers himself with:
a) the Clinton baggage, as yet unvetted in terms of Bill's income and foundation sources since leaving office (see Vanity Fair);
b) he weakens himself as a candidate by buying into the perception that Hillary must be placated, even though it is she who has sabotaged him, up to and including today;
c) for the greater good, he reluctantly plays the part of the 1950's black man in the south, who said "Yes, Ma'am" because he thought he had to, while the white lady took no responsibility for her own actions.
I am on a rant, I admit, but as a white woman of southern extraction, I am truly nauseated to see this classic scenario play out in 2008.
It is Hillary who owes Obama an unambiguous concession. It is Hillary who, in fact, owes Obama an apology for her Rovian tactics. And it is Hillary who must seek grace, not Obama.
NO,NO,NO to the VP idea. And no more time for HRC's graceful exit. There won't be one. AND IT IS OBAMA's NIGHT, MAKING HISTORY.
June 3, 2008 4:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree. Obama should sit on the VP choice for a couple of months. Let the air finish seeping out of the Hillary balloon. Start putting some other names out there. Let people get excited about who it might be.
See how much Hillary excitement is left by the end of July. Remember, there wasn't much at all in mid-February.
June 3, 2008 6:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
It is not diabolic, just frantic posturing for political silver linings. Nothing more, nothing less.
June 3, 2008 6:27 PM | Reply | Permalink
Let's hope it ends tonight, and Obama picks Hillary for VP. Now that she's said she'd do it, if he rejects her he only compounds his problems reuniting the party.
June 3, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
She said she'd do anything to help win in November, Otto.
June 3, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
[rolls eyes]
Really, this is unseemly, Otto. You people just don't know when to quit.
June 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's the extent to which she said she'd do it. She never said she wants to be VP. It's not his job to reconcile with her. He's the one who won the nomination; she's the one who's been decrying the process.
June 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary as VP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MiKntEWnfo
June 3, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
enough with the threats. The party will unite with or without her. You really think people will throw away their beliefs for her?
June 3, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
No, I don't.
June 3, 2008 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
LOL.
Otto did...
June 3, 2008 5:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm listening to U2's "City of Blinding Lights" over and over and over. Feels like I'm back at the rally!
June 3, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
oh shit...many typos in my last post...NO more bushes or chenys is what I meant....
June 3, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear Obama friends,
He just got the endorsement from Michigan Tina Abbott
According to different sources, he is expecting to get
Col: Sen Ken salazar
Col: Gov Bill Ritter
Wis: Sen Herb Kohl
Ca: Rep Jerry McNerney
So he needs another 6.5 SDS before the polls close
Also: 4 SDs from Montana
Gov: Brian Schweitzer
Sen: Max Baucas
Sen: Jon tester
DNC: Margaret Campbell
Our Victory is being written
Thank you Senator Obama
June 3, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
And the 5 from MT after he wins.
June 3, 2008 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ugh. Nevermind.
June 3, 2008 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
And what the fuck is Herb Kohl's problem. I'll be sure to let him know how I feel about his cowardice next time I see him sucking down a butter burger at Solly's.
June 3, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
"butter burger"??
The American Heart Association know about this?
June 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha!
June 3, 2008 5:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
I had my first butter burger when I visited my sister in IA a couple of year's ago. YUM!!
June 3, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
These things are fucking revolting. It's literally half a stick of butter on a fried cheeseburger. The plate is puddled with melted butter when you're done. It's a Milwaukee institution but I find it disgusting. He's always in there throwing them down.
June 3, 2008 5:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Here you go: http://forums.egullet.org/uploads/1123762117/gallery_15603_1615_12952.jpg
June 3, 2008 5:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
It wouldn't let me look at the picture, but your description sounds pretty revolting.
And Herb Kohl isn't in any shape to be eating them things.
June 3, 2008 5:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm, weird. I just got the error too.
Try this one. It's actually a better picture (read: more gross).
http://www.hamburgeramerica.com/butterburger.jpg
June 3, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ow. I think my cholesterol level went up just looking at that thing.
June 3, 2008 6:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Debbie Dingell is big. She was a big Hillary supporter AND one of the driving forces behind the early vote in MI.
June 3, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
NH adds one more.
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0608/15_more_from_NH_and_MI.html
June 3, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is really going to happen, isn't it?!
June 3, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
O yes it is, darlin. It's happening right now.
w00t!
we did it!!!!!!!!
June 3, 2008 5:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
I can't stand the suspense.
Let's start a pool on when Obama will screw the pooch next and blow the surest thing since Britany lost custody.
I got dibbs on mid-October...Surprise.
June 3, 2008 5:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
I got dibs on February 2018.
He's gonna have too much alcohol at his daughter's wedding and let it slip that he could've nailed the Democratic nomination way back in 2008 in March but he had too much respect for Clinton and her legacy.
June 3, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
WE are drinking YOUR milkshake.... so sorry.
June 3, 2008 6:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a maroon!
June 3, 2008 6:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hate to rain on the parade, but MSNBC is discussing right now that Clinton confirmed on a recent conference call that she would accept the VP spot.
They are speculating now whether she is stealing the headlines from the historic significance of Obama's nomination.
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course she is.
MSNBC this afternoon had Chuck Todd and Andrea Mitchell talking about Hillary was trying to make tonight all about her and it was pissed off Obama's campaign because, you know, him clinching the nomination is sort of a big deal. Historic, perhaps?
June 3, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shit - are you surprised? I knew she wasn't going to let Obama have a big victory celebration - that was guaranteed.
June 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
They are hyping and really overplaying what she actually said. She said she would do anything to help the Democrats win in November.
When she was specifically asked about the VP slot, she didn't immediately so no.
And those stupid twits are the ones who are paying attention to her in the first place.
I hate the media sometimes. A lot of the time. OK. Almost every single day.
June 3, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's really lovely of her, particularly since she hasn't been ASKED.
Good bye Hillary, go enjoy a nice long vacation, preferably somewhere overseas.
June 3, 2008 5:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
That's just the media creating controversy where there is none.
Actually, Hillary openly discussing taking the VP slot is GOOD for Obama, because it confirms she's no longer in the running for President.
Obama has lots of time to decided VP... tonight is HIS night, and as much as we'll hear about "electibility" and "white voters", the only thing I want to hear is Obama's speech.
June 3, 2008 5:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
If 11 more can announce before the voting, then the MT/SD pledged delegate haul this evening will put Obama over the top, which works better from an optics point.
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Funny, Terry and Wolfie are on the cable shows talking about how UN-impressed they both are with how many superdels Obama's gotten so far today - they're shooting their mouths off about how low a number 12 is compared to the "tidal wave" Obama supporters predicted.
First off, DICKS...people are still voting in two states, and second, DICKS...virtually of the SD's have said they're waiting until the polls close!
My God, do these two clowns actually think they're succeeding in messing with peoples' heads with this shit???
June 3, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
And if there had been that avalanche earlier today, those two knuckleheads would be on every cable outlet (even QVC) whining about how the Party establishment is hounding poor Sen. Clinton out of the race while the primaries are still ongoing.
June 3, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
Dear obama friends,
mark penn, one of the intelligent person on the planet is urging Senator Clinton to fight on...He is proving his level of intelligence...
Obama 08
June 3, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
At first I was annoyed by the slow drip-drip-drip of Superdelegates; now . . . and I don't know why . . . I'm loving it.
Nouvelle vague!:
THIS
June 3, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Me too!
Hillary can't even fuck it up for me with her last minute attempt to fuck it up. LOL!
June 3, 2008 5:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Of course, she's trying to steal the show from Obama - would you expect anything less from someone who's "entitlement" was taken away from her?
BYE BYE, SHRILL!
June 3, 2008 5:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
Please stop referring to Senator Clinton as Shrill, Shrillary, etc.
June 3, 2008 5:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
I understand why people do that . . . she virtually invites these epithets . . . but I try not to. In fact, I don't even feel referring to her as 'Hillary' is entirely appropriate.