Hillary Urges Donors To Contribute To Obama's Efforts In Ohio, Vows Extensive Campaigning In The State
Hillary just held a private conference call with Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and dozens of donors to her campaign and to Ohio Dems, urging them to plow funds into the coffers of the Ohio state party so it can help execute the ground game on Barack Obama's behalf, a Hillary aide confirms to me.
"There isn't any doubt that Ohio once again will be the pivotal state in this election and I know that it's extremely close in the state," Hillary told the donors, according to excerpts of the call sent our way by her office.
Hillary also promised extensive future visits to the state on Obama's behalf. "I will be back campaigning up and down the state to make the case that the failed leadership of the last eight years should not be rewarded with another four," she told the donors.
Hillary also predicted that the economic meltdown would persuade Ohioans to back the Democrat. "I think that as we go through this very serious economic crisis, more and more Ohioans are going to say: 'Wait a minute we need a new vision. We need new leadership. We need a new hand on the tiller,'" Hillary said.
Hillary also will release a so-called radio actuality that can be played on local radio stations urging people to join up her new "Hillary Sent Me" program. Hillary aides promise more such localized fundraising calls and activities in the future, part of a ramped up effort on her part to help Obama in the hard-fought battleground states.
Go Hillary!
September 22, 2008 4:13 PM | Reply | Permalink
I sent Hillary a donation after her convention speech. This time I think I'll wait 'til I see her out there stumping in OH.
September 22, 2008 4:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hmm send her another check you missed her she was just there last week monday stumping for Obama
September 22, 2008 8:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, I expect to do that in a week or two. I expect her to do well for us in OH, but I want to see it first. What I've seen from her so far, well, it doesn't quite cut it for me -- yet.
September 22, 2008 11:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't know no matter what Hillary does many obama supporters won't be satisfied. She has done more for him than any other former rival. She has stomped in NM, Cali, Nevada, Ohio, and Florida. This does not include the 3 times she appeared at fund raisers with Obama right after the primaries. She has also gotten her backers to give him about 5 million bucks so far. She turned down going to an anti iran rally that Palin had been slyly invited to weeks after hillary had already accepted an invite. She did that out of respect for Obama, because she knew it would look bad if Obama or Biden wasn't there. I honestly cant say that Obama has returned the favor he barely asked his supporters to donate to her. I donated to Hillary and will probably vote Obama even though I am not estatic about it, but I will hold off donating to Obama until I see him do something for Hillary. Giving her and bill primetime speaking spots at the convention cool, but that helped him more than it did anything for them.
September 23, 2008 1:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
OT: But can we officially say NM is NOT a battleground state? PPP has Obama up 11.
September 22, 2008 4:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
If McSame pulls the plug on campaigning there, then it becomes no longer a battleground state.
September 22, 2008 4:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
*Nice*, and thanks for that OT and most welcome update!
September 23, 2008 3:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yay Hillary.
On another note.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122204781847961747.html
lol. He's going to take a nap. That had me rolling.
September 22, 2008 4:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wwhhhhaaaaat?
Yes, get a black man to do an Obama impersonation to prep against. Issues? Pshaw!
September 22, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
I saw that, and burst out laughing!
Why not? All black people are alike, right?
Just like all women are alike, so why not pick Jennifer Granholm to play Palin?
Or Greg Craig, who has white hair, to play John McCain?
Sometimes, politics can be surprisingly junior highschoolish.
September 22, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hey, I thought Granholm was picked because she's a fellow beauty pageant contestant. Of course, she also happens to be a fellow governor, so that may have something to do with it, too.
September 22, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Every black person in America is interchangeable with every other black person in America.
[rolls eyes]
I'm gobsmacked by that.
September 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gov. Granholm volunteered to be Joe Biden's sparring partner. I don't know, the visual of a woman and the visual of a Black person may encourage the candidates to be self aware about posture, tone and attitude.
September 22, 2008 8:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jeez. That's embarrassing. Also, Steele will need to be upgrade his brainpower significantly to play Obama.
September 22, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
To dream....the impossible dream.....
September 22, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah, as a Maryland Resident, I can tell you first-hand: Michael Steele is gonna need a new personality simulation chip in order to approach Barack Obama...
September 22, 2008 6:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
What about this advice to McCain:
Don't be so "brutally honest" that you spell out what you don't know, such as the imploding economy. Don't let early jitters make you come off as "testy." Those superstitious tokens? Make sure they are handy so you aren't thrown if you can't find them. Don't overuse your favorite semantic crutch, "My friends."
If McCain EVER did a speaking engagement where he said "my friends" fewer than 80 times, it would be a record. "My Friends" is the new debate-watching drinking game.
September 22, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Whenever someone calls me friend that I don't know, I get the heebee geebees.
September 22, 2008 5:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
Vow!!! She has turned herself into a real hero in the last couple of months.
Go Hillary!!!
No doubt in my mind, if he works hard in OH and PA, she can help Obama to close the deal in those two states.
September 22, 2008 4:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary has been great. I have to say I like her better than I ever liked her husband.
September 22, 2008 4:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Good for Hillary. Maybe she could help out in Indiana, as well.
September 22, 2008 4:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary's turned out to be the much better Clinton.
September 22, 2008 4:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
She always was (relatively speaking).
September 22, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Senator Clinton has been excellent. Thanks, Senator Clinton. I'll be donating to help with that debt.
September 22, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, she sure has changed. This is great to see, but WTF is with Bill...Doesn't he get it?
September 22, 2008 4:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Sargent's deep-rooted sources next to Hillary bear some palatable fruit at last.
September 22, 2008 4:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
"The" pivotal state? Hah!
September 22, 2008 4:32 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary has been a real trooper. I never would have thought this 6 months ago. Go Hillary!
September 22, 2008 4:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah great. Thats what you do when you really want your party to win. Too bad Obama couldn't do the same and pick her as VP.
September 22, 2008 4:37 PM | Reply | Permalink
As ever, the voice of unity!
September 22, 2008 4:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Notice you didn't say I was wrong.
September 22, 2008 4:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Then allow me. You're wrong. Clinton is a great surrogate. She would have been a bad candidate.
September 22, 2008 4:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
I submit we wouldn't be talking about an even race if she was in this..either at the top or the bottom of the ticket. It really would be a large lead. But hey, maybe whats-his-name will be a good vp.
September 22, 2008 5:01 PM | Reply | Permalink
Believe whatever you want. But the fact remains that she's not on the ticket and Obama is pulling ahead every day. You'll just have to learn to live with that.
September 22, 2008 5:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
There is a reason she is pumping Ohio. He is behind here. Polls are great but that funny map with red and blue on it means more. Without that O-H-I-O in the blue column there won't be much joy in mudville.
September 22, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Couldn't be less true. Obama has many paths to 270 that don't involve Ohio.
He's way up in Iowa and New Mexico. Throw in Colorado or Virginia and he wins without Ohio.
September 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't need OH to win.
September 22, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
History will prove me correct my friend
September 22, 2008 5:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
The electoral college scenarios show how its done. Are you telling me that Obama isn't ahead in VA, that FL isn't a dead heat, that he isn't nipping at his heals in Indiana, that NM is already in his camp, and CO looks good? McCain is throwing resources into NC this week because they're afraid of losing this red state.
September 22, 2008 5:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's true that Colorado looks good, but your scenario may yet be overoptimistic.
Obama is a lot better off with Ohio than without it.
September 22, 2008 7:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Obama wins Ohio is defintely better off. The issue is whether he absolutely, positively has to have Ohio in order to get 270. The evidence says at this point that this is not true.
September 22, 2008 7:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't forget Nevada, which is getting an army of CA volunteers for Obama on weekends right now for voter registration and canvassing.
September 22, 2008 6:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I don't think it would be a large lead were Clinton on the ticket, top or bottom.
I think that the sexism that existed in the primary coverage would have been ramped up to the nth power. I think we'd be hearing about Bill Clinton all day and all night. In between stories and ads about Bill would be ads about the Tuzla episode, ending with "If she lies about something so easily verified, should we trust her to be Commander in Chief?"
Everyone wants to say "Obama should be up by 15!" I felt that no matter who the Democratic candidate was, this was going to be a close race.
September 22, 2008 5:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
How is that logical based on the voting numbers of the primary? I thought we were thinking that with all the new voters in the system that this would be a runnaway election.....What happened?
September 22, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
New voters aren't included in "likely voter" polls.
September 22, 2008 5:12 PM | Reply | Permalink
Uh huh
September 22, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
haha! Can't argue with that logic.
September 22, 2008 6:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was stunned for a moment by its brillance.
September 22, 2008 6:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm not sure these are one and the same issues.
I think that, given that the heat of the primary has been dimmed for several months now that it's easy to underestimate how the media and Republicans would savage Hillary Clinton. I think the race would still be close, new voters or not. Just my opinion.
September 22, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
The racism factor takes 6-7% away from Obama and he's still ahead. There will still be people who "just don't trust Obama" but ignore the daily lies and distortions from McCain/Palin. Their answer then is "they ALL do it".
September 22, 2008 7:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
We don't know that. 1) Whether those who aren't voting for Obama but wanted her for Prez, would then vote for the ticket with her as VP; and 2) whether the increase in the number of traditional Dems gained would be countered by the loss of independents and moderate Republicans.
September 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
I submit we'd be talking instead about Clinton scandals, sex, Bill's big mouth shooting out stupid self-serving remarks, those 400 pardons he sold off to the highest bidders, etc, etc. etc.
Give it up. For every Hillary-lover Obama lost there's a Clinton-hater who would never vote for them.
Besides which, if Obama was elected with her as vp and Bill as uber-prez Obama wouldn't be able to govern. He did the right thing regarding her.
September 22, 2008 5:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seriously dude, can you get with the program here? Obama is the candidate. Hillary is doing everything she can to help him prevail. Might you focus?
September 22, 2008 5:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
I'm just sayin
September 22, 2008 5:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
Given the people on this message board, to just say Hillary should be on the ticket is going to elicit responses.
September 22, 2008 5:52 PM | Reply | Permalink
And let's not forget the governance issue. Even if the two of them could work out an arrangement, Bill would constantly be a distraction at best.
September 22, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's fruitless to argue about "Hillary on the ticket" because of the simple fact she's not on the ticket.
Many Hillary supporters are willing to back Obama and I don't care if they believe Hillary VP ticket would've made this election a little easier, as long as they vote Obama.
September 22, 2008 5:30 PM | Reply | Permalink
How dickish is it to make a case against Hillary or Bill at this point? Esp Hillary when she is rooting for the team? Let's postpone the analysis for Nov 5, with a hope no one will find a reason to look for reasons.
September 22, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is in response to someone who posited the idea of wouldn't it great if Hillary was on the ticket. As you say, she isn't. But as long as someone throws out that all would be sunshine and rainbows if Hillary was on the ticket, I will respond why it might (and I emphasize might) not be all rainbows and sunshine.
September 22, 2008 5:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
I was just responding to everyone above the thread going back and forth on the issue. I didn't mean to indicate you as the one starting the discussion...Frankly, Obama win is also very important for Hillary's future, but I'm sure all will be forgiven or nothing will be forgiven depending on how it turns out on election night. Didn't mean to single you out or anything.
September 22, 2008 6:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
No problem. I agree with you and just wish people would let the whole Hillary as VP have a dignified passing. What pushes my button is to suggest that somehow Hillary in either position on the ticket would automatically be 15 points ahead in the polls.
September 22, 2008 6:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
I have to say that my opinion of Hillary Clinton which was very high until the South Carolina primary then plummeted markedly until the convention is steadily climbing back.
September 22, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bravo Hillary!!!
September 22, 2008 4:54 PM | Reply | Permalink
And McCain has no one on his side to play a similiar role, combined with the fact that he has to campaign in tandem with Palin. It's now 3 on 1 in regards to where they can be stumping.
Hopefully she'll be out there while Obama has to prep for the debate.
And Biden is coming to Indiana on Wednesday, so they haven't given up on the Hoosiers yet. Nothing showing on their website for Tuesday for either Obama or Biden.
September 22, 2008 5:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
If Hillary delivers Ohio for Obama, she will have earned whichever cabinet position she wants in Obama's administration.
September 22, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Even if she can get a victory in OH, if she keeps it razor thin close, McCain will have to spend time and resources there that he can't use for places like MI, FL, CO, VA, PA, NC, WI, MN, etc.
September 22, 2008 5:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
I doubt she has any interest in a cabinet position.
September 22, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think she should make a run Guv of Alaska. I hear they'll be looking for Dem next time around.
And what fun Bill would have.
September 22, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh yes I love the democratic party and just want to stay on this blog all day and preach to the choir instead of speanding my time doing something productive.
September 22, 2008 5:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
You're right. I am wasting my time reponding to you.
September 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
Well darlin, I see your name on just every thread. Aren't you one of the the people who've been spamming their own blog?
That would indicate some time spent online.
September 22, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
Yes, Bravo Hillary!!!
September 22, 2008 5:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
seems like a small goal for her, unless she is guaranteeing victory for O in Ohio.
seems to me that the two Clintons have done next to nothing to this point for Obama, other than just stay out of the way, which I guess is something
and now it's ballyhooed that she's going to spend a few weeks in Ohio?
methinks it should be Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, etc, and not just Ohio. seems like she just wants to be able to say, "see, I campaigned for Obama," rather than actually giving it her all
September 22, 2008 5:09 PM | Reply | Permalink
One word....why? When was the last time that the Primary loser worked hard on a campaign? I don't remember one.
September 22, 2008 5:35 PM | Reply | Permalink
I actually agree with you. Obama camp cannot demand too much from Hillary. I,for one, am happy with whatever Hillary offers as long as Clintons don't affect the campaign in any negative way.
September 22, 2008 5:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
in time we'll see what "extensive future visits" to this one state means.
if it's less than extensive by any fair reading, then your point stands and Hillary's commitment to party is no special exception to the rule. it won't really be the "big push for Obama" this site trumpets on home page or all that remarkable as other commenters here seem to think
I do feel like I've seen huckleberry and the mitster and mr. 9/11 all over campaigning for mcsame, but hillary has been a no-show for obama. it remains to be seen what hillary (or bill for that matter) will really do for obama in the end
September 22, 2008 5:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fartknocker,
I think you're wrong. Bill just had lunch with Mr O last weekend just before black Monday and when he was bottoming out in the polls, and re-committed to doing everything he can. They take their lead from Obama, it's his campaign and he directs where he would like to see them campaigning and sets the agenda. It's not fair for you to claim they've been dogging it because you haven't seen them much. Hillary has been out and about it all the swing states. Bill will stump where Obama asks him to, however Mr O has to figure out how best to use and employ him. As he said at the convention he would never dream of censoring Mr C. So it's up to him how best to strategically employ such a weapon, as streamline and targeted as possible. The last thing he needs is a loose canon.
September 22, 2008 6:17 PM | Reply | Permalink
Okay, then, the two Cs have been all ready to go out swinging for O and he's just keeping them in a box.
Though I'm not sure if having lunch with O amounts to much of anything. To me, that just means they can stand each other's company for an hour at least.
And I've missed the coverage of Hillary hitting "all the swing states." Seems like if that were true (and maybe it is) then Hillary campaigning in Ohio would not be some giant story Greg here is all pumped up about.
I'm with Scientific on this (see comments below), although I'm not sure why folks pile onto my comment about the invisibility of the 2 Cs for O and one of the same people signs off when Scientific says the same thing more or less. ah well...
September 22, 2008 7:49 PM | Reply | Permalink
When was the last time that we had a primary like we had with Hillary and Barack. As loyal (but not blindly so) member of the Democratic Party, Hillary (or any candidate that has the backing that she has) to go out and help win the White House for the Dems. I'm not going to say she has to be out there everyday.
September 22, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
Work the area near Canton-Akron-Youngstown-Cleveland and the triangle where the right angle forms in Columbus at Broad and High Streets and extends along highway 33-south and just east of Portsmouth to 70-East which runs to St. Clairsville, Ohio.
September 22, 2008 5:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
She'll need to spend all her time with the Gov. in the Southeastern part of the state. That is where Ohio will be won and lost.
September 22, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Portsmouth along the Ohio River up to St. Clairsville is the deepest part of Appalachia in Ohio. Again the corner of Broad and High Streets in Columbus is the starting point of this triangle.
September 22, 2008 6:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
Seconded. And, as much as Hillary's help is appreciated, what we really need to see in this corner of the state is Bill. Where is the Big Dawg, anyway?
September 22, 2008 6:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bill is doing tv interviews, seemingly undermining Obama by talking about how qualified, good, and bipartisan McCain is. Do you think he would be saying ANY of that if Hillary were at the top of the ticket? I don't know if Bill is just off message with Hillary's people or what, but it is not helping anyone that I can tell. The more I see of Bill the more I remember what I didn't like about him when he was president. He was a good president, but could be hard to like.
September 22, 2008 7:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
Could you point out the most recent event in which Bill has been on MSM praising McCain for bi-partisanship?
September 22, 2008 8:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Nevermind, I continued to read the thread and saw some examples. :)
September 22, 2008 8:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Awesome and classy, the mark of someone who has her eye on the ball and is a team player, despite a disappointing primary loss. I didn't vote for her in the SD primary, but she definitely has earned my respect. Go Hillary!
September 22, 2008 5:11 PM | Reply | Permalink
You said it all for me right there.
September 22, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
HRC is the woman. way to step up.
September 22, 2008 5:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
I second those praising Hillary for her efforts. What I want to know is, were are Ted Strickland and Sherrod Brown?
If Obama loses any of these purple states that happen to have Dems in the Governor's mansion, I think those governors should have quite a bit of explaining to do.
September 22, 2008 5:19 PM | Reply | Permalink
Strickland's been all over the state campaigning for Obama and for local Democrats. I caught him on Friday and he gave a good speech.
We still have a good chance to carry Ohio but it's not going to be easy. We need people like Ted and like Bill Clinton who can talk to the smalltown voters that are still nervous about Obama and excited by Palin.
September 22, 2008 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks for letting me know. But it still begs the question, why is Ohio such a tough nut to crack for Dem presidential candidates?
September 23, 2008 9:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
But her husband thinks McCain is as good as Obama: "I genuinely like both of them. I genuinely admire both of them...I like John McCain...You've got to decide which president you want"
(this morning on "The View").
What is it if not showing his true color? What he said at the convention was mere formality? He said good things about Obama at the Convention because that was the condition for getting the stage during prime time, quid pro quo.
This was guy who was a life long Right Wing Democrat, a Southern remnant of "equal but different treatment." Recall Clinton called Senator Fulbright a true "mentor" on more than one occasion. Fulbright was a proud Dixiecrat who filibustered the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as voted against the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Clinton's political world-view was groomed under his tutelage. Clinton was exploitative of the minority all his political career. As long as a minority office seeker, black and brown, limited to his subordinate "destiny" envisioned by the Clintons, he was good with them.
What else can we expect from such a person whose political mentor was Fulbright except "McCain is a good man and I like him," [so vote for him, and if Obama loses, my wife can make one more effort in 2012]? It is about his wife, and it is about retribution for what he did to her by sleeping with numerous women since Arkansas days. If it is about atonement, I cannot blame the guy that much, but he must say it and be an honest man once in his life time.
So, I am not sure Hillary is working for Obama or working toward consolidating her own future. As long as it helps Obama, I don't care what she is doing.
September 22, 2008 5:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
"But her husband..." posted by S Green @ 5:24PM.
The problem faced by former President Clinton is that all past presidents are supposed to be "post-partisan". Doesn't always work out like that, but that is the constraint that he is working under now. GHWB, as far as I know, isn't out stumping for McCain, either. Nor, I believe, is Carter speaking at rallies for Sen. Obama.
The "rules" were waived, somewhat, for Clinton when Sen. Clinton was campaigning for the nomination, but they are apparently now back in place for the general election.
September 22, 2008 5:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thank you for your voice of sanity. Bill said he would be out campaigning and I hope he does...
September 22, 2008 6:20 PM | Reply | Permalink
Des,
I'm not sure how much your 'post partisan' president claims hold water as far as your using it as a means to defend Clinton's comments on McCain. MrC would have done plenty of stumping for Kerry in '04 if he had not had to have emergency bypass surgery to prevent immediate death. MrsC however very clearly did NOT do anything outside of what was mandated for her to raise as far as stumping for Kerry.
I remember earlier this season, before the conventions, as soon as the press started making a big deal out of 'Where is MrsC and why have we not heard from her', she and the O campaign announced the very next day her schedule for stumping upcoming in Nevada.
It's true that when they do stump, the MSM won't cover it unless there's conspicuous omissions that fuel a feeling that what was said doesn't fit into the picture that the candidate is truly 'doing or saying whatever' to assist the candidate be elected. Kind of like the big deal made a few weeks ago that Clinton would not directly engage/criticize Palin.
September 22, 2008 8:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
As I've stated here countless times, we're going to win Ohio. This helps achieve that goal tremendously.
Obama has 70 field offices around the state and has been registering new voters for MONTHS now.
It won't be a landslide, but it will be a win.
Thank you Hillary!
September 22, 2008 5:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Love Camus. Doing a paper on him right now.
September 22, 2008 5:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
One of the great free thinkers. I can only imagine what he would think of McCain-Palin.
September 22, 2008 6:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
On the surface, it's ridiculous. However, if they're focus grouping any elements of the preparation, then the race of the stand-in matters. Even otherwise logical, pro-affirmative action folks probably fail the color-blindness test.
September 22, 2008 5:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
I assume you meant this for the next thread down the line.
September 22, 2008 6:03 PM | Reply | Permalink
I think it's a great idea for all of our leaders to pick a state and get people excited, volunteering, and to please get every citizen to double check their registrations before the deadlines, even if they've not moved and have voted many times.
Thanks Hillary.
September 22, 2008 6:05 PM | Reply | Permalink
Again, not to poop at the party - but it's September 22. When are we going to see Hillary actually campaigning for Obama instead of just talking about it? This is all well and good, but it's well past time for her to start actually doing what she promises.
September 22, 2008 6:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
To her credit she has already made some campaign stops, most notably in Florida.
September 22, 2008 6:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
True 'nuff - but you feel what I'm saying, right? I never see clips of her appearances, even on Obama's YouTube channel, and all I seem to hear about is her and Bill promising to do all this work for the campaign. I don't want to hear about it anymore. Do it.
September 22, 2008 6:31 PM | Reply | Permalink
I hear you. There is still this gap between the rhetoric and the action. I want to see her doing shots in OH after making a toast to an Obama presidency.
September 22, 2008 7:02 PM | Reply | Permalink
Anyone have an idea if the Dems in Ohio have fixed the voting machine problems from 2004? Are there going to be enough machines to count all the African-American votes in those districts that are sure to be voting in even greater numbers than the very heavy '04 turnout? If not, I volunteer to lead a contingent "address" the situation with the Dem leadership of the state - with pitchforks and tar and feathers.
September 22, 2008 6:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
We have a Democratic Secretary of State (Jennifer Brunner) in OH this cycle and not GOP stooge Kenneth Blackwell.
September 22, 2008 8:16 PM | Reply | Permalink
And yet we STILL didn't have enough voting machines in Cleveland during the primary. This happens in every election, so you wouldn't think it would be rocket science to buy some more machines and fix the problem.
September 22, 2008 8:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I want to see Bill living in the Appalachian part of VA for the next two months. Having him there (and even some time in WV) could be huge for Barack.
September 22, 2008 6:47 PM | Reply | Permalink
I've seen Michaele Steele. Michael Steele is no Obama.
September 22, 2008 7:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
We are all HillBillys now!
September 22, 2008 7:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
This is, uh, EXCELLENT NEWS FOR HILLARY!!!!!!!
September 22, 2008 7:21 PM | Reply | Permalink
I keep hearing about what Clinton is *going to do*. Am I simply missing all that she *is* doing, or *has* done?
September 22, 2008 7:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
As a former Clinton supporter, this bolsters my hopes that Ohio will be an Obama state this November. I think, unfortunately, that our flailing economy is a better endorsement for the Democratic Party than any particular surrogate ever could be, but it won't hurt to have Hillary Clinton visiting some of these devastated areas and reminding them that it was McCain and Bush's failed policies that shut down their Main Streets and drove their jobs out of town. I do hope she makes good on this promise and actually does some major campaigning in OH. Rest assured, the MSM won't cover a single minute of it, if and when it does happen.
September 22, 2008 8:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary is clearly showing who the better Clinton is. She is a fantastic surrogate and I can't to see her, Strickland, and (if he gets his act right) Bill campaigning up and down Ohio.
September 22, 2008 10:00 PM | Reply | Permalink
readyfornewleadership and others,
Ref: "Love Camus. Doing a paper on him right now."
Ref: "One of the great free thinkers. I can only imagine what he would think of McCain-Palin."
Well, there are several ways to read Camus. When I taught The Stranger in the light of post-colonial theory, I could not refrain from discussing the injustice done to the Arab and dehumanization of colonized Algerians during French occupation. Meursault's an accomplice in the crime that Raymond, an abusive pimp, commits, an assault on an Arabic woman, but also defends him at the police station. More serious than this is Meursault and Raymond's suspicion of being followed by two Arabs and the ensuing scuffle on the beach. Then, Meursault takes Raymond's gun goes back to the beach to take "revenge," and once again on the suspicion of the Arab's drawing a knife ("it was like a long flashing blade"), he shoots the Arab four more times after killing him. Meursault is arrested, but the French court is ready to absolve Meursault on the mere condition that he supports their religious imperialism, and there is no attorney representing the dead Arab. The trial is all about protecting a French citizen.
What's the underlying moral? Did Camus contribute anything substantive in the independence of Algeria and/or French treatment of the Arab in Algeria, in writing or otherwise except, maybe, Actuelles: Chronique Algérienne?
Oh, he was an existentialist, a different variant than Sartre's nihilism, right?
And, as a settler colonialist, he was in a difficult position to do anything about it, right? In his words, "It's easy to be anti-colonialist in the bistros of Marseille or Paris." Now compare Camus with Ralph W. Yarborough, my hero and the sole Southern Senator to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and to co-write the Endangered Species Act. Was Yarborough in an easy political location to act in the manner he did?
How'd Camus think about McCain-Palin ticket ? What did LB Johnson think when Hubert Humphrey, Yarborough and others introduced "minority plank" to the party platform at 1948's Democratic convention? Clinton has always followed the legacy of Johnson (remember who said Johnson passed "Civil Rights Act"), not Yarborough-Humphrey's liberal legacy. Until we eliminate Johnson-Clinton element from the party, I think we will not achieve post-Enlightenment emancipation.
September 23, 2008 12:31 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Clintons are never going to wholeheartedly throw their support to Barack Obama. The upside of this, is that when he wins, he can leave them and their mediocre legacy in the dust. Clinton wasted his presidency, and turned his back on the laboring poor (NAFTA) and on genocide in Africa (Sudan and Rwanda). Why do Democrats admire this man, or his dysfunctional wife?
September 26, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink