Has anyone thought on how the demographic breakdown would be affected by removing the dittohead factor from the equation? If it amounts to about 5%, then the demographic breakdown for Senator Obama would be much healthier than the NC and IN primaries would indicate. Not that they were that bad for him in the first place. He definitely improved upon PA.

If only the Clintons knew the meaning of the word 'shame', she might close out the campaign in the same manner that Mike Huckabee did; remaining positive and not weakening the all but presumptive nominee of his party. Alas...

Posted at May 7, 2008 2:23 PM in response to Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters

Has anyone thought on how the demographic breakdown would be affected by removing the dittohead factor from the equation? If it amounts to about 5%, then the demographic breakdown for Senator Obama would be much healthier than the NC and IN would indicate.

If only the Clintons knew the meaning of the word 'shame', she might close out the campaign in the same manner that Mike Huckabee did; remaining positive and not weakening the all but presumptive nominee of his party. Alas...

Posted at May 7, 2008 2:22 PM in response to Hillary Chief Strategist: North Carolina Loss Represented Progress Because We Won Among White Voters

Liberal is not a bad word, JACKASS. Unlike HRC, who constantly gives in to repug frames like 'liberal is bad', Senator Obama turns the argument around and basically says, 'Darn right; I'm liberal like John Kennedy. I'm liberal like FDR.'

Liberal is not a bad word, troll.

Posted at April 16, 2008 2:54 PM in response to Source: Hillary TV Ad Campaign Is Now 100% Negative In Most Pennsylvania Markets

All Obama was saying was that working class voters who don't believe that Washington will do anything to help their economic situation will vote on the basis of other issues and that it is natural for people under duress to rely upon the things that give them comfort.

He put it together in a way that lent itself to being misconstrued. It happens. He apologized for the misstatement and clarified his remarks.

Great post, Saundra!

Posted at April 16, 2008 1:08 PM in response to I used to be that voter

Conyers should just have the sargeant at arms cuff him and drag him down to the lockup.

Posted at April 8, 2008 10:32 PM in response to Conyers Schedules Hearing with John Yoo

As an Obama supporter, I'd be extremely pleased if he managed to pull off the upset, but with slick Eddie Rendell and most of the PA democratic machine behind HRC, I'd have to give her a built in 5 point cushion.

Posted at April 8, 2008 9:15 AM in response to Poll: Obama Catching Up With Hillary In Pennsylvania

Nah, fogu. We just happen to have salaried jobs, by and large, so taking a blow-off sick day is no big deal. It's that higher educated, voter demographic; don't ya know! ;-)

Posted at April 8, 2008 2:48 AM in response to SurveyUSA: Obama Ahead By 10 Points In Oregon Primary

No mention here that he spent hours fielding every last question about Rezko in front of the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-0316edit1mar16,0,4441703,print.story

Note the last paragraph: "Less protection, less control, would have meant less hassle for his campaign. That said, Barack Obama now has spoken about his ties to Tony Rezko in uncommon detail. That's a standard for candor by which other presidential candidates facing serious inquiries now can be judged."

Posted at April 7, 2008 2:35 PM in response to CBS News/NRO : Obama's Rezko Headache

Here in MA, gays and lesbians are granted protections from discrimination in the workplace, housing, etc; so equal marriage rights was a natural extension. It just pisses me off that so many of our countrymen and women can't recognize the dignity and humanity of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters.

Posted at April 2, 2008 3:04 PM in response to DoJ Investigators Probing Whether Goodling Fired Lawyer Due to Gay Rumors

The more recent polls show Obama performing better. I think they reflect a bounce after the Casey endorsement and fallout over Bosnia. There are a LOT of veterans in PA and quite frankly, it is an insult to suggest that they would ever allow our first lady and first daughter to fall into harm's way.
I have to say, I'm kind of happy that Billary has been attacking him. He has now proven that he can take a punch. He and supporters; myself included, will pay no attention to the polls and keep campaigning, organizing, canvassing and fundraising as if he were down 10 points. Complacency is for right wingers.

Posted at April 2, 2008 11:22 AM in response to Poll Gives Obama The Lead In Pennsylvania