Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

Cerevant · May 09, 2008, 11:10:31 AM

ABC Reports: Obama takes lead in superdelegates.

QuoteABC News' Karen Travers Reports: For the first time this campaign season, Barack Obama has surpassed Hillary Clinton's support among superdelegates, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.

Sen. Obama, D-Ill., picked up two superdelegates this morning giving him a new metric to tout in addition to his current commanding leads in pledged delegates, popular votes, states won, and money raised.

Rep. Donald Payne, D-N.J., switched his endorsement from Clinton to Obama and Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., endorsed Obama. DeFazio was previously uncommitted.

With these endorsements, Obama has the support of 267 superdelegates and Clinton has 265 superdelegates.

ice grillin you · May 09, 2008, 11:14:54 AM

Quote
Sen. Barack Obama picked up an endorsement Friday morning from the union representing federal employees -- and the personal support of its president, a superdelegate to this summer's Democratic convention.

federalies represent!

Cerevant · May 09, 2008, 11:26:44 AM

Now you *have* to vote for Obama, IGY.

ice grillin you · May 09, 2008, 11:28:35 AM

im still mccain but barry is wooing me more and more

MDS · May 09, 2008, 12:58:31 PM

RON PAUL!

ice grillin you · May 09, 2008, 01:20:32 PM

Quote from: MDS on May 09, 2008, 12:58:31 PM
RON PAUL!

Cerevant · May 09, 2008, 01:25:15 PM

So a blogger comes up with the bright idea that people should e-mail the superdelegates and tell them to vote for Hillary. Shockingly, these people were not rational and pursuasive, but - vote Hillary or I'm voting for McCain. The response from the supers?

QuoteIn one exchange, Donna Brazille, Al Gore's campaign manager and a stalwart of the Democratic Party, responded with frustration to a writer's threats of defection. "Honestly, this is the 9th email today," she wrote before 8:00 pm. "So I believe you're ready to not only destroy Roe versus Wade, voting rights, civil liberties and civil rights. Perhaps adding trillions more to the deficits through non-stop tax cuts to the wealthy and 100 more years in Iraq. Yes, please join Rush and McCain asap. The train has left. Catch it."

Quote"I spent my entire life in the two reddest states in the entire U.S. so please excuse me if I fail to discern the nuances of the arguments sent my way this evening in what appears to be an orchestrated campaign to intimidate the remaining unpledged delegates by threatening to leave the party and vote for a third Bush term if I and others like me don't vote for Sen. Clinton," wrote the exasperated superdelegate. "I have been uncommitted throughout this campaign because I wanted to see how the candidates performed in a variety of settings. I am proud of them both. But I am horrified by this effort to threaten votes for McCain if super delegates don't vote for Sen. Clinton. I have received hundreds of emails from both sides - but I can say without exception that I have not received a single email from an Obama supporter that threatened a vote for McCain if I didn't support Sen. Obama. You really ought to be ashamed."