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Anti-War Room video

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 01:28:18 GMT

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Anti-War Room, Week of June 9
Tom Andrews speaks with Brigadier General John Johns (ret.) about whether or not the United States should engage nations like Iran diplomatically or whether, as Bush and McCain have asserted, that's tantamount to appeasement.

Join delegates to the Democratic National Convention to end war in Iraq

This spring elected delegates and superdelegates to the Democratic National Convention – supporters of Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and uncommitted – are working together to advance a position that unites the vast majority of Democratic Party members – changing our nation’s disastrous foreign policy and the debacle in Iraq. Join them here.

Clinton Calls on Pledged Delegates to Support Obama

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:49:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Any lingering fears of a convention floor fight are now dispelled.

Clip Source: marcambinder.theatlantic.com

Multiple Democratic sources say that Sen. Hillary Clinton, in a series of private conversations and conference calls, continues to urge her pledged delegates to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton plans a series of calls with superdelegates, interest groups and state delegations over the next few days. (One of them took place last night, according to this report from Iowa's Quad Cities-Globe-Gazette.)

“She’s doing calls with supports and delegates and various other groups of supporters,” said Mo Elliethee, a spokesperson. “What she did was reiterate what she said on Saturday. She thanked them for their hard work and their dedication and all that they did for her and celebrated some of the accomplishments of her campaign…. And she urged them to get behind Sen. Obama and to work just as hard to elect him president.”

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'Uncommitted' Votes Rankle Clintonistas

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 11:58:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "Count Every Half Vote!"
To prevent this nomination theft, Democrats decided to count only every half vote. This means Mr. Obama needs to win a few more superdelegates to gain a majority, and it isn't sitting well with the Clinton camp. Senator Clinton is now saber-rattling about challenging the Michigan ruling at the Denver convention. Her feminist supporters are also suggesting that their heroine is the victim of "sexism." Meanwhile, if the superdelegates do give the nomination to Mrs. Clinton, many of Mr. Obama's supporters will cry "racism." The identity politics that Democrats love to use against Republicans has now come back to haunt them.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Regarding your editorial "Count Every Half Vote!" (June 2): What has Clinton supporters upset is not the issue of the "half votes," but the outrageousness of awarding "uncommitted" votes to Barack Obama. He took himself off the ballot in Michigan to curry favor with the voters in Iowa. It was a political move. Now in a political move that only a banana republic could love, Mr. Obama has the party award him delegates he never earned in Michigan. Someone pinch me. After listening for years about how Al Gore won the popular vote and how George Bush should not be president, the Democrats are about to push the popular vote winner aside to put forward their chosen one. The conservative in me is laughing.

Signs of healing? Clinton backers warmly welcomed

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 21:49:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: At the Obama event in Mpls Xcel Center: “as they were taken to their seats, people kept stopping to hug them and thank them for being there…" Barack and Michelle meet privately with 25 after speech

Clip Source: www.crooksandliars.com

the head of Clinton’s Minnesota campaign attended the Obama event, as did a few Clinton-supporting superdelegates, Minnesota’s Secretary of State, Minneapolis City Council President, and the mayor of St. Paul, all of whom also backed Clinton

“He shook my hand and said, ‘Thank you for being here; I’m sure it’s not easy,’ ”

“I thanked him and said that everyone involved in his campaign had been so gracious. I didn’t know what to say, so I mentioned that my daughter works for a federal health clinic. And he knew right away which program I was talking about. He said, ‘Oh that’s wonderful.’ ”

[DFL activist Jackie Stevenson]

Stevenson had arrived at the event with another Clinton backer, and “as they were taken to their seats, people kept stopping to hug them and thank them for being there…. All of the other Clinton supporters received similar treatment.”

The St. Paul mayor added

You don’t spend your life fighting for women’s rights and then vote for Sen. McCain.”

Tags: clinton, obama, politics

he wins

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 02:16:23 GMT

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Clip Source: www.cnn.com

BREAKING NEWS

updated 6 minutes ago

Obama wins nomination, CNN projects

Barack Obama has secured enough delegates to clinch the Democratic nomination, according to CNN estimates. The Illinois senator makes history as the first African-American to lead a U.S. major-party ticket. developing story

VP talk surfaces, puts pressure on Obama
iReport.com: Whom do you see as VP?

Bill Clinton's 'Vanity Fair' Moment

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:50:58 GMT

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Clip Source: www.npr.org

Is it possible Bill Clinton had a journalistic point in his latest outraged, self-serving, self-destructive and, forgive me, also entertaining rant?

His office released a lengthy denunciation, saying, among other things, that Purdum should have interviewed some of the 1.4 million people whose lives, according to the statement, were saved by the humanitarian work of the William J. Clinton Foundation.

Let's just stipulate that's not an adroit move. Clinton is presumably trying to help his wife persuade superdelegates not to join a looming stampede toward Barack Obama. The would-be first mate is also struggling to convince others he wouldn't be a liability in a Hillary Clinton presidency. So this may not be the best moment for him to draw more attention to an article in a big glossy magazine suggesting he's an ethically ambiguous, skirt-chasing, ticking emotional time bomb.

Obama Wins Democrats Nomination

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:12:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Primary race draws to a close in South Dakota and Montana | BRIEFING BOOK (pdf) | AP: Clinton Says She's Open to Being Obama's VP | National Delegate Count Tally | Cardinal Suspends Priest From Parish After Anti-Clinton Rant

Clip Source: www.foxnews.com

Tags: superdelegates, obama, nomination

Superdel 'Tsunami' for Obama

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:20:49 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I'm not even going to bother to keep track of the superdels as they move to Obama. McClatchy confirms 10 House members, 10 Senators, and 10 other SDs moving today. Obama needs between 30 and 40 delegates to close and these numbers, with expected numbers from primaries, would put him over the top.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

A tsunami of superdelegates is poised to rush to Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) over the next 12 hours, giving him a mathematical lock on his party’s presidential nomination.

The superdelegate surge is likely to swamp a few holdouts within the camp of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) who have been resisting a prompt concession.

Obama needs only about 36 more delegates, and he told The Associated Press in an interview that he expects to get about 15 of those in today’s primaries in South Dakota and Montana. Superdelegates will finish the job.

“A lot of people recognize that it is going to be time for us to pivot and move on,” he said.

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OBAMA CLINCHES!

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:44:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: According to AP, Obama clinches democratic nomination with a flood of superdelegates today.

Clip Source: www.breitbart.com

Campaigning on an insistent call for change, Obama outlasted former first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton in a historic race that sparked record turnout in primary after primary, yet exposed deep racial divisions within the party.

The AP tally was based on public commitments from delegates as well as more than a dozen private commitments. It also included a minimum number of delegates Obama was guaranteed even if he lost the final two primaries in South Dakota and Montana later in the day.

The 46-year-old first term senator will face Sen. John McCain of Arizona in the fall campaign to become the 44th president.

Tags: obama, politics, finally, relief

Presumptive Nominee to Be Decided by Tues, Says Sen. McCaskil

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:46:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I hope she's right. I'm itching for the general election, where John McCain's being ignored and is getting away with some really egregious BS statements.

Let's get this show on the road, people.

Clip Source: www.politico.com

As the Democratic nomination marathon neared a potential finish line, key senators said the results of Tuesday’s South Dakota and Montana primaries will have a domino effect on uncommitted superdelegates – quite possibly clinching the nomination for Barack Obama.

With only 31 total pledged delegates at stake in the two states, Obama cannot win enough in the final two primaries to reach the 2,118 necessary to clinch the nomination. But Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), one of Obama’s strongest Senate supporters, said that she had spoken to enough uncommitted superdelegates around the country Monday to determine that he will reach the threshold necessary to claim the Democratic nomination by the end of Tuesday evening.

“I think tomorrow will be a very big day. I’ve spoken to 10 uncommitteds, and they’ve said yes, they’ll be committing [to Obama], and they’ll be committing sometime tomorrow. “

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Clinton says she's not ready for 'political obituary'

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:42:48 GMT

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Clip Source: edition.cnn.com

Clinton says she's not ready for 'political obituary'

(CNN) -- Hillary Clinton said she will take the race for the Democratic presidential nomination "a day at a time" and is reviewing all options as she moves forward in her campaign.

"People have been trying to get me out of this race since Iowa and my political obituary has yet to be written and we're going forward," she told reporters Sunday before leaving Puerto Rico, where she snared 68 percent of the vote to win the majority of the delegates in the Caribbean U.S. territory.

After Tuesday's primaries in Montana and South Dakota -- the party's last contests -- superdelegates will push either Clinton or Sen. Barack Obama to the 2,118 delegates needed to secure the party's nomination.

Barack Obama leads among superdelegates -- 321 to 291, according to a CNN tally.

Tags: clinton, political, politics

Clinton Seeks To Go After Obama Superdelegates

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:26:53 GMT

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clipper's remarks: to travel with her to South Dakota where she planned to campaign Monday. Rodriguez had initially supported Clinton, switched to Obama, and recently returned to her camp.

Clinton, meanwhile, said she was still contemplating whether to challenge the decision by the Democratic Party's rules committee to split the Michigan delegates 69-59 in her favor. Each delegate would have a half vote. The agreement granted Obama 55 uncommitted Michigan delegates and four who would have been assigned to Clinton based on the state's results.

McAuliffe Sunday night called the panel's judgment "outrageous."

"People are angry," he said. "This does not unify our party, this crazy, cockamamie thing they came up with in Michigan."

Here in South Dakota, Clinton pressed on against the odds.

In a campaign trail reunion usually reserved for election nights, she was to join former President Bill Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea, at her last Monday event in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Clip Source: breakingnews.nypost.com

The former first lady enters this week with an insurgent strategy not only to win over undecided superdelegates but to peel away Obama's support from those party leaders and elected officials who already have committed to back him for the nomination.

"Whatever differences Senator Clinton and I may have, those differences pale in comparison to the other side," he said.

But Clinton argues she now leads in the popular vote - a debatable point given that she relies on Michigan and Florida outcomes. None of the candidates campaigned in either state and Obama received no votes in Michigan because he removed his name from the ballot. Clinton also continues to present herself as better able to confront McCain in the fall.

She and her campaign's national chairman, Terry McAuliffe, both made it clear Sunday night that Obama's supporters were now fair to pluck with those arguments.

To drive the point home, Clinton invited Virgin Islands superdelegate Kevin Rodriguez, a recent convert,

Tags: clinton, obama, terry mcauliffe, undecided superdelegates, south dakota, montana

Delegate Breakdown

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:48:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Only two states remain -- both Montana and S. Dakota favor Obama.

Seriously, this thing is over.

Clip Source: politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com

In Puerto Rico, CNN estimates Hillary Clinton won 38 delegates while Barack Obama won 17 — a net gain of 21 pledged delegates for the New York senator.

Obama's overall delegate lead now stands at 155 — 117 in pledged delegates, and 38 in superdelegates.

The Illinois senator is now 48 delegates short of clinching the Democratic nomination while Clinton is 203 delegates short of clinching the nomination.

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the Democratic Party nomination - confused?

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:27:30 GMT

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Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Confused by Saturday's Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting?

Not sure how Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., can be on the verge of wrapping up the nomination even as Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., is expected to win another primary on Sunday?

Think this is the end, but not sure?

Here is a simple list of things to keep in mind as we enter the final 48 hours of the Democratic nominating contest. Numbers 1-10 explain the math. Letters A-E are nonmathematical things at play.

4. The number of delegates needed to secure the Democratic presidential nomination changed yesterday from 2,026 to 2,118.

9. Roughly 200 superdelegates remain uncommitted.

Tags: politics, obama, clinton, vote

Giordano: 'New Magic Number, 2118, Means Obama Needs Just 25 More Supers'

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 16:03:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Al Giordano shows that Hillary's future is bleak.

Clip Source: ruralvotes.com

Today’s Rules and Bylaws Committee decisions mean that Obama has, in the bag, 2052 delegates, just 66 short of the 2118 needed at the convention.

Tomorrow in Puerto Rico he will pick up about 24 delegates. And on Tuesday in South Dakota and Montana he will pick up about 17, for a total of +41 more pledged delegates, bringing him to at least 2093 delegates, which means he needs only 25 superdelegates to clinch the nomination.

And for anyone that thinks this is going to the convention in any meaningful way, look at the pathetically small size of the pro-Clinton demonstrations outside the hotel in DC today. Tens of thousands had been promised. A few hundred showed up. Clinton’s convocatory power for those kinds of shenanigans is already done.

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