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[lilyv]

I'm wondering how much do you guys believe that American research poll showing Obama and Clinton tied at 45%?

Obama's campaign seemed to acknowledge the uphill battle with PA and wanted to keep it within single digits.

Trying to be realistic here, but is it really possible that he's drawn even with her all across PA?

Polls are snapshots-nothing more. They don't predict beyond their limits. What they do show is trends. That's why I was interested in the American Research Poll. Look at past weeks, compare to now. It's not so much Obama will win (probably unlikely), as Obama has made impressive inroads on a state that was tailor made for Clinton.

 

[WildernessBride]

Polls are snapshots-nothing more. They don't predict beyond their limits. What they do show is trends. That's why I was interested in the American Research Poll. Look at past weeks, compare to now. It's not so much Obama will win (probably unlikely), as Obama has made impressive inroads on a state that was tailor made for Clinton.

He has to be happy with the fact he isn't getting his clocked cleaned in Pa, I believe in his chances to keep it close or even squeak out a win in Pa. I am keeping the faith for Pennsylvania!!!

 

[NewJersey]

Anyone catch HRC's new radio ad saying "charisma isn't enough." Ah, but her exaggeration of her record certainly is! Or how about lying about her fight to keep NAFTA from getting passed?

 

[chris1gill]

Anyone catch HRC's new radio ad saying "charisma isn't enough." Ah, but her exaggeration of her record certainly is! Or how about lying about her fight to keep NAFTA from getting passed?

Nope, didn't catch it, can't say I'm sorry, it would probably just drive my blood pressure higher!

 

[WildernessBride]

Anyone catch HRC's new radio ad saying "charisma isn't enough." Ah, but her exaggeration of her record certainly is! Or how about lying about her fight to keep NAFTA from getting passed?

At least she can admit she lacks charisma!

 

[Honu]

On 4/3/08

“Our cash flow is good. Bills are being paid. We are continuing to raise a considerable amount of money,” said Clinton communications director Howard Wolfson this week, adding that the campaign has enough money to do what it wants to do.

On 4/7/08
www.sfgate.com

Money swing: In the wake of her Super Tuesday barnstorming, Hillary Rodham Clinton left a stack of unpaid bills here in California - with at least $40,000 still owed to four of the state's universities.

UC Santa Barbara is owed $11,112, UC Davis is owed $5,486, Cal State Northridge in L.A. County is waiting for $13,611, and San Diego State, $10,000 - all for the use of halls for Clinton rallies.

The UC Davis tab includes the cost of hosting former President Bill Clinton before a crowd of 7,800 at the student arena on Jan. 15 - with some money still owned to the school band, Cal Aggie Marching Band-Uh.

The cash-strapped Clinton campaign recently acknowledged putting off paying hundreds of bills across the country.

UC Davis spokesman Mitchel Benson said they've contacted the Clinton campaign three times seeking payment. If the money doesn't show up within the next month, "it will go to a collection agency," Benson said.

We asked the Clinton campaign for comment Friday and are still awaiting a response.

Come on now. Why is it OK to not pay your bills? If she can't raise the money, she needs to pay it herself.

 

[chris1gill]

On 4/3/08


On 4/7/08
www.sfgate.com


Come on now. Why is it OK to not pay your bills? If she can't raise the money, she needs to pay it herself.

We certainly know she has enough to pay it with

Can you say balance your budget???

 

[pr surfer]

Digg it if you can

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Clinton_Campaign_behind_on_Bills

 

[chris1gill]

Digg it if you can

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Clinton_Campaign_behind_on_Bills

Thanks, dugg it!

 

[yasmina]

Grrr....someone stole our Obama sign already! I only have 2 in reserve, and one is promised to my BIL. I put another one out just now. Wonder how long it will last?

Couple this with the comment yesterday about the Obama sign in our car, and I'm REALLY starting to think I live in a very racist area!


Where's the "bop 'em over the head" smilie when you need it??

 

[Honu]

Grrr....someone stole our Obama sign already! I only have 2 in reserve, and one is promised to my BIL. I put another one out just now. Wonder how long it will last?

Couple this with the comment yesterday about the Obama sign in our car, and I'm REALLY starting to think I live in a very racist area!


Where's the "bop 'em over the head" smilie when you need it??

Maybe my dog took it. He apparently doesn't like lawn signs. We put ours out and for the next few days the dog barked or grumbled every time he looked out the front windows. I finally figured out it wasn't people passing, but it was the sign he was buggin on. He's OK with it in the window now though.

Has anyone seen Obama window clings? I refuse to put stickers on my car, but I'd like to Obama-ize it.

 

[NewJersey]

Maybe my dog took it. He apparently doesn't like lawn signs. We put ours out and for the next few days the dog barked or grumbled every time he looked out the front windows. I finally figured out it wasn't people passing, but it was the sign he was buggin on. He's OK with it in the window now though.

Has anyone seen Obama window clings? I refuse to put stickers on my car, but I'd like to Obama-ize it.

I'd like clings too or at least magnetic bumper stickers...right now I have a bumper sticker inside my driver side window, laying in the window slot. Now that its warmer, I can't put my window all the way down so I need to find a better way of displaying my Obama stuff.

 

[chris1gill]

Grrr....someone stole our Obama sign already! I only have 2 in reserve, and one is promised to my BIL. I put another one out just now. Wonder how long it will last?

Couple this with the comment yesterday about the Obama sign in our car, and I'm REALLY starting to think I live in a very racist area!


Where's the "bop 'em over the head" smilie when you need it??

Order some more! They take them, you put more out! We had the same problems around here & Obama won handily... Just get more signs!

People are jerks unless they prove otherwise in these scenarios...

I agree about the window clings, I'm surprised there's nobody selling them...

 

[NewJersey]

Great article about the influence of young voters on their parents:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/us/politics/08kids.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

Here is the beginning:

The daily phone calls. The midnight e-mail. And, when college lets out, those dinner table declamations? Oh, please.

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Ami ElShareif, 20, a college student, persuaded her father, Bader ElShareif, who traditionally votes for Republicans, to back Mr. Obama.
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Senator Barack Obama’s devotees just won’t give their parents a break.

As the race for the Democratic presidential nomination continues, youthful volunteers for each candidate have been campaigning with bright-eyed brio, not only door-to-door but also at home. But the young supporters of Mr. Obama, who has captured a majority of under-30 primary voters, seem to be leading in the pestering sweepstakes. They send their parents the latest Obama YouTube videos, blog exhortations and “Tell Your Mama/Vote for Obama!” bumper stickers.

Megan Simpson, a Penn State senior, had not been able to budge her father, a Republican. But the day before the deadline for registering for the coming Democratic primary in Pennsylvania, she handed him the forms and threw in a deal-sweetener as well. “I said, ‘Dad, if you change your party affiliation in time to vote for Obama,’ ” recalled Ms. Simpson, 22, an Obama campus volunteer, “ ‘I will get you the paperwork the day after the primary if you want to switch back to being a Republican.’ ”

Thus did Ralph E. Simpson Jr., 50, construction company owner, become a newly minted Democrat. “I probably will switch my affiliation back,” Mr. Simpson said, “but I haven’t decided who I will vote for in the general election. If Meg keeps working on me, who knows?”

 

[pr surfer]

Great article about the influence of young voters on their parents:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/08/us/politics/08kids.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

Here is the beginning:

I'm having a hell of a time convincing my parents to even go to the Jun 1 primary... argh. It's a bit harder when your parents have been disenfranchised by the US I suppose... perhaps I'd better translate the speech on race ASAP.

 

[wvrevy]

Fantastic new article up on Politico:

If Hillary can't run a primary campaign, how can she run a general? Or a country?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9436.html

In the days and weeks ahead, the Barack Obama campaign is going to pose a simple question to the undecided voters and undeclared superdelegates who will decide the Democratic nomination for president: If Hillary Clinton can’t run a good primary campaign, how is she ever going to run a good campaign against the Republicans?

And while she says she is ready from Day One to be president, she is at something like Day 430 into being a presidential candidate and her campaign seems to be going from bad to worse to train wreck.

Mark Penn, who just got booted as her chief strategist, is only the latest problem in a campaign that has been heavy on drama and light on results.

(More at link)

 

[LuvDuke]

Fantastic new article up on Politico:

If Hillary can't run a primary campaign, how can she run a general? Or a country?

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0408/9436.html

In the days and weeks ahead, the Barack Obama campaign is going to pose a simple question to the undecided voters and undeclared superdelegates who will decide the Democratic nomination for president: If Hillary Clinton can’t run a good primary campaign, how is she ever going to run a good campaign against the Republicans?

And while she says she is ready from Day One to be president, she is at something like Day 430 into being a presidential candidate and her campaign seems to be going from bad to worse to train wreck.

Mark Penn, who just got booted as her chief strategist, is only the latest problem in a campaign that has been heavy on drama and light on results.

(More at link)

Mark Penn did not get booted from her campaign. He's still working for her in a consultant capacity.

Obviously, that makes a great deal of difference to Hillary. Like her claims to "35 years of experience", the concept is lost to many of us and is another nail in her coffin of a campaign.

 

[wvrevy]

Mark Penn did not get booted from her campaign. He's still working for her in a consultant capacity.

Obviously, that makes a great deal of difference to Hillary. Like her claims to "35 years of experience", the concept is lost to many of us and is another nail in her coffin of a campaign.

Ah, but the article said he got booted as "her chief strategist".

The point of it all, though, is that all Hillary had to do was not screw up and she had the Democratic nomination in the bag. My god, she was a 30 point favorite pretty much across the board just a few short months ago. When Barack ran strong in Iowa, she started slowly falling apart, and it's only gotten worse as the season has gone on, to the point that she's practically entering Mike Huckabee territory now.

I mean...hasn't anyone noticed that the more people are exposed to both her and Barack, the more likely they are to vote for him? It's happened in just about every state so far: Hillary starts off with a huge lead in the polls, then both candidates land and start campaigning...and the lead starts evaporating into thin air.

Her only hope of gaining the nomination is to show Barack as being less electable than her...and she can't even win the Democratic nomination without help from party insiders against a freshman senator with the name Barack Hussein Obama. Talk about trying to sell the unsalable.

 

[LuvDuke]

Ah, but the article said he got booted as "her chief strategist".

The point of it all, though, is that all Hillary had to do was not screw up and she had the Democratic nomination in the bag. My god, she was a 30 point favorite pretty much across the board just a few short months ago. When Barack ran strong in Iowa, she started slowly falling apart, and it's only gotten worse as the season has gone on, to the point that she's practically entering Mike Huckabee territory now.

I mean...hasn't anyone noticed that the more people are exposed to both her and Barack, the more likely they are to vote for him? It's happened in just about every state so far: Hillary starts off with a huge lead in the polls, then both candidates land and start campaigning...and the lead starts evaporating into thin air.

Her only hope of gaining the nomination is to show Barack as being less electable than her...and she can't even win the Democratic nomination without help from party insiders against a freshman senator with the name Barack Hussein Obama. Talk about trying to sell the unsalable.

Everything was going along swimmingly for Hillary until the voters started voting. That's her problem in a nutshell. It's the voters, stupid.

 

[NewJersey]

I'm having a hell of a time convincing my parents to even go to the Jun 1 primary... argh. It's a bit harder when your parents have been disenfranchised by the US I suppose... perhaps I'd better translate the speech on race ASAP.

I think that would go a long way - it really resonated with my mom in particular.