(Via Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire.)
Sen. Barack Obama picked up the support of another superdelegate today, reports Time.
Over at Political Insider, I discuss Sen. Hillary Clinton’s increasingly urgent superdelegate problem.
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Tags: obama, super delegates
(Via NY Times.)
Barack Obama has gained the support of about 60 superdelegates in the last month while Hillary Rodham Clinton added more than half as many.
Tags: caucuses, delegates, primaries, super delegates
(Via Time.com.)
Time.com - The shining asset that is supposed to set her apart from the greener Obama is time in the trenches. But just how experienced is she?
Tags: clinton
(Via Daily Kos: State of the Nation.)
Ferraro said she has a 40-year history of opposing discrimination of all kinds, including race, and that she was outraged at criticism of her remarks by David Axelrod, Obama’s chief media strategist, because he knows her and her record.
“David Axelrod, his campaign manager, has chose to spin this as a racist comment because everytime anybody makes a comment about race who is white — he did it with Bill Clinton, he was successful; he did it with (Pennsylvania governor and Clinton supporter) Ed Rendell, he was less successful; and he is certainly not going to be successful with me,” Ferraro told CBS’ “The Early Show.” “He should have called me up … He knows I’m not racist.”
Tags: clinton, david axelrod, geraldine ferraro, obama
I was appalled yesterday by the comments of Geraldine Ferraro regarding Barack Obama’s standing in the Democratic race.
“I think what America feels about a woman becoming president takes a very secondary place to Obama’s campaign - to a kind of campaign that it would be hard for anyone to run against.
“For one thing, you have the press, which has been uniquely hard on her. It’s been a very sexist media. Some just don’t like her. The others have gotten caught up in the Obama campaign.
“If Obama was a white man, he would not be in this position.
“And if he was a woman he would not be in this position. He happens to be very lucky to be who he is. And the country is caught up in the concept.”
(From ABC News.)
So, let me sum up: the media hates women, loves African-American men (who have all the advantages), and the country is too stupid to think through the message of hope that the Obama campaign delivers.
Tags: clinton, geraldine ferraro, obama
(Via Newsvine.)
Geraldine Ferraro, once a beacon of hope for the possibility of a new era in American politics, has now disgraced herself for a second time. Her comments today are as offensive and repugnant as her previous ones. They, and now Ms.
Tags: , clinton, geraldine ferraro, obama
(Via MyDD.)
√ Democrat Andre Carson: 25,621 votes (53 percent)
Republican Jon Elrod: 21,418 (44 percent)327 of 445 (73 percent) precincts reporting (10:33 PM Eastern)
Update [by Jonathan Singer]: WISH-TV has called the race for Andre Carson, ensuring that this seat will stay in the Democrats’ hands.
Tags: andre carson, jon eldrod
(Via AmericaBlog.)
Industry is of course whining about the costs involved if they are forced to clean up the air. Don’t these people breath? Don’t they pay for health care? Surely the EPA and White House are not blind to the health care costs involved with polluted air. It’s hard to imagine such a small slice of society holding so much power over others but for the Republicans, they consistently only care about what industry wants without consideration for everyone else. The ruling is expected on Thursday so we will find out soon enough.
Tags: air quality, epa, pollution
(Via MyDD.)
According to USA Today’s vote totals, the turnout in the Democratic primary in Mississippi today was 417,428. Add that to the number of voters who turned out in the Republican primary today and total turnout amounts to 559,242, wayyy more than the 125,000-150,000 voters that the MS Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann had predicted. And yes, once again, the Dem primary turnout breaks the record, exceeding 1988 when 359,000+ voted. What the hell was Hosemann thinking?
Tags: mississippi, primaries, voter turnout
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