N.H. behind him, Obama collects dollars, endorsements

HILLARY CLINTON MAKES HISTORY FOR ALL WOMAN OF EVERY RACE. A TRUE EXAMPLE OF UNITING PEOPLE AND NOT DIVIDING THEM BY RACE. Obama camp needs to start taking lessons from the experienced candidates!
Hillary Clinton makes History the First Woman to Win New Hampshire Primary
Black men were given the vote a half-century before women of any race were allowed to mark a ballot, and generally have ascended to positions of power, from the military to the boardroom, before any women .Why is the sex barrier not taken as seriously as the racial one? The reasons are as pervasive as the air we breathe: because sexism is still confused with nature as racism once was; because anything that affects males is seen as more serious than anything that affects "only" the female half of the human race; because children are still raised mostly by women so men especially tend to feel they are regressing to childhood when dealing with a powerful woman; because racism stereotyped black men as more "masculine" for so long that some white men find their presence to be masculinity-affirming (as long as there aren't too many of them); and because there is still no "right" way to be a woman in public power without being considered a you-know-what. I'm supporting Senator Clinton because like Senator Obama she has community organizing experience, but she also has more years in the Senate, an unprecedented eight years of on-the-job training in the White House, no masculinity to prove, the potential to tap a huge reservoir of this country's talent by her example, and now even the courage to break the no-tears rule. If you look at votes during their two-year overlap in the Senate, they were the same more than 90 percent of the time. Besides, to clean up the mess left by President Bush, we may need two terms of President Clinton and two of President Obama. But what worries me is that he is seen as unifying by his race while she is seen as divisive by her sex. What worries me is that she is accused of "playing the gender card" when citing the old boys' club, while he is seen as unifying by citing civil rights confrontations. What worries me is that male Iowa voters were seen as gender-free when supporting their own, while female voters were seen as biased if they did and disloyal if they didn't. What worries me is that reporters ignore Mr. Obama's dependence on the old -- for instance, the frequent campaign comparisons to John F. Kennedy -- while not challenging the slander that her progressive policies are part of the Washington status quo. What worries me is that some women, perhaps especially younger ones, hope to deny or escape the sexual caste system; thus Iowa women over 50 and 60, who disproportionately supported Senator Clinton, proved once again that women are the one group that grows more radical with age. This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees. It's time to take equal pride in breaking all the barriers. We have to be able to say: "I'm supporting her because she'll be a great president and because she's a woman." Gloria Steinem is a co-founder of the Women’s Media Center.

Over 500,000 since midnight last night. .... wow.

I think New Hampshire voters were thinking Obama would win by a landslide so they could afford to back McCain or Edwards. I doubt that we get lulled into security by polls ever again in this race. And just wait until the folks who are finally paying attention nationally discover what long-time Obama supporters have found; Obama has the depth and weight of knowledge and judgement to match his charisma. We really haven't seen someone this qualified for the Presidency in a long time. I sure hope we seize this chance to put our country on the right track and elect Barack Obama in November.

Obama admits campaign/PAC donation linksBad news for the Barack Obama camp and his politics of hope clean-guy image.The Washington Post reveals today that there was, indeed, close coordination between the Illinois senator's presidential campaign and his leadership PAC, Hopefund, in deciding which local, state and federal politicians around the country were to receive thousands of dollars in contributions from Obama's PAC.Such coordination appears to be forbidden under Federal Election Commission rules because it, in effect, would give a candidate another, less regulated financial fund to influence the outcome of his own campaign. But Obama officials express confidence they violated no rules. The Post's John Solomon reported the other day that Obama's Hopefund had distributed money in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire to people like New Hampshire state Sen. Jacayln Cilley, who got $1,000 from Obama last summer. Six days later the Democrat in the nation's first primary state announced her endorsement of his candidacy because she said she believed in him.Likewise, Obama's PAC gave $9,000 to U.S. Rep. Paul Hodes, who was New Hampshire's first congressional member to endorse Obama. In the earlier story Obama spokesmen denied any connection between the PAC and Democratic presidential campaign.But today's piece alters that account and says the PAC has distributed $180,000 to groups and candidates in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Iowa and another $150,000 to similar destinations in states with primary balloting through mid-February.Bob Bauer, private counsel for both Obama's campaign and PAC, named names of those from the campaign who'd help select the PAC's recipients and professed confidence the Obama entities had met all FEC regulations.But Scott Thomas, a Democrat and former FEC chairman, says: "He is clearly pushing the envelope."

Comment #3 is a repetition of news from over a month ago. Please quit spamming garbage. Anyway, this will be a closely fought battle to the nomination. Besides the gender angle, I think that 5 days was not enough for Obama to close the sale with undecided older voters. I wish they had been paying attention to what had happened in IA over the last month and a half, but c'est la vie. There's almost 2 weeks to make the sale in NV, and he has the backing of the big unions, but Clinton had the lead in Dec. and has the support of the Dem. party establishment as she did in NH. It should be close. SC will almost certainly go for Obama after the Clintons' comments on MLK and drug sales - but by how much? Then it's down to Feb.5 where states like CA will decide the Dem. nominee.

Stop copying and pasting "Obama bad news fir America". Your a typical Clinton supporter... Never an original thought. Let me speak your language Bhaaaahhh.

Comment #1. Women were never chained and enslaved, unlike Black men and Black women and to assert that black men have had it easier than white women because they were given the ability to vote 50 years earlier does not tell the whole story. As you are aware, Black people were not allowed to votes in many states, mostly southern states, which is why the Voting Rights Act was passed and recently renewed. There are still barriers for black men and black women and white women. Also, Senator Barack has evoked John Kennedy and Martin Luther King, that is true, but Senator Hillary and Bill Clinton have evoked Martin Luther King.

It is just amazing, as to how the media has lost track of what the primaries are about.
Its a battle for delegates. How many are needed, and what states have the most..

Its to early to call for either party.

Many women made themselves look bad yesterday when they fell for the soap opera drama of HRC! If all it takes is tears to earn votes for POTUS then our problems in this country are even bigger than I realized.. However, you can't stop the desires of many that are bubbling up from beneath the surface. We want Change and Clinton is not that. I urge everyone to join in on this people powered movement and to look beyond the same ole-same ole recycled politicians.

Yes. We. Can.

OBAMA '08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Donors are screaming "Yes, We Can!!!" with their contributions!!!!

Obama bad news fir America- this is not new news, it has been asked and answered. You should note that all of the money was distributed throughout democratic campaigns throughout the country. Even to Hillary's campaign and to many of her supporters. So what now? How about you tell Bubba and Hill to get those white house papers released about her work during his time in the WH. He wrote a letter asking them not to release, he can send a letter to give them the ok.

To Gloria Steinem, You said " This country can no longer afford to choose our leaders from a talent pool limited by sex, race, money, powerful fathers and paper degrees"

You craftily forgot to mention marriage affiliation and the fact that the world number one democracy should not be ruled by just two families, what next? Bush brother Jeb will take over from Clinton in another 8 years and then Chelsea Clinton will take over from him in another 8 years, why don't we just amend the constitution to limit eligibility to this two families.

Why are you contradicting yourself why didn't you support someone like Ron Paul or Kucinich if you truly believe what you wrote because based on it Hillary does not qualify to be the president, If she wins I am voting McCain and that is because she speak from both sides of her mouth, in one instant she think NY governor is doing the right thing regarding issueing driver licence to illegal immigrants in another she doesn't support it.

No amount of crying for the camera will help her get elected. Is that how she want to negotiate at the UN "&%^$ when the going get tought! the tears keep rolling" have you heard the woman who made her cry voted Obama because knew it wasn't real.

If SEXIST Nepotism gets Hillary nominated I'm voting against the Democrats for the first time ever.

America is a Democracy = Not a Monarchy

Comment #1: I think your call not to be divisive is hilarious. Bill and Hillary Clinton are the ones being divisive. Gloria Steinem is the being divisive. As an African American woman I should not have to choose which group is more oppressed. The appeal of an Obama presidency is that those old, tired useless conversations can stop wasting our time and we can form new, creative coalitions to deal with the issues facing us. I don't know about you but I care about the environment, human rights and the economy and nowhere in Steinem's venomous editorial does she address anything productive.

You know, my early fear was that the beautiful, soaring rhetorical speak that moved me to tears at the DNC convention was delivered by a handsome guy with little depth. In a short while I realized that the person who wrote that speech has depth, character, integrity, authenticity, and brilliance to back those words up with deeds large and small.

When I watched the one hour Concord Monitor interview they asked Obama tough questions and he delivered straight, detailed answers. At the beginning the reporters were making notes and shuffling papers, and by the end they had all stopped writing and were leaning forward in their chairs, listening with rapt attention. Seriously, find it on youtube. Or on barackobamadotcom. See for yourself.
All the Clinton's junk about false hope and lack of understanding will suddenly seem so obviously false as to be almost malicious. This guy gets it. He knows what we face, and he knows what needs to be done and how to do it. Anyone who says otherwise is saying literally anything to get elected.

I can't stand the hype the media is giving Hillary! She wasn't a big winner, unless you think any win is big for her! She only polled a small margin over Obama! I think that gave Obama a lot of momentum out of NH tieing Hillary for delegates in a state she originally was carrying in the early polls!

Hillary will not unit anyone! Can I hear Whitewater all over again?

If Hillary is the nominee, we will have at least 4 more years of republicans in the whitehouse!

She can't even handle the stress of the campaign trail, it is getting to her already! How is she going to handle the stress of being president? Start crying all the time when things aren't going her way?

Give me a break!

Comment #13: YES YES YES! Isn't it time to get someone with integrity in the White House? Obama will be a real leader.

Clinton collected the SAME number of delegates in New Hampshire as Obama!! The win in numbers only matters psychologically! The primary is about the number of delegates one gets to the Democratic National Convention.

Only a Clinton would compare themselves to Lyndon B. Johnson, who we can partially credit with the Vietnam War. It is hilarious. Her tagline is experience, experience, experience, but it is *bad* experience. It smacks of a Bush/Clinton dynasty. Listening to the Clintons ramble on about themselves nowadays sounds as out of step with the times as a Vanilla Ice track. Does anyone think she will get votes from those that are not leftover stalwart Clinton supporters? She could stage some more tears before a few more primaries, but we all know that would not work.