Senator Leahy endorses Obama

I think leaders old and young has recognized the strength of the Obama argument

yes

Seantor Leahy is spot on about what Obama brings to us both as American's and as citizen of this world because Barack is a true citizen of this world. He clearly understands how vunerable America's position is right now with the rest of the world and he has the best ability to renew our relations as a good neighbor.

Senior established Democratic Party leaders and young American citizens recognize that Senator Obama is a once-in-a-generation leader capable of both inspiring us old and new Americans and of judiciously leading our beloved country in this perilous new century. Hooray for Senator Leahy for turning the page for the country he has served so long for so well.

Why did the Clinton Administration in the 1990s , not insist on provisions in the WTO Trade agreements they signed America to for over 10 years of Tariff Free Imports by Multi-National Corporation that ended in 2005 , amendments that sure could have been realized by the time Bill Clinton renewed the Agreements in 1999-2000 , that would have insisted that the Importing Corporations would pay fees to SS and Medicare Funds to the Government programs , so that in order to continue to import duty free , the duty of sustaining the loss of revenue to the SS and Medicare systems were being met , to counter the los that Out Sourcing product manufacturing has caused in overall Jobs Incomes Ratios of the way BIG BOX Stores have reduced the way in which the cash flows of supplying goods and services through a larger frame work of interaction of society participating in the delivery of the goods and services helps to spread an equal amount of the wealth throughout the society , which is in turn a larger income and therefore able to provide higher wages and tax revenues throughout the great part of Society ??
This is why I say that if the Clintons have the Experience they claim then why didn't these issues of SS and Medicare be a part of the WTO Trade policies to counter the effect of this consolidating an loss of overall wealth redistribution and revenue reimbursement to the SS and Medicare funding programs , and why now is Hillary more qualified to lead what is essentially her Husbands miss judgment in the first place ???
There is no reason for this to have happened , because the Largest Generation of Wealth from goods and services production , coupled with the greatest advancements in science and technologies has happened over the past 20-25 years , and if there ever was a time in History to have had the resources to battle the loss of funding in any area of economic systems functions , it would have been during these last 20-25 years , so where does the buck stop here is my questions , and who can we trust to lead the country forward to take care of these issues ?????
Greenspan and the Cronyism of the supply-side economic theories of the last 20-25 years coupled with Manipulated Trade Policies Framed by Lawmakers bought off by big business , is why we new a New Leadership in the Presidents Office , and that be a Guy that won't be Manipulated , and Influenced by the smell of money , we need a leader who has a Untarnished history of not taking the Gifts and Benefits , like China did investing in the Clinton Library , something that's not illegal but considered ethically challenged . How can a Fair and Balanced economic policy foreign or domestic be drafted by a Republican or Democrat that will contain methods that are beneficial to the general public when a Big Lobbyist working for a Big Corporate Influence that's importing tariff free , with no provisions to sustain the loss caused by these trade policies to our SS and Medicare funds , and we trust a candidate that has the record of influence , that even still is willing to take the funds , only to give them back , once the spot light has been cast upon them and their corruption of generating the finds like this example ;Clinton to Return Funds from Fundraiser Hsu
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14316806 .

I mean these people have to have a constant policing going on around them 24 / 7 , or we the people get manipulated to death , and so how can you trust em , and why should we start right out worrying about this kind of stuff ????

Barack Obama , the candidate for Peace and Prosperity can get the job done with Dignity and class , to restore the hope for the future of all .
Thanks for your time and have a Great day in the USA . Tony in Wickenburg, AZ

I never thought it would be possible to be prouder of ourVermont Senator Pat Leahy until I read of his endorsement of Barack Obama. Sen Leahy is a champ in defending our Constitution and basic rights. Today with his endorsement of Sen Obama I can only "Yes we really Can". Wow Pat Leahy!

I am shocked to think you would endorse anyone one but Hillaty Clinton,
with a strong background and knowledge , we need her to try and fix
our serious problems. Obama has none of her quailties, not that he is
probably a nice man and full of ideas that he has not been tested with
yet. We are in no postion to go with the unknown when Hillary has proved
herself to be a leader.

Clinton has more than twice the number of Senate endorsements. Don't you guys know about teh google ? http://thehill.com/endorsements-2008.html

Endorsing
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
(D-N.Y.) (79)

Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.)
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.)
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.)
Sen. Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.)
Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.)
Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich)
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.)
Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)
Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.)
Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.)
Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Marion Berry (D-Ark.)
Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa)
Rep. Corrine Brown (D-Fla.)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza (D-Calif.)
Del. Donna Christensen (D-V.I.)
Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.)
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas)
Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.)
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.)
Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Fla.)
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa (D-Texas)
Rep. John Hall (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.)
Rep. Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-Ore.)
Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.)
Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas)
Rep. James Langevin (D-R.I.)
Rep. Tom Lantos (D-Calif.)
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Rep. Nita M. Lowey (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.)
Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Doris Matsui (D-Calif.)
Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-N.Y.)
Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.)
Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Kendrick Meek (D-Fla.)
Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.)
Rep. Richard Neal (D-Mass.)
Rep. Frank Pallone (D-N.J.)
Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.)
Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.)
Rep. Mike Ross (D-Ark.)
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.)
Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.)
Rep. Allyson Schwartz (D-Pa.)
Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.)
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.)
Rep. Brad Sherman (D-Calif.)
Rep. Albio Sires (D-N.J.)
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.)
Rep. Hilda Solis (D-Calif.)
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.)
Rep. Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones (D-Ohio)
Rep. Nydia M. Velazquez (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.)
Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.)
Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.)
Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.)
Sen. Barack Obama
(D-Ill.) (43)

Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.)
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)
Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.)
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.)
Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)
Rep. Neil Abercrombie (D-Hawaii)
Rep. Melissa Bean (D-Ill.)
Rep. Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.)
Rep. G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.)
Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.)
Rep. Lacy Clay (D-Mo.)
Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.)
Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.)
Rep. Jerry Costello (D-Ill.)
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.)
Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.)
Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.)
Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.)
Del. Eni Faleomavaega (D-A.S.)
Rep. Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.)
Rep. Al Green (D-Texas)
Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.)
Rep. Phil Hare (D-Ill.)
Rep. Paul Hodes (D-N.H.)
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.)
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Rep. David Loebsack (D-Iowa)
Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.)
Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.)
Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-Pa.)
Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.)
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.)
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.)
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.)
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter (D-N.H.)
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.)
Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.)
Rep. Albert Wynn (D-Md.)

Take a quick look at every article about the race. Look at the comments. All the most fervent Clinton supporters and Obama detractors are women. Even here. Look at the comments. I appreciate the desire of women to elect one of their own. However I don't think Hillary is qualified.

She never held elected office before November 2000. She has less time in elected office than Obama. Face facts. Hillary only one office because of her last name. Her career and hopes are based on riding her more charismatic husband's coattails. She seems to be an able bureaucrat but is she a leader? Has she accomplished anything? Will anyone follow her if she leads. I know I won't.

Obama/Richardson '08

Fuzzy math isn't it? 43 x 2 = 86 not 79. Senator Clinton has close to twice as many endorsements not more than twice as many endorsements. Also, note that a good number of Senator Clinton's endorsements are from New York which is more populous than Obama's home state of Illinois. Finally, its not where you are its where you are going that matters most. Senator Obama has more momentum in attracting endorsements than Senator Clinton.

I question the list just posted on alleged Clinton endorsers, as the list contains Obama, and Schiff?
Not true.

Nice list... Though Senator endorsements are 7 to 10 by my count... Not sure where you get more than twice. Besides, Clinton has always been the choice of the establishment. The endorsements don't necessarily translate into votes, but it is significant when the party doesn't all line up behind the favorite choice. The trend is not in her favor and by my count there are still 30 or so Democratic senators unaccounted for. She has not won many recently. Most have been on the bandwagon for a long, long time.

Obama got another indorsement today from Rep. Linda Sanchez D-CA
so that makes it 44....and growing
Obama is the future of the democratic pary

Lies on endorcement for Mrs. Clinton. Just look at the names listed. Even Illinois Senior Senator, who is actively campaigning along with his junior Senator, Mr. Obama, is listed as having endorced Mrs. Clinton. What kind of lies about these supposed names that have endorced Mrs. Clinton.

And Senator John Kerry is also listed as having endorced Mrs. Clinton. This false Clinton campaign machine claim should be deleted for lacking truth. Nor do I think Senator Fienstein of CA having endorced Mrs. Clinton, though I am not sure on this one.

I question the accuracy of the list of senate/congressional endorsements for Hillary. Jesse Jackson, Jr, is listed and he was listed in print media as an endorser for Obama. Also, Obama is also listed as an endorser of Hillary and
we know that's a "nay not so."

Thank you.....thank you....Amen! We need a change!!!! He is the one who can do it.

I will not vote if Slick Willy and Venomous Hillary win the Dem. Nomination.
America must not let the corruption start all over again with the Clintons !!
God Bless Sen Obama and I pray he does not Lose this chance to bring America back together as ONE !!!!

I admire Senator Leahy because he has remained an honest voice who has defended the Constitution and the rule of law. His endorsement of Senator Obama demonstrates that after 34 years of working with lots of Congressmen, he know a real leader when he sees one.

Barack Obama has demonstrated that his message of change reaches around the world. People in other countries see the United States as the powerful bully rather than the proud example of how a democracy brings prosperity and peace to its diverse people.

We can not export democracy at the point of a gun. A rich democracy doe not strip its people of good jobs in favor of large profits for a few. A perfect democracy would have restored New Orleans within months of a tragic storm. The democracy that the world admired did not leave its veterans on park benches, children without health care or the elderly without heat on the coldest winter nights. The American democracy that the world once admired, was a country where justice was equal for all. The world wants the American people to prove that democracy, while not perfect, is the best solution for peace.

We are at a pivotal time in the history of our nation. We thirst for change that will make this country better for our children and ourselves. I am going to vote for the kind of change that is transformational. I may not like all of the solutions that Barack proposes but I am willing to believe in his vision, his message and his leadership.

WE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE PLAN TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THIS ELECTION CYCLE SHOULD BE ABOUT THE ISSUES AND WHO CAN DELIVER. WE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE PARTISAN GRIDLOCK IN WASHINGTON D.C. SO TO START WITH, AND MAKE THE PLAYING FIELD LEVEL FOR ALL THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, WE GONNA BRING FORTH AN EFFORT TO BRING JUSTICE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. WE GONNA HOLD ALL THESE POLITICIAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR DEEDS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE....STARTING WITH PRESIDENT CLINTON......FIRST FOR LYING UNDER OATH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, SECONDLY FOR PROMOTING LOBBYING AT THE EXPENSE OF JUSTICE AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND ALL THE PARDON HE OFFERED TO ALLTHOSE LOBBYISTS. MR CLINTON THINKS HE IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN THIS TIME. WE MEET TO GIVE HIM SOMETHING TO DO. SO WE ARE COMING UP SHORTLY WITH OUR WEBSITE DESIGNED FOR THE ABOVE PURPOSE AND WE WOULD BE BUYING AIR TIME IN THE MAJOR MEDIA MARKETS BEFORE FEB. 5. WATCH OUT MR CLINTON....YOUR ATTACK DOG STATUS WOULD BE COMING TO AN END SOON.

as usual senator leahy is right on the money . america and the world are best served with a president obama !

The list is totally flawed. Not only does it include supposed endorsements from Obama for Clinton but also Leahy and John Kerry. I guess if you post something on-line sooner or later it becomes fact. I suggest we all do our own research and make the right decision a vote for Obama!

Isn't there something fundamentally WRONG with having Bush/Clinton in the White House since 1980 when George,Sr. was a VP??? As of now, it is 28 years of that duo!!! Enough! It is time for a REAL CHANGE....it is time for BARACK OBAMA! Fellow Democrats Wake up! Hillary IS NOT electable.

Good grief. Do these posters know how to read?

No, this list does not indicate that Obama endorsed Clinton. What the hell?

What it does indicate is simply this: Clinton has nine endorsements from senators outside NY and Obama has six from senators outside Illinois.

Clinton has endorsements from 44 House reps. from outside NY; Obama has 27 endorsements from House reps. outside Illinois..

Why not just do the count and report the facts instead of the constant spinning?

As for women dominating among Clinton's endorsers: 29 of the 79 are
women (36.7%) , hardly an overwhelming percentage; for Obama, 17 of 43 are African-American (38.5%), a higher percent6age in absolute terms, but much more disproportional given their respective numbers in Congress.

As for the Establishment backing Clinton, reasonably informed readers would note no significant difference between these two lists in regard to Establishment type vs. reformers.

It's just not that simple.

To all the pundits on both sides playing the race card, please stop letting the media prey on your prejudice until all the wealth is in a few hands and the nation is destroyed. We were warned by Lincoln. Every succeeding generation of Americans has less prejudice than the previous. More people today are judged by the content of their character than ever. The future is better relations as the older more prejudiced generation passes. We have allowed our anti gay religious right views to give us those that are interested only in their friends interest. The Afghan/Pakistan pipeline would open possibly millions of barrels a day to the open market. We invade Iraq and in 5 short years the price triples. We have diverted resources from where we are making life significantly better in Afghanistan.