Obama closing on Clinton in Pennsylvania
Barack Obama is closing fast in Pennsylvania, where he hopes to finally knock out Hillary Clinton from the Democratic race.
A Quinnipiac University poll out today shows Clinton leading 50 percent to 44 percent, but that 6-percentage-point edge is down from 9 percentage points last week and 12 percentage points in mid-March in the same survey.
The poll, conducted Thursday through Sunday among 1,340 likely Democratic voters, has a margin of sampling error was plus or minus 2.7 percentage points.
Obama is being buoyed in Pennsylvania by a barrage of TV ads -- he's outspending Clinton 3-1 by some measures -- plus last week's bus tour across the state. The trend during the entire nomination fight has been that the more time he spends in a state, the higher he rises in the polls.
Clinton, behind in delegates and popular vote, is counting on a significant win in Pennsylvania on April 22 to narrow the gap and build momentum toward the remaining contests.



Looking at the record and Hillary's baggage, people are just fed up with lies, claims, Bill & Chelsea. Need more???
Why is everybody counting Hillary out. The polls are not accurate, the media is too bias. Obama is giving them Kool aiid to drink. Hillary will win Pa. Sto messing with hillary.
Obama cannot win Mcain in the fall. So guys have a life.
Ak.
She's history - but the process has been overall good for Obama. He now knows how to fight.
It is a well known fact that Boston Globe, MSNBC, NBC, LOS ANGELES TIMES, CHICAGO TRIBUNE are stooges for Obama. These media outlets have lost all credibility and respect for journalism to report facts, instead they have distorted news in support for Obama. Instead of vetting both the candidates and scrutinizing their accomplishments they have given a blank check for Obama despite such glaring incompetency form him. His lack of judgement to condone his racists pastor wright and to subject his children to church for 20 years. Obama's shrewd, calculating and deceptiveness in surrounding himself with flags but not respecting them. His record in the Illinois legislature where he supported early release of sex offenders and to have porn sites close to churches and school. His honesty is very much questionable when he tells us that he is against NAFTA but sends his advisers to the Canadian Embassy to say that it is all election posturing. Both, Obama and his wife Michelle are influenced by pastor Wright, this is evident from their words and actions. Michelle says that she was not Proud of America until her adult life and that America is MEAN. Obama does not sing Allegiance to the Flag or put his hand to his chest. He coddles corrupt and indicted slumlord, Rezko but wants to CHANGE Washington. He is DECEITFUL, DISHONEST and CALCULATING.
Obama has won more:
Primaries: 15 -13
Cacuses: 16 - 0
(he got 1 more delegate in Nevada), + Virgin Islands + Dems abroad
Popular Vote: 13.3 mil - 12.6 mil
Fund Raising: $237 mil - 175 mil
Individual Donors: 1.5 mil - 750,000 (est.)
Stick a for on her, She's done, people! Oh, wait! I think you won't be able to do so... She's good at dodging bullets, let alone a fork! ;D
Clinton is going down in flames. She'll be claiming she is the Red Baron on television today. She's always a new personality every day of the week.
I hear there is an opening on the soap opera channel. She should apply.
The competition between Obama and Clinton is it as tight as the competition between Mugabe and Tshangarai? and what procedures are being takeng to ensure that there is fair vote count between the two opposition?
How can voters believe anything Clinton says any more?
Do we trust Clinton when she says she is against NAFTA or do we believe video tape that shows her active role during its inception?
Do we trust Clinton when she says she she was under sniper fire during her trip to Bosnia or do we believe the video tape that proves she was not?
Do we trust Clinton when she says she supports equal rights for all Americans or do we believe she supports remarks made by attack dogs like the former President or Geraldine Ferraro?
Do we trust Clinton when she talks about a pregnant woman who lost her child and died herself or do we believe the doctors that treated the woman who tell quite a different story.
Do we trust Clinton who agreed with the Democratic party's decision regarding Minnesota and Florida's consequences for moving their primary dates or do we believe she has now flip flopped because she needs the votes?
Clinton, in her desperate attempts to be the consumate candidate has mis spoken and outright lied many times during this campaign run and no longer has any credibility when she speaks.
It is time for Clinton to end her seriously flawed campaign based on her failure to be honest with America on so many issues.
Voters and super delegates must realize that Clinton has lost all credibility, and this latest Columbia gate fiasco illustrates her lack of honesty and integrity.
Hillary Clinton has become what she is running against - George Bush in a pants suit.
The Obama team on the ground--made up of regular and local citizens who want the kind of change in their government that only Barack is capable of--and armed only with their commitment and passion to be of service where needed for this cause--is what had made the difference in every state he's set out to win, and there is no reason to believe Pensylvania will be any different.
Being independent I could careless about who get the democratic nomination. I am just curious about one thing. How much money has been wasted on this election so far. If every candidate had to donate 50% of what is raised to say I don't know national health care we would have it right now. Oh well it does not matter too much anymore McCain as pretty well locked the presidential election at this point. But good luck to the democrats non the less.
The article states that the trend is for Obama to increase in the polls the longer he campaigns in the state, which is well-supported by the data. I'm always surprised that this is never mentioned in the polls of McCain vs, Clinton or McCain vs. Obama. The results usually have McCain tied or up by a few points, but it is premature to speculate on this, as the campaign hasn't really started. Obama is likely to increase his favorability ratings, and as people find out more about McCain, his numbers are likely to fall (personal opinion, of course).
I'm pleased by this information, as, for the first time in my 55 years, I have a candidate to believe in, to work for, and to contribute to, so that the America of my parents' generation, the Greatest Generation, can be restored to what they worked so hard to have it become.
The fact that Obama's campaign has been run so successfully demonstrates that his management skills exceed those of both Clinton and McCain. He has the intellect, knowledge, temperament and organizational skills that we need in a chief executive.
At this point there are no more two nauseating syllables in the English language than clin ton.
We have to give it to Clinton for her dogmatic insistence to stay on in the race, despite the latest developments regarding sleazy double dealings by Penn as well as many 'misspeaks' she has perpetrated on the campaign trail.
She is just so corrupt inside out, nothing seems to be off limit for her. Penn worked for Blackwater whose personnel infamously slaughtered civillians in Iraq so using her own logic of 'guilt by association', it seems to be fair to hold her also responsible for those murders by association. Anyway, she is serving a useful entertaining purpose because about 65% of the whole population of America is enjoying the drama in which this comic-tragic figure is destroying herself beyond repairs.
That seems to be the trend. We think Obama has an outside chance of actually winning PA - in spite of Rendell's endorsement.
He's got a larger budget for advertising. I have tried many heavily advertised products only to be disappointed in their performance. All I see of Obama is lofty words, no real substance. I have never voted republican in my life but if given a choice between Obama and Mc Cain I (and many others) will.
I'm a single white mother who is voting for Obama! Clinton doesn't really care about the people. She just cares about herself.
Keep pumping Obama --- incredible media bias.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Playing in the Mud
Once upon a time there were three kids playing in the mud at day camp. While they were having a break for milk and cookies, their counselor, George, asked them what they wanted to do when they grew up. John said, "I want to be just like you, George, and defend little kids from evil gangs." Barack said, "I want to change the world so that everyone will have an equal chance and there will be no acceptance of evil gangs." Hillary said, "I'm just going to keep playing in the mud forever."
Posted by Dick Davidson DECISION TIME! http://betterlifedecisions.blogspot.com
As the polls go, so goes the spin. As we have heard Hilary is now parsing words, rewriting definitions and spinning numbers in an effort to make herself the more viable candidate. We know that Bill certainly can parse words...... As my grandmother used to say, Liars figure and figures lie.
Hilary has now overtly started to focus on the female vote....If anyone can represent women, Hilary is not my gal...She has pandered to her flandering husband, allowed herself to be humiliated publicly for years, and has done nothing to get the Equal pay for Women or anything else. Women's rights are human rights to use Hilary's words...I am voting for the best human ---That would be Barak Obama!!!
WE NEED A CHANGE FROM THE LAST 5 TERMS OF PRESIDENT.
WE NEED A NEW NAME AND A NEW FAMILY. CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question-How do you know when a Clinton(Hillary) is lying?
Answer-When you see the lips move!
There are still two weeks before the Pennsylvania primary. That is two more weeks for potential Hillary blunders. If she keeps going as she has for the past several weeks, she will provide the late night comics with enough material to last a career. Hillary and Bill are becoming a national joke. The next time she laments about people losing their homes, someone in the press needs to ask her why Maggie Williams is on the board of one of the predatory mortgage companies. Hillary has surrounded herself with people of great privilege and questionable ethics. What does that say about her commitments to the American people? I hope she wins Pennsylvania so this psycho drama with all of its comedic characters goes on. This is too much fun to watch.
Just a thought as to why Hillary is hanging on... She is looking to weaken Obama to a point where he loses against McCain. Then in 4 years she can come back and take the democratic nomination and ride it to the White House. Outlandish? Maybe, but just a thought.
Before you throw Clinton under the bus do some serious research on Obama because once he gets the nomination you cannot call DNC and say "sorry, we have changed our mind about him" You may want to do that if he gets the nomination and the Republicans and the media start releasing some hidden things about him ..
Its amazing how some people are falling for this Change motto. Obama isn't changing anything. He is doing what others have done- saying one thing and then doing another. He talks against Nafta then tells the Canadians not to worry -its just campaign talk. When he is confronted with it he lies until there is evidence, then he give another speech to cover it up. He tells you he worked for slumlord Rezko for "5 hours"- another lie, there is a long association between them and hundreds of thousands of dollars in deals and influence. He says he didnt hear racist Pastor Wrights cursing of American and the n when he is confronted with the evidence he gives another speech to actually defend that church. He takes money from gas and oil companies and then says he will not be controlled by lobbyists. He is for the "people voting" but then tries to stop the Florida vote because he lost here after camapaigning on T.V. He says he is for Health care and the poor yet his wife works for the Univ of Chicago hospital that charges minorities without insurance 5 times more than whites with it. Michelle says she came from a poor background, yet her upper middle calss brick home shows what a farce that is. Obama was handed legislation in illinois and he claimed it as his own after others had worked hard on it- he steam rolled others there and then spit in their face. He says he was "against the war but has voted numerous times to keep on funding it and he even voted aginst troop withdrawals. Wake up people. The list goes on and on. Who knows what the Republicans will dig up on him when they are backed to the wall.
Unbelievable media bias toward Obama. As Abraham Lincoln said "To win the election, impress the ignorant". If Obama wins the presidency, will he still not disassociate from Wright, and will Wright not disassociate from Farrahkan? Not a good selection to choose from in the primary. And McCain supports free trade with Columbia, extending free trade into South America. Too bad all around.
@ UTWO: I can't determine if you're rooting for McCain or Clinton... But you sure can regurgitate the lies that Faux News likes to spew. Not a single one of your comments can truly be "stuck" to Obama... And you're incapable of digging further into them on you're own. Every single one of the statements, news clips, etc., that you are talking about is completely out of context.
Obama sings Star Spangled Banner:
http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u90/snopesbinary/Politics/?action=view¤t=abc_obama_anthem_071022a.flv
Did he put his hand over his heart? No, but you aren't required to either. That's for the Pledge of Allegiance:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svo9mutE6TM
Looks to me like his hand is on his heart. What do you think?
Michelle Obama said this: “What we have learned over this year is that hope is making a comeback. It is making a comeback and let me tell you something, For the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really proud of my country. And not just because Barack has done well, but because I think people are hungry for change. I have been desperate to see our country moving in that direction and just not feeling so alone in my frustration and disappointment. I have seen people who are hungry to be unified around some basic common issues. It has made me proud.”
Is it easy to take out of context? Sure. But what I read out of that is she has been unhappy with how things have gone politically during her adult life (I am too), but that she sees the winds of political change blowing, and that makes her proud of the people of America.
As to the Pastor Wright stuff? Hell, that's easy to take out of context. Especially if you listen to his one statement "God damn America!" But, if you listened to everything he has to say, you may get a better perspective. Read this:
http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/03/21/the-full-story-behind-rev-jeremiah-wrights-911-sermon/
Watch the more than just the little snippet the news shows:
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=9e4_1207061286
Stop regurgitating the crap. Learn more, for yourself. You want to vet the politicians, maybe you should vet the statements you make before you say them.
Yet ANOTHER statement by Hillary Clinton is being challenged for its truthfulness. Saturday in Oregon, Senator Clinton said that comparisons between her record against the Iraq war — and that of Barack Obama — should only go back as far as January 2005 — when Obama joined the Senate.
She told the audience, "I actually started criticizing the war in Iraq before he did."
Her campaign points to a paper statement issued January 26, 2005 in which she questions invasion troop levels. But the ABC News Web site reports Obama criticized the war eight days earlier — on January 18 — during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee session with Secretary of State Rice. Obama challenged Rice on several issues — including whether Iraqi troops would ever be able to take over, American troop levels and the lack of a withdrawal timeline.
No wonder she continues to slip in the polls.
I don't get why is everyone saying who is the best, what really counts is, who is going to make a positive difference in the United States
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The deceptive Clintons. BURN!!!!!!!!!
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Forget obama, He reminds me of george bush, I am going to do this and that. make a change for the country. Look at us now he created a lot of change, change for the worst. I think we need somebody who is for the people, and not looking out to much for thier own interests. Who that candidate is I do not know , but it ain't obama .
I believe America is thrilled to see a person like Senator Obama running for President. He is so able to speak on his feet. His ideas are sound. His voice is sure. He doesn't avoid important issues as Senator McCain does. Sen. Mc Cain says any old thing and then when they point out that he is wrong he says, "I'm sorry" ... like the little boy he must have been whose mother would say, when he misbehaved, "Tell the man you are sorry." ( and then everything is OK again.) Well, the presidency does not work that way, as disappointed Americans both Democrat and Republican now know. People who see and hear Senator Obama like him ... Say no more! They will vote for him, you can be sure. He has charisma and leadership qualities that may not be seen again this century. Take him, America! ... as your President, We will be proud again, because he has gifts that will make the difference that we need. Did you listen to the generals today April 8 2008 who can not tell our Congress that the war can end? Do you hear this adminstration ever speak of peace in the world or that they put America First. NO! I ask the Gererals what country do they put first ... Iraq or America.? Obama will put America first! When we run out of money, when our people need health care and our bridges are falling down we must have a leader who can make that choice. McCain still thinks that some Terrorist leader will come aboard a US Naval Ship to sign a Surrender to America. Just like the Emperor of Japan did, and that General McArthur will reincarnate and persuade the leader to let him (McCarthur) lead the terrorist's countrymen ... that takes finesse, and an Emperor ... neither of which exists today. This is not like Japan or Germany. (WW II) John McCain is dreaming and living in the past. Barak Obama understands the past and the present. Think it over, listen to him, You will see the fine difference if only you open your ears and your eyes to the truth. JBRose - white and 70
LORD HAVE MERCY!! OBAMA NEEDS TO JUST GET OUT OF THIS RACE!! PENSYLVANIA DO YOU HEAR ME????????????????OBAMA IS RUNNING GAME ON ALL OF YOU...CLINTON HAS ALWAYS TAKEN CARE OF YOU!! DONT LET THIS MAN WITH HIS COMERCIALS TRY AND SWAY YOU!! ITS OBVIOUS CLINTON IS WAY MORE EXPERIENCED IN THE NEEDS OF THIS COUNTRY THEN OBAMA WHICH BY THE WAY USED HIS OWN BLACK PEOPLE TO GET THEIR VOTE WHEN HE CAN CARE LESS ABOUT YOU ALL!! WAKE UP PENSYLVAINA!!
OBAMA!! CLINTON HAS ONE THING OVER YOU!!!!!!!.......E X P E R I E N C E!!
GET OUT!!
andy; how do you take out of context white blue eyed devils from wrights speech? You must work for msnbc or cnn. you are the one that is regurgitating crap.
This is time for Hillary to go. We are fed up with her lies and tactics.
The other day, when she was asking Patreaus some questions on Iraq, the
woman was out of "control", with a grim-faced mood, showing anger and disrespect. We cannot afford to have such a person as a nominee who always tells lies.
Sorry Clinton, not this time!
Ron said:
"Andy; how do you take out of context white blue eyed devils from wrights speech? You must work for msnbc or cnn. you are the one that is regurgitating crap."
Wright is a racist of the worst kind, spreading his crap from the pulpit for young children to take up. He admires Farrakhan. Obama won't "disassociate" from
Wright. Perhaps If Obama becomes President, Wright can pay an occasional visit to the White House for lunch and he and Obama can have a toast to Farrakhan. I find it incredible that anyone can support Obama, but then morals are not what they used to be and birds of a feather flock together.
Jeanne Rose wrote:
"People who see and hear Senator Obama like him ...He has charisma".
Sure, but the President needs to do more than charm the ladies.... Charisma dosen't feed the bulldog.
In a recent black & white Pennsylvania political ad, 3 year-old Hillary Rodham, arms extended, toddles toward the camera. Hillary's voice-over explains the Rodham family cottage, down by the lake, lacked indoor plumbing. It was hardship borne from the start. Yet, more telling events seem to fall by the wayside. Take Hillary's first real job, with, I might add, indoor plumbing. The upshot: Jerry Zeifman fired Hillary for unethical practices during the Watergate Investigation. Why was twenty-seven year old Hillary fired? “Because she was a liar,” Zeifman said in a recent interview. “She was an unethical, dishonest lawyer. She conspired to violate the Constitution, the rules of the House, the rules of the committee and the rules of confidentiality.”
Not only does Mr. Zeifman’s story go to character, it goes to a lifelong pattern of lying and obfuscation. And, it took Zeifman twelve years to get it aired. After Watergate, Zeifman could not recommend Hillary for any subsequent position of public or private trust, nor furnish her with a letter of recommendation. After that TKO, Hillary's employment record is a matter of strict patronage and cronyism. Although few suspected the lengths to which this woman would go; a leopard never changes her spots. Again, Hillary Clinton is a bold-faced liar, who will stop at nothing. Should anyone doubt Mr. Zeifman's veracity regarding the Clintons: http://theseedsof9-11.com
According to Mr. Zeifman, it isn't just the fact that Hillary is dishonest, no one disputes that; it's the actual length of time she has behaved in a fraudulent manner. "The Clintons corrupted the soul of the Democratic Party." -Henry Ruth, lead Watergate courtroom prosecutor.
Political observers who don't understand the incredibly powerful true meaning of "grassroots" will never be able to understand what's going on in Pennsylvania, as they have not really been able to interpret it earlier states either. Look here:
http://PAVetsForObama.blogspot.com/
http://PASeniorsForObama.blogspot.com/
http://PAReps4Obama.blogspot.com/
Right THINKING PENNSLVANIANS over to you. I strogly believe after your VOICES are heard the Three Clintons will PACK UP and go back to ARKASAS villa and HOPE to work to REUNITE wayward or frustrated Hillary supportters to GO BACK TO BASIS.
The BASIS is that Obama shall be the DEmocrtaic Nominee and that HER supporters should support and have THE LOST TRUST back for Obama, as the DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE and EVENTUAL PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES 2008.
It is then Hillary can safe HER face and count her lost. If she fails in doing this,
she may eventuaLLY LOST EVERYTHING and that may not be good for her. Right now we all Democrats respect her and her family DESPITE ALL THAT were said
in the course of the Campaign. A safe House is better than a BUGGLED House
Hillary make and work for A SAFE DEMOCRATIC HOUSE and not a Burgled House or DIVISIVE HOUSE.
Long Live The Democrats all over America and the Independents and the Coverted Republicans
Pennsylvania voters and the country!!! Obama pumps up the lies again. Hillary`s health plan IS better-it leaves no one out. It has been said before (and in debates right in front of Obama) that if you have insurance thru your employer and are satisfied with it -fine. If you have none ,it will be offered reasonably ,if you cannot afford it -the governmant will subsidize it. So where does Obama get off saying on his new tv ad ,that her plan doesn`t cover everyone??? More untrueths from Obama.
He lies about his connection to Resko dealings and his house.
He has never stated how lobbists have collected money for his campaign from companies and corporate and bundles it together to make it appear like it is from small town people.
He has never said he was sorry to the people of Penn and small town USA for the remark he made when he thought it wouldn`t get back to the East.
His wife has never been proud to be an American until now!!!
His wife is very racial in many of her talks on the ground.
His wife and Obama play the poor upbringing and work hard for their education. But they make alot of money now and paid off their loans. I wish alot of the kids that had loans could say that but cannot as they might have gotteen such high interest rates, they weren`t priviledged to get low rates because they weren`t of color,or ethnic background.
Obama`s pastors comments and he truely didn`t hear them ever??? It is said he just joined that church in Chicago for political gain.
Obama million mile walk!!! again Questionable
I lived in NY when all the bombings were done and for him to be supported by the guy that says that they didn`t bomb enough!!!! God have mercy on that guy for the lives he helped to take away. And Obama is friends with this guy. Not htat he was only 8 years old, that is bull or he wouldn`t be the age he is now!!
He doesn`t have foreign experience- just because you live in a bunch of countries growing up, does not give you experience.
I think that Obama has not been investigated by the press like they did the Clintons and I think the people need to do some snooping around them selves and you can fins alot more out about this person that want to lead the USA.
VOTE HILLARY AND GET THE USA BACK TO WHERE IT WAS IN THE 90`s
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