More superdelegates go Obama's way
He might get blown out today in West Virginia's primary, but Barack Obama has already added two more superdelegates, as more and more of the party leaders decide that he will be the Democratic nominee.
Congressman Joe Donnelly of Indiana threw his support to Obama, though he narrowly lost the state last week to Hillary Clinton.
"At a time when too many Americans have lost faith in their government, Senator Obama can move us beyond the politics of stalemate and gridlock that has kept us from meeting the monumental challenges of our time: our dependence on foreign oil, a health care gap that leaves tens of millions uninsured, the steady deterioration of our manufacturing base, and an economy that is not working for working people," Donnelly said in a statement.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin gave his blessing, saying in a statement: “In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Senator Obama worked to help address the needs of our Gulf Coast communities. As the Gulf Coast continues to rebuild, other cities have faced tragic disasters across this country. Therefore, it is critical that this country's infrastructure and emergency response systems are evaluated and rebuilt to sustain our cities and protect our families. What happened in Louisiana should never happen again.
"I have learned firsthand that a unified constituency can make what seems impossible, possible. Senator Obama represents a new generation of leadership, one that can help heal the divisions of the past and unify this country so that together we can build a stronger future."
UPDATE: Anita Bonds, Democratic chairwoman in the District of Columbia, and former Colorado Governor Roy Romer are also backing Obama.
Obama trailed among superdelegates for the entire campaign until over the weekend, when his resounding win in North Carolina convinced them that he had overcome the roughest patch of his campaign. He has picked up about two dozen in the last week.
WHATEVER THE RESULT IN W.V, OBAMA REMAINS AHEAD.
West Virginia has always been redneck country. Just look at this quote:
"I want to see a woman in there before I see a ..." She stopped, and her sister finished the sentence with: "a man of color." -- West Virginia Hillary supporter, per today's Los Angeles Times.
At least in other states they pretend they're willing to vote for a black man!
How typical of NOLA Mayor Nagin to still assume that it's the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S responsibility to ensure the safety of a state's residents! God, get a clue. Can't believe NOLA residents voted him back in.
WV is a small state. I wonder why it matters to HRC? Bizarre, she is.
This is great for Obama. Tonight will be the first primary where I will not sit in front of the TV watching the returns. This thing is over, folks.
Slightly off topic, but I agree with LWhitt58. It's remarkable that a man as incapable as Ray Nagin at showing even a shred of leadership would be given the honor of being a superdelegate. Almost three years after Katrina and he still hasn't figured out what the hell to do.
I was thinking about this bitter comment that people are still hammering Obama on....why is it that when Senator Clinton made those comments to ABC about hard-working Americans, white Americans, and wrote those off as a poor choice of words it was accepted as such. However, when Senator Obama used "bitter" instead of "angry/frustrated" and "cling" instead of "rely on", Senator Clinton pounced on them and labeled him as an elitist. Senator Obama's poor choice of words no more make him an elitist who looks down on small-town people than Senator Clinton's make her a racist who looks down on African Americans?? Both their RECORDS indicate clearly the opposite of elite (Obama) and racist (Clinton) right?
I love how people who don't live somewhere get off on telling others what to do. The Federal response to Katrina was abyssmal. If you want to defend the Bush Government's response then go right ahead. A catastrophe of that magnitude is above just about any state to handle, so give it a rest.
It's very racial - if NOLA was a white town the response would have been swift. Even state-wise, pols outside of NOLA don't care what happens to "those" people in the city. If you don't live there, don't profess to know what's going on.
It's funny how so many Liberal Dems are rejoicing in Hillary's demise when she is the only chance to win the November Election! If Obama is the nominee, McCain will get all the Republicans, most of the moderates and independants, as well as the anti-Obama, Hillary Dems..... He can't win, but they are blind to the reality.
And it amazes me how many times I've heard the term "redneck" in such a negative (non-comedic, self -associative) way in the mainstream media and blogosphere. If they were discussing inner city blacks or hispanics in a similiar derrogatory way the cries of racisim would be deffaning.
Hillary is racist. Period!
Hey, I never said the federal Katrina response was good. It was atrocious, deplorable, embarassing, and in all likelihood, driven by issues of race and class. No argument from me there.
That said, I have been to New Orleans, I've spoken with city leaders, city planners, contractors, academics, and residents. And there's no doubt in my mind that Ray Nagin is and has always been hopelessly unqualified to deal with this crisis. And his reelection is as much a race issue as the rest of the mess down there. He won because black residents voted for him, and white residents voted for the other guy, and the black residents outnumber the white ones. Neither side was right to behave in that way, but that's the way it was, and now NO is stuck with a businessman for a mayor when what they need is a civic leader.
Obama is Anti-Christ. It says in the bible
West Virginia joke heard today:
Exit polls indicate that Hillary is getting 60% of the votes, Barack 25%, and the other 15% voted undecided.
If he were democrat, I wonder the influence that a Jeff Foxworthy endorsement might hold! :-)
Women will ultimately vote for Bam in the GE because McCain is NOT pro choice and they know that. Women aren't stupid...angry about the HRC loss maybe but not stupid.
Sean, wake up. By November, all this bickering and in-fighting will be behind US and it will be a choice between 4 more years of the Bush Error or CHANGE. Don't even think McCain has a chance - he doesn't. The GOP is sacrificing him because they think it means that only a real conservative can win. They don't see the writing on the wall that conservatism at the Bush/Cheney extreme end of the spectrum is DEAD.
we need an educated population to elect smart politicians. is it any wonder that the republicans have consistently hammered away at the education budget year after year? decreased federal aid for poor kids to go to college? took millions away from job training programs -- and sent the money to iraq instead?
like michael moore says in "sicko': our government wants to keep us SICK STUPID AND SCARED. don't let them!
I believe McCain is setting himself up for a trouncing when he challenged Obama to those "Town Hall Debates." McCain's idea of answering a tough question is his nervous laugh. Obama will tear him a new one.
Hillary is not racist, but she is part of a political culture in which "the game is the thing." Her top advisors are getting huge amounts of money and their advise will always be to continue on. You don't worry about getting paid when your client has tens of millions in the bank.
Obama will take the nomination and the presidency. The only way the republicans can win is by illegal voter caging and election fraud on a scale even greater than 2000 and the Democrats are working on an infrastructure to defeat any attempt to cage voters and steal votes.
I'm a year younger than Hillary and grew up about three suburbs East of her Park Ridge birthplace. I know her background and understand what she's doing. As several commentators have said "she's better than her campaign."
To LWhitt58: It's ignorant to think that New Orleans should have handled such a large-scale natural disaster on their own w/out help from our government. Maybe you should change your name to dimWhitt ;-).
I wonder why Americans are not able to look deeper than skin color? When are you going to open your eyes and see beyond color? It shouldn't take all your life to realize this. I mean wake up everybody!
Sorry to disdain the Obama love fest, but all these super delegates are not following the will of the people; they're following each other down the rabbit hole. You guys are delusional. Obama is more green than black. And your Hillary hatred is as unconscious as your resentment toward your mother. Go see your shrink and get over your Obama crush. It's the healthy thing to do.
i'm from w va and i can tell you first hand w va votes shouldn't count... w va is very racist..let me put it in perspective if david duke and martin luther king ,mind you, if it was known what each stood for,.. ran for public office duke would beat king 80 % to 20 %......not taking anything from him but robert c byrd the great senator from w va is a former klansmen himself and he has been reelected for the past 100 yrs it seems so that should tell you something....the whole state should be investigated.. there have been judicial cases even to this date that the results have been utterly ridiculous against blacks, in wich the evidence showed they were innocent
Posted by Sean: .........."It's funny how so many Liberal Dems are rejoicing in Hillary's demise when she is the only chance to win the November Election!"........
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The problem with your argument is that it's tough to say, that she's the stronger candidate, when she cannot secure the nomination of her own party.
The general election will be between dems, independents, republicans, and everyone else --- and as everyone knows, you cannot equate a purely democratic nomination process with general election results. Apples and oranges.
Good for Senator Obama. I don't know about the Anti-Christ bit, nor if the nomination of Senator Obama will help John McCain. For eight years our county has been half-asleep in frog pajamas (Thanks TR). It's time to wake up and take back our country from those whose personal agendas outweigh the good of the people.
No he is not the Anti Christ.
Hillary is not a racist.
The people in this country are just very confused.
STOP taking anti depressants and pay attention to reality
Vote against any Republican!!
I wonder who will be VP fro President McCain?
I was born and raised in WV. I am only 50 but remember road signs that said “(N word) Out By Sundown” in some towns. WV has not changed much from those days. We have a chance to begin to turn the corner. We can lean from and reject the ugly past and move forward, if only a little bit. Show the world what we can achieve. Yes, I will continue to drink the Obama Kool-Aid and never will live in WV ever again.
I was born and raised in WV. I am only 50 but remember road signs that said “(N word) Out By Sundown” in some towns in WV. WV has not changed much from those days. They weren’t so long ago. We have a chance to begin to turn the corner. We can reject the ugly past and move forward, if only a little bit. Show the world what we can achieve. Yes, I will continue to drink the Obama Kool-Aid and never will live in WV ever again.
Racial tension would be another added major problem of this country if Obama is elected, if gender is the issue for Hillary, then she should consider to be McCain's running mate instead. Because majority of Hillary's supporter will vote for McCain if Obama is the dem. nominee, period.
We are all so lucky! When the primaries began the best we could hope for was the same old style government from either party. It's almost too good to be true. Obama really is a knight in shinning armor and McCain is really a maverick. This is going to be good.
i think that hillary is trying to ruin it for obama sorta if i can't have it you can't have it
The people who jump on these comments and say things like He/she has no chance of winning are most likely backing the republicans and are just trying keep the fight amongst the Democrats going...
Battles over conservatives, time to shine to light on your eight years at the helm.
i too, was watching Obama to vote for him. But the more I watched the less I saw expression in his eyes. Come on ! Just once open up your heart and watch any one of his speeches and tell me if you see any expression in his eyes. The eyes are dead. The mirror to his soul?
I don't care if Obama is the Anti Christ, I just want health insurance, a job, my house back and my one-eyed, three-legged dog to come home.
What page does it say Obama is the AntiChrist? Just curious.
Racial tension would be another added major problem of this country if Obama is elected, if gender is the issue for Hillary, then she should consider to be McCain's running mate instead. Because majority of Hillary's supporter will vote for McCain if Obama is the dem. nominee, period.
I predict this will go to the Supreme Court.
Hillary Clinton will not quit...no matter what.
The fiasco that took place in Florida and Michigan will be ruled upon by the DNC, and Hillary will sue to try and, as a lot of Democrats think, "Steal" the election.
OBAMA ANTI-CHRIST?..... CLINTON RACIST?.... PEOPLE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. REAL AMERICANS DON'T NEED YOU TRUE
BIGOTS FLAPPING YOUR FLAPP.
OBAMA ANTI-CHRIST?..... CLINTON RACIST?.... PEOPLE YOU HAVE TOO MUCH TIME ON YOUR HANDS. REAL AMERICANS DON'T NEED YOU TRUE
BIGOTS FLAPPING YOUR FLAPP.
VOTE AGAINST ANY REPUBLICAN?......OK GRANTED WITH THE REPUBLICAN THATS THE PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE I'LL AGREE VOTE AGAINST HIM, BUT WHAT IF THE REPUBICANS SOMEHOW PRODUCE AN AUTHENTIC CANDIDATE THAT CARRIES MY VALUES AND BELIEFS I SUPPOSE TO IGNORE THAT CANDIDATE BECAUSE I'M A DEMOCRAT? WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLOODS AND CRIPS AND DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS?.....I'LL TELL YOU...NOT A WHOLE LOT.
GOD HELP AMERICA (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) UNITED HUH?
I'm all for a woman or a black man for president.
Neither one will lie to us about weapons of mass destruction and get us into a war that really isn't a war (not declared) and spend trillions of dollars for our own weapons and a failing support system in Iraq. They will not suck the lifeblood of America to feed corporations greed while paying the greater price in the blood of our sons in unjustified aggression.
I don't trust Hillary at all, so Obama has my used to be Republican vote.
But we're ready for a lady president too. A monkey could do a better job than Mr. Bush.
W Virginian's appear to be pretty racist and it's a shame. Try to move yourself forward out of the fear and hate of the past. There are many good and bad - black and white people. Learn to identify the good in people.
Also,
try a little bit of that schoolin and you might not have to rely on the government and you can vote republican.
I thought Hillary Clinton,and her husband was thourobreads, but through this storm of campaining they have been washed clean enough to see who they really are they are not far from george bush, that's why we had the fight with England to be free of their chock hold!
Americans are limited to the confine of United states, Some of the European countries and 3 or 4 other countries worldwide.You need a Friendly President who can redeem your image again on the World scene.You don't have to ellect arrogant Bigots,who will make the dying even to turn down offers of help from America.
It's about time the Democratic superdelgates get going on this matter.
This protracted primary campaign only serves republican interests at this point.
I believe that many republican primary votes went to the Clinton campaign just to slew the results of the democratic primary and to keep Hillary fighting for the nomination. They understand the counter productivity of the Democratic primary situation as it exists and their guy has his primary locked up, so why not try to derail Obama?
Obama can win the presidency and probably will against McCain, but the Hillary distraction must stop for him to be effective sooner.
There is no voter in W. Virginia more racist than Obama's former (yeah, right) "spritual advisor".
And those of you who think Obama has a chance in November, are probably the ones who were so sure that Kerry would beat President Bush in 04.
We might as well start discussing who President McCain will nominate for the Supreme Court.
the white west va attitude towards blacks in america is proof of the lingering hatred in america for people of color and the reason that rev wright was so angry. its also the reason that many blacks are suspicious of politicians and government policies that are supported by people with that dangerously hateful and racist attitude.
i hope that hillary is proud of the support of the west va kkk.
yes! lets have under and uneducated bigots choose the next president of the united states of ameirca. why just stop there.....repeal segregation and reinstitue slavery...lets go back to the good ol boy days and replace the stars and stripes with the confederate flag....the only good negros are the ones that know their subjugated and inferior place..if they step out of line, we can string em up like we used to back when this was a good white god fearin country we could be proud of?
i am a working class, blue collar, low income voter with out a college degree but, i'm smart enough to know that this country needs leadership that knows a lot more about how to run a government than i do. people like me and the most of those in west va are not the sharpest knives in the kitchen. we have comon issues with many americans but, we are not experts in political matters and/or solutions...hell, to be honest, we don't have a clue and most of us dont want one eve though we complain about how everything is all screwed up. that's exactly why i want my children to have the chance to be much better educated than i am. i hope that people in the know will counter our less informed decisions, for our own good. yes, i said it. you wouldnt want my medical advise or my political advise cause i just dont know enouhg to help you. thank god for the well educated voters.
It'salways amazing to read posts about the campaign for a Democratic presidential nominee. I once read that what we call others is what we are. Anti-Christ? Dead eyes? Delusional voters?
On the other hand,there is someone in WVA IOki who touches my heart. In this state, where I have spent some time and witnessed terrible poverty, crushing poverty, here is a person who is not racist, who does not feel the permission given by Mrs. Clinton for closet racists to open that door and step out, and has said NO , Thanks. Who has even said, Thank God for the well educated ones, which I take to mean,thanks for the folks who use their brains to choose a nominee, not their personal prejudices.
What a very lucky woman I am. My white family did not teach me racism. As a result, I have had the good fortune to be able to make color blind decisions during my life. How sad that some kids were cheated of that.
Go, Ioki. It takes a lot to march to our own drummer. Hannah, A Great Generation woman for Obama and my precious nation.
I think they just don't like Obama because he black !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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