Obama's now got over a 100 total delegate lead, and he's closing the gap on super delegates!

I've figured out why Hillary Clinton is now losing- the quintessential reason why she's losing. It's not her lack of a clear message, or her atomic douche of a campaign strategist (mark penn), or Clinton fatigue, or her being subliminally linked to all of the scandals & partisan bickering of the 90's. While all of these have played a part, they're not the ultimate reason.

Here's why:
She's fucking delusional.

Here's my evidence (this is a quote from her):
"...and what I have found is that more and more people seem to be taking a hard look at both of us and concluding that they will support me…”

You know what, she's right. They are taking a look & supporting her, which is why she's plummeted in the polls, had to loan her campaign $5 million, get rid of one of her top advisors, and why one of the big players in the Civil Rights movement switched sides from her to Obama... it's almost like addition by subtraction (mainly because it doesn't make any damn sense).

Dodd endorsed Obama & said he's ready to lead... Now we have at least 2 of the 14 most senior members of the senate behind him saying he's ready.

How did Ulyssess S. Grant get on the $50 bill? This is really bothering me- I want to know how in the sam hell is the guy who's consistently rated as one of the worst U.S. presidents of all time get on our currency? At first, I thought maybe it was for his military achievements during the Civil War.. but now I think if this were the case, Dwight D. Eisenhower would be on currency because he was supreme commander of allied forces in WWII, and considered one of the better presidents of all time. But he's on no currency.. So the question remains, What the fuck?

So, John McCain has an incredibly hot daughter that's our age... take his wife, make her however much younger being born in '84 would make her, then make her 3-5 times hotter, and you've got his hot daughter. She's got a blog at www.mccainblogette.com and she has a lot of pictures.

Here's a picture (she's the hot blonde):

The latest CNN poll shows a virtual tie in Texas between Obama & Billary!!

actually, i'm pretty sure there's 65 delegates left to be pledged to a candidate from elections that have already been held that just haven't pledged all the candidates yet

at 11:22pm on February 17th, 2008
We need 67% of the pledged delegates in elections to be held or 49% of the total delegates left (pledged or super)-- so if we split everything 50/50 from here on out, including superdelegates, we'd f'ing win!

For some reason, Maryland has only pledged 52 of their 70 delegates

Here's a good interview the NY Times did about Michelle Obama and Larry King's interview w/ her:

This is absurd- the Democratic party bigwigs are increasingly showing signs that they've completely forgotten that they're supposed to be the party of the people (and I'm sure Hillary had something to do with it).


Also, Hillary's going on the attack again-- for example, when asked why she won't release her tax return info, her spokesman takes the question to mean "tell us whatever the fuck you want about anything, regardless of how true it is," so he responded to the question about her tax returns by talking about Obama & Rezkko (which in my books makes him, by definition, an asshole)... if her attacks bite her in the ass as much as it did the first time (which the republicans & I both stay up at night praying that it will), I think a celebratory kegger is on order... until then, I'll just have an aneurysm from hating her so much

I'm going to throw out a theory:

The Republican Party, more than the democratic party is run based on the ideals that this country was founded on. Specifically, the only people who should get to vote are white, male, land-owners.

I think I found out what's wrong w/ the Clinton campaign.


Also, this is worth looking at...

Here's where we stand right now:
There are 1082 pledged delegates up for grabs in upcoming elections, plus 130 pledged delegates yet to be assigned from elections that have already been held (some of those Obama won big- 7 unassigned from VA, 28 from Washington state, 4 from DC, 54 from Maryland).

We need 810 delegates left to get (either 67% of pledged delegates left, or 50% of total delegates left).

Is it sad that I find using Excel far more entertaining than any of my classes?

They cut off his speech tonight.... I was appalled

New Mexico still hasn't declared a winner there yet, douchebags..

Oh, and CNN tonight said that the last president who was chosen by superdelegates was walter mondale... and we all know how that went- President Mondale's economic stimulus work & defense bills in the mid to late 80's were smashing successes

In case the sarcasm didn't translate well to type, it went horribly- he only won 1 state (his home state) & D.C.... one fucking state! the electoral vote was 525-13... he got the shit kicked out of him

However, her campaign is increasingly seeming like Rudy Giuliani's right before his freefall-- we'll focus on this big state (texas), and forget and spin off all other contests until then.

Also, how come no one has adressed the issue that just because she can personally survive Republican attacks (because she's been "vetted" against them), doesn't mean her candidacy can? I mean, a marathon runner can survive a broken leg, but they're still out of the race.

This is a good article... I think it kind of understimates her though... he author thinks Hillary's pretty well done... I think we're pretty much where we were after Iowa, but somewhat better off (have the momentum, the movement, the organization, but she could still pull off an upset like she did in NH)

Obama & Edwards didn't meet today... they weren't able to fit it into their schedules

When democrats campaign like republicans...

It looks like Bill Clinton's claims of a Hillary vs. McCain matchup being the most civil campaign ever, has already been proven bullshit. If I recall, you & I called bullshit on that when he said it (which is a safe bet anyways).

She ended up winning the biggest states yesterday. However, out of yesterday's pledged delegates, she only won 1 more delegate than Obama.

Now we're only 74 total delegates behind her, and we're 13 pledged delegates ahead. CNN analysts think the longer this goes on, the more it favors Obama (partially b/c her donors have almost all hit their max of $2,300 and he's got a shitton of small donors w/ lots of room left under the cap).

It looks like this may end up going down to the superdelegates... and I f'ing hate superdelegates.

100% of the state's votes are in, and we won Missouri!!

This has been a pretty amazing election to watch... I think it'll be talked about for a long time from now. For the obvious reason of having the first seriously viable female and black candidates. However, I don't think this is anywhere near all of the reason. Rudy's fall from grace and front-runnership was pretty meteoric. McCain's rise from pretty much being a dead candidate to resident ass-kicker and name-taker in a matter of weeks, may be the most amazing thing out of the whole race; especially considering how little money he had & how much Romney had.

We've now got 11 states... that means we've won a majority of the real american states up for grabs today... hopefully the delegate count stays close

Why I'm supporting Obama over Clinton

1) I want a candidate who is concerned about more than their standing in the polls

2) We've already been through the 90's once. Regardless of how magically fantastic they were, once was enough for me. And if the 90's were so great to repeat again, then why are the platforms that Bill won on in '92 is what he's using against Obama now? In the 1992 election, experience wasn't the most important thing, because you'd have to be kidding yourself to say that Clinton was more experienced than his opponent, the incumbent George H.W. Bush. However, now that his wife's running, your a jackass if you're not experienced enough.

3) I want a candidate who has a personality; whose personality isn't as transitive as the britches they're wearing that day.

4) I'd like to see the next president be someone who will be a uniter, and not a polarizing figure. While the fact that she's a lightning rod for partisan bickering isn't entirely her fault, she certainly has done little to discourage it.

5) I don't buy into her being the most experienced candidate. Bill Gates' wife didn't take over Microsoft when he stepped down.

6) It annoys the bejesus out of me when someone constantly talks over other people, refusing to let anyone else talk. Hillary has done this many, many times iin debates, going so far as to not let the moderator speak; I feel this is a very bad reflection of one's character.

7) She wasn't the candidate for change until Obama started to catch up; for a significant portion of the race at the beginning, she was "Ready to Lead." Once Obama started to catch up, she was "Ready for change. Ready to Lead." How is it possible to be the candidate for change and the most experienced candidate (who has taken the most money from special interests)?

8) You never know which Hillary you'll get: the Hillary (w/ special help from Bill) that was on the attack prior to the South Carolina, or the cheerful, chummy Hillary that was at the California debate after she got her ass kicked in the south carolina primary?

9) Maybe she does care about you, maybe she does care about the minorities, about the middle class. But I highly doubt she cares about any of those people as much as she cares about her political career.

10) Let's call this what it is: her campaign has been more about her husband's presidency than anything she's done as an elected official. But since he's constitutionally barred from serving another term, everything he did in office, is now something "they" did in office.

11) Maybe it's because he's irritated the hell out of me lately, but the way Bill Clinton dismissively noted that Jesse Jackson won South Carolina in '84 and '88 after Hillary got beat by a vote of 2 to 1, seemed to be to be in terrible taste, completely inappropriate, and quite asshole-ish.

11) I believe that she's full of shit. For example ead her "Bad Oppo Alert" from her fact hub saying she never praised Reagan. Then read the press release from her OWN WEBSITE from Dec. 12 (well before she attacked Obama over it) saying she listed Reagan as one of her 10 favorite presidents.

There's more, but I need to study.

So why did I write this? Mainly because I'm pissed off about the ridiculously warm weather & needed something to do instead of studying for Econ.