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!!