Clinton Supporters Making A Statement About Not Supporting Obama

Clinton supporters are making a statement that they are NOT going to unite behind Barack Obama. There are a variety of reasons why; Michigan and Florida, poor treatment of Senator Clinton by the media, disrespectful behavior by Obama supporters, or simply doubts about Senator Obama and his qualifications. For these, or other reasons, many Clinton supporters are actively campaigning for Senator McCain. The site Just Say No Deal lists over 125 sites, many newly started, that agree that they will not be voting Obama in November. Some like Savage Politics are even raising money for Senator McCain. Many are planning to donate to the McCain campaign on July 4th to show their committment. Here are just a few of the numerous sites committed to NOT unifying the Democratic Party.

clintondems.com
hireheels.com
hillarysupporters.com
clintons4mccain.com
riverdaughter
hillaryclintonforum.net
womenforfairpolitics.com
donedems.com
pumaparty.com
savagepolitics
hillarygrassrootscampaign.com
pumapac.org
millionwomenmarch.blogspot.com

Obama Politics - "The Two Obama's"

David Brook's excellent article The Two Obama's does an excellent job laying out how Senator Obama talks reform and inspiration, but plays old school politics as well as anyone out there...

"God, Republicans are saps. They think that they’re running against some academic liberal who wouldn’t wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn’t proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they’re running against some naïve university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson..."

"...But as recent weeks have made clear, Barack Obama is the most split-personality politician in the country today. On the one hand, there is Dr. Barack, the high-minded, Niebuhr-quoting speechifier who spent this past winter thrilling the Scarlett Johansson set and feeling the fierce urgency of now. But then on the other side, there’s Fast Eddie Obama, the promise-breaking, tough-minded Chicago pol who’d throw you under the truck for votes..."

Brooks goes on to explain Obama's history of old school politics. That he is smart and calculating, and has laid out a path for himself that any old-school Chigago politician would be proud of...

"...Back when he was in the Illinois State Senate, Dr. Barack could have taken positions on politically uncomfortable issues. But Fast Eddie Obama voted “present” nearly 130 times. From time to time, he threw his voting power under the truck.

Dr. Barack said he could no more disown the Rev. Jeremiah Wright than disown his own grandmother. Then the political costs of Rev. Wright escalated and Fast Eddie Obama threw Wright under the truck.

Dr. Barack could have been a workhorse senator. But primary candidates don’t do tough votes, so Fast Eddie Obama threw the workhorse duties under the truck.

Dr. Barack could have changed the way presidential campaigning works. John McCain offered to have a series of extended town-hall meetings around the country. But favored candidates don’t go in for unscripted free-range conversations. Fast Eddie Obama threw the new-politics mantra under the truck.

And then on Thursday, Fast Eddie Obama had his finest hour. Barack Obama has worked on political reform more than any other issue. He aspires to be to political reform what Bono is to fighting disease in Africa. He’s spent much of his career talking about how much he believes in public financing. In January 2007, he told Larry King that the public-financing system works. In February 2007, he challenged Republicans to limit their spending and vowed to do so along with them if he were the nominee. In February 2008, he said he would aggressively pursue spending limits. He answered a Midwest Democracy Network questionnaire by reminding everyone that he has been a longtime advocate of the public-financing system.

Full David Brook's article The Two Obama's

Obama's Merry Band of Scoundrels

The Red State article "Obama's Finance Chair: Another subprime lender problem" notes that it's more than just Jim Johnson who was mixed in Coutrywide and the subprime mortgage. Senator Obama criticized Clinton's Mark Penn for the same thing Johnson, and other upper level staffers in his own campaign, are mixed up in.

"So Obama is attacking CEOs of subprime lenders. And his Finance Chairman was the Chairman of a subprime lender that went under because of poor oversight. One of his major donors is the CEO of another one. And the person making his VP recommendation got a sweetheart deal from another."

This doesn't even touch on his dealings with Tony Rezco the convicted felon, a former Obama fundraiser who helped Senator Obama buy property while under indictment. Nor does it touch on Obama's following among radicals like Bill Ayers who admittedly bombed the Pentagon and hosted an Obama fundraiser. It doesn't discuss the 20 year relationship Senator Obama had with Reverend Wright, or with Father Pfleger previously listed on his website as a spiritual adviser and member of Catholics for Obama who decried Senator Clinton as a racist with no provocation. Senator Obama's campaign looks more and more like old school Chicago politics everyday, and with friends like these who needs enemies.

Obama Supporter Slanders Hillary Clinton

slan·der –noun
1. defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
2. a malicious, false, and defamatory statement or report: a slander against his good name.
3. Law. defamation by oral utterance rather than by writing, pictures, etc.
–verb (used with object)
4. to utter slander against; defame.
–verb (used without object)
5. to utter or circulate slander.

Father Pflager's comments that Hillary Clinton is guilty of 'white supremacy' is slander. These aren't just 'divisive remarks' as the Obama campaign states, this a baseless accusation and personal attack on Senator Clinton...

John McCain Most Electable Candidate

POLL: SurveyUSA GEs in OH, IA

Two new SurveyUSA statewide surveys of registered voters in Ohio and Iowa (conducted 11/9 through 11/11) finds:

Ohio (n=533):
McCain 47, Clinton 46
Clinton 49, Giuliani 44
Clinton 51, Romney 42
Clinton 54, Huckabee 37

McCain 52, Obama 37
Giuliani 49, Obama 41
Obama 45, Romney 41
Obama 48, Huckabee 38

Iowa (n=546):

McCain 48, Clinton 44
Clinton 47, Giuliani 43
Clinton 49, Romney 43
Clinton 49, Huckabee 43

Obama 50, McCain 42
Obama 52, Giuliani 39
Obama 53, Romney 39
Obama 56, Huckabee 35

Crossposted from - http://www.pollster.com/blogs/poll_surveyusa_ges_in_oh_ia.php