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Superdelegates head to Obama

Today Obama just tied Clinton in Superdelegates, overcoming a 100 delegate deficit at the start of the race. It's interesting who finally brought the two candidates to parity.

California superdelegate Crystal Strait headed over to Obama's column today after a long process.  Crystal is a heavy in the Young Democrats, and she chose to vote on the basis of the youth vote in America. She cast her vote in a manner that follows those trends. I believe each superdelegate will have similiar rationale - as I wrote earlier, they tend to follow the popular and pledged delegate trends.

I wonder if this bothers some Clinton supporters. After all, Clinton did send out a letter that attempted to inform any prospective superdelegates to encourage them to ignore the pledged or popular electoral landscape and make individual decisions.
This was a letter sent to attempt to take Speaker Nancy Pelosi to task for suggesting that the superdelegates follow national and democratic trends.

As I wrote earlier,  in a previous post entitled, "What will the Superdelegates do?" ,  watching the superdelegates in this contest has become something , now, of a canary in the coal mine.

And that now points to the fact that the superdelegates have moved to Obama. Clinton will keep running to pay down her election debt. And to prepare for the General Election, because she's going to run as Vice President and be the best damn VP America has ever seen.

That the superdelegates did so in a way that respects the deepest traditions of democracy - and at least in the manner that it happened today - rejects Clinton's call to vote "independently", is a telling sign of things to come.

Since Dick Cheney tried to make the office of the Vice President the "CEO of America" , when Clinton makes it into the office of the VP, she will be able to do alot more work in smoke filled rooms and those that are currently dealing with the office of the VP are known to be exercising alot of independent judgement. She is a very strong candidate for reforming that office , while at the same time forging a strong direction for the machine that exists (hey, you have to fly the plane to the mechanic's airstrip , to get the engine repaired!).

Perhaps  the Superdelegates are thinking that "Full Speed Ahead"
is a good way to waste alot of gas.

radio heads

what an inteview olberman did with obama. I was just waiting for him to get down on his knees, and kiss obama's feet.

my thoughts

If anyone out there thinks that obama was not present at any of his minister's sermons, i have a bridge to see you.  The question we should be asking (and i am sure the conservatives will soon ask) is not if he was there, but was he one of those cheering and screaming, or if there are any more videos that we havent seen yet. I have a feeling that main stream media, is just too busy getting their knees bruised , that they have no time to investigate him. I am sure we may have just scratched the surface. too bad this news is coming out now that he has more than 100 delegate lead and surely is on his way to the nomination and what would seem like a sure defeat to Mcain.  

Kissell Fundraiser

I went to Larry Kissell's fundraiser in Charlotte. He's genuine. He talked about teaching and how he felt about the legacy we were leaving for future generations. I think he's a good guy who is just fed up and outraged by the decadent, lying, corrupt power mongers who have betrayed ordinary Americans at every level. I hope he gets national support for his campaign--though I believe he'll defeat that toady Hayes regardless.



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