What does he do today? He releases a letter about an hour or so ago asking that FL and MI delegates be seated in full. The coup is complete.

He has kneecapped Hillary for good!. As for Harold Ickes, Obama literally took the wind out of his sails…. he is the one who said “we reserve the right to take this to the credentials committee”. Nope not going to allow even a chance for Hillary to take it to the credentials committee, can’t do that, that would be fair. (more…)

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CNN reports that Hillary swept Puerto Rico in a win that contradicts previous voting patterns in this primary:

Clinton won 70 percent of the male vote, 65 percent of voters under 30, 70 percent of voters who attended college, and 66 percent of voters with an income of over $50,000. Clinton also performed strongly among those demographic groups that have long constituted the backbone of her base. She won 70 percent of female voters, 77 percent of those over 65, 69 percent who did not attend college, and 71 percent of voters with an income of $15,000 or less.

Nevertheless, here’s how the NYT reports Hillary’s win in Puerto Rico:

Mrs. Clinton’s campaign chairman, Terry McAuliffe, called the island’s primary “another convincing win for Hillary” on CNN, and Mr. Obama conceded the race to her in a speech in Mitchell, S.D. “She is going to be a big asset going into November” in efforts to defeat the Republicans, Mr. Obama said.

A big asset? Only an unscrupulous sexist ass would say such a thing, and we now know beyond all doubt that Barack Obama sets the gold standard in sexism. (more…)

Make no mistake: Barack Obama and his campaign opposed counting 100% of Florida’s Democratic primary vote. At the same time, the campaign wants public relations points for appearing to want to enfranchise Florida — enough points to get Floridians’ votes if Obama becomes the nominee.

This I learned from watching the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing today (part of it anyway, as the live video streaming conked out several times).

At one point, RBC member Tina Flournoy point-blank asked U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler whether the Obama campaign supported making100% of Florida’s primary vote count (instead of 50%). Wexler was the Obama campaign’s chosen representative for that hearing. A simple “yes” or “no” would have sufficed.

Did Mr. Wexler directly answer the question? No. Instead, he said:

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Dorothea LANGE, “Migrant Mother,” 1936

A friend paraphrases a famous story to illustrate why she may vote Republican for the first time in 40 years: in the late 1960s, when the feminist movement was still thought of as a novelty, a boorish male reporter asked the heterosexual Gloria Steinem if she was a lesbian. Steinem responded, “I am if you’re the alternative.”

There is a growing consensus at No Quarter and elsewhere that Obama’s tactics have made him an unacceptable alternative to Hillary, and many of us will be voting for McCain, writing in Hillary, or staying home. (more…)

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Hillary is telling her supporters that this race isn’t about the math, it’s about the map. She is well aware that she is much more likely to beat Mcain than Obama.

The endorsement of Obama by John Edwards dampened the hopes of many Hillary supporters. But Hillary is running hard and making some very interesting last-minute moves.

So, what is happening in Camp Hillary right now? Consider the picture prominently featured on Hillary’s Web site: (more…)

Let’s assume Hillary wins tomorrow in Pennsylvania. Regardless of her margin of victory, superdelegates are still tasked with picking the Democratic nominee. A post by Jeralyn on TalkLeft argues convincingly that Obama would face almost insurmountable odds against McCain. Jeralyn uses William Arnone’s analysis of the electoral landscape. Jeralyn says:

First, we need to figure out which of the 20 states are vulnerable to McCain and decide whether Hillary or Obama has a better chance of carrying them. Mr. Arnone says those states are: Pennsylvania, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wisconsin, which have a total of 68 electoral votes.

As I’ve written before, Kerry won Pennsylvania by only 2% in 2004. Obama’s inability to carry large states besides his home state does not bode well for his candidacy.

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That’s what I thought when I read this Politico.com article. For awhile there, we almost thought that Dean and Pelosi would need a telephone pole on their heads to get it. Florida and Michigan voters are mucho ticked off. They wanted their delegates seated and that didn’t happen. So they asked for a revote, but a certain candidate who knew he couldn’t win these states, dispatched his lackies to make sure that didn’t happen. Then private individuals offered to actually pay for the revotes and a certain candidate still blocked the revotes in both these states.

It all seemed so hopeless, especially for the Democratic party in November. The whole thing seemed like a fix for Barack Obama and John McCain respectively, pure and simple.

So here we are reading today that the DNC will seat Florida and Michigan members on three standing committees that have impact on deciding who will actually be our nominee.

I started thinking, what changed? Have Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi come to their senses? Could it be that they understand that it’s not nice to tick off two states you need to win a general election no matter how important you think you are? Or could it be that Barack “Democracy only works if it works for me” Obama has figured out that in Florida and Michigan he is regarded as a pipe wrench in the engine of Democracy?— and that he has a better chance of seeing God than he has of carrying Florida and Michigan in a revote, much less a General Election? Did he not see this coming and how soon can we expect him to go into a fetal position again after he whines that what is fair is actually not fair because it doesn’t work for him?
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Florida’s votes don’t count.

Michigan’s votes don’t count.

But the votes of Howard Dean’s Car Dealer and a Lobbyist trump them all.

That’s right folks. As you know this race is close, so 25 delegates can mean a lot. Well, you can rest well tonight knowing that 25 appointed delegates, the names and affiliations unknown to us, are going to pick our Democratic candidate–all of them appointed by Howard Dean with Donna Brazile’s blessings. Now who do you suppose will be the beneficiary of those 25 obscure and magical votes, that are not acquired through ANY primary or caucus?

Process thrusts panel in spotlight

Mr. Dean’s criteria for choosing his 25 members was “to get a diverse group of people from all walks of life,” said a party official, who added that the “process of choosing these 25 began last fall, when many of the 25 appointed members were uncommitted.”

“I don’t think they explained that to us beforehand,” joked Dean Aguillen, a lobbyist who was appointed to the committee by Mr. Dean. “It’s something that came up later, and you started learning some of the processes of the convention.”

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