This is an excerpt from the newspaper, Charlotte Observer, when Howard visited Charlotte , NC on 25th of July as part of his tour program:  Shouts of protest continued intermittently.  When Dean mentioned what he called “the biggest job for President Obama,” they hollered, “He’s  not the president!” 

Speaking to reporters later on his bus,he dismissed the protesters.

I’m not sure all of them are Clinton supporters,” he said. Some of them are having fun at the Democrats’ expense. I think shouting during somebody’s speech is low class.” 

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Imagine if a bunch of disgruntled Mitt Romney supporters were currently stalking John McCain or Republican events loudly demanding that their candidate be nominated. Think the national press would be featuring it bigtime as an example of Republican party disunity? Well, the same thing is happening except the people are disgruntled Democrats expressing their opposition of Barack Obama while loudly continuing to support Hillary Clinton. … PUMA activities seem to be surging lately. …

JustSayNoDeal.com reports more coverage today, including a dynamite LTE, “Party leadership, Obama rejected by these Dems” published in today’s Indianapolis Star newspaper and an original article published at Raw Story, “Hillary supporters, still angry, frustrate attempts at party unity. The Raw Story report features the highly successful protest by PUMA members during Howard Dean’s speech in Charlotte, North Carolina: (more…)

• Outrage at the blatant bias against Hillary in the mainstream media
• Outrage that the Obama campaign has played the race card repeatedly and been given a “free pass” by the media
• Outrage at the DNC and the NCDP for their unethical behavior in steering voters to Obama in the watershed North Carolina Democratic Primary
• Outrage that almost a century after women won the right to vote, we’re still living with the same old paradigm – a woman who stands up and speaks out gets told to shut up and sit down
• Outrage that after eight years of Bush, we’re stuck with another loser Democratic candidate

 We’re mad as hell – and we have a new website:  charlottefrontandcenter.com (more…)

Just the opening photo alone is telling - he is stretched out on a sofa, talking to someone who is not in the frame. It reminds me of another photo I saw of him recently, sitting back with his feet up on the conference table. If you put a little cowboy hat on him, he reminds me of someone else, too - and I don’t like THAT someone, either!!! Anywho, as the title would indicate, Obama intends to “delegate” his workload to the members of his inner circle, rewarding their loyalty to him.

Ironically, or similarly, there was a lengthy article in the NY Times Magazine about George W. Bush on January 14, 2001, entitled, “The Bush Years; C.E.O., USA.” This article includes statements like, ”A good executive is one that understands how to recruit people and how to delegate,” he said after he presented three designees in Austin right after the New Year. ”How to align authority and responsibility, how to hold people accountable for results and how to build a team of people. And that’s exactly what we’re going to do. This is a team of people who’ll be dedicated to doing what is right for America.”
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Father Pfleger writes to say, “I regret the words I chose on Sunday. These words are inconsistent with Senator Obama’s life and message, and I am deeply sorry if they offended Senator Clinton or anyone else who saw them.”

Is this why the Obama campaign scrubbed Pfleger, one of Obama’s “spiritual advisors,” from their official webpage on faith? Did the Obama campaign ask Pfleger to apologize? Will Obama apologize to Clinton? Clinton personally apologized to Obama in the wake of Shaheen’s remarks in NH. (more…)

Once again Obama’s supporters and surrogates are colluding with neoconservative men, namely Bob Novak, the man who exposed Valerie Plame’s identity. I quote:

Close-in supporters of Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign are convinced he never will offer the vice presidential nomination to Sen. Hillary Clinton for one overriding reason: Michelle Obama.

The Democratic front-runner’s wife did not comment on other rival candidates for the party’s nomination, but she has been sniping at Clinton since last summer. According to Obama sources, those public utterances do not reveal the extent of her hostility.

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“Reynolds Coliseum on N.C. State’s campus seats 12,400 people. It did not seat that many tonight.”

Behold, the power of political staging:

As Seen On TV:
This is the Coliseum, all crowded with hooting and hollering Yes We Can-Can!!

Barack Obama packs ‘em in again!

People kill to get into an Obama Rally!

Not As Seen On TV:

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MAY I RECOMMEND that you watch FOX NEWS? I don’t think a single one of us should give MSNBC ANY rating numbers. Besides, Fox News does a great job, and Karl Rove’s analyses are quite fascinating since he knows the country so well.

INDIANA = 72 delegates
NO. CAROLINA = 115 delegates
(via Wikipedia)

AHA! UPPITY WOMAN stole my HOPE BONG a couple weeks ago.

I just stole it back. Pass it around, everyone! Give your Obamabot pals an extra hit!

Early results via Drudge for Indiana (hate to admit it, but he’s pretty fast at getting results up):

IN [2% PRECINCTS]
CLINTON 20,237 61%
OBAMA 12,935 39%
(It’s too hard to keep updating this so let’s all report results in the comments.)

(NORTH CAROLINA doesn’t sound good - perhaps double digits — I’ll never get it, but that’s just me. People voting against their own best interests, just to make themselves FEEL good.)

From exit info from A.P.: (more…)

UPDATE #2: Potter has written a diary at MyDD on this: “Obama Staff: Call in Sick for Us!” (If you have a MyDD account, recommend this!)

From the Charlotte, N.C. Field Director Jason Green:

From: Obama Voice [mailto:obamavoice@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:37 PM
To: obamavoice@gmail.com
Subject: Time for Change. Time for Action

When I arrived in Charlotte I was immediately impressed by the grassroots organization that had already been established here. Then, I could not have imagined the blood, sweat and tears that would be shed in the name of hope, to produce change. In just a few short minutes, your incredible field organizers and I will gather to review our game plan one final time. In so doing, we will undoubtedly marvel in the growth and remarkable journey of this campaign here in North Carolina. It is upon your shoulders that we have arrived at this critical point, and it is – once again – upon your shoulders that we will bring it home.

Ready to go?

But please remember that the forces against which we are waging do not go quickly or quietly into the night. We cannot wait passively and idly hope for change to come. Heed the words of Senator Obama, recognize the fierce urgency of now, and be the change you hope to see. We are in a unique position to actually influence the outcome of this presidential primary, and in so doing, have an incredible influence on the future trajectory of this country.

And to do that we need your help. We need more of your blood, your sweat, and your tears. This weekend our Charlotte organization knocked on an incredible number of doors – but there are still many doors to knock, more stories to hear, more voters to inspire. So please join us as we knock on your neighbors doors and bring Senator Obama’s message of hope, unity and change. There is nothing more effective than connecting with another voter and expressing your story. Only you can do that. You know how important this is! I know I don’t have to ask, but I will one last time – please join us tomorrow. Call in sick if you have to and help us all day by canvassing or offering rides to the polls. (more…)

It’s a high-profile, high-level signal to other super delegates that it’s okay to switch to Obama in order to finally bring about the inevitable conclusion. … The dam was holding, but it has now sprung a leak. The whole thing now threatens to collapse.

If it were still February, BOKA may have been correct in his assessment. However, as Jerome Armstrong correctly points out about Obama supporters: (more…)