Sen. Rockefeller Endorses Obama

The Hill:

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) endorsed fellow Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Friday, as Obama continued to weather criticisms from rival Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) about his ability to handle foreign affairs issues.

Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Obama's position on the Iraq war in 2002 was partially behind his decision to support the Illinois senator.

Read the whole story: The Hill

Comments

[Omary]

07:43 PM on 03/01/2008

So Sen. Rockefeller has jumped on the Obama bandwagon. This IS the same Senator, who along with Senators Kerry, Dodd, and Biden, were among the 77 Democrats who voted yeah on the same resolution Obama is criticizing Hillary for. Obama can't say any of the 77 have good judgment. He also would have to believe that Kerry didn't have the "right stuff" to make the "no-mistake" president he will make. Talk about the "silly season." Obama is cashing in on a faulty premise. He gets credit for a vote he didn't cast. Those who think Hillary would have made the same decision to go to war that Bush made must have "hoping makes it so" embedded in their brains.

[kfdan]

05:34 PM on 03/01/2008

It's a telling sign when a Rockefeller ... any Rockefeller ... endorses Obama. It means the family with the mostest is laying eggs in the basket they think will win the race!

[jungpatawan]

10:41 AM on 03/01/2008

Every day or so, another Super-D picks Obama or, worse yet for Hil, defects to Obama.

It's Death by a Thousand Cuts.

JP

[enoughalready13]

02:04 AM on 03/01/2008

Am I missing something, or is this ass just trying - like all the rest - to get his 15 minutes of fame? Do we really care what an old out-of-touch Rockefeller has to say anyway?

[LAcarlito]

01:56 PM on 03/01/2008

Yes we do care. If Sen Rock endorsed Hillary, all the Hillary fans would have said that when the head of the Senate Intell Committee endorses Hillary, it proves she is the one who can answer that phone at 3am. Now that Sen Rock is endorsing Obama, that argument for Hillary is out the door.

In fact, it now goes in Obama's favor: the man with the best insight into both candidates chose who he thinks is best from HIS (Sen Rock's) perspective. Score another Super Delegate for Obama.

The tide continues to turn against Hillary. Let's return her to the Senate on March 4th.

[racom]

02:50 PM on 03/01/2008

The only ones who would believe that are the ones who haven't followed the mans kissing up to cheney on the surveillance bill. Glenn Greenwald at salon has reported on this in depth. For those that know, the endorsement is more like a kiss of death.

[milo9]

10:39 PM on 02/29/2008

He can endorse anyone he likes but it won't alter the fact that he must be removed from his committee seats. He has to be marginalized. He's a threat to the Constitution.

[stlrfan]

09:39 PM on 02/29/2008

With this moron's record, marching to the Bushco tune, is this an endorsement or an insult?

[imsosure]

08:43 PM on 02/29/2008

I love it, the "establishment" is throwing their weight in the correct direction now. This will go a long way in making sure Obama is the main man in the White House. I also think it's Hillaryous! Bwahahaha!

[Manx]

08:35 PM on 02/29/2008

I would distance myself from Rockefeller. He's insisted on voting for retroactive-immunity for the telecoms after he received sizable contributions from them. In my opinion, he's no better than the thugs in the Bush administration.

[nohat]

08:49 PM on 02/29/2008

You have a point. But there is a lovely and weighty ring to 'Senator Obama has been endorsed by the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee'. It sounds great. And, even taking your point, is great.

[shy99]

09:02 PM on 02/29/2008

Can anyone hear john cougar mellencamp playing 'when the walls come crumbling down. Lights out Hillary!!!!!!!!!

[GiggidyGeshmoygen]

08:25 PM on 02/29/2008

HOWARD WOLFSON - CNN SITUATION ROOM WITH WOLF BLITZER - FRIDAY 29 FEBRUARY 2008

LOOKING LIKE THE GRIM REAPER'S UNDERTAKER, howard wolfson is defending hillary clinton's desperate, last-ditch, hail mary, fearmongering ad, now traumatising children on tvs all over texas and ohio

wolfson is trumpeting clinton's endorsement by "25 (nameless) flag sargeants", or some such bullshit, repeating the canned soundbite no less than 3 times in 2 minutes

after being reminded of obama's recent endorsement by powerful, senior senator jay rockefeller, the number in wolfson's soundbite suddenly jumps from 25 to "35 military blahblahblahs" in it's 4th oration (in 3 minutes)

no wonder hillary is struggling...

[ProgressiveNotLiberal]

12:23 PM on 03/01/2008

Wolfson is a jerk of the highest order. I watched that crap and wondered when was Wolf going to actually be a journalist for a change instead of a media whore.

[racom]

11:28 PM on 03/01/2008

Ah, have you mistaken blitzer for a journalist? We just have to accept it, once a media whore get hooked on the money and rubbing elbows with the 'big boys' they are beyond reform.

[Bobleblah1]

07:42 PM on 02/29/2008

You still got some work to do before you convince us over here Sen Rockefeller.

That FISA BILL is completely fascist and your support for it, blows the mind.

What are you thinking?

Forever under the radar?

[nazirmo]

07:09 PM on 02/29/2008

That hillary's ad is actually good. I don't think that Bill and Hillary spend much time together - that is
in bed. I can just see just visual Hiilary simply napping at the Oval Office Desk. So she would be ready to answer a call at 3 in the morning. Heck she would be ready to take a call at any time. The nation
would be well served by this workaholic. As a NY Senator she has done a lot for the State. She would no doubt do well for the whole nation.

[Countess]

07:45 PM on 02/29/2008

What a great senator! She promised 200,000 new jobs and the total so far is minus 30,000. Keep up the great work. Hillary!

[RISEUPAMERICA]

10:08 AM on 03/01/2008

oh and OBonehead has such good judgment doesn't he........ like when he made friends with every gangster in chicago, taking their money, having them buy his house and land for him
that was just "a bone headed" mistake.....notice the Mis-judgment trend

sure wouldn't want another bone head in the white house, we're ushering out the last one in 11 months and counting.

[Grunty1]

08:04 PM on 02/29/2008

How good can it be if you have to spam this same message on every thread?

[nazirmo]

07:04 PM on 02/29/2008

That was some profile coverage on Hillary on CBS news this evening. And she is certainly qualified to be a President.

[markkraft]

08:03 PM on 02/29/2008

Barack Obama said she was qualified for the job in the last debate.

That said, he is a better candidate who is far more likely to win the election, and he has consistantly made good decisions, even when they were unpopular stands to take.

Best of all, he completely skewers the fear tactics coming at him from both Hillary Clinton and the Republicans.

[loisteagulp]

01:21 AM on 03/01/2008

Which "stands" were unpopular?

[Repub4Obama]

07:04 PM on 02/29/2008

That's +5 for Barack today and -1 for Hillary. Doesn't look good.

(data from www.politico.com/superdelegate)

by my math, if BHO keeps his post-super Tuesday momentum (64.2% of delegates), then he'll be only 5 away from nomination. But at this endorement and defection rate, the SD's could decide the race quicker.

I can't wait till Tuesday!

[riverhouse]

06:56 PM on 02/29/2008

When you look at the horrible consequences of the vote to invade Iraq it's impossible for any sensible, right thinking person to vote for Hillary Clinton. It was such a monumental error in judgment that no one in their right mind could trust her with the reins of power. And when you look at how owned she is by corporate America, from AIPAC to her switching positions on ethanol after Bill got into money making schemes dependent on subsidies to ethanol, which Hillary promptly instigated and supported in the Senate, you have to conclude that she's just another corporate hack with her personal pocketbook as her highest interest in life.

[EspritDeVoltaire]

06:59 PM on 02/29/2008

How could you call a former board member of WalMart a hack? I think she's more a corporate shill.

[larry278]

06:09 PM on 02/29/2008

The BHO band wagon rolls on. To mix metaphors- Gov Richardson may not care that BHO's train pulled out of his station 2 or 3 days ago. Let the man alone.