Obama Wins Proxy War Versus McCain

Obama Wins Proxy War Versus McCain

Huffington Post   |   March 9, 2008 11:32 AM


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Yesterday, little-known Democrat Bill Foster scored a major upset and won the congressional seat held for 20 years by former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, a Republican. The race was a proxy war between Barack Obama and John McCain. Obama cut an add for Foster -- watch it:





Meanwhile, McCain campaigned for the Republican candidate Jim Oberweis, and fundraised for his campaign. Watch the two of them (about 2 minutes in):





AP has more on the race:

The race between Foster and Oberweis spawned a contentious campaign that saw both men counting on high-profile supporters to sway voters. Oberweis had Hastert and McCain; Foster leaned on Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama who endorsed him in a TV ad.


"The people of Illinois have sent an unmistakable message that they're tired of business-as-usual in Washington," Obama said Saturday night in a written statement.

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Gee... who'da' thunk? A GOP candidate, endorsed by Dennis Hastert and John McCain, actually LOST in the Year A.D. 2008?

Guess there's just no other explanation... must be that Obama magic.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:10 PM on 03/10/2008

We know who won - Democrat Bill Foster!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:52 AM on 03/10/2008

This is one of the reddest of reddest districts one can imagine and it just went blue!

[Clinton] "It doesn't matter because I didn't help and I only win big races anyway." [/Clinton]

Time to re-calibrate the Clinton "Way-Back Machine"... because the Times They Are A Changing...

A 50 state, 10,000 district, 1,000,000 neighborhood strategy for 2008! Pounce on the mortally wounded Republicans and take back our country.

YES WE CAN!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:39 AM on 03/10/2008

If you are a republican be very afraid.

No place will be safe.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:52 AM on 03/10/2008

PAY ATTENTION SUPERDELEGATES.

COATTAILS!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 AM on 03/10/2008

This is the main reason the DNC and Obama want to run a 50 state campaign in Survey USA Clinton can only win about 19 states versus McCrazy, while Obama can win 24-25. You need to have a 50 state strategy to maintain control of congress, state houses and Governorships. Clinton is the most polarizing figure in politics today and even if she does steal the nomination and squeak by in the general she will lose congress, state houses and Governorships just like Bill did because people will not trust her and want a balance of power by splitting their tickets. Anyone can see that the Clintons are radioactive political figures that have prevented Democratic rule for 16.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:15 AM on 03/10/2008












Amen!!!I could not say it better

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:38 AM on 03/11/2008

If electing Democrats to Congress, state legislatures and governorships is the criteria, no super-delegate would vote for Hillary Clinton. Insiders know that if Hillary is the nominee, Democrats will lose the Senate for sure, and maybe much more, even if she wins the presidency by carrying large, industrial states. Although she is admired by many, Hillary is the most hated woman in America. She is so despised, that it is hard to think of any woman who would be in second place. As John A. Millin, chair of the Wyoming state Democratic Party put it: "It has become the dirty little secret in the Democratic Party. For reasons I don"t agree with and don"t completely understand, most voters in Wyoming seem to hate Hillary Clinton."

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:19 AM on 03/10/2008

MORE MONSTEROUS MACHINATIONS BY THE CLINTONS ...

IT GIVES LIE TO ALL THE CHARACTER ASSASSINATION THE CLINTONS AND THEIR TRAINED SEALS HAVE ENGAGED IN AGAINST BARACK OBAMA ...

IF HE WASN'T READY FOR THAT 3 A.M. PHONE CALL, WHY THEIR DESPERATION IN TRYING TO GET HIM TO ACCEPT POTENTIALLY BEING A HEART BEAT FROM THE PRESIDENCY???

OR ARE THEY JUST THAT UNPATRIOTIC?


Clintons push a Hillary/Obama ticket
Sun Mar 9, 2008
8:11pm EDT

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary and Bill Clinton are again teaming up on Barack Obama -- this time saying the first-term U.S. lawmaker, whom they have derided as inexperienced, would be a strong running mate on a Democratic presidential ticket headed by the former first lady.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:28 PM on 03/09/2008

FUZZY MATH Hillary.

let America break it down for you:

BARACK OBAMA LEADS IN STATES WON

BARACK OBAMA LEADS IN PLEDGED DELEGATES

BARACK OBAMA LEADS IN THE POPULAR VOTE.

Hillary must be dizzy from all the spinning she has been doing.

SHE BROUGHT THIS VICE PRESIDENCY ISSUE IN THE FORUM. NOW SHE LOOKS...

OPPORTUNISTIC (WHAT A SHOCK), WIN AT ANY COST, MARGINALIZER, and if the OBAMA MOVEMENT moves on.....hopefully Hillary will too before she, personally, rips the Party and the country in half.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:03 PM on 03/11/2008

fantagor - great going, you got here first. Just wanted to highlight the fact that this race impacts the HRC/BHO race as well. You see, this guy Foster has switched a congressional seat from repugnocrat to democrat. Well, it's a swith in BHO's home state and therefore that will add one additional super delegate to Barack's column. Unless this guy foster flips and supports HRC. Just kidding, no chance of a flip so the Kid from IL is one step closer to the nomination.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:18 PM on 03/09/2008

The peasants are revoting.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:04 PM on 03/09/2008




Obama cut an add for Foster " rephrase " BOUGHT A SUPER DELEGATE?"


    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 PM on 03/09/2008

McCain running on the war issue. Obama backed candidate wins handily.

Neocons, AIPAC, Pentagon hawks and weapons suppliers are 'comfortable' with either Sen Clinton or Sen. McCain. Obama's challenge on behalf of 2006 American voters, a majority of whom cast their ballots to withdraw from Iraq, was unexpected and poses a threat to deeply entrenched and powerful interests.

An augmented majority of voters against the war trust Obama to end the occupation honorably and swiftly. They aplaud, endorse his pledge to 'end the mindset' that led us into the war.

Until Sen. Clinton 'rejects and/or denounces' her neocon and AIPAC supporters, she can not hope to gain the support of those opposed to the war.

The MSM's mission is to divert the voters from the Iraq issue.

One need only scroll down any Huffpo item to see how well that mission is being accomplished.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:52 PM on 03/09/2008

Is this an example of Obama's coatails? I think Senator Obama will help a great deal for Democrats down the ticket -- people are very excited to vote for him, especially independents in the western states that are trending purple over red!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:19 PM on 03/09/2008

I did think Barack's appearance in that Foster spot helped him beat Oberweis.

But: the Chicago Tribune, no Democratic paper, slammed OBW as deceptive and dishonest.

Also, there were some brilliant Foster ads--using humor, what a thought!--that helped Foster as well.

Particularly the talking cows. OBW is the heir to a dairy fortune.

Maybe he'll put his own mug on the milk cartons for the inevitable second bite at the apple in November, when Foster has to run again, since this was a special election just to fill Hastert's (rather oversized) seat through Jan 09.

Anyway, our Hyde Park Homeboy, we love ya.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:48 PM on 03/09/2008

The Republican party is falling apart......... Yay!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:47 PM on 03/09/2008

the republicans in the 14th voted for the milk nazi but they had better candidates to run against foster. there selection of milk nazi showed that the republicans in this district would vote for Hitler if he ran as a republican..,thanks to the hard work by the folks in the eastern suburbs of this district we finally have a democrat representing us. is this the wave of the future for the democrats across the country? if we can do it- i`m sure others can.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:44 PM on 03/09/2008

Obama will bring in a lot more democrats into the house and Senate

Hillary will only energize the base

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:42 PM on 03/09/2008

WHERE IS JOHN MCCAIN'S FLAG PIN??!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:31 PM on 03/09/2008

It is very disturbing that the mainstream media is not seriously investigating stories that indicate there are malicious efforts to meddle in the outcome of the democratic primary voting. Why does MSM continually ignore authentic voter fraud in the US? There is significant evidence that Rush Limbaugh really did inspire cross party voting for Hillary. Stories are being reported in Ohio and Texas news. Why isn't any of this making national media? If this is true, it is voter fraud, and needs to be reported as such. It might even warrant the invalidating of votes that could have an impact on the final results. Also, NAFTA-gate continues to be a major story in Canada. The US media have failed miserably to educate Americans as to how and why this issue is so important in Canada politics and how it may be trying to influence the US elections. If these stories were happening in another country, our media would probably be giving much more reporting about how other countries have such a problem being democratic. Why does US media turn such a blind eye when it's happening right in front of us? The media needs to thoroughly investigate these stories and report them so any meddling can be exposed and action can be taken if appropriate.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:17 PM on 03/09/2008

This is the thing that many people ignore when considering Hillary vs Obama. Hilliary is saying 'experience is what is most important' and Obama is saying 'I want to change the way things are done in washington' Which message is likely to also make voters want to elect somebody new to congress from their district?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:07 PM on 03/09/2008

This goes to show that Obama will be the best choice if we want to turn as many Republican seats in the Congress over to the Democrats as possible. Not to take any credit from Hastert for helping to lose this seat, but Obama is the person who can get us the majorities we need to truly shift the direction of this country.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:06 PM on 03/09/2008

Dennis Hastert will likely go down in history as this country's worst-ever Speaker. He was, and is, a filthy, degenerate human being, just like his Fuhrer. Both men should be behind bars, not the seat of power.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:06 PM on 03/09/2008

Proxy war, what a joke. Because HE did an ad, that makes him the victor? What a joke.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:04 PM on 03/09/2008

This is a preview of what Obama will do. By voting out the old guard and putting in people that can actually work together and get things done. Things will change.
Hilary doesn't come even close.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 07:03 PM on 03/09/2008

This was not a pretty election but Oberweiss is the just short of being the Alan Keyes of Illinois. He searches out the most extreme positions and runs with them. He makes the racist in Illinois drop their jaws in shock. This was his fourth attempt to gain office and if he couldn't win in this district of white conservatude then there is hope. I hope people understand how huge this was and what it means to so many local races. With Hillary on the ticket (Pres or Vice Pres) the amount of Dems that will cross over and the amount of Republicans that will come out, from Clinton hate, we are heading straight for 4 years of President McCain.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:53 PM on 03/09/2008
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