Obama Set To Announce A New String Of Key Endorsements

Wall Street Journal:

Slowly but steadily, a string of Democratic Party figures is taking Barack Obama's side in the presidential nominating race and raising the pressure on Hillary Clinton to give up.

Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota is expected to endorse Sen. Obama Monday, according to a Democrat familiar with her plans. Meanwhile, North Carolina's seven Democratic House members are poised to endorse Sen. Obama as a group -- just one has so far -- before that state's May 6 primary, several Democrats say.

Helping to drive the endorsements is a fear that the Obama-Clinton contest has grown toxic and threatens the Democratic Party's chances against Republican John McCain in the fall.

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Comments

[Wanod]

I have one word for u Clinton hate monger's, he can't win u idiot's...I'd swear this whole board is made up of Republican's, pretending to be Democrat's. I don't trust any of u on this board, i'd bet the republican's like Huff, has filled this board with Republican's WACO's. Of course there are a few idiot's here that can't spell Democracy, let on understand it.

[athy]

Sen Obama,
can you explain to me why are people pushing Sen Clinton to drop out of the campaign so early?

Last time I checked the Democratic party convention is still scheduled for this summer.

I can see why you and your campaign team would want her to drop out as quickly as possible.

The longer this campaign continues the more time people have to investigate your past actions and decisions.

Truth always rises to the top and it is rising quickly.

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/03/24/barack-i-didnt-know-obama/#more-1919

http://www.stop-obama.org/?page_id=8

Read the well-documented scathing expose:
Barack-I-D­idn't-Know­-Obama- By MBolack. Also read the “information source documentation” (links) and comments provided by bloggers to the sites listed above. Especially, check out the bloggers' sources: NY Times, LA Times, Washington POst, The Nation, The Republic, Chicago Tribune, Columbia Journalism review, Businessweek, plus more.

Sen Obama, with all due respect, you can throw out as many names of endorsers as you want to.

What is your point?

You see, when people have truth on their side...they WILL NOT back down...

Yes Sen Obama. 'Personal integrity' and 'fighting for ones convictions' is alive and doing well-
Once we learned the truth there is no way we can ever give up..

Please tell your campaign people to find another sound bite to use in this campaign because

"Hillary must drop out" is going south fast.

[Ash79]

Will Monica Lewinsky be a key endorsement? Or will she be rejected and denounced?

[libbypfeiffer]

Wow, Obama is getting more superdelegates? I'm shocked!

How much money did he give them? is what I want to know. Scumbag.

[AJaProgressiveDude]

Libby? Would you be willing to call Barack Obama a "scumbag" to his face? I can arrange it for you...

[BrooklynLager]

There are always going to be Clinton supporters like this who were so sure she was going to win that any other outcome is illegitimate. Watching them work themselves up into a frenzy is absolutely fascinating. His latest crime is to be endorsed by Amy Klobuchar. Bastard!

[TerenceHartnett]

"who were so sure she was going to win that any other outcome is illegitimate"

Exactly---this sums up everything.

[gomonkeygo]

This is one of the nastiest if thankfully non-racist anti-Obama comments I've seen outside of the rightwing blogs. It's hard for a Clinton supporter to understand, I realize, but some people do things based on a concept called "principle" and not "money." I know this is an alien idea for Clinton Campers, but it really does work. Try it sometime.

[LeftLeanWing]

you should also question how much money would Hillary have given if her PAC had more money to give ? She gave $50,000 to Tom Vilsack of Iowa after his failed primary campaign to retire his debt.

Obama gave more than $694,000 to superdelegates from Hope Fund since 2005. Clinton distributed $195,000 to them through her political action committee, HillPAC, and campaign committee. This money is not given to the individual; its given to the (re)election campaign. However, you must know that this is the purpose of these PAC Funds, to help finance the campaigns of your collegues. If all of your collegues in the Congress happened to be SuperDelegates then so be it.

Since

[purplestategal]

I know it's hard but it's time to face reality. Clinton's candidacy is toast. In the meantime, it might be helpful to realize that the rage among her supporters is not helping Clinton's campaign evolve toward a graceful exit.

[domdella]

i say obama and john edwards

[candlewax]

I just don't trust John Edwards. His senate record was completely at odds with his candidacy positions and now this blaming Obama for the non-endorsement. Sorry but I just don't trust him.

[loball]

I would like to see an Obama/Biden Ticket come fall.

[tedbear]

Good idea, Biden has been around and knows what is happening.

[Teritt]

I like Obama/Biden way better than Obama/Edwards.

[candlewax]

Now that would be something! Or Obama/Dodd or Obama/Richardson, even Obama/Bloomberg or Hagel.

[eXcommunicate]

Barack Obama/Jim Webb '08 is the better choice. Webb offers more REAL experience than any of the fake experience Hillary could come up with. 'Just say no' to Hillary.

[BatedBreath]

Webb would certainly dull McCain's military edge a bit, but I hear he can be pretty abrupt on the campaign trail.

[BrooklynLager]

Can you give some examples of that?

To me he seems perfect. He's an ideological double of Obama with big foreign policy and bipartisan creds, and if that wasn't enough, he flips Virginia.

[IraqVet04]

Obama/ Gen. Wesley Clark would be a great solution to McCain.

[trbone]

First of all North Carolina' a congtrssional delegation is not endorsing Obama today . That was a lie perpetrated by Obamas campaign . Secondly don't request inauguration day off just yet . America will not elect a radical left winger POTUS. The media has very clearly chosen sides but that won' t be enough once the Republicans define him. After watching Obama bowl are you even sure he has a pair?

[SubparDude]

:

Yah...bowling = the ultimate test of manhood.

Incidentally the real dynamic in the Fall will be age. McCain's slips in the debates and his deteriorating mind will make the results generational, not ideological. Ya heard it here first.


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[AntonioMaceo]

lol @ bowling, btw I agree that this election will be a generational change over

[cosmic]

yeah what he said

[Davwbaird]

Both Obama and Hillary are equally to the left and good for them. Right now the youth of this country are the ones who will make the big difference in this campaign. The huge increase in registered voters thus far bodes well regardless. It will not take much to win some southern states with the right team. The Republican will be so out of line and McCain so out of it that the thought of another 4 years will be horrifying to any reasonable independent democrat or liberal republican.

[elr50]

It is already, Davwbaird.

[MizLiz]

One thing's for sure....she doesn't need to hold out for a V.P. offer, because Obama would rather have a live cobra than her.

[bailey2006]

I look forward to the day I can watch Hillary on television giving her concession speech. It should be interesting!

[cosmic]

interesting?!? if by that you mean incredibly relieving and pleasurable, i agree. NOthing against Hill as a human being and a woman, but her campaign has been truly miserable.

[psfurlong356]

she should stay in, but can she do it with class? or will she play the "if I can't win then nobody can" game?

[OliveAndBlack]

"Class"? HRC wouldn't know class if it hit her on the head like a ton of bricks.

[highlyamused]

yeah..........all the money in the world can't buy you class.

[Teritt]

Obama supporter here (older? white female), and I believe Hillary can still bow out with 'class' - but it's a choice only she can make.
BTW, if all Obama supporters really want to help, they can make another monetary contribution. No matter how small, money does talk. The amount coming in will speak volumes to all of those undecided super delegates.

[zjemi]

I'm guessing that the people who are urging her to drop out believe that she cannot do it "with class" as you say. Ideally it would be better if all the states vote feeling that their votes are important. I expect the Clintons to point out that if she drops out now, the votes of 10 states (and territories) will not really count.

I wonder just what move of hers prompted Leahy and others to push her to quit. The Bosnia fake was well known before it became Big News, but maybe it was her "Hey, these things happen." reaction in contrast to Obama's A More Perfect Union speech.

Anyone have any other ideas?

[highlyamused]

Candidate dropping out of a campaign when they don't have the votes/delegates to win isn't anything new. Edwards probably had people who wanted to vote for him in the states that held primaries after he dropped out. Are they disenfranchised? Are they crying about it? Should we force him back in so they can have their vote count?
She is doing a Nader.....­...yeah...­...she has the right to. But, let's be intellectually honest here......IF the shoe was on the other foot...........you realllllll­llllllllly think Obama would stil be in the race? ummmm noooooo. And Hillary would be the first one screaming for him to stop destroying the party.

[bailey2006]

This was the first year that California had and earlier primary - Super Tuesday. Before, it was always June.

The reason for the change?? Because we were almost always left out of the ability to make an impact, since the candidate was usually decided before June.

Why do you feel that this year should be any different than in all the other primaries in the past? Many states were left "disenfranchised" then.

BUT because it is Hillary, we should do things differently, right? Hillary and her supporters certainly expect that all the norms should be changed to suit her purpose.
This is NOT the real life, folks!

[TerenceHartnett]

"Ideally it would be better if all the states vote feeling that their votes are important."

Ah . . . . when has this ever happened????

I live in Indiana and I have never voted in a primary. WHY? Because it is always over before Indiana. Have I been disenfranchised all these years? This is faulty logic. If this was a two person race with any other of the Dem candidates in HRC position this race would have ended after Wisconsin-­-certainly after TX/OH.

[bish66]

Before Texas and Ohio, Obama pretended to have 50 Superdelegates in his pocket, on the brink of coming out to endorse him. So far, I only noticed Richardson, Casey and Klobuchar. Two are freshman senators, like Obama, Casey endorsed out of revenge and Richardson destroyed his reputation when he tried to explain why he endorses Obama, despite announcing earlier that superdelegates should represent the vote of their state ("Come on, yes, she won, but it was close, a mere technicality and as a Western governor, I have to be flexible...")

I decided not to trust any word from Obama. He changed positions and stories so often, it is wiser to wait a while until the dust has settled... BTW, is that the change he is always talking about, change of positions and ideas???

[m4rk0]

Please provide a link that has Obama or his campaign claim that they have 50 superdelegates in their back pocket.

[TurnThePageGA]

Actually they denied they had 50 supers. I did not believe them though. I think they have them and are deploying them as needed.

[billrott]

Ok, your posting is full of a lot of speculation and hearsay. Let me point out some facts to you. First, Obama never confirmed the 50 Super Delegate myth. The story actually came from Tom Brockav and the Obama campaign denied it. Of course, since Tom said it, the MSM ran with the story.

As for Casey, I am from PA and trust me, he did not endorse out of revenge. Bob Casey has not waited around for two decades saying I want to get revenge on Hillary. Casey endorsed the candidate he thought was the best for the party and America. If you listened to his speech, he said he actually planned to stay neutral during the election cycle, but his four daughters urged him to support Barack.

As for Richardson, please get over this endorsement. Richardson endorsed Obama enough said. I have had to listen to the smears on Richardson since he did not endorse Clinton. Why can't he utilized the independent judgment all the Clintonites want the Supers to utilize.

[Fabienne]

In the Iowa caucuses, Richardson instructed his delegates to move to the Obama camp. He was leaning toward Obama from the very beginning, and was cowed by the Clinton camp from speaking out earlier.

[billrott]

As for your argument that these endorsements don't matter, you need to look at them further. The fact that these people are freshman senators means they are known to the voters, still have the remnants of political campaign structures, etc. In the case of Bob Casey, my senator, he is loved outside of Philadelphia by Democrats. His endorsement is on par with Ed Rendell's endorsement in Philadelphia.

As for change of positions, please read the positions on Barackobama.com They have been consistent throughout the campaign and from before.

[leftbehind2000]

"As for change of positions, please read the positions on Barackobama.com They have been consistent throughout the campaign and from before."

If these posters actually read the positions on Barackobama.com, they would be left with nothing to post here. That is, unless they want to fall back to the equally specious "the country isn't ready to elect a black man" argument.

[4wehttam]

So your saying endorsements only matter if their aimed at Hillary? ALL endorsements matter, the more support you get the better off you are because that person can work to get your message out to the public.

And speaking of changing positions and ideas, exactly what would you be referring to? Have any specifics? Obama's message has been more consistent than any politician I know, so if your going to through that out like that, have the guts to back it back with actual facts, otherwise concentrate on your lying, "me and only me" candidate.

[SamWainwright]

This seems to be the only way our party is going to 'snatch victory from the jaws of defeat". The superdelegates need to get off the fence, commit and get this thing over. Democrats have an opportunity and a window in the election this year. The opportunity is still there but the Clintons are doing everything they can to shut that window. It's pretty obvious their campaing has switched to "2012" mode. Come on, superdelegates! It's time to step up.

[vsign]

The left of the party cannot see a winner. Obama cannot win the General. Kerry was a bad candidate too.

Maybe have some respect for other democratic voters who can see Hillary as the winner in the General.

But maybe you would rather lose in the General?

[psfurlong356]

it's not about "stategery" it's about individual voters making a choice.

[theMightyT]

Hillary is polling worse than Obama. You're not makin any sense.

[TurnThePageGA]

No that's why we support the winner, OBAMA.

[crushinator]

Are you actually comparing Obama to Kerry????? Not even close.

A few months ago, HRC or BO could each have won the general. Now both of their favorability ratings have dropped, but HRC's have dropped a lot more.

By prolonging this fight, McCain's getting a free pass in the media. Either one of them should drop out or the superdelegates should step in and end this (as distasteful as that may be).

Since one of the candidates (BO) has more pledged delegates, more popular votes, and more states won, they should be the nominee. I'm not a huge fan of either one but this school yard brawl needs to end now.

[4wehttam]

How do you suppose Hillary would win in the GE when her negatives keep dropping? She was not liked before and now she's liked EVEN LESS.

We've picked a winner......OBAMA. If Clintonites decide to be vengeful and vote McCain because of Hillary's entitlement syndrome then you can live with that vote for the next four years.

FOUR MORE YEARS OF:

WAR in Iraq
More and more of our soldiers die
Billions of OUR dollars being wasted
Our children being left behind
Our vets not being taken care of
Healthcare too expansive or not attainable
Our debt to foreign countries increasingly handicapping us
Our reputation remains down the toilet
Jobs continually being outsourced

Congratulations, you should be so proud of yourselves.

[vsign]

No matter how many endorcements you get Obama - voters want a democracy where their vote counts. Hillary will win the popular vote.

You have never been in a hard race before. You squeal whenever anyone criticizes you.

You are not presidential material yet.

[Siryn]

Hillary wants democracy when it suits her. She agreed that FL and MI shouldn't count, when she didn't think she'd need them. She's a fair weather friend.

[ChrisRocks]

Please define what presidential mateial is.

I hope you're not suggesting the Clinton's are the yardstick for that measuring presidentialness.

[juangault]

I hope you will be open minded enough to vote for Obama if he does win the nomination. We need to drive out the pirates from our treasury.

[IraqVet04]

So if Hillary WILL win the popular vote, how come she ISN'T winning the popular vote? Or delegates. If she is so much more electable than Obama, then all she has to do is get more votes. Shouldn't be too hard right since she's more popular. Oh wait. I guess I misspoke.

[JoelNH]

Quote from Hillary Clinton:>

WHO? has advocated stopping any election?

That kind of comment is inflammatory and disingenuous. You know, its one thing to reject calls for you to step out of the race. I can appreciate her position on that, but to make the statement that someone is advocating "Stopping an election." Is just plain stupid. No one said that.

What kind of president would she make when she twists things around like this. I can answer that, " THE KIND OF PRESIDENT WE ALREADY HAVE."

Just go away. Please.

[SCG]

They always twist and spin everything­.......it'­s tiresome.

[highlyamused]

Yes, and the twist and spin act isn't working too well for them either. They know exactly what they're doing when they do this........but I don't think they're getting the desired effects. This is a different election today with the internet and all....but I do think they're trying to spin those who don't pay that much attention until primary/election day. Those people who only hear sound bites etc.