Superdelegates Continue To Flow To Obama

Despite Hillary Clinton's sizable victory in West Virginia last night, the Obama camp has rolled out two more superdelegates this morning. Rep. Pete Visclosky (IN) has endorsed the Illinois senator, as well as Christine Schon Marques. Marques, the chair of the Democrats Abroad, is assigned .5 votes at the Democratic convention.

UPDATE: The two remaining college-aged superdelegates have also endorsed Obama, via a Youtube posting last night.

[WATCH]

UPDATE: Looks like Hillary has landed herself a superdelegate: Vicky Harwell, president of the Tennessee Federation of Democratic Women.

UPDATE: Obama picks up the Oklahoma State Senate Pro Tempore

Read statements below from the superdelegates:

[Visclosky]

"America needs a President who offers a vision of the future comprised of sensible solutions to today's troubles. My choice is Senator Barack Obama, who promises to seek pragmatic, progressive solutions to problems like jobs, Iraq, the energy crisis, and healthcare. Barack Obama will bring people together, give them hope, spur change, and set the U.S. back on a course toward progress, prosperity, and global leadership."

[Marques]

"As a Democrat abroad, I've seen the repercussions of the Republican Administration every day, in the diminished reputation of the United States and in the lack of real leadership both at home and abroad, from the economy to the war in Iraq," said Schon Marques. "I'm proud to be a Democrat, and proud of both our candidates. Today I pledge my support to Senator Barack Obama because I believe that he will take our country in the right direction, he will restore America's reputation, he will honor the men and women who are bravely serving our country, and he will reach out to Americans across the country and around the world. I hope that voters overseas join me in registering today at www.VoteFromAbroad.org so that all our voices are heard this November."

[Harwell]

"Hillary's decisive victory in West Virginia is the latest evidence that she is the strongest candidate to take on John McCain and win back the White House," Harwell said. "Hillary has the plans, leadership and experience to deliver real results as President."

Comments

[zbearlady]

If Edwards came out for Obama, then you know Hillary is definitely finished -only staying in the race for her own personal agenda & ego! I mean, heck, it couldn't have been easy in the Edwards home with John's decision to go against his wife! (since she prefers HRC's healthcare plan.) That tells me he obviously thought it prudent to stop Hill's momentum of delusion asap -before she does any more significant damage to our party.

Also, the media has to come up with something 'dramatic' every day in order to stay in business -even if they have to exaggerate, fabricate & spin events way out of proportion for a good story. It's called 'ratings.' For anyone who is blind enough to believe the hype the media is spinning -that West Virginia votes actually count for anything other than just defining the ignorance and antiquated prejudices of the voters, well...then they probably aren't looking at the facts.

Those being: Obama won a far bigger majority of votes (many of those from 'hard-working, white Americans) in Virginia, Idaho, D.C., Arkansas, Hawaii and Kansas than HRC's majority victory in WV. And just today, following his (predicted) loss in W.V, he picked up many more endorsements and 4 more super delegates. In one week, Barack has received over 30 superdelegates -to Hillary's what...2?

If that's not an obvious sign about who the majority of democrats want for their leader....then what more proof will it take?

[AdobePhsyko]

Wasn't the guy on the video one of the Sept 11th Hijackers ?

[AnAmericanGentleman]

Hooray for racism! You don't happen to be from West Virginia do you?

[sierrarisings1]

JoHN EDWARDS JUST WENT TO OBAMAS CAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[SensibleAmerican]

Obama launched his IL senate candidacy at the door-step of Bill Ayers the underground terrorist
One of his best friends in the Chicago elite circle was a fella named Rashid, an Iraqi with Hamas connections
Wright ... well we all know his Farrakhan, Libyan/Gaddafi connections and his longstanding relationship with Obama. Not to forget his inflammatory, racist, bigoted and seperatist speeches
Michele Obama claims America is a mean Country and she never had any reason to be proud of the Nation she is clamoring to be the first lady of!
Lack of lapel pin as a protest against patriotism
Crotch salute to the flag during the rendering of the National Anthem!

Well, no wonder Obama is the hero of all the far-left-loons-America haters!!!

[wanj]

Let me guess... you're a republican that can't stop themselves from all the negative, divisive lingo that we as Americans are fed up with; if you know Bush's approval ratings of 80%. The highest ever since the polls history...
Now, why haven't you mentioned McBush's Hagee connection? Why haven't you mentioned Cindy McBush's refusal to disclose her taxes if McBush has nothing to hide? Do you know how much they (McBush) and many other Millionares have benefited from the Bush tax cuts that McBush wants to continue? Now, here is the kicker.. how do all the above benefit you?
It's very interesting to watch how no one walked out of the Catholic church when they suspected the sex abuse, when they question Obama's pastor. Does that mean I would not vote for a Catholic? Of couse NOT! It just means I will not allow the fear mongering, personal smears to affect my vote or my future. You cannot be held accountable for every association be it pastor or whatever be a definition of you as a person... That's why my vote against McBush will not be based on Hagee, it will be based on his stance on the war, global warming, taxes, economy, etc
My vote this Nov will be for a Democrat be it Hillary or Obama b/c they actually want to help the poor in this country. The racial divide that we've become accustomed to will not play a part in it.

[U4IA]

Thanks for this- very enlightening. You must be new here?

[motherfather]

yahoo, whew, just great..you are the most intelligent person in America. everything you say is right and everyone believes you. NOW GO AWAY.

[davidly]

Wow. Haven't read you for some time. You used to be capable of actual reasonable perspective in and between the loon stuff.

[Grannysue]

It's about dam time, these people need to get off their royal butts and get on with this so He can start taking McSame on in full force! You already know the SWIFTBOATERS and ROVERS are gearing up their slim machines!

[LawSource]

THE CLINTONS Chronicles
======================
Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnq5U9ovtaE
Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uX94zemAEA
Part3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlHfjqDKk58
Part4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKvFlfFPvBM
Part5:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbTTy7Cuw1c
Part6:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUBYoq-rBg
Part7:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRFDD758gW0
Part8:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBBLETE3HDA
Part9:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqUA6is4oh8
Part10:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwRBzmfWQ_E
Part11:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPwHP-PqgHE

====================================
Enjoy ;)

Hillary Clinton: The Movie

The Full Shocking video.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docId=8464923602139974671&hl=en

[davidly]

What a disappointment. Couldn't you have turned us on to something original? I know she's slime, but so are all of the talking heads in the movie.

[leftoflennon]

4.5 today...

:D

[Bluejay00234]

Per his website he only need 135 delegates more, wow!

[leftoflennon]

And Edwards to endorse tonight....:D

[EyeWantOneNation]

Never mind...the story hadn't popped up on my computer yet, then I "refreshed" and it was there !!!

Thanks anyway !!

[EyeWantOneNation]

Where did you hear that...did I miss something somewhere ???

[Yansher]

More Good News!

[gladys46]

Very, very good news!

And, in the meantime, dems continue to take repub seats 1 after the other, in fact 1,2,3 with Mississippi!! How wouldathunkit!!

Funny how non-supportive repubs think we need their advice!!

Obama is still winning!

[Sundialsvc4]

To repeat: this is not a "brand war." None of these three particular individuals, as far as I am aware, has EVER walked upon the water. In fact, they appear to be just an arbitrary selection of 3 out of the 100 persons who call themselves "United States Senators."

Looking at their respective qualifications, I frankly see no difference at all. This "choice" is a NON-choice. Hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on this utterly-bizarre "popularity contest," and not-a-cent of it is being spent on anything that matters. The voting records of all three of these people is a matter of Public Record, since all three of them are sitting Senators ... and (looking at http://thomas.loc.gov) I cannot tell them apart.

We're being told that "them's your choices." But... since when has this EVER been true?

Ladies and gentlemen, for more than the last seven years we have ALL been played for the greatest collection of Fools that any deity has ever invented. (I make this statement whether you reside in the United States of America or not.) You're being robbed, your hopes and dreams are being wiped out, and your sons AND daughters are being killed by people who do not give a tinker's-dam about you.

This is our planet.

"The best that we can hope for" equals "the worst that we can accept."

"Unacceptable."

None of our forefathers died for "this."

[SensibleAmerican]

Finally we have a fighter in Hillary and just see how the liberal media and her own wussy party people are treating her?! She is a far stronger candidate than Obama because:

Her resume is a mile long while Obama"s fits on a "post-it"!
More Dems have voted for her than for Obama
She gets around 66% of all votes except for the liberal elite including the far left and Afro-Americans. The SAME/SIMILAR coalition that led to the doom of Dems in all General Elections since Nixon, except for a brief respite in 1992 and 1996!
Obama has won caucuses which are hardly a representation of "the will of the people" while Hillary has won all the major States relevant this Fall
Obama"s majority of victories are in "deeply Red" States and hence have no impact in the General Election
Pastor Wright and Bill Ayers are not going away! His association with them makes his entire candidacy suspect, to say the least. His campaigns wink-wink with the Canadians on NAFTA, his campaign fellas meeting with Hamas and Michele Obama"s pronouncements about her own Country are red meat and fair game if he is nominated

[LawSource]

SensibleAmerican?

YOU NEED SOME SENSE!!

WE SWITCH From Hillary To Obama here in Florida!

1) OBAMA HAS "MORE LEGISLATIVE" EXPERIENCE THAN Hillary Clinton: OBAMA 12 years - Clinton 8 years:

2) OBAMA MANAGE HIS CAMPAIGN "FAR MUCH BETTER" THAN Hillary! SHE BADLEY MISMANAGE HER Campaign into 20 Million Dollars Worth of Debt! THIS TELLS US THAT SHE WAS NEVER READY ON DAY ONE!!

3) HER CAMPAIGN WAS NOT PREPAIR TO GO BEYONG "Super Tuesday" ! BUT Sen. Obama was Prepair Despite the Fact That he was 79 delegate BEHIND Sen. Clinton! Sen. Obama NOT ONLY OVER TAKE HER DELEGATE LEAD, HE PUT HER IN A DELEGATE HOLE, that she will not be able to get out of NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENDS!!

4) BILL and HILLARY give Americans a Front Row Seat to the type of "DIRTY Corrupt" Business Practices, Politics and Leadership they will bring to the White House; THAT IS NOT "REAL" Change! It IS The Same Old Politics That Keeps WASHINGTON LOBBYSTS Setting and Dictating the agenda over the American People!!

WE NEED REAL CHANGE..... This is Why We SWITCH From CLINTON TO OBAMA in FLORIDA!!

[TheRealMacDaddy]

You said it...Although I backed Obama in the first place... The Obama Community is growing by leaps and bounds here in Pinellas County.

Florida is no longer going to be a Red State...too many of our kids are coming home in Body Bags from Iraq! One or two every week in this county alone!

[BeyondTheBull]

Aparently, you have not researched Hillary's past (resume?) It's not something that a person of good character and integrity would boast.
She has a lot of sound bites that stick in the minds of the ill-informed. To quote the Jewish Times from 1/2008, "Campaign Of Falsehoods On Obama Seen Sticking". The Times is referring to the lies perpetuated by Hillary the Great, and sticking in the minds of people like you.
I hope you take to the time to become enlightened.

[eej]

I do not like her resume. I do not like her ties to people and corporations with their own monetary interests at heart. I don't like that she is owned by corporations.

As for the "red meat" the Republicans are masters at taking quotes out of context and running with them, and they will do that with anyone running against McCain. Unfortunately Hillary has used that tactic herself.

[SensibleAmerican]

Democrats are laughed at by the Republicans because they tend to choose the wussiest and most out-of-touch candidates for President again and again! Mondale, Dukakis, Carter, Gore, Kerry
For ONCE they chose a real "son-of-the-soil" Bill Clinton and he turned out to be the only Dem Prez. to serve 2 terms since FDR!
Democrats have been painted as "weak on defense" and they are proving it again by the far-left-loonies trying to hijack the Party and their subsequent support for Obama
Imagine if the shoe was on the other foot in 2000?!The Republicans would not have caved in like Gore did
Imagine a Bill Clinton being swift boated by the Republicans in 2004?! Would he have bent over like Kerry did?!
They love to stand around in a circle and shoot! Ted Kennedy was almost 800 delegates behind in 1980 and he took the fight all the way to the convention. Now the same "has been" wants Hillary to bow out!

[gladys46]

In the meantime, dems. continued to take repub seats 1by1 and Obama is still winning!

Thank you very mucho.

[chriss0114]

I'm so sorry you feel that way gorillaman.

Way too many HRC supporters are sore and saying they will not vote for Obama in the GE.

That they would vote (or not vote) in a way that would be to their detriment as far as women's rights, more dead and maimed young soldiers, a more dangerous world (cold war seems to be heating up again) is a testament to how hurt they are and how dangerous it is to make them even madder.

This is especially true if HRC decides to attempt to sabotage Barack's chance in November in an "I told you so" attempt to give herself another chance in 2012 (same results with more dead and maimed, more rights infringed upon ... etc.).

HRC needs to ease out and work with her supporters to unite the party with no strings attached (if she has any class or really does care about "the people" she claims she does).

[LawSource]

Gladys,

GOOD POINT!!

THE GOP Hate Mungers WILL BE "SOUP" This November!!

ALL MY Republican Friends are Canvassing for Obama right here in , Florida!!

[Sundialsvc4]

In this media-besotted age, there are two "fundamental principles" that are screamed by the propaganda ministry at the top of their lungs, at the exclusion of all other sentiments:

(1) "This is a popularity contest. This is just like marketing, or television ratings. As soon as we figure out what 'the winner' is, we should ignore everything else."

(2) "The only choices that we exist are the ones that we have pre-ordained."

If you may recall, at a point in time that was "absurdly too-early," a slate of three "so-called candidates" was pre-ordained, and they have been saying whatever the pollsters told them to say ever since. (Meanwhile, in their roles as United States Senators, they have been universally voting for war...) The powers that have appointed them into these positions frankly do not have reason to care which one "wins."

Every single "other" candidate, every single "other" possibility, has been systematically excluded, as though it simply did not exist. Likewise, the impeachment and prosecution of "any civil officer" has been wiped from public consideration.

Is THIS "the best that we can do?" Do we REALLY "have to" accept this?

... I think not.

I think that there are "just a few hundred" hideously-cruel people (in thousand-dollar suits) who taking "hundreds of millions" of us for utter FOOLS. Our forefathers are spinning in their graves.

Can't we, like, "get busy and FIX this?" Yeah, I thought so.

[sfsj]

Barack also gets NARAL today:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-keenan/why-naral-pro-choice-amer_b_101708.html

And the endorsements of three former SEC chairpersons:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121073227421390697.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

And already had an ex Fed Chairman:
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/01/31/volcker-joins-list-of-obama-backers/

I really hope all the Clinton supporters will vote for Barack. There is currently investigations into the VA emails claiming "shhh, there are really 12,000 vet suicides per year, not the 760 publicly released." The continuation of this war will be on our collective souls if we let petty personality differences allow this war to continue. There should be no more military officials coming to some someone's door to change their world with notice of the combat death or suicide of thier loved one. EVERYONE PLEASE COME TOGETHER AND STOP THE WAR! That won't happen with McCain!

[GREGKLINE]

GOOD NEWS FOR BARACK! - SOME PERSPECTIVE

Here are all of the states that Barack Obama has won by double digit
percentage points from highest to lowest;

STATE--BARACK--HRC--NET-GAIN
VI---------90----8--------82
ID---------79---17--------62
HI---------76---24--------52
DC---------75---24--------51
AK---------75---25--------50
KS---------74---26--------48
WA---------68---31--------37
NE---------68---32--------36
CO---------67---32--------35
GA---------66---31--------35
DA---------67---33--------34
MN---------66---32--------34
IL---------65---33--------32
VA---------64---35--------29
SC---------55---27--------28
MD---------61---36--------25
MS---------61---37--------24
ND---------61---37--------24
WY---------61---38--------23
LA---------57---36--------21
VT---------59---39--------20
ME---------59---40--------19
UT---------57---39--------18
WI---------58---41--------17
AL---------56---42--------14
NC---------56---42--------14
TX-CAUCUS--56---43--------13
DE---------53---42--------11

By contrast, here are all of Hillary's double digit wins;

STATE--BARACK--HRC--NET-GAIN
AR---------26---70--------44
WV---------26---67--------41
OK---------31---55--------24
RI---------40---58--------18
NY---------40---57--------17
AS---------42---57--------15
MA---------41---56--------15
TN---------41---54--------13
PA---------45---55--------10

FEEL BETTER ABOUT WV NOW?

Don't let the media and HRC bamboozle you. I'm not certain if
Hillary seems more like the Black Knight in Monty Python and
the Holy Grail, or the title character in the movie Weekend
At Bernies. Barack's actually winning this thing BIGTIME.

Love & All Good Things,
Greg

[GBecker]

Awesome. Thanks for the links/info.

[cmrinc]

Obama got his Bar-B-Qed! Yes he did!

[Vern58]

What, a Black Man who happens to be running for President gets his butt waxed in what is probably the least educated and most racist part of the US? Imagine that!
Thats not a victory for Hillary- it is an expose of the ugly racial divide in the bowels of Appalachia.

[JR49]

Most tragic on this is that WV departed from us (VA) because of slavery and racism. WV wanted to be part of anti-slavery coallition. Something had to go totally wrong there since that time.
It is not just low level of education but ignorance too. How can somebody explain to me statments from voters there like "Obama is a muslim" or "I would never vote for African-American"...I just remind you VA...so called fortress of slavery and rasism was won by Barqack Obama...it leave us in troublesome view that life in WV is is frozen in time of 19-century. Even though people in 19th century had better ideas.

[k6007]

I'll bet it got you all hot and bothered, didn't it?

[Vern58]

Well it is about time that Pete Visclosky endorsed him. Finally Indiana 1st gets off the pot.
I salute Pete for seeing the will of his electorate, since our district wen