MNfreeze's Comments (22)

“This is much ado about nothing. It's not like POTUS or the WH had anything to do with it. More nonsense taken out of context in order to create a distraction on behalf of the Repubs.

BTW, this is not unique to Obama. Check out this youtube clip from a Nixon documentary (2:44 minutes into the video).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP_oOJiuvW4&feature=PlayList&p=6AE90595B49D8C31&index=16

Personally I do not think we should not hero worship ANY president. But the wingnuts are laying on the outrage a bit thick here, no?”

“Bob-

Just a technical question. Do we need 51 or 50 votes (+ Biden) for reconciliation? I keep hearing we need 51, but wouldn't 50 and Biden be enough for a majority?”

“You forgot to mention tonight's "ON THE RECORD" hit piece on Fox with Greta Van Susteren. She hates, I mean HATES, Obama!

Where does that hate come from? Did Obama make fun of her plastic surgery?”

“My thought is this campaign to discredit ACORN to try to de-legitimize the future President Obama. My prediction is the week before the election, the RNC will file a claim in a federal court claiming ALL 1.3 million voters registering through ACORN should be considered invalid and thrown off the voter rolls.

This action will put the whole process into chaos and into the courts and cause total confusion on election day, particularly in minority districts. Many people will not know if they have been purged from the voter rolls until they show up Nov 4th. Best case scenario for McCain is it gets all the way to the conservative Supreme Court and they pull another Gore v. Bush. Worst case scenario for the Republicans is they de-legitimize the future Obama presidency by saying the election was “tainted” with fraud. Either way, they “win”.

Hopefully I’m just being paranoid. Hopefully the Obama campaign is working to neutralize some of the Republican strategy. I’m sure they still have some dirty tricks up their sleeves, but my sense is this ACORN strategy seems to be their “piece de resistance”!”

“There are several examples in the article of her being unprepared to deal with even the Alaskan issues. She seems highly ambitious, but doesn't come off as someone who is intellectually curious (remind you of anyone?).

Interesting article...­neverthele­ss we should not make the mistake twice of understimating her. She is a force with the entire right-wing machine behind her. I believe in surgical strikes rather than cluster bombing. Leave all the family , National Enquirer stuff alone.

The goal for Obama/Biden is to have the public perceive her as someone who is in waaayyy over her head and dangerously unprepared as a VP.”

“I've been thinking the Obama campaign needs to regain the momentum..­.the Invesco Field 'bounce' was pretty much taken after the Palin bomb the next day.

Suggestion: A major endorsement would help put some wind back in their sails.

Two Words: Colin Powell”

“No point trying to reason. PUMAS are small in number but stubborn as goats.

They cannot be reasoned with...the­y simply have to be overcome.

Obama/Sebelius 08”

“Was the article sexist?”

“According to the VF article, Bill Clinton hooked up with Gina Gerson?

My compliments, Monsieur President!”

“Just think people...b­y Wednesday or Thursday, when Barack has enough SD's to secure the nomination, WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO HEAR FROM LANNY DAVIS AGAIN!

It feels like Christmas Eve...I can' wait!”

“Another ting to keep in mind when calculating (or at least trying to use) the "popular vote". Caucus states get severly underrepresented in the calculation. Imagine two states that both have 1,000,000 Democratic voters, but one is a caucus state and the other is a primary state. The primary state has a turnout of 600,000 and Hillary beats Obama 60-40, that is 360,000 votes to 240,000 for a margin of 120,000 net Hillary votes. The caucus state has a turnout of only 200,000 (because the process itself reduces turnout) and Obama beats Hillary by exactly the same margin, 60-40. That means 120,000 votes for Obama and 80,000 for Hillary, a net margin of 40,000 Obama votes.
What does this mean? In one sense, it means that Obama and Hillary have exactly tied. Two states, same population, each won a 60-40 vote in one of them. But the "popular vote" count would give Hillary an 80,000 vote edge just because primaries generate bigger turnouts.
That's a ridiculous measure of who is the "true" choice of Democrats. What you have here is too different methods of "sampling" Democratic voters. The weight of the results should be in terms of the size of the population of the Democratic voters, not the size of the "sample."”

“Obama supporters should steel themselves for the fact that Hillary is taking this to the convention. Posts like this and the stuff on Taylor Marsh and Hillary44 indicates they are itching for a convention fight. Why else would they be pushing this MI/FL/"popular vote" argument so hard?

Obama played by the rules. He is less than 50 delegates away from cliching the nomination. Now they want to move the goal posts and either screw him out of the nomination or weaken him so badly he will lose in November. This isn't over by a long shot!”

“Please provide evidence of Obama caling Hillary a racist or a liar?”

“Please provide evidence of Obama caling Hillary a racist or a liar?”

“Exacto-mundo!”

“Obama has a 20 year distinguished career helping the disadvantaged. Does that mean anything to Clinton supporters? Does Clinton's marginal record even bear scrutiny? What major accomplishment does she have? All Clinton can do is inspire vitriol within her old haggard minions. I shudder to think of a Clinton administration. Her constantly shifting positions, and fabrications amount to nothing more than second rate leadership. As for her ideas, we've heard them all before.”

“Look, as an Obama supporter, I would have given her the benefit of the doubt if he had come out and IMMEDIATELY and SINCERELY apologized to not just the Kennedy family, but the Obama family and the American people.

Instead she gave some half-baked, "if anyone was offended" type of apologies that drive me nuts.

I would ask Hillary supporters to compare the Obama campaigns reaction to "assassina­tion-gate" to the "elitist" San Francisco bru-ha-ha. Hillary was on TV within an hour calling Obama elitist and out of touch. Remember? Who has shown more class and restraint?

I would implore her to salvage any shred of credibility she has left, show some class, and immediately suspend her candidacy. But who am I kidding?

See you in Denver everyone!”

“As an Obama supporter, I say leave the wives alone!”

“Please cite a specific example of when Obama played the race card? Or anyone in his campaign? If anything, Obama has been trying to stay away from racial politics.

But please, an example would be great.”

“Thank you Mr. George for this very well written post. As an Obama supporter, I understand the frustrations of many Clinton supporters. She is a fine candidate and her and her husband have made great contrbutions to this country. We all owe them a debt of gratitude.

However, Most rational Clintonites would concede she did not run the best campaign. She was plagued by in-fighting among surrogates and staff; her fund-raising was not up to the challenge; she ignored the caucus states; and she ran on experience in a "change" year.

Elections are never about who's the most qualified (Exhibit #1: GW Bush). Otherwise we would be taking about Joe Biden or Bill Richardson right now. Elections are about who connects with the voters. On every count, Barack has done a better job connecting. Sorry that is just the way it is.”

“C'mon people! Quit the cheap shots on Hillary and Fowler!

As Obama supporters, we should try to reflect the values and demeanor of our candidate, and be gracious in victory.

Look, I've had many many issues with Ms. Fowler the last few weeks, and I was ROYALLY PISSED when I found out it was she who sold him out to the MSM over that "bitter" controversy.

However, now is not the time to settle scores. Ms. Fowler is obviously a vehement supporter of Senator Clinton and while I do not agree with her tactics, I can respect the passion she feels for her candidate. And most of us have way more in common with her than we do with those Right-wing nut jobs on FOX or Newsmax! We are going to need support from people like Ms. Fowler to pull this thing off in November, so now we have to begin the healing process.

I think in a strange way, all of this adversity Obama has had to face, however painful, has made him a better candidate for the fall.

So whaddya say, let's try to keep some sanity in this discourse and rejoice that our candidate, the guy with the big ears and the funny name, IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT POTUS!!!!

DEMOCRATS UNITE! Gobama '08”

“Wow, so 25 out of a 100 people at a Clinton rally who were still undecided? That sounds like a good sign for Obama. Good reporting!

EVERYONE has an opinion about the Clintons, pro or con. My god, these people have been around for 20 years. My guess is those people would never consider voting for Sen. Obama anyway.

That being said: Obama +12 in NC, Obama +2 in IN.

GAME OVER”