Thank you so very much, Sen. Clinton, for your kind and insightful words today!
She's gone all out: check out the new splash page on HRC.com.
Please send a note of thanks to Sen. Clinton via the Obama campaign site.
Sen. Clinton's speech:
And MSNBC's analysis:
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
CNN quick vote
Will Clinton's speech tomorrow help to unify the Democratic party?
Please vote!
(scroll down a bit, on right)
downtime
From The LA Times Top of the Ticket:
Barack Obama to yield spotlight to Hillary Clinton ... one last time
After tending to one last bit of pressing business -- an unpublicized visit Thursday night with Hillary Clinton in Washington for a chat the entire political universe would have killed to overhear -- Barack Obama headed to his Chicago home for what his schedule listed as three days of downtime.
Cant' say the fellow didn't earn a long weekend. It was roughly 17 months ago that he began the quest that ended successfully this week for the Democratic presidential nomination; his schedule has been mostly non-stop over that period. And he routinely notes that the biggest negative about aspiring to become the leader of the free world has been the long stretches he's away from his two young daughters.
Still, his timing also happens to be politically perfect.
Clinton, after doing her best to pretend not to have noticed that Obama beat her to the delegate majority finish-line Tuesday night, carved out Saturday for a farewell bow as a presidential candidate (at least in '08). It's unorthodox -- most vanquished candidates don't linger in their also-ran status quite so long, nor finally pull the plug with quite so much grandeur.
But Clinton was no ordinary candidate and she ran no ordinary campaign (as she will no doubt point out -- frequently -- on Saturday).
So if you're Barack Obama -- and you need a break anyway -- why not stand down.
We don't imagine, though, that he'll stray too far from a television as Clinton prepares to take the stage.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Star Tribune: a DNC spring cleaning
an excerpt:
Barack Obama, trying to quickly unify his fractured party, made a series of symbolic but significant changes on Thursday aimed at showing him as an agent of change and in control of the Democratic machinery.
Less than 36 hours after claiming his party's presidential nomination, the Illinois senator said the Democratic National Committee (DNC) will stop accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists and political action committees, just as Obama's campaign has done.
AOL poll
Two questions on this one. Scroll down slightly.
Even notoriously pro-Clinton AOL seems to be gradually coming to the realization of what happened on Tuesday night...
Does Sen. Clinton even want the VP slot?
If not, then this could be a lot simpler than had been previously thought.
From MSNBC's First Read:
The New York Times' Nagourney is reporting that the Clinton campaign has released a statement publicly disavowing the campaign by some of her supporters to force Obama to choose her as his running mate.
“While Sen. Clinton has made clear throughout this process that she will do whatever she can to elect a Democrat to the White House, she is not seeking the vice presidency, and no one speaks for her but her,” communications director Howard Wolfson said in a statement to the Times. “The choice here is Sen. Obama’s and his alone.”
More from Nagourney's piece: "The apparent campaign to push Mrs. Clinton onto the ticket was, in its directness, unusual and several Democrats said arguably counterproductive. Aides to Mr. Obama said they were unhappy with the effort and some Democrats outside the campaign said that Mr. Obama could be portrayed to bowing to pressure should he choose Mrs. Clinton to run with him."
And from Time's The Page:
“She knows that the choice is his and his alone. If he offers it to her it will be his choice and if he doesn’t that will be solely his choice. Whatever he wants she will do….
She will do whatever she can and is asked to do to help elect him, but it would be be totally inappropriate for her to campaign for or seek the job. She is exhausted, she has been first lady for 8 years, she loves the Senate, and the choice is his.”
Check out "The View"
These ladies have changed their tune...they are definitely calling a spade a spade about the way Sen. Clinton seems to be flogging her supporters, rather than conceding defeat with grace and urging her supporters to make the shift to Obama.
Unfortunately, the video won't embed, so just click on the link.
Warm reception for Clinton supporters at Obama Rally
Excerpt from the MinnPost article:
The crowd kept pouring into the Xcel Energy Center. All ages. All races. All backgrounds. Young Somalis chanting "O-bama!" And older, white women, bedecked in sparkling red, white and blue and holding up a sign, "Women for Obama!''
But most noticeable was the arrival of such people as Buck Humphrey, who once had headed Hillary Rodham Clinton's Minnesota campaign. And Jackie Stevenson, a DFL activist, a feminist and a Clinton-supporting superdelegate, who at the last minute had changed her mind about attending the event. And St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman, who was a Clinton supporter until sometime Monday. And Rick Stafford, another Clinton superdelegate.
Former Secretary of State Joan Growe was there. And Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson. And a couple of dozen other people who had invested so much energy into Clinton's campaign.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
CNN quick vote
Scroll down on the right.
HRC for VP? No!
Even if she'd run an above-board campaign; even if Bill wouldn't butt in constantly; even if she hadn't shown herself to be of questionable ethical fiber at times...she doesn't provide any of the geographic, experiential, or policy variety that a VP is supposed to bring to a ticket.
JUST SAY NO.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Goodnight, Bush!
Goodnight Bush is a send-up of the classic children's book Goodnight Moon. It's about the rapidly-approaching end of the Bush Administration.
Click on the link and look inside the book for a preview.
Enjoy
Keep your eyes on DemCon Watch (the mini version is in the right hand margin, but the main page is oh so much more fun!) and see the Supers endorse, one by one!
The next few hours and days will be very gratifying. ENJOY!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Advice from an '04 veteran
From the Daily Kos:
An excerpt:
Please, Clinton supporters, take a lesson from a guy who's been there.
As a perfect-stormer Deaniac who ultimately failed to fully support John Kerry, I deeply appreciate what you are going through.
We can go on and on about the differences between Dean '04 and Clinton '08. Ultimately, you and I both face the effective conclusion of our candidate's campaigns before he or she concedes, and certainly before the rules say we must stop.
The heart says go on. Believe me, I know the feeling.
And then, when we are forced to stop, the viciousness, anger, bitterness, and spite boil up.
What comes next? I can tell you.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
South Dakota
The latest projections are that the South Dakota vote might be close.
Let's finish the primary season up with a show of strength!
If you have even a half-hour free over the next 50 or so hours, please consider phonebanking. Even if you've never done it before! It's surprisingly easy; after the first few calls, you'll get a feel for it. Just follow the link and detailed scripts will pop up in your browser as you go through the call, depending on how the caller answers each question. All you need is a phone and an internet connection.
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