yaelMay 14th, 2008 - 22:43:40

Shame on Edwards.

At least he is showing his true colors. He is as ruthless and politically expedient as Obama. They belong together.

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Julie in KYMay 14th, 2008 - 23:10:37

Is anyone surprised? Edwards is looking for a spot on Obama's ticket. Well, I have news for him, Kentucky will not be fooled. Don't forget Edwards is a wealthy lawyer first and foremost. He cares about getting on board with the perceived nominee for his own selfish reasons. He has a wife with cancer and small children at home that need emotional support. But no matter, he's going to out politicking when his wife is on her deathbed.

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Hope & Change (tm)May 14th, 2008 - 23:23:06

Vote for Obama... or you are a racist pig.

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Obama is shamelessly buying off superdelegatesMay 14th, 2008 - 23:41:01

Abridged:


'Seeking Superdelegates
As the Democratic Party's superdelegates decide whether to support Clinton or Obama, will they take into account the $900,000 they've received from the candidates?

By Lindsay Renick Mayer

February 14, 2008 | (Story updates and chart available here).

(Figures in this story have been adjusted to reflect Sen. Ted Kennedy's contributions from the two candidates, which were overlooked in the original posting. Changes are in bold.) At this summer's Democratic National Convention, nearly 800 members of Congress, state governors and Democratic Party leaders could be the tiebreakers in the intense contest between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. If neither candidate can earn the support of at least 2,025 delegates in the primary voting process, the decision of who will represent the Democrats in November's presidential election will fall not to the will of the people but to these 'superdelegates'—the candidates' friends, colleagues and even financial beneficiaries. Both contenders will be calling in favors.

And while it would be unseemly for the candidates to hand out thousands of dollars to primary voters, or to the delegates pledged to represent the will of those voters, elected officials who are superdelegates have received at least $904,200 from Obama and Clinton in the form of campaign contributions over the last three years, according to the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics.

Obama, who narrowly leads in the count of pledged, 'non-super' delegates, has doled out more than $698,200 to superdelegates from his political action committee, Hope Fund, or campaign committee since 2005. Of the 82 elected officials who had announced as of Feb. 12 that their superdelegate votes would go to the Illinois senator, 35, or 43 percent of this group, have received campaign contributions from him in the 2006 or 2008 election cycles, totaling $232,200. In addition, Obama has been endorsed by 52 superdelegates who haven't held elected office recently and, therefore, didn't receive campaign contributions from him.

Clinton does not appear to have been as openhanded. Her PAC, HILLPAC, and campaign committee appear to have distributed $205,500 to superdelegates. Only 12 percent of her elected superdelegates, or 13 of 109 who have said they will back her, have received campaign contributions, totaling about $95,000 since 2005. An additional 128 unelected superdelegates support Clinton, according to a blog tracking superdelegates and their endorsements, 2008 Democratic Convention Watch.

Because superdelegates will make up around 20 percent of 4,000 delegates to the Democratic convention in August--Republicans don't have superdelegates—Clinton and Obama are aggressively wooing the more than 400 superdelegates who haven't yet made up their minds. Since 2005 Obama has given 52 of the undecided superdelegates a total of at least $363,900, while Clinton has given a total of $88,000 to 15 of them. Anticipating that their intense competition for votes in state primaries and caucuses will result in a near-tie going into the nominating convention, the two candidates are making personal calls to superdelegates now, or are recruiting other big names to do so on their behalf. With no specific rules about what can and can't be done to court these delegates, just about anything goes.

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PperfectMay 15th, 2008 - 00:11:43

Of course what you meant to say is that both Obama and Clinton have donated this money to these politicians campaign. 'Buyoff' is such a harsh word and I know you of all people would not want anyone to think you were telling a 'half truth'?

The only reason this makes any news is the super delegate thing is new, but is working exactly how it is suppose to. Politicians donating money to other politicians campaigns has been happening for years, the Republicant's do it all the time.

I know your intent was not to mislead???????

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yahMay 15th, 2008 - 01:32:11

and take ess pee along

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You will try anything to 'win', including fascism.May 15th, 2008 - 01:34:28

'Buyoff' is such a harsh word and I know you of all people would not want anyone to think you were telling a 'half truth'?'

The whole truth is that they are both buying off these inherently unrepresentative, anti-democracy and outright morally wrong 'superdelegates'. The whole truth is that Obama has spread a whole lot more money around among them in order to buy his position.

Deny that.

'The only reason this makes any news is the super delegate thing is new, but is working exactly how it is suppose to.'

Yes, it is subverting the democratic process and bringing power out of the hands of the people and putting it in the back rooms of the DNC where money talks and the will of the people walks. You are correct, that is exactly what it was meant to do. Subvert democracy and make a bunch of political cronies king makers. Why are you not outraged by this?

Seriously: Why are you not outraged by this and the fact that the DNC can negate the vote in Florida and Michigan? This is no longer democracy speaking, it is dirty back room politics which Obama excels at. (Just look at Chicago.)

' Politicians donating money to other politicians campaigns has been happening for years, the Republicant's do it all the time.'

Are Republican 'superdelegates' deciding the race? If there were such things and if they were deciding who the nominee was do you think they would have nominated McCain? No, you are being willfully blind to the seriously obscene bastardization of the democratic process by the DNC/Howard dean/George Soros political machine that makes Tammany Hall look like a Sunday school picnic.

Why aren't democrats insisting on better? This is not democracy.

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So many moonbats, so few IP addresses.May 15th, 2008 - 01:36:32

All the skitzo gang is here I see.

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Yeah it is working exactly how it is suposed to...May 15th, 2008 - 02:21:09

Abridged:


Hillary, Barack, want my vote? Just $20 million, please


Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - What will it take for a Democratic presidential candidate to win the support of California superdelegate Steven Ybarra?

Say, $20 million.

The Democratic National Committee member doesn't parse his words when it comes to what he wants from Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton - an ironclad promise to spend that heady amount to register Mexican-American voters and get them to the polls in November.

In a telephone interview Wednesday, he said he plans to remain undecided in the tight contest until 'someone shows me the money.'

When will he settle on a candidate?

'Nobody showed me any money yet,' he said.

He's not kidding. To Ybarra, a Sacramento lawyer, the stakes are no less than winning the presidency in November.

He predicted that as many as 1.3 million Mexican-Americans could be added to voter rolls in New Mexico, Colorado, Florida and other swing states, a potentially decisive edge for the eventual Democratic nominee.

With that investment of funds, Mexican-Americans would realize Democratic leaders 'care about us,' Ybarra said, referring to Mexican-Americans.
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See, the DNC in action...

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PperfectMay 15th, 2008 - 03:49:41

And dumba-s when the $20 mm is paid get back to me. Cry, cry, cry you pathetic wagger.

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