Endorsements

I see two of my fellow bloggers from Burke have made endorsements recently.

Anonymous is a Woman flips to Hillary Clinton from Barack Obama.

Joel Rutstein endorses Leslie Byrne.

Comments

[Dan]

Hillary can certainly use the boost today. She has to contend with the Mississippi primary.

Mississippi is another one of those terribly undemocratic contests in one of those silly states that don't really count anyway.

Those danged uppity Democrats in red states like Mississippi and Virginia. How dare they delay the coronation. Don't they realize that their votes aren't important?

[Fan of Integrity]

The arrogance and sarcasm from the Obama supporters may have had something to do with AIAW (and plenty others) coming to Hillary's defense and supporting her.

Whatever the deal is -- it's horrible for the Democratic party which obviously the Repubs just adore.

[Fan of Integrity]

PS - One love people

On the issue of electability and whether Hillary supporters would vote for Obama, and vice versa, here's an analysis of some recent polls: http://www.pollster.com/blogs/on_defectors_and_independents.php

Absent some huge surprise after the convention (e.g., Hillary is a secret Muslim -- :)) the idea that one would support one but not the other, when McCain is the alternative, suggests a loose screw.

[Dan]

anon 12:54, I think you can discount polls predicting mass defections to McCain in the fall. We are all good Democrats who will vote for our nominee in November.

Anonymous is a Woman is a thoughtful person and I don't doubt her sincerity for a minute. I do think she focused on a random supporter at a very low level and gave that far more weight than it warranted. For me, that hardly outweighs some of the things that the Communications Director of the Clinton campaign has said.

[Ann]

After he retires, George W Bush walks into a Burger King in Texas and says "Give me a Whopper."

The guy behind the counter says "We'll be greeted as liberators."

[Tatum]

Obama is unacceptable.

Many moderates dislike Bush because he's incompetent not because he's conservative. Obama's twisted logic is "experience breeds incompetence". I'm sure he thinks differently when he's hiring a surgeon or a lawyer.

While Hillary's experience isn't "deep" it is acceptable.

If Hillary's the nominee I vote for Hillary. If Obama's the nominee I donate to McCain. I'm an American before I'm a Democrat. And I'm not interested in re-living the Carter years.

[Anonymous Is A Woman]

Thank you all for the very kind comments whether you agree with my decision or not.

Tatum, if Hillary is the nominee, I will be overjoyed. If Obama is the nominee I will work enthusiastically for him.

They both agree on far more than they disagree and they are both competent people.

My preference for one is not distaste for the other.

Thank you Dan for stating the obvious. For the most part, I think we will come together by August and win in November!

[Dan]

I win the Captain Obvious Award again?

At the risk of earning an oak leaf cluster for that award let me say that we should all realize that these contests often get overheated and there is much intemperate rhetoric. At the end we must all kiss and make up and roll up our sleeves for the real fight.

[Tatum]

An incompetent Democratic President will have grave consequences for the Democratic party. Carter's failures were followed by the Reagan Revolution. I know you don't remember Carter. He was the "outsider" we elected in 1976 because we were fed up with Washington. Sound familiar? We got stagflation and the Iranian Hostage Crisis followed by 12 years of Republicans in the White House.

[Chocolate Chip Cookie]

I became strong in Hillary's camp when Marie Shriver showed up at an Obama rally in riding pants. "I just came from my children's riding lessons to endorse Obama". How elitist. How many working class blue collar Democrats can do that. (or unemployed Democrats) I would love to see Jim Webb, John Edwards, Mark Warner or (put your favorate populist here) show up at a Hillary rally in a NASCAR jacket and say "I just came from a NASCAR race to endorse Hillary". As John Kerry (an Obama supporter) knows elitism doesn't go well with working class folks. I do come from working class roots and all my relatives are for Hillary.

[Tatum]

I see what you're saying, Chocolate Chip. To me, Obama sounds like the other "Limosine Liberals". In my opinion, they're just as out of touch as the Bush right wingers. What McCain and the Clintons share is a sense of realism that many others don't have. Obama doesn't get classified as a "Limosine Liberal" because he has no record.

[Anonymous Is A Woman]

Dan, I meant it as a compliment that you stated that we will indeed unite.

I thought you stated what should be obvious but what people were forgetting in the heat of the moment. It's a good thing.

[TDH]

Hillary is +19 in Pa. http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=c9ce82e9-4cb0-4b64-983c-509ce4fc0ee6 If you want to see why, check out the tapes of her reception yesterday in Scranton: http://www.scrantontimes.com/site/news.asp?brd=2185

[Dan]

Tatum, I am not sure who your comment about remembering Carter was directed toward. I remember those years quite well. In 1976 I was working in the first Congressional campaign of a guy named Leon Panetta. That one worked out pretty well.

It is amusing to see you toss around terms like elitist and Limosine Liberal in such a silly fashion. I'm sure those working folks you talk about can really relate to writing a personal check for 5 million bucks to bail out your own campaign when you have totally booted what was a soft easy grounder.

And a working man can certainly relate to the sense of entitlement of the Clinton folks. Not to mention the anger and vitriol they have unleashed toward Obama for having the temerity to run a well executed campaign in every state. How dare he attempt to win "her" nomination.

What is most disappointing is your parroting of the Clinton line that we would be better off with McCain as President rather than Obama and your ludicrous and unsupported assertion that he would be an incompetent President.

If she manages to secure the nomination, I will vote for her. Unlike you, I realize the importance of electing a Democrat to the White House. Talk about having to hold one's nose. She has proven to be down right Nixonian in her behavior.

[Dan]

Anonymous is a Woman, I didn't take offense. Sorry if it seemed that way. It just made me chuckle because I am frequently accused of being Captain Obvious. I believe it is an old guy thing.

And yes, we will unite after we have a nominee. That is the only proper thing to do.

Now, you damn kids get off my lawn!

[dems4dems]

Like most of you, I will enthusiastically support either Obama or Hillary. Not to pile on but Tatum already deciding that Obama will have a failed presidency like Jimmy Carter's is absurd unless he owns a crystal ball. While I didn't vote for Carter in 1980, I have to give him that he was behind several 8-balls: the hostage crisis; 21% interest rates; inflation combined with recession (stagflation); and the 1979 gas shortage with lines, limits and odd-even days.

He ran head-first into the perfect storm. Any one of those could have taken down a president.

fuck you nls

[Tatum]

Obama has no experience running large organizations. The principle responsibility of the President is to run one of the largest organizations in the world. He'll be the least prepared president in at least 80 years.

The Obama administration will be a failure!

[Dan]

Obama certainly has done a masterful job of running a large campaign organization. Clinton has taken a campaign that held all the high cards and did an abysmal job running it. If that is any indicator, it is Clinton who more likely would be a disaster.

Her Bush-like tendency to place incompetent loyalists in key positions and ignore sound advice to replace them when their incompetence becomes obvious and costly doesn't bode well for a potential Clinton presidency either.

[Not Geraldine Ferraro]

She's only losing because she's not black, Dan! Don't you know that?!

He'd be great on a joint ticket where he's head chef or porter in the white house!

[Fan of Integrity]

Obama is no limousine liberal. If you look up his history he has really made something from nothing - and when faced with making a ton of money after Harvard Law - he opted instead to give back to Chicago and later run for State Senate.

Unless I am missing something??