The Moderate Liberal

“If Sen. Obama can’t win a big, swing state like Pennsylvania with his enormous spending advantage, just what will it take for him to win a big, swing state?” asked Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s chief spokesman.

To that, I would respond: 

“If Sen. Clinton can’t win big in a state where she’s had a 20 year head start, and having the name recognition that come along with being a first lady and married to an ex-President, and with her support eroding from a 25 point advantage to a stastical tie, and if she can’t raise the money to compete, how will she possibly beat McCain in November?”

Clinton’s campaign is in debt, possibly showing why she has become so negative. There’s nothing left in her arsenal against Obama. As usual, as Obama gets close to the goal line, Clinton tries to move it back another 10 yards.

Clinton has been outspent 3 to 1 in Pennsylvania, and her campaign is in deep debt. She has been lashing out that Obama must beat her by a huge margin to show that he can spend more and win.

I would argue the converse: if Clinton can’t raise money and if a 20 year political lead can evaporate so quickly, how can she explain to super delegates that she should be the nominee? 

The truth is that Clinton has had a 20 year head start in Pennsylvania.  She had this “firewall” all locked up with a 20 point lead.  Of course Obama needed to spend more in Pennsylvania in order to define himself. And as people have come to know him, Clinton’s lead has evaporated. 

Obama is the better choice. He is truly the candidate of change. 

I expect Pennsylvanians will echo this sentiment tomorrow, after which Clinton must resign.

Clinton is still at it. Twisting a sentence out of context from a Barak Obama speech about a bitter white middle class, she once again shows why she absolutely leave this race.  She is out of material, now only able to invent non-issues out of non-comments.  Is this all she’s got?  Is this Clinton’s main issue?  Because it appears that her main contribution is not to discussing ideas, but rather to tear apart the Democratic party.

Clinton the divider will seize upon any opportunity to destroy a perceived enemy, right down to spewing lies and inventing non-existent issues. What Clinton is trying to do is destroy Obama, at any cost. In the process she is destroying her own already-failed candidacy, and the Democratic party. 

This is why party elders must take her out, now.  John Edwards, get involved!  Al Gore and Jimmy Carter, step up!  Howard Dean, wake the hell up!

The truth is, the middle class is bitter.  And Hillary Clinton, already a confirmed elitist, is not our champion.

Meanwhile, John McCain rises in the polls.

You have to read this.

I love it.  The Obama camp is being criticized by McCain because Ed Schultz, a liberal talk radio host, had the gall to call out McCain on his “warmongering.”  Schultz has no part in Obama’s campaign, and does not speak for the campaign.

With all of the conservative criticism of Liberal Talk Radio, why should McCain even bother?

The Obama camp’s reaction was predictable. A spokesperson said, “”John McCain is not a warmonger and should not be described as such. He’s a supporter of a war that Senator Obama believes should have never been authorized and never been waged,” she said.

To me, those comments sound like the pot calling the kettle a warmonger.

The truth hurts, and McCain knows it.Truth is, he is a warmonger. Schultz should stick to his guns. His label of McCain is accurate.

The Clinton camp is continuing to say that “won” Texas. The truth is, according to Associated Press, Obama has won Texas.  The results of Texas’ two-step primary/caucus system only became recently known. Although Clinton initially claimed victory in Texas because the results of the primary were known quickly, in fact she has lost in total number of delegates: 99 for Obama, and 94 for Clinton.

It must be a terrible shock for Clinton, whose husband once said that she had to win in Texas, or her campaign was over. We will take Mr. Clinton at his word.

This is simply more proof, as if we needed any, that Clinton must resign for the good of the party and the nation. 

Elizabeth Edwards, aparently tired of not seeing the issues discussed that are important to her and millions of other Americans, has decided to directly take on Rebuplican candidate John McCain’s health care proposal (or lack thereof).  Read it here.

Elizabeth’s action begs the question: where the hell is John Edwards?  Why hasn’t he come out and endorsed Obama, so that the Democratic Party can move on with the business of defeating McCain? Yes, Hillary has every right to continue… blah, blah.  But while she is delaying the inevitable, Rush Limbaugh’s “Operation Chaos” campaign is clearly in full swing.

Elizabeth, respectfully, if you want to hear more substantitive debates in the presidential political discourse then please ask John to  throw his support and 18 delegates to Obama. Tell John to demand Hillary to step out of the race.  If you must, then also tell John, ‘No sex’ until he endorses Obama!

John Edwards did the right thing three months ago by stepping out of the contest and making a serious horse race out of what might have been a coronation.

Its now time for John Edwards to do the right thing again by endorsing Obama.  Do right by us, John! You always have.

Hillary’s campaign is winding down, whether she’s prepared to go on for 100 years or not.  Further evidence is Slate.com’s new Hillary Deathwatch.

Slate launched the Deathwatch after it became aparent that Hillary cannot overtake Obama neither in delegates nor in popular vote. Superdelegates would destroy the party by overturning the popular results.  They would instantly turn the Democratic party into the Undemocratic party.  Her odds of winning are a mere 12%, according to Slate.

It’s time for Hillary to step down, so that the focus can be on beating McCain. Hillary had her chance. She blew it.

Let the Democratic party go on to victory in November, lest the Undemocratic party go on to defeat

Ny Times just reported that Samantha Power, a foreign policy adviser to Barack Obama, apologized for calling Hillary Rodham Clinton “a monster” and then resigned her post as an advisor to Barak Obama.

The problem is, she spoke the truth.  Hillary Clinton IS a monster, who will say ANYTHING to get elected.

Clinton already demonstrated she has a total lack of judgement when it comes to voting to authorize force in Iraq and then Iran, but now she is showing judgement of an equillay reckless caliber with her “slash and burn” campaign technique, whereby she praises John McCain and demonizes a fellow Democrat.

The loss of a trusted advisor might help Obama heal the open wounds with Clinton supporters after he ultimately wins the nomination.  But lets be clear: Samantha Power’s comments were clearly on the mark.  Her departure is further evidence of the difference between these campaigns: one values integrity, the other will say anything.  But in this case Powers can be forgiven for speaking the truth, even if it is as ugly as Hillary Rove Clinton.

Since Edwards graciously left the race for the Democratic nomination, I quickly and easily transferred my support to Barack HUSSEIN Obama.

I get asked frequently: despite my contempt for a Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton presidential succession, would I vote for HRC if she gets the nomination? The answer is Yes, I sadly, angrily, would.

But thats about all you can count on me for: it won’t be a vote for HRC as much as a vote against a conservative supreme court.

My enthusiasm will not transfer from BHO to HRC. I won’t be knocking on doors or driving little old ladies from Dem neighborhoods to the polling places. The extradinary money flow from my checking account to BHO will not transfer to HRC. It will be very difficult to put aside the hard feelings that she is inspiring… some very serious outreach will be required. I’ll cast my vote, but I won’t “believe we can” win this election in my heart with HRC. My expectations would be very low. My interest in the Democratic party would likely wane markedly. I would look forward to a challenge within the Democratic party in 4 years.

Hillary’s recent and well publicized praise of John McCain’s foreign policy credentials at the expense of Obama (and indeed, at her own expense) is just more proof that she is the wrong nominee. What a pathetic, mean spirited, stupid slash-and-burn strategy. If her underhanded tactics work and she is the nominee, this will come back to haunt her deny her hte presidency.  But its about what I have come to expect from Clinton, so in my heart I am not surprised.

 It appears that in her desperation to, not just defeat but destroy Obama, she seems to be courting a VP spot on the McCain ticket. She is doing McCain’s campaigning for him.

We’ve long derided the Clinton candidacy as not the best that the Democratic party has to offer. We were greatly sadden with the passing of each strong democratic voice during the campaign:  Kucinich, Dodd, Biden, and then most sadly, John Edwards.  Although the time for punditry has passed on John Edwards, I strongly believe in the man’s integrity. That he quit his presidential bid when he did shows his great concern for America. Edwards knew his supporters would move directly to Obama, and within days Obama had pulled even and then passed Clinton in total delegates, primaries won and votes cast.

Obama and America owe a great debt to John Edwards.  Edwards has possibly, single handedly, spared America a divisive Clinton presidency. John Edwards has possibly single handedly saved the Democratic party.

We’ve said it all along:  America can do better than Billary Clinton.   Billary Clinton cannot win.  Her candidacy would destroy the New Democratic Coalition which is made up of moderate liberals, and liberal republicans. This New Democratic Coalition will sweep Obama into office just as quickly as it will sweep Clinton aside.

 Clinton must end her candidacy now, for the good of America and the Democratic Party.