Hello all,
No mater what your faith or religion is, even if you are an atheist or simply uncertain about God. Please take the time to meditate and pray for Obama's health and safety. This is a time for us to get fired up all over again and get ready to help our country and all of the citizens within her excel to their highest potential. And so I ask everyone to take only a few minutes out of their day and say a special prayer for Senator Obama, his family, and all of the individuals who are supporting him. We want him to be our president and we all need him to reach that place safely. Thanks for all you do.
Okay everyone,
Senator Frank Lautenberg is up for re election. His is an undeclared Super delegate and he is the current Senator for NJ. Please call him, email him, or contact him through snail mail ( regular postal mail) and tell him that the people of New Jersey are supporting Barack Obama. If he is unwilling to endorse Senator Obama then we are also unwilling to vote for him. How can we elect someone or either cannot or will not support our best interest?
Since his opponent Rob Andrews, a current member of the House of Representatives supports Hillary Clinton, make sure to tell him and his staff that you will simply not vote. But please be respectful and kind and let them know that you support Obama because he represents change and diplomacy and because he unites the American people and doesn't serve as a force to divide us. The Senate Primary is this Tuesday, June 3rd and the Senate Elections are in November. Please contact him. You will find his contact information below.
Also contact his opponent, Representative Rob Andrews is a supporter of Hillary Clinton. Please Contact him as well and let him know that if he desires to be the Senator of New Jersey then he should represent the will of the constituents of NJ and endorse Senator Obama because if he doesn't then we will be unable to support him. You may be able to encourage him to support Sen. Obama because he was quoted saying "I think the time for party unity is here, and I would encourage Sen. Clinton to understand the need for that unity and respectfully ask her to take a look at the situation." Click here to the entire article :http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=us+rep+robert+andrews+Hillary+clinton&fr=yfp-t-501&u=www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20080518/COMMUNITIES/805180367/1005/NEWS01&w=us+rep+robert+andrews+hillary+clinton&d=fATefJzfQ2CJ&icp=1&.intl=us
Please once again be respectful and kind. You will also find the contact information for Rep. Robert Andrews below.
Thank you.
Obama '08
Sen. Frank Lautenberg's contact info: http://lautenberg.senate.gov/contact/
Rep Rob Andrews contact info: http://www.robandrewsforchange.com/contact
source: http://cache.search.yahoo-ht2.akadns.net/search/cache?ei=UTF-8&p=rob+andrews+super+delegate&fr=yfp-t-501&u=politickernj.com/tags/superdelegate-0&w=rob
After reading this let's organize an effort to send 1,0000 letters to the 210 Superdelegates who are still undecided. Tell them it's time to stand up. It's time to decide.
UPDATE: Since I wrote this post, 2 previously uncommitted superdelegates have endorsed -- so now it's 2 down off the fence, 210 to go.
The dust refuses to settle on the Democratic race. Hillary Clinton wants to cloud the issue with talk of Zimbabwe, Gore 2000, slavery, the civil rights movement, and fuzzy-math-derived popular vote totals. The media steadfastly refuse to clear things up by sticking to the facts, preferring to keep the horse race going.
So let's see if we can put the focus on those with the power to bring to an end this political equivalent of a 50s horror movie (The Campaign That Just Won't Die!): the superdelegates.
There are currently 212 uncommitted superdelegates (not counting Michigan and Florida). What are they waiting for?
I understand there are still three more primaries to go. But there is nothing that is going to happen in Puerto Rico or South Dakota or Montana that is going to convince Hillary Clinton to leave the race. Her argument isn't about pledged delegates, which is what is at stake in these remaining primaries. Her argument is about Florida and Michigan and convincing the superdelegates to overturn the pledged delegate majority Obama has won.
And there is also no reason for the superdelegates to wait until the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting on May 31st. Not even the Clinton camp is delusional enough to think it is going to walk away from the meeting with enough additional pledged delegates from Michigan and Florida to overtake Obama.
So it's time for the uncommitted superdelegates to stop their dithering, come out of hiding, hop off the fence, endorse Obama and officially bring this nominating process to an end.
The Democratic leadership -- starting with Pelosi, Reid, and Dean -- should begin working behind the scenes to get all uncommitted supers to immediately commit. Let Puerto Rico, South Dakota, and Montana have their say, but start bringing the curtain down now.
And let's not just wait for the party leaders to put pressure on the superdelegates. Let's start putting pressure ourselves. Below you will find a list of all the uncommitted superdelegates. And this link will lead you to profiles of them. Please call or email the elected officials and track down the DNC members who live in your state and let them know that you want them to stand up and be counted. Now.
Hillary Clinton has more than earned the right to stay in the race until the bitter end. So it's up to the superdelegates to accelerate the bitter end.
Uncommitted Superdelegates:
Representatives
Bud Cramer (AL)Gabrielle Giffords (AZ)Nancy Pelosi (CA)Jerry McNerney (CA)Mike Honda (CA)Sam Farr (CA)Jim Costa (CA)Bob Filner (CA)Susan Davis (CA)Mark Udall (CO)John Salazar (CO)Jim Marshall (GA)Rahm Emanuel (IL)Nancy Boyda (KS)Dennis Moore (KS)William Jefferson (LA)Charlie Melancon (LA)Don Cazayoux (LA)Rep. Michael Michaud (ME)John Sarbanes (MD)Steny Hoyer (MD)Chris Van Hollen (MD)John Olver (MA)Niki Tsongas (MA)John Tierney (MA)Edward Markey (MA)Collin Peterson (MN)Gene Taylor (MS)Rep. Travis Childers (MS)Rep. Rush Holt (NJ)Rep. Bob Etheridge (NC)Rep. Mike McIntyre (NC)Rep. Tom Udall (NM)Charlie Wilson (OH)Marcia Kaptur (OH)Rep. Zack Space (OH)Rep. Dennis Kucinich (OH)Rep. Dan Boren (OK)Bob Brady (PA)Jason Altmire (PA)Tim Holden (PA)Rep. Mike Doyle (PA)John Spratt (SC)Rep. Jim Clyburn (SC)Lincoln Davis (TN)Bart Gordon (TN)Nick Lampson (TX)Jim Matheson (UT)Alan Mollohan (WV)
Distinguished PartyLeaders
Jimmy Carter (GA)Al Gore (TN)Fmr. Senator and Majority LeaderGeorge Mitchell (NY)Fmr. DNC Chair Bob Strauss (TX)
SenatorsKen Salazar (CO)Joe Biden (DE)Tom Carper (DE)Tom Harkin (IA)Mary Landrieu (LA)Ben Cardin (MD)Carl Levin (MI)Max Baucus (MT)Jon Tester (MT)Harry Reid (NV)Frank Lautenberg (NJ)Sherrod Brown (OH)Ron Wyden (OR)Jack Reed (RI)Jim Webb (VA)Herb Kohl (WI)
GovernorsBill Ritter (CO)Steve Beshear (KY)Brian Schweitzer (MT)John Lynch (NH)Phil Bredeson (TN)Joe Manchin (WV)
Add-OnsTerry Goddard (AZ)Jay Nixon (MO)Rusty McAllister (NV)Jerry Lee (TN)37 Unnamed Add-Ons,including 2 from Michigan
DNC MembersJoe Turnham (AL)Nancy Worley (AL)Don Bivens (AZ)Lottie Shackleford (AR)Art Torres (CA)Hon. Carole Migden (CA)Bob Mulholland (CA)Christine Pelosi (CA)Robert Rankin (CA)Steve Ybarra (CA)John Perez (CA)Pat Waak (CO)Nancy DiNardo (CT)Donna Brazile (DC)Christine Warnke (DC)John Daniello (DE)Harriet Smith-Windsor (DE)Richard Ray (GA)Ben Pangelinan (GU)Chair - Vacant (HI)Vice-Chair - Vacant (HI)Edward Smith (IL)Vacant (IL)Helen Knetzer (KS)Jennifer Moore (KY)Nathan Smith (KY)Chris Whittington (LA)Claude "Buddy" Leach (LA)Elsie Burkhalter (LA)Sam Spencer (ME)Jennifer DeChant (ME)Hon. Heather Mizeur (MD)Susan Turnbull (MD)John Sweeney (MD)Belkis Leong-Hong (MD)Debra Kozikowski (MA)James Roosevelt Jr (MA)Carnelia Pettis Fondren (MS)John Temporiti (MO)Yolanda Wheat (MO)Leila Medley (MO)Hon. Robin Carnahan (MO)Hon. Maria Chappelle-Nadal (MO)Dennis McDonald (MT)Margarett Campbell (MT)Sam Lieberman (NV)Hon. Yvonne Gates (NV)Hon. Catherine Cortez Masto (NV)Philip D. Murphy (NJ)Raymond Buckley (NH)Irene Stein (NY)Ralph Dawson (NY)David Parker (NC)Muriel Offerman (NC)Carol Peterson (NC)David Strauss (ND)Hon. Chris Redfern (OH)Ronald Malone (OH)Patricia Moss (OH)Hon. Joyce Beatty (OH)Ivan Holmes (OK)Jim Frasier (OK)Jay Parmley (OK)Meredith Woods-Smith (OR)Frank Dixon (OR)Jenny Greenleaf (OR)Wayne Kinney (OR)Gail Rasmussen (OR)Hon. Bill Bradbury (OR)Eliseo Roques-Arroyo (PR)Hon. Gilda Cobb-Hunter (SC)Cheryl Chapman (SD)Gray Sasser (TN)Dr. Inez Crutchfield (TN)Boyd Richie (TX)David Hardt (TXDenise Johnson (TX)Betty Richie (TX)Linda Chavez -Thompson (TX)Helen Langan (UT)Jim Leaman (VA)C Richard Cranwell (VA)Hon. Alexis Herman (VA)Jerome Wiley Segovia (VA)Howard Dean (VT)Eileen Macoll (WA)Ed Cote (WA)Sharon Mast (WA)David McDonald (WA)Nick Casey Jr. (WV)Alice Germond (WV)Paula Zellner (WI)Nancy Drummond (WY)Cynthia Nunley (WY)Marylyn Stapleton (VI)Vacant - 1 (At-large)Vacant - 2 (At-large)
source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/stop-yelling-at-hillary-t_b_103135.html
