Heres how I see things. I love the role of the underdog. Just like the primary victory will be all the more sweet. Bottomline, people are stuggling. Struggling in the middle class, the upper middle class, the lower middle class, the upper class. Barack's message is tailor made for voters who have been marginalized by big business intrests and corporate dominance. Particularly, if Barack boxes McCain in on tax code and drives home the obvious inequity of our current tax structure we will win, and win by a considerable margin. I hope that is.
As much as I like Barack, I think he is the model for public service, and have worked to get him where he is. I will have serious concerns over Clinton being on our ticket. She is exactly the type of politician that I have real problems with. If Barack agrees to her being his substitute leader of the free World, I will have a real problem.
The longer we have gotten to know HRC in this nominating process, the uglier her tactics have become. Who knows what this woman is capable of. Some of the families in AR know all too well. Selecting her as VP would be a risk I am simply not comfortable with. Also, a risk we do not need to take...
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Hillary Clinton you are running a campaign based on fear and conjecture. You want people to believe that Barack "can't win" (Bill Richardson) because he has been apart of an Afro-centric, Chirstian church for the past several years. Your shameless attempts to "Tonya Harding" Barack will take years for me and many more to forgive. Shame on you Hillary Clinton. Shame on your campaign of fear. Simply, it is a smack in the face to both young people and African Americans alike. Two non-negotiable baseline groups of the Democratic Party.
My peers and friends in the NAACP that I have spoken with are incapable of seeing you as anything other then a power hungry, political opportunist. Someone more then willing to throw a colleauge and man of uncommon distinction "under the bus" for your own wayward ambition. Hillary, you are what gives Politicians bad names.
Being the eternal optomist, I see a positive light in what you have accomlished in 2008. Personally, I take away a positive from your 2008 run, a guidebook for how not to run a truly effective campaign. Divide and conquer and slash and burn are out, apparently you did not get the memo. Do the Democratic Party a favor and end your run for the White House. The notion of having you take the nomination away from Barack on the anniversary of the "I have a Dream" speech makes me physically ill. After Tuesday, even if you win both elections you will still trail by over 100 Democratic Delegates. Please stop pitiful and petty attempts to master the media and the public's perspections. Weds. will give you a grand chance to bow out gracefully, and perserve any legacy and retutation the "Clinton brand" has remaining.
Thank you all undecided SuperDegates for your consideratrion,
ATW
As a party we should all be concerned. With each day that passes our chances and probability of winning in Nov. diminishes. Issues like "bitter-gate" are a prime example. There is no reason that story deserved the attention it received. If every word that Hillary said in private were scrutinized th public would be appauled. What the Clinton campaign did by sensationalizing a non-story is reprehensable and should not go overlooked.
Like it or not, right now we are in the midst of an 'party civial war'. Barack Obama has won more states, more delegates, and more popular votes. Those facts are likly to stay the same through June 3rd. If I had to guess, but check with Vegas, the odds of HRC overtaking Barack in popular votes has to be less then 20%. She has exactly 0% chance of overtaking him in states won or democratic delegates.
So now I posit a question. Of the two candidates has a better chance of uniting the Party? Please consider, Hillary has burned bridges with one of the most influential voting blocks in the Party, Moveon.org. Still further nominating Hillary. in spite of trailing in states won, pledged delegates, and popular vote would create a tremendous dielema AKA the "perception" that party insiders stole the nomination from the only viable African American candidate in American History.
It's nice and good that this nominating process was longer then usual. It sharpened Barack's diverse cataloge of skill sets. He is a far better debater, particularly when a Clinton advisor is not moderating it. He is acustom to Republican-esk attacks, the Clintons have resorted to them since New Hampshire. At the end of the conversation, party infighting is increasingly diminishing our chances in Nov.
For the good of the party please endorse who you believe has the best chance and opportunity to unite The Democratic Party in the short 6 months we have untill Nov.
Thank you for reading this and please forward these sentiments.
Kindly,
Tim
Please forward with regards.
Dear Superdelegate,
If Hillary somehow becomes the nominee while trailing in states/elections won, popular vote, and elected delegates, it would be the effective end of the Democratic Party. It would be Adams vs. Jackson all over again. I have spoke with several members of the NAACP and the concencous is clear, no African American in their right mind would vote for HRC after "stealing" the nomination from Obama. If HRC becomes the nominee, there will be a new party that will right overnight. Thanks for your consideration,
Ed Rendell has been a force in PA politics for over 3 decades now. He is someone who is far more familiar with how systems and elections are processed in this state then our campaign and campaign lawyers. If we are serious about winning PA we need to be aware that highly unethical and illegal tactics will be employed in trying to secure HRC a 4-9% win here in PA and Ed Rendell a shot at the VP. We need to alert all agencies and departments that could potentially influence PAs primary, that they are being documented and watched extraordinarily closely. Unfortunately workers in these offices and departments are extremely loyal to Rendell and his cause, being that they are employed by his Gov't. We need to be beyond vigilant in terms of insuring a fair and equitable election in PA. It's NOT going to simply happen that way. PA was recently ranked 3rd most susceptible to election tampering (blackboxvoting.org). Ed Rendell has the potential to be the Katherine Harris of PA. Let’s do what we can to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Email Ed Rendell and demand a transparent process here in PA. Let him and all of his Gov't we, the people are watching very close.
Thanks,
PS -- If you watch Meet the Press from this week, it's creepy how sure PA he is that HRC will win by %4-9.
Ed Rendell has been a force in PA politics for over 3 decades now. He is someone who is far more familiar with how systems and elections are processed in this state then our campaign and campaign lawyers. If we are serious about winning PA we need to be aware that highly unethical and illegal tactics will likely be employed in trying to secure HRC a 4-9% win here in PA and Ed Rendell a shot at the VP. We need to alert all agencies and departments that could potentially influence PAs primary, that they are being documented and watched extraordinarily closely. Unfortunately workers in these offices and departments are extremely loyal to Rendell and his cause, being that they are employed by his Gov't. We need to be beyond vigilant in terms of insuring a fair and equitable election in PA. It's NOT going to simply happen that way. PA was recently ranked 3rd most susceptible to election tampering (blackboxvoting.org). Ed Rendell has the potential to be the Katherine Harris of PA. Let’s do what we can to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Ed Rendell has been a force in PA politics for over 3 decades now. He is someone who is far more familiar with how systems and elections are processed in this state then our campaign and campaign lawyers. If we are serious about winning PA we need to be aware that highly unethical and illegal tactics will be attempted and employed in trying to secure HRC a 4-9% win here in PA and Ed Rendell a shot at the VP. We need to alert all agencies and departments that could potentially influence PAs primary, that they are being documented and watched extraordinarily closely. Unfortunately workers in these offices and departments are extremely loyal to Rendell and his cause, being that they are employed by his Gov't. We need to be beyond vigilant in terms of insuring a fair and equitable election in PA. It's NOT going to simply happen that way. PA was recently ranked 3rd most susceptible to election tampering (blackboxvoting.org). Ed Rendell has the potential to be the Katherine Harris of PA. Let’s do what we can to make sure that doesn’t happen.
Attention Obama community,
After 2 weeks of consistant canvassing, I am pleased to report we are making signifigant inroads against the Clinton Machine here. A substantial block of voters have moved from favoring Clinton to undecided, many leaning Obama or strong Obama backers after I speak with them.
I have found a highly effective tactic for communicating with the undecided demographic. Here it is, both candidates are very similar on the issues. There is however one issue where there is clear seperation, ethics and transparency. Now more then ever we need a role model for America, someone who young people can look up to and respect. Hillary Clinton simply is not that person. Take the past couple of weeks as a microcosm of her charactor, Bosnia, etc. HRC, American children all over the Country want to know the difference between misspeaking, and flatly lying.
If we make ethics and transparency the focal point of the campaign down the homestreth I believe we can win the state outright, that's a fact.
I sincerely hope this message gets conveyed to the proper channels. Thanks!
