http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/16/nyregion/16vote.htmlAfter reading these articles it will become absolutely clear to you why Barack does much better in caucuses than primaries. There is no magic formula to that. In a caucus the people that want to vote for a candidate raise their hands and are counted where as in the primary your vote goes into a black box (voting machine, scanner, reader, computer) where the vote can be manipulated. It is no wonder why Clinton prefers primaries. When Clinton was loosing the early states she said let's not waste our time on those small states. Let's go to the big states where they have primaries and we know we can win in other words we can cheat. The reason that we are still in this is because of caucuses and in some states the Obama vote is so big they cannot possibly cheat without beeing uncovered in those cases she came close. If she wasn't cheating this thing would have been over now.
The pundits will let to beleive that there is Braddley of Doug Wilder effects. It is election cheating that going on.
Someone wrote there are so many irreguralities occuring in elections in this country if this country was a third world country there would be so many riots after each election. The cheating is not working for Hillary the way she would like now she want to try some features employed by George W. Bush in 2000.
http://www.nypost.com/seven/02162008/news/regionalnews/obama_robbed_in_ny_97932.htm
As I analyzed the results of the New Hampshire primary I noticed that everyone is giving Bill and Hillary Clinton a free pass on the tearful statement she made before the primary. These statements were made to attract and convert those voters who would vote for Obama but were 100% comfortable with him. I have been observing the Clinton campaign since the beginning and have been quietly telling the American voters not tot vote for a black man.
All of these obvious racial and condescending remarks seem like footnotes initially. When Hillary herself made these statements I had it with her. And I think it is about time that the Obama campaign starts addressing this problem. Let’s analyze these tearful statements: "I have had so many opportunities from this country; I just don't want us to fall back.” Her voice dropped to a whisper as she continued: "This is very personal for me... it is not just political... I see what's happening... we have to reverse it.
"Some people think elections are a game. It is about our country, it is about our kids' futures."
In there Hillary is implying that an Obama presidency will harm the country: "I have had so many opportunities from this country; I just don't want us to fall back.”. To put more emphasis and dramatize the meaning of her message, her voice dropped to a whisper as she continued: "This is very personal for me... it is not just political... I see what's happening... we have to reverse it”. This is a woman that has been described to be much disciplined always on message. The tearing was not about fatigue or campaign pressure that was her way to put more emphasis on her message, why I say that, we need to go back to Billy Shaheen statement in early December to find some clues in the strategy that will be used in NH to scare voters leaning toward Obama. "This is very personal for me... it is not just political... I see what's happening... we have to reverse it”, as a Former First Lady, we know that her words still carry a lot of weight with a lot of voters. When an undecided voter is wrestling with that final decision, he/she is more likely to hear those statements and tears. “I see what’s happening… we have to reverse it”: to mean that the country is being taken over by blacks. I could not see anything myself, except that there is an election and a black man is in the lead. I don’t know if any of you remember that over the summer there was some false accusation made about Obama canvassers not being polite and were undisciplined. So this how the Hillary Clinton Campaign has been playing the race card to quietly undermine Obama and yesterday we saw the result.
Guys,
One thing you could to help Obama closr the money GAP between Hillary is to create a fund raising campaign on the BarackObama.com web site. It is very easy and effortless. All you to do is go to the http://my.barackobama.com/page/outreach/dashboard/main and create a fund raising page setup a goal then the site will ask to add some email addresses or you can import a list. Emails are sent on your behalf and direct the contact in your address book to your newly created site to make a donation. If they don't respond reminders are stetup so that you can remind them. I have been using this tool and making wonder for my fund raising. I added myself to the list so I donate thru my website. I came to this late. Lot of you probably don't know it exists. On the second and third reminder some of your personal contact will feel embarass they didn't contribute yet and make a donation because the emails are written in a very professional manner. While you are out here canvassing you are automacally raising money. This is fun.
