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FISA

By Suna Z. - Jul 1st, 2008 at 5:05 pm EDT

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It is of upmost importance that Senator Obama makes the right decision. Although I do want him to vote against it, he may not be able to do so due to political reason, like slander from the right. I like Keith Olbermann's answer he gave in his special comment. A) vote for the amendment to strip the bill of immunity. B1) if the amendment passes, vote aye. B2) If it does not, you can go with this little loophole. The bill doesn't allow trying the telecoms in civil court, but it does in criminal court. Vote aye if you want. C) after it is signed into law, give a speech revealing this loophole and address how you will prosecute Bush and the Telecoms in your administration.

Watch the comment here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25463360/

I've written this for non supporters who think he is acting like a standard politician.
Unfortunately, Senator Obama is in a tight spot. No matter how he votes the Republicans will paint him as someone who will allow terrorism. If he votes for it, there will be immunity-sort of. There is a loophole in the bill, so the telecoms can be tried in criminal court, just not civil.

This is not him being a standard politician. You have to be somewhat of a politician to be elected president: you'll be slaughtered by your opponents if you don't. I ask the people in posts like number 1-what would you do? You want to reform things like FISA and make the country safe, but you don't want the criminals go free without even a trial. An amendment stripping immunity won't pass. What will you do? If you don't pick a stance, you'll be painted as too weak to act in a time of crisis for the country. If you vote against it, you'll be painted as pro-terrorist. What would you do?

I think his only choice is vote for the amendment, and vote for the final bill. Then, when W signs it, give a speech on how the people who read and researched this bill cover to cover found it only offers part immunity. Talk about what you want to do, although second to getting us out of Iraq and fixing healthcare, is prosecuting the Telecoms and the Bush Administration, which you can do even with the bill signed into law.

For more on this, watch Keith Olbermann's special comment. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25463360/

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The General Election

By Suna Z. - May 31st, 2008 at 7:35 pm EDT

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The outcome of the general election has been disputed by some, but math is the only unbiased indication of a projected winner. To be eligible to become president, a candidate must obtain at least 270 of the 538 votes. Each state, Nebraska and Maine exempt, allocates all of their electoral college votes to the winner of said state's primary. Nebraska and Maine run on a congressional district allocation system, in which two of the states' 5 and 4 respective votes automatically go to the winner, and the rest are allocated by congressional district winners.

Solidly red, or republican, states make up 200 electoral college votes. The states are Alaska, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, and North and South Carolina.

Solidly blue, or democratic, states make up 172 votes. The states are Maine, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Hawai'i, and California.

The swing states make up 166 votes. The states that swung republican in 2004 are Nevada, Colorado, New Mexico, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia, and Florida. They add up to 86 electoral college votes. The states that swung democratic in 2004 are Washington, Oregon, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. These states add up to 80 votes.

The map for 2008 looks slightly different. Although all the solidly democratic states hold strong, three solidly republican states do not. South Carolina, with 8 electoral college votes, North Dakota, with 3, and Indiana, with 11, may go to either Sens. McCain or Obama due to all recent polling being under the margin of error differences. The tally of solid state votes withholding the three is Sen. Obama 172, Sen. McCain 178. Senator Obama would need 98 votes to reach 270; Senator McCain 92.

The polling for the Democratic leaning swing states all go handily to Senator Barack Obama, with the exception of Michigan. Various polls show smaller than margin of error victories for both candidates where the Illinois democrat has sparsely campaigned yet due to the inapplicable primary. Without counting Michigan yet in either column, Obama is at 235, 35 votes away. The polling for Republican leaning swing states is quite different, however. The states of New Mexico, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and Virginia are all leaning heavily enough to Senator Obama to add their votes to his tally. These states have a total of 54 votes. The Republican leaning swing states that remain for John McCain are Nevada and Florida, for a total of 32 electoral college votes.

This leaves Senator McCain with a total of 210 votes and Senator Obama with a total of 289 electoral college votes, withholding Michigan, South Carolina, North Dakota, and Indiana. Try adding their totals, 39, to Senator John McCain's column. His total would be 249, 21 shy of the 270 needed. Try giving him Virginia. He ends up with 262, and Obama with 276. Give him New Mexico, for Obama 271 to McCain 267. No matter how the math is done to reflect recent polling, Senator Barack Obama is still the president elect.

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Indiana and North Carolina

By Suna Z. - May 7th, 2008 at 10:33 pm EDT

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I'm elated. Our fairing on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 was amazing. Our substantial lead in North Carolina - called the second the polls closed - and our amazingly surprising upset in Indiana has filled my heart with joy. Here is what was supposed to happen. North Carolina was supposed to be called hours after the polls closed with a very low Obama lead, 10-5%, an astounding victory for Clinton. Indiana was supposed to be called substantially for her the second the poll closed with a 14% victory at least for her. That is what everyone, especially the media, expected. I for one had nightmares the night of the 5th that she won North Carolina, although I had faith that Barack would be victorious. But what really happened was this. North Carolina was called for none other than Senator Barack Obama for a substantial lead a second after the polls closed. And Indiana, with 14% lead at 35% in, was too early to call until 60% in. Then, with her 6% lead, it was too close to call. With African-American precincts and large Obama areas like Gary not reporting until midnight Eastern Time, the lead went from 4% to 2% as Gary was half in. As the last vote was recorded, Obama pulled within an amazing 1.8% of her. Using gift math for Clinton, his delegate net canceled out her win in Pennsylvania, and he upped his popular vote lead 20 thousand more votes. One of my favorite parts of the evening other than the amazing results was something Tim Russert said. "We now know who the Democratic nominee is going to be, and no one is going to dispute it." That says it all for this amazing night in political history. Never since Super Tuesday had I been so delighted and elated with excitement. Read More »

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Obama in 30 Seconds Ad Contest

By Suna Z. - Apr 28th, 2008 at 10:50 pm EDT

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On the internet I found the viewer judging of the Obama in 30 Seconds Ad Contest. Unfortunately, I found the actual contest after the deadline past, but it is a wonderful collection of ads about the greatness of Senator Barack Obama. I've had a fun time judging but the judging has ended. Here is the link to the website.

www.obamain30seconds.org

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Another Weak Clinton Attack

By Suna Z. - Apr 1st, 2008 at 9:41 pm EDT

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So today, in addition to comparing herself to Rocky Balboa and Barack Obama to Apollo Creed, who, if I am not mistaken, won in the first movie, launched this slimey attack. She said that she dared our candidate to a "Bowl-Off", so the Obama campaign could get out of the gutter and make sure all the pins were counted.
First off: Hillary Clinton is telling our campaign to get out of the gutter.
Was it Obama's campaign that had the candidate say: "He's not a muslim, there's nothing to base that on-As far as I know."?
Was it Obama's campaign that leaked a photo of their opponent dressed in traditional Somalian garb that may make people think s/he is a muslim?
Was it Obama's campaign that accused their opponent of working with a slum lord and tried to not let them have a rebuttal?
Was it Obama's campaign that described personal attacks as "the fun part" of the campaign?
Was it Obama's campaign that tried to write off every state that their opponent won as not representative of the country?
Was it Obama's campaign that utterted racial, bigoted comments and declared that Martin Luther King didn't really accomplish anything, that it was really LBJ?
Was it Obama's campaign that accused their opponent of being ambitious because of something they wrote in kindergarten?
Was it Obama's campaign that used fear to try to scare up votes by an ad about a phone call?
Was it Obama's campaign that cried sexist when they started to get attacked on the issues?
Was it Obama's campaign that said of their opponent "That's not change you can believe in, it's change you can xerox"?
Secondly:Make sure all the pins are counted.
Bad news for Clinton:in Florida and Michigan, there are no pins anymore. And even with them, when all the pins are counted, even if you blowout in Pennsylvania and Indiana, Obama wins.
In fact, I used the slate delegate calculator and gave her a 20 point win in PA and PR, and a 10 point lead everywhere else, then added on the superdelegates, and we still leaded by about 40 pledged delegates.
So Senator Clinton-it's time to get out of the gutter and out of the race for the sake of the Democratic Party, and, to an extent, the country.

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Earth Hour

By Suna Z. - Mar 29th, 2008 at 1:54 pm EDT

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Just wanted to inform everyone about Earth Hour tonight. From 8 PM to 9 PM today, Saturday, March 29th, 2008, people around the world will turn off all the lights in their homes. I hope you all do this. Support Barack and his energy plan by participating in Earth Hour, and making this statement about climate change.
http://www.earthhour.org/

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A Thought For Senator Obama's Speech on Race in Philadelphia

By Suna Z. - Mar 19th, 2008 at 12:44 pm EDT

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The speech that our candidate gave yesterday was amazing. Even though I like having the video for free, I think the this campaign should sell a high quality audio or video download of this speech on the Obama Store.
I would buy it, would anyone else?

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Senator Barack Obama's Speech on Race, March 18th, 2008

By Suna Z. - Mar 18th, 2008 at 1:01 pm EDT

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Having just finished watching this historic, magnificent speech given by our candidate, I feel the need to write about it. As always, Barack Obama spoke with grace and elegance when addressing such a touchy, fragile issue such as race and faith. At the beginning, the quick summary of our founding fathers, the convention in Philidelphia, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constituition made it fabulous. The content about race was well done and graceful. He stayed on the main topic of unity, calmly describing how America may be in a racial divide but that we can heal it, and it is time to heal it. He made it clear that Reverand Wright was an important person in his life, who married him and Michelle and baptized his daughters. But Senator Obama also set everyone straight about Wright's comments. He let us know that he strongly disagreed with his pastor's remarks, and that he denounced him, and he had disagreed with the pastor's political views many times in the past. One part that was particulary well written was when he spoke about people asking him to denounce the man, to choose another church. Obama said that if all he had ever known of Reverand Wright were the few clips of his ranting shown on a loop on television this past week, he may think the same. But even though he strongly disagrees with the remarks that Wright made about race in America and about his political views and opinions, he feels a strong connection to the person, the man, who brought him to Christianity, to this church, who married him to Michelle, who baptized his daughters Malia and Sasha. Even as an atheist, I can respect this. Senator Obama showed strong integrity to who he is even in the most testing moments in his campaign and political career. He talked to white voters about how they should not feel threatened by black Americans. He said that both can prosper in America if they address the needs of each other, in addressing the current incidents of discrimination. In this magnificent speech Barack Obama brought people together. This is one of my favorite passages from his speech this morning. "The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as if our society was static; as if no progress has been made; as if this country - a country that has made it possible for one of his own members to run for the highest office in the land and build a coalition of white and black; Latino and Asian, rich and poor, young and old -- is still irrevocably bound to a tragic past. But what we know -- what we have seen - is that America can change. That is true genius of this nation. What we have already achieved gives us hope - the audacity to hope - for what we can and must achieve tomorrow."The very last passages were extremely moving and well written. They expressed how America can get back on the right track, how one act of unity between political parties, or genders, or races can be the beginning of the path to perfecting this nation by truly upholding the Constitution of the United States of America.
""I'm here because of Ashley." By itself, that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough. It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children.But it is where we start. It is where our union grows stronger. And as so many generations have come to realize over the course of the two-hundred and twenty one years since a band of patriots signed that document in Philadelphia, that is where the perfection begins."Senator Barack Obama's speech on race and on faith was truly amazing. It was so honest, and so true, that it proves to us, not only as the citizens of America but as the citizens of the world that we should elect Barack Obama as The United States of America's next president.

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Great Super Tuesday Polls

By Suna Z. - Feb 3rd, 2008 at 10:14 am EST

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I found the newest one for California, where Senator Obama has closed Clinton's gap into a statistical tie, even with Edwards. That's up from downs of 20-36 percent in a state with 441 delegates.http://rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/california/election_2008_california_democratic_presidential_primaryIn New York, with 232 delegates at stake, the latest poll shows Clinton with an only 12 percent lead, and 8 with the margin of error, down from her 38 percent lead a few days ago.

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Wirertapping

By Suna Z. - Jan 26th, 2008 at 6:03 pm EST

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http://www.democracyforamerica.com/ProveItWe need Senator Obama to be present at that vote! Anyone that can, make sure the HQ finds out about this.

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Nevada

By Suna Z. - Jan 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 pm EST

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You should check this out, it's from a link below. I not sure I can believe all of it, but still.

Hey everyone,

I'm reporting in from one of the Obama field offices in Clark County, NV. My girlfriend and I just came back from being the precinct captains at our caucus, and the scene here is ugly.

Everyone is reporting election irregularities on the part of the Hillary campaign. There is widespread cheating and voter suppression going on all over Clark County--and it's obviously coming in from the top down. Whether it made enough of a difference to swing the election is another question--but there is no question that Hillary was running a scorched-earth, no-holds-barred campaign in which all of her surrogates were instructed to cheat in every way possible.

To be clear about the caucus process here: caucus doors opened at 11am today; people are allowed to file in and register on location until 12 noon, at which time the doors close and no one else is admitted. Those registering were given non-binding ballots to fill out to help assess in case of problems with head count. At this point, the total number of people in the room are counted. Viability is determined (15%), and then the viable sections have 20 minutes to convince the uncommitteds/unviables. Final counts are then made.

Here are just a few of the irregularities from the Clinton campaign that have come to my ears, before I tell my own story. Word on the ground is that we have video of some of these shenanigans as well.

UPDATE: The wording of the actual Party rules are unclear. At this point, it appears that the Hillary campaign may simply have interpreted the rules differently, rather than deliberately engaging in voter suppression. Regardless, however, the State Party interpreted the rules in our favor. No less thanfoureight Obama captains (including myself) have reported that Clinton operatives tried to close the doors at 11:30--a full thirty minutes before the doors were supposed to close. In some cases I am hearing they actually succeeded, and voters were turned away before more knowledgeable people could get there to reopen them. The Clinton campaign had obviously told their people to be there by 11:30--and they knew that the higher the turnout, the worse for them.
At least two reports of Clinton operatives telling the uncommitteds and Edwards supporters, once their numbers were deemed not viable, that they had to leave. Whether these tactics succeeded or not, I do not know. Obviously, the Clinton campaign knew that voters not already in her camp were unlikely to join her camp (I know from my own experience that I convinced many more undecideds than my opponent Hillary operative), so they attempted to suppress their vote.
At least one report of Clinton operatives telling Obama supporters with viable numbers that they were not viable, and had to leave. From what I hear, some of those voters did in fact leave.
At least two reports (including my own) of disabled voters being coerced into the Clinton camp against their will, or even having their voter card filled out for them against their will.
A few reports of probable out-of-state Clinton operatives being counted among the voters--though since checking ID is illegal, and other Hillary operatives from in-state would vouch for them, it's impossible to say.
At least one report of two large men standing outside the door checking voters for whom they would support, and telling all Obama people they were at the wrong location.
At least one other report of Hillary operatives doing the check-in, and telling all Obama supporters that they were not on the list, could not register at the location (not true), and that they could not caucus.
At least one report of ballots being filled out in advance for Hillary in mass.
At least one report of Hillary supporters saying that the caucus location was just the Hillary room--and that Obama supporters had to go to a faraway location.
At least one report of a voter registration list only in Spanish, and only with Hillary supporters on it. Obama supporters later found the registration list with the rest of the people--in the garbage can of the ladies restroom.
Several reports of Hillary signs on the registration table, and Hillary supporters in Hillary shirts doing registration.

And there's much, much more. It's only just getting started to come through. How many of these tactics worked is unclear. Certainly, aggressive Obama volunteers like myself should have nipped many of these in the bud, but we're actually counting on concerned citizens who care--not machine operatives trained to cheat and brought up in the nearly criminal Nevada machine and the ruthless, conscience-less Hillary campaign.

Here's my story:

I got to the location at 10:30am and set up. The Hillary people were already there. In charge of them was a 60-ish woman with a slight Brooklyn accent. Here were the irregularities in my precinct alone:

The Hillary operative tried to force the doors to close at 11:30am. KK was outside greeting people, and she overheard the Hillary campaign mention that the doors would be closing at 11:30am, and she went to talk to the precinct chair. So we intervened and said that that was absolutely not legal by the rules. She then started screaming at the chair to close the doors. When he read the rules that they were open until 12noon, she said that "that's not what I was told, other campaigns were spreading misinformation." We stood our ground, and the doors remained open.
A man in a wheelchair came in with his daughter, and said he was an Edwards supporter. When his daughter began to wheel him to the middle of the room, the Hillary operative tapped her on the shoulder, took the wheelchair and took him to the Clinton corner. I rushed over from talking to an undecided voter and objected loudly, but his daughter was a Hillary person. The Clinton operative said, "I don't control what he does; she does." At that point I said to the man, "Nobody controls you. If you want to vote for Edwards, you have every right to go to the center of the room. Do you need help?" He looked at me plaintively, but said nothing as his daughter dragged him farther back into the corner and just shook his head.
The Clinton operative herself had a Brooklyn accent and I overheard her mention having been from New York. When she stood to be counted in the middle of the room, I objected and asked her if she was actually from Nevada. She said yes. I talked to the chair and asked him to ask her name and find her on the list. He asked her her name and checked the list, and she was not on it. At this point the chair said, "well, I can't ask for ID." I said, "She can't participate if no one will vouch for her." At this point a Hispanic man wearing a Hillary shirt said she was his wife. While that's not impossible, it was also improbable--but I had no way to verify or object further.
One voter who hadn't even finished registering said that she was undecided, and the Hillary operative physically escorted her to the Hillary side. I went to talk to the woman, but she was immediately surrounded by 3 Hillary supporters who would not let me in, and I had to attend to others registering at that point (our operatives were outnumbered by hers 2-1).
Hillary supporters were doing check-in, and a Hillary sign was behind them. I forced the sign off the table, and I went to the front desk to verify that everything went according to the rules at checkin--but if nothing else, the necessity of doing so prevented me from doing other needed work.

Even so, KK and I managed to convince 6 undecided/Edwards voters (Edwards & uncommitted both lacked viability in my caucus), while their cheating, ruthless operatives only convinced two--and our caucus outperformed the field, garnering 4 delegates to her 5. It was intense--and it was war. I knew what the Clinton operatives were up to, and they knew I knew. It was bloodless war; I almost feel pity for the goodhearted Obama volunteers who were unprepared for the level of sociopathy that I expected--and encountered--from the Clinton campaign.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/19/162953/644

The Obama campaign letter:http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/NV001.pdf

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Nevada Caucuses

By Suna Z. - Jan 20th, 2008 at 12:14 am EST

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Senator Obama came in second. I can take that. We can. But there's a golden side to this. Due to the nature of caucuses, precincts are evenly distributed delegates for the caucus. But when assinging the national delegates, rural regions are stressed more than urban ones. Senator Obama won a huge portion of the rural areas. So even though we came in second-we get one more national delegate than the winner. The one beauty of a caucus. Thank You Nevada!Senator Barack Obama-2008!

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Some Great New New Hampshire Polls

By Suna Z. - Jan 7th, 2008 at 8:07 pm EST

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Barack Obama's lead is widening-from 9 to 13%! SInce New Hampshire is over 40% independent, his lead will widen more, for as we saw from Iowa, independents like Barack Obama.The four latests polls. http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/docs/SV_NH08.html http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/01/obama-up-by-13.html http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1416 http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2008/images/06/topnh11.pdfThe average margin of error is 4%, and the average lead of Barack Obama over Hillary Clinton is 10.5%.

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Thanks, Edwards

By Suna Z. - Jan 6th, 2008 at 4:04 pm EST

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I want to thank Former South Carolina Senator John Edwards for standing up for Barack last night. He did a lot of good for Barack Obama, so Barack hepled him too, and together they were great. It was great when, even thouh Clinton tried to get him to attack Obama, he defended Barack Obama and made some good points of his own. He really showed Clinton, saying that she wasn't the frontrunner anymore, and that she represented the status quo. Great stuff. Edwards would make a good running make for Senator Obama.

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The Great Oxymoron That Is Hillary Rodham Clinton

By Suna Z. - Jan 6th, 2008 at 1:36 pm EST

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“I want to make change, but I've already made change. I will continue to make change. I'm not just running on a promise of change, I'm running on 35 years of change. The best way to know what change I will produce is to look at the changes that I've already made.

31:55

I am offering 35 years of experience making change and the results to show for it. But I think if you want to know what change each of us will bring about, look at what we've done. And there are a lot of differences that I think need to be aired for the voters of New Hampshire because I stand on my record of experience, and I appreciate Governor Richardson's long history of serving our country. But I think I am an agent of change. I embody change. I think having the first woman president is a huge change -- (applause) -- with consequences across our country and the world. I believe I am more prepared and ready to actually deliver change, and I think that ultimately is what Americans want to know and believe.

52:08

Absolutely, because I've been an agent of change. You know, you go back 35 years…

1:09:10”

- NY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, January 5th, 2008, Democratic Debate in Manchester, NH.

“Change is just a word if you don't have the strength and experience to make it happen.”

-NY Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton

So Hillary… If you’ve brought about and bring about so much change for 35 years, ever since you were 25, why is America in the mess it is in now? And what is said change?

Well, besides the obvious oxymoron, of course.

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New Hampshire Poll

By Suna Z. - Jan 5th, 2008 at 3:04 pm EST

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From the Rasmussen Poll:

Barack Obama, fresh from his victory in Iowa, now holds a ten point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of the race found Obama with 37% of the vote while Clinton earns 27%. John Edwards is the only other candidate in double digits, with 19% support. Bill Richardson is the choice for 8%.

In a pre-Christmas poll, Clinton led Obama by three. In the poll before that, Obama led Clinton by three. Clinton still leads nationally in the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Pollbut Rasmussen Markets data suggests the race for the nomination is essentially even.

In New Hampshire, Obama leads Clinton by five points among Democrats and by sixteen points among Independents. The survey indicates that 40% of the voters will be Independents.

Eighty percent (80%) of Obama voters say they are certain they will vote for him. Seventy-three percent (73%) of Clinton voters say the same along with 64% of Edwards supporters.

Eighty-five percent (85%) of Likely Primary Voters have a favorable opinion of Obama. Seventy-eight percent (78%) say the same about Edwards and 69% offer a positive assessment of Clinton.

Just 48% of Obama supporters have a favorable opinion of Clinton. Fifty-one percent (51%) have the opposite opinion including 22% with a Very Unfavorable opinion of the former First Lady. At the same time, 75% of Clinton supporters have a favorable opinion of Obama.

Among Edwards voters, 79% have a favorable opinion of Obama and 73% say the same about Clinton.

Obama is seen as the most electable Democratic candidate. Eighty-seven percent (87%) believe he would be at least somewhat likely to win if nominated. Seventy-six percent (76%) say the same about Clinton and 75% think Edwards would have a chance. Fifty-one percent (51%) of the Likely Democratic Primary Voters believe Obama would be Very Likely to win. Just 38% have such confidence in Clinton.

Seventy-six percent (76%) of Likely Democratic Primary Voters in New Hampshire say that Health Care is a Very Important voting issue. Seventy-three percent (73%) say the same about the economy, 70% attach the same importance to Government Ethics and Corruptions, and 69% say Iraq is a Very Important voting issue.

Rasmussen Markets data at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning suggest that Barack Obama has a 65% chance of winning in New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton is given a 37% chance of winning (current numbers: Obama 75.0 %, Clinton 27.7 %. At that same time, Clinton and Obama were each given a 50% chance of ultimately winning the nomination (current numbers: Obama 52.0 %, Clinton 47.0 %.

These numbers reflect results from a prediction market, not a poll. RasmussenMarkets.com is a “futures market” that harnesses competitive passions to becomes a reliable leading indicator of upcoming events. Using a trading format where traders "buy and sell" candidates, issues, and news features, the markets correctly projected both Obama and Huckabee as the winners in Iowa. We invite you to participate in the Rasmussen Markets. It costs nothing to join and add your voice to the collective wisdom of the market.

Rasmussen Reports will be releasing new polling data on the New Hampshire race each morning until Tuesday.

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New Hampshire

By Suna Z. - Jan 5th, 2008 at 12:14 pm EST

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I firmly believe that Barack Obama will win the New Hampshire primary on Tuesday. Here is why. Clinton is leading him in New Hampshire polls, but those are only amongst democrats. New Hampshire is over forty percent independent. As we learned on Thursday, we can gain much support from independents.Let this be a sign of things to come!Barack Obama 2008!

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Iowa Caucuses

By Suna Z. - Jan 1st, 2008 at 2:29 pm EST

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Where can I watch a caucus in Iowa, or coverage of the caucuses? I want to see Barack's first victory.

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I Can't Believe Clinton Got Away With This!

By Suna Z. - Dec 16th, 2007 at 4:52 pm EST

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Hillary Clinton's chief political campiagn adviser, Mark Penn, is the head of the law firm Burson Marsteller. That firm, coincidentally, is the very same firm that defends Blackwater, which killed 8 innocent Iraqi civilians. To me, this is an outrage. It really says something about Hillary Clinton: she will do anything to become president. This has been covered up, though. If this story hit the papers, I think that her supporters with some integrity will come to Barack Obama. Clinton needs some integrity to deal with all her ambitions for power. Obama '08!

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Obama Can Be Nominated-Iowa

By Suna Z. - Dec 12th, 2007 at 9:02 pm EST

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Barack Obama has received a great deal of leads in polls these days, which is great new for me. I believe a great deal of the new supporters are drawn in due to his speeches. Barack Obama gives great, incredibly moving speeches (you can get his 2004 DNC Keynote Address for free on itunes). He really speaks to everyone of all ages, races, gender, political party, etc. If he can make more of these great speeches in the key primary states, we can get him this nomination.
"America, our moment is now." -Barack Obama

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