The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Hillary Clinton's 35 point victory in Kentucky coupled with her landslide victory in West Virginia, would not have come to fruition but for her tremendous support among women and White working class voters.
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As a matter of fact, Hillary has won more votes than anyone running for the Democratic nomination in the history of the Democratic Party, and she added to her popular vote lead last night. Most importantly she has won states that will total 308 electoral votes in November -- more than enough to carry the general election.

Despite her impressive victories, her strong showing in vital swing states, and her overwhelming support among key voting groups, the media retches up the drumbeat for Obama, determined to have the final say in this historical race. Yet voters continue to send a message to those who want this race to be over, they are more determined than the media to keep this race alive. The pundits may have their way in this election, but the voters will have the final say.

Hillary will continue her quest to make certain the more than 2 million voters in Florida and Michigan are heard when she meets with the credentials committee on May 31 in Washington D.C. Today she is pleading her cause throughout Florida. Then on to Puerto Rico where she is expected to add hundreds of thousands of votes to her popular vote lead. As she said in her victory speech last evening, "This race is far from over." Like Hillary, her supporters are true to their cause, they will never give up and they will never give in.


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Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Great info, Steve. Also, looks like Obama's cash isn't helping him at all:

The Democratic presidential primary is starting to take a financial toll on Barack Obama, the latest fundraising numbers show. The Obama campaign spent more than it raised in April, a first in 2008, as it sought to knock off New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton by pouring money into the Pennsylvania, Indiana and North Carolina primaries.

...Obama spent $36.4 million over the course of the month -- about $4 million more than he raised during the same time -- as he tried to sew up the nomination. Despite outspending Clinton in Pennsylvania and Indiana, he lost both contests.

Obama Spends Big in April, but Doesn't Score a Knock Out
http://news.yahoo.com/s/cq/20080521/pl_c q_politics/politics2880795

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 12:41PM | 0 recs
which 'info' was great

specifically?

The tremendous support among capital W white working class, or the popular vote canard?

How many votes are you counting from Iowa, Nevada, Maine, and Washington?

How many from MI?

by ameridad 2008-05-21 12:49PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

* Over the last three months, Hillary has won more contests, more votes and more earned delegates than Sen. Obama. More Americans have voted for her than any other candidate. In fact, more people have voted for Hillary than any other primary candidate in history - some 17 million people.  

Despite what the Obama campaign may say, declaring Mission Accomplished does not make it so. This race is very close, and there are enough delegates remaining to deliver the nomination to either candidate.

Hillary has won the key swing states of MI, FL, OH, PA and WV and runs ahead of Sen. Obama when matched up against Sen. McCain nationally and in battleground contests.

She is clearly the most electable candidate: She has won 16 of the 20 Republican-leaning House districts won by freshmen Democrats in 2006. And in a survey of rural districts in more than a dozen swing states, she runs far ahead of Sen. Obama against Sen. McCain in head-to-head matchups.

Hillary has made a commitment to the people of every state to give them a say in the Democratic process. And she is committed to ensuring that the delegations from Florida and Michigan are fully seated at our convention.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 12:53PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

Well at least you are original.......So you are saying only the contests in the last 3 months count?? I haven't heard that confabulation before.

by feliks 2008-05-21 12:54PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

It shows Hillary's momentum, and the fact that apparently the voters (remember them? Those poor bitter folks clinging to their guns and religion?) aren't declaring Obama's "Mission Accomplished."

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:00PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

Yeah, it's like winning the last three quarters of a football game.  Why tabulate the total points when you can win on momentum.  Forget all about losing 11 in a row.  And forget that her math excludes four states, she's counting the important states.  

by niksder 2008-05-21 01:26PM | 0 recs
Specially selected months only.

March 4 - 31, April 1 - 30, and May 1 - 20 (up to 8 pm EDT) is the new metric. Contests prior to that don't count, and contests after Kentucky polls closed don't count.

It is getting ever harder to keep up with these things.

by edg1 2008-05-21 01:16PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

And how many Obama voters in the first contests were actually DEMOCRATS-a fact that Obama voters never want to face.

by handsomegent 2008-05-21 01:35PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

Did you know that democrats, republicans, and independents can ALL vote in the GE for whatever candidate they want??

by feliks 2008-05-22 12:47PM | 0 recs
Re: which 'info' was great

Great insight, Head up! Thanks for your support. Let them argue and pout all they want.

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:11PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Financial toll???? One campaign has THIRTY MILLION in cash on hand.......one campign is @) MILLION in the red...

by feliks 2008-05-21 12:53PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Yes, financial toll. He spent more than he took in this past month, and is learning the hard way that voters -- to their credit -- can't be insulted OR bought.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 12:55PM | 0 recs
He has to spend that money.

It doesn't carry over to the general.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:02PM | 0 recs
Re: He has to spend that money.

And the money isn't translating into votes.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:04PM | 0 recs
Perhaps

Money never translates 1 to 1 into votes.  What it does do is get your name out there.  Even if there's no way that he could make Appalachians vote for him over Clinton, he can still get them familiar with who he is and what he stands for.

People are complaining that he's not fighting for their votes... well he's not fighting for their votes from Clinton because it serves no purpose at this stage of the game.  She needs big wins for her fundraising, anyway.

Doesn't mean that he's written them all off for the general.  Hence the money spent on advertising.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:11PM | 0 recs
Re: Perhaps

Voters in West Virigina, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky know Barack Obama. They're familliar with who he is and what he stands for. That's the problem: They resoundly rejected everything he stands for by two-to-one margins.

Even if there's no way that he could make Appalachians vote for him over Clinton, he can still get them familiar with who he is and what he stands for.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:14PM | 0 recs
...in contests with Hillary Clinton

Seriously, get it through your head that the general is a whole 'nuther ballgame.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:17PM | 0 recs
Re: ...in contests with Hillary Clinton

"Seriously, get it through your head" that your candidate can't beat McCain in these states.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:18PM | 0 recs
I think he can...

If he gets the right messenger.

Like, for example, Hillary Clinton.  Those people love Hillary Clinton.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:19PM | 0 recs
Re: I think he can...

Which is exactly why Clinton should and will be the nominee.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:20PM | 0 recs
But she won't be.

She failed the job interview.  Luckily she still has a lot to gain if Obama is elected president.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:28PM | 0 recs
Re: Perhaps

Indiana and Ohio?  You know what 2-to-1 means right?

by niksder 2008-05-21 01:28PM | 0 recs
Re: Perhaps

Indiana resoundingly rejected Obama?

Interesting.

I thought that was a very close contest.

Must have been mistaken.

And if those voters rejected everything he stands for, then I guess they rejected much of what comprises Clinton as well, because last time I checked their platforms were pretty similar.

You don't know a guy named Universal, do you?  Is he a relative.  Your writing bears an uncanny resemblance to his.

by emptythreatsfarm 2008-05-21 02:29PM | 0 recs
HELP

I'm drowning in hyperbole!

by zonk 2008-05-21 03:33PM | 0 recs
Re: He has to spend that money.

Actually, it does carry over.  After the convention, however, no one can give more than $2300, even if they hadn't given a penny beforehand.

Still, at this rate (spending $4 million more than he takes in), he'll have to start worrying about running out of funds for the primaries somewhere around December.

by N in Seattle 2008-05-21 03:50PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

That is very startling news that you came across. I thought the mighty Obama campaign was in control of their finances. She gets outspent 2 or even 3 to 1 in these contests and still he can't beat her. He is a very weak candidate.

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:06PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

It goes to show no matter how much money he pumps into a campaigns, he can't and won't win in key areas of the country.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:16PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Yes, a weak candidate who won the Democratic nomination and will beat John McCain like a used mule. He should change his slogan to "Weakness you can win on".

by edg1 2008-05-21 01:18PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Must suck losing the nomination to such a weak candidate. What does that make Hillary?

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 01:19PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

So I think Knowvox works for McCain.

by niksder 2008-05-21 01:30PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Hillary and her supporters will be obliged to give in when the primary campaign is over in two weeks.

by wasder 2008-05-21 12:43PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

To the contrary, Obama and his supporters will be obliged to give in when the primary campaign is over in two weeks.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 12:56PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Are you a 5 year old?

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 01:19PM | 0 recs
Up with Nap Time!

Stop insulting kindergarteners.

I have a very intelligent one here at home that could run circles around this guy.

by emptythreatsfarm 2008-05-21 02:30PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

KnowVox--I don't understand why you would say something like this. There is just no factual support for this statement.

by wasder 2008-05-21 02:14PM | 0 recs
The race is over.

Even the media is starting to realize it. Whoever would've thought they'd be quicker to catch on than half of the Democratic party?

by Firewall 2008-05-21 12:43PM | 0 recs
Re: The race is over.

The media also bought Bush's "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" bullshit. Their "analysis" didn't make it right then OR now.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 12:57PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

No matter how much you say she leads in the popular vote still doesn't make it true.

by Lokichilde 2008-05-21 12:43PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

For real...did you notice how all the usual suspects here rolled that one out in lockstep today?

by Johnny Gentle Famous Crooner 2008-05-21 12:51PM | 0 recs
How dare they?

How dare they claim the guy that has won a majority of pledged delegates (the winning metric layed down by the DNC) has won the nom? Those bastards!

by Deano963 2008-05-21 12:44PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Unbelievable.  How long are you going to keep pushing on the string?

by Lawyerish 2008-05-21 12:44PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama
the polls are amazing zogby has o leadig by 26 gallop by 11 rasmussen by 8, and in the mean time real people vote and our beloved queen " hillary " gets more votes, i don't the exact answer, maybe it's the bradley effect, its possible some pollster's are biased, and flatly lie  
we just have to hope the sd see the truth and save our party    
by awayer 2008-05-21 12:56PM | 0 recs
Snerk

Or it could be that we've seen two Appalachian primaries in the last couple weeks, with Clinton's very best demographic on prominant display.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:01PM | 0 recs
Re: Snerk

Yeppers... Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, etc, etc... Who needs 'em? They're just bitter folks clinging to guns and God.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:07PM | 0 recs
Who said that we don't need them?

Like I've been saying... there's no purpose in fighting Clinton for their votes.  It's McCain we have to fight for them.  Way different dynamic.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:12PM | 0 recs
Re: Snerk
ohio, texas r.i., penn, indiana,
you cant deny the fact that hillary has more real votes then obama
by awayer 2008-05-21 01:24PM | 0 recs
What is a "real vote?"

Does it include caucuses?  Does it include those votes cast in illegitimate primaries?  If I were to draw the name "CLINTON" in block letters with a crayon on a cardboard box, then start shoving slips of paper with "CLINTON" on them into said box, would those count?

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:38PM | 0 recs
Re: What is a "real vote?"

you dont have to count it, but you cant deny that real people voted, so the pollsters are wrong

by awayer 2008-05-21 03:48PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Why? Are you getting nervous!

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:13PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

haha, no.  thanks though.

It's just depressing to see people who are so divorced from reality, that they can't go back.

by Lawyerish 2008-05-21 01:22PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

I guess when reality is completely against your candidate, you construct a new reality.

by KevinT 2008-05-21 12:47PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

And what is reality? Here is a dose of it for you. Obama has spent more than he took in last month, and still lost by overwhelming margins. Reality will set in on May 31st in DC and then Puerto Rico when Hillary will have won the popular vote. Now there is reality! Where is the super bandwagon for Obama since Oregon? Looks like he is peaking!!

by steve468 2008-05-21 12:56PM | 0 recs
How dare he spend his primary money!

Considering that he can only spend his primary money during the primary, and he's got like $40 million in the bank, he really ought to be on a shopping spree.

The supers are holding off a bit so that he can break the threshold for being the nominee with pledged delegates, is my guess.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 12:59PM | 0 recs
Obama's Futile Shopping Spree

He HAS been on a shopping spree -- spending  $36.4 million in April alone. And it didn't help him win Pennsylvania or Indiana -- two critical states we'll need to win in November.

by KnowVox 2008-05-21 01:04PM | 0 recs
He's polling pretty well there.

He's beating McCain in Pennsylvania pretty handily in the latest poll, and in Indiana he lost the primary by less than the percentage of Clinton voters that would vote for McCain over Clinton in the fall.

That's not bad.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:14PM | 0 recs
Re: How dare he spend his primary money!

Wrong quess. There not waiting for him. That's hillarious.

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:15PM | 0 recs
Huh?

Say that again, please.  I didn't catch it the first time.  With context, if you can.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:18PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

He is peaking? Gee, good time to peak in the primaries, isn't it?

Too bad Clinton peaked in about October of 2007.

by EvilAsh 2008-05-21 01:00PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Brilliant!

Democrat Barack Obama entered May sitting comfortably atop more than $37 million in the bank. Republican John McCain had nearly $22 million in hand. Hillary Rodham Clinton, once the Democrats' presidential front-runner, was in the red.

Obama, moving closer to his party's nomination, let his fundraising slow only slightly last month and collected $31 million.

Conversely:

Clinton raised more than $21 million, but was saddled with debts.

Clinton reported only about $8 million cash on hand for the primary. (She has $22 million set aside for the general election that she can't use.) She also reported $19.5 million in debts, including $10 million she has lent her campaign. Even without the loan, Clinton was in negative cash position. The loan amount also did not include an extra $1.4 million she put into her campaign in May.

Given that there's no valid popular vote metric in a primary, and Obama has overtaken her in Superdelegate endorsements, and I have more change in my couch cushions that Hillary has cash in her campaign coffers, it looks she peaked sometime in early February.

Oh right, that was the plan to begin with, wasn't it?

by fogiv 2008-05-21 01:12PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Ok, for all intents and purposes, this race is effectively over. I am all for Clinton staying in through the June 3rd primaries, but even if Florida and Michigan are seated according to the Clinton campaign's metrics, she still loses. That's it. Those are the only facts that matter. She has earned the right to go through the last contests, but we're kidding ourselves if we say that it would change the outcome. Even if she were to win ALL pledged delegates outstanding, she'd still lose!

by VAAlex 2008-05-21 12:48PM | 0 recs
You're forgetting

The coveted meteorite vote.

It just takes one meteorite choosing Obama and Clinton is the nominee.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 12:57PM | 0 recs
As long as you count Michigan as is

everyone will know you are trying to cheat, even you.

by Sam Wise Gingy 2008-05-21 12:48PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Dude, after the "Obama expert" diary, I can't take anything you say seriously.

by rfahey22 2008-05-21 12:50PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

hahaha!

by Johnny Gentle Famous Crooner 2008-05-21 12:55PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

At least right now...

Arnnstrong>Armstrong ;)

by mefeck 2008-05-21 12:53PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

I love these news flashes from Sky News Media. I only wish they would actually predict when the next UFO siting will be.

by venician 2008-05-21 12:53PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

HA! Your humor is so beguiling. Having a temper tantrum are you? Try getting out of the kitchen, the flames are so intense!

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:01PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

This is embarrassing - please stop.

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 01:24PM | 0 recs
Funny thing, the media

The media continued to obey Clinton's every word throughout February and even after it became a near mathmatical impossibility for her to win in March.

The media was in the tank for Clinton for most of the run.  I can't tell you how many times Clinton fooled them with her "firewall state" strategies.

Now they realize that they've been suckered time and time again because they were so caught up in the romance of the horse race, so they get effectively called "Judas".  It's okay for them, though, they got great ratings out of it.  I can understand why Clinton may be angry.  She only got debt out of the deal.  Curse the media for being so gullible!

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 12:55PM | 0 recs
Sure

She also HAD to win both Texas and Ohio... but that was conveniently forgotten when it turned out that she didn't win Texas after all.

by Dracomicron 2008-05-21 01:03PM | 0 recs
Re: Funny thing, the media has a problem

First it was New Hampshire, and they said she was finished. Then she had to do real well on Super Tuesday, and after winning California, New York, New Jersy, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, and Arizona, that wasn't good enough and they said she was finished. Then they said she had to win Texas and Ohio, and when she did, they said that wasn't good enough and she was finished. Then they said she had to win Pennsylvania, and when she did, they said Sorry that is not good enough, your finished. Then they said she had to win Indiana, and when she did, they said, sorry but you had to win North Carolina too, your finished. Then she went on to landslide victories in WV and Kentucky, and they said, Oh that doesn't matter your finished. Time and Time again this woman has proven herself and all the media does is ridicule and humiliate her, is that sexist or biased, yeah your darn right it is.

by steve468 2008-05-21 04:14PM | 0 recs
Gee, those DNC rules are pesky things.

by EvilAsh 2008-05-21 12:57PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Listenting to HRC supporters tout the "popular vote" meme is like watching someone shoot pool with a rope.

Ain't workin'.

by fogiv 2008-05-21 12:57PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Is working and will work. HILLARY HAS WON THE POPULAR VOTE, MOST VOTES IN THE HISTORY OF PRIMARY POLITICS. Can Obama claim the same? So Sorry!

by steve468 2008-05-21 01:03PM | 0 recs
Obama's 63 delegates away from

winning the nomination.

What's your point.

by bobdoleisevil 2008-05-21 01:13PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

YOU'RE FUNNY! OBAMA CAN ONLY LAY (pant, pant) CLAIM TO THE NOMINATION (pant pant)...!

Can Hillary do the same?  Errr...

by fogiv 2008-05-21 01:20PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

"HILLARY HAS WON THE POPULAR VOTE"

Certainly if you refuse to count all those places she lost, and include all the votes she had once claimed didn't count.

by Aris Katsaris 2008-05-21 01:22PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Please list the names of anyone outside the Clinton campaign that is buying this crap.

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 01:25PM | 0 recs
Including FL and MI, Clinton leads

ABC News (scroll mid way down page)

Real Clear Politics

by grlpatriot 2008-05-21 01:52PM | 0 recs
Re: Including FL and MI, Clinton leads

What?  They both show Obama in the lead.  How long has black been white?  You have a quick nap and the whole world gets turned upside down.  HE IS IN THE LEAD, OK?

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 02:07PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

LOL that is one of the funniest metaphors I have heard it a while.  Never heard it before...now I'm going to have to start using it :-)

by Raumfahrer 2008-05-21 01:07PM | 0 recs
Re: The Media Drumbeat For Obama

Feel free, enjoy!

by fogiv 2008-05-21 01:15PM | 0 recs
Clinton leads in popular vote

Both ABC News and Real Clear Politics have Clinton leading in the popular vote when FL and MI are included.

by grlpatriot 2008-05-21 01:57PM | 0 recs
Re: Clinton leads in popular vote

But they are not included.  FAIL.

by interestedbystander 2008-05-21 02:08PM | 0 recs
Re: Clinton leads in popular vote

The Clinton campaign spokesman Wolfson, said on CNN yesterday that they believe they have more than enough votes on the committee to include the Florida and Michigan votes. So if you couple those votes with the huge number of votes she will get in the PR primary on June 1, she will have a very sizable lead in the popular vote. So yes, that is looking very good for her.

by steve468 2008-05-21 04:17PM | 0 recs

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