a) Senator Barack Obama will win the Pennsylvania, but the results will
not be finalized for one week.
b) He'll win by a margin of +1.5%, with 81 delegates to Senator Obama, 77 to Senator
Clinton.
c) Obama's unprecedented Pennsylvania spending bought the election.
— Erin
Who’s Bitter Now?
Apparently, Senator Obama has been a “Steelers fan since” he “was 10 years old.” He has indicated that the Steelers are a “favorite” team of his, though, rightfully so, he has to “root for the Bears when those two teams are playing.” You do NOT want to aggravate Richie Daley or Brian Urlacher, so good move there, Barry. If there is one thing that Chicago, Green Bay, New York and Pittsburg seem to have in common, it is an intense fanaticism for their respective football teams, and this is not knowledge that comes merely from my finally reading Frederick Exley’s excellent “A Fan’s Notes” a few years ago. I am the product of what I have been told is the impossible: Both of my parents were Packers AND Bears fans. Of course, being a Wisconsin-Norwegian, my dad was contractually obligated to root for the Packers when they would play the Bears, but, otherwise, he was equal opportunity. Many relatives of mine would hibernate from the Super Bowl until the pre-season the next Fall, a period that most psychiatrists would label as “Seasonal Affective Disorder” in the Midwest. We knew better. Yet, in critical games in which neither the Bears nor the Packers were playing, my dad’s affection would always go towards the Giants or the Steelers (and the Minnesota Vikings, but I imagine that was just a Norwegian thing). It was always explained to me, succinctly, as “just who you root for.”
Those five words kept resonating all yesterday afternoon after I read a very interesting announcement from Senator Obama’s campaign. If Senator Edward Kennedy, Senator John Kerry, Governor Bill Richardson, George Clooney and Hulk Hogan’s endorsements of Senator Barack Obama could be paired with endorsements-from-beyond-the-grave of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Curly Lambeau, Walter Payton and Walt Kiesling, what would we have in Pittsburgh terms? Monday’s endorsement of Senator Barack Obama by his “good friend” and Steeler’s owner and chairman, Dan Rooney.
Much has been made as to the importance or lack thereof of endorsements. With the notable exceptions of manpower (SEIU), fundraising (MoveOn) and punch-you-in-the-gut emotional responses (Senator Edward Kennedy and Governor Bill Richards), the effect of endorsements is a highly-personal thing, largely the product of whether or not you have any respect for the endorser. One voter’s trash is another supporter’s treasure.
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Clinton family friend and political pundit James Carville
She advocates for pantsuits, but not for homemade cookies,
Trusts Maggie Williams and her predatory sub-prime bookies,
“Every state matters”, but only when she wins it,
Which is why Michigan and Florida just must be made legit.
If Florida matters so much to her, she can eventually retire like a real New Yorker to Boca,
Run for President of a condo board and review the 9Cs of Lee Iacocca
She confused a vote for war with a vote for inspections,
But “Day 1” of the presidency doesn’t allow for such hindsight reflections.
And hey, Carville, Governor Richardson isn’t Judas, he’s the Apostle Paul,
Having been blinded by the truth, he now sees it all,
Grassroots, hard work, judgment, hope and renewal,
Over campaign debt, Mark Penn and money from lobbyists of fossil fuel.
In our Democracy, we do not have to vote consistent with our sex,
Nor should votes and the Presidency be quid pro quo,
But we should elect a leader of transparency, honesty and who reflects,
And Senator Clinton, that’s not you, “As far as I know…”
— Erin
As I was seated in the fifth row of the historic Cooper Union Great Hall watching Mayor Bloomberg introduce Senator Obama to address McCain’s determination "to run for George Bush’s third term” and to unveil a comprehensive overview of his economic plan and policies, commuters were digging into The New York Times’ story, Early Dazzle, Then Tough Path for a Governor. And, thanks to The Times, something was revealed this morning, something that has been underreported and not adequately investigated this entire campaign season:
Senator Barack Obama and Governor Deval Patrick are both black.
Did anyone really see this coming? I heard about some robocalls in New Hampshire to that effect, and a few of my co-workers received some chain e-mails alluding to it, but, thanks to The New York Times, the truth is out. The facts have been checked. The sources confirmed. See? Do you see it now?
What confuses me the most about the use of a picture of Sen. Obama and Gov. Patrick is that the article makes the oddest, irrelevant, off-the-cuff references to Sen. Obama in the course of the article, leaving us to conclude what the hidden message is. Reading this article and trying to determine why Obama is pictured is like watching a Japanese game show without knowing any Japanese and trying to figure out what the heck is going on enough to turn around and explain it to your 92 year-old great uncle who is partially deaf and loves to tell you about how much trouble he got into when he snuck out to the Tommy Dorsey concert last week.
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