Re: Obama's Struggle With Typical Liberal Hypocrisy

This is my comment on John Ridley's Obama's Struggle With Typical Liberal Hypocrisy


Political hypocrisy plagues American democracy.
Barack Obama cannot please everybody.
If Obama fails to win the nomination and the presidential election, the so-called American Liberals will be the Judas of his betrayal.

What has made Barack Obama so successful so far is not his animated amplification of the politiical sound bites of his political spin doctors, but the big budget of his sponsors who used their mainstream media and proxies in the social network sites to launch their vicious campaign of calumny against the Clintons and maligned them so badly that they have done more harm than good to the Democratic Party in the long run of the presidential campaign. If the Clintons and their millions of supporters turn against Barack Obama and his sponsors in the presidential election, do not blame the Clintons.

Most of those endorsing Barack Obama are doing so to spite the Clintons and have not really done much to show why he would be a better president than John McCain.
If we put the war in Iraq behind us, how would Barack Obama fare as the President of America?
This is not even a question of whether he is "Black enough" or not, but if he can really and truly be the kind of president America needs now.

We should not judge any person by the color of the skin, but by the intellect and benefit to human development.
Most of the African Americans voting for Barack Obama are racist, because they are voting for him, because he is Black.
Would the majority of them vote for him if he were White?
Why did most working class African Americans who should have voted for John Edwards prefer to vote for Barack Obama?
It is natural for Blacks to support a Black candidate?
Even if the Black candidate is not really better than the White candidate?
The White voters of Barack Obama have impressed me more than the Black voters.
The Blacks are making this presidential election look like a Black versus White power struggle.

If African Americans feel that it is long over due to elect a Black president, then how would the Latinos and American Indians feel?

Apart from his opposition to the war in Iraq, Barack Obama's shortcomings in political expediency are making him look like the puppet of the political power brokers who really careless about the war in Iraq and want to use him to settle scores and secure their future in the American government.

Americans must not reduce this election into an opportunity to compensate Blacks or settle political scores, because it would be irrational to do so.

United Steelworkers Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President

United Steelworkers. (PRNewsFoto/United Steelworkers) PITTSBURGH, PA UNITED STATES 01/31/2008

15 May 2008 15:00 Africa/Lagos


United Steelworkers Endorse Senator Barack Obama for President

Join John Edwards in Growing Wave of Support

PITTSBURGH, May 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers today issued the following statement of endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for President:


"When the presidential primary contests began last year, our Union felt strongly that because of Senator John Edwards's deep commitment to working people and because of our shared beliefs, he deserved our strong endorsement. His belief that unfair trade policies must be changed, his commitment to pass the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) to restore workers' rights to freely choose workplace representation, and his proposal for universal health care were widely shared by our members.


Senator Barack Obama

"Today, by virtue of a unanimous vote of our International Executive Board, we find ourselves once again in agreement with Senator Edwards, this time with his decision last evening to endorse Senator Barack Obama. And thus today, the United Steelworkers enthusiastically endorses Senator Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States.


"Senator Obama's call for a significant change of direction amounts to far more than a compelling rallying cry. It is buttressed by his record of consistent support for workers, by his call for sweeping changes to our health care system, by his unflinching support for Employee Free Choice, and by his insistence that America's trade policies must, first and foremost, serve the interests of America's working families.


"Senator Obama has shown his commitment to working families by proposing significant investments in the future of American manufacturing, in the revitalization of our nation's infrastructure, and in 21st century clean energy technologies that will lead to significant growth in domestic jobs. He is clearly the candidate who can best lead our nation out of the dark period of economic decline created by the Bush administration's allegiance to Wall Street profiteering at the expense of worker prosperity.


"We share Senator Obama's call for significant changes to these bankrupt policies, just as we earlier shared Senator Edwards'. And all of us, including, we hope, Senator Clinton, for whom we have the utmost respect, must now do everything we can to ensure that Barack Obama is the next President of the United States. Now is the time for contention and division to cease, and for us to unite behind the changes for which Senator Obama and our members are calling.


"America's workers cannot afford another four years of rehashed Bush administration policies, another four years in which the National Labor Relations Board shills for corporate misconduct, or another four years of a Secretary of the Treasury who considers it his "job" to bail out Wall Street speculators at the expense of hard working families loosing their homes.


"Nor can those of us who are committed to changing the direction of the country afford any more racial profiling of an election, when either Democratic candidate would be far superior to Senator McCain's lock-step commitment to four more years of the broken Bush economy and the broken Bush foreign policies.


"We are proud and honored to join Senator Edwards in endorsing Senator Barack Obama to be the next President of the United States. We commit ourselves to working tirelessly for his election and for a new age of cooperation among Democrats, Independents and thoughtful Republicans alike in which working Americans are restored to a place of dignity in society and in the American economy."


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Video: John Edwards Endorses Barack Obama for President

Senator John Edwards' endorsement is like a pat on the back of Senator Barack Obama, because even heaven knows that Obama is winning the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party and does not need the help of John Edwards to get it.

The support of John Edwards will not do much for Barack Obama in the presidential election and Senator John McCain can even beat Barack Obama in North Carolina, the home state of John Edwards.

I am sure, Senator Hillary Clinton is not fazed by John Edwards' endorsement of Barack Obama. She is determined to continue her race for the Democratic nomination to the Convention. I believe the pledged delegates and super delegates will decide who is the better presidential candidate for the Democratic Party.

Barack Obama Cannot Beat John McCain

The hallmarks of leadership are not judged by political stump speeches or designer suits, but by the demonstration of bravery and wisdom in the service of humanity.

I have noticed undemocratic political rancor among the Democrats and I am disappointed that Senator Barack Obama is acting more like a Republican in his press statements and his wife Michelle Obama has been using subtle tirade against Senator Hillary Clinton. The Obamas’ look more desperate than the Clintons, because they have staked so much on winning the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party and losing it could be devastating to their egos. Barack Obama does not want to contest for the presidency when he is over 50 years, because his egocentric ambition is to become the first “Black” President of America before he clocks 50 and he is most likely to give up if he fails to make it in 2008.

I am impressed by the spirit of endurance of Senator John McCain who has not given up since he lost in 2000 and 2004 and even at 71, he is more determined than all the presidential candidates to succeed and become the next President of the United States of America.

Senator Barack Obama cannot beat Senator John McCain in the presidential election, because the majority of Caucasian American voters, American Latino voters and Asian-American voters will not vote for Senator Barack Obama if Senator Hillary Clinton is not the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Most of the older women behind Senator Hillary Clinton will prefer to vote for Senator John McCain.
Senator Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama have been disrespectful to the older American voters and have made disparaging utterances at their rallies in mockery of these older folks in America for supporting Senator Hillary Clinton. America was not built by the youths of the Internet Age supporting him, but by the older generation who were born before and after the Great Depression. Those who invented the TV and the Computer and built the great roads, bridges, flyovers and towering skyscrapers of the great industries of America from the 1920s to the 1960s when Barack Obama and Michelle Obama were still babies in diapers.

I have weighed the characters of both Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on leadership and I have found Senator Barack Obama wanting. He lacks the humility and philosophical profundity for the leadership of all Americans and the nation building of a New America in the 21st century.

I have read him and listened to his so called great speeches and found them to be perfunctory victory speeches that were merely embellished for impressionistic motives without great depth, because he was only paraphrasing the speeches of the eulogized American preachers and political leaders. I have heard them all before. Senator Barack Obama has been overrated by the American news media, manipulated by his political spin-doctors who are only puffing him up for their own Machiavellian power struggle for the political mercantilism of American Democracy.
Senator Barack Obama lacks the dignity, political integrity, and maturity for leadership. Finis.

Re: Toni Morrison Endorses Barack Obama

Toni Morrison, African American Nobel Laureate in Literature

"Black people have always been used as a buffer in this country between powers to prevent class war."
~ Toni Morrison

Dear Toni Morrison,

The fundamental existence of the African American can only be defined by the African American experience from generation to generation and not by political stump speeches without substance and without experience.

The only difference between Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards is the color of their skin.
Have you read the letter Martin Luther King, III, sent to Hon. John Edwards?

The brilliant recitation of paraphrased quotes is not the evidence of intelligence or wisdom, but the clever display of the gift of the gab.

"Politicians of the new generation are carefully coached by their spin doctors to produce on-demand sound bites which are clear and to the point."
~ Wikipedia

I know that you know nothing more about Barack Obama than his well rehearsed and well acted victory speeches in Iowa and South Carolina, and apparently have only seen him from your poetic point of view.
No more, no less.

It is nothing short of ignorance to judge a man by his appearance from a distance.
A man should be judged by his works and not by his looks or by his speech.
For his looks will fade like the Morning Glory before the sunset and his mere words will only become echoes in our heads.
Only our works will testify of our intelligence, competence, diligence and service to humanity, even when the echoes of our best speeches can no longer be heard.

What has Senator Barack Obama done so far to prove his wisdom and intelligence?
Have you been to his constituents in Illinois?
Have you checked Barack Obama's Record in the Illinois Senate?
Or is it his erroneous transaction with the indicted estate developer, Antoin Rezko, his political godfather?

"Somebody has to take responsibility for being a leader."
~ Toni Morrison

Senator Hillary Clinton is the only Democratic Presidential Candidate left in the presidential race who has taken responsibility for leadership and not making excuses.

How do you judge wisdom?
By "boneheadedness" in erroneous and ambiguous political statements or being economical with the facts on one's compromise with political power brokers and Lobbyists?

How can you say a man has intelligence when he lacks competence and has a poor record of diligence from Illinois to Capitol?

Your decision to endorse Senator Barack Obama is not based on truth, but on your romantic summation of his stage craft, because God knows that your knowledge of him is based on mere hearsay and not on facts.

"For now we see in a mirror, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know fully even as also I was fully known."
~1 Corinthians 13:12

Cheers and God bless.

With regards,
Orikinla Osinachi

Re: The State editorial board's Democratic Presidential Primary Endorsement of Senator Barack Obama

Attention: The State Editorial Board

Re: The State editorial board's Democratic Presidential Primary Endorsement of Senator Barack Obama


Senator Barack Obama

May I disagree with your endorsement of Senator Barack Obama for the South Carolina Democratic Primary, because Senator Barack Obama is not the Democrat most likely to unify America.

If you are really honest and transparent in your editorial board’s decision, you would have endorsed former Senator John Edwards, who is indeed the most likely Democrat to unite the United States of America across social and political dichotomies.

You failed to address the questionable statesmanship of Senator Barack Obama.
Barack Obama has been economical with the facts of his life, and untruthful as the following references confirm.
1. Obama and Rezko have been friends since 1990, and the Wilmette businessman has raised as much as $60,000 in campaign contributions for him.
~Sun Times

2. Shipjack wrote a comprehensive article posted on the Daily Kos on why Barack Obama lied last night in the South Carolina Democratic Presidential Debate.
“In one of his earliest votes, Obama joined a bloc of mostly conservative and moderate Senate Democrats who helped pass a G.O.P.-driven class-action “reform” bill. The bill had been long sought by a coalition of business groups and was lobbied for aggressively by financial firms, which constitute Obama”s second biggest single bloc of donors.”
~Daily Kos

The State is likely playing to the gallery of the majority of the African American Democratic voters in South Carolina.

It is a pity if African Americans do not have more than skin-deep IQ and if the majority of them would be driven by herd mentality to vote for Barack Obama, because he is black.

Hillary Clinton has been a fearless advocate of Civil Rights since when she met Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1962, to her days on the Editorial Board of the Yale Review of Law and Social Action at the Yale Law School. She was working for George McGovern presidential campaign in Texas in 1972, and was already committed to fundamental human rights and democratic leadership before she married Bill Clinton.

Former Senator John Edwards is the most honest and transparent of the three leading Democratic presidential candidates and he is more appealing to the majority of Americans, irrespective of their political parties. He would have been the frontrunner, but the mainstream news media and informal media have discriminated against him and have not given him the coverage he needs to increase his mileage and patronage. The other Democratic presidential candidates have spent huge sums of money for media publicity and image laundering, supported by their donors and sponsors who are the major Washington Lobbyists and power brokers in America.


Former Senator John Edwards

"We must recognize that we can't solve our problem now until there is a radical redistribution of economic and political power." -- Martin Luther King Jr.

Here is the full text of the letter John Edwards received from Martin Luther King, III, the eldest son of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

January 20, 2008

The Honorable John R. Edwards
410 Market Street
Suite 400
Chapel Hill, NC 27516

Dear Senator Edwards:

It was good meeting with you yesterday and discussing my father's legacy. On the day when the nation will honor my father, I wanted to follow up with a personal note.

There has been, and will continue to be, a lot of back and forth in the political arena over my father's legacy. It is a commentary on the breadth and depth of his impact that so many people want to claim his legacy. I am concerned that we do not blur the lines and obscure the truth about what he stood for: speaking up for justice for those who have no voice.

I appreciate that on the major issues of health care, the environment, and the economy, you have framed the issues for what they are - a struggle for justice. And, you have almost single-handedly made poverty an issue in this election.

You know as well as anyone that the 37 million people living in poverty have no voice in our system. They don't have lobbyists in Washington and they don't get to go to lunch with members of Congress. Speaking up for them is not politically convenient. But, it is the right thing to do.

I am disturbed by how little attention the topic of economic justice has received during this campaign. I want to challenge all candidates to follow your lead, and speak up loudly and forcefully on the issue of economic justice in America.

From our conversation yesterday, I know this is personal for you. I know you know what it means to come from nothing. I know you know what it means to get the opportunities you need to build a better life. And, I know you know that injustice is alive and well in America, because millions of people will never get the same opportunities you had.

I believe that now, more than ever, we need a leader who wakes up every morning with the knowledge of that injustice in the forefront of their minds, and who knows that when we commit ourselves to a cause as a nation, we can make major strides in our own lifetimes. My father was not driven by an illusory vision of a perfect society. He was driven by the certain knowledge that when people of good faith and strong principles commit to making things better, we can change hearts, we can change minds, and we can change lives.

So, I urge you: keep going. Ignore the pundits, who think this is a horserace, not a fight for justice. My dad was a fighter. As a friend and a believer in my father's words that injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere, I say to you: keep going. Keep fighting. My father would be proud.

Sincerely,

Martin L. King, III

Senator Barack Obama is already implicated in the Rezko Scandal and that would be adverse to his political prospects in the long run.
Any endorsement of Senator Barack Obama is an erroneous judgment and lacks merit.

If only John Edwards were black ...

Beyond Nevada: Beware of Barack Obama

Beyond Nevada: Beware of Barack Obama
« on: Today at 06:13:31 AM »

“¿Cómo-Se-Llama?” or “What’s-His-Name?,”

~ Dolores Huerta, farm-worker heroine whilst talking to reporters why the Latinos supported Hillary Clinton to win the Nevada Caucuses Saturday, January 19, 2007.

Hillary Clinton won and she was quite humble about it.

Barack Obama is a bad loser.

I doubt whether he is truly a Democrat or just trying to take the Democrats for a ride to fulfill his ego-centric African American Dream to become the first black president of the United States.

He lies that he is a "Uniter", but was privy to a Memo to blackmail the Clintons as "racist" in South Carolina and has divided the Democratic Party into blacks for Obama and blacks against the Clintons.

I am a black African and I read the malicious Memo, signed by the Obama camp in South Carolina. They even lied that Bill Clinton was disrespecting Nelson Mandela of South Africa. I was involved in the mobilization of the African National Congress (ANC) during the anti-Apartheid struggle, and if anyone is disrespecting Nelson Mandela or black leaders, I would be able to tell.

Hillary Clinton has been committed to the Civil Rights Movement since she met the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1962, and she supported African American activists during her days at the Yale Law School. No wonder Quincy Jones, and the others are all supporting her and not Barack Obama who has done little or nothing for the African Americans in America.

Barack Obama is now desperate to win the South Carolina primary and he is now name-dropping Ronald Reagan to pander to the White voters to support him, so that he can add their votes to his African American votes to beat Hillary Clinton.

He deliberately dropped his bona fide middle name of Hussein, because he is afraid that the Islamic name will make most American Evangelicals, Jews and anti-Islamic American voters turn against him.

He has even failed to stop his Kenyan uncle, Raila Odinga, from causing more violence in Kenya after Odinga lost the presidential election. Obama is a supporter of Odinga and I have the photograph taken in Kenya to prove it. Odinga kept his own family in a safe house, but told millions of Kenyans to go on the streets to protest and over 1, 000 have been killed so far. Why is Raila Odinga not going out to lead the protest march?

What is Barack Obama doing to stop the bloody mayhem in his fatherland, Kenya?

If he has no clue on how to stop post election violence in Kenya, then how can he stop the war in Iraq or win the global war on terror?

Lest you forget, the Islamic terrorists are active in Kenya and Barack Obama's family in Kenya are Muslims. In fact, they still call Barack Obama a Muslim. Anyone with a Muslim family can expose the US to grave dangers. His Muslim uncle and aunt and other Muslim relatives could be used as suicide bombers to attack American targets in Kenya and even to attack the US.

Lest we forget, Barack Obama caused a riot in Pakistan, where they burnt his effigy with the US Flag.

Millions of American Muslims will be against Barack Obama for dropping his Muslim middle name.

Christ Matthews and the American news media have not asked Barack Obama, the important questions on the critical issues I have raised here and on the Huffington Post.

Barack Obama says he has been opposed to the war in Iraq.

How? By mere word of mouth? But he has voted in support of the prosecution of the war in Iraq and he has been collecting money from donors and sponsors who are supporting the war in Iraq.

How can I say I hate armed robbery, but I am collecting blood money from armed robbers to finance my presidential campaign? Is this not complicity and hypocrisy?

He spent over $1 million on his campaign in Nevada and lured the largest unions away from John Edwards who is the real catalyst for Change and the real "uniter" who has refused to collect money from Washington Lobbyists. Obama spent more money than Hillary Clinton, but he still lost after his agents ran negative radio adverts of lies against Hillary Clinton.

For how long will Barack Obama continue to use his political spin to deceive the ignorant and gullible American voters?

Posted by Orikinla Osinachi January 20, 2008. 8:48 AM FROM MARCAMBINDER ON THE ATLANTIC ONLINE

BREAKING NEWS! HILLARY CLINTON HAS WON THE NEVADA CAUCUSES!

God has given us victory again!
I thank God for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton!
More details from the BBC


Democrat Clinton, Republican Romney win party support in Nevada caucuses

Barack Obama: 'Our Time for Change has Come'

NEWSWEEK: Cover: 'Our Time for Change has Come'

'This is the campaign I always wanted to run. If it doesn't work, it's not because of the organization we built or the respectful tone that we set,' Sen. Barack Obama Tells Newsweek.

Winning in Iowa: 'I think there's no doubt that it's a measure of our progress as a country. I've said from the beginning I had confidence in the American people.'

John McCain Says the Lesson of the GOP Iowa Caucus: 'one, you can't buy an election in Iowa, and two, negative campaigns don't work.'

NEW YORK, Jan. 6 /PRNewswire/ --

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses Sen. Obama tells Newsweek in the January 14 issue "Our Time For Change Has Come" (on newsstands Monday, January 7), "I feel calm," -- 24 hours before he'd know if it had all been worth it, or if he had been wasting his time. "This is the campaign I always wanted to run. If it doesn't work, it's not because of the organization we built or the respectful tone that we set," Obama tells Newsweek.


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Senior White House Correspondent Richard Wolffe and Newsweek's political team report that the Iowa caucuses reshuffled the presidential field in both parties, throwing primary season into dramatic full swing. Obama's high-minded themes of hope and change-and not getting your hands dirty-can come off as earnest, even naive in the world of hardball presidential politics. But Obama is also a streetwise Chicago politician who put together a campaign machine formidable enough to take on the Clintons and win, Newsweek reports.


Polls had made it seem the contest would be close. Instead, Terry McCauliffe, Hillary's campaign manager, conceded that even Bill Clinton was "very surprised" by Obama's 9-point victory over his wife. The win crowned Obama the frontrunner, and put to rest the doubts of many people, both inside and outside his campaign. It also suggests that if his unorthodox approach to presidential politics worked in Iowa, it may also win over voters in other states around the country, Newsweek reports.


Generally shying away from discussing how "historic" it would be for him to win the White House, Obama nevertheless acknowledged that Iowa was, in fact, a noteworthy moment. "I think there's no doubt that it's a measure of our progress as a country," he tells Newsweek. "I've said from the beginning I had confidence in the American people. Race is no doubt still a factor in our culture. But people want to know who is going to provide healthcare that works, schools that work, a foreign policy that works. If they think you can do the work, I think they are willing to give you a chance."


This week's cover story reports that Obama's approach does not endear him to some Democrats who, furious at George W. Bush, came to the '08 campaign hoping for a fight. But for a more direct, unvarnished approach to politics, they need to look no further than Obama's wife. Michelle has thrown herself into the cause and the competition. Where Obama emphasizes hope and self- belief in his stump speech, Michelle Obama throws down a challenge to voters to step up.


While Obama rarely references his own racial identity or his personal struggles, Michelle draws a direct link between his experiences in overcoming prejudice to his readiness for power. Sitting on the campaign bus the night before the caucuses, Michelle explained her desire to shake up American politics. "We complain that politicians are mean and cynical and angry, but we've been doing the same thing over and over again," she tells Newsweek. "We have been making the same irrational decisions. When faced with the most rational choice, we hesitate -- and that is, that we have to break out of this." Obama explained his impact on politics a little more modestly. "What I was so pleased with was not just the fact that we won, or the raw numbers, but what it showed about the country," he says.


In an exclusive interview, a day after winning the Iowa caucus, Wolffe talks with Obama about what his win in Iowa -- an overwhelmingly white state -- says about America today. "It means that America is hungry for change... You know, when the American people get it in their minds that they have the power to change things, it's very hard to stop them," Obama says.


Newsweek also examines the shake up and future of the Republican Party. Editor-at-Large Evan Thomas and White House Correspondent Holly Bailey report that John McCain and Mike Huckabee have been exceedingly polite to each other, aiming their scorn at Mitt Romney. The lesson of the Iowa caucuses, said McCain, was, "one, you can't buy an election in Iowa, and two, negative campaigns don't work" -- a clear dig at Romney, who outspent Huckabee by about 20 to 1 and bought a slew of ads trashing his opponent. Openly praising each other while slyly knifing a mutual foe can work for a while. But if Romney goes down in New Hampshire and McCain and Huckabee roar into South Carolina on January 19 as the two frontrunners the love fest between them could be long over, Newsweek reports.


Also in the cover package:
-- Contributing Editor Ellis Cose writes that Barack Obama's win in Iowa
is a moment similar to where the country was in 1976, when another
largely untested idealist won Iowa's Democratic caucus. "It is quite
possible that Obama can succeed where (President Jimmy) Carter failed,
but not without helping America to embrace the fact that changing is a
lot harder than talking about it; and that being an agent of change
ultimately means shaking up things for many people who are quite
comfortable with the status quo."
-- Senior Editor and Columnist Jonathan Alter writes, "Iowa Nice" is over.
"The sweet culture of the cornfields ... is giving way to states with a
more bare-knuckle tradition. The question is how rough the Clintons and
their wide circle of political operatives will get."
-- Senior Political Correspondent Howard Fineman writes that, "while Mike
Huckabee advertises himself as a "Christian Leader," he is loath to
talk about his preacher days. On the campaign trail, it is the Lost
Decade of his life. Trying to have it both ways is what politicians do
for a living. But in Washington and the savvier precincts of elsewhere
(Nashville, for example), Republicans and their secular conservatives
allies are distraught at the thought of Huckabee as the GOP's 2008
presidential nominee."

(Read entire cover package at www.Newsweek.com)

Inside Obama's Dream Machine

'Hungry for Change' - Exclusive Interview with Sen. Obama


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First Blood to Barack Obama as European Betting Frenzy Begins

4 Jan 2008 14:20 Africa/Lagos


First Blood to Barack as European Betting Frenzy Begins

DUBLIN, January 4/PRNewswire/ --

Senator Barack Obama has blasted the ball into the back of the net with an emphatic victory in the Iowa Democratic Caucus. While Hillary Clinton remains the Bookies favourite to become next President, the gap is beginning to narrow between the two front runners. European bookmaking firm paddypower.com have slashed the odds on Obama to become Next President from 3/1 to 2/1 while Hillary Clinton has eased in the betting from odds-on 10/11 to odds-against 11/8.


All eyes now turn to New Hampshire next Tuesday for the first of the Primaries where Hillary Clinton remains the narrow favourite at odds of 4/5 ahead of Barack Ohama at 10/11 to top the Democratic vote. In the Republican camp Senator John McCain is the man the beat in New Hampshire and has been installed as paddypower.com's red hot 8/11 favourite.


Ken Robertson, Communications Manager for paddypower.com said "We have been astounded with the volume of traffic already through our new website http://www.electionbetting.com. If betting around the Iowa caucuses is anything to go by we predict the 2008 US Presidential Election will be the biggest non-sporting betting event of all time."



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IOWA HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

Presidential front runners, Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama

IOWA HAS DONE IT AGAIN!

Yes. Iowa has goofed again.

The Iowa Caucuses have chosen two presidential candidates that even heaven knows will not win the nominations of their respective parties, because neither Barack Obama nor Mike Huckabee has what it takes to win the nominations and none of them will contest in the presidential election on November 4, 2008..

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is still the Democratic Presidential Candidate who will be the flag bearer of the Democratic Party on November 4, 2008.Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards would be swept away by the Tsunami Tuesday primaries on February 5, 2008.

Super Tuesday typically represents a Presidential candidate's first test of
national electabilityIn 1992, after losing earlier primaries, Democrat Bill
Clinton emerged as a candidate "back from the dead" when he convincingly won a
number of Southern primaries on Super Tuesday. Clinton ultimately went on to win
the Democratic nomination and the presidency.Wikipedia

Let us wait for the big picture after Super Tuesday.I am still standing by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President.

Forward ever, backward never!

The Iowa Electronic Markets at the University of Iowa has predicted that the Democratic nominee will beat the Republican in the November presidential election.

The results so far showed that even though Barack Obama has won the Iowa caucuses, Hillary Clinton is still going to be the Democratic nominee.

This is a confirmation of my analytical summation that winning Iowa does not guarantee Barack Obama or John Edwards the nomination. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton will prevail all the way to the White House as the next President of the United States of America.

The Bald Eagle Blog Endorses Hillary Clinton for President

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton smiles in appreciation of the good reception of her supporters.

The Bald Eagle Blog on the Des Moines Register, Monday, January 1, 2008, endorsed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President.

The Bald Eagle Blog is one of the most notable blogs authored by the regular readers of the Des Moines Register online.


Hillary Clinton during her visit to Sheet Metal Workers Local 88 in Las Vegas on November 17, 2007.

More US senators, governors, unions, newspapers, and others have endorsed Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president. But the latest Des Moines Register Poll posted on Monday January 1 shows Senator Barack Obama ahead of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former Senator John Edwards.
According to the Des Moines Register:

Obama was the choice of 32 percent of likely Democratic caucus goers, up from 28 percent in the Register's last poll in late November, while Clinton, a New York senator, held steady at 25 percent and Edwards, a former North Carolina senator, was virtually unchanged at 24 percent.
The telephone survey of 800 likely Democratic caucus goers was taken Dec. 27-30, 2007.

The Bald Eagle Blog says Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton is the most realistic of the Democratic presidential candidates.

“Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has the competence and experience to lead the United States of America,” the publisher and editor of the Bald Eagle Blog said on the Des Moines Register.

The Endorsement of the Des Moines Register is more credible than a telephone survey of only 800 likely Democratic caucus goers in Iowa. I hereby join the Des Moines Register to endorse Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for President, because she is the most realistic and she has the competence and experience to lead the United States of America. 2008 is the year of a new beginning for America. Vote for Hillary Clinton for President.

Des Moines Register

More details on The Bald Eagle Blog.

Hillary Clinton Now Leads Edward and Obama In Iowa After Last Debate

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton now leads in Iowa after the last debate among the Democratic presidential candidates, last Thursday, in Johnston, Iowa.

The latest Iowa State University poll released Friday, shows:

Hillary - 31%

Edwards - 24%

Obama - 20%

Another poll released today also shows Clinton leading Democrats in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. [AP/Pew Research]

Nationally, Rudy Giuliani’s lead has slipped from twelve points to only three points higher than Mike Huckabee, while Hillary Clinton still leads Democrats with 37 percent to Obama’s 24. [Rasmussen]

Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio and former Alaska Sen. Mike Gravel did not participate in the last Iowa debate.

Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, Barack Obama of Illinois, Chris Dodd of Connecticut, Joe Biden of Delaware and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards seemed to have allowed the spirit of camaraderie to prevail as they did not attack themselves, but took on the policies of President George W. Bush and the GOP.

David Yepsen, political columnist of the Des Moines Register, said the second tier candidates, particularly Joe Biden were most impressive in Thursday’s debate.

Read David Yepsen's report on Des Moines Register.

You can also read my Des Moines Register's The Bald Eagle Blog for more political commentaries on the Iowa Caucuses.

“This election is too important, and we must all get back to electing the best qualified candidate who has the record of making change happen in this country. That candidate is Hillary Clinton."

~ Bill Shaheen, the prominent New Hampshire political figure

"So I was really raised with values that are rooted in what I think is best about our country, believing in the American Dream but knowing you have to work hard and do your part to be able to achieve it."

~ Hillary Rodham Clinton

Clinton, Thompson Win First Presidential 'Primary'

4 Dec 2007 00:06 Africa/Lagos


Clinton, Thompson Win First Presidential 'Primary'

Nation's Social Studies Teachers Flex Voting Muscles and Choose '08 Contenders Pearson Sponsors Presidential Primary at National Council for the Social Studies Annual Event

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and former U.S. Senator Fred Thompson of Tennessee are the top choices for the 2008 Democratic and Republican nominations for President of the United States, according to the nation's first Presidential "Primary" of voters at the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference in San Diego.


Sponsored by Pearson, more than 700 of the nation's social studies teachers flexed their voting muscles and put the principles they teach about every day into action by casting their votes.


Senator Clinton won her party's nod with 41.9% of the vote. Senator Thompson was the Republicans' top choice with 23.2% of the vote.


On the Democratic side, U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois came in second with 34% of the vote, followed by former U.S. Senator and 2004 Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards of North Carolina with 12.3%.


Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani came in second on the Republican side to Thompson with 20.5% of the vote. Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee was third at 18.9%, while former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and U.S. Senator John McCain of Arizona had 16.3% and 13.2% of the votes, respectively.


A complete list of the results follows at the end of this release.


Following the voting, teachers received a free Election 2008 kit full of ideas and activities designed to promote student learning about the United States' election process.


"All of us at Pearson have a strong appreciation for our nation's social studies teachers," said Michael Gee, Senior Vice President for Humanities and Social Sciences at Pearson School. "They have a direct impact on America's future-they lay the foundation for students' understanding of democracy. A social studies teacher's influence can motivate students to be active participants in society and fuel a lifelong appreciation and love for our country's founding principles."


About Pearson


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PEARSON PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY RESULTS

Democratic Party
Hillary Rodham Clinton: 41.9%
Barack Obama: 34%
John Edwards: 12.3%
Dennis Kucinich: 6.2%
Bill Richardson: 2.9%
Joe Biden: 1.9%
Chris Dodd: 0.4%
Mike Gravel: 0.4%

Republicans
Fred Thompson: 23.2%
Rudy Giuliani: 20.5%
Mike Huckabee: 18.9%
Mitt Romney: 16.3%
John McCain: 13.2%
Ron Paul: 5.8%
Duncan Hunter: 1.1%
Tom Tancredo: 1.1%

Source: Pearson

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