The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Smashed Frog: So Sambo Beat the Bitch!

2. Miami-Dade Dems: Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor

3. tinylittledots: John Ridley: The Guide to the Conservative Palinguage Vol.2 — the People’s Edition

4. Lucky White Girl: gendered language

5. Pensito Review (Buck): Sarah Palin’s Secret E-Mails

6. Eye on Miami (Genius of Despair): My Endorsement For President

7. Discourse.net: Some Things We Don't Throw the Book At

8. Eye on Miami (Genius of Despair): Sarah Palin's Decision Chart: After the Water Broke

9. Bark Bark Woof Woof: Stop the Music

10. Blue Dot Musings in a Red Sea: What About the Other Guys?

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Smashed Frog: Obama on Roberts

2. BlueHerald 2.0: Bigots Oppose Obama 1000-1

3. FLA Politics (FDP): Straight Talk On McCain's Failed NASA Record

4. BlueHerald 2.0: The Two Faces Of John McCain

5. Bark Bark Woof Woof: Civics Lesson 101

6. Bark Bark Woof Woof: The Old Fashioned Way

7. Incertus (Brian): Enough Already

8. BeThink: Lady Clinton

9. Betty Cracker: Cone O' Doom

10. Workbench: Media Ignored McCain's Faith Forum Fumble

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Blast Off!: Today's forecast: mostly Obama, with only a slight chance of McCain

2. FLA Politics (FDP): McCain Plan to Privatize Social Security an Absolute Disgrace

3. Pensito Review (Trish): McCain Plays the POW Card Like a Pro

4. Blast Off!: You gotta have faith ... or not

5. Discourse.net: Obama's New Tack

6. Smashed Frog: Bill Clinton's Bull

7. Betty Cracker: The REAL Presumptuous Nominee

8. tinylittledots: Presumptuous Maverick

9. Discourse.net: Please Not Evan Bayh

10. Blast Off!: John McCain needs a campaign song

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Incertus (Brian): Racism and the Race

2. Bark Bark Woof Woof: A Matter of Choice

3. Pensito Review (Trish): Video Shows McCain Was Wrong About Almost Everything: Iraq, Afghanistan, Anthrax

4. Broward's Blog: Obama Leads McCain Among Christians

5. Incertus (Brian): Maybe you're asking the wrong question

6. Blast Off!: In a Myopic Corner of D.C., a Glimpse of the Mainstream Corporate Media's Obama Problem

7. BlueHerald 2.0: Where Does John McCain Get His Policy Speeches? Wikipedia!!!

8. Pensito Review (Trish): My Choice for Obama VP: Sen. Chuck Hagel

9. Seminole County Democrats: Latest Alaska poll: Obama up by 5%

10. Tampa's Back Door Ways: "Free" Speech "Cages"

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Pensito Review (Trish): McCain’s Campaign Worker Apologizes to Black Reporter

2. thefos: McCain Suggests Wife Participate In Topless Contest

3. Pensacola Beach Blog: Pensacola Beach Drilling: Compare and Contrast

4. Blast Off!: In Florida, Obama spends while McCain spins

5. Situation Awareness: GOP "Takes Pride in Being Ignorant"

6. Incertus (Brian): Work the refs even harder

7. Morning Martini: Thinking way ahead

8. Make Me a Commentator!!! - Vice Presidential Pics

9. Bark Bark Wof Woof: Bayh Now?

10. Discourse.net: Is Obama Too Young to Be President?

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. FLA Politics (RFK Lives): How does McCain win w/o FL?

2. Incertus (Brian): About Sebelius and Clinton

3. Beating the Bushes: Barack Obama: The Enemy of My Enemy

4. Pensito Review (Trish): Exxon Posts Another Record Profit; McCain Says We Can Trust Them

5. Pushing Rope: Obama Sums Up the McCain Campaign

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. becoming change: john mc-cant solve america's problems...

2. Blast Off!: Variation on a theme

3. BlueHerald 2.0 (QuestionGirl): A Nation of Idiots.......

4. Incertus (Brian): Desperate for attention?

5. Pushing Rope: Without Borders

29 Guesses

Why does McCain favor Big Oil?

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. BlueHerald 2.0 - There’s That Pesky Temper Again

2. Pushing Rope - McCain Wrong on Captial Gains Tax Cuts

3. Interstate4Jamming2 - Sometimes The Truth Hurts

4. Bark Bark Woof Woof - Jesse Jackson's Message

5. The Spencerian - Obama and Democrats Go To Work in Florida

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. The Spencerian - Where the Economy and Cajones Come Together

2. BlueHerald 2.0 (QuestionGirl) - To Say I’m Displeased With Obama is an Understatement

3. Miami & Beyond - More cheap political theater Cuban American style

4. Why Now? - And The Candidates Respond

5. Pushing Rope - John McCain's Empty Promises

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Blast Off! - Huggy Bear to Cuban-American group: I won't meet with you

2. Miami-Dade Dems - McCain: Don’t know economics, math, facts...

3. Incertus (Brian) - Not a joke

4. Pensito Review (Trish) - McCain’s Latest Joke: Maybe Cigarettes Would Kill Iranians

5. South Florida Daily Blog - Jukebox John Changes His Tune

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Incertus - Disapppointed in Obama?

2. Blast Off! - Today's Daily Schadenfreude: John McCain

3. Pensito Review - McFlipflop: Olbermann Counts Down 30 of McCain’s Greatest Flipflops

4. Tampa Bay Blue - Open letter to Barack Obama on Iran

5. Smashed Frog - FISA Fish Bowl

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. The Spencerian - Good Behavior, Its Own Best Reward

2. Incertus (Brian) - You don't have to be excited

3. Smashed Frog - Obama FISA's Out

4. Blast Off! - Obama's revolting reversal

5. Pushing Rope - How Is the New Faith-based Different From the Old?

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. FLA Politics (Scoop) - Is Obama Different?

2. Pensito Review - McFlipflop: McCain Reverses Stand on Offshore Drilling in Just 18 Days

3. Miami-Dade Dems - The Obama campaign in Florida gets going

4. South Florida Daily Blog - I'm All Out Of Bubble Gum

5. Bark Bark Woof Woof - Does It Matter?

McCain Loves Bush

George W. Bush that is. Except for one year, McCain has voted with Bush 89% of the time or higher. His two highest years? 95% and 100% in the last two years. Meaning that as he began to run for president, he voted with Bush even more often. Four more years.

The Road to the White House

What are Florida bloggers saying about the presidential race? Here are the top 5 posts from yesterday...

1. Truman's Conscience - Religious Right Mystified By Obama

2. Blast Off! - Obama's candidacy is a boon to hate groups

3. Miami-Dade Dems (JReid) - Black voter turnout key to winning Florida

4. The Seminole Democrat - Must Win States for McCain

5. Truman's Conscience - Florida Political News & Commentary

Why Did Obama Win?

A round-up of the analysis of the outcome of the Democratic primary...

Jack and Jill Politics - How Obama Won: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

Jack and Jill Politics - How Obama Won: 50 State Strategy.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost: The Nutcracker.

techPresident - Obama's Organization, and the Future of American Politics.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost: The Obama Express.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost: She Fought the Last War, With the Wrong Generals, and Not Enough of an Army.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost (And Why Obama Just May Win Big In November).

Jack and Jill Politics - How Obama Won: That $10,000/year job pays dividends.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost: Too Soon a Bulldog.

MyDD - Barack Obama's 50-State Campaign.

Daily Kos - Why Clinton Lost: She didn't channel supporter passion.

Seminole County Democrats - Why Clinton lost, just in case the editors miss.

Truman's Conscience - Why Clinton Lost.

There Is A Difference

While it is obvious that Obama is not as progressive as many of us are, he is certainly a progressive. He has a lifetime Progressive Punch (http://www.progressivepunch.org/) score of 88.43%. That means, regardless of image, rhetoric or any of that other nonsense, he votes in the more progressive direction 88.43% of the time. How does that compare? Liberal stalwart Russ Feingold has an 89.67%. Hillary Clinton is 90.99%. So, the huge difference between Clinton and Obama is 2.5%. That's it. And this is not based on an individual vote or even a few votes, this is the most comprehensive voting analysis I've ever seen. John McCain has a progressive punch score of 13.9%. There is a clear difference between Obama and McCain. There is little to no difference, policy-wise, between Clinton and Obama. Our goals should be:

a. Get Barack Obama into the White House
b. Make Barack Obama more progressive

I'm not sure what the rest of the conversation is even about.

It's Official -- Clinton Is Out

The official announcement will be Saturday, but this is the e-mail she just sent out:

I wanted you to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone who has supported my campaign. Over the course of the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice of so many people working for our campaign. Every minute you put into helping us win, every dollar you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than I can ever possibly tell you.

On Saturday, I will extend my congratulations to Senator Obama and my support for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought campaign, but as I have always said, my differences with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.

I have said throughout the campaign that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend to deliver on that promise.

When I decided to run for president, I knew exactly why I was getting into this race: to work hard every day for the millions of Americans who need a voice in the White House.

I made you -- and everyone who supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared values and to never back down. I'm going to keep that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of my life.

I will be speaking on Saturday about how together we can rally the party behind Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task before us too important to do otherwise.

I know as I continue my lifelong work for a stronger America and a better world, I will turn to you for the support, the strength, and the commitment that you have shown me in the past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with the issues and causes that are important to you.

In the past few days, you have shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched by your thoughtfulness and kindness.

I can never possibly express my gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.

Sincerely,
Hillary

I want to congratulate Clinton on a hard-fought campaign and thank her for her service.

Now it's time to listen to what she says and rally behind Barack Obama in order to keep John McCain (Bush III) out of the White House and begin the steps towards American moving in the right direction again.

It's Over, Apparently

I think I'm missing something. What recently changed in the Democratic primary contest? All that happened Tuesday was a continuation of what was already happening. What we'd been seeing was that states that favored Obama voted for him big and states that Clinton once had big leads in were starting to change their minds and she was losing ground in them, even if she hung on to win. That's what happened in North Carolina and Indiana. But now we get this:

Rasumussen will stop including Clinton in its polling reports.

Time magazine says that Clinton is done.

John Edwards effectively endorsed Obama. He publicly said he voted for Obama. That's as close to an endorsement you can get without saying the actual words.

Obama has taken the lead in superdelegates. We knew this was coming, but it officially happened.

Now I agree that it is over for Clinton and has been for a while, but why did we get such a big shift in the last few days? I'm not sure I understand it, since nothing really changed on Tuesday, we're exactly where we were on Monday.

The upshot, according to Chris Bowers is:

Obama will never fall behind in any overall delegate count, ever again. Obama will be ahead of Clinton is delegates even if Florida is seated as is, and even if Obama gets zero delegates from Michigan, and even if Obama fails to net anymore superdelegates. Polling conducted before Indiana and North Carolina projected Clinton to net 31 pledged delegates from the remaining six contests. However, Democratic Convention Watch projects Obama ahead by 37.5 delegates even if Florida is seated based on January 29thth results, and even if Obama receives zero delegates from Michigan. In other words, there is no conceivable delegate count under which Clinton will ever be ahead, ever again.

Clinton supporters have to make a decision really quickly. Do they do what's best for their country or they take their toys and go home because they couldn't win. Anyone who doesn't do the former should refrain from ever referring to themselves as a progressive, liberal or Democrat again. Now, let's go out and make sure John McCain loses in November.