Two Major Endorsements Missing In Pennylvania Primary
How much do endorsements mean? At this stage of the Clinton-Obama march to the nomination, it depends on whose endorsing and why. Certainly, Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Barack Obama is significant in that Richardson, a respected member of the party. might influence other super delegates. Ed Rendell’s and Michael Nutter’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton have helped her, big time, in Pennsylvania. The blessing of big time politicians can add an aura to a campaign’s momentum.
With that in mind, two major endorsements are missing in the Pa. Primary.
Joe Biden ran for President, and impressed millions of voters with his candor and intelligence. So far, the Delaware Democrat, has not committed. Biden has a lot of impact in Pennsylvania, and HIS blessing could go a long way.
The second silent voice is that of Pa. Senator Bob Casey. History would have it that the Senator’s father, Governor Robert Casey, was snubbed by the Clinton forces who refused to allow him a few minutes at the podium at the 1992 convention in New York. The family has never forgotten that.
It is unlikely that Casey will endorse Hillary Clinton. So far he has not indicated he will endorse anyone before the Democratic National Convention. Of course, he will support the nominee of the party in the General Election.
Both men could have an impact. Biden could help one or the other in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Scranton could help in the Northeast and the center of ths state. where his following is powerful.
There is no doubt that both campaigns are trying hard to get these two endorsements.
Biden? Who the hell is Joe Biden?
I RACKA DISCIPRINE. PREE FORGIB ME. SO SAHDI.
I don’t think the endorsement of either Casey or Biden will have any significant effect in the PA Primary. This presidential campaign has dominated the air waves since January. Anyone waiting to hear who these guys are endorsing is either not paying any attention or looking for someone to help them decide between 2 bad choices.
Another in a string of bad blogs, Larry. You get a pass for Easter.
hello Larry,this race is not over(i quess that was a bad word to use)but it’s not over yet,Hillary also has the Jack Myrtha endorsement no one is against the iraq disaster more then he is.
of course most of the media wants obama to be the nominee and want Hillary drop out,Not going to happen,a big win by Hillary in penna is just going to prove who is the better candidate.
Hillary by far is the better candidate for president compared to obama (the typical john kerry candidate)and mccain(the hand puppet for bush/chaney).
Larry, you refer to Scranton as a person in your second to last paragraph, you probably meant Casey, or maybe you were thinking of Scranton the opponent of Casey’s father? The bearded hippie Scranton, who went to India to find himself and smoke weed during Vietnam. Casey’s father had some political fun with those images when he attacked Scraton in TV ads back in the day. You’ve got to let go of Joe Biden, his endorsement does not matter to anyone but you. Casey’s endorsement could matter a bit more, but he will be low key and not endorse since both Clinton and Obama are abortionist.
Larry,endorsements mean nothing.Kennedy endorsed obama and Hillary won Mass.
the democratic party is finished,they have turned out to be back stabbers and yes traitors.There was a time when one gave their word that it was considered almost a contract,you knew that you could rely on someones word.Well the dems have lost me after 50 years,I will never vote again.This party is no longer the party of FDR,JFK,or RFK and there will never be any unity,the clinton supporters will never vote for obama and the obama people will not vote for Hillary ,therefore,mccain will be president,but at least the republicans stand by their word.God help and bless America.
Casey already noted for the record that he is not endorsing either candidate. I heard him say it himself. The reason for
no endorsement escaped me because the guy
mumbles. It’s like when he talks his mouth is full of marbles. Who cares about Casey anyway?
George thanks for bringing up the Scranton campaign. How low was that? Who didn’t have long hair in the 60’s? Demos and Reps same thing. Both parties crawl in the gutter in order to find ways to win elections, although it seems like the Demos have more of a tendency to eat their own.
BTW did anyone see Barak in church yesterday?
Larry,today i was very impressed with george bush’s leadership in making the whitehouse easter egg roll a huge success,and laura bush that woman is a genius and the photo op of the giant easter bunny and george bush is just priceless,thank god that great hunter dick chaney was out of town.
I’m waiting to see who Hollywood limousine liberals like Ugly Betty and the SNL staff endorse, and singers like Babs and the Boss.
I’m just a peon who is not smart enough to decide these things for myself, so I wait for that intelligencia to tell me who to vote for.
I’m a Union Man and I vote for whoever the Union tells me to vote for because I can’t think for myself because I’m a Union Man. I’m nothing without the Union. They know what’s best for me.
there goes that jack russell barking up the wrong tree again,Larry it’s time you to put that dog to rest,
the GOP will take care of that obama experience and the republican party is tired of the clinton’s (hillbilly and $3 bill) stealing all the headlines,
we have our own superstars like ted nugent, wayne newton and the osmonds to to keep those limousine liberals in place.
I’m voting for Hillary to release her tax returns. If she sends me a fat check, I’ll endorse that. But her campaign has no money so I’m not holding my breath. At least she’ll be remembered as the person who screwed up the Dems’ chances this year because of her ego.
gob, “jack russell barking up the wrong tree again” LOL Better than chasing cats.
I am waiting for Obama to be a witness in the Tony Rezko trial that started this month. He didn’t have answers for Pastor Wright his minister for 20 years. Let’s see if he has some for Rezko!
Obama’s name likely to come up at Rezko trial
By Bob Secter
TRIBUNE REPORTER
February 26, 2008
The name of Democratic presidential front-runner Barack Obama is likely to brush up against the impending federal corruption trial of Antoin “Tony” Rezko as the result of a judge’s ruling Monday.
U.S. District Court Judge Amy St. Eve, who is presiding over Rezko’s trial, told prosecutors they could introduce evidence to support allegations that Rezko used straw men to make political contributions on his behalf.
Prosecutors have alleged that the money came from fees Rezko illegally siphoned from a state pension board.
In her ruling, St. Eve said the government contends that Rezko directed business associates Joseph Aramanda and Elie Maloof to make contributions to an unnamed political candidate in late 2003 and 2004 because Rezko had already contributed the maximum legal amount.
The only candidate Maloof and Aramanda contributed to during that time frame was Obama, then running for the U.S. Senate in Illinois. Maloof and Aramanda each gave $10,000 to Obama’s campaign.
Maloof of Vernon Hills had supported Obama in an earlier political campaign, and disclosure reports from that effort listed her as a vice president of operations for a Rezko pizzeria management firm. Aramanda is a Glenview businessman whose son received a coveted summer internship in Obama’s Capitol Hill office in 2005.
Until his recent legal troubles, Rezko had been a longtime friend and financial supporter of Obama’s political career. Prosecutors have not alleged any wrongdoing on Obama’s part, but the developments come at an awkward time as Obama faces crucial March 4 primary contests, one day after the scheduled start of the trial.
Obama’s campaign says it has given more than $150,000 in Rezko-linked contributions to charity, including the money from Aramanda and Maloof.
“We had no knowledge of any straw donations and have returned any of the donations about which we have any reasonable question,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement late Monday.
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
It’s sad that Hillary, of Hsu and Lincoln Bedroom fame, has nothing else to campaign on.
O.K. So Governor Bill Richardson of New Mexico is declaring his vote now as a Superdelegate for Barack Obama. That’s one vote.
And then he talks about how the rest of the country should coalesce around Mr. Obama before the Convention so everybody can go into the Convention “lovey-dovey”.
I think Governor Richardson has been riding out there in the sun too long without a hat.
“Earth to Bill Richardson”….Elections are still underway. Look at the calendar. You will see. There are more votes to be taken and counted. It “ain’t” over. Senator Clinton can pull this off; she is on the way. But I know she would welcome your vote on November 4th against John McCain.
And then you can start planning for your next re-election campaign, if there will be one.
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Things are close. See below.
Attention: All America including Bill Richardson
From the Associated Press
Wednesday, March 19, 2008; 6:23 PM
THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats nationally -
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THE NUMBERS FROM GALLUP
Hillary Rodham Clinton, 49 percent
Barack Obama, 42 percent
OF INTEREST: For the first time in nearly six weeks, Hillary Rodham Clinton leads Barack Obama, 49 percent to 42 percent in daily tracking polling conducted this past Sunday to Tuesday. Her last lead was in the Feb. 7-9 polling, which was coming off the heels of her strong showing on Super Tuesday.
The Gallup Poll is based on telephone interviews conducted March 16-18, and is part of an ongoing tracking poll in which Gallup interviews 1,000 new adults every day. These results are based on interviews with 1,209 Democratic and Democratic-leaning voters nationally and has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Comment from this writer…. The above polling numbers have been going back and forth since Hillary Clinton’s big win on Super Tuesday, February 5th. As of today 3/24, Gallup shows Obama ahead by
3 points — all within the margin of error. The point is — this is a very close race, and probably won’t be decided until the August Convention - BUT if we here in PA can really pour out to the polls on April 22nd, and give Hillary Clinton a BIG win — it will really really help. Please do. We can make a difference!
And thank you Governor Ed Rendell on your endorsement, and also that of Congressman Jack Murtha.
Thank you.
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton kisses Emina Bicakcic, 8, from Sarajevo who dedicated a poem to her shortly after her arrival at the Tuzla Air Base, Monday March 25, 1996. (PHOTO CREDIT: AP)
FROM CNN’s Jack Cafferty:
On two different occasions, Senator Hillary Clinton has described a trip she took as first lady to Bosnia in March of 1996.
To hear her tell it, she was lucky to escape with her life, landing in a hail of sniper fire. She said they were forced to cut short the greeting ceremony at the airport and, “run with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”
But apparently there was time to stop and visit at the airport with an 8-year-old girl who greeted Mrs. Clinton on the tarmac when she landed and read her a poem.
The military commander on hand to greet Clinton at the time, Major General William Nash, told the Washington Post he was unaware of any sniper threat to Clinton during her 8-hour stay.
Also traveling with the first lady was her daughter Chelsea, the singer Sheryl Crow and the comedian Sinbad, who said the scariest part of the trip was deciding where to eat.
Hillary Clinton claims that she was sent to places that her husband, President Clinton, could not go because they were “too dangerous.”
Back to Sinbad… When commenting on Clinton’s version of events, he said, “What kind of president would say, ‘Hey man, I can’t go because I might get shot… but I’m gonna send my wife and daughter. Oh and take a guitar player and a comedian with you.’”
The Washington Post has awarded Senator Clinton “4 Pinnochios” for her story about Bosnia, which it gives for major “whoppers.”
Now that all this has come to light, Clinton’s campaign is allowing as how she may have “misspoke” about her 1996 trip.
Here’s my question to you: Why would Hillary Clinton not tell the truth about her trip to Bosnia in March of 1996?
Interested to know which ones made it on air?
Marie from Charleston, South Carolina writes:
We know the reason: to bolster her “foreign policy experience” credentials. The sad thing to me is that she has plenty of legitimate credentials to recommend her. This type of resume padding makes people question everything else she touts as experience, which is the crux of her campaign.
Bob from Richmond, Virginia writes:
Jack, She was just using a common resume-building technique, citing experience if you are in the general vicinity of a job requirement. She also ignored the number one resume fudging rule: don’t lie if there are witnesses!
Dennis from Spokane, Washington writes:
Misspoke. Sure, I always imagine sniper fire when my plane lands. Good that Chelsea survived the trauma of listening to that poem while her mom was getting those scary flowers.
Alexa from Lovettsville, Virginia writes:
For the same reason as Obama lied about being in church when Wright was on one of his rants, and when Obama lied about Rezko, and when Obama lied about his campaign advisor meeting with the Canadians, and when Obama lied about how much money Rezko donated to him, etc., etc., etc. It’s called politics.
Stephen from New Jersey writes:
She wouldn’t lie about that to get elected anymore than she and Bill would look into the cameras of 60 Minutes and lie about extramarital affairs to get him elected president.
Garnet from Corning, Ohio writes:
Jack, If she was as qualified as she says she is on day one, she wouldn’t have to stretch the truth. After this one, I ask America, what else is she stretching the truth about? My boys are dying and being injured for life for one lie, do we really want another one? One more thing, what about your tax records, Hillary?
Dan from Texas writes:
Besides dodging sniper fire, Hillary single-handedly saves her fellow travelers by frisking down a suspected suicide bomber dressed as an 8-year-old girl! Too funny! Hillary and Chelsea to the rescue!
Filed under: Bosnia Trip • Hillary Clinton
Common Sense,
Isn’t it just like a Clinton supporter to tear down a respected figure who won’t go along with the Clinton machine? It’s so played out. That’s a road to nowhere.
Nothing like being endorsed by Fast Eddie
(who wouldn’t call Ed in the middle of the night when you just bitch slapped a New York lesbian cop?)and Jack Murtha (the king of taking bribes and kick backs for bringing business into his district.)
Does anyone have enough soap to wash off all of the sleaze in the Democrats’ march towards the presidential election?
The amazing thing about this entire campaign is at the beginning, the Democrats could have nominated Dennis Kucinich and won the election. Well maybe not Kucinich but………..
Kavorkian
jack russell from penna. writes:
Hillary Clinton has been dodging sniper fire from people in her own country for the last 35 years.
and the reverend wright has been a tax exempt sniper for the last 35 years aiming at the american people.
Obama is in the Virgin Islands taking a few days off. He’s tired of looking at his slogan “YES WE CAN”. In fact some of his supporters started calling him
Mr Can.
One of his aides suggested the slogan
“YES WE’RE (W)RIGHT”. That didn’t make it. How about “THE (W)RIGHT STUFF”… I don’t think so. And then there was
“(W)RIGHT ON”.
Apparently Obama is having a problem with (getting it) Wright.
Life is wierd…Jack Russell complains long and hard about people “hating” Hillary, and yet, JR “hates” GWB any chance he gets…
…and Jack applauds Hillary for the US stopping the Serbian mass murder of the Kosovos…and then Jack “hates” GWB for stopping Saddam from killing more Kurds…
go figure…
I’d like to know what JR thinks about Hillary’s “frightful” landing in Bosnia.
A total liar in a totally bogus campaign.
Did anybody see Obama at church?
anon, here’s a political reality: if Sinbad can make you look bad, then you’re not presidential material.
I love Sinbad
jersey joe:
i don’t hate george bush,i said he did a great job on the easter egg hunt today.
i just hate to see 4000 body bags coming back from iraq,
i hate to pay 4.00 a gallon for gas
i hate to see bush holding hands with the saudi prince,
i hate to see bush in a costume with a big sign saying ‘mission accomplished’,
i hate to see bush and chaney walking into the sunset and forgetting about the huge mess they left behind,
but i guess that’s not bush’s fault but the people that voted him,,but of course you can always blame The Clinton’s.
So full of hate…why can’t we all just get along?
Eff you’s all.
Jack
So it is ok with you that your candidate is a proven liar with no integrity?
JJ, MC,
It is fine that the Clintons are known felons, philanders, liars, will do anything to win and feel a sense of entitlement to be in the White House. It is GWB’s fault that they are the way they are.
to rev wright:
i don’t know of one politician that has not lied or stretched the truth or made back door deals with some sleazy character,some even have a sleazy minister/mentor can i get a AMEN!AMEN!i feel your pain brother.
JR,
So it’s okay because ‘everyone’ is doing it? I guess that is GWB’s fault as well.
Hallelujah.
Hillary’s motto is “you can lie to all the people half the time and lie to half the people all of the time.”
What she forgot to add to her motto was “unless someone comes up with video proof to prove otherwise”
35 years of stories… urrr experience.
Thank goodness she escaped from Bosnia…
Have you ever been in a crowded room and felt that you were all alone? That’s kind of what I’m feeling about this presidential election. We have whittled the presidential hopefuls down to three candidates. One is a grumpy old man, one is a man filled with hope (or hate depending which church pew you sit in) and the last is a woman who tends to use her words unwisely when it comes to padding her resume.
With leaders like this who needs enemies.
Thank God for Congress and the Senate. They will save us from the political, economic and military morass we find ourselves in, no matter who becomes president!! ……….On second thought has anyone seen where I put my passport?
Larry,
in the latest polls Hillary Clinton has a commanding 16 point lead over obama in penna,the economy is bankrupt,health care is in critical condition,the iraq war is going on year 6 and all the obama and mccain supporters and most media want to talk about is a lapse in memory by Hillary from 16 years ago,
Larry are we in America or some third world country?
JR,
Hillary (Obama and the Democrats) look at America like it IS a Third World country. Riddled with all sorts of problems, suffering people, bankruptcy, moral decay, life style decline, energy crisis, etc. If it is so bad here, why do we have an illegal risk everything to sneak into the country? Yes we’ve run into a little bit of a down economy but we haven’t dropped to the GNP of Zaire. Yes we have to modify our spending and consuming habits but there is no crisis. Healthcare for all should be a goal but is not a right. So to you and the Dems that talk about the US like we are a third world country, snap out of it. I know you are ready for the end of GWB and to start socialized spending again but let’s see what the US has to say in November. In the meantime, pick a candidate. Flip a coin at your convention.
JR,
Dodging bullets (or not) is hardly something you get to write off as a “lapse in memory”
aren’t we all perfect.I’m lucky if I remember what I had for breakfast,let alone 12 years ago.Reporters,media/press are bored,they have nothing new to report
so they are looking for junk.Who cares if hillary padded her story,it sounds better if there was danger,who cares where obama is vactioning,what we care aboutis US
When I was in Bosnia with Hillary the tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife. I felt it was my job to allay any fears that Hillary and Chelsea
might have harbored. With the conditions deteriorating fast I finally admitted that I didn’t belong to any gangs, hadn’t done drugs for weeks and I had no improper intent when I asked Chelsea
if she was wearing underwear or a thong.
In 1996 my self esteem was at an all time low. Going to Bosnia was a chance for me to end it all in one fell swoop.
I wanted to get sniped at the airport. Prior to that landing in Bosnia the American press never said a word about me. It was as if I didn’t live in the White House. Those 8 years of experience in the White House have made me more qualified than Obama to run this country. If the media wants to talk about truth, how about giving me some credit for enduring 8 years of my dad doing interns while my mother was plotting to become his successor.
Hillary needs to fess up TOO about NAFTA, her calandar shows she held 5 meetings to help push the measure thru to law. A recent c-span tape also revealed she was the one who did the “wink, wink” with Canada. The Canadian gov was very upset about her campaign dragging them in to US politics. Then there’s the claim about Hillary securing the peace related to ending the IRA bloodshed, the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize called her claim,”quite silly”.I don’t know how she accomplished such feats without security clearance. Need I go on? She lied.
Everything that has gone wrong in this election, will go wrong in the next election. It’s just a point of waiting for the other shoe to drop or when the well, you know to hit the fan, whichever comes first.
I wouldn’t support Senator Clinton if the economy is the main issue for me, and jobs and people’ homes are being foreclosed. If I were a Superdelegate, I wouldn’t be at all comfortable with Senator Clinton’s Campaign being managed by Maggie Williams, who had actually served in a subprime lending company that is part of the problem faced by home foreclusres. Then there’s another Clinton ally, Clinton ally, HUD secretary Henry Cisneros ,grossed over 5 million from the subprime lending indudtry. It’s hard to imagine Senator Clinton, not manipulating the naive to believe that she has the best answer for solving the economy. Besides, she talks about job retraining to help the jobless. Is she kidding? What’s the purpose of retraining if there are no available jobs?
Senator Obama attracts the support of America’s Creative Class. If the Creative Class can be inspired by Senator to creative refreshingly new products, then that would be the answer to availabilty of jobs.
We can no longer depend on old manufacturing products and services that foreigners can provide at cheaper costs. We need new industries to take America into the future. And that’s the hope and change Senator Obama will lead America to.