Recounting New Hampshire Memories

I thought I had put all of those terrible racist New Hampshire moments out of my head... until WaPo bring it all back.

Read this article and understand what it is like when you give a canvasser or a phonebanker a rude response when all they are trying to do is their job.

Upset about WVa?

What does Obama's super loss in West Virginia tonight mean for the general election.  Are poor white rural voters not going to back him in November?  Is he going to lose to McCain because Hillary is getting the female, less-educated, working-class vote during the primaries? 

Before you jump to conclusions or read too much into what the pundits and the Hillary camp have been saying, let's get some fact-checking done courtesy of Obama's people via Swampland:

Debunking Five Myths About Obama’s Support

MYTH 1: The Primary has left Democrats divided.
FACT: Democrats are united behind Barack Obama, even more so than Republicans are united behind McCain
• May 12 Washington Post poll shows that Obama wins 81% of Democrats in a matchup against John McCain.
• Indeed, more Republicans crossover to vote for Obama (15%) than do Democrats for McCain (13%).
NOTE: In 1996, Bill Clinton won 84% of Democrats.

MYTH 2: The Primary campaign has hurt Obama with swing voters and Republicans:
FACT: Obama is winning the swing voters against McCain by a wide margin.
• Obama holds a 51-42 lead among Independents in the Washington Post poll.
NOTE: Clinton loses 46-49 to McCain among Independents.

• Not since 1988, when George Bush beat Michael Dukakis 57-43 among Independents, has a candidate won such a large margin among swing voters.
· In his two victories, Clinton only managed a 6-point margin over the Republican among independents in 1992 and an 8-point margin in 1996.
· Indeed, no Democrat has won a majority of Independent voters since exit polls were first conducted in 1976.

MYTH 3: Obama cannot perform strongly enough among white voters:
FACT: Obama’s is running as well or better than past Democratic Candidates among white voters.
• LA Times (May 8) Obama: 41 McCain: 45
• Wash Post (May 13): Obama: 42 McCain: 51
• 2004 Exit polls: Kerry: 41 Bush: 58
• 2000 Exit Polls: Gore: 43 Bush: 54
• 1996 Exit polls: Clinton: 43 Dole: 46
• 1992 Exit polls: Clinton: 39 Bush: 41 Perot: 20

MYTH 4: The race against Clinton has compromised Obama’s position among women:
FACT: Obama has begun attracting the support of a broad coalition of women and is poised to win historic margins.
• Wash Post (May 13): Obama: 54 McCain: 40
• New York Times (May 3) Obama: 47 McCain: 39
NOTE: No Democratic candidate has won women by so large a margin since exit polling was first conducted in 1976. The closest any candidate has come was in 2000, when Al Gore won women 54-43 over George Bush

MYTH 5: Obama cannot win working class voters:
FACT: Obama is already winning working class voters
• In the recent LA Times poll, Obama wins every income group under $100,000.
Obama McCain
· <$40K: 43 35
· $40K-$59K 43 40
· $60K-$100K 51 42
· $101K+ 46 47

• According to the Washington Post/ABC poll released today, despite Sen. Clinton’s insistence that she is stronger among white, working-class voters the data shows that Sen. Obama performs nearly as well as she does in the general election. Among white, non-college voters in this poll:
· Obama vs. McCain is 40-52
· Clinton vs. McCain is 44- 52

Back to Childhood

Sorry, I watched Barney as a child, but even the characters on Sesame Street understand this election...

Gravel Rapping?

Yeah, that's right!

This is me studying

Love it Andrew!

Obama: A Speeding Locamotive

Inspiration

Go North Carolina and Indiana!

Haven't Been Paying Attention

Have you not been paying attention to what's been going on in the Democratic Nomination race?  Do you want the sparknotes version.

Watch it: (yes, and it's only 7 minutes long!)

Carter, Reid, Gingrich, and Dean

Where will all of these influential and powerful men in politics be in the next few weeks?

Thats right, The Daily Show!

Mark your calendars!

I Wish I Was In Philly

Grades first :( 

But I really wish I was back in Philly with my fellow Springterns, field organizers, and SJU students.

Check out video from what happened after Obama's rally in Philly on Friday

Get That Dirt Off Yo Shoulder Barack

Debate Reax

So much reading to do, so little time to write.

I'm going to outsource.

To get a general overview of the debate, if you missed it, check out this video:

To get a bloggers reactions, check out Andrew one and two

For Obama fan reactions, check out one and two

For a funnier take, some more video:

And for my opinion:

I'll just put it this way.  Once upon a time, I was a big fan of American Idol.  Since that point in time, I've just begun to watch the last 2 or 3 shows, when the people are actually good.  During this debate, I switch over midway to watch the American Idol results show- with 7 people left on the show.

Plain in simple: that so-called debate, was terrible

To Cleanse All of the BITTERNESS You've Been Feeling

Bitter America

College Vote in Pennsylvania

Check out what Politico has said about Obama and the PA College Vote.

I know it might be just me saying this, but maybe they could be wrong.

McCain and Lobbyists

Ok so we all know the lobbyists have the politicians in their pockets.

But what about this?  That's a little too close for comfort for me at least.

(H/T Alex)

Pennsylvania

Who's going to win?  What do the candidates have to do?  A map brought to you by Time's The Page.

Obama Spanish-Language Ad

It really is too bad  I don't know Spanish.

McCain at 3 AM

Good news for McCain:

A new poll shows that John McCain is the candidate best qualified to answer when that red phone rings at 3 AM - because he would be up anyway trying to pee.

Haha!  Thanks Mr. Molloy

How to be President

Want to know the way to be President?  Check out how Obama answered the question as reported from First Read:

At a town hall today, a second-grader asked Obama how exactly one gets the opportunity to run for president.

"Here's what you gotta do," the presidential hopeful told the boy, boiling the process down to few simple steps.

1. "You have to work really hard in school and get really good grades."
2. "Who is this your grandma?" Obama asked the boy. "You have to do everything that grandma tells you to do."
3. "When you get out of school, then you gotta go to college."
4. "After you go to college, you have to hopefully find a job that's helping other people, so that people appreciate that you're helping them, and they'll say that Michael will make a good president some day."

"If you do all those things, then you just might be a president some day," Obama told young Michael. 

(H/T: Alex)

Delegate Update

Obama wins Texas: 99-94

Obama picks up one more delegate in Mississippi, Hillary loses one: 20-13

Look for some North Carolina superdels to come out later in the week according to The Page