Now, this one actually hurt my feelings a little bit. I was not at all surprised at her taking NH, but I thought certainly the race would be much tighter in Nevada. I’m mad.

Sorry to say, John Edwards is really in the way. His presence is swinging votes. If he was not in the game, I believe the results would be a 1 or 2 point difference. He is Absolutley helping Clinton, unintentionaly. John, after SC, please leave, You will be a great VP.

Hopoefully Obama will do better in SC, I think he has a better chance there.

*Hopefully

Obama seems so much more down to earth than the other candidates…it will be interesting to see what happens at the last minute…

Ron Paul 2008

btw how is edwards “taking votes” away from obama, he might be taking votes away from clinton.

Obama 08!

Well.Either way Obama will succeed even if he’s not nowhere Clinton.He’s not that far from Clinton.And her experience means nothing.I know that for a fact.

@ 2 I think your right. Edwards is kinda on the same page as Obama, but he doesn’t seem as genuine to me cause he’s a professional politician.

@ 6 are you stupid? Ron Paul is a racist. He took donations from a white supremacist group, and refused to give the money back once the media caught on. He also published a newsletter in the 90’s that talked very negatively about minorities. Yeah, that’s who we need in the White House.

I hope Obama wins SC, but there’s still hope Super Tuesday is not far away and that’s gonna be the real indicator as to who’s going to get the nomination. Everybody needs to go vote!

Hilary won the popular vote ,but Obama won more delegates which is what important

KEEP THE FAITH.

There are some within the community that may look at the record in office of some of our elected “leading politicians” with disappointment.
I’ll say that we need to keep the faith and scrutinise Barack on his merits.
He has offered consistency in his judgement whilst in office, unlike some of his contenders.

Peace

From the UK! (We care also)

Obama, is going to have trouble with those red (neck) states

People this was another round of Clinton dirty Politics.
1. There were several reports that people from the Clinton Campaign were asking people if the wanted to vote for some name Barack Hussein Obama.
2. That Bill Clinton went to the President of the Casino to ask that a lot more of there people be allowed into the casino where they were cacusing
3. Hispanics think that they are treated differently from blacks when we are all on the same level.
4. I don’t need to see your Husband crying about how fair you are getting treated. If we have another War is he going go and get the big bad wolf…..Give US a break!
I can say that if Obama doesn’t win I still will not vote for Hillary I have no time for dirty Politics.
Hillary has stated that we don’t have room for someone who states that Regan change the direction of the country , but on her website he is in her top 10 for most respected Presidents that she looks up to. I’m sorry but everyone knows Regan change the direction that the Economy was better than it had been in a long time, that Bill Clinton did the same with the housing issue, but as most Presidents do when they leave the office everything falls a part it’s like putting a bandage on a problem only temporary. I don’t think he was saying that as a positive just pointing out the facts that they had changed the world.
I’m a woman with my own mind and I will not vote for Hillary just because she is a woman, I here her Husband is going door to door in SC to get her votes back. All I can say is SC don’t fall for the Clinton games you will regret it in the end.

I am waiting on Super Tuesday. I am not feeling Hillary these days everytime I see her t.v. she seems so fake to me. Congrats to Mitt Romney as well.

Well I was dissappointed that Obama didn’t win but it doesn’t matter anyway. Obama won more delgates than Clinton. He won 13 and she won 12 so technically Obama won. Delegates are what matters not how many states you win. It’s amazing that although Obama has lost two states Nevada and New Hampshire he is still ahead of Hillary in delegate votes by 2. He has 38 and she has 36 total.

Why are people constantly saying Clinton and dirty politics, they act like politics isn’t a dirty game…Lets be honest Obama may be the best man to win but everyone has to play dirty to a point if they really want to win, washington isn’t a fair be all place btw I’d bet majority of the people there are crooks and only care about staying in office. Especially if he’s going up against republicans I hope he isn’t going to be like Al gore, and some how with the american people behind him manage to lose the general election.

Obama has more delegates like people have said. That is all that matters. He is going to pull the Oprah card again in SC and blow Clinton’s brains out there. 60%/35% win in SC…heard it here first.

I’m rooting for Obama and I always have been. Question though to all of the cL readers, if you miss the deadline to register for your state does that mean that you can’t vote period or does that mean that you can’t vote in your primary?

like everyone else said, obama has more delegates so he is ahead so far. obama 39 and clinton 38. clinton herself said the delegates are more important. we will see what happens in south carolina. that is the real battle ground. imo, i think clinton will get a rude awakening. aligning with all the declining black flunkies who try to sway the black vote will blow up in her face.

what does it say when jesse jackson’s own son is campaigning for obama. it says that the older generation is not in touch anymore. stop standing in the way jesse.

LOL @ 11.You right.I live in Alabama, them rednecks aren’t even looking Clinton or BO way.

I am not surprise that Hillary won Nevada….I hate to say it but she outshined Obama at the presidental debate in Nevada. I can’t wait to see how the debate is going to be in South Carolina on Martin Luther King day.

I gotta say this is the reason I appreciate having the ability to hear and see all of the “politicking” before the final vote. I started out feeling Hillary but not so much anymore. I’m not sure what it is that’s turning me off. Maybe the whole going on TV and breaking down and then whining about the Nevada situation has become too much for me. I expected her (and/or her camp) to hold it together a lot better. I don’t know whether McCain will have another major victory but I’m still confused about what the appeal is. Other than being a war vet I don’t see this man connecting to the American people as a whole. I just can’t see it.

J.Dakar needs to correct that statement about hillary “winning” Nevada and change it up to “split decision”.

Hillary did not TECHNICALLY win that state because what’s being counted is the number of delegates, which Obama has more than she does in that state.

With that said, the state of Nevada doesn’t officially count those delegate votes until April and may change for more for Obama or more for Hillary in between time, whatever the mood that state is in.

So you have to call it as it is, Hillary winning the popular vote, but Obama got the more important delegate votes. Vegas may have the most population out of the entire state, but the city of Vegas do not represent the entire state of Nevada.

BTW, for those that want to start speaking about “superdelegates”, those do not count unless the contest reaches the Democratic National Convention. Usually, all the other number of delegates would have already been accumulated by that time to pick the certified nominee for president.

Hilllary has almost 100 more superdelegates than Obama…so you all may want to go to CNN.com and check out the delegates SCORE CARD~

Go Hillary

I am sorry, I see all these people on this post that I am guessing have or will vote for Obama. I think he is a good person and may be a good president in some years to come, but right now I just don’t see it. I have watched a couple of his speeches and a couple of the debates and I just think he is hot air. All talk. I could be wrong, but it’s just opinion. I really think a lot of black people are just voting for him because he is partially black. People please read this issues and where each candidate stands and don’t vote just on race.

To all my brothers and sisters

If Clinton wins the nomination, I AIN’T GONNA VOTE FOR HILLARY

She lies, diminishes MLK accomplishment, shows fake emotion and use Bob Johnson to raise past drug use

Clinton=Dirty politics

Obama made a name on his own, and he’s got a strong chance in 2012… He never went negative like Clinton and seems more honest…

Let’s Hillary bomb against McCain in general…

and Obama will be the next president in 2012

Hillary Clinton ALL THE WAY for president in ‘08!

Change is not something you “hope” for! Hillary embodies change!

#24…..I agree with your post 100%!

24.

AJ
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Hilllary has almost 100 more superdelegates than Obama…so you all may want to go to CNN.com and check out the delegates SCORE CARD~

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You must of missed on what I said. The superdelegates are irrelevent unless this reaches the National Convention in August, which is extremely rare.

check this link out:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/P...gate.explainer/index.html

In a nutshell, the total democratic delegates, superdelegates included, equal to 4,049. The total number a canidate need to reach in order to win is 2,045. Now here’s the part you and EVERYONE that’s voting Democrat needs to know. 3,253 equal the TOTAL amount of PLEDGED delegates wheras only 796 are the SUPERDELEGATES.

Therefore, the superdelegates would be obsolete if the person reaches 2,045 through only the pledged delegates. Also, the those numbers for the superdelegates are NOT definitive and the Democrat elected officials of those delegates can change their mind at anytime.

Nobody should count the superdelegates unless the race is so close nearing the National Convention and that’s another 8 months away from now.

So as of right now Obama currently have 38 delegates and Hillary 36 with Edwards 18.

That’s what a lot of people are going to do if Hillary wins this nomination. It’s getting to that point! In the beginning of all this before this whole election in Iowa started, I was thinking “well if Obama doesn’t win this, then I’ll go for Hillary.” I slap myself now for saying that because I would never vote for that woman, i would even vote against her to keep her from winning!

I live in Nevada, I caucused for Obama yesterday and by the grace of God Obama won our precinct! Hillary supporters got nothing on Obama! One Hillary supporter was claiming that Obama was evil! Another supporter asked an Obama supporter if she was a woman. (As if being a woman automatically garners Hillary some votes!) .

I wonder as a black american if race wouldv’e been brought up too if I wasn’t present?I “Aren’t you white? You know Barack Hussein Obama is black don’t you?” The supporters wouldv’e asked… Hillary’s supporters are just as dirty as the woman herself!

IF HILLARY GETS THE NOD,THEN YOU CAN SAY HELLO TO YOUR NEW REPUBLICAN PREISDENT IT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT, MCAIN CAN AND WILL BEAT HILLARY….PLEASE BELIEVE NONE OF THE OLD BOYS REALLY WANT A WOMAN PRESIDENT, THEY CAN’T SAY IT FOR THE WOULD ALL BE CALLED SEXIST!!!!!!

IF SHE GETS THE NOD SHE WOULD PROBABLY PICK OBAMA AS A RUNNING MATE TO GET THE BLACK VOTE!!!!! BECAUSE SHE KNOWS IF SHE GETS THE NOD A LOT OF BLACKS ARE NOT GOING TO VOTE FOR HER I KNOW I AM NOT!!!!!

@23- Actually Obama is ahead. On one page on cnn.com they are including super delegates. On another page they are just including the delegates that the candidates Obama and Clinton actually won. http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

It is actually true that Clinton has the advantage among superdelegates. Super Delegates (who are essentially governors and the like) who choose independent of the voting (which happened before this election even started). They tend not to matter towards convention time, however

Super Delegates which you have thrown into your mix are not committed. They can - and very often do - switch alliances as the election year moves forward. If you add up the delegates won by each in these contests, Obama is ahead of Clinton.
Superdelegates are not locked in to any candidate. They do not feel the same pressure normal delegates do and have the option of switching last minute if it suits them. And they usually will if their seat at the convention is in jeopardy for choosing the wrong candidate. That’s why you don’t hear too much from Superdelegates until usually after Super Tuesday. It was Hillary’s Superdelegates that were being called after Iowa to reassure them and make sure they weren’t thinking of switching

THIS IS A MESS AND THE SAD PART ABOUT IT WE AS AFRICAN AMERICANS CAN CHANGE THIS ESPECIALLY THE YOUNG PEOPLE, IT IS A DISGRACE ESPECIALLY WHERE I LIVE AND THE PAPER THIS PLAINLY SHOWED THE IGNORANCE OF MOST OLDER BLACKS BECAUSE SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS WERE SO WHACK AND THEY WERE INFORMED BY THE PAPER THAT NO OBAMA IS NOT A MUSLIM AND YES HE IS A CHRISTIAN AND THEY EVEN NAMED HIS CHURCH AND THEY SAID THE BLACK VOTE IN THE PRIMARY AND THE GENERAL ELECTION WOULD CAUSE HIM TO WIN. I SAT THERE AND SMH, AND I SAID LORD IT IS REALLY ALL IN OUR HANDS TO GET OUT THERE AND REGISTER AND VOTE AND WE CAN DO THIS.
ONE LADY SAID IF THE WHITE PEOPLE CAN BE FOR HIM THEN WHY CAN’T WE AND SHE SAID ISN’T THIS WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. DIED FOR?????
THIS IS SO SAD FOR THIS MAN TO GET THIS CLOSE AND IT IS HIS OWN PEOPLE WHO LET HIM DOWN SO SAD.
WELL IF HE DOESN’T GET THE NOD THEN THOSE OF YOU WHO CONSTANTLY BLAME THE WHITE MAN FOR HOLDING YOU BACK CAN NO LONGER USE THAT EXCUSE BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO WRITE YOUR OWN HISTORY….YOU CAN LOOK AT THE STUFF THAT HAS MORE HITS ON T HESE BLOGS THE DUMB SUPERFICIAL STUFF WHEN HISTORY CAN BE MADE BY US AND FOR THE MOST PART WE ARE NOT EVEN INTERESTED.
IF BILL AND HILLARY WIN I CAN SEE THEM LAUGHING AT US COONS NOW!!!!

Blah… I hate Hillary Clinton. I didn’t have a problem with her at the beginning, but all of her swift boat tactics are really starting to get on my nerves. To be honest, I am kind of disappointed with all of the candidates, both republican and democratic. None of them seem to have the “whole package”, which for me is experience and a true desire to change the White House. I was rooting for John Edwards because he’s the only candidate that seems like he wants to help middle America…but he’s not doing very well. If Hillary Clinton wins the democratic nomination, I am not voting!

Q&A - you took the words right out of my mouth! Hillary Clinton is bad news.

POLITICS: NEVADA RECAP
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton emerged as the popular vote winner of the Nevada Democratic presidential nominating competition. “I guess this is how the West was won,” she told cheering supporters Saturday.

According to the Washington Post, the chairwoman of the Nevada Democratic Party insists that the contention that Sen. Barack Obama won more delegates in today’s caucus is incorrect.

“The calculations of national convention delegates being circulated are based upon an assumption that delegate preferences will remain the same between now and April 2008,” said Jill Derby, the chairwoman of the state party. “We look forward to our county and state conventions where we will choose the delegates for the nominee that Nevadans support.”

Nevada was the first Democratic western state caucus and marked Clinton’s second ‘legitimate’ victory. Although, technically, she won the Michigan Democratic primary earlier this week, the national party stripped the state of its delegates because it held its contest too early in the election season.

Hillary’s campaign hopes to carry this triumphant momentum through next week when the battle for the Democratic South Carolina primary takes place.

Speaking of which, the Republicans held their South Carolina primary Saturday. Mike Huckabee conceded to John McCain and stressed that the GOP presidential race “is not an event, it is a process — and the process is far, far from over.” South Carolina is key because since 1980, no Republican candidate has managed to make it to the White House without winning the state’s primary. In Nevada, though, Mitt Romney, with his second consecutive win, is recovering quite nicely after earlier defeats in New Hampshire and Iowa.

According to a statement released from the Romney campaign, Nevada Republicans had cast their votes for change.

“With a career spent turning around businesses, creating jobs and imposing fiscal discipline, I am ready to get my hands on Washington and turn it inside out,” it said.

Stay tuned for the South Carolina Recap for the Democrats following the Democratic primary January 26. I can’t wait to see how this is going to play out: the state is comprised of approximately 50 percent black voters and while Obama is polling well with them, Clinton is running strong with black females. Additionally, South Carolina was the only state John Edwards won in 2004, and he’s currently trailing in the polls.

[ SOURCES: AP, Yahoo, Washington Post ]
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THIS IS JUST MY OPINION– I agree with you but I’m not so worried about Obama in South Carolina as some people are. He has managed to turn gain support in the black community. For instance in the Michgan primary last week it has been reported that 70% of blacks voted uncommitted which basically was a vote for Obama. In the Nevada caucus yesterday it was reported on cnn.com and msnbc.com that 79% ( Somesay 80%) of blacks voted for Obama over Clinton. I think South Carolina will swing the same way. Too many people listen to media and believe that blacks aren’t supporting Obama because “he isn’t black enough” or “he can’t win”, I don’t think that’s the case. I haven’t witnessed it where I live and we have a large black population here.

Amber
Sunday, January 20, 2008
@23- Actually Obama is ahead. On one page on cnn.com they are including super delegates. On another page they are just including the delegates that the candidates Obama and Clinton actually won. http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/

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@amber…that’s exactly whut i said, as well as explained that the superdelegates are irrlevent unless this reaches the national convention. i think you responded to the wrong guy.

ambro23: I couldn’t agree with you more

here’s his MINDBLOWING speech today at dr. king’s old church:

The Scripture tells us that when Joshua and the Israelites arrived at the gates of Jericho, they could not enter. The walls of the city were too steep for any one person to climb; too strong to be taken down with brute force. And so they sat for days, unable to pass on through.

But God had a plan for his people. He told them to stand together and march together around the city, and on the seventh day he told them that when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn, they should speak with one voice. And at the chosen hour, when the horn sounded and a chorus of voices cried out together, the mighty walls of Jericho came tumbling down.

There are many lessons to take from this passage, just as there are many lessons to take from this day, just as there are many memories that fill the space of this church. As I was thinking about which ones we need to remember at this hour, my mind went back to the very beginning of the modern Civil Rights Era.

Because before Memphis and the mountaintop; before the bridge in Selma and the march on Washington; before Birmingham and the beatings; the fire hoses and the loss of those four little girls; before there was King the icon and his magnificent dream, there was King the young preacher and a people who found themselves suffering under the yolk of oppression.

And on the eve of the bus boycotts in Montgomery, at a time when many were still doubtful about the possibilities of change, a time when those in the black community mistrusted themselves, and at times mistrusted each other, King inspired with words not of anger, but of an urgency that still speaks to us today:

“Unity is the great need of the hour” is what King said. Unity is how we shall overcome.

What Dr. King understood is that if just one person chose to walk instead of ride the bus, those walls of oppression would not be moved. But maybe if a few more walked, the foundation might start to shake. If a few more women were willing to do what Rosa Parks had done, maybe the cracks would start to show. If teenagers took freedom rides from North to South, maybe a few bricks would come loose. Maybe if white folks marched because they had come to understand that their freedom too was at stake in the impending battle, the wall would begin to sway. And if enough Americans were awakened to the injustice; if they joined together, North and South, rich and poor, Christian and Jew, then perhaps that wall would come tumbling down, and justice would flow like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

Unity is the great need of the hour – the great need of this hour. Not because it sounds pleasant or because it makes us feel good, but because it’s the only way we can overcome the essential deficit that exists in this country.

I’m not talking about a budget deficit. I’m not talking about a trade deficit. I’m not talking about a deficit of good ideas or new plans.

I’m talking about a moral deficit. I’m talking about an empathy deficit. I’m taking about an inability to recognize ourselves in one another; to understand that we are our brother’s keeper; we are our sister’s keeper; that, in the words of Dr. King, we are all tied together in a single garment of destiny.

We have an empathy deficit when we’re still sending our children down corridors of shame – schools in the forgotten corners of America where the color of your skin still affects the content of your education.

We have a deficit when CEOs are making more in ten minutes than some workers make in ten months; when families lose their homes so that lenders make a profit; when mothers can’t afford a doctor when their children get sick.

We have a deficit in this country when there is Scooter Libby justice for some and Jena justice for others; when our children see nooses hanging from a schoolyard tree today, in the present, in the twenty-first century.

We have a deficit when homeless veterans sleep on the streets of our cities; when innocents are slaughtered in the deserts of Darfur; when young Americans serve tour after tour of duty in a war that should’ve never been authorized and never been waged.

And we have a deficit when it takes a breach in our levees to reveal a breach in our compassion; when it takes a terrible storm to reveal the hungry that God calls on us to feed; the sick He calls on us to care for; the least of these He commands that we treat as our own.

So we have a deficit to close. We have walls – barriers to justice and equality – that must come down. And to do this, we know that unity is the great need of this hour.

Unfortunately, all too often when we talk about unity in this country, we’ve come to believe that it can be purchased on the cheap. We’ve come to believe that racial reconciliation can come easily – that it’s just a matter of a few ignorant people trapped in the prejudices of the past, and that if the demagogues and those who exploit our racial divisions will simply go away, then all our problems would be solved.

All too often, we seek to ignore the profound institutional barriers that stand in the way of ensuring opportunity for all children, or decent jobs for all people, or health care for those who are sick. We long for unity, but are unwilling to pay the price.

But of course, true unity cannot be so easily won. It starts with a change in attitudes – a broadening of our minds, and a broadening of our hearts.

It’s not easy to stand in somebody else’s shoes. It’s not easy to see past our differences. We’ve all encountered this in our own lives. But what makes it even more difficult is that we have a politics in this country that seeks to drive us apart – that puts up walls between us.

We are told that those who differ from us on a few things are different from us on all things; that our problems are the fault of those who don’t think like us or look like us or come from where we do. The welfare queen is taking our tax money. The immigrant is taking our jobs. The believer condemns the non-believer as immoral, and the non-believer chides the believer as intolerant.

For most of this country’s history, we in the African-American community have been at the receiving end of man’s inhumanity to man. And all of us understand intimately the insidious role that race still sometimes plays – on the job, in the schools, in our health care system, and in our criminal justice system.

And yet, if we are honest with ourselves, we must admit that none of our hands are entirely clean. If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ll acknowledge that our own community has not always been true to King’s vision of a beloved community.

We have scorned our gay brothers and sisters instead of embracing them. The scourge of anti-Semitism has, at times, revealed itself in our community. For too long, some of us have seen immigrants as competitors for jobs instead of companions in the fight for opportunity.

Every day, our politics fuels and exploits this kind of division across all races and regions; across gender and party. It is played out on television. It is sensationalized by the media. And last week, it even crept into the campaign for President, with charges and counter-charges that served to obscure the issues instead of illuminating the critical choices we face as a nation.

So let us say that on this day of all days, each of us carries with us the task of changing our hearts and minds. The division, the stereotypes, the scape-goating, the ease with which we blame our plight on others – all of this distracts us from the common challenges we face – war and poverty; injustice and inequality. We can no longer afford to build ourselves up by tearing someone else down. We can no longer afford to traffic in lies or fear or hate. It is the poison that we must purge from our politics; the wall that we must tear down before the hour grows too late.

Because if Dr. King could love his jailor; if he could call on the faithful who once sat where you do to forgive those who set dogs and fire hoses upon them, then surely we can look past what divides us in our time, and bind up our wounds, and erase the empathy deficit that exists in our hearts.

But if changing our hearts and minds is the first critical step, we cannot stop there. It is not enough to bemoan the plight of poor children in this country and remain unwilling to push our elected officials to provide the resources to fix our schools. It is not enough to decry the disparities of health care and yet allow the insurance companies and the drug companies to block much-needed reforms. It is not enough for us to abhor the costs of a misguided war, and yet allow ourselves to be driven by a politics of fear that sees the threat of attack as way to scare up votes instead of a call to come together around a common effort.

The Scripture tells us that we are judged not just by word, but by deed. And if we are to truly bring about the unity that is so crucial in this time, we must find it within ourselves to act on what we know; to understand that living up to this country’s ideals and its possibilities will require great effort and resources; sacrifice and stamina.

And that is what is at stake in the great political debate we are having today. The changes that are needed are not just a matter of tinkering at the edges, and they will not come if politicians simply tell us what we want to hear. All of us will be called upon to make some sacrifice. None of us will be exempt from responsibility. We will have to fight to fix our schools, but we will also have to challenge ourselves to be better parents. We will have to confront the biases in our criminal justice system, but we will also have to acknowledge the deep-seated violence that still resides in our own communities and marshal the will to break its grip.

That is how we will bring about the change we seek. That is how Dr. King led this country through the wilderness. He did it with words – words that he spoke not just to the children of slaves, but the children of slave owners. Words that inspired not just black but also white; not just the Christian but the Jew; not just the Southerner but also the Northerner.

He led with words, but he also led with deeds. He also led by example. He led by marching and going to jail and suffering threats and being away from his family. He led by taking a stand against a war, knowing full well that it would diminish his popularity. He led by challenging our economic structures, understanding that it would cause discomfort. Dr. King understood that unity cannot be won on the cheap; that we would have to earn it through great effort and determination.

That is the unity – the hard-earned unity – that we need right now. It is that effort, and that determination, that can transform blind optimism into hope – the hope to imagine, and work for, and fight for what seemed impossible before.

The stories that give me such hope don’t happen in the spotlight. They don’t happen on the presidential stage. They happen in the quiet corners of our lives. They happen in the moments we least expect. Let me give you an example of one of those stories.

There is a young, twenty-three year old white woman named Ashley Baia who organizes for our campaign in Florence, South Carolina. She’s been working to organize a mostly African-American community since the beginning of this campaign, and the other day she was at a roundtable discussion where everyone went around telling their story and why they were there.

And Ashley said that when she was nine years old, her mother got cancer. And because she had to miss days of work, she was let go and lost her health care. They had to file for bankruptcy, and that’s when Ashley decided that she had to do something to help her mom.

She knew that food was one of their most expensive costs, and so Ashley convinced her mother that what she really liked and really wanted to eat more than anything else was mustard and relish sandwiches. Because that was the cheapest way to eat.

She did this for a year until her mom got better, and she told everyone at the roundtable that the reason she joined our campaign was so that she could help the millions of other children in the country who want and need to help their parents too.

So Ashley finishes her story and then goes around the room and asks everyone else why they’re supporting the campaign. They all have different stories and reasons. Many bring up a specific issue. And finally they come to this elderly black man who’s been sitting there quietly the entire time. And Ashley asks him why he’s there. And he does not bring up a specific issue. He does not say health care or the economy. He does not say education or the war. He does not say that he was there because of Barack Obama. He simply says to everyone in the room, “I am here because of Ashley.”

By itself, that single moment of recognition between that young white girl and that old black man is not enough. It is not enough to give health care to the sick, or jobs to the jobless, or education to our children.

But it is where we begin. It is why the walls in that room began to crack and shake.

And if they can shake in that room, they can shake in Atlanta.

And if they can shake in Atlanta, they can shake in Georgia.

And if they can shake in Georgia, they can shake all across America. And if enough of our voices join together; we can bring those walls tumbling down. The walls of Jericho can finally come tumbling down. That is our hope – but only if we pray together, and work together, and march together.

Brothers and sisters, we cannot walk alone.

In the struggle for peace and justice, we cannot walk alone.

In the struggle for opportunity and equality, we cannot walk alone

In the struggle to heal this nation and repair this world, we cannot walk alone.

So I ask you to walk with me, and march with me, and join your voice with mine, and together we will sing the song that tears down the walls that divide us, and lift up an America that is truly indivisible, with liberty, and justice, for all. May God bless the memory of the great pastor of this church, and may God bless the United States of America.

LOL….FU*K OSAMA….

GO HILLARY!!!

thats all I got to say today……..lol.

Whether Mr. Obama wins the nod for presidency or not I still respect him as a man, I you or anyone else on this blog have to like him but the f’u remark I guarnteee you wouldn’t say in my face or to anyone else on the streets we live on here in Harlem.
This is exactly what the previous poster was speaking of. I don’t know if you are black or white but you are wrong and for your informnation I will never vote for a Clinton again I have given them my time, I came to this conclusion in 1998 you all act like Mr. Obama is the reason for many blacks decsions for not voting for the Clintons again,it’s waht they have shown me, I was told t he dog bite you first time, dogs fault secound time your fault, the Clintons demonstrated a lack of integrity and character and proved to be experienced liars and that’s enough for me and like I tell my daugher you tell one lie you will tell another.
Now that’s my learned experience with the Clintons and this has nothing to do with Mr.Obama.
I respect Mr.Obama’s courage to stand up to white America and to many black whom I’m sure he knew would not be for him. I am quite sure every negative that has been said about him he has heard over and over again especially in t his country but he is willing to take a chance in spite of all odds being against him , that shows strength and character and a heart!!!!!!
He seems to me to be a man of strong faith a man who is willing to BELIEVE and DREAM the impossible and that epitomizies the I have a dream speech oh and by the way the comment you made in reference to Mr. Obama is the same way they felt about Dr. King back in the day I was there. I did not hear any white man respect him until her was dead and then he knew nothing about it because a dead man can’t hear.

Obama recieved 83% ot the black vote in Nevada.
When Hillary spoke at church in Harlem Obama people were shouting Obama, Obama and Hillarys people had dificulty drowning them out!!!!
The Pastor said they were freinds and its nice she or Bill always show up at election time.
Oh well!!!!!

This is a big win for Romney. Nevada’s a red state. It matters for the primaries so it means something for Hillary but considering Romney’s lack of success until this weekend, this is a lot bigger. Romney is the most likely Republican to get Dem votes so if the vitriol between the Hillary and Obama camp, he’s got this election.

Hillary came to Harlem today and tried to scoop up the black vote at Abyssianian church, but she was in for a suprise. After the Reverend endorsed her, she was meet out side by a crowds of black Obama supporters chanting “harlem for OBAMA”. She may have the leaders in Harlem, but she doesn’t have the people. The days when the Clintons can come into town and grin and get black folks support are long gone. She was so embarrased that her campaign staff actually went and held Hillary signs and got tourists in Harlem to hold up signs to make it look like she has supporters, but the could’nt even compete. The clinton’s cant continue to trick us with their foolishness!!

In reading these comments let me add and I don’t care who doesn’t like it no way am I ever voting for the Clintons. I guess if she gets the nod the repubs can have it.
I am a Hoodboy and I’m not voting for no Clintons and yes i am registered. man anyone can see their game and if they win I can see them crackers laughing in you all faces now and calling you all losers because you split the black vote,man I did not think we were so divided.
Like here in the hood you hear negroes saying a brother ought to run for president, man I guess if it was Jay-z, Kanye or any rapper or maybe Beyonce, Rihanna then you all would break the doors down to the polls voting, for anyone of them would care if they finished 5th grade. SMH
This is sick I am for Obama, makes me proud to be a brother.
I wish you the best Obama.

By the way, Obama won the delegates, so he won Nevada. That’s what counts. And for a virtual political outsider to come in an challenge a seasoned politician like her and be giving her a run for her money, he is certainly on the road to victory. Her negro trickery is over!

Neither Obama or Hillary won any “National Delegates” from The nevada caucus. Those wont be given until the State Party meets and assigns them. (atleast that is my understanding of the statement they (NDP) gave about Obama’s claim of having more National Delegates)
They both won precint delegates who will go and represent them at the State Party. Then National delgates will be assigned.

But .. That in no way takes away from Hillary’s win in Nevada. Anymore then it made her be second in Iowa with her extra delegate over Edwards.

Congratulations Hillary..

To Obama 08

Neither Obama or Hillary won any “National Delegates” from The nevada caucus. Those wont be given until the State Party meets and assigns them. (atleast that is my understanding of the statement they (NDP) gave about Obama’s claim of having more National Delegates)
They both won precint delegates who will go and represent them at the State Party. Then National delgates will be assigned.

But .. That in no way takes away from Hillary’s win in Nevada. Anymore then it made her be second in Iowa with her extra delegate over Edwards.

Congratulations Hillary..

That the speech Mr.Obama made today isn’t it?
You only said he and did not really elaborate on he was.
Yes, it was an outstanding speech, yes indeed it was.

I hope th eblacks in that church and S.C. take heed!!!!
Because it is the truth.

I second that AMBRO23! Although I hate to claim defeat as an Obama supporter, I will not be voting for Hilary if she does happen to steal the Democratic win. She and her campaigning tactics are disgraceful.

Let’s not give up on Barack! It’s still early in the race. NO ONE SAID IT WOULD BE EASY! His supporters need to come out and volunteer in their states. I’ve been phone banking for the past two weeks every time I can. Please find out ways you can lend a helping hand in your state.

Barack is depending on YOU.

SI SE PUEDE! YES WE CAN!
OBAMA ‘08!

# 8, YUSEF X is a white boy. Shouldn’t be that hard to spot a fucking spineless cracker.

I’m in Canada here and I’ve been tryin to keep track of things….but what happened to Guiliani?? I thought he was a major candidate but he seems to have dissappeared off the radar…what’s the story here?

RON PAUL CAME IN SECOND IN NEVADA !!!!!!!!!!!!

VOTE FOR RON PAUL YALL!!

HE THE TRUTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DR. RON PAUL.. VOTE !

Are there any Latinos on this site? If so, I have a question. I’ve read numerous articles stating that Obama lost the Latino vote in Nevada because the lower income and older Latino generation do not like Blacks. Do you think some Latinos won’t vote for Obama simply because he is black?

NO WAY WILL I EVER VOTE FOR HILLARY IF SHE WINS THE NOMINATION. THE WAY SHE AND BILL HAVE TALKED ABOUT OBAMA HAS MADE ME SICK. THE ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT IF HILLARY GETS THE NOMINATION IS IT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR OBAMA IN 2012 BECAUSE THERE’S NO WAY HILLARY WILL WIN AGAINST MCCAIN.

Hillary Clinton ALL THE WAY for president in ‘08

vote clinton 4 p[resident 08

Lenear
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Are there any Latinos on this site? If so, I have a question. I’ve read numerous articles stating that Obama lost the Latino vote in Nevada because the lower income and older Latino generation do not like Blacks. Do you think some Latinos won’t vote for Obama simply because he is black?

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i don’t think that’s the reason at all, just like this stereotype of black people voting for obama because he’s black. the reason, i believe, is due to the fact that richardson dropping out who had most of the hispanic following as well as hillary already had a comfortable lead with the hispanic vote well ahead of this past caucus

richardson’s and hillary’s policies are very similar so it’s just as easy for the hispanics that followed richardson to move towards hillary as the alternate.

something i hope would happen for obama if edwards happen to drop out

obama has to let go of hoping for the hispanic vote and focus on blacks and white women! Hispanics are racists and will never vote for a black man. He needs to change his position on illegal immagration so that this block dosen’t get any longer because latins are all worse than whites. Blacks need to wake up and realize this! And I mean all hispanics including puerto ricans and dominicans!!! Obama keep up the good work, You Make Me Proud!!! Black folk remember “Divided we fall and united we stand”!!!!!!!!!!!

I watched Obama and Hillary (on some off-brand cable station) speak at a black church yesterday. I was not impressed with Obama. He’s preaches rather than speaks, black people don’t need a “I have a Dream” speech; we need a strong president. I want to see Obama make it to the White House because it would be an asset to the economy. Countries would be more willing to deal with a black man than they would ol’ blue eyes. Hillary would make an excellent president when it comes to policy but other countries would not respect her. Some countries are strictly ran by men. As for the Republicans-we’re fu@$ked either way. I’ll most likely vote for the preacher for soundness in the economy.

I could care less about Hillary wining Navada because she will not get my vote on 2/5 or in November if she makes it that far. She would have been my next pick after Obama but she blew that weeks ago. I will vote for Mike Huckabee before her, and if dosn’t get the rep nod then I’ll go vote and write in my pastors name lol.

Obama 08

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Lenear
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Are there any Latinos on this site? If so, I have a question. I’ve read numerous articles stating that Obama lost the Latino vote in Nevada because the lower income and older Latino generation do not like Blacks. Do you think some Latinos won’t vote for Obama simply because he is black?

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I am from CA (born and raised) and every since I could remember there has been a problem between African Americans and Mexicans in this state. Most of my mexican friends date African American men and it has caused major family problems because most of the older lation generation believe all the stereotypes of African Americans especially the men. One of my friends said that, a lot of the older folks think that all black people are on drugs, lazy, violent and the men never take care of their kids. She also said that most of the older Spanish generation only listens to Spanish radio , and watch Spanish televison so when they watch black people on televison most of the time the images are negative, so they believe that’s how we really are.

It goes both ways thought, the African Americans aren’t exactly kind to the Mexicans here either. But I will say it has nothing to do with the way they live their lives or their culture it is more based on the better treatment they receive. This state caters to the Spanish and most of them are here illegal. Don’t let that whole Boarder drama fool you. There are more Black men on death row here than Mexicans, you can’t even get a decent job in this state if you don’t speak Spanish, they buy CA drivers license with no problem and Black person couldn’t walk into no DMV here and buy a license and when they could they got charged more.

I could go on and on but I’ll stop here lol

@ 8

excuse me but I dont appreciate your insults.

Especially when its obvious you have NO Idea whats going on.

1-taking money from white supremacists means nothing, 2 the article brought up wasnt written by him and it was debunked in 94, so why was it brought up again, convieniantly a day before New hampshire.

Ron paul worked in inner city houston for 3 dollars an hour delivering babies.

But none of that matters

Whats obama going to do about foreigners buying up all the equity in the US, whats he going to do about corporate manage trade, whats he going to do about inflationary spending.

It says on obamas site he wants to scale wages to inflation. Dumbest Idea ive ever heard, that will cause endless rollercoaster of stagflation and hyper inflation and eventually market collapse.

Hillary and obama are MANDATING healthcare. maybe some of yall dont ovastan what that means. Let me spell it out for the dumb deaf and blind.

YOU WILL BE REQUIRE BY LAW TO HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE OR FACE PENALTIES. THEY WILL NOT BRING COSTS DOWN OR ALLOW HEALTH FREEDOM. IF YOU TAKE HERBS, OR GET ACUPUNCTURE OR GO TO A CHIROPRACTOR. THOSE THINGS WILL BE OUTLAWED UNDER FDA CODE X.

Wake up you got damn sheep

Did you guys see the debate in South Carolina tonight? If not, you really missed out on a good debate! Hillary Clinton is the bomb, she stood her grounds and had Obama studdering and looking like an amateur. Of course, Obama will win the majority in S.C. based solely because he’s black! No matter how bad Obama sucked ass tonight, gave faulty speeches, he will still win S.C. (just watch)! Did you see the faces in the audience? My black people were not trying to hear anything Hillary was saying LMAO! But on the inside, they knew she showed up and showed out all over Obama’s ass! I hope they seriously replay this debate, because it’s one i think WE ALL should see again!

I really stand FIRM in my decision to vote for Hillary in ‘08! She really is a powerful political woman!

This is to ALL MY PEOPLE….. Please watch these debates and vote for who actually belongs in office!!!

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