hooray for OBAMA!

OBAMA!

I have been waiting on your recap all day! So excited! Let me start reading now, lol.

J.Dakar: How many delegates did Obama and Clinton win exactly? I’ve been reading and hearing conflicting reports. And why is New Mexico taking so long to declare a winner?

Hillary Cllinton 2008!!! Ahead by about 80 delegates, it was a good night for them both

This election year will be a wild ride till the end…

Oh, Who IS Mike Gravel?

Obama

yay for Obama

im so happy…finally an intellectual recap…thanks

I’m proud of them and I can’t wait to see what happens with the rest of this race. I was disappointed Obama didn’t win TN, but he did win Memphis. This race is so up in the air right now! I think Obama has a strong chance in this though.

Hillary has 818 delegates and Obama has 730.

I’m actually proud of both Obama and Hillary, I think Obama did better than I expected

Oh btw, Clinton ‘08

CLINTON **08**ALL DAY!!!
WAY TO GO HILLARY!!!

Can you please explain delegates and superdelegates? and how they’re tabulated?

i’ve been following the political process for a while now, and I thought I had a handle on how the delegate system works, but as I watched the CNN, MSNBC, FNC, and other stations’ coverage of the primary and caucus results as they came in last night — the talk of the delegates and superdelegates COMPLETELY eluded me. I need someone to break it down! — lol

I get that it’s similar to the electoral college in that it is a derivative of the popular vote and what is ultimately counted when determining who gets the nomination. For democrats at least, I know that delegates are awarded proportionally by what percentage of the popular vote each candidate gets per state. Beyond that, I’m lost.
What exactly are superdelegates? And why does it seem like they can vote independently of what the popular vote indicates? that’s the notion I got, and I’m not sure if that’s correct.

Hit us w/ some knowledge lol.

Obama won AL!! I know Bull Connor is turning in his grave….

I PRAY OBAMA WINS!, 2 be honest I’m cool if Clinton wins bu ya’ll aready been in the White house! N Obama s genuine.

I read Obama got 845 delegates, and Hilary 836. Has the numbers changed? Obama appears to be in the lead at this point.

I hope that everyone voted and not vote because someone might be the first black Pres. or someone might be the first woman Pres.

It’s very important to vote, but listen to their campaign. if anyine didn’t know Clinton and Obama both have basically the same issues that they are fighting for.

Congrats to everyone and may the best person WIN.

i voted yesturday for my boy obama, im am both proud of hillary and obama, i would really like to see them team up, because that would be insurance that this country is not going any further under. its soo close i been watching cnn all night last night, and its really hard for reporters to answer the question as to who is in the lead for the democratic party or who has a better chance.

Congrats Obama!!
I’ll be at the polls next Tuesday gettin my vote on!!

FUCK HILLARY CLINTON! I HOPE THAT WASHED OUT HO DONT WIN!

I kept checkin back and forth on here for your post!!!! Thanks for the update GO OMAMA!!! YES WE CAN!!!

So J,
Question????
How does MY vote equal into delegates ?, I just want to understand how my vote is tallied

MSNBC is reporting that OBAMA has won 838 delegates and the Clinton has only won 834…go check it out!!

I just read on www.bloomberg.com that Obama has 910 delegates and Clinton has 882.

I’m not African American but as Black British woman, I belive that if Obama gets to the November elections (and then into Presidency), that in itself would be truly a victory for all of us. WOW how far and how quick would we have come from Dr King Jnr’s dream so soon? GO OBAMA!
I can’t cast my vote, so you’ve got my donation!

I am sooo disappointed that California did not show up for Obama, instead we let our votes go to Clinton. We have a large hispanic community and they are not playing. They would rather see a white woman instead of a Black man in the White House. It’s unfortunate but true. White women are also behind her. I just can’t see it. Personally, I would like to see Barack Obama take it. But it’s not over, we got a ways and its a close race. I was also surprised he lost Tennessee, but then he won states I didn’t think he would like Colorado. I will continue to support him and hopefully things will turn around in the positive for him. He is truly a great candidate, the best candidate!

Yes, we can!

CONGRATULATION GOES OUT TO BOTH OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTIES. THEY BOTH PRETTY MUCH COVER THE SAME ISSUES. I JUST HOPE ONCE IN OFFICE THEY DON’T START FLIP FLOPPING AND GET A DEAF EAR TO WHAT THEY ARE PROMISING. THE ECONOMY IS MESSED UP ALL THE WAY AROUND. EDUCATION, HEALTH CARE FOR ALL PEOPLE NEEDS A REAL OVER HAUL. MARTIN LUTHER KING AND ALL THE OTHERS WOULD BE TRULY PROUD. WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO, BUT AT LEAST WE ARE TRULY WORKING ON IT. WHETHER ITS CLINTON OR OBAMA. GOOD LUCK TO ALL.

@ COMTPON, CA 4 OBAMA

obviously you are not familiar with Jezebel. Those bitches love some Obama.

Wow….the democratic party has more support than the Republican……

Good Looking J. D. Baby! I was waiting for you to post!!!!

I would love to see a Black man in office….and a good one at that.

Even though I’m not a Clinton fan….I’d rather see her than Mccain!!!

@ ANONSQUARED -

Clearly those Jezebel “bitches” that love Obama didn’t come out and vote. Since they love him so much.

Yes, Obama is just a few states/delegates from victory!!!!

OBAMA ‘08

I’m very proud of Hillary she did so good yesterday. Obama got major endorsements and has the media on his side, she still comes out on top.

Hillary 08!

Does anyone even know of Mike Gravel? There are some things I like do like about his stance of certain issues, like gay marriage. He is the only candidate to be for “gay marriage” and not that “civil union” crap. People think that civil unions are a place to start in the direction of gay marriage, but when in this country’s history has separate but equal worked? And it bothers me that the top two democratic candidates are a woman and a black man, and know that those two groups and others as well still face adversity, yet won’t step for other people’s rights. Or is it just a way to stay more moderate and not so left? I would have liked to hear Gravel talk on this issue and just hear what he could’ve said.

Yay for Obama!

well I voted yesterday and I am sooo happy that Obama took my home state of connecticut! everyone thought Hilary was gonna get it just because she went to Yale here and that we’re close to NY…

@ 28 COMPTON

I’m so glad somebody touched on this. Latinos and Asians are not giving their support to Hillary, and not Obama. This was one of the main reasons for his disappointing number in California and the south west (New Mexico). Based on exit polls Mexicans were quoted as saying that they thought that blacks were lazy and not hard working enough, prompting one to even call in to NPR to say that she feared that if we had a black president, then all blacks would start acting like they owned the country!

Some Asians stated that although they might know a black n, they don’t trust them in general.

Even here in NYC, the Bronx, which is largely Hispanic voted for Hilary in the majority. I’m not so surprised at the attitudes of Asians, considering our poor relations within the past 25 years or so, but I do detect some resentment from the Hispanic/Latino community. It has been long fashionable to for other minorities to jump on the bandwagon as far as giving us hate, but we will prevail.

On the other hand, we have to take some responsibility for how we are perceived.

JD your on point Homie!! Educate the masses!!

J. Dakar: No voters slogan yet?

This is exciting…and a first for me

People are so clouded by his inspirational speeches that they don’t even care about his policies and what we need in this country. They don’t see that his speeches are just that: SPEECHES, they have no substance and are full of idealistic and empty promises. We don’t need that, we need a president who will get things done and make those changes that Obama talks about and Hillary is that person.

Obama is an inspirational speaker, and we don’t need someone who will give uplifting speeches when we have two wars going on, a failing economy, high college costs, terrible health care (we are ranked among third world countries in terms of health care), and many other things. Obama does not have clear policies and plans to deal with these issue.

He is not clear with Iraq, he says he wants to end it but does not provide clear instructions on how. His health care will not cover 15 million people including myself, and I NEED that health care, and hardly ever talks about the economy.

Hillary has concrete plans and knows what this country needs.

J Dakar could you please repost if you have explained it already the diference between delegates and superdelegates.

Also just the whole process. Why is it that the democratic process in America is not really democratic to the full extent? Why is the presidential candidates for each party decided by the people who align themselves to the prty (registered and party members), and then the final decision in November at the elections decided SOLELY on the number of votes.

delegates, super delegates, caucauses, sub primaries and primaries are very confusing and not as straight forward as 1 person 1 vote.

I know this is wrong what Im about to say….I know it is wrong but i have to express my opinion. I dont understand the mexicans in this country they the ones who act like they own the country expecting us to start speaking spanish….GTFO of here i wish we could ship 75% of them back. They come over here jumpin f-ing rivers and crossing canyons and expect the black people to be under them…they can go to hell with that notion. But any i have nothing aganist the mexicans or whatever but they think they own everything and just because they will pick up poop,clean up houses and do slave work that we did 400 years ago dont mean we are lazy it just mean that we want better for ourselves and we refuse to be set back to where we were 400 years ago.

I dont get that Hispanic shit one bit. I mean….don’t most of us live in the same neighborhood as them mofos anyway? White women and Asians are a lost cause for Obama, but there may be hope for Hispanics over time.

HILLARY ‘08!!

28. I wish she hadn’t have got TN, but Bill is from across the way in AR, so I’m not completely surprised. And, I heard that Barak didn’t start campaigning towards the his Hispanic community until late in the game, unlike Hillary. I think he has a better plan of action though for helping them get legalized instead of deported, where as Hillary feels like illegal aliens they are taking jobs from people over here. She doesn’t want to help them, she wants to ship them away. I wish they knew that.

44. That was a little harsh don’t ya think?

@34 WTF are you talking about, have you been listening to the news or looking at the online articles, Hilary is NOT ahead of OBAMA, he has WAY more states than her therefore more delagates than her…………what are you talking about….I am going to need for you to learn how to read

OBAMA, OBAMA

I don’t know if he has lost white women with Oprah backing him, and he won many predominantly white states.

hooray for obama.man if he gets into the white house do you know what that will do to the dreams of black kids all over the united states….its makes you feel like anything is possible no matter how backwards america seems sometimes

no its not harsh its the truth…..and u know it is…im just saying what everyone wants to say

Latane, you are on point with your opinion. It’s unfortunate that some people are inspired and moved by motivational/inspiration speakers . .Why do you think alot of these wealthy pastors are wealthy? They feed the people a message of prosperity and people latch onto it.

We, as a peoople, need to be able to push away from the table and examine what we are being feed instead of eating the meal because we are hungry.

@ 48 you must not know how delegates are distributed, just because he won more states doesn’t mean he won more delegates, they are were practically tied in delegates yesterday (all the delegates still have not been given out yet) and Hillary leads with over 90 more super delegates.

On the real, I’ve always got the feeling that Hispanics thought they were better than blacks. Especially the lighter or whiter looking you are. I been to Puerto Rico and I could sense the differences there just as I assume one would see the obvious bias in places like Brasil, but less extreme.

Still, I’ve been around long enough to know there is some truth to it.

But again, we can move past this bullshyt, and get cracking to change thangs. I mentioned it earlier, and I still believe that we have to take control over how we are perceived. ESPECIALLY IN THE MEDIA. The other minorities, as well as whites fear us not because of one of us attacking them physically, but they know deep down that we are a people to be reckoned with on a mental and spiritual level as well. We are not slouches, dammit. And we can run this!!!!!!!

Im sorry Clinton supporters….Her health care plan sucks….I shouldnt be forced to buy anything…affordable or not. Obama is on point with his…like he said its not like we dont want health care…its because we cant afford it. And if I cant afford it i should be forced to buy it or the govt shouldnt ganish my wages

Delegate count from CNN:

Hillary Clinton
Pledged: 625
Superdelegates: 193
Total: 818

Obama
Barack Obama
Pledged: 624
Superdelegates: 106
Total: 730

im sorry maybe im taking this poloitics stuff alittle too serious. but i havnt been this hurt in such a long time like i was last night watching the poll results. first of i voted for obama but seeing the way hes not getting any hispanic votes is really hurting me, i have hispanic friends and i know its not thier fault cause most of them voted obama. but for some reason today i was just walking around nyc looking at them different. then i was on the train and heard these spanish kids talking using the n word freely and it was just killing me inside. i know its wrong to feel this way but i cant help it. and please dont get me wrong im not saying their suppose to vote for obama cause i think hillary is a good canidiate too, but she got 75% of spanish votes in nyc and almost beat him in his own state when it came to their vote. i know my spanish friends and none of them are racist but im honestly starting to feel like we are different.it seem like obama may be getting more white females than hispanich votes> im heard about tension amongst spanish and black in other states but im hopping its not really that bad

@ estyle4039 that is very true, look at those mega churches where they get their members to donate huge amounts of money and the pastors get more rich every year.

Going off point . . . this country was founded, built and continues to run on deception, and all the “isms” . .racism, sexism, generism and the like. It’s unfortunate, that we continue to support those that don’t support us. For example, most Chinese hate Black, but we continue to eat at their restaurants and buy their hair supplies. The Japanese hate Americans. Remember Pearl Harbour . . .we let them come into our country and establish business after the BOMB us. Mexicans think we are lazy b/c we break our backs like they do. . .but WE, meaning Black Americans, African Americans, will continue to support other people of color, but won’t support our own.

“They” have these opinions of us because no one is teaching “them” our HISTORY.

@ 44
First, let me say that you addressing only “Mexicans” may be the first problem. It’s not only Mexicans that make up the Latino population in America or even California. And to say that you want to send back 75% of them, not only illegals, but those who have never even been to Mexico or any other Latin American Country. There are many Latinos that are not illegals and have roots in the Southwest that go further back then before many of the states came into the Union. So to lump them together may be why they lump all Black people together. And if you sent back 75% of the “illegal” latinos living in California, the Californian economy would be in serious trouble, but of all the workforce that growers rely on illegals.
You have every right to feel what you do, but at least do it in an educated way and understand that if your “wishes” came true, there would be serious consequences for others. And also, there are Latinos that do read this blog, even though it is directed at the Black folks.

excuse the typos i was on a ranting tirade, lol.

Apparently yall have seen the recent numbers:

Candidate Delegates*
Barack Obama 838
Hillary Clinton 834

Barack has whupped that butt!

Sidebar: Many Latinos( particularly Mexicans) are racist. We need to face that. Its sad because there are countless Afro-Latinos and mulattos amongst their race and many of the others have mixed blood in that family line ( mainly Puerto Ricans, especially Dominicans-no matter how much they lie, and Cubans). They are going to look like fools if and when Barack gets the Democratic nomination.

Its that bad….sleep…its that bad…its not really a black and white thing anymore…its latino/black…and the way they havin babies…

Excuse me, I said “amongst their race”, of course Latino/Hispanic is not a race.
I should have said “ethnic group”.

Obama is well on his way to getting the nomination. All of you who live in the remaining states, that haven’t voted need to bring it home for us.

I’m so proud of my southern states GA and AL really represented yesterday. I met so many first time voters yesterday.

On another note I was so wound up last night, waiting for the results to come in that I had to drink a glass of wine to calm my nerves.

Obama 08…it’s gonna happen

As for Obama not having clear objectives, for me the vision is enough. A president is only as good as his cabinet of advisors, and once he picks them, then I can get a more clearer picture of where he’s headed.

And let’s not count out the possibility that he and Hillary just might team up. Don’t forget the phrase Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows.

I feel like this race is dividing the democratic party too much, first we have Hillary supporters vs. Obama supporters, then we have young vs. old, then we have men vs. women, then we have black vs. white, and now we even have black vs. latino, this is not good going into the general election. And what is the common factor? THE MEDIA.

The media for the most part is run by Republicans and they are trying to divide the democratic party and they are winning, they are making Hillary and Obama supporters hate each other and they are the ones making a big deal about race. It’s a shame.

#66….

LMAO!
I did the same thing. I had to drink a glass of red wine last night to calm my damn nerves.

I live in Atlanta, so I was very proud of GA for representing.

Latane:

BOOOOOOOOO- get over it.

Get ready sweetie. The revolution is under-way. Both canidates give speaches. The exception with Obama is that not only are his speeches inspirational, but also with merit. He has just as much “experience” as she does. He has 11 years of elected experience on the state and gov’t level. She has 7 years of elected gove’t experience. Aside from being Pres. Bill Clintons spouse. Which for some reason, I believe Clinton supporters believe that gives her some merit of experience. Speaking of Experience, Bill Clinton knew about the possible 9/11 terror attacks upon his exit of the WhiteHouse and did nothing with that intelligence. The attack happened at the start of Bush’s administration. In the senate Hillary voted for the war, as a way to rectify Bill’s wrong doing: which has cost this county TRILLIONS of dollar out of our pocket. Does she want to claim “that” experience. She won on the Bush banwagon for this war…….Anywho…..They’re both Law Graduates, and have worked as lawyers. On paper, they’re virtually one in the same. I think Hill is a great canidate, but America wants change. We need a president who can not only do their job, but inspire the nation while doing it.

You have clear objectives but when you step in that White House and the Senate does not back them then you are phuck. Keep in mind the President does not make the “real” decisions. Its the Senate.

You can have clear objectives all you want, but when you step in that White House and the Senate does not back them then you are phucked. Keep in mind the President does not make the “real” decisions. Its the Senate.

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To everyone who is hoping for Obama, don’t fret. Obama has about two or three weeks where he’s likely to pick up support, more states and delegates.

The next states are as follows: Louisiana, Nebraska, Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Hawaii and Wisconsin (what’s left in February). They’re all states Obama has the potential to dominate in, at least that’s what the prognosticators are saying.

The delegate gap is likely to close during this time. What Obama’s people need to do is get on the phones with people in Ohio and Texas. Those two states are extremely key. If he can pull close or score upsets in those states, he will take a lead, and it’s feasible.

If you’re for Obama, MAKE SURE YOU’RE GETTING EVERY YOUNG VOTER OUT YOU KNOW!!!! THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE YOUNG VOTER SHOWS UP, AND SHOWS INTEREST IN HIS OR HER FUTURE … ESPECIALLY IN OHIO AND TEXAS.

@ 62

Tell it.

Hey….Im lovin Obama right now!!! I hope he gets the NOD. Wow I think there r just some misconceptions about black people in the Latino community.