Politics and Soccer

A couple of good quotes I heard from Keith Olbermann recently.
“We as citizens must at some point ignore partisanship, not that we may prosper as a nation, but that merely we may function as a nation.”
“You Are Campaigning As If Barack Obama Were The Democrat And You Were The Republican” – (video below)
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Goal: One Million People

Just got this email from the Obama Campaign and they are above 900,000 people who have donated to his campaign already, well on his way to a million people. 1 Million People?!?!
That is quite an accomplishment to make for a junior senator out of Illinois. You know what? I think I am going to be [...]

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Clinton: Still No Congratulations For Obama

Interesting piece of article on CNN earlier. Now with Obama getting the delegate lead even when you factor in the super delegate votes, you certainly should not expect any congratulations now until the race is done.

EL PASO, Texas (CNN) – For the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate [...]

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Updated: Super Duper Tuesday

Barack Obama leads in the delegates that have been voted by ACTUAL VOTERS!!
The only reason Hilary Clinton is leading is because of the Superdelegates where she has an extra 87 delegates to boost her. What can you do when the system is designed to favor those who are in it and makes it very difficult [...]

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Super Duper Tuesday

(paraphrased from an email sent to a friend overseas summarizing Super Tuesday)
So the night started off interestingly early with Obama picking up Georgia with like 88% of the black vote and he only lost the white vote like 60-40. Clinton quickly replied with wins in new Jersey and new York both by 15 points. Obama [...]

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Super Tuesday – Weekend Polling

I apologize for the brevity of my diary; however, I think the results speak for themselves. Zogby has some pretty surprising results in his latest polls, which are to be released tomorrow.

Both parties have staged tight, seesawing battles for the nominations for November’s presidential election. Clinton, the New York senator, and Obama split the first [...]

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Fundrasing Spike

Well I guess here are the first signs of the election race post-South Carolina…
A source inside the Obama campaign says the candidate’s web site has seen one of its best hours tonight, raising $525,000 in one hour. A senior aide inside the Obama campaign said the candidate’s site saw its “highest peak” tonight in [...]

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