Folks over at dKos are stirred up about the possibility that Edwards could win. To do so he’s gonna need the netroots help. I’m already doing what I can and with some help we look to do a lot more before the CA primary. If you think that having either Clinton or Obama running against McCain/HuckaBee! is a good idea don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.
But…..
If your a progressive netizen who is determined to do whatever you can to help the Edwards campaign right now then check out this post and then…………
Keep an eye out here. We’re workin’ on some stuff. While you’re waiting you can send lawyers, guns and
money to JRE and EE right here….right now.
Don’t let anyone tell you the Democratic Primary is over. Don’t let anyone tell you that Clinton or Obama will now sweep to victory. That that is a outright lie should be clear by now.
Remember prior to IA how the ‘Hillary is inevitable meme was buzz, buzz, buzzing everywhere propelled by the corporatists press? Obama swatted that sucker right out of the air!
Then it was Obama, Obama, Obama will ‘run the table with the Big Mo’ he got in IA! Didn’t happen. Clinton thumped his ass in NH. Two primaries two winners.
So now it’s Edwards ‘will drop out…’. The question of ‘Who will get Edwards votes when he drops out?’ is all the corporatist media can talk about. Simple minded, lying son-of-a-bitches with their owner’s agenda, crush populism, firmly in mind they would have you believe ‘it’s all over for Edwards’. Question for ya. What do the votes of the farmers of IA and the hardy millworkers of NH, hey…I can git cliched as the next assclown who works for the NYT ala ‘Bloody Billy’ Kristol if I feel like it, count towards. What are they electing in the primary states or rather I should say who are they electing? Folks called delegates who are pledged to vote for one or another of the candidates. So, what’s the count now. Is Hillary running away with it?
Not hardly here’s the count to date:
NH Total
Obama 9 25
Clinton 9 24
Edwards 4 19
Doesn’t look like no blowout to me. And one of the founders of the people-powered-politics movement Jerome Armstrong thinks its actually something pretty damn good for our nation. Here he is with the teaser quote:
‘If that’s not a race, then nothing is. Certainly, Obama and Clinton have a monetary edge over Edwards, but don’t discount earned media or Edwards having enough funds to compete well enough. All of the post-Iowa national polls have shown Edwards trending up into the 20 percents, and he’s viable. There is no frontrunner. I still predict that Clinton will ultimately win the nomination, but I care more about it being a battle in which everyone participates that wants too than I do about the ultimate Democratic nominee.’
Yes, outspent my hundreds of millions to tens, ‘disappeared’ by the corporatist press John Edwards surges in the polls; as this shows he’s making a move on the Clinton and Obama. Yes, while the national corporatist press is squeeling with joy about their candidate Obama Edwards is moving to spoil the corporatists party!
Apparently ‘folks’ are hearing his message even though he’s not getting his fair share of air time. Obama is the big noise. Could this have something to do with that.
Here’s JRE from today on the campaign mach in NH:
Here’s the Agonist with a rock solid post about the situation our nation really finds itself in and why. Here’s a quote:
‘The US can’t afford current policies. It’s in serious imperial overstretch, massively in debt, losing its industrial base, maintaining an army whose effectiveness is extremely questionable and losing its technological lead in multiple fields. And the "war on terror" has led to a massive increase in terrorism–it is a complete and utter failure on every metric.
Any foreign policy analyst who was actually serious, as opposed to "serious" would look at this and not be proposing more troops; would not be suggesting that the "war on terror exists". But "serious" foreign policy analysts like Obama’s and Clinton’s are doing just that.’
This irritates the Press Corps. It’s schmaltzy and raw. As Mark Halperin put it in his summary of Edwards’ most recent debate performance, "His habit of recounting moving stories about anonymous (and, sorry, random) people sometimes makes him sound like a mayoral candidate in a small Southern hamlet."’
Mr. Halperin is the kind of ‘journalist’ who likes to take the easy, press release, path to a ‘story’. All that messy human emotion make him queasy in his oh, so delicate, stomach. I’d like to tell you what I really think of the guy and his ‘colleagues’ but B.R.A.G. editorial policy now bans rough language.
What’s my point? My point fellow progressives is that, very much contrary to what you are hearing on the TeeBee and Radios ReichWing this campaign for the Democratic nomination is not, I repeat, not over.
This is a pivotal point in the crucial election. With John Edwards at the helm we can start to clean up the mess the ‘conservative’ Reich Wing of the Republican Party has made. Without him…not so much.
As far as electability goes….Edwards is the clear choice. From a new CNN poll:
"Edwards is the only Democrat who beats all four Republicans, and McCain is the only Republican who beats any of the three Democrats," Holland said. "Some might argue this shows that they are the most electable candidates in their respective parties.
So really there is only on question left, ‘What are you gonna do?’ If , perchance, you want to help JRE, and it’s not just about money, go….
Hey, it’s a little corny but it beats the hell,beats the hell I say, out of Senators Cackle and Compromise. Neither of which could be bothered to stand with Senator Dodd yesterday in the Telco immunity fight against Mr. ButtHead and his ‘Democrat’ Party sycophants.
John Edwards — Although his endorsement from Congressman Bruce Braley did not come as much of a surprise (Braley was a strong Edwards supporter in 2004), it will certainly help assuage fears among his supporters that his candidacy has lost its momentum. And, as revealed Monday morning on a conference call, the former North Carolina senator has recruited multiple precinct captains in 87% of Iowa’s precincts, demonstrating the continuing superiority of his grassroots organization.
Second Place
(tie) Hillary Clinton — In our first Power Rankings, Clinton ranked third, but she has shown many signs of life recently that indicate she deserves a higher position. Her husband campaigned for her in Eastern Iowa last week, helping to shore up her supporters there; and she herself has spent time on the ground in less likely places reassuring leaners that she still takes Iowa seriously. Although her more aggressive attacks on Sen. Barack Obama may damage her already-low second-choice support, they should also reassure her supporters that she deserves their time and effort on caucus night. And the entree of Emily’s List’s new voter outreach program may be a help, as well.
(tie) Barack Obama — Upward Momentum — Polls have confirmed what we have felt anecdotally for a long time: that Obama’s message resonates equally well among women as it does among men, and that’s before Oprah Winfrey has even arrived. The gender and age gaps both show signs of closing, and his campaign’s crowd-building skills are unparalleled. His subtle criticisms of Clinton over the past month have forced Clinton to issue less subtle criticisms of her own, perhaps demonstrating the direction her campaign sees the race heading. If any candidate will usurp Edwards’s first-place position between now and January 3, Obama appears best positioned to do so.
Fourth Place
Joe Biden — Upward Momentum — Biden has mastered the art of retail politics better than perhaps any other candidate in the race, and it shows not just in his campaign events but also in his organization’s ability to capitalize on social networks and the political capital of his endorsers. His base is more likely than any other candidate’s to actually attend the caucuses, and his second-choice support continues to increase.
Fifth Place
Bill Richardson — Richardson has a large staff that has been building lists since June, but he lacks support from traditional activists and politicos around the state, as evidenced by his very short list of state legislative endorsements. His staff will not be able to do all of the necessary work for getting out the vote alone. And although he is committed very seriously to grassroots campaigning, he is unpolished and inconsistent on the stump.
Sixth Place
(tie) Chris Dodd — Dodd’s campaign has been promising from the start, but his second-choice support still seems far stronger than his first-choice support. FIrefighters have been working diligently across the state to support him, but he will need a major shake-up in the race in order to advance. His focus on other candidates’ votes on bankruptcy "reform" legislation is promising, but attacking Edwards, Clinton, and Biden may cost him more than he gets in return.
(tie) Dennis Kucinich — Kucinich spent little to no time in Iowa in the first nine months of the campaign, but over the past week he has spent at least some time reaching out to his base of supporters from 2004. Although he has likely started too late in the game to build a strong organization, he may have shown enough signs of life here to reassure small factions of the electorate that he deserves their support.
She ain’t inevitable no more. Now mind you this is in the threads. The posters are still studying the entrails of all the dead birds the pollsters killed last week. Sadly, to no avail. No one but Bowers is willing to say who’s ahead, he sez Obama, and he basically did that just to see what would happen. I reckon how you vote, or in Obama’s case don’t bother so, does matter to folks.
So the counter attack from progressives has begun. Those Dems who figured to protect their ‘Reich’ flank from conservative attack once they got to the general by using the techniques of ‘The Rabbit’ Emmanuel and ‘Chuckie Cheese’ Schumer and emulating the rhetoric, racism, jingoistic nativism of the ReThuglicans have used so well in past elections now find themselves exposed on their left to the likes of Edwards, Biden (yeah he got a bump this week) and even Dennis the Menace (I like lot’s of things about Kucinich but he’s not really seriously running) on the issues of:
Iraq.
Iran.
Healthcare.
Lying to get elected…Obama really screwed up there this week. People finally woke up to the fact that he holds every possible position on every issue.
Talking out of all side of her mouth…The Hill doesn’t quite ‘get’ Youtube.
People are asking; ‘Who is this Obama guy anyway?’
Check out our new ‘Primary Central’ top, upper right sidebar feature. Confound you friends. Drive that nutball a work even crazier with your up to the minute
knowledge on the polling numbers. Much more fun than Fantasy Football which every fat, wannabe plays now anyway.
I just whipped up a poll so you can test you knowledge against all them corn ranchers in IA. It’s reached by the following link due to WordPress being…well WordPress!
The estimable Mike Lux of OpenLeft had this to say today:
Here’s my assessment of where the campaign is at based on my visit this weekend to Iowa:
1. The Obama surge feels real to me. Obama’s team on the ground is feeling quite optimistic about things, and they weren’t even downplaying things the way most campaigns do who are trying to keep expectations down. Most of the people I talked to while I was there predicted Obama would win, and they give him some clear momentum.
2. I think Hillary is hanging in there solidly. She still has a great organization, which is not losing any steam, and AFSCME and EMILY’s List both have impressive independent expenditure campaigns working hard and at a big volume. She’s keeping things very close, and if Obama stumbles at all, or she catches a lucky break, she still has a solid shot at winning.
3. My theories about Edwards fading don’t seem as likely to me after my visit. His organization still seems just as strong as my last visit, and in some conversations with folks from rural Iowa that came in for Saturday’s Heartland Presidential Forum, I get the impression that he is still the strongest of the three in rural IA, which is important.
4. Biden has more momentum than Richardson or Dodd going into the final month, and is picking up traction in some places around the state. I expect him to finish fourth , but he has a very long way to go to pull off a shocker and get into the top three- he’s not surging by anywhere near that much, not yet at least.
With exactly a month to go, this race continues to look like a tight race down to the end, and at least right now, feels much more like a 3-way race than a 2-way.
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RE: IMPEACH DICK CHENEY
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