If you were Obama, what would you do? (w/poll)

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Saturday March 08, 2008 · 12:57 AM PST

2008/03/08 · 00:57

After reading what Josh Marshall said yesterday, regarding how he thinks Obama is not responding strongly enough to the Clinton attacks and that he is “on the ropes” right now, I began to feel both a bit pissed off and upset. I mean, what would you do if you were running a Presidential race against someone in your OWN PARTY who was basically using Republican talking points to try and destroy you, and indicating that the Republican candidate is better than you?

I’d be really curious to hear your thoughts and ideas. Here's mine (below)

Poll

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What would you do?

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What would you do?

Keep doing what he is now

15 votes

Do a press conference

28 votes

Do nothing, HRC is self-destructing

13 votes

Make a series of commercials addressing these issues one by one

26 votes

Other (explain)

12 votes

Huge Dem Registration in Hawaii

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Sunday February 17, 2008 · 7:17 AM PST

2008/02/17 · 07:17

Regarding the upcoming Tuesday caucus in Hawaii, here is new from the local MSNBC:

http://www.kitv.com/...

The Hawaii Democratic Party has increased its order for ballots for Tuesday's caucus to a total 17,000 ballots, officials said.

The number of printed ballots is a 400 percent increase over Hawaii's last presidential caucus.

Having myself lived in Hawaii for 5 years long ago, I found myself thinking that there is no way that Hawaiian’s would vote for a „Haole" (a white person from somewhere else) over a local person (Obama). Well...

At this point in time, we have been overwhelmed with people who want to participate that night in order to make it easier for participants taking that form with them registration night caucus night will help expedite registration much quicker," Hawaii Democratic Party Executive Director Florence Kong Kee said.

Local Democrats said now they are receiving more than 200 calls a day for applications for party membership.
They said most of the interest is from Sen. Barack Obama supporters.

I think it is going to be an Obama blowout...

If Obama wins: put Hillary in the Supreme Court!!

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Sunday February 10, 2008 · 3:28 AM PST

2008/02/10 · 03:28

So this isn't going to be a long diary, just an opinion I have developed after chewing over this whole emerging super-delegate mess. And the thought occurred to me, WHAT IF Obama was winning on the delegate count and the overall popular vote, but did not have enough delegates to stave off a brokered convention? Frankly I hate the idea of a brokered convention and super-delegates making the choice for us. So what would be something Obama could offer Hillary, to step back and let him have the nomination?

AHA! Offer her the next opening on the Supreme Court!! It would be a brilliant move (and it would drive the conservatives crazy!!) And we would have Hillary helping shaping law for our country for the next 20-30 years!!
I think that would be a fair trade, and can't imagine Hillary turning it down.

What do you think?

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Should Obama Nominate Hillary for the Supreme Court?

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Should Obama Nominate Hillary for the Supreme Court?

Yes

83 votes

56 votes

Her first, then Edwards next

32 votes

Other

6 votes

Factcheck.org on Clinton, Obama & Edwards in debate

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Thursday January 24, 2008 · 12:25 AM PST

2008/01/24 · 00:25

I will keep this diary short, but just want to share what a friend sent me from Factcheck.org, on the Democratic candidate debate from earlier this week, where it looks at claims, charges and counter-charges made, to assess who is being truthful and who is not. We need more of this stuff...

http://www.factcheck.org/...

And if this has been posted already, let me know and I'll delete it...

Cheers!

An observation: Nice people don't win elections

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Sunday January 20, 2008 · 1:20 AM PST

2008/01/20 · 01:20

In reading over a number of diaries and blog sites about yesterdays results, I have been struck by the parsimony between our camps. People are pissed because the other side played tough in some way. But hey, I tell you what, we better learn to play tough, because when we run our final candidate against the Republicans in the fall, they are not going to be nice. So my observation here is that our primary process is really a training camp for the real game, and I wonder who will be the toughest? Right now, based on the NH and NV outcomes, Clinton is looing like she is tougher and hungrier. So, for the Obama side, I think he and his campaign need to really toughen up and get more organized if you really want to win. And...let's keep our eye on the prize, shall we? We want the presidency.

So we didn't have the votes - this time

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Friday May 25, 2007 · 1:24 AM PDT

2007/05/25 · 01:24

I'm not good at compiling in-depth anaylsis, unlike some of the wizards here on Dkos, but I do think we need to keep our eye on the prize. In the House we got 142 "no" votes on the Iraq supplemental...the rest were "yes", and we should familiarize ourselves with who these "yes" people are and strive to either change their votes, or replace them with someone who will. Here is the vote breakdown:

The House Iraq supplemental roll call

Of the "yes" votes, who can we change, or who can we replace? We need about 78 votes.

Dear Mr. Conyers: Impeach Traitor Cheney

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Thursday March 08, 2007 · 12:45 AM PST

2007/03/08 · 00:45

My feeling...now that Libby has been found guilty and Cheney's fingerprints are all over the outing of a CIA spy during a war, is best summed up in Larry Johnson's article (still on the rec list):

Although Patrick Fitzgerald indicated he has no plans to file further charges in this case, there is still work for Congress to do. At a minimum, charges of impeachment against Dick Cheney should be introduced.

Yes! My feelings exactly...time to start impeaching the traitors! Help Mr. Conyers...please start the investigation soon!!

PROTECT our Troops!

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Monday February 26, 2007 · 2:31 AM PST

2007/02/26 · 02:31

Let's start saying this from now on: Protect our troops

According to the Gavel: http://www.speaker.gov/...

two recent Pentagon reports demonstrate that our troops are currently paying the price for the Administration’s failure to provide them with proper equipment:

U.S. Troops Went Without

Troops Lack Up-Armored Vehicles.
[DOD/IG, Equipment Status of Deployed Forces, 1/25/07]

Troops Lack Communications Equipment.
[DOD/IG, Equipment Status of Deployed Forces, 1/25/07]

Troops Lack Electronic Jammers for Roadside Bombs.
[DOD/IG, Equipment Status of Deployed Forces, 1/25/07]

Troops Lack Heavy Machine Guns.
[DOD/IG, Equipment Status of Deployed Forces, 1/25/07]

How can you support them when you don't protect them?

Clemons: A secret war on Syria & Iran?

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Friday January 12, 2007 · 2:23 AM PST

2007/01/12 · 02:23

From Steve Clemon’s Washington Note:

Did the President Declare "Secret War" Against Syria and Iran?

Washington intelligence, military and foreign policy circles are abuzz today with speculation that the President, yesterday or in recent days, sent a secret Executive Order to the Secretary of Defense and to the Director of the CIA to launch military operations against Syria and Iran.

The President may have started a new secret, informal war against Syria and Iran without the consent of Congress or any broad discussion with the country. (…)

The debate about adding four brigades to Iraq is pathetic. The situation will get even hotter than it now is, worsening the American position and exposing the fact that to fight Iran both within the borders of Iraq and into Iranian territory, there are not enough troops in the theatre.

Bush may really have pushed the escalation pedal more than any of us realize.

What is the recourse of Congress, if in fact Bush has made this decision? I am beginning to think it may take impeachment to stop this madman.

Pelosi is giving money to Dems - to win!

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Wednesday October 25, 2006 · 12:45 PM PDT

2006/10/25 · 12:45

This story is in Pelosi is dealing dollars to win -- for the House, the party, herself

Pelosi uses her campaign funds to help House candidates. In all, she has given some $659,000 from her personal campaign committee and PAC to the Future to about 80 Democratic incumbents and House challengers seeking to unseat Republicans. Those donations are limited to $4,000 from her personal committee and $10,000 from her political action committee.
She also contributed $617,951 from those same sources to the Democratic campaign committee, and she gave $3,750 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and a few individual Senate candidates.
In all, Pelosi has so far raised $1.5 million for her own campaign and $592,000 for her leadership PAC.
Those figures don't account for the millions she has helped generate for the party by headlining fundraisers, making direct requests of donors and other activities, her staff said.

The next Majority Leader of the House of Representatives wants to win. Just giving kudos where kudos are due...

Cafferty: "Bush is trying to pardon himself"

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Saturday September 30, 2006 · 2:46 AM PDT

2006/09/30 · 02:46

I hadn't seen this until this morning, but this from from CNN's The Situation Room

JACK CAFFERTY, CNN ANCHOR:(...)
The House just passed President Bush's bill to redefine the treatment of detainees, and the Senate's expected to do the same thing tomorrow. Buried deep inside this legislation is a provision that will pardon President Bush and all the members of his administration of any possible crimes connected with the torture and mistreatment of detainees dated all the way back to September 11, 2001.
At least President Nixon had Gerald Ford to do his dirty work. President Bush is trying to pardon himself.
Here's the deal.
Under the War Crimes Act, violations of the Geneva Conventions are felonies. In some cases, punishable by death.
When the Supreme Court ruled the Geneva Conventions applied to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees, President Bush and his boys were suddenly in big trouble. They had been working these prisoners over pretty good.

more below... Read More

Bush & Congress: OK to torture of our sons & daughters?

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Saturday September 23, 2006 · 5:37 AM PDT

2006/09/23 · 05:37

I just read testvet's diary below

http://www.dailykos.com/...

and a quote from Rosa Brooks of the LA Times caught me up short (sorry, no link):

Rosa Brooks writes in the Los Angeles Times: "[T]ake any of the 'alternative' methods that Bush wants to use on U.S. detainees and imagine someone using those methods on your son or daughter. If the bad guys captured your son and tossed him, naked, into a cell kept at a temperature just slightly higher than an average refrigerator, then repeatedly doused him with ice water to induce hypothermia, would that be okay? What if they shackled him to a wall for days so he couldn't sit or lie down without hanging his whole body weight on his arms? What if they threatened to rape and kill his wife, or pretended they were burying him alive? What if they did all these things by turns? Would you have any problem deciding that these methods are cruel? . . .

And the thought occured to me is we should say what this really is - a Presidential and Congressional okay for others to torture our sons and daughters. Is that what they want? Let's call them out...

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