On May 5, 3:01=A0pm, DeserTBoB <dese...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Hillary Clinton's in the middle of a major sweep of NC, while Barack
> Obama tries to salvage his loss of polling leads in Indiana today as
> the "last stand" primaries approach within hours. =A0On CNN coverage,
> Obama's obviously not comfortable being "wonkish" on policy...take
> away his "change/hope/change/hope" gimmick and he's as flat as a
> pancake. =A0
>
> Meanwhile, in NC and yesterday in IN, Clinton is finding broad sup****t
> for making the oil companies pay the Federal "gas tax" this summer, a
> concept pooh poohed by Obama, who also voted for Dick Cheney's skewed
> "energy bill" largely seen as a giveaway to Cheney and Bush's oil
> buddies in Texas and Saudi Arabia.
>
> Gallup polling now shows Hillary being the one to take on McCain, with
> Obama bouncing around ahead and behind. =A0"Senator Potatohead,"
> meanwhile, has been trolling for sorely needed funding with his droll,
> ill-received stump speeches. =A0Notoriously unreliable Rasmussen now
> shows Hillary taking Indiana by a convincing margin and winning with
> an 85.1% certitude. =A0Personally, I don't put a lot of stock in their
> predictions, much as I don't in Zogby's, which is a reliable GOP ****ll
> operation. =A0However, more credible polling indeed shows Clinton with
> the momentum in both states, and street corner stumping in both states
> has helped her quite a bit, while Obama's "big deal" rallies are
> increasingly poorly attended. =A0While Obama's handlers were a month ago
> mocking Clinton for having to bus union members into her rallies,
> they're now a "full house," while Obama's staffers are having to
> resort to sticking with college campus rallies in smaller venues. =A0The
> "infatuation" stage of his campaign is over, and people are asking,
> "Where's the beef?" =A0That's his problem...there isn't any.
>
> On McLaughlin this past week, Pat Buchanan predicted Clinton will take
> Indiana by a wide margin, while all the other pundits on the panel
> agreed she'd take it narrowly. =A0Moderator McLaughlin, however,
> differs, saying he thinks Obama can still take Indiana by a sliver,
> which might mean yet another 50/50 delegate split...worst case
> scenario for Clinton. =A0One of the pundits (Monica Crowley?) went so
> far as to predict a Hillary upset in NC, but no one else seemed to be
> buying to that. =A0But, if you look at past polling-versus-results
> numbers, especially in New Hamp****re, Clinton has a definite ability
> to utilize pre-election momentum, parlaying it into big victories. =A0NC
> is indeed in play, with Obama sunk into single digits, while more than
> half of the credible polls today show Clinton statistically ahead in
> IN. =A0This all goes to show you how unreliable ALL polling has become
> in this primary race; Obama was supposed to take Guam by 20%; he took
> it by only seven votes out of almost 9,000 cast, making Guam a 50/50
> split...advantage: Clinton.
>
> It ain't over...not by a long shot.
>
> Buzz in DC: =A0Is Jeremiah Wright really a stealthy Clinton surrogate,
> or just another black racist preacher with a huge mouth?
>
> Observations: =A0Campaign liability Michelle Obama resurfaced Sunday on
> "Meet The Press" and kept her big mouth uncharacteristically shut. Her
> thesis paper has been making the rounds once more...sure poison to
> Obama's campaign should the pundits bite on it during the week...IF.
> She's been getting a pass on that issue from the media from Day 1.
> MSNBC Obama ****ll Keith Olbermann is becoming increasingly annoying in
> his wacky comments about Clinton. =A0Back to s****ts for you, Keith...you
> can have all the black guys you want over there. =A0Chris Matthews is
> now coming around to the conclusion (late) that Obama might lose this
> thing, this after last week saying (correctly) that Obama couldn't
> "close the deal" in Pennsylvania. =A0"Senator Potatohead" McCain's
> recent TV coverage has been uncomplimentary, showing a very tuckered
> out old man with precious little to say about anything...other than to
> ask for money...please! =A0Clinton campaign honchos have managed
> (somehow...thorazine?) to put Bill on ice. =A0He's been noticeably
> absent in Indiana, although re****ts have him popping up here and there
> in North Carolina. =A0Maybe Hillary yelled at him? =A0Obama surrogate
and
> Richmond, VA mayor/former VA governor =A0L. Douglas Wilder didn't do
> Obama any big favors on "Face The Nation" Sunday, while Clinton
> booster and Indiana's favorite son, Evan Bayh, come across
> convincingly for Clinton, even though he had to use his cell phone to
> replace CBS' failed talk-back circuit.
>
> Predictions: =A0If Clinton ties Obama in NC, it's all over for Obama,
> since Clinton will reliably take Kentucky. =A0Once Kentucky is over,
> watch for the Florida/Michigan imbroglio to boil over on CNN, Faux
> News and in the press...advantage: Clinton...bigtime. =A0MSNBC will just
> continue to whine about how Hillary is mistreating Obama. =A0CNN will
> again overtake Faux News in the overall ratings this election season.
> Both CNN and MSNBC have been gaining viewer****p in Neilsen numbers,
> CNN by 41% and MSNBC by even more, while Faux has lost 11%. =A0THAT's
> why you see Democrats on Faux now...Rupie and his gofer Roger Ailes
> realize that sticking with the far-loony right could be fatal to his
> big money tree.
>
> In another challenge to Aussie wacko Rupert Murdoch's throne, Mort
> Zuckerman (US News and World Re****t, NY Daily News) will indeed close
> the deal for Newsday, the Long Island-heavy tabloid (the paper people
> read on the LIRR on their way to work), giving Rupie fits. =A0Rupie
> can't hope to close that deal, since the FTC will bar the sale to him
> based on his multimedia market saturation in the tri-state area.
> Rupie's tabloid New York Post has been skidding in reader****p per the
> ABC, while Newsday and Mort's Daily News have been gaining on both the
> Post and the NY Times. =A0Stay tuned...Rupie will try to do what he
> always does (throw more money at Newday to counter Zuckerman) but will
> still lose, which will infuriate him. =A0Murdoch has a history lately of
> making stupid business decisions once he gets riled, the LA Dodgers
> screw up being a good case on point. =A0Our long national nightmare of
> having some righttard Aussie control our free media is almost over.
one reason: Operation Chaos c/o Rush Limbaugh's dittoheads
108,000 Repubicans voted for Hillay in Texas primary per Rush's
orders...
they won't vote that way in the general election in November- they'll
vote for McCain
build her up, to cut her down
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