Yippee!!!

I don’t think HRC will win by 20, but her numbers have been holding around 50% in all the recent polls. SE Pa, and probably Philly, will make or break Obama. Philadelphia County doesn’t usually turn out in big numbers for a primary (Rendell’s primary runs are the exception) and that is where his strength is. I know there was an earlier post about “street money” and if he decides to stick to his guns and not give any, that could hurt turnout of his voters. The warlords in Iraq and Afghanistan have nothing on the ward leaders in Philadelphia.

We will also see if younger voters go against their pattern and also turn out in large numbers for Obama.

pd

I know the people of PA want a strong, tough, fighting for the people and that person is
HILLARY CLINTON. She is like the “energizer bunny”—she gets up and KEEPS on fighting. And that will
be what she will do for Pennsylvanians and ALL Americans when she puts in place her plans to FIX the Economy FIX the Healthcare System FIX unemployment & Create JOBS End the Iraq war Bring manufacturing jobs back to the US End reckless Republican spending

I look forward to a NEW CLINTON PRESIDENCY— HILLARY CLINTON in 2008

The Clintons have been at war since they arrived on the national stage.They are good at it, but it never ends, and they have come to actually enjoy it. Washington is also in a trench war where closely matched party soldiers in trenches hold the line, but make no progress. Even worse, they end up taking money and comfort from people who simplyare not concerned about the workers and middle class. My grandfather who was born in 1898 told me if the rich people ever get rid of the middle class by being greedy, we are in for a civil war. I remember thinking he a perhaps a little kooky in
his old age. Our government is for sale, and we are getting to
pay with our jobs and towns to subsidize the deals.

You know something is up when Bill and Hillary are stumping in NE PA three days before the primary. This area is supposed to be locked up for them and I strongly suspect its not. I don’t see Obama signs and more importantly I don’t see Hillary signs either. Most everyone I hear talk says they like Obama (I drive bus) but I think they are afraid to show it publicly because of the percieved negativity or backlash.

Many of us are already having a hard time, and taxes will only go up with either Obama or Hillary. Not just income tax, but excise tax, gas tax, and property tax.
One reason so many mortgages are in foreclosure is that home owners have been getting huge tax increases on top of their mortgage payments.
Both candidates are too afraid of the big unions, like the teachers, to stand up for the rest of us. They go on, getting raise after raise, while we get poorer and poorer.
Democrats are in the tank for the big unions that are bankrupting many of us.

I am so tired of people raising the red flag of higher taxes every time it looks like a Democrat has a chance of getting into high public office. Last time I checked, Bush’s tax cuts helped less than 1 percent of the U.S. population, and those people didn’t need help anyway. Trickle down economics is a sham.
Without taxes, please explain to me how the police will get paid, your garbage picked up, your roads paved, etc.
The problem with so many Americans is that they want something for nothing.

A few days ago, Inquirer staff writer Thomas Fitzgerald wrote this about the contest: “At its core the debate boiled down to this familiar argument: Obama saying that politics itself was broken, its games not worth playing, and Clinton saying that skill at the game was crucial.” – http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/200804…

Indeed! Clinton is bent on continuing to play the game as is. Nothing will change. And just as she blamed the fact that she did not deliver on the 50K jobs that she promised NY on Gore having lost the White House, so she will invoke all sorts of reasons for not being able to deliver her health care plans.

Even more troubling, remember that she is very much against strong ethics law to keep lobbyists and special interests in check. As reported recently in The Guardian: “Clinton also resisted two attempts, both sponsored by Obama, to establish an ‘office of public integrity’ in the Senate. The integrity office, a cause célèbre for government watchdogs, would independently probe ethics complaints against senators. Current law empowers members of Congress to oversee ethics compliance, but few follow through when asked to police the behaviour of their colleagues.

The Obama camp has brought up Clinton’s past praise for the ethics bill in an attempt to paint her current criticism as politically motivated, but no mention has been made of her opposition to neutral ethics investigations.

Meanwhile, McCain joined Obama as a sponsor of both plans for the integrity office. If Clinton’s Democratic opponent does not seize on her vote against the reform, her possible Republican opponent may well decide to use it against her.” – http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jan/22/hillar…