Wonder how much of the 'charitable' deductions at mosques ie
taxpayers money is funneled under the $200 limit to his campaign?
Her mistake was neglecting the caucaus states
excerpt realclearpolitics.com
But why 139 delegates? That is precisely the number of
delegates he has netted from the caucuses, which have all been
low-turnout affairs. That's a key point. Even in states where Obama
held a demographic advantage - there were presumably enough Clinton
supporters in the state to level the playing field. Kansas is a good
example. Obama won Kansas by about 18,000 caucus votes - out of only
37,000 or so cast. This is a state that gave Bill Clinton 388,000
votes in 1996. Surely, she could have found another 18,000 Kansans to
support her.
excerpt
Since 2005, Barack Obama has donated three times as much as
Senator Clinton to Democratic superdelagates. The study found that the
presidential candidate who gave more money to superdelegates received
the endorsements 82 percent of the time. As noted in the Weekly
Standard,
"...if 82 percent of the superdelegates are endorsing the candidate
who donated more to them, that's indicative of something other than a
belief in the "audacity of hope". It sounds more like old-fashioned
bribery"
It is a sad statement about the Democratic Party that a few hundred
superdelegates may, in essence, be casting their lot for Barack Obama
in order to bolster their own campaigns.
Ironically or tellingly, Barack Obama has decried the influence of
money in politics and has called for greater transparency as key to
restoring the faith of Americans in their politicians and in their
government. He also promised to accept federal funding for his
campaign should his Republican opponent agree to do so; McCain has
agreed to do so. Now Barack Obama has refused to abide by his previous
promise.
Yet, Barack Obama earned his political spurs in Chicago (as
did his campaign gurus). In the Windy City, backroom deals behind
closed doors are how business is done -- especially if the room has
been swept for listening devices. In Chicago, "pay to play" is a
political maxim and patronage is a synonym for politics. These are
tools that work in the past and they seemingly will once again in the
future.
An index: Obama has 790,000 Facebook friends (minus one: Jeremiah
Wright was recently "de-friended"), compared with 150,000 for Clinton
and a mere 117,000 for McCain.
Superdelegates might also be offered, sotte voce or implicitly,
support from the vast archipelago of 527 groups supported by Barack
Obama's major supporter, billionaire George Soros.
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