I just wanted to say how depressing it is that on a site dedicated to electing Democrats it has four and half diaries on the rec list that either accuse, make fun of, slam or belittle our Democratic nominee.  On the other hand Hillary Clinton is represented in three of them, all in a positive way.

I'm all for talking about our differences in Obama's policy decisions, however some of you just can't wait for something controversial to pop up so you can diary it and get your fix on bashing the Democratic nominee.  Many of you "claim" that you will vote and support Obama, but I never see any positive statements about him from most of you, just the so-called "concerns".

Finally, I am fed up with Hillary would have done this or Hillary would have never done that...We will never know.  Hillary is an outstanding politician and I am thrilled she and her husband on our side but our nominee is Barack Obama.  If you want want to discuss issues on a mature and rational level, I'm all for it...But if you are just here to demean and degrade the nominee for your own personal satisfaction be prepared to be called out.

I think we already are seeing the GOP strategy against Barack Obama.  It seems it will be difficult to paint Obama as an "out of touch elitist", a man with "questionable ties", or a person "who doesn't love his country".  Thanks to a hard fought primary between two of the best Presidential candidates in decades, many of the "issues" about Barack Obama have already surfaced and have been analyzed, debated and MSM'd out.

His San Francisco remarks, Jerimiah Wright, Tony Rezko, flag pins, and Bill Ayers just won't have the same shocking effect anymore.  Sure they will be used in 527's, by Faux News, and will be listed as "talking points" by the GOP, but the effectiveness will be limited.  The American public does not like "old news", they thrive for something new and want something to hang their hat on.

Well, the GOP thinks they have found it...Michelle Obama.

John McCain and his campaign are currently trying to court the so-called "Angry Women Voters" from the Democrats.  These women are identified by their support for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 primary and their disgust with the DNC, MSM and the Obama Campaign for failing to "call-out" sexist activity.

John McCain's new blogger on his website, Michael Goldfarb, has posted a new blog the Arizona Senator's website and states:

She ran an impressive campaign, and proved herself to be an impressive candidate and as John McCain has said, inspired a generation of women. Ultimately, and ironically, it seems she fell victim to a vast left-wing conspiracy that resented her generally centrist foreign policy views.

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But it's clear that John McCain and Hillary Clinton respect each other -- and there is a genuine affection for her here at McCain HQ.

Due to the most historical and closely contested primary contest in our Nation's history, most of us have reached levels of dislike or hate that we never thought possible.

I hear about Clinton-haters, Obama-haters, DNC-haters, Mark Penn-haters, caucus-haters, Howard Dean-haters, Donna Brazille-haters, Ferrarro-haters, KO-haters....Folks, we are using this energy in the wrong way.  There are many things we should hate but neither of our great Democrats is one of them.

Obama's first Superdelegate on the last day of the primary election comes from Missouri.   State Rep. Maria Chappelle-Nadal plans to announce today that she's endorsing Barack Obama for president.

...the deciding factor was the enthusiasm that Obama has generated among young people and unaligned independents, said Chappelle-Nadal.

"This is a year that the mere existence of a single candidate, Barack Obama, has inspired people in my district to believe in the greater good," Chappelle-Nadal said.

With this endorsement Senator Obama now needs 38.5 delegates to secure the Democratic Party's nomination.

Al Giordano from The Field has cited an email from Former US Rep. Karen Thurman, who chairs the Democratic Party in Florida. In it she indicates that the Florida Democratic Legislature would be content with a 50% solution regarding the seating of Florida's delegation.

According to Giordano:

This letter, really, indicates a refreshing about-face. The Rules and Bylaws Committee that meets tomorrow in Washington DC can take it as a tacit agreement that if it seats the state's delegates at half-voting power, there will be no more conflict coming from the state party.

Much ado has been made about Michigan and Florida for breaking the rules of the DNC, and how we should settle the delegate dilemma.  Hillary Clinton wants the votes to count that were held pre-maturely, as-is, claiming it would disenfranchise 2.5 million voters.

However, there were many people who did not vote because they were told their votes wouldn't count anyway (even by Senator Clinton herself).  Do we just say "screw them"?  According to the Clinton campaign, that's exactly what we should do...

After his impressive win in Oregon, Obama received an endorsement from a Oregon Superdelegate today.

DNC Jenny Greenleaf (OR)

The voters of Oregon have spoken, and I have listened.

I will be supporting Senator Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August. Senator Obama has the vision and leadership ability to move this country forward and to undo the damage done by the Bush administration. I am proud to support him in this endeavor and will do whatever I can to make sure Oregon's electoral votes are Democratic this fall.

Earlier today Obama received the endorsements of Rep. Jim Costa (CA) and Rep. Dennis Cardoza (CA) who withdrew his endorsement of Senator Clinton.

Obama now leads among Superdelegates by 31.

http://demconwatch.blogspot.com/2008/01/ superdelegate-list.html