John Byrne explains how The Establishment bet on a loser and is now catching up.
Employees in nine major industries are beginning to turn their money toward Barack Obama’s campaign — a potential new sign that US business is placing their bets on Obama to win the Democratic nomination.
Campaign finance reports now show that employees of nine major US industries — including defense, communications, health, construction and Wall Street — gave the lion’s share of their contributions to the junior senator from Illinois instead of rival Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) in the first three months of 2008. All of these industries favored Clinton in 2007.
These people would throw money at Dennis Kucinich if they became convinced that he was going to be our next president. But I’m sure some Clinton supporters will jump on this to say that there’s no difference between the candidates. The ‘he’s as bad as me’ argument never was very compelling.
Obama will return the money of any federally registered lobbyist, Clinton won’t. Obama’s average donor gave $96. The fact that the Fat Cats are throwing dollars at Obama is only significant in the sense that it proves he has crossed a threshold of viability.
These people would throw money at Dennis Kucinich if they became convinced that he was going to be our next president.
Very important point. Glad you made it.
I knew that Obama has reached crtical mass for a chain reaction when David Boren,Sam Nunn and even Brent Scowcroft endorsed him.
At the same time, once her aura of inevitability came to an end on Super Tuesday, Hillary clinton had to resort to low life tactics to resurrect herself.
This meet the press interview is awful. 15 Fucking Min of Rev Wright crap. Awful.
I am so sick and tired of these idiots asking these same dumb as questions.
Don’t they freaking realize that there are actual important issues?
Damn. I was going to say the same thing, almost verbatim. And now, the great learned Timmeh–who seems like he can’t ever talk to Sen. Obama without somehow mentioning Farrakhan–is doing nothing but horse race.
Actually, the first quarter of this program is horse shit.
these so called pundits are empty from the neck up.
Turning on the TV on Sunday mornings to watch these clowns is wasteful energy on both counts: – physical front; it raises one’s blood pressure – currency front; a waste of good dollars to the electricity cartel.
These TV bubble-heads are losers.
On the other show on ABC, George Snuffleapagus is kicking Hillary’s ass!
He asked her if she was pandering with her gas tax holiday plan! A member of the audience then laid into her and asked her if she could name one economist that supported her plan.Hillary went postal with that question and said “economists are elitist”.
George then asked her about NAFTA and her support for it.He asked about the closing of the Magnequench plant during the Clinton administration and the shipping of the entire plant to China during that time.He asked her why did the Clinton Administration not stop the shipping of the plant & equipment if they were so critical to national security.
I think Hillary is going to lose big in Indiana.Her lies are going to come home to roost.
George needs to redeem himself in the eyes of his peers – recover from the abc mice debacle…He puts out the illusion he’s not a loyal former Clinton alumni. Wake me up when he ends the show.
His colleague, Sidney Blumenthal should retract those emails.
And ever the loyal staffer, he says of Obama that he’s getting 90% of the vote, and “perhaps that’s to be expected.”
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!
SHE had the vote, but lost it.
I’m listening to Stayontopofthis on C-span’s radio rebroadcast –did I hear her talk about things that the Congress didn’t do?
I don’t have the whole quote, and would need to go to the transcripts, but I immediately thought…is she taking a swipe at Pelosi and Reid? If so, then wowsers.
The “elite opinion” thing…that’s just funny. She’s basically running a George W. Bush campaign strategy now. Unsurprising.
Wright fatigue reached the CSPAN level this morning which may herald (finally) a boomerang where all the MSM’s overplay may turn voters toward the I don’t care column.
“Don’t they freaking realize that there are actual important issues?”
Of course they do. Their job is to avoid bringing them up.
it will become a flood when they digest Obama’s stand on McCLinton phony gas tax holiday…that he was brave enough to tell the truth. McClinton are pandering – who do they think will pay for the oil company’s windfall tax that would fund the tax holiday?
Money likes a winner. Who knew? Also, Russert is a dick. John Byrne was one my favorite comic book artists back in the day — this is a different guy, I’m guessing.
What do you all think about North Carolina and Indiana? Still a big Obama win in the former and close in the latter?
I think Obama might increase his margin of victory in Indiana.That is because two issues that resonate in Indiana have become prominent and Hillary’s self serving lies are blowing up in her face at just the right time.
I live not far from Anderson where the Magnequench plant was located.It was a showpice at one time and GM touted it as the type of technology that would propel it past its Japanese and German rivals.I recall touring that plant at one time and being impressed with the plant, equipment and the people.
Fast forward twenty years and the same plant now sells sewing supplies! All the equipment has been torn up and shipped to China.
Note that this happened during Bill Clinton’s watch.Hillary now lays it at the door of the Republicans.A lie.
Similarly, her support for NAFTA is now coming to haunt her.Although she is singing a different tune now, people are beginning to see through her lies.
Obama’s steady and calm voice of reason is beginning to make an impact with everyone I talk with.
How is it blowing up? Is it getting play statewide in the local press. The only polls I’ve seen are from ARG (ARGGGHHHHH), Insider Advantage, and John Zogby’s Amazingly Awful Crystal Ball.
The local papers,especially in Anderson,Noblesville and other communities where many people used to work at the Magnequench plant, are full of articles about Hillary’s statements and rebuttals to her lies.
For those who don’t know Anderson, it is the type of Midwestern town which became prosperous during the height of the automotive age and has steadily become a basket case over the past twodecades to the point where its only means of sustenance is the social security checks the retirees bring in.
For a while when the Magnequench plant became operational and Roger Smith,the then CEO of GM said that this is the future of GM,it was possible for people to believe that they indeed had a future.
Bill Clinton dashed that hope and Hillary claims it was not the Clintons’ fault.People here know better.
The sale of the Magnequench plant is a local Indiana issue and in a wider sense a national one because it epitomizes the cash-and-carry-Walmart mentality of the 1990s. Sell U.S. technology and innovation, defense and employment to the highest bidder. Georgie continued the policy by selling the dollar down the drain. What a relief that Mr. and Mrs. Clinton are being shown up for what they are: unreliable. How will Georgie finally receive his due?
It is also a rare instance of how the National Security Establishment is bipartisan.What was a Bush,Sr. intiative to sell the Magnequench plant was implemented by Bill Clinton,no questions asked.
Now you know why Babs Bush callsBill Clinton her son.
After calling Hillary “rhymes with witch”, Babs has not made any noises about her.And the body language between George W and Hillary tells me that they are in cahoots when implementing the Hegemony strategy in the Middle East.
In short, she is asbig a warmonger as any and has managed to conceal her true identity for a long time.
A Manchurian Candidate,par excellence.
I must say that Obama looked and acted really tired on MTP this a.m. I kept waiting for him to smack Russert, but he never did. He seemed to be there to apologize to a group of people that Russert(and other pundits) have invented – the outraged white guys. I wish Obama had of used this time to talk about really scary preachers like Hagee et al. Moyers had an excellent wrap up of all this on his Friday show. I really feel Obama has to ratchet his progressive rhetoric up as he can now begin to teach the country even from a BS show like MTP. He’s still the man, and, after Cazayoux’s win in LA.,it’s clear that he’ll DESTROY McCain. That will be some good TV finally.