Obama "Effectively" The Nominee

According to the Associated Press, Obama is effectively the Democratic Party's nominee for the Presidency. It is not clear what the AP is basing this on...Has the Superdelegates told Obama that he has the numbers? At one point this morning he was 40.5 short of the 2118 (the new number?), then there were reports he had picked up 10new Superdelegates around/about 2:30 Eastern Time, which meant he was only 30.5 delegates short of the nomination. Maybe the AP has a source within the Obama Campaign who was the source.

I don't know what the big hullabaloo is all about. I think it has been known for quite some time that Obama was the "selected" choice of the Democratic Party...in my opinion, as far back as February when Supers flooded to him, maybe even farther back to January when Kennedy endorsed him. To me, that endorsement gave Obama legitimacy, something he did not have previously. Hillary's Campaign did not plan a strategy for the Caucuses as I thought they should and that was when Obama got the lead. Since then, nothing Hillary Clinton did or said was going to matter to these people. Winning the Big States that has to be won in November by significant margins, trouncing him in WV, KY and now Puerto Rico meant squat. Even when Wright, Ayers, Rezko, Bitter Gate, Michele Obama's statements, and now Pflager has surfaced...the Democratic Party didn't give a damn how damaging any or all of that was or could potentially be in the General Election. They still will go with him and risk the White house because they, the Party big wigs, want the Clintons gone. Any mention of these incidents by Hillary (when asked) or his political opponents was met with charges of racism or an attack on the "black church."

Earlier, the AP was reporting that Hillary would concede that Obama has the delegates to secure the nomination (ALERT!), which prompted Hillary's Campaign to forcefully issue a denial and assert that she will say in her speech tonight at Baruch College that Obama has a "slight lead" in the delegate count. Maybe she is being told something by undeclared Superdelegates that is giving her hope but I can't see the people reversing themselves in favor of her...that is...unless their political futures were at stake. Technically, they could still switch back to her before or during the convention if something momentous happens. According to Bob Beckel who was on Fox and Friends this morning, he is working on a bombshell about Michelle Obama. What that is, or how it will affect the nomination we'll have to see. I suspect it may have to do with the fact that Michelle Obama was in the church during the "chickens coming home to roost" rant by Reverend Wright. Beckel refused to give any hint what this "bombshell" was about but it sounded significant.

All these people who are watching Hillary very closely, scrutinizing her words and talking about how they will be watching for signs that she will not only give "lip service" to support Obama but will work hard to elect him. My question is: why the hell should she elect the ass----? He and his campaign and the Democratic Party has treated her and her family abominably. All these people who gave her their word of support, then stabbed her in the back for this neophyte now wants her to "make nice" and put him in the White House? I don't think so. As a matter of fact, all these Superdelegates who think he can "bring change" need to get off their asses and campaign for him and elect him, since they have so much confidence in him. They even have the f----g gall to say he should not put her on the ticket but want her to "unite this f----ed up Party, bring her supporters to him and "give him" the job she deserves! What I think she should do is tell them to kiss her butt and run as an Independent. I would donate to her and vote for her in a nanosecond.

This morning Geraldine Ferraro was on the same show with Bob Beckel and she said she hoped "they" would be respectful and hold off till tomorrow and give Hillary the "stage" to wrap up her Campaign tonight. However, it looks like that won't happen because these people don't care if they hurt her or her supporters. Sure enough, the endorsements have been coming. It was the same thing Saturday at the Rules and Bylaws Meeting...Obama readily took all the "uncommitted" votes even though he was not on the ballot (voluntarily), but even took four of Hillary's delegates! Then, his surrogates who have been pretending they are "uncommitted), namely Donna Brazile, was claiming he had the votes for the 50/50 split. The man was waaaaay ahead, and he could not let her have the 73 delegates she "actually" won? How cold-blooded is that?

I really don't care that Obama is the nominee because I am now a registered Independent and will not vote for him. I don't think Hillary should grovel and take the VP position because he will not win...besides, I think a lot of her supporters still won't vote for him. So, my advice is to stay off the ticket. They don't want her anyway, so she should not force her way onto his ticket where she is not wanted.