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To: Road Walker who wrote (368964)	1/28/2008 7:50:15 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576156

She's doing this not only because she wants FLA.......she'll never get those delegates the way she wants them in any case. Its because of Kerry, Kennedy, et al coming out for Obama. The Clintons are furious......they feel that they have been snubbed by the party and they are telling the party "fukk you". The Clintons have always thrived on being underdogs... I really think they like it. And they are good at this shit. Watch out. We'll see. Somehow I think this time is different but maybe not. I do tend to agree with this guy's take on Kennedy's endorsement: "Watching the endorsement speech today and listening to the punditry on MSNBC, I heard them say one thing that I'd been thinking throughout the event- Teddy, Caroline and, to a lesser extent, Patrick just gave Barack Obama the Kennedy legacy to use in his campaign. But this was more than just a passing of the torch. Besides their celebrated and incomparable surname, they gave him all of their accomplishments, past efforts, their outreach, and their reputations to use in his campaign. In the battle to win the presidency, that is one weapon the Clintons can not match. And it's the one rebuke to Bill Clinton's disgusting behavior that can not be ignored. Not only did Teddy Kennedy just smack down each of the Clintons' arguments against Obama's candidacy, but he left them with nothing to rebut. Every question they've tried to raise about Obama, Kennedy just explained, has already been answered by his brother, John. And that is one Democrat they won't dare challenge. Certainly if we are going to look at this race as a game of chess, today's announcement is not checkmate. But today's event just left the Clintons with a lot less room to move."

To: Road Walker who wrote (368964)	1/28/2008 8:24:27 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576156

MEDIA MELEE AS 100 JOURNALISTS TURNED AWAY FROM D.C. OBAMA RALLY. I just watched Ted Kennedy's endorsement speech of Barack Obama from TAP's warm conference room after Ezra and I -- along with about 100 other journalists -- were turned away from the Obama rally's press entrance after waiting an hour outside in the cold. It was an utter mad scene. Eminences such as David Brooks and Time magazine's Karen Tumulty were shuttled inside, past a mob of increasingly desperate journos from CNN, NBC, and small outlets like TAP. A few reporters had brought along their children -- on a school day no less! -- to participate in what actually felt (not to gush or anything) like a truly symbolic, historic event: The highest profile members of the Kennedy family turning out to name Obama as the successor to JFK's brand of transcendent Democratic politics. Kennedy's speech today was much longer than Obama's, and was so energetic -- a far cry from the still witty, but elderly-seeming Senator I've seen so many times on Capitol Hill. Kennedy focused on Obama's ability to channel JFK-levels of inspiration and use good judgment on foreign policy and other issues. And he got big applause for co-opting Hillary Clinton's tag line with a huge, teasing smile on his face: "I know he will be ready on day one!" Kennedy shouted, shooting Obama a thumbs-up sign. Kennedy must have been thinking, "Muster all you've got -- this could be your last big speech." Obama responded by saying that the program that brought his Kenyan father to the United States to study had been supported by President Kennedy, a touching story that hasn't been trotted out before. prospect.org