Concord City Democrats Yard Sale
May 10, 2008
8:00am-12:00pm

The Concord City Democrats will hold a yard sale fundaiser at 21 Stone St. Ext. in Concord, NH. Please come by and find a bargain!

This is the concession speech that never was. You can find the full text of the speech after the jump.

We know the battle ahead will be long, but always remember that no
matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can withstand the
power of millions of voices calling for change.

We have been told we cannot do this by a chorus of cynics who will
only grow louder and more dissonant in the weeks to come. We've been
asked to pause for a reality check. We've been warned against
offering the people of this nation false hope.

But in the unlikely story that is America, there has never been
anything false about hope. For when we have faced down impossible
odds; when we've been told that we're not ready, or that we shouldn't
try, or that we can't, generations of Americans have responded with a
simple creed that sums up the spirit of a people.

Yes we can.
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Violet Socks over at Reclusive Leftist has written one hell of a take on the New Hampshire Primary title, The Secret Ballot :

“Obama,” she said to the leaflet people as she and her husband arrived to cast their votes in the primary. “We’re voting for Obama.”

Inside the booth she closed the curtain behind her. The ballot was the AccuVote kind, with a blank oval next to each candidate’s name. She looked at the list.

I HEREBY DECLARE MY PREFERENCE FOR CANDIDATE FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TO BE AS FOLLOWS:

Read the whole thing NOW!

I believe that Hillary Clinton won for 4 very important reasons :

1. The campaign was able to get as many registered Democrats to vote for her as possible.

2. Since most registered Democrats who came to vote were women, the "tear heard around the world" was successful in getting her the last minute sympathy vote from people who ...

3. would have otherwise voted for John Edwards.

I think it is clear that for Hillary Clinton to stay in the race she needs to beat John Edwards, not Barack Obama. Edwards ran a remarkable game in Iowa. Had he had as much money as Clinton, he probably would have beaten her by more than just 1%. I am not sure though that under the voting trends of Iowa, he would have been able to beat Barack Obama.

4. The Obama campaign has insisted in equating their "I am not a black candidate" campaign with a complete disregard for the colored blogosphere. Yesterday was the day that it showed how much that has cost them.

So let's look at the numbers, courtesy of MSNBC.com :
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NBC calls the primary for Hillary Clinton.

John McCain takes it from the Republicans.

My feeling? I think it is interesting how her campaign has told the media how they are running out of money. Well .... I think they positioned that as an opportunity to milk it no matter. If they lost, the 527 would have to throw money by way of ads. If she won, she then would get a deluge of contributions. I so want to see their fundraising numbers in the next 3 days.

But, deep down inside? I think it is just going to get really ugly.

Image taken from Racialicious

Big and little media went nutso yesterday after Hillary pulled a Bill Clinton and chocked a little during an early event.

Then some allegedly random guys appear this morning on an event and scream at the Senator to 'iron their shirts'. You know, because that's what all women should do.

Then Gloria Steinem, to kind of feed into 'this is a sexist world and she's fucked' kind of narrative, goes on and write an incredibly offensive endorsement of the Senator. In "Women Are Never Front-Runners", she makes the "hos before bros" counter-argument.

And now comes word that Emily's List and ASFCME had to deny they were getting together with other 527s to create an "Anybody but Obama" ad blitz.
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