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Super-Sized Meeting on Capitol Hill
Published by Pamela Gentry on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 1:04 pm.
By Pamela Gentry, Senior Political Producer
Photograph by Otis P. Motley
(Posted May 8, 2008) – Today is the day Sen. Barack Obama will pitch his presidential prowess to super-delegates, telling them he’s the best pick for the Democratic Party. The candidate who has won the most states, the most popular votes and the most pledged delegates shouldn’t have a problem. Should he?
The two contests earlier this week in North Carolina and Indiana will make the pitch to some of the remaining undecided delegates much easier for the 46-year-old freshman senator. Super-delegates already on board have cited several reasons why Obama’s the candidate to deliver the win in November.
But other super-delegates need to be convinced. And here’s what he’ll most likely tell those undecided super-delegates: He is the front-runner with more pledged delegates and in the largest share of the popular vote; his message is one of unity and bringing the party together; and he has the ability to attract new voters, young voters and Independents.
But that’s not all.
Super-delegates already in the Obama camp are also beginning to acknowledge that Obama is the best pick. They point to how impressed they were with his handling of the comments by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. They also know his appeal to Black voters, a block they can’t alienate and win in November; and overall, they see Obama as a more attractive candidate with fewer negatives than his rival, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.
Clinton had a similar meeting on Wednesday with super-delegates, hoping to build her case, but she’s in a tougher spot because of the numbers. Clinton would need to win 70 percent of the vote in all the remaining contests to even come close to besting Obama.
Carter Eskew, a Democratic consultant not affiliated with either candidate, said, “Unfortunately for her, the math reasserts itself. I don’t think this changes very much of anything.”
Clinton is still pushing for the delegates in Michigan and Florida to be seated. There is still no decision on how to allocate this votes.
The Democratic Party’s Rules and Bylaws Committee will meet in Washington at the end of the month to decide how best to deal fairly with the Michigan and Florida delegations.
Let’s hope they can come up with something Clinton and Obama will agree on and that it will soon bring the primary season to an end.
go Obama!
HILLARY IS PROBABLY DETERMINED ON GOING OUT KICKING AND SCREAMING !!!!!
Hillary get a life,foreal
Shes breaking up the party by not wanting to step down!
Obama, If u win this I think it’ll B the best thing that could ever happen! Eather why IT WILL be history in the makeing! So just keep doin ur thang! SHOOT! U go my vote!
i honestly say that obama should be the winning candidate for the democratic party. The United States needs to learn a new and the other side of politics by someone that cares about the people, and thats obama for ya. The country needs a proud, caring, listening to reason type person, not because he’s black, but because hes a reasonable person then clinton. And i want the white community to give the black community a chance to make a shed of history that we can be better known for. And yes i am a interracial black teenager at 16 who cant vote. But if i was of age in Indianapolis,Indiana he would definetly have my vote.
I am a native arkansan …. and I am a supporter of the Clintons. I voted for Hillary in the Arkansas Primary and my family questioned why did I vote for a white lady. they said it is time for change. I know it is time for a change but i voted for the person for best candidate
Rev Wright needs to sit down he has had his 15 min of fame and Obama is still full steam ahead I live in florida they might not have counted our votes but they have to in november
Go President Obama Go…..I was so over joy to see you win North Carolina by a land slide and so happy to see you close the gap in Indiana. I am so happy. To discuss Senator Clinton, I feel sorry for her. All her life she dream of becoming the first woman to become president of the united states and to see it slip thru her fingers; I feel for her BUT I am an africian american first and woman second. I truly feel President Obama will truly bring pride back to the ALL AMERICANS…Keep on keeping on President Obama….
Let go Obama
Nice to see how HRC threw black folks under the bus today with her racially divise comments today. That’s your girl BET! Our vote was good enough for Bill, but instead of courting us like he did she took us for granted. Now we dont’s really matter and she can just get us back in Nov. NOT!
I SEE HILLARY IS SHOWING HER TRUE COLORS ,NOW SHE HAS PLAYED THE RACE CARD , SHE MADE A STATEMENT THAT OBAMA CANT GET HARD WORKING WHITE VOTERS I HAVE YET TO HEAR HER SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THE HARD WORKING BLACK VOTERS WHO ARE SUPPORTING HER , IF THERES STILL ANY BLACK , WHITE HILLARY SUPPORTS HERE , HILLARY DO NOT CARE NOTHING ABOUT YOUR SUPPORT ,ITS ALL ABOUT A WIN ONLY WITH HILLARY AND NOTHING ELSE , JUST LIKE WE SAY IN FOOTBALL GO AHEAD AND JUMP OFF HILLARY BANDWAGON AND JUMP ON THE OBAMA BANDWAGON !!!