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Hillary Wins Key Keystone Super-D
March 18, 2008 8:06 PM
Breaking news!
The Tribune-Democrat reports that Rep. Jack Murtha, D-Pa., a key Keystone Stater, is backing the former first lady.
Perhaps a sign of her assured victory in that state.
“I’ve known Sen. Clinton for 15 years,” Murtha said in a statement released by his campaign committee. “I know that she continually reaches out for opinions and ideas, not just from our nation’s leaders, but from all Americans.”
Murtha is also a superdelegate.
"You've got a friend in Pennsylvania," indeed.
- jpt
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Posted by: linda,florida
No clinton's for America!
Get them LOST!
Sorry Linda, Not this time. We Hillary supporters are strong and growing every day! Get used to it!
Posted by: Nancy in the NW | Mar 19, 2008 2:15:19 AM
obama did his damage control speech today. the msm ate it up and gushed over it like abe lincoln and martin luther king had come back to life and joined into the body of obama. too bad. we are not stupid.
just lies, pretty, pretty lies. obamalies. we are not buying it.
Posted by: so saddened | Mar 19, 2008 2:14:29 AM
No clinton's for America!
Get them LOST!
Posted by: linda,florida | Mar 19, 2008 1:52:39 AM
Nancy in the NW: So true. Talk about the 800 pound gorilla in the room. So many people seem to want to dismiss gender's role in this race. It is relevant and very real. And very sad.
Posted by: LOM | Mar 19, 2008 12:55:37 AM
When Hillary wins, American will lose and lose! She is not a monster but she represents "dirty politics"!
Posted by: Alf | Mar 19, 2008 12:39:26 AM
it's TIME:
Yes, I read the entire speech and I even saw it this evening on C-span. His explanations just don't cut the "mustard". Maybe the media loves him and will believe anything he says, but I don't. In my opinion, his speech failed to deliver. Just trying to keep it real.
Posted by: Nancy S. | Mar 19, 2008 12:11:46 AM
Another moving speech- and from the heart. know it was an extremely difficult thing to do, but a brave one none the less. That being said, he still is not the better candidate for Commander In Chief.
Talk about racial prejudice, how about gender prejudice? There are so many men who will never admit it, but thy would never vote for ANY woman to be President, and that is a FACT!
Posted by: Nancy in the NW | Mar 19, 2008 12:09:24 AM
the dam is cracking,murtha one of the first ,one of the strongist voices against the war,decoratrted marine col. respected congressman and who does he indorse today not barack,but hillary!kinda takes the wind out of obamas sails about being against the war when the leading antiwar centist democrat in congress endorses hillary.i guess others than myself are seeing obama for the snake oil salesman that he is.
Posted by: don tufts | Mar 18, 2008 11:47:27 PM
Nancy, you write:
"His speech fails miserably because he doesn't address why he has chosen to belong to such a Black radical church. He doesn't offer any explanation as to why he would value this man as his spritual mentor when he knew very well about his inflammatory rantings."
Pardon? Did you actually read or see the whole speech?! For he does address and explain just that, and in a very nuanced manner. You may not like nuances, but that's where truths consist of. Do reread the whole thing;, I'd say, it's certainly worth it, and notice how he does what you describe.
No, he doesn't reject Jeremiah Wright as a person, and that is exactly the great thing about it. If you don't get that, well, then I'm sorry for you.
Posted by: it's TIME | Mar 18, 2008 11:43:42 PM
it's Time: Barack Obama gives a forced speech to try and explain why he has supported the beliefs of a hate-filled, anti-American racist pastor for nearly 20 years of his life. His speech fails miserably because he doesn't address why he has chosen to belong to such a Black radical church. He doesn't offer any explanation as to why he would value this man as his spritual mentor when he knew very well about his inflammatory rantings. He has shown by his lies admitted during this speech that he lacks the necessary judgment to be President. Supporting this man and this church has demonstrated that he cannot unite this country. He statement that he won't distance himself from this man or this church shows not only his arrogance but his unwillingness to change.
Posted by: Nancy S. | Mar 18, 2008 11:30:58 PM
CNN polled its audience with the following question, "Would you still attend your church if the United States was being cursed from the pulpit?"
Over 70% said that they would not.
I am with them.
Posted by: Ken | Mar 18, 2008 11:23:01 PM
That's great! I can feel the tide is changing for Hillary. Much to the chagrin of the MSM.
Posted by: Tina D | Mar 18, 2008 11:07:23 PM
Obama will crush McCain like a road pizza,we all know that already.
Posted by: Adams | Mar 18, 2008 11:07:17 PM
Obama looks like a president,talks like a president,acts like a president,and he is surely gonna win like a president
Posted by: james | Mar 18, 2008 11:03:42 PM
There's still time to save this election for the Democrats! Murtha sees a winner in Clinton as Obama is rapidly fading after the Wright fiasco. The super-Ds better understand this while there is still time.
Posted by: Marie | Mar 18, 2008 10:59:34 PM
bkmc you should go google Ted Kennedy, Bridge, woman drowned. One night plenty of good reading.
Posted by: toby | Mar 18, 2008 10:59:00 PM
Anyone know whatever happened to that Hillary speech about Iraq? She did already address it, right? Stange, I only found some press snippets about an Obama speech he gave today.
TIME magazine:
"One of the most remarkable speeches by a major public figure in decades."
THE ATLANTIC:
"It is a speech we have all been waiting for for a generation. Its ability to embrace both the legitimate fears and resentments of whites and the understandable anger and dashed hopes of many blacks was, in my view, unique in recent American history."
SLATE:
"The speech was deeply personal. Barack Obama is America. He contains multitudes. (...) It touched on a highly sensitive subject with art and skill and called listeners to the same kind of collective action that Obama has successfully sold all throughout the campaign. Even if you didn't buy everything he said, you might be impressed with a person who can take on such a subject so quickly with such scope."
THE NEW REPUBLIC:
" I have never heard a political speech quite like this one. But, then, it really wasn't a political speech per se. A political speech would have been shorter, more simplistic, and more tightly focused. It would have hit all the right political notes, with maybe a dash of iconoclasm thrown in just so the pundits could marvel over his ability to stand on principle.
No, this speech was something else entirely--long and winding and intellectually honest; imprudent and, in many ways, impolitic. It was far from flawless rhetorically. Parts of it might best be described as tortured, the work of somebody struggling to convey complicated and deeply held beliefs in a context famously hostile to both ambiguity and honesty.
THE CORNER:
"Has any other major American politician ever made a speech on race that comes even close to this one? As far as I'm concerned, it is just plain flat out brilliant--rhetorically, but also in capturing a lot of nuance about race in America."
Posted by: it's TIME | Mar 18, 2008 10:58:02 PM
In PA yesterday, Obama decided he is an irish and his name is really an irish name Barah.
Posted by: ftc | Mar 18, 2008 10:51:14 PM
Thanks Rep. Murtha! This is big for Hillary since he was such an outspoken critic on Iraq and is well respected in the party. I guess this was a blow for Pellossi since they are BFF!
Posted by: rob | Mar 18, 2008 10:50:26 PM
Sorry Vanessa, rock is wrong. CNN and many others are not accurate and up to date.
Realclear politics show her at 35 plus the new one today so it is actually 36 not 39 as I had stated. Every news organization has different totals.
Realclearpolitics.com is the most unbiased and reliable.
Posted by: Jay | Mar 18, 2008 10:50:02 PM
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