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January 22, 2008 12:00 PM

ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., inaccurately claimed Tuesday that the Democratic National Committee has defended his decision to launch a national cable buy reaching a substantial number of homes in Florida, a state which violated D.N.C. rules by scheduling its contest before Feb. 5.

"The DNC has consistently said that we have not broken that pledge," said Obama.

Obama's claim is not true.

"The DNC has not weighed in on the pledge because it was a pledge with the state party chairs from the four early states, not the DNC," DNC spokeswoman Stacie Paxton told ABC News.

While the Obama campaign has not been defended by the D.N.C., his campaign was told by Carol Fowler, the chairwoman of the South Carolina Democratic Party, that she did not consider a national cable buy to be in violation of the pledge made to South Carolina.

The Democratic Party chairs in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada have not weighed in on Obama's national cable buy. Having already held their contests, the state party chairs in those three early states are deferring to the South Carolina Democratic Party.

Florida is holding its Democratic and Republican primaries on Feb. 29. In order to punish Florida for violating D.N.C. rules, no delegates will be awarded in the Democratic contest.

January 22, 2008 in Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (42)

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What??? Obama is wrong about something?

This has to be a mistake, NO ONE in the media can dare say ANYTHING about St. Obama!!

Posted by: Kevin | Jan 22, 2008 12:09:31 PM

The tactics the Hillary Clinton used yesterday at the debate did not work. Obama came out firing at her and won the debate. she was trying to tear him up burt it did not work. whatever she through at him Obama came back even harder. This is what the arrogant devious Hillary Clinton always does to try and get her point across. She will try to be nice on debates but backbite Obama every chance she gets on the campaign trail and use false statements just to get points for votes

Posted by: Aziz Jackson | Jan 22, 2008 12:23:11 PM

She walked all over him.
Are you blind and deaf?
The Emporer has no cloths.

Posted by: russ | Jan 22, 2008 12:36:59 PM

I have always vote democrat but unfortunately because of the tactic of the Clinton camp, after the February5th election, will not be voting in the November election if she is the candidate

Posted by: karl | Jan 22, 2008 12:43:40 PM

It was down and dirty!! Hillary showed she is tough but also the most knowledgable and cool!! The more I watch her the more I like what I see!!! !

Posted by: Cindy | Jan 22, 2008 12:46:11 PM

St Obama is going down. If he could not handle Hillary last night, how can one expect him to handle the Republicans? Hillary was right on message, gave details about her plans and Obama spent the night spitting and sputtering.

Posted by: Paul | Jan 22, 2008 1:15:08 PM

As far as mandating health care, my god we have mandated auto insurance in this country. Are people not as valuable as autos? Not in Obama's book.

Posted by: Paul | Jan 22, 2008 1:16:50 PM

Hillary, told it like it is.. If Obama can't stand the heat, then drop out of the Race.. I like all the Democratic Candidates, but They seem to be playing into the Republican Dirty Tricksters hands.. I wish that they would spend more time attacking the bush administration, instead of each other.. My vote will go to Hillary, and I hope that she picks Obama, or Edwards as her VP.. If Obama wins then we will have another Carter.. Nice man, but no experience to be the President.. It will either 4 years, an out, or 16 years, and maybe more.. My hope is that she picks one of them, and we go for 16 years..

Posted by: J.Murphy, CA. | Jan 22, 2008 1:22:12 PM

Hillary may be the better junkyard dog (Bill clearly is), but nominating her will (1) ensure that the GOP will turn out in big numbers (to oppose her), (2) alienate independent voters who are warm to Obama but cold to Clinton, and (3) ensure a presidential race that focuses on Hillary, her political calculations and personality, rather than focusing on Bush, the GOP, and the dire need to change from a high-polarity political paradigm to something which has a chance of addressing problems and moving us forward. Obama has plenty of experience, and has a gift of expression that will help line up support for a more progressive agenda. If Hillary is elected, we will have four years of unremitting GOP efforts to cause her presidency to fail. For all of his gifts, the only major legislation Bill Clinton ever passed on a bi-partisan basis was Welfare Reform, which was in part a GOP initiative. His budget act passed over the no vote of every single GOP member in both houses. Maybe it's not her fault, but I would rather take the chance on voting to change the tone of politics forever, than to vote for an almost certain continuation of bitter political battles between left and right. An easy choice if you ask me.

Posted by: Mark T | Jan 22, 2008 4:01:09 PM

It is almost as if some of you WANT to have a divisive, broken government. You seem to revel when a candidate slings enough mud on stage and claim that it is great when someone "can't take the heat."

Why do you want this sick, broken way of governing to continue? It's disgusting, and you relish in it like your watching a cage match and spilling beer on your shirt. Grow up peole.

Posted by: Lance | Jan 22, 2008 4:19:48 PM

Obama never said he didn't know Rezko, but that's not the same as being 'friends'. I have acquaintances, co-workers, business colleagues, and friends. I know the difference, as does Obama.

And no, he didn't lie about what he said about Reagan, either. Watch the video, read the transcript, and most importantly KEEP IT IN CONTEXT.

Presidential candidates are dealing with big issues, and it takes more than a one sentence sound-bite to discuss them. Fortunately, most informed people realize this. Which is why they dislike the Clintons' Karl Rove-like attacks.

Did it play in South Carolina? I doubt it. SC is the home of Lee Atwater, Karl Rove's mentor. Most people there have seen so much sleaze they can recognize it a mile away.

Posted by: Tom J | Jan 22, 2008 4:29:57 PM

Clinton lied about what Obama said about Reagan first and foremost. "good ideas" was part of her quote but not Obama's quote. It's a fundamental change in the premise of what Obama was saying especially since he said the Republican meme has "played itself out." To twist that into some type of compliment is infuriating because it's so wrong. It's like arguing with a crazy person who can't even hear what you're saying and the worst thing is that the crazy person has crazy friends who mishear it the same idiotic way.

Posted by: Andy | Jan 22, 2008 4:45:18 PM

Explain to me why it's "Obama's claim is not true" here for something regarding a minor detail (state v. national Democrats), but when Hillary or Bill out-and-out lies, it's "subject to interpretation."

Posted by: texasdem | Jan 22, 2008 5:03:24 PM

Pickings are kinda slim for HRC & Co. Good luck on this one!

Posted by: one | Jan 22, 2008 5:10:52 PM

Why shouldn't Bill Clinton be weighing in? If he's going to be muzzled then the other campaigns should muzzle their family members.
In the debate, Hillary was on the issues until Barack started attacking her. He started the personal attacks, but his disciples are too stupid to watch an even happening right in front of their eyes and follow it.

Posted by: tekk | Jan 22, 2008 5:11:11 PM

Why is this a story? Obama innocently misspoke. He said they got the approval of the DNC, when he meant the South Carolina Democratic Party. When the DNC was asked about it, they said they hadn't weighed in because it's the South Carolina Democratic Party's decision. And that's exactly who Obama actually got his permission from!

So he was right that he got permission from the people he needed to get it from. He just gave the wrong acronym, and the media feels some need to "correct" him?

How about correcting any of the dozen or so lies Hillary spit at Obama last night in the debate, instead of just reporting them in a he-said-she-said format? Even when she lies about what he said a week ago, you refuse to report what he said a week ago, because it would show that he's lying. So you report what he says he said a week ago, versus what she says he said a week ago. The overzealous phony balance of the he-said-she-said reporting is incredibly damaging to the political process. The media refuses to grow up and play the part of keeping people honest, so liars get the upper hand.

Posted by: Jason | Jan 22, 2008 5:31:20 PM

OOPS, very bad typo in the post above. The "because it would show that he's lying" should be "because it would show that SHE's lying."

Posted by: Jason | Jan 22, 2008 5:32:45 PM

Hillary won the mudfight.

Obama dropped his "Walmart" bomb in the middle of a long response... Hillary ignored it, responded to other stuff, then dropped her Rezco bomb at the very end of her statement....and then Edwards got to say some stuff... Hillary's timing and placement of the Rezco bomb was masterful, especially since Hillary only dropped her bomb in retaliation to the "Walmart" comment.

Posted by: paul_lukasiak | Jan 22, 2008 5:59:49 PM

Two things: First, this piece shows that Obama was right in principle, since the DNC defers to the early states, and the early states deferred to the SC Chair, FOwler, who said the buy was OK.

Second, Hillary's long-term career as a corporate lawyer and Wal-Mart board member was a deliberate choice consuming many of those "35 years" of helping "ordinary people" that she always boasts of. Representing one person for five hours does not compare. Furthermore, the LAST thing the Clinton supporters should want to have discussed is the question of who, as between the Clintons and Obama, put their trust in more shady characters. Hillary Clinton put Webb Hubbell in the number 2 slot in the Justice Department and he was a serial defrauder and liar. He was convicted of stealing from his partners and tax fraud. The McDougals? 'nuff said. Even though the Clintons weren't convicted of any Whitewater stuff, their associates were. Marc Rich? A fugitive from justice married to Hillary pal Denise Rich. He was a first class sleazeball, and he wasn't just associated loosely with Clinton, he got pardoned by Bill after Hillary's pal Denise contributed $450,000 to the Clinton Library. This is just the tip of the iceberg.

Posted by: RaymondA | Jan 22, 2008 6:18:19 PM

This just goes to show that Obama supporter need to take a reality check. The Walmart dig was stupid. The Clintons were aquainted with Sam Walton and because that she work for him. Tagging today's Walmart with what it was under the founder is idiotic. The Walmart cooperation of today is not the company that Sam Walton developed but instead is the what happened when greedy stock holders took over. If you want to sling the Walmart work at her then please research the company that it was then and not confuse it with what it has become today. Even Hillary has admitted that the leadership is not the same as it was when she was working there. As far as all the other garbage goes, the Clintons have been vetted by more comprehensive investegations than anyone should have to live through and the only thing found was a couple of CONSENSAL affairs that Bill had. No rapes, no crimes, no fraud. These alegations have no merit and the only harrassment charge had no legal merit and was only settled because it in itself was allowed to turn into legal harrassment of the Clintons by somehow managing to get back in courts again and and agian after it had been dismissed based on the fact that it had no merrit. I charge people to go back to Jones's orignal claim itself. Even if you take her story at face value as the gosple truth, Clinton only made a pass (indencent proposention) at her, no harrassement. The other stories are so pathetic bad fiction writers would not touch them. I mean really, a woman claims to be raped by Bill but shows up at a rally for him the next day because she was obligated to show up. All the stories are full of this stuff. They accuss rape but yet after the fact they continue thier assocaition with him for thier own gain. GET REAL. Money will get people to say anything and the problem with stories are is that unlike any President before the Clintons come nothing and therefore have alot of connections still there and the temptations of money is to great. Obama will face the same thing. He might want to get over himself and get used to it. If he cant handle Bill he doest stand a chance agaisnt these guys

Posted by: Dottie | Jan 22, 2008 7:16:35 PM

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