More Obama wins, Clinton staffer Mike Henry resigns, Bloggers4Obama.com launched
Categories: Politics and Elections
Written By: Shawn Williams
Senator Barack Obama racked up three more impressive victories tonight in D.C., Virginia, and Maryland. The myth that Obama’s appeal is limited to black voters and new voters was busted in VA and MD.
Obama made huge strides among (white) women, rural voters, less educated voters, seniors, he won across the board. As if he won Nebraska, Maine, and Washington because of a large black voter turnout.
Also tonight Hillary Clinton’s Deputy Campaign Manager has resigned. According to that great media outlet Fox News, Mike Henry sent an e-mail message to staffers, saying he was stepping down to allow new campaign manager Maggie Williams to build her own staff.
Finally, Ed Bacchus (www.parentingtoys.com) and myself have launched a new website - www.bloggers4obama.com . This is another place to compile information and opinion about the Obama campaign and the presidential race.
We are looking for contributors from across the nation and the globe who are willing to post information, even if it is cutting and pasting from their own site. If you thought about blogging but didn’t know how here’s your chance. All posts will be approved by us, but anyone is welcome to join us.
Just leave a comment by clicking here stating your desire to contribute and an email address where we can reach you. We’ll do the rest.
February 13th, 2008 at 7:58 pm
Newest story on NPR today (please forward info to any Texas primary voter that you know):
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18958566
“Last year, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took the unusual step of renting out some of her lists. The transaction once again highlights the Clintons’ connections to a businessman who now faces questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Reports from Clinton’s campaign show that on Dec. 3, it collected payment for renting out three mailing lists, the sale of which netted them $8,225. Last year, New York Sen. Hillary Clinton took the unusual step of renting out some of her lists. The transaction once again highlights the Clintons’ connections to a businessman who now faces questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Reports from Clinton’s campaign show that on Dec. 3, it collected payment for renting out three mailing lists, the sale of which netted them $8,225. ”
“But most intriguing of all was the renter of the Clinton list: a list brokerage company that is a subsidiary of one of the data-collection industry titans, Info U.S.A.
Info U.S.A.’s CEO is Vinod Gupta, a close ally of both Clintons. Gupta’s empire also includes the Opinion Research Corporation, which conducts the political polling for the television network CNN.
Vin Gupta has a long history of giving and raising campaign money for the Clintons, and gave $1 million for the 2000 Millennium Celebration, a New Year’s Party thrown by the Clintons.
When he was president, Bill Clinton named Gupta to the Kennedy Center board of directors. Gupta also got to sleep in the Lincoln bedroom. He gave another million to the Clinton Presidential Library.
The library is run by the National Archives, but Bill Clinton raised the money for its construction and always refused to identify his major donors. “
February 13th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
I hope you can get this out in the main stream media. I think this ties in to why Clinton is refusing to release her tax returns. 4 more years of this, I hope not.
February 14th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
‘This thing is done’ if Clinton loses Texas or Ohio
Even James Carville knows.
And I hear that a lot of Hillary’s Campaign staff is getting ready to jump ship..
Looks like her ship is sinking.