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Obama fires back at Bill Clinton

WATERLOO, Iowa - Former president Bill Clinton leveled a new attack on Sen. Barack Obama on Friday, arguing that he lacked the experience needed to be president, a criticism that drew a tart response from Obama on Saturday as he campaigned in Waterloo, Iowa.

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Democratic Convention diary @ BBC
Source: BBC News

Earlier in the day, serious business took place in the Credentials Committee, where both Florida and Michigan were reinstated as full-vote delegations.

Barak stole the nomination from Hillary?
Source: Newsvine

Authors says insiders and operatives manipulated the system in favour of Obama. Why would they do that?

Fear of Foolishness by Riverdaughter
Source: The Confluence

I guess it has something to do with the fact that the Obama campaign has created an image of his inevitabilty. He has the convention nailed down to the very last jot and tittle (er, until last week, when he didn't).

For Clinton and Her Supporters It is Time To Face The Facts

Cruise any politically minded social network or news site in the country right now and you will see the same tired dialogue playing out between supporters of Hillary Clinton and... well... everyone else. While the Democratic primary process is not over yet, it might as well be.

Clinton Needs 181% of Remaining Delegates
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

Of pledged delegates, now that Oregon and Kentucky have had their say, Senator Obama has 1,648 and Senator Clinton 1,493. There are 86 pledged delegates remaining to be awarded in Puerto Rico, Montana, and South Dakota.

Ugly truth why Hillary Clinton won't quit
Source: NY Daily News

Obama did manage to pull in many white voters, but still encountered similar sentiments from a man who refused to shake his hand at a diner in Greenwood, Ind. "I can't stand him," the man said. "He's a Muslim. He's not even pro-American as far as I'm concerned."

Obama Memo to Superdelegates
Source: The New York Times

In the coming hours – or days or weeks? – the Democratic Party's superdelegates will receive a flood of information about The State of The Presidential Race. Today's first memorandum comes from David Plouffe, campaign manager for Senator Barack Obama.

Clinton Delegates Ready to Switch to Obama
Source: The Huffington Post

Hillary Rodham Clinton, stung last week by the defection of a prominent superdelegate, could lose the backing of more of these Democratic Party leaders and elected officials if she fails to make significant gains in the remaining month of presidential nominating contests, several …

At OpEdNews: Why only Obama can beat McCain
Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

When the Superdelegates decide whom they are going to support, if electability factors into their decision at all, they should consider the constituencies and who can unite those constituencies and the party.

Baldwin Park Democrat: Clinton Appointed DNC Chair Switches to Obama
Source: Baldwin Park Democrat

"A vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that assists (Republican) John McCain." Red more.

THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Front-Runner; Like Voters, Superdelegates Have Doubts About Clinton - New York Times
Source: The New York Times

Even though Bill Clinton won four primaries on Tuesday, even though Paul E. Tsongas announced today that he would not re-enter the race for the Democratic Presidential nomination, even though many of them concede there is probably no stopping Mr.

Jeremiah Wright Demands Race and Privilege are the Central Obama Campaign Issues
Source: Right & Wrong Journal

Attacks on him are really attacks on the black church, claims the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday.

Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean May Intervene In Dem Primary - Politics on The Huffington Post
Source: The Huffington Post

Something or someone should step up and bring the nomination process to a close, intervention may be near.

Party leaders don't seem to care Clinton has taken the big states
Source: The San Francisco Chronicle

Yet few Democrats important to her nomination seem to much care, including superdelegates such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, whose comments have seemed to favor rival Sen. Barack Obama, and former Vice President Al Gore, who is estranged from the Clintons.

It's Only a Matter Of Time, Hillary Clinton Is Done

Some in the media are calling Hillary Clinton's victory in Pennsylvania a deal changer and a tide turner for her. That is in the euphoria of the victory on Tuesday night. By Wednesday morning nearly everyone had come to their senses.

If the Obama Illusion is the Best the Democrats Can Muster – The Next President is McCain
Source: Right & Wrong Journal

Illusion - a perception, as of visual stimuli (optical illusion), that represents what is perceived in a way different from the way it is in reality.

How Can Obama Or Clinton Win The Nomination? You Decide!
Source: Forbes

It's time for you to figure out who will win the Democratic nomination and how that will happen. Use our delegate calculator to see what combination of wins will propel your candidate (or your candidate's opponent) to victory.

U.S. Democrats Abroad Convene In Canada
Source: The Post Chronicle

The U.S. Democrats Abroad Global Convention got under way in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday, attended by two superdelegates with differing opinions.

Dean expects to seat Fla., Mich. delegates - The Boston Globe
Source: The Boston Globe

The confusion of the Democrat primary issue in Florida and Michigan continue. Will Florida and Michigan be seated. Here's the latest from Howard Dean.

Hillary's Superdelegate Lead Shrinks from 87 to 30
Source: NewsMax

Hillary Clinton's superdelegate lead over Democratic presidential rival Barack Obama has plunged in recent months — and some Clinton superdelegates are considering a move to Obama.

It's Clinton's divisiveness, not Klobuchar's choice, that should draw feminists' ire
Source: MinnPost

Doug Grow wrote in Tuesday's MinnPost that Jackie Stevenson, a superdelegate pledged to Hillary Rodham Clinton, is miffed at Sen. Amy Klobuchar for endorsing Barack Obama ("Klobuchar's Obama support miffs some state women").

Party Leaders Want Super Delegates to Make Their Decision in June
Source: politicususa.com

Dean and Pelosi both say that super delegates need to make up their minds well before the convention, and that this race will be settled at the right time. Is there any doubt that the right time is in June after the last primaries?

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