Can you feel it?

[cali]

There's something in the air. It feels like the endgame. It feels like something has changed. I almost think that Barack's big "gaffe" might be the catalyst. Somehow, it didn't tank him, despite a massive effort by Clinton and the talking heads. Obama just took it in stride and kept going.

But it's more than that.

It feels like everything is coming together for Obama, and Hillary seems more and more like an angry ghost. She's fading as he comes into ever sharper focus.

Maybe it's just the weather here. The first day of temperatures over 50, the snow finally melting, the rising steam from the sugar house down the road. But I don't think so.

It feels like we have a nominee and his name is Barack Hussein Obama.

GOBAMA!

[H2O Man]

1. Even the talking heads

who have been obsessing about the "bitter" comment and clinging to the hope that it would damage him, have had to revise it to "it could hurt him in the fall."

[babylonsister]

5. They're so disappointed that 'bitter' isn't sticking; that in itself

makes me quite happy! The public saw through the desperation.

[City Lights]

13. If nothing else, "bittergate" has exposed the overpaid talking heads for

the out-of-touch elitists they are. The self-proclaimed eggspurts have no idea what most Americans think.

[mwb970]

16. And they've been flogging the stupid story for five days now!

Every time I turn on a news channel (any of them) now, it's all Bittergate, all the time. The chattering heads are the only ones who are still interested. I've been watching old sitcoms on DVD until the news comes back to earth (if ever). "Meet Corliss Archer", anyone?

[H2O Man]

19. The over-reaching

by both the Clintonites and the media is a good thing for the Obama campaign.

[City Lights]

27. I'd love to see a poll on the level of bitterness in the press corpse due to

Bittergate failing to produce the desired result. :rofl:

[berni_mccoy]

39. I've even heard some say it's actually helping him now.

[NRaleighLiberal]

2. Hillary has a ridiculous ad running in NC - gentle, Kind Hillary -

a two parter...a week or so ago she calmly and gently asked for questions...now she is putting on her consultant glasses and reading a few - very contrived. I can no longer keep track of which version of Hillary we see - v1, v2, beta, gamma, etc.

[Cooley Hurd]

3. 6 days until PA.

Hopefully, should Senator Obama win or come within 5 points, the SuperD's will see the writing on the wall and effectively end Senator Clinton's ill-fated campaign by lining up en masse behind Senator Obama.:thumbsup:

[phrigndumass]

4. Feel good about it, yes! The dirty dozen will be along shortly to crap all over you ...

... for posting this, but don't let them get to you. The debate tonight will be a classic!

:patriot:

[tekisui]

47. The dirty dozen!

:rofl:

You must mean the Clinton Bubble Brigade!

[babylonsister]

6. I hope you're right; I've had to try to not get

too optimistic; feel like I've been on a roller coaster. :crazy:

[cali]

10. Me too, Sis, but just about yesterday

it all just set in. I don't think it's even tied to optimism for me. It just feels like it's essentially over.

[SoFlaJet]

34. Everybody EXCEPT Hillary and Bill

know it's impossible for her to win this thing. Even last night on Dan Abrams Nora O'Donnell was talking like that, and there more and more people talking about when it's going to be Obama v McCain in the GE, which has GOT to be driving them crazy right about now.

[Divernan]

41. Yesterday it seemed HRC couldn't catch a break anywhere.

Her Mayors initiatives in both Pennsylvania and Indiana fell abysmally flat - 11 mayors out of 464 in Indiana signed her little letter trashing Obama; and in PA only 19 mayors out of over 2500 showed up for a little speechifying in the state capitol - and this was with Governor "Fast Eddie" Rendell twisting arms all over the state, threatening to cut off state funding to local governments if the mayors didn't endorse Clinton. Then there was the big annual Dem dinner in Phillie, where no one would even listen to Clinton's speech - they were walking around, talking to each other, and pointedly ignoring her - such that she stopped speaking after FIVE minutes. When she has spoken at similar dinners in other states, she's talked for an hour. A lot of people are beginning to laugh at her and her florid faced husband.

The fact that she doesn't get it (that she cannot and will not win) just gracefully drop out, leads me to expect that if she ever were president, and got the US into a war (at the behest of her Israeli friends and/or her war profiteering, corporate backers), she would never, Never, NEVER concede defeat. She would keep fighting until the last nuclear weapon had been fired, the last American soldier was dead and the budget was so destroyed that the American government was bankrupted.

[izzie]

7. I hope so. I just think he would be so good for us.

I hope people will take it to heart to hope a little that things could get better with out the same old 'royals' in the WH. Clinton is sure doing a bad job for the party. Or it is how I feel.

[Double T]

8. Perhaps an HRC double digit win in PA will snap YOU back to reality.

Your days of dreaming of obama for president are coming to an end. THEN the air will be clear.

[flor de jasmim]

11. Ahh.... not likely to happen.

[Zachstar]

29. If we continue to work like we want a win!!

PLEASE phonebank!! For victory in PA!!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankmap/

[cali]

12. you're the dreamer.

she's back by 160 pledged delegates and he's ahead by every other measure. Snap out of it, she's done.

[Double T]

24. Latest CNN Poll of Polls in the last five minutes has HRC leading by 5%.

Please, just the facts; obama has stumbled too many times. The rethug GREAT WHITE SHARK is waiting in the wings to chew him up and spit him out; he no longer stands a chance.

[cali]

38. He'll do to McCain

what he's done to Hill- beat her. She had every possible advantage and still couldn't beat him. She's hapless. Worst campaigner since Dukakis. Thank the goddess, she won't ever be the nominee- except in hillaryworld fantasies.

[Voice for Peace]

49. They'll be biting down on steel. Good news for their dentists.

[mwb970]

18. Good luck with that. /nt

[Divernan]

43. The latest Keystone/Terry Madonna poll has a SIX point difference.

And Madonna is the Dean of polling for Pennsylvania politicos.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

45. The first digit of those double digits must be a "2."

Otherwise it's meaningless.

[Zachstar]

9. Let us not start thinking that victory is about to be here.

Remember you are going against the Clinton MACHINE!! A machine that could be waiting to pull ahead at any time!! We must assume we need to work harder for victory!

So everyone please phonebank!!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankmap/

[shaniqua6392]

14. The only thing I feel

is that McCain is polling better than both of our candidates and that worries me. We are so busy with the Clinton/Obama debacle that McCain is gaining in popularity. There are so many local news stories here in Michigan that are just boosting him up it is unbelievable. Now they are touting the fact that he said we should have a "holiday" from gas taxes. What a joke.

[cali]

17. no he's not.

and in Michigan Obama beats him according to the latest poll. Hillary loses to him.

[mwb970]

21. It's too early to worry about GE polls! /nt

[lojasmo]

30. As soon as CLinton stops trying to stomp Obamas grapes

And as soon as the Clinton partisans stop doing the same, the GE polls will turn around.

[Orsino]

15. There is an essential dignity to Obama...

...that I believe helps him shed the made-up crap opponents fling at him. I don't know that his persona is particularly genuine--he's a politician, of course--but it feels like his own pose, at least, rather than having been focus-grouped and urged on him by handlers. I dig that.

But heck, one of the things I like about Clinton is that her goofy campaign stunts feel so damned awkward. In an odd way, this bodes well for her performance in office once the election nonsense is over. If she were better at it, I'd think less of her. This may sound like a backhanded compliment, but I really do appreciate that she isn't afraid to make a fool of herself. I think that this is, in an upside-down sort of way, part of why some supporters see her as so "real."

[City Lights]

20. I'm encouraged by a number of post-"bittergate" polls.

I also think the comments Reid, Rendell and Frank made are revealing.

[Zachstar]

33. It is good that you are encouraged but please do not let up on support efforts!!!

There is still lots of Phonebanking to do!!

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/phonebankmap/

[City Lights]

40. I'm gonna make calls to PA today.

:hi:

I'm listening to the clips provided through your link. Thanks.

[Zachstar]

46. Onward to victory!!

[futureliveshere]

22. Absolutely.. a 180degree shift in the MSM in the last 2 days. (except MSNBC evenings)

I was a bit gloomy when I saw the barrage of negative media being thrown Obama's way (then I donated to his campaign and felt better). It was difficult to find anything positive on WaPo, CNN, Politico, Slate, NYT etc etc for the last few days(I know, I know these guys are normally biased against Obama). I was becoming more and more BITTER (pun intended), but after the poll results yesterday some of them have started singing a more positive tune.

Reality once again comes in the way of the media created fantasia

:woohoo:

[countingbluecars]

23. I started to get that same feeling

yesterday as I watched his town hall meeting with veterans.

[SoFlaJet]

25. OOH OOH OOH Hussein

he must be a Muslim....she may win Pennsy but not by the amount she was supposed to win it by. I wonder if there's any way he pulls off the upset of the century and beats her there?

[Tatiana]

26. Obama's "gaffe" was the best thing that's ever happened in recent politics.

Actually, all of his so-called "gaffes," from Wright to bittergate.

They opened up honest discourse on some of the most important problems that our nation faces: race and economic distress. Obama proved he has staying power, that he can lead with focus, confidence, and empathy. Especially, in the case of bittergate, we've seen both a razor-sharp wit and a fighting spirit from him. There were those like myself who wondered how tough Obama was. How would he respond to a fierce, orchestrated and sustained attack?

He's passed with flying colors and proved that he is, indeed, the "real deal."

I've never been more proud to support a Presidential candidate.

[rug]

28. I still don't feel the tingling down my leg.

Maybe I should see a neurologist.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

31. The big endorsements are on the way

[Enrique]

32. I don't

it's actually extremely cold here in Florida.

[cali]

35. Is it?

I can see almost all of the field now. More patches of ground and sere, bent grass, than patches of snow.

[SoFlaJet]

36. I feels good Enrique

enjoy this last cool snap while you can because pretty soon we'll be back at the 90 degree days every day.

[1776Forever]

37. LA Times/Bloomberg 04/10 - 04/14 Clinton +5.0 - Closer & Closer!! Yes We Can!!!!!!!

:kick:

[shadowknows69]

42. Tonight should be interesting

As in WWE fake wrestling interesting

[YOY]

44. I can't wait to greet the man

On Constitution Avenue with a big sign that reads "Welcome Home!" and my daughter on my shoulders next year!

[tekisui]

48. No positive news from Camp Clinton in days.

This past month has been clear. It is Obama's to lose. Not, HIllary's to win. She's tried everything she has, and has not closed the gap, so she has been dependent on an Obama fall. When his poll number went up, and her's went down after Obama told truth about bitter America, it was clear she has no chance.

She can't get a good story in the news, only negatives towards Obama. Even her endorsements and photo-ops end up flopping.