More People Who Won't Be Invited To Pay To Stay In The Lincoln Bedroom

SMITH, WILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
SELF EMPLOYED/ACTOR
5/18/2007 $4,600 Obama, Barack

SMITH, WILL LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
SELF EMPLOYED/ACTOR
5/18/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

SMITH, JADA PINKETT MS LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
SELF EMPLOYED/ACTRESS
5/18/2007 $4,600 Obama, Barack

SMITH, JADA PINKETT MS LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
SELF EMPLOYED/ACTRESS
5/18/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

ROCK, CHRIS MR NEW YORK, NY 10019
ACTOR
4/20/2007 $9,200 Obama, Barack

ROCK, CHRIS MR NEW YORK, NY 10019
ACTOR
4/20/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

ROCK, CHRIS MR NEW YORK, NY 10019
ACTOR
4/20/2007 ($6,900) Obama, Barack

MURRAY, SCOTT PALO ALTO, CA 94306
EBAY INC/VICE PRESIDENT
8/16/2007 $2,300 Edwards, John

MURRAY, SCOTT PALO ALTO, CA 94306
EBAY INC/VICE PRESIDENT
8/16/2007 $2,300 Edwards, John

IGER, ROBERT BURBANK, CA 91521
WALT DISNEY CO
12/6/2006 $2,000 Dodd, Christopher J

IGER, ROBERT BURBANK, CA 91521
WALT DISNEY COMPANY/EXECUTIVE
5/31/2007 $1,000 Specter, Arlen

IGER, ROBERT BURBANK, CA 91521
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PRESIDENT &
6/21/2007 $1,000 Swett, Katrina

IGER, ROBERT A BURBANK, CA 91521
THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PRESIDENT A
1/12/2007 $5,000 Walt Disney Co

IGER, ROBERT A BURBANK, CA 91521
WALT DISNEY COMPANY/EXECUTIVE
7/30/2007 $2,000 PAC to the Future (U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi)

IGER, ROBERT A BURBANK, CA 91521
WALT DISNEY COMPANY/PRESIDENT & CEO
6/29/2007 $2,000 Searchlight Leadership Fund (U.S. Senator Harry Reid)

IGER, ROBERT A DISNEY PRODUCTIONS, CA 91521
WALT DISNEY CO./PRESIDENT
6/7/2007 $2,000 Baucus, Max

CLOONEY, GEORGE MR LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
4/18/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J SEN WASHINGTON, DC 20002
U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/SENATOR
6/30/2007 $2,300 Dodd, Christopher J

DODD, CHRISTOPHER J SEN WASHINGTON, DC 20002
U.S. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT/SENATOR
6/30/2007 $2,300 Dodd, Christopher J

DODD, JACKIE C MRS WASHINGTON, DC 20002
N/A/HOMEMAKER
6/30/2007 $2,300 Dodd, Christopher J

DODD, JACKIE C MRS WASHINGTON, DC 20002
N/A/HOMEMAKER
6/30/2007 $2,300 Dodd, Christopher J

DODD, LYNDA WASHINGTON, DC 20016
AMERICAN UNIVERSITY WASHINGTON COLL
5/3/2007 $300 Obama, Barack

BROWNE, JOSEPH T MR PORTUGAL WASHINGTO, NY 11050
NFL/EXECUTIVE VIP
7/19/2007 $1,000 Giuliani, Rudolph W

BROWNE, JOSEPH T MR PORT WASHINGTON, NY 11050
NFL/EXECUTIVE
6/25/2007 $500 Mica, John L

GOODELL, ROGER NEW YORK, NY 10128
NFL/COO
7/2/2007 $1,000 Impact

HAWKINS, FRANCIS R JR DARIEN, CT 06820
NFL/EXECUTIVE
6/30/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

TEAGUE, FRED E MR JACKSON, TN 38305
NFL/RETIRED NFL FOOTBALL PLAYER
9/24/2007 $250 Fred Thompson

MOULTON, MARTIN WASHINGTON, DC 20001
ROLL CALL INC./DESIGNER
7/2/2007 $250 Obama, Barack

HOFFMAN, ELLA AST THOMAS,VI 00804
NEWSWEEK/JOURNALIST
6/1/2007 $250 Richardson, Bill

CHEMIN, PETER SANTA MONICA, CA 90402
NEWS CORPORATION/PRESIDENT & COO
3/23/2007 $2,100 Boxer, Barbara

CHERNIN, PETER LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORPORATION/PRESIDENT & COO
6/26/2007 $5,000 Our Common Values PAC (U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel)

CHERNIN, PETER BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
NEWS CORP/PRESIDENT AND COO
6/15/2007 $2,300 Clinton, Hillary

CHERNIN, PETER BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
NEWS CORP/PRESIDENT AND COO
6/15/2007 $2,300 Clinton, Hillary

CHERNIN, PETER SANTA MONICA, CA 90402
NEWS CORP/PRESIDENT
2/14/2007 $2,100 Obama, Barack


CHERNIN, PETER BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90212
NEWS CORPORATION
12/16/2006 $2,100 Dodd, Christopher J

CHERNIN, PETER SANTA MONICA, CA 90402
NEWSCORP/PRESIDENT AND COO
6/13/2007 $1,000 Durbin, Dick


CHERNIN, PETER LOS ANGELES, CA 90035
NEWS CORP/PRES & COO
6/14/2007 $1,000 Franken, Al

MURDOCH, K R NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORPORATION/CHAIRMAN
6/5/2007 $2,300 Clinton, Hillary

MURDOCH, RUPERT NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORPORATION/CHAIRMAN
9/28/2007 $300 Stevens, Ted

MURDOCH, RUPERT NEW YORK, NY 10036
NEWS CORPORATION/CHAIRMAN
9/28/2007 $300 Stevens, Ted

CONNICK, HARRY JR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
SELF EMPLOYED/ENTERTAINER
8/16/2007 $4,600 Obama, Barack

CONNICK, HARRY JR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
SELF EMPLOYED/ENTERTAINER
8/16/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

CONNICK, HARRY JR CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
SELF EMPLOYED/ENTERTAINER
8/16/2007 ($2,300) Obama, Barack

CONNICK, JILL CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
NOT EMPLOYED/HOMEMAKER
8/16/2007 $4,600 Obama, Barack

CONNICK, JILL CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
NOT EMPLOYED/HOMEMAKER
8/16/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

CONNICK, JILL CAMBRIDGE, MA 02139
NOT EMPLOYED/HOMEMAKER
8/16/2007 ($2,300) Obama, Barack

The Short List...

Gov. Vilsack... Served as the 40th Governor of the state of Iowa. Shortly after ending his 2008 bid for the White House, he endorsed Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and was named the national co-chair for Clinton's presidential campaign. We like a Team player.

Fmr. Senator Bob Kerrey... Senator from Nebraska (1989–2001). He was also an unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1992, so he knows his way around a campaign. Since leaving the Senate he has served as president of the New School, a university in New York City. He was also willing to drop some questions about the Party Nominee's opponent's younger, more "pharmaceutical" days.

Sen. Webb... James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan. Webb endorsed incumbent Democrat Charles Robb for reelection to his Senate seat, over Webb's former Naval Academy classmate and fellow Marine Oliver North, in 1994. Webb subsequently endorsed Republican George Allen over Robb in 2000, and then ran against Allen himself in 2006. So he's obviously a champion.

Senator Pryor... Arkansas's junior U.S. Senator. Pryor places great emphasis on constituent service. He has a sign on his desk that reads "Arkansas comes first," as his father did when he held the seat. On May 23, 2005, Pryor was one of the 14 senators (McCain's "Gang of 14") who forged a compromise on the Democrats' use of the judicial filibuster. (Get it? He washes out McCain on this issue!) This effectively ended any threat of a Democratic filibuster (and thus also avoided the Republican leadership's threatened implementation of the so-called "nuclear option.") Under the agreement, the Democrats would retain the power to filibuster a Bush judicial nominee only in an "extraordinary circumstance." The threat of a filibuster removed, Republicans were able to force cloture on the three most conservative Bush appellate court nominees (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen and William Pryor-no relation), who subsequently passed a vote by the full Republican-controlled Senate. He did, however, vote against the nomination of Samuel Alito to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing his concerns over Alito's views on the president's powers during wartime. Senator Pryor can be counted on to pick up at least 2 of the Huckabee states.

Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee. As mayor of Nashville, he added more than 440 new teachers, built 32 new schools and renovated 43 others. He also implemented a back-to-basics curriculum to teach students the fundamentals of learning. Additionally, under the Bredesen Administration, the NFL's Houston Oilers (now Tennessee Titans) were brought to Nashville and were furnished with a new stadium; the NHL awarded Nashville its first of four new expansion franchises as the Nashville Predators; a new arena was built; and a new downtown library was built as a cornerstone of major improvements to the entire library system. He's a popular Southern governor - always a boon on a ticket.

Vice President Announcement!

Big news has just passed through the rumor mill and ended up on my desk. I won't say where my friends (or I?) work, but have I got some juicy stuff to hold up for you. An underling to a somebody has an inside read on the thoughtful few, the short list as it were, of the down-ticket candidate. This is exciting. But I can't say anything until the degrees of separation exist to the degree that I won't betray my friend. Stay tuned. Sorry.

Oh, Let's Count Florida

Florida made a wise choice. America's Senator, without actually campaigning, won yet another state. Big Mo will waste no time with the Super Tuesday mess. But let's talk about Florida real quick: so she raised some money; so she took some pictures with supporters; so she held a victory party and called for the Party to seat the delegates. So what? That's called being a winner. Obamaphiles, join me and together we will end this destructive conflict. We know who's the people's champion, now get on the bus. Here's an article I found in a hurry. It seems to truthfully talk about the low-key get-together people are hasseling America's Senator for hosting. It depicts it as what it is: not much, just a thank-you to her supporters and a show of strength to the future voters. Democratics and Independents alike, let's join arms, let's circle the wagons, in the words of Al Green "let's get together" for Hillary.

Much Ado About Not Much
By Dana MilbankWednesday, January 30, 2008; A01
DAVIE, Fla.
Cheering supporters? Check. Election returns on the projection screen? Check. Andrea Mitchell and Candy Crowley doing stand-ups? Check and check. In fact, the only piece missing from Hillary Clinton's Florida victory party here Tuesday night was a victory.
Yes, Clinton, as expected, beat Barack Obama by a wide margin in the Florida primary. But all the Democratic candidates had agreed months ago to boycott the contest after the Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of its delegates to punish the state for moving up its primary date. The result was a primary without purpose, a show about nothing.
But in a political stunt worthy of the late Evel Knievel, the Clinton campaign decided to put on an ersatz victory party that, it hoped, would erase memories of Obama's actual victory Saturday night in South Carolina's Democratic primary. "Thank you, Florida Democrats!" Clinton shouted to the cheering throng. "I am thrilled to have this vote of confidence."
It was a perfect reproduction of an actual victory speech, delivered at a perfectly ersatz celebration at a perfectly pretend location: a faux Italianate palace with lion sculptures, indoor fountains and a commanding view of Interstate 595. The Signature Grand ("Elegant Weddings and Grand Social Occasions") was also holding receptions Tuesday night for a pediatric practice and for a group of optometry students, but the Clinton campaign was the biggest draw: It filled the Silver Palm Room, the Golden Palm Room and the Emerald Palm Room.
But even some of the faithful in the hall doubted that the big margin for Clinton, flashed on a projection screen, was an accurate gauge of the race here. "Probably not," said Eleanor Forte, on the outer rim of the celebration. "If they had campaigned here, it probably would have come out differently."
That was a nuance the Clinton campaign was hoping to overlook as it sought retroactively to give weight to the Florida primary. "I am a gutter-ball bowler," Clinton said as she campaigned Sunday night in the state in which she had pledged not to campaign. The remark, overheard by a Miami Herald reporter, was no doubt meant literally; she was standing outside Lucky Strike Lanes in Miami Beach. But in politics, too, Clinton has recently been putting some questionable rotation on the ball.
First came the South Carolina primary, in which she and her husband tried unsuccessfully to morph Barack Obama into Jesse Jackson. Then came word Sunday that she would fly here to celebrate her "victory" in the Florida primary -- even though she and the other Democratic candidates long ago declared it null and void. She said she wanted restoration of the stripped delegates from disobedient Florida and Michigan (where Clinton, the only major candidate on the ballot, beat "uncommitted," 55 percent to 40 percent).
"There are more voters in Florida alone than there are in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina combined," Clinton campaign manager Patti Solis Doyle argued in a conference call with reporters Tuesday. This was the same Solis Doyle who last summer committed Clinton to signing the Florida boycott pledge, saying, "We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process, and we believe the DNC's rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role."
Five minutes after Solis Doyle's call, Obama's campaign retaliated with its own conference call, featuring Obama backer John Kerry. "It is not a legitimate race, it should not become a spin race, it should not become a fabricated race," he protested.
Reporters on the Clinton conference call seemed to share that view. "The timing seems a little curious," said one. "A little desperate?" asked another. "Trying to have it both ways?" inquired a third.
Clinton announced plans for the Florida celebration on Sunday, the same day she held a trio of fundraisers in Florida and accepted the endorsement of the Miami mayor while pressing some flesh for the cameras. On Monday, her campaign claimed the endorsement of Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida, while pro-Clinton unions continued sending out mailings in her support.
All of this sounded suspiciously like campaigning. But aides said they were merely trying to protect the people of Florida who, despite the campaign's "scrupulous" refusal to campaign in the state, showed up to vote for Clinton anyway.
And so, at the Signature Grand here Tuesday night, a few hundred invited supporters, many of them from labor unions, clustered around the ballroom doors waiting for the Secret Service to finish its sweep so they could start the victory party and buy "ultra-premium" liquors for $7. There was a brief delay opening the doors, as organizers let the old folks -- a prominent demographic in South Florida -- take their seats first. But when the doors finally opened at 7:30, the younger supporters charged in, screaming and staking out positions near the lectern.
Wolf Blitzer was up on the big projection screen. Clinton banners ("Solutions for America") had all the camera angles covered. The orange stucco palace was filled with official Hillary Clinton posters and stickers, and people in "Team Hillary" T-shirts signed in elected officials and other supporters. Clinton aides worked the rows of reporters and the candidate entered to the strains of "9 to 5" and roars from the crowd.
"Thank you, thank you for this tremendous victory tonight," Clinton shouted.
Well, at least a tremendous victory party.

Speaking of Florida...

Who was speaking of Florida? Not me, because that might be mis-construed as campaigning. And we all know the Democratics have signed a pledge to not campaign in the Sunshine State. But nobody said anything about stopping by to say hi to some folks and taking some of their money, huh? Here you see how brilliant the most brilliant woman to ever live really is. God bless Florida. Now, check this naysayer...

"Hillary's Florida Folly" posted by Aaron Deslatte on Jan 6, 2008 12:09:10 PM

Chris Hand, the Jacksonville Democratic lawyer and former aide to U.S. Sen. Bob Graham and Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, is stepping up the argument that many have echoed since national candidates shunned the biggest swing state in the country.

For Hillary Clinton, that message is: we told ya so.

Here's what Hand wrote in an op-ed in the Orlando Sentinel: "If Hillary Clinton ultimately loses the Democratic presidential race, most political historians will point to Jan. 3, 2008 -- the night she finished third in the Iowa caucuses -- as the beginning of the end. But another defining moment occurred on Sept. 1, 2007. That day, she canceled a political insurance policy that could have helped her recover from stumbles like the Iowa defeat. On that September Saturday, Clinton became the last of the major Democratic candidates pledging to boycott Florida's Jan. 29 primary and suspend any further campaigning in our state. ...

"Perhaps Hillary Clinton can turn the tide in New Hampshire and regain her footing for later contests. But as it stands now, the once-inevitable Democratic nominee faces a political hurricane without the benefit of insurance. As every Floridian knows, that rarely ends well."

Read the column here.

Dear John...

Dear John,

Over the past few years we've gotten to be pretty close. My heart was melted by your slow Southern ways, by that funny little mis-pronunciation you people wrap around every word, and of course, by your hair.

But our time together has come to an end.

I don't want to sound cold because the truth is I still love you, you know that. But I'm just not that into you anymore. I've moved on. That's right, there's somebody else. And brace yourself, because she's a chick. She's more experienced than you, she's been fighting for children for 35 years, and in about 8 months she's gonna be out of an on-again/off-again relationship.

Anyway John, you've run in two big elections now, we all rooted for you at some point, and you've put on a good showing for your home folks this weekend. Now you're just holding back America's Senator, and therefore America. So it's time for you to head back to the hills.

Or take this from a robot call the HRC has planned to phone us all with:

"You should also know that John Edwards made nearly a half a million
dollars working for a Wall Street investment fund. A fund that's been profiting
on foreclosing on the homes of families, including 100 homes right here in South
Carolina. Can you trust John Edwards? This call is paid for by the Hillary
Clinton for President Campaign."

Robots say the darndest things.

South Carolina Falls: As Predicted

Drudge is showing Senator Obama at 57% - America's Senator at 29% - and the third-stringer who needs to get out of this race except it's his only job and he can't write another book if he gets out too early John Edwards at 13%.

As you know, this was expected. I'm reading that 50% of voters were black folks, and they voted like 100% for Senator Obama. Of course, those numbers aren't out yet. This reportage is still raw, people. Wait, here you go:

FOX News exit polls showed black voters went for Obama over Clinton by a huge
margin of 81 to 17 percent in South Carolina, and 82 percent of black women
supported the Illinois senator.

So I guess those numbers fall in line with expectations. But do they extrapolate out into the larger numbers of delegates still available? The answer is yes. Consider the black vote. Okay they may get heated over the current tumult in the party, but c'mon, are they gonna leave us and vote with George Bush in the general? No, they'll come home to their girl, Hillary. Which is just what the plan is. And that's the message President Clinton was sent to South Carolina to deliver (again from FOX):

Bill Clinton was, in fact, his own factor in the race, with 25 percent of voters
saying his presence was very important. Among those voters, Hillary Clinton was
winning 48 percent of that vote to 41 percent.

A hard pill to swallow, eh? I love that "Yes he had an effect, no it was't good." At least that's what half of the quarter said. I say all that to say this: Hillary remains America's Senator, and the best chance we have as a party in the general election. We don't need 4 more years of George Bush (he is running, right?)-type shenanigans in the Oval Office. We need a Clinton in the Oval Office once again.

Nedra Pickler for Press Secretary: Part Two

Nedra Pickler, who currently covers the Democrat presidential campaign for The Associated Press, and who has long been considered by me to be a first-string choice for the press secretary position in the new administration, is at it again. From "Analysis: SC Strategy Focused on Race" Jan 26, 5:41 PM (ET):

The Obama campaign has long argued that South Carolina would be his best state among the early voting states, figuring that interest in putting the first black president in office would attract many of the black voters who make up half of the state's Democratic primary electorate.

Obama sent a large staff to the state early, when polls showed him
trailing far behind Hillary Rodham Clinton, and their focus was on building
support in churches, beauty salons, barber shops and neighborhoods where black
voters spend their time.

See the message there? It's the same one President Clinton has been so skillful in delivering to campaign-watchers in the state: Senator Barack Obama is not like you, America... he's black.

That's right, Senator Obama may be able to preach it in the church house, or chit-chat at the barbershop, or, yes she said it, hang out in the neighborhoods... but he's not President material.

Oh don't get me wrong, he's gonna win South Carolina. No doubt. But when he does, just remember this, again from Ms. Pickler:

...she could afford to lose the state. As one of her advisers pointed out, Jesse
Jackson won the state twice - the suggestion being that a win there would be
expected from a black candidate and not an indicator of national strength.

So you see? Nedra has all the answers for our side.

People Who Will Not Be Staying in the Lincoln Bedroom

Guess who's not coming to dinner...

POITIER, SIDNEY LOS ANGELES,CA 90046
9/6/2007 $4,600 Obama, Barack


WINFREY, OPRAH CHICAGO,IL 60611
SELF EMPLOYED/HARPO STUDIOS
9/12/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


GRAHAM, STEDMAN CHICAGO,IL 60611
9/12/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


BOBO, CEDRIC L WASHINGTON,DC 20007
CARLYLE GROUP/INVESTMENT PROFESSION
6/27/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


BOBO, CEDRIC L WASHINGTON,DC 20007
CARLYLE GROUP/INVESTMENT PROFESSION
6/30/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


BOBO, CEDRIC L WASHINGTON,DC 20007
CARLYLE GROUP/INVESTMENT PROFESSION
6/30/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


BOBO, CEDRIC L WASHINGTON,DC 20007
CARLYLE GROUP/INVESTMENT PROFESSION
6/30/2007 ($2,300) Obama, Barack


CHAMBERS, JOHN MR WASHINGTON,DC 20010
GMMB/SR VICE PRESIDENT
9/17/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


COHEN, CARLA WASHINGTON,DC 20012
POLITICS AND PROSE BOOKSTORE/BOOKSELLER
5/30/2007 $1,000 Obama, Barack


FAHEY, JOHN WASHINGTON,DC 20007
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY/CEO
5/2/2007 $1,000 Obama, Barack


NASH, GRAHAM BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90212
SELF EMPLOYED/MUSICIAN
3/2/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


NEWMAN, ROBERT BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90212
ICM/AGENT
5/18/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


NIMOY, LEONARD BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90212
SELF EMPLOYED/ACTOR; DIRECTOR; PRODUCER
1/30/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack


NIMOY, SUSAN BEVERLY HILLS,CA 90212
NOT EMPLOYED/NOT EMPLOYED
1/30/2007 $2,300 Obama, Barack

It's the Experience, Stupid

Okay, I know I've been away a while. I know I've been missed because a few people have contacted me in the comments section to leave nice notes asking about me. Obviously Mrs. Clinton fans as well. My thought is, how many of these blogs actually have people who read them and leave notes? Anyway, I was gone a while. Yeah, about that...

I turned to the Dark Side for a while there.

Fans of the Holy Trilogy will know what I mean. I let go of my fears, I trusted my friends, etc. You know. My fears of lacking experience, my trust in the person I find the most friendly. It was a mind trick. But now I realize how wrong I was.

A Jedi shall not know anger.

Nor hatred.

Nor love.

I got caught up in the 'Once Upon A Time' mythology of the whole thing, the fairy tale as it were. But let's be honest, Senator Obama, while lofty in speech and grand in ideals, is just not experienced enough to serve in the Oval Office. This is the office of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, F.D.R., and Jimmy Carter. Senator Obama is just not up to snuff.

And that's what I decided, and how I decided it. I went over in my head all the pluses and minuses. I realized that Senator Obama was just a young lawyer in a small law firm who got in with the right people, was elected to serve his constituents in the Illinois State Senate (hardly the preparation needed to serve Illinois constituents in the U.S. Senate) by beating a weak candidate, and is someone who never created a job in his life. Beyond that, besides being a lawyer, an author and an elected official, Senator Obama's never even held a real job! It would be reckless to send him to the White House.

So again, and forever, I support my girl, America's Senator (yes, I'm calling her that again).