According to a story in the New York Post yesterday New York City Mayor Bloomberg charged that “fraud” was behind the unofficial results in the New York Democratic presidential primary.
Reported last weekin the New York Times, several numerous precincts showed no votes for Obama with Hillary Clinton receiving all of the votes. The initial investigation by the Times uncovered dozens of districts with “significant under-counting”. Unofficial tallies on election night gave Obama no votes in 78 different election districts.
“If you want to call it significant under-counting, I guess that’s a euphemism for fraud,” said the mayor.
Over 100 newspapers from across the United States have officially endorsed Barack Obama (including the St. Louis Post Dispatch) and the number grows almost every day…
The New York Times has a very interesting articledrawing attention to some very unusual vote count irregularities in New York. Some of the most striking examples are election areas that first reported to be sweeps for Clinton are now showing significant uncounted votes for Obama that could change the delegate count in New York in favor of Obama…
In the Harlem district, for instance, where the primary night returns suggested a 141 to 0 sweep by Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the vote now stands at 261 to 136. In an even more heavily black district in Brooklyn — where the vote on primary night was recorded as 118 to 0 for Mrs. Clinton — she now barely leads, 118 to 116.
Although the article is careful to draw any conclusions about intentional wrong-doing, the quotes from the people involved with the process and the data speaks for itself…
But Gordon J. Davis, a former New York City parks commissioner and an Obama poll watcher in the district, remained skeptical, even after being informed of the corrected count.
“First it was reported at 141 to 0, now it’s 261 to 136 in an Assembly district that went 12,000 to 8,000 for Barack,” Mr. Davis said on Friday.
“I was watching like a hawk, but how did I know the machine had a mind of its own?” he added. “And I speak as one who grew up on the South Side of Chicago where we delivered the margin of victory for John F. Kennedy at 4 in the morning.”
At the sprawling Riverside Park Community apartments at Broadway and 135th Street, Alician D. Barksdale said she had voted for Mr. Obama and her daughter had, too, by absentee ballot.
“Everyone around here voted for him,” she said.
The 53rd Assembly District, in Brooklyn, is represented by the borough’s Democratic chairman, Assemblyman Vito P. Lopez, another Clinton supporter. He said the party faithful have produced lopsided margins of as much as 160 to 4 and that on Primary Day he fielded election captains in every district to galvanize Hispanic voters for Mrs. Clinton.
“We ran it the old-fashioned way,” he said. Still, he said, the 118 to 0 vote “has to be a mistake.”
Thanks to James Rosemergy for forwarding this spoof of the Barack Obama “Yes We Can” video. This new version of a political video features some talented people singing to famous lines from John McCain speeches, specifically focused on the war in Iraq.
If you have not had a chance to watch the original, click here first.
According to a report by CNN, two different polls give Barack Obama the advantage over John McCain in a general election.The polls also show Clinton and McCain in a statistical tie with no real advantage to either.
Obama’s explanation: “I think there is no doubt that she has higher negatives than any of the remaining Democratic candidates. That’s just a fact, and there are some who will not vote for her.”
The CNN report highlights Obama’s broader support among Independents, Republicans, and Clinton’s high disapproval rating as the factors giving the advantage to Obama.
Obama continues to build campaign momentum with his Super Tuesday victories (including Missouri) and broad campaign support. (more…)
Over the past two weeks, during all the turmoil, excitement and buzz of Super Tuesday, a series of articles have been published focusing on the major differences between Obama and Clinton. Most have received little attention from the main-stream media.
Although these articles, from a variety of sources, focus on the profound differences between Obama and Clinton, they also make clear the differences between Sen. Barack Obama and every other nominee, Democrat or Republican.
These articles (and one video) are articulate, well researched and speak to the American we should be building. These articles speak to why it is so critical to all of our lives that we elect those who represent the best America can offer.They speak to unity, to peace, to change.They speak to why we all need Barack Obama as our next President.
Please take ten minutes of your time to read, listen and think about what is happening… and what could happen if we unite for change.Real change.
In an amazing victory for the people of Missouri, Barack Obama won the democratic nomination – despite AP calling it for Clinton late last night. By the time all of the votes from the City of St. Louis and St. Louis County came in, Obama pulled ahead.
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Directions
Moolah Theatre & Lounge is located at the intersection of Lindell and Vandeventer. You can take Metro Bus Routes 15, 92 and 93.
St.Louis Parking’s Moolah Garage
Parking Garage is located directly behind the building. The fee is $1.00 per hour.
Please do not park in the 45 degree angle spaces as they are Permit Only spaces and you might receive a $25 – $50 ticket for doing so. If you find a space with a meter, please feed the meter until 7:00 PM Monday thru Saturday.
With only two days until Super Tuesday, Brack Obama has closed the gap between himself and Hillary Clinton to 2% according to today’s Gallup Presidential Daily tracking Poll. While Clinton has hovered in the low forties for the last few weeks, Obama has steadily closed, climbing to 44% yesterday.
The Democratic race is basically a statistical tie and every vote will count on Tuesday.
In one of the largest political rallies this year, over 20,000 supporters joined Barack Obama in St. Louislast night to hear Obama and a group of local politicians speak. The line to get in to the Edward Jones Dome stretched over four blocks at times.
Joining Obama on stage was U.S. Reps. William Lacy Clay and Russ Carnahan, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill and former Sen. Jean Carnahan. Sen. McCaskill and Sen. Carnahan are two of Missouri’s most prominent Democratic women.
For those who could not attend the event but are interested in watching the video, Channel 5 has posted his speach in its entirety on their web site…although you do have to watch a few commercials in the process. (more…)
