The Top 10 Insults Between Obama and Clinton

As months have passed and states have dropped by like flies with hundreds of millions of campaign dollars spent, finally there is light at the end of the tunnel. Primary victories have boomeranged between candidates in the likes not seen since Bobby Kennedy's fight for the Democratic nomination. Insults have passed back and forth like a sedate game of chess but there have been those moments when one candidate throws the queen to caution and launches the full out attack. Below are the top ten insults exchanged between Mrs Clinton and Mr Obama.



10. Obama fights back agianst Bill. Interview ABC News

"The former president, who I think all of us have a lot of regard for, has taken his advocacy on behalf of his wife to a level that I think is pretty troubling. He continues to make statements that are not supported by the facts ... This has become a habit, and one of the things that we're going to have to do is to directly confront Bill Clinton when he's making statements that are not factually accurate."


9. Clinton on CNN before the Texas and Ohio Primaries

"My opponent says that he'll take on the special interests," she said. "Well, he told people he stood up to the nuclear industry and passed a bill against them. But he actually let the nuclear industry water down his bill -- the bill never actually passed."

8. Clinton on Obama a few days before New Hampshire January 8th

Clinton in December said Obama's lack of experience would make his presidency "a roll of the dice". Clinton described Obama's early opposition to the Iraq war as a "fairytale"

7. Obama Jan 31 CNN Debate

"I am happy to have that argument. I also think it is going to be important, though, for the Democrat -- you know, Senator Clinton mentioned the issue of gravitas and judgment. I think it is much easier for us to have the argument, when we have a nominee who says, I always thought this was a bad idea, this was a bad strategy."

6. Senator Clinton, attacking her Democratic rivals. [AP, 12/20/07]

"It is tempting any time things seem quieter for a minute on the international front to think that we don't need a president who is up to speed on foreign affairs and military matters...Well, that's the kind of logic that got us George Bush in the first place."

5. Ohio Primary Clinton complaining of tough questions and alluding to journalist fawning over Obama.

"I'll be happy to field them, but I do find it curious, and if anybody saw 'Saturday Night Live,' you know, maybe we should ask Barack if he's comfortable and needs another pillow," she said, prompting a smattering of laughs and boos.

4. CNN Debate Obaba on the Clinton's

Obama quoted a contentious remark made by Bill Clinton. Hillary Clinton shot back: "Well, I'm here; he's not." Obama replied: "OK. Well, I can't tell who I'm running against sometimes."



3. Obama on Clinton in the lead in to the South Carolina Primary

"While I was working on those streets, watching those folks see their jobs shift overseas, you were a corporate lawyer sitting on the board at Wal-Mart. I was fighting those fights."

2. Obama before Pennsyvania

“[Clinton]would be vastly different than George Bush would be – but that’s a very low bar”.





1. Clinton at the Ohio Primary

"There's a big difference between us -- speeches versus solutions, talk versus action,Speeches don't put food on the table. Speeches don't fill up your tank or fill your prescription or do anything about that stack of bills that keeps you up at night."

Obama Takes The Super Delgates

The Democratic super-delegates look to end Hillary Clinton campaign.
Nine super delegates came out to support Obama on Friday, he now has 275 super-delegates to Clinton's 271. It is the first time in the race where Obama has overtaken Clinton with the all-important senior party leaders. Clinton held a massive lead in super-delegate support before the party's first primary in Iowa at the beginning of her campaign.
But the string of wins for Obama and his popularity in the general nominations has convinced many to switch candidates in his favour. With six primaries remaining a resilient Clinton has said the race is not over, while attempting to dispel fears that the tight race is hemorrhaging the parties chances in the general election, reassuring a unified democratic front when the candidate is finally decided.

After Indiana and North Carolina Is it over for Senator Clinton?

Senator Obama needs less than 200 delegates to pass the winning post and there are more than enough pledged delegates remaining to elect him, while the super-delegates wait to put him far past in the polls.
In the last two primaries Clinton was not able to damage Obama. This is the evidence that some super-delegates have been waiting for.It is predicted that many Super Delegates have made up their minds that they would not support Mrs Clinton, and so this had become a case of whether or not Obama could close the deal. That is what appears to have happened last night.
A relaxed-looking Barack Obama mocked her suggestion that this would be a "game-changing moment" but a defiant Hillary referred to Indiana as a "tie breaker."
However the general ambiance of the victory party seemed subdued as she alluded several times to an Obama victory. Chances for a Clinton victory are mathematically minimal.

Introducing the 2008 Democratic Nominee Al Gore?

The Saviour Of The Divided Party?

Al Gore's name is being thrown around the higher echelons of the Democratic party. The bitter competition between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has left many Democrats convinced that neither can deliver a knockout blow to the other and that both have been so damaged that they risk losing November's election to McCain. Gore, was Bill Clinton's vice-president and has since won a Nobel Peace Prize and an Oscar for his work on green issues. He remains an influential figure eight years after he beat George W Bush in the popular vote but lost the White House after the Florida recount fiasco. He has infamously offered no backing to either candidate.


Opinion polls show Mr McCain stretching his lead over both Obama and Clinton, whose campaigns are engaged in a daily cycle of attacks, character assassination and recriminations on religion, race and the economy. If neither candidate has the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination, and if both appear unable to beat McCain,a group of about 100 "super-delegates" could sit out the first ballot in Denver, preventing either candidate winning outright, and then offer Mr Gore the nomination for the good of the party. Effectively wasting hundreds of millions of dollars and hours from campaign members and public fund raising. The fate of the Democratic nominee could in essence be decided by 100 men and women and given to neither of the candidates. Al Gores potential run on the office was raised last week in Time magazine by Joe Klein, and has been discussed on the main cable news networks, CNN, Fox and MSNBC.

Ridiculous Politics Within Generation Y

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Charles De Gaulle

Of course De Gaulle never had the "pleasure" of running for president in the 21st century. The 2008 election has seen an explosion of independent, unregulated and sometimes uncouth and uneducated opinions of the world brought into the lime light.
Gotcha moments on YouTube, unauthorized campaign videos and hard-hitting debate questions from YouTube users are changing the political landscape. The Generation Y's vehicle of choice; YouTube represents a broad new challenge for candidates, who in bygone days had little more to contend with than appeasing news editors. The Obama Yes We Can video and the Clinton Vote Different which run as wallpaper at the side of this blog have been viewed over 100 million times each; below are a selection of the most ridiculous videos most of which have 1 million plus views. Is it a case of a democracy in action? Or a pollution of the political system?

Wrestling Voice Over
Keeping with last weeks WWE theme Obama threatens to "kick Hillary's ass."



Under Barack Obama
A play on the Rhianon song Umbrella sees Hillary and Obama characters caught simulating sex acts.

Obama Osama?
Link between Barack Obama and Osama Bin Laden? A one letter unfortunate coincidence.


Crush On Obama
Obama Girl uses her sexuality to gather political clought for her candidate of choice.


Crush On Hillary
Not to be out done a teenage boy makes an homage to his love for Hillary.

How Things Stand

Barack Obama


States Won:

Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington state, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Delegates
Target 2,025

Total delegates 1,723
Delegates 1,488
Super delegates 235


Hillary Clinton


States Won

Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada*, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas*

Delegates

Target 2,025

Total delegates 1,592
Delegates 1,333
Super delegates 259

Clinton takes Pennsylvania

In the build-up to the vote in Pennsylvania, it has been argued that Hillary Clinton needed a double-digit victory to prove that she remained a credible contender for the Democratic nomination. Today she got that that taking a 10 electoral point advantage over Obama in the state.

However, when she secured a surprisingly clear win, it somehow seemed like it was barely enough to keep her in the race.

It is almost as though regardless of which candidate wins each state! They are criticized for not winning resoundingly. One thing is certain the Pennsylvania primary has not made anything clearer.