Barack Obama Elected President!

[Ryan]

Obama..... I love his speech. He and Hillary seem to be on the same page with a lot of things. Their speeches are echoing each other in many ways.

[Southofnowhere]

Not to mention just joking about something happening to GWB could land you in Cuba 4 life and not on the beach!

[Adam]

Which is why I am very very puzzled as to why the pundits are suggesting she wants to go to Denver. I saw it as not a concession, that she still has some things she wants addressed, but she said she along with party leaders will decide what is best. She's a smart lady. She will do the right thing.

[DevotedToAMC]

Which leads me to think they are in talks already to run together

[Wales2004]

I think the popular vote as it pertains to the primaries/caucuses is fuzzy. I do think the popular vote in the general election is representative. I don't agree with the electoral college but since that is what is used to determine the president then I go along with it. I don't really like to complain about things. I prefer action. If the system changes then I will adapt.

I am happy for the country. I know that there are people who are disappointed they didn't get their nominee but I think it's a tremendous day for America nonetheless. I am happy for the children who will dare to dream. I fully support the dream.

[Jess]

I'm probably a little older than many who post here. Devoted commented on another string that she thought we were about the same age, but I think we are separated by one or two presidents. I don't want to sound like granny who walked to school in the rain and snow, but I honestly didn't think this year would ever happen. People always ask, do you think you will ever see a woman or African American president in your lifetime and I always said no. Tonight is a little emotional for me because now I think we can. Minority adults who were in college when I was in high school would talk about when they were young, in elementary school, they would go to town with their families and see signs on stores that said the racist term for blacks, Mexicans and dog not allowed here. Those are people seven or eight years older than me. They are in their 50 now. Can you imagine how tough that was for parents to have their young children see that or for children to see their parents treated like dirt. It was not that long ago.

I do think Obama can win without Hillary. But, I'm a woman and I admit I would like to see that ticket and I would like to see that ticket win. It's not a ticket that is tokenism, it's two people that earned it.

So enough of my lecture. Tonight is a good night and I'd like to see a good November.

[Wales2004]

For those of you who might need a joke and might find this funny:

Why the chicken crossed the road?

BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE!

JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialogue with all the chickens on the other side of the road.

HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me.......

DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.

OPRAH: Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.

GEORGE W. BUSH: We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.

COLIN POWELL: Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...

ANDERSON COOPER - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.

JOHN KERRY: Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.

NANCY GRACE: That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.

PAT BUCHANAN: To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.

MARTHA STEWART: No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.

DR SEUSS: Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes , the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.

ERNEST HEMINGWAY: To die in the rain. Alone.

GRANDPA: In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.

BARBARA WALTERS: Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.

ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.

JOHN LENNON: Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.

BILL GATES: I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet E xplorer is an integral part of the Chicken. This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% .......... reboot.

ALBERT EINSTEIN: Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?

BILL CLINTON: I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?

AL GORE: I invented the chicken!

COLONEL SANDERS: Did I miss one?

DICK CHENEY: Where's my gun?

AL SHARPTON: Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.

[Roman]

Warn someone next time!

All that damn laughing made me spit out my drink! Damn Wales!

[DevotedToAMC]

I have seen this one before and it is funny!

I am going to follow in Wales' footsteps and post a joke involving politics here. It is called Medical Miracles:

An Israeli doctor says "Medicine in my country is so advanced that we can take a kidney out of one man, put it in another, and have him looking for work in six weeks."

A German doctor says "That is nothing, we can take a lung out of one person, put it in another, and have him looking for work in four weeks.

A Russian doctor says "In my country, medicine is so advanced that we can take half a heart out of one person, put it in another, and have them both looking for work in two weeks."

The Texas doctor, not to be outdone, says "You guys are way behind, we recently took a man with no brain out of Texas, put him in the White House for four years, and now half the country is looking for work."

[Roman]

THIS is a flood of SDs:

From CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand

Obama and his wife Michelle wave to supporters at a primary night rally in St. Paul, MN.

Obama and his wife Michelle wave to supporters at a primary night rally in St. Paul, MN.

(CNN) – Moments after the polls closed, Barack Obama’s campaign announced the support of 26.5 superdelegates, releasing statements of support from:

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and Democratic Party Chair Don Bivens of Arizona; DNC Member (and daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi) Christine Pelosi, DNC Member Rachel Binah, DNC Member John Perez, Rep. Sam Farr, Rep. Bob Filner, and Rep. Jerry McNerney of California; Governor Bill Ritter of Colorado; DNC Member Mitchell Ceasar and Rep. Ron Klein of Florida; Georgia State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond; President of the National Federation of Democratic Women Helen Knetzer, a Kansas superdelegate; DNC Member Patsy Arceneaux of Louisiana; DNC Member Sam Spencer of Maine; Rep. John Sarbanes of Maryland; Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan; Missouri Democratic Party Vice Chairwoman Yolanda Wheat; Nevada Democratic Party Chair Sam Lieberman and Nevada Attorney General Catherine Cortez Masto; Rep. Rush Holt of New Jersey; DNC Member Muriel Offerman and DNC Member David Parker of North Carolina; DNC Member Jay Parmley of Oklahoma; Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury and Oregon Democratic Party Vice Chairman Frank Dixon; DNC Member Ian Murray of Pennsylvania; and Executive Director of the Virginia AFL-CIO Jim Leaman.

The votes of superdelegates from Michigan and Florida have been reduced by half because of penalties imposed by the national party.

[Wales2004]

Jess, you don't sound like a granny to me. We've come a long way and we still have a long way to go but every step forward is a good thing. IA with you on HC's speech as well. I think she had a great opportunity to pitch a unity message but it came across more like the power play to me. Maybe the tune changes if she gets what it is she wants.

It would be nice if she is able to work with Obama for the party's sake but if not then I suppose he and the party will go on anyway.

[David_Vickers]

I think it may very well be a done deal.

[Roman]

Both presidential contenders Barack Obama and John McCain have found it necessary to disavow support they’ve received from pastors they’ve described as “spiritual mentors.”

While Barack Obama has to continually answer for things that have been said at Trinity United, SteveAudio finds that John McCain not only has escaped the same kind of scrutiny, but has actually not hurt himself at all with the religious conservatives to whom he tried to appeal by disconnecting himself from Hagee and Parsley.

No one on the right, NO ONE, cares about Hagee, with the possible exception of a few moderate genuine conservatives, that is. All 3 of them.

But the far-right Evangelical end-times Christians, for whom Hagee is a dog whistle the size of a Marshall stack, will still support McCain, even more now than before. Not only is he a “true believer” by courting and wedding Hagee, but now he’s been bloodied by the secular humanists that threaten the Christian way of life. His rejection of Hagee’s support isn’t a betrayal of Hagee’s prophecy, but a tactical retreat in the face of the abortionists, school desegregationists. and gay-marriage supporters whose defeat his administration will hopefully bring about. And thus is a stronger hero born.

It’s a no-lose situation for McCain. Stay beside Hagee and he appears committed to the religious right that he derided in 2000. Disavow Hagee and the religious right sees it as proof of their persecution at the hands of the evil secularists, and rally around their perceived martyr.

[Roman]

Preston: Top Clinton supporters ready to help Obama

Posted: 11:14 PM ET

From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston

The big question now: Will Clinton offer her full support to Obama?

The big question now: Will Clinton offer her full support to Obama?

NEW YORK (CNN) – Over the next several days, one of the main questions will be how much help Hillary Clinton will offer Barack Obama in his effort to win back the White House, which has been under Republican control ever since her husband Bill Clinton left office in January 2001.

Two top Clinton supporters told me Tuesday evening they are ready to get behind Obama once the New York senator officially acknowledges that her Senate colleague has won the nomination.

James Carville said he is ready to open up his wallet to help Obama build a political warchest to take on John McCain in November.

“As soon as she gets out I am going to write him a check,” Carville said.

Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said earlier in the day – prior to CNN projecting that Obama clinched the nomination – that he too would help out the Illinois senator.

“If he is the nominee, listen, I will help,” McAuliffe said. “I have helped Democrats now for 30 years, and I will continue to do so.”

Carville and McAuliffe both predicted that the two Democratic rivals would join together to help unify the party, but Carville noted that there needs to be a healing process as the party prepares for the general election.

“I think the easiest Democrat to win over is Senator Clinton,” Carville said. “She will be as helpful as she can be.”

But Carville also said that the burden to bring the party together needs to be a joint effort, noting that feelings from this competitive primary are “still kind of raw.”

“She is going to do her part, and he is going to have to do his part to,” Carville said.

Carville is a CNN contributor.

McAuliffe predicted that Clinton and Obama “are going to work very close together,” adding that “They both need each other.”

[Ryan]

I agree with you Wales.