Barack Obama Elected President!

[Jess]

I thought Hillary's speech was excellent. I believe it was her finest moment as a public figure. She was funny: No Way, No How, No McCain and she led her supporters to Obama rather than instructing them to support him. When she said, were you in the race for me or for that young boy or that woman with cancer or that family without health care? Then she said she was in the race for them and so was Obama, I thought that is how you remind people who a very disappointed what is important.

I also thought Bill Clinton did a wonderful job. He very quietly and calmly walked through his arguments. He made his case with logic rather than emotion. It was excellent.

I think Biden proved himself. IN my opinion, the challenge is for McCain to pick someone of his quality. I think Obama picked a man who he believed would best compliment him and who would do the best job. McCain has to match that.

Finally, one of the best speeches I heard was John Kerry.

[EricaKane70]

If McCain picks rudy or Mitt he's in big trouble.imo

[Jess]

I think he's in big trouble if he picks Lieberman.

[EricaKane70]

I was gonna put that name too, but I didn't think he would even consider him.

[Jess]

He's trying to have his nominee for VP overshadow Obama's speech. I think the media will see through it. I think it's going to be very tough for McCain to have a pick that is much more than blah. If he picks Romney or Rudy, he is in trouble. If he picks Lieberman, he alienates the right wing. If he picks Charlie Crist, he has picked a person who is not the best and pales in comparison to Biden. His best bet might be Huckabee. He is about the only one who does no harm.

[Southofnowhere]

If last nights John kerry had shown up 4 years ago he would be running for a secord term.

[Southofnowhere]

McCain wants Lieberman and karl Rove is begging Joe to drop out of the running. Team Obama is a little worried about Liberman but the Clinton side of the party feel that Biden would eat him alive in the debate. Team Obama are praying that it's Rmmey because of all the stuff he said about McCain and because of howbig a flipFlopper he is. No Matter who it is they won't be able to touch Biden.

Som peeps are saying that McCain is going to wait until Obama gives his speech to say would his VP ick is or do it as soon as Obama is done. If he does that he's going to come off like a sad mean old man.

[Ryan]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080828/pl_politico/12922

Rove tried to kill Lieberman VP pick

Jonathan MartinWed Aug 27, 11:29 PM ET

Republican strategist Karl Rove called Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (I-Conn.) late last week and urged him to contact John McCain to withdraw his name from vice presidential consideration, according to three sources familiar with the conversation.

Lieberman dismissed the request, these sources agreed.

Lieberman “laughed at the suggestion and certainly did not call [McCain] on it,” said one source familiar with the details.

“Rove called Lieberman,” recounted a second source. “Lieberman told him he would not make that call.”

Rove did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Rove, President Bush’s former top campaign adviser and arguably the most prominent political operative of the past generation, has no formal role in McCain’s campaign. But he knows much of the Arizona senator’s high command and has been offering informal advice, both over the phone and in his position as a Fox News analyst, since McCain wrapped up the GOP nomination.

His decision to wade into the vice presidential selection process could provide Democrats fresh ammunition to tie McCain to the polarizing Bush.

It is also chafing some Lieberman allies and others wary of the selection of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.

“Rove is pushing Romney so aggressively some folks are beginning to wonder what's going on,” grumbled one veteran Republican strategist.

From his perch on Fox, Rove has touted McCain’s fierce primary rival as strong vice presidential material.

“Romney is already vetted by the media, has strong executive experience both in business and in government, has an interesting story to tell with saving the U.S. Olympics, and also helps McCain deal with the economy, because he can speak to the economy with a fluency that McCain doesn’t have,” Rove said on “Fox News Sunday” in June.

The sources spoke about Rove’s involvement after Robert Novak, writing his first column since being diagnosed with brain cancer, reported Wednesday that McCain and some of his close associates would like to tap Lieberman for the number two slot but that putting an abortion-rights-supporting former Democrat on the Republican ticket was likely to be unrealistic.

The column said Lieberman had made that clear to McCain personally at the behest of a “close friend,” but a Lieberman source called that “totally and absolutely false.”

Reached by phone, Novak would say only: "I don't talk about my sources."

The maneuvering comes just days before McCain is to publicly unveil his pick Friday at a large rally in Ohio. A senior campaign official said Wednesday that McCain has settled on his ticket mate and that the person is to be notified Thursday.

Lieberman has his advocates, especially among those who believe McCain needs to make a transformative pick to help disassociate himself from Bush and the GOP, but most establishment Republicans believe tapping the Connecticut senator would blow up next week’s Republican convention in St. Paul, Minn., and create major problems for McCain and the conservative base of the party this fall.

A source close to Lieberman said: "If it's Lieberman, none of us know about it" — meaning staff, aides and friends. The source said Lieberman is currently on vacation on Long Island, N.Y.

Martin Kady II contributed to this story.

[Southofnowhere]

The GOP dont have anyone of Biden's quality.

[Roman]

Has the McCain camp screwed this up this badly?

[UCLAN]

Just read on "First Read" on msnbc that Deidre Hall attended convention with the California delegation. She commented that she was an Obama supporter and that she heard Michelle speak at UCLA. I think it's pretty cool that she was there.

[Southofnowhere]

They don't have a clue who to put up agianst Biden. They were also blindsided by the Clintons. They were counting on Bill bashing Obama.

Best they can do is with the help of Fox is bash the place where Obama is going to speak. They keep calling it an Greek arena.

[Roman]

Wow.

I just read a article at CNN that says John McCain will choose Tom Ridge as his running mate.

If this is true......did he just blow the campaign?

[Ryan]

I am so ready for this historic night. I will be watching tonight in awe.

[Roman]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/ca...c_b_122176.html

Right on the money!