Woohoo! Dennis, go forward and do good.

Any Vermonters seeing the Dean movie that is previewing there this week?  Here's the write-up from the Saturday showing.

http://www.wcax.com:80/global/story.asp?s=7778762&ClientType=Printable

And I sure do dread being in Florida right now and seeing the spin put on the primary.   Bill Nelson just endorsed Clinton, and I expect CFA Alex Sink will endorse her as well.  After all Hillary personally called to tell her she would be in Florida the next three days.   Oh, well.  I am still so angry at the way Florida lied about what they did.

 Also, guess what....the battle on teaching evolution is heating up a lot now.  North Florida is being especially outspoken.

Florida school superintendent on evolution: "There's holes in it you can drive a truck through."

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/madfloridian/1781

I do think Howard Dean is still first around here.

I'll go back and tell myself that there's a new thread.....brb

From the Chicago Tribune's endorsement

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opini...

Obama can help this nation move forward. A Tribune profile last May labeled his eight years in Springfield as "a study in complexity, caution and calculation. In the minority party for all but his final two years in the Statehouse, he tempered a progressive agenda with a cold dash of realism, often forging consensus with conservative Republicans when other liberals wanted to crusade."

Racial profiling, death penalty reform, recording of criminal interrogations, health care—when victory was elusive, Obama seized progress. He did so by working fluidly with Republicans and Democrats. He sought out his ideological foes. He listened closely to them. As a result, many Republicans in Illinois have warm words for Barack Obama.

Obama's key opponent, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, unifies only her foes. Her penchant for gaming every issue—recall her clumsy dodging when asked in a Philadelphia debate whether illegal immigrants should be licensed to drive—feeds suspicion of maneuvering that would humble Machiavelli.

As this campaign has progressed, Hillary Clinton in moments of crisis hasn't been an ennobling sight. Her reliance on her husband, the less-than-presidential Bill, to trash-talk Obama reaffirms that the Clintons do whatever it takes to prevail. Depicting Obama's record on Iraq as a "fairy tale" is instructive: Think what you will of the war, but Sen. Clinton was an enabler when that was popular. In Kerryspeak, she was for the war before she was against the war.

And Howard's still first around these parts. . . .

WooT! 

Here's a duel that we'll be seeing in the coming days.....

Headlines from Google news:

First, the Pat Buchanan styled version of events (which, oddly, isn't the actual headline of the story)..... 

Obama Rides Wave of African-American Support to Win Washington Post

Next, the reality based version....... 

Exit polls: Obama won across demographic lines CNN International

(Just curious, is there anyone left around here who still thinks this trouncing was "win" for the Clintons?)

Good morning, everybody 4:39 AM EST

And is the blog well behaved or is it still driving people off with its jumpiness.

Has anybody mentioned Michelle Obama's roots in South Carolina as a reason for Obama's success?  As a predicate for a connectedness that will stand him in good stead elsewhere?

Perhaps in the long run what will make the real difference is that he doesn't mave a chip on his shoulder.

Poor Bill Clinton, he really wasn't looking good on the tube yesterday.  Going on about how rough southern campaigning was in the 1980s.  Perhaps, as now, he was making it hard on himself. 

This is from the Trib. post upthread and this is one of the things that makes me nervous about BO.  We already have that *go along to get along* in Reid and Pelosi.

"....he tempered a progressive agenda with a cold dash of realism, often forging consensus with conservative Republicans when other liberals wanted to crusade."

Remember how much HOPE we had for the 06 congress and Pelosi?  Have we forgotten so soon how gullible we can be and how we no longer have an opposition party? 

Seattle Times Endores Obama

After seven years of George Bush's failed presidency, after five years of unnecessary war in Iraq, America is ready to write a new narrative. All candidates favor the now-bromidic slogan: change. Only one candidate truly embraces the yearnings this word represents.

The Seattle Times endorses Sen. Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination for president. He has the grasp, temperament and skills to right our standing in the world. He has broad insight and specific ideas to assuage our own hardworking citizens' fears of an economy turning sour.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/2004145661_obamaed27.html

Have to correct Mike on the previous thread.  New Hampshire hasn't been "mostly rural" since colonial days.  That's because the soil is so poor, you can't grow much but trees.  So, early on NH relied on exports of lumber and fire wood and granite and, after the orchards matured, apple cider that they traded for rum.  There are fast-flowing rivers and these were harnessed early for power to turn milling wheels and spinning wheels.  Indeed, before the really big textile mills were built on the Merrimack in Massachusetts, there were smaller versions on NH streams.  NH "looks" rural because the population tends to be concentrated in the centers of towns (all of the state is divided into towns, there are no unincorporated areas like in Florida and Texas, or even Georgia).

Anyway, where Clinton did better was in the blue collar cities like Manchester and Nashua and Berlin where there's a relatively high Catholic concentration.  The border towns close to Massachusetts are filled with people looking for lower taxes, many of whom work in the tech industries that supply our electronic weapons.  War-mongers, more than likely.

I think a lot of people vote on the basis of who they'd like to be.  Clinton's presentation of herself was very prom-queen like.  At least, what I saw was a lot of presentation and not much substance.  What's that song?

"I feel pretty." 

Good morning, Monica.  Blog, yes, is still a mess.  I hope BO supporters enjoy this win and the euphoria...the reality will set in soon  enuf.  Sounds like some of you finally see that JE in the race is good for your guy and that JE dropping out would be very bad for your guy. If BO goes after JE, it'll be a big mistake.

There's something about all this excitement and hoopla and breathlessness that feels canned...wrong somehow...scripted.  Emotions are being manipulated and I don't trust that...or maybe it's the emotional makeup of the people emoting that I don't trust.  The crowd mentality at all the events is damn scary to me...as tho there are only automatoms, reacting, not really thinking.  But then, I've never been comfy in crowds.

 Don't like smokey back room deals...don't like super delegates (that stopped McGovern)

We need a popular vote, one day, on a weekend or declare it a work free day.

The corruption of the democratic party is in full swing and it looks just as ugly as the repug party; maybe worse.  Wait till the reporting starts on the super delegates.

We shall see.

I can almost hear you singing, Monica.  LOL

You wrote:  "I think a lot of people vote on the basis of who they'd like to be."

Agree.  That's what the yearning and emoting is all about. People are looking for a savior outside of themselves.

True change is not about sex or color of skin.

BO says change will come slowly.  Look how fast the Patriot Act passed....or the new horrific stimulus package.  Look how fast we went from Afghanistan to Iraq and look how fast we *took* Baghdad....or how fast they voted themselves pay raises.

When *they* want, they can move like lightening.   The corporations will keep BO or HC on a very short leash and throw crumbs to the masses.  They are war candidates, pretending to want peace.  

You watch. 

Thank you, Dennis Kucinich !

And, thank you Howard Dean !

Unless BO steps up with Dodd to filibuster, he should not get one more progressive vote, nor the nomination.  No excuses.  Same for HC.

This is a great test to watch just how much BO is gonna "negotiate" with the corporations.   His rubber is gonna hit his road and I hope all BO supporters will hold him accountable.

Whatever happens, he and HC will do it together.  My prediction.  

Nite bloggie.  It's been a very good day and it has nothing to do with politics or men.  LOL 

Thank you, Dennis.

Intregritynow.org. 

Sorry, that's not a good link and I'm zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Looks like the Clintons are more likely singing " I feel sh**ty" than "I feel pretty" today.

I've felt all along through this election cycle - even though Dennis Kucinich has been the candidate who speaks for me - that Barack Obama would do the best job of performing the principal function of the President, to rally the nation to do the right thing and stay upbeat.

His references to Ronald Reagan are in no way meant to praise Reagan's horrific policies - just to speak to the way that a leader can reach across party lines. The same way that Reagan reached out to the bile that lurked in the hearts of many Democrats ( particularly the so called "Dixie-crats ), Obama can reach out to the goodness that many Republicans have been too frightened to show for so long. I sense that in a calmer, less divided political climate Obama will have somewhat of a free pass from Americans to initiate some very good and very humane legislation along with the Congress.

And, to quote Forrest Gump - "That's all I've got to say about that".

I agree David Obama will be a uniter, it is up to us progressives to make sure that doesn't mean the likes of the stimulus package where people below a certain tax bracket disappear. Obama will not actively fight against the progressive movement which by itself is the principle reason to support him over Clinton. and Clinton cannot win the nomination if Edwards stays in the race all the way, and those issues will decided by a concensus of the party and then America with a long primary season

the jumping blog makes it impossible to carry on a conversation which is more my style so I'm back to lurking

Florida will be  a test of the size of the anti-Clinton backlash that surfaced in South Carolina and yes not everyone liked the rpom queen but she did win an election to get that crown so the race goes on, in fact has barely begun

Michael -

Iowa is in the north,

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Geography 101.............Iowa is in the Mid West.........the "North" pertains to those states North of the old mason Dixon line...................Oregon is not i the North, but the Pacific Northwest..............

Already, according to Zogby, Obaama is trailing Hillary in "Northern" states like NY, Connecticut, PA, etc...............tell paine thats those dag gummed southern bigots who move dthere for the skiing I guess.

Obaama is ahead in............Georgia.........proves my NE theory simply..........and that theory will be put to the test big time IF Obama gts to the final agianst Mccain.................

The North or particularly the NE is a great place..but ita many multi cultural and ethnic diversities have to come into play on this one........as opposed to the South, parts of the Midwest and West coast who are far ahead of them and would most likely go for Obama.............

Lets see how it plays out...................

Phil Specht
Sun, 01/27/08

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Big test Phil...............if Obama and his supporters are supposed to be uniters..........lets see hpw well they unite this blog...............from what Ive sen so far, Im unimpressed.

Well, I am really disgusted with the politics of personal destruction as practiced by the likes of McAuliffe and Harold Ikes.  If you read what Fred Thompson's committee brought forward on the 1996 campaign, it's really disgusting.  Some of the conservative fringe media have been covering it, even suggesting that the reason Thompson didn't go for another term was because he was so disgusted--partly with his own party which forced him to abandon the project when it looked like some of their skeletons would come out of the closets.

Anyway, some of the participants in the Stephens enterprises are downright scary.  You'll remember I mentioned that they're in bed with Monsanto which has just acquired a patent for the "terminator" gene which makes it possible to produce seed whose progeny will be sterile--so each year's seed for corn and soy beans will have to be purchased.  The acquisition of Delta and Pine Land, which developed this strain for a scientist at the Rockefeller University, was delayed for about eight years, but now it's done, under the aegis of one Douglas H. Martin, who's bio at an outfit called Rules-Based Medicine, Inc reads as follows:

Douglas H. Martin | Board Observer

Mr. Martin is an Executive Vice President of Stephens Group, Inc. and Stephens Inc., where he has been employed since 1981. At Stephens his responsibilities include the investment of the firm’s capital in private companies. Prior to joining Stephens he was employed in the mergers and acquisitions department of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. He received his B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in physics and economics from Vanderbilt University in 1975 and his M.B.A. from Stanford University in 1978. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of numerous privately held companies. He was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas.

 a "B.A....in physics and economics"?

But, what does Rules-Based Medicine actually do that Martin is "observing?"

Rules-Based Medicine (RBM), the world’s leading multiplexed biomarker testing laboratory, provides comprehensive protein biomarker products and services based on its Multi-Analyte Profiling (MAP) technology platform. RBM’s biomarker testing service provides pre-clinical and clinical researchers with reproducible, quantitative, multiplexed immunoassay data for hundreds of proteins in a cost-effective manner, from a small sample volume and from multiple species. Our biomarker testing laboratory is CLIA certified and supports GLP studies.

.......

 Through its wholly owned subsidiary EDI GmbH, RBM provides Human Organo-Typic (HOT) cell culture systems. These co-culture systems consist of multiple primary cell types grown in a 3-D architecture that closely mimic particular human organs and are an ideal platform for ex vivo studies of drug safety and efficacy. RBM combines EDI’s cell culture systems with its HumanMAP® biomarker testing services to provide researchers with an unprecedented view of the physiological and biochemical impact of a new drug compound or consumer product prior to testing in a human subject.

There's a bit more info in the bio of the Chairman of the Board:

Mark Chandler, Ph.D. | Chairman of the Board

Dr. Chandler founded Rules-Based Medicine, Inc. in 2002 and served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board until his departure in 2004. Before heading Rules-Based Medicine, Dr. Chandler founded Luminex in May 1995, serving as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. In 1982, he founded Inland Laboratories, Inc., which provides plant and bacterial toxins to the medical research community. As the President and CEO of Inland, Dr. Chandler received the KPMG Peat Marwick, High Technology Entrepreneur of the Year award in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in Immunology from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas in 1981. He is a fellow of the Explorers Club and serves on the Board of the EastWest Institute. Dr. Chandler is currently Chairman and CEO for Biophysical Corporation.

In other words, these people are into poisons and food.

Wonder if HOT cell culture systems are competitors of people who are into stem cell research. 

I've always been suspicious about Bush Two specific antagonism towards stem cell research, particularly his disquisition on the number of lines available already.  It was a level of information that he rarely reaches about anything else.

If we keep in mind that these people are basically monopolists (energy, food, commerce), then it seems worth while considering the effect of producing seed for biofuels that need to be purchased annually.  While there's a strong antagonism towards genetically engineered food crops, crops for fuel may get away with it. 

One more point of interest:

investment of the firm’s capital in private companies

That means the public is less likely to find out what they are up to. 

OK, so one of the other people on the board of RBM came there from this outfit

You remember Service Corporation International--the funeral home operator that reburied bodies in Florida.

The banner for RBM features rats.  Which may be entirely appropriate. 

fyi - new Front thread

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Has anybody mentioned Michelle Obama's roots in South Carolina as a reason for Obama's success? As a predicate for a connectedness that will stand him in good stead elsewhere?

No but John was BORN there and that didn't work out too well for him.

Seashell....

I don't think BO will go after Edwards now. The Clintons, on the other hand know that if they can bump Edwards they are in with their super delegates.

That is why Trippi was so angry about the nasty robo calls against Edwards Fri. made by the Clinton camp. Expect more. Edwards is the only thing that keeps her from a done deal. She's slipping in the nat'l. polls, so she needs to tie it up quickly as she can.

Sitka, glad to have helped you think with my little engine reference. You neglected to follow thru however........ 

Glad to help you to keep dreaming the Edwards "fairy tale." 

Thank you for posting this video!

I am so grateful to have a man worthy of our support.

I am so grateful to hear the truth spoken courageously.

I am grateful to hear someone speak for OUR rights and for the healing of our nation.

Go Dennis!

And thank you for making all the sacrifices for our nation.

Now where can I donate?

He needs to get ads up to counter the lying liars that run everything. 

It's so refreshing to find someone who thinks like myself, especially someone in a position of power.  I am proud of these kind of Americans, the ones who do what is right instead of what is easy or popular. The constitution exists to protect the minority...the unpopular opinions.  I myself have moved out of America for the time being, because of my dissatisfaction with the way things are being run, but people like Dennis give me hope for America's future.  I hope the more close-minded, antiquated, and intolerant of our citizens will begin to see that fear is not a good enough reason to waste valuable resources and sacrifice our people.  I would like to raise my children in a world where they can be proud of their ancestry rather than ashamed, especially in foreign countries.  We have a lot to answer for and its time we started taking responsibility for our country and making the necessary changes.  Well done, Dennis.