This link at the site seems to be more balanced as it ought to be at a site that claims to not be biased for either candidate.

AND, I'm happy to say, NY is standing by Hillary pretty good. Only 1 Obama delegate and 3 undecideds. I'll be writing hers and the other 4 :)

OT: Check this link http://tinyurl.com/5wdk3r it has an article about Obama outspending through out the campaign. there's a link in the article that DLs a word doc with a state by state breakdown including delegates won etc.

Dear Senator _____,

I am writing to respectfully request that you honor the preference of the voters of (your state) by supporting their choice for the Presidential nomination.  Although you have spoken out in support Senator Clinton's opponent, I believe that this shows a lack of regard for your constituents which they may long remember if this opponent loses the November election.

There is still time to do the right thing.  I urge you to look carefully at the electoral map - to consider the numbers of people who voted in primaries relative to the number voting in caucuses and also to view the number of delegates awarded in each case.  

I would then ask you to seriously deliberate about what the numbers show about the future of the two candidates in November.

While much has been made of the commitment to award the nomination based solely on pledged delegates, I am concerned that this rigid adherence to one philosophy, at the expense of other points of view, will only reward the Republicans in November.

Please consider these things, as we are trying to elect a President who can not only repair the damage of the last eight years BUT can be the
President for ALL of the American people.  Too many voices will be silenced if you continue on your current path.

Thank you for listening, and best regards.

I'd think Fax, because it's in your hands (unless it's efax) and it's hard to deny that.

I'm going to tell them a story of why Hillary means so much to me (it's the health care system; I pay $650 monthly for me and my wife because we're both 'pre-existing condition' victims), and the reasons why I think she would make such a strong leader in DC. I won't say why I think Obama is bad, or why I think he's illegitimate, just that Hillary has so many positives.

Since he mails me love letters all the time to let me know what he's doing in Washington, I hope he'll take the time to read this.  

His predecessor lost his position after becoming a House Manager for the Clinton Impeachment.  That one move displeased the district immensely.  ;)

I figure it might give hope to folks who were somewhat depressed by all the concession-speculation in the MSM today.

http://tinyurl.com/5zw76w

I met her back @ the 2006 state convention.  I was volunteering for Democracy for Texas.  She's saying she may go for Hillary now.

Unbelievable that Obama would strong-arm a Super that endorsed him to back down from running for a higher office.  I have contacted her to move to HRC's side where her support would be welcomed.

Also, Pelosi's daughter?  Does she represent a certain disctrict in California?  

That really is important.

Because there are no facts, there is no truth, Just data to be manipulated

Because there are no facts, there is no truth, Just data to be manipulated

I have just written to all the supers in California and to my shock 3  supers in my district (people I voted for) are supporting Obama.

The following fact (courtesy of Peniel Cronin's excellent Caucus v. Primary report available at www.talkleft.com) from this historic Primary Season should be helpful to you in making your decision on who to support for the Democratic Nomination:

"The 140 pledged delegates lead Obama derived from the 12 caucus states he won is only 16 less than Clinton’s 156 pledged delegates won from all of these hard-fought, primary states: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Indiana, Tennessee, Arizona, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico, West Virginia, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.

These Clinton-won states have a combined 220 electoral votes, 87.2 million eligible voters and cast a total of 18,400,000 votes in these primaries. Compare that with the Obama-won caucus states with a combined 69 electoral votes, 21.5 million eligible voters and only 944,000 total votes cast."

Your choice in light of the above should be clear.  And, yes, there will be supporters upset regardless of what you decide.  But would you prefer they be supporters from two demographics we Democrats need in November or from several disparate groups (Hispanics, older women, blue collar voters, hard core Democrats) which have faithfully voted Democrat for generations and which we should not take for granted with an opponent like John McCain?

Hillary Clinton -- outspent and with a media begging her to drop out since Iowa -- has shown she has the political skill, intelligence, strength and determination to effectively beat John McCain and the Republicans in November.

Please support the strongest candidate we Democrats have as well as the candidate which won NY handily in our February 5th Primary.

I kept it brief and made sure my basic message was in the first sentence on the theory that, at best, some staffer will read a sentence or two and add it to a tally.

The 2 candidates are virtually tied - one has more pledged delegates and one has the popular vote. Our arcane nominating process give caucus states huge power - 3% of the votes made for 15% of the delegates which account for Senator Obama's lead. In 4 of those states the caucuses were followed by primaries which were mush closer and would have made the delegate count even. In Texas, their rules made the popular vote winner get less delegates. Arcane and cherry-picked rules made some important states lose delegates and even allocated unearned delegates to Senator Obama. We, as democratic Democrats, need to fix our primary system.
This year, the Super Delegates will be deciding which candidate can win the White House back for us. I'm counting on you.

Most importantly we need to win the White House. Senator Clinton is the candidate who can do this - as shown by polls as well as her tenacious spirit and willingness to fight and win.

We need to fix all that the Bush Administration has broken - our Justice System, the Supreme Court, economic and environmental policy, just to name a few. and we need to fix Health Care. I believe Senator Clinton is the best for this tough job. And the one who can win.

I have posted** a copy of letters I have written to the SDs (and don't forget the comedy shows if the time permits;)

*LETTER Posted at End (long post). Please utilize as best you think. **Not every talking point is directly mine -- I have taken the main thrusts of various trains of thought and put together in letter form.

I put it here in case any points might resonates with them and disseminate as widely, quickly, vigorously as possible--I will do whatever I can within my own limited skills and networks.

I hope those more networked and tech savvy can help distribute any of these points that resonates with them to as wide and visible platforms as possible.  (i had to create an acct today in order to post;-)

I have lobbied various states SD and have spent all night lobbying the SD and trying to articulate all the various injustices and arguments.  Does anyone else feel the outrage at the hypocrisy and injustice of 'our' DNC!?  Not only that, these party insiders are right now working to coordinate the SD endorsement announcements while the polls are still open--so he can have his Frank Capra moment with 'the people have spoken' SD count from today's election to reach the fuzzy 2118 number.

The SD endorsements have been choreographed since this morning to force other SDs and of course, to manipulate the votes of Montana and South Dakota voters for his 'moment.'  Is this not yet another example of HIJACKING the election and taking advantage of the people's vote to achieve their completely manufactured, manipulated, non representative painfully obvious insecure performance.  Why do the SD feel they have to do this so Obama will be 'put over the top' by 'the voters.'

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LETTER CONTENTS / 'TALKING POINTS'
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Dear Super Delegate,

I urge you to Keep YOUR Pledge for Clinton and stand up for the smothered 18+million who want a say in their future!!!  I implore you.

PLEASE.

Please Please Please do all you can to convince your colleagues to make the hard and tough decision expediency and fulfill the TRUST that American citizens have placed upon our automatic delegates to act in the people's best interests, for the Democratic Party, for ALL of us, for the best for America--for a TRUE STRIVING FOR A MORE PERFECT UNION.

At least let the citizens feel still connected, still engaged, still important to the democratic process--let the  ENTIRE PROCESS play out...This is not opportunism or self-interest--this is PRINCIPLE.

On the contrary, it smacks of opportunism and venal self-interest of the sitting delegates to switch at this last moment.  It hasn't escaped our notice that the super delegates out in front for Obama are the very junior  or recently elected super delegates...Certainly they expect the privilege of Obama's ear should he become President.  Surely they have counted on this as they continue their career in the Congress... How would you feel when you are pushed aside by a self-important inexperienced ambitious 'young turk' in your committees and coalitions?  Well, guess what--the public already feel this--will we really allow these brash, self-satisfied Gen Y young turks dictate the rules for all of us??!!

And if one feels an absolute overwhelming urge and MUST-endorse-or-I'll-burst to do so in within 48 hours--at least have the personal responsibility and self-respect to stand in front of us and speak as an individual.  This endorsing-as-a-group really diminishes  you.

Let us feel our votes at least mattered--that we are not brushed aside now that our minimal influence on the electoral college has been tapped.

Although we know automatic delegates are intended to be the 'level heads, with the best interest of the party foremost' - the continuous drumbeat for Clinton to drop out smacks of bullying, emotional blackmail and in truth, reminded us of the threat of mob rule from over 200 years ago - exactly what the role of the super delegates was envisioned.

Please implore your undecided, and your flip-flopping colleagues to heed the will of the people.  Shame on all of us if we go into  the next few years as yet again a 50-50 divided national though unlike in 2000, the backstabbing disenfranchisement silencing is being  to support the most influential inspirational woman best-of-what-the-Democratic-Party-is-about person for OUR NOMINEE!!!

Please don't be strong-armed into flipping your support!!!  Please stand for the principles we believe represented the Democratic Party.

As a Texas voter in San Antonio, I experienced firsthand the degree of commitment and passion of the voters for Sen. Clinton--it was a stunning accomplishment; she accomplished in 1 week before the vote what Sen Obama took months and money to reach!  Who else could have delivered such results in essentially 5-7 days?!!  She is phenomenal.  She's just not flashy.  She's always thinking, working, for US.

I also know the ugly realities of caucuses.  I experienced firsthand the subtle and outright bullying, the intensity of the PEER-PRESSURE of your friends and neighbors.  To vote facing one's neighbors, colleagues, employers, friends, babysitters, teachers, and the inevitable neighborhood gossip is certainly a test of one's under the most intense of peer-pressures!

I saw the Obama shirts at the disorganized mess of the caucus--and yes, they were worn by the ones 'organizing' the caucus meeting!!!  I saw the passionate seniors get such disrespect I cringed inside at their cavalier treatment of their elders!

I got the calls from the Obama camp even after the vote to push me to contribute to his campaign!  They said they knew I voted for Clinton, but as a 'true Democrat'(?how insulting!) vote for Obama...it really is insult to injury.

I saw it all and it sickens me.  It hurts all of us.  And mostly it saddens me that the principle of fairness is treated like a pesky INCONVENIENCE.  Perhaps the Bush-Chaney ethos of expediency-bullying-guilt by association-strong arming-emotionally manipulating of the public really has become the norm?)

**Wow.  This FALSE ALERT on Clinton's SUPPOSED CONCESSION speech tonight is in line with what Clinton-supporters have experienced during these months from the Obama supporters.  This is NOT the party of unity, diversity and 'new way' of working for the people.

Clinton supporters early on were very positive towards all democrats--we all felt the elation didn't we?  Clinton supporters did not outright criticize, attack, or negatively act toward Obama..BUT this certainly was NOT what we were graced with by the Obama supporters, away from the public eye!...The sheer vitriol and violently personalized attacks from DAY 1...Where was Obama for all this?  Where was his famed diplomacy at his own campaigners despicable acts and writings?

NO!, this was something more than inaction or complicity.  This is calculating self-interest and more offensively:  HYPOCRISY.   This is NOT the Obama promised for unity that his supporters seem to claim as some moral higher ground over everyone else.  From the very beginning, we have endured this--their tactics are so dirty, so unrelenting, so cruel, and so subtle...Many of the attacks on the net will turn your stomach.  I challenge you to read up on their postings and publications--these will be the standard-bearers for the future of the Democratic Party??!  This convenient blindness, deafness to this throughout this time is most definitely spurs our 'anger'.

This is his 'judgment' and leadership?!  Where was he when we were steered away from the polling booths by jeering Obama groups, handed false information flyers, false press releases, false cries of racism?  BUT who were depicted by the media and others as the negative, destructive, divisive forces in the DNC?  Who has constantly fed the 'race narrative' in the media and messages to the delegates?  Who has really contributed to the disenfranchisement of our fellow citizens and in our own party??!!

As a student of race and gender relations and various 'codes' of expression, his supporters were milking the race card from the very beginning.  We were embarrassed for you at being so easily played, so easily manipulated?  In fact, do you really think the photo of Obama in tribal dress could have ONLY come from the Clinton camp?  Do you really think postures of outraged sensibilities of racism were always sincere, not manufactured?  They played you and they are laughing all the way to the White House and YOUR Congressional seats.

**Wow...I wonder who REALLY leaked the AP Report on Clinton's supposed concession speech tonight??!!  Wow--not even bothering to mask the bullying and intimidating that  marked this whole campaign.  What a  nasty underhanded way to discourage  her  supporters, to discourage turnout of Clinton voters  in South Dakota and Montana, where Obama's Frank Capra moment is to be made?

PLEASE STAND UP FOR HILLARY CLINTON and the 18+MILLION of US!!

PLEASE convince your undecided colleagues to let the people have their ENTIRE democratic process.  An open, transparent, healthy, honest debate will only continue to drive the unprecedented interest of the people in the election.  Do not take this for granted.  Do not assume the same level of interest will continue.  After all, we will have already felt the oppression of autocracy.

Please continue to stand up for us and ask undecided Super Delegates to not endorse until the whole process plays out.  We have all worked so hard for this; the people deserve to still play a part and be able to FINISH it!

Please don't let them discard us now, now that we have played our minor role for the electoral college are we to sit demurely by and wait for our instructions from the DNC 'leaders'?!

The exuberance of the early days in the rallys was spurred by the collective exhilaration, relief, hope, and exhilarating anticipation we ALL felt at the ending of the Bush-Chaney autocracy.  Do you truly think the elation, hope, optimism that swept the nation at the start was something solely sparked by one individual?  

And with all due respect, delegates are partly responsible to our collective built-up frustration at  the ineffectiveness of the sitting Democratic leaders during these Bush-Chaney years was additional kindle for the yearning for change that burns in all of us.  

We have played our asked-for negligent role in the electoral college in good faith, entrusting in the wisdom, experience, level-headedness of our automatic delegates.  Do not force-guilt-manipulate the people with the threat of McCain to enforce our vote; and do not dump your responsibility should this happen on Clinton or her supporters.  We have done our part; Now  please live up to your responsibility and do justice to the TRUST the people have placed in you.

Please don't let this become another Anita Hill / OJ verdict fallout / Or this historical moment be used as an (incorrect) example of the inequality  'Affirmative Action' less qualified candidate (especially as we know that this popular depiction of AA is NOT what AA is; They conflate this as a quota system).

The rumbles grows--Will it turn into a spectacle in the future in which Obama will be unmasked as the coldly calculating, ambitiously opportunistic run for the presidency in the year where the strongest candidate is a woman?  Whether this is true or fair does nothing to blunt this impression.  The 'call' to the presidency as Obama has been spinning as his 'moral duty' reveals the true disingenuous actions of a the true slick player.

**Another case in point--this manufactured roll out of endorsements for Obama while the polls are still open, where the PEOPLE'S VOTE will once AGAIN be HIJACKED for expediency, ulterior motives, NOT 'above the fray' ideals.  

Of course, should he ever be critiqued for this tactic, it will no doubt be claimed as Hillary Clinton's fault (I hear she is responsible for the El Nino too).  Of course not only will she be accused of (fill in blank), she will also, most gallingly, be forced to 'clean up' any mess Obama or the delegates make along the way!

Apparently anything that needs to be done has to be done by Hillary Clinton--the people want her because she speaks for us and importantly--she delivers!!!  How can the DNC continue to be complicit in the abuse of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution?  What moral ground can the DNC ever claim after this?!

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE used to be a cornerstone of the Democratic Party and the catalyst behind REAL CHANGE--this process is painful, gut-wrenching, soul-searching, but necessary....and also cleansing and healing and invigorating and REAFFIRMING.  We will need a real RITE OF PASSAGE to address the rips in the DNC--this is the spirit behind the intent of a party Convention--we will need to viscerally experience and benefit from the long-simmering-long-ignored unfinished promise of the Civil Rights Movement.

The civil rights movement has shown that idealism AND civil disobedience are not contradictory, or divisive or destructive but NECESSARY.  This election is too important!  This is too momentous to be hurriedly  brushed over or be easily soothed by lip service words and impotent acts.  Do not stomp on the people's sense of civic duty and pride in American ideals that allows such important historical moments to count!

PLEASE STAND UP FOR HILLARY CLINTON and 18 MILLION+ of AMERICAN CITIZENS!!

Make us believe in the democratic process, that we ALL MATTER!  

Make us BELIEVE again.

The DNC should not let this year be any where a reflection of 2000; Democrats would never be credible or stand on PRINCIPLE if this is allowed to happen.

***THOUGHT:

These points (especially 2000 elcetoin) are very defensive points to the DNC; They have done anything they can to have plausible denialibity in terms of the will of the majority of the people.

Barack Obama 17,355,652 (49.55%)

DO WE GO WITH LEGITIMATE VOTES AND DEMOCRACY,

OR WITH CORRUPT CAUCUSES AND DISPROPORTIONATE DELEGATES ?

PELOSI SAYS GO WITH THE WILL OF PEOPLE.