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May 07, 2008
Split Decision :Obama Camp Credits ‘Operation Chaos’ for Clinton Lead in Indiana
Obama: Limbaugh to Blame for Clinton Indiana Lead
Obama Camp Credits ‘Operation Chaos’ for Clinton Lead in Indiana
Barack Obama’s campaign issued an e-mail on Tuesday night that appeared to relegate Hillary Clinton’s lead in Indiana to efforts by Rush Limbaugh to wreak havoc in the Democratic presidential primary contest.
In an e-mail entitled “The Limbaugh Effect in Indiana = 7 percent,” Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton wrote: “According to the latest exit polling data, 17 percent of voters in the Indiana primary today said they would vote for John McCain in a Clinton/McCain match-up. Forty-one percent of that number is constituted by people who voted Clinton in the primary but also indicated they will vote for McCain in the general election. That comes out to just under 7 percent of the primary electorate the number that may be attributed to a Limbaugh Effect.”
“The Limbaugh Effect” referred to “Operation Chaos,” which the conservative radio talk show host launched early in the primary season to create “balance” in the 2008 primary contest after he said liberal influences helped John McCain emerge as the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
Limbaugh has said his scheme to tilt the Democratic primary exceeded his expectations.
“I see the Obama campaign is saying Operation Chaos accounted for a 7-point bump for Hillary in Indiana. I think they are just jealous that I out-organized them,” Limbaugh told FOX News Tuesday night. “I am extremely proud of Operation Chaos volunteers. I never doubted they would triumph and it is a delight to see.”
Clinton was leading in Indiana by 4 percentage points with a few counties outstanding. Speaking from North Carolina Tuesday night, Obama credited Clinton for “what appears to be her victory in the state of Indiana.”
The impact of “Operation Chaos” is difficult to measure. Indiana holds an open primary, and according to FOX News exit polls, 11 percent of voters in the Democratic contest were Republicans. Fifty-three percent of them said they chose Clinton, while 47 percent voted for Obama.
Twenty-three percent of Indiana voters called themselves independents or non-affiliated, and 47 percent said they supported Clinton compared to 53 percent for Obama. Democrats made up 66 percent of voters, and 53 percent voted for Clinton compared to 47 percent for Obama, the exit poll respondents said.
The exit polls showed that in a hypothetical Clinton-McCain matchup, 73 percent of those who voted in the Democratic race said they’d vote for Clinton, compared to 69 percent who said they would choose Obama if he is McCain’s opponent.
However, of the 19 percent of voters who said they would choose McCain against Obama if that were the general election matchup, only 12 percent voted for Obama in the primary.
And this from :
McClatchy Newspapers
INDIANAPOLIS
Many black voters are making it very clear: They're concerned that Barack Obama is going to be denied the Democratic presidential nomination that they see as rightfully his, and if that happens, a lot of them may stay home in November.
"It would hurt me not to vote," said Charles Clark, an Indianapolis retiree. He's thinking about leaving the presidential box on his ballot blank this fall if Hillary Clinton is the Democrats' nominee.
"There was a heck of a push made so blacks could vote. I know that," he said. "But it would also be very unfair if they pushed Barack Obama to the side."
Michelle Moore, an Indianapolis housewife, is less gentle: "Hillary Clinton would not even still be in the race if Obama was a white man," she said.
Hunter Bacot, an associate professor of political science at Elon University in North Carolina, saw another piece of political history haunting black Obama backers.
"There's a sentiment among blacks that they've been taken for granted by the Democratic Party," Bacot said. "If Obama loses, it's as though their candidate's victory was overturned."
Wild Thing's comment........
WOW for a grown man ( questionable on the MAN part of my statement since he is such a wuss! ) Obama sure is a HUGE whinner, cry baby! You won NC and Hillary won IN, now move on there is nothing else for you to whine about till the next compalint you and your bad attitude wife can come up with.
Now it's Oregon's turn. With the Indiana and North Carolina primaries concluding, presidential hopefuls B. Hussein Obama and Hillary Clinton will turn much their attention toward Oregon.
Posted by Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 02:55 AM
Comments
I personally don't know how either of these village idiots got any votes at all. Both have said nothing about how to fix any problems except for the "cut and run" and the "spend and tax." that they do ALL the time!
Either of these two will raise taxes on the middle class, repeal tax breaks that are desperately needed by middle America and chip away at our rights.
America was founded on a REPUBLIC, not a DEMOCRACY.
Posted by: Lynn at May 7, 2008 07:50 AM
Michelle Moore, an Indianapolis housewife, is less gentle: "Hillary Clinton would not even still be in the race if Obama was a white man," she said.
If Obama was a white man he wouldn't even be in the primary. Their's no way a wet behind the ears senator would be allowed to campaign for the Democrat nomination for President. Geraldine Ferraro hit the nail on the head and they threw her under the bus for telling the truth.
Posted by: BobF at May 7, 2008 09:15 AM
This Democrat primary is really showing that the Black community has a lot of racism in it. Everybody, including Obama himself, keeps forgetting he is half White. I know he has publically rejected his White background, but it is a fact.
I hope this Democrat war continues right up to, through and after Denver. I hope their Party is as split and fractured as the Repub Party is. We need two new political partys in America that actually represent the opposing views of Liberalism and Conservatism.
Posted by: TomR at May 7, 2008 09:26 AM
Did we peak as a country in 1980, when Ronald Reagan became President ? It seems like we been sliding down hill ever since. George H.W. Bush , The Team Clintons, GW Bush but, now... we don't even have a choice. We have a disaster waiting to happen.
Posted by: Mark at May 7, 2008 09:31 AM
Barack Obama's campaign has come down to the one issue of race. Those that vote for him because he is an African-American and those that vote against him because, in large part, he and his campaign deny that he is, in fact, an Anglo-African-American if not just an AMERICAN without hyphen.
As long as Barack Hussein Obama and his hate filled and depressing wife play the race card for votes, others can play the race card to not vote for him. Personally, I have no problem voting for someone regardless of their race as long as they have conservative views and a record of initiating and supporting conservative values. I do have a big problem with someone who hates half of his heritage so much that he makes that hate a cornerstone of his campaign.
As far as Operation Chaos goes, Democrats have been interfering with the Republican primary process for a long time. They were successful in making John McCain the nominee this year.
So Democrats, stop whining and just shut up. Your holier than thou hypocritical interference record speaks for itself.
Posted by: Les at May 7, 2008 03:40 PM
TomR, you're right about the Black community. Look at all the Clinton's supposedly did for the Black community and now they've turned on the Clinton's to support Obama.
Posted by: BobF at May 7, 2008 05:08 PM
Lynn your right, they want to promise everything under the sun and then have no plan how to pay for it, because they funding their promises will all be from our tax dollars. grrrrrrr
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 06:24 PM
BobF your absolutely right, Obama is their tool to take America in the most horrific road to destruction.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 06:26 PM
Tom your right and I think Obama hates that part of him, the part that is white. I think he resents it.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 06:31 PM
Mark,yes that is what has happened, ever since Ronald Reagan it has gone down hill. Little by little and some things in huge leaps. It breaks my heart and I have cried often about it.
I am so concerned about the future of our beloved country.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 06:36 PM
Les, exactly, the thing Operation Chaos has done is keep Hillary in there as much as possible. If Operation Chaos had not happened Obama would have won already and can you imagaine how his ego and snobbiness would be today. He would be even worse then he already is. I just pray it goes right to the DNC convention if possible, with lots of democrats very upset. At least we can have fun watching them get upset since we have no one to cheer on for our side that we are excited about.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 06:41 PM
Denver will no doubt be a piece of work,if the Hill and the O'b get it on it will be a blood
bath along with the added atraction of the anarchist who plan to turn the convention upside
down, it should be a site to see...You know McCain
might not be the #1 choice but when you look a the
alternative he isn't so bad, add to that if the O'b gets in it will more than likely be 8 years,
now that is scarry...We are going thru some hard times but history will tell you it's been one hell of a lot worse.To find the cause we need to
look no further than our own mirror.The we have to have it all, Cars,suv's ski boats House's that folks couldn't afford ect,ect!!! Don't give a rats
ass about gas milage,don't vote.Going down the road happy a a pig in S**t.It can be fixed and it
will be hard but folks it's time to "COWBOY-UP"
Cause you can't fix stupid!!!
Posted by: Tincan Sailor at May 7, 2008 07:57 PM
Our gas isn't so bad, as of to-day Taupo
New Zealand was 1.90 per lt.or 7.60 per gal.
when I left there in march it was 6.25.
Posted by: Tincan Sailor at May 7, 2008 10:59 PM
Tincan Sailor, I just hope Hillary can manage to hang in there. I really want to see a mess at the DNC convention. Like Obama throwing a fit would be a nice thing to see.
As far as gas goes, if someone would stand up to the evil enviro's we would have all the gas we need. I know I have but I have no pull like our elected leaders do.
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 7, 2008 11:07 PM
"CHAOS..... Well Chief WT they haven't seen CHAOS yet! - Cone of Silence 1967/2008?"
Posted by: Maxwell Smart Agent 86 at May 7, 2008 11:59 PM
Maxwell Smart Agent 86, hahaha
Posted by: Wild Thing at May 8, 2008 04:14 AM
