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Open discussion: WWOS?

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Submitted by Travis Valentine on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 1:18pm.

The first part of this week's open discussion will focus on what will happen after tomorrow's contests in OR and KY. Specifically What Will Obama Say? In an e-mail to the Obama listserv, Campaign Manager David Plouffe uncharacteristically says to, "Be sure to tune in tomorrow night to see Barack's speech." Since this piece from the Politico's Carrie Budoff Brown (a fellow CYHS alum) calls into question the post-WV rumors that Obama would claim victory after May 20, I wonder what he will say tomorrow night. What are your thoughts?

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PS - the next open discussion topic will be determined soon. In the meantime, I'd like your thoughts on these. Shout out to Ben Smith for pointing out the Obama Air Force Ones. Is an Obama "Jumpman" clothing line next?

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Obama Kicks

Submitted by Jake Berliner on Mon, 05/19/2008 - 3:29pm.

Talk about a generational divide. I guess these are the new "Air McCains."

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Post insight

Submitted by Travis Valentine on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:24am.

Dan Balz's article in today's Washington Post has more on what Obama might say tonight:

...Obama will not celebrate primary night in either of those states. Instead, he has chosen to be in Iowa, where his victory in the caucuses in January turned the Democratic race upside down. There, at a rally in Des Moines, he is expected to declare that he has secured a majority of the pledged delegates currently eligible to attend August's Democratic convention in Denver.

Obama and his advisers insist the event will stop short of a declaration that he has won the nomination. But it will be seen as another signal to superdelegates to climb aboard his bandwagon as quickly as possible.

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Pledged Delegate Majority

Submitted by Aaron Jacobs-Smith on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 8:30pm.

As I watch a little cable news, it seems that even if Obama doesn't mention his expected pledged delegate majority, the talking heads certainly will. That's a metric they've been quick to jump on. And based on what the surrogates are saying, it looks the Clinton camp will be pushing back with their popular vote argument, which of course relies on the spurious assumption that Florida and Michigan should be included in the tally.

Given how Obama is scheduled to deliver his speech from Iowa, it looks like he is continuing to focus on the general election and I think it will be interesting to see how much attention he gives to Hillary. I would bet the answer will be, not very much.

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