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We'd rather switch than have a fight

post from Obama-08 on 01 May 2008 04:35:00 PM. © Obama-08

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Following the Rev. Wright Snippet Trail

post from Progressives for Obama on 01 May 2008 12:25:00 PM. © Progressives for Obama

WHO DUNNIT?

Is There
a Deep Throat
Transmitter of
the Wright Tapes?

By Tom Hayden

In the feeding frenzy over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright?s sermons, one basic question is conspicuously ignored.

Who dunnit?

Who first obtained the tapes from Trinity Church?
Who first spliced and edited those tapes?
Who first took them to what media outlets?
Who first in the media received the tapes?
Who first decided to play those tapes over the air?

If the media was the source, would the tapes have been edited in the same fashion?
No one in the media has taken credit for discovering, editing and showing the tapes.
If it was an outsider, who was it? This matters for more than historical reasons. It matters if it was a hit job. It matters if the tapes were edited to maximize the negative. It matters if the media used the tapes without mentioning the source.
The question will be asked until it is answered. http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com

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Caroline Kennedy Audio

post from Blog Obama '08 on 01 May 2008 11:04:00 AM. © Blog Obama '08

Courtesy of Purdue University's public radio, here's the audio of Caroline Kennedy's speech yesterday at the Tippecanoe Public Library.

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IN BRIEF: Kudos for BlogObama '08

post from Blog Obama '08 on 01 May 2008 10:59:00 AM. © Blog Obama '08

I received word that Blogged.com has named BlogObama08 one of its Top 10 Barack Obama blogs. Nice...

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Hoosier Super Delegates back Obama

Two prominent Hoosier Super Delegates have thrown their support behind Barack Obama. Rep. Baron Hill, who represents a crucial swing district in Indiana, endorsed the Illinois Senator yesterday and later today, former DNC chair, Joe Andrew, will announce he is switching from Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama.

According to an AP story:

"I am convinced that the primary process has devolved to the point that it's now bad for the Democratic Party," Andrew said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

Bill Clinton appointed Andrew chairman of the DNC near the end of his presidency, and Andrew endorsed the former first lady last year on the day she declared her candidacy for the White House.

Andrew said in his letter that he is switching his support because "a vote for Hillary Clinton is a vote to continue this process, and a vote to continue this process is a vote that assists (Republican) John McCain."

"While I was hopeful that a long, contested primary season would invigorate our party, the polls show that the tone and temperature of the race is now hurting us," Andrew wrote. "John McCain, without doing much of anything, is now competitive against both of our remaining candidates. We are doing his work for him and distracting Americans from the issues that really affect all of our lives."

Andrew said the Obama campaign never asked him to switch his support, but he decided to do so after watching Obama's handling of two issues in recent days. He said Obama took the principled stand in opposing a summer gas tax holiday that both Clinton and McCain supported, even though it would have been easier politically to back it. And he said he was impressed with Obama's handling of the controversy surrounding his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

As for Hill, the AP said:

Hill said in a statement that some had advised him to not choose yet between Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, but decided he could not wait.

??We cannot continue to pursue the same politics of personal destruction we have engaged in for a generation,?? Hill said. ??I believe Senator Obama has the capability to change the tone and tenor of politics in Washington. I believe that he can and will work with both parties and elevate the level of public discourse.??

Hill joins Rep. Andre Carson of Indianapolis in endorsing Obama. The state?s three other Democratic congressmen have not backed either candidate, while Sen. Evan Bayh is supporting Clinton.

Hill?s endorsement give Obama the backing of four Indiana superdelegates to five supporting Clinton. Those superdelegates are party leaders and elected officials who are free to vote as they choose at the Democratic convention.