Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS), on left, and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), on right, won't back Barack Obama.
More bad news for hope and change.
2 more Moderate Democrats bail on Obama.
The Politico reported:
Rep. Travis Childers, elected just weeks ago in a Mississippi special election, hasn’t endorsed anyone in the presidential race yet. “We have had our head down at work, trying to get our feet on the ground up here,” said Childers’ chief of staff, Brad Morris. “The presidential politics just has not been on our mind.”This follows Tuesday's news that:
Rep. Heath Shuler, a freshman Democrat from right-leaning North Carolina, has also been too busy to endorse. After Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton carried his district in the North Carolina primary, Shuler said he would cast his superdelegate vote for her at the Democratic convention.
Now that Clinton is out of the race? “We’ve gone back to his work up there in the House,” said Shuler spokesman Andrew Whalen. “We’re not really too focused on the presidential [race].”
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UPDATE: Oops! There goes another one... Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall won't endorse Obama.
Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) won't endorse the most liberal senator for president.
This is encouraging news. Let's hope the trend continues!
ReplyDeleteI always figured that an Obama presidency would have much more trouble with Blue Dog Democrats in Congress than even with Republicans.
ReplyDeleteWhen someone says they haven't endorsed anyone yet, it isn't the same as saying they will not endorse anyone ever.
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ReplyDeleteThis is not a good sign for Obama. It is also one of those reasons why I do not think Obama is going to get the nomination.
I do not know how many times I have to repeat the following...
Everyone tends to forget that Obama has not "clinched" the nomination. Neither he or Hillary have enough pledged delegates to win it. It will be decided by the superdelegates.
Here is a list of the superdelegates.
You see, alot of those superdelegates are also elected officials. If they start to believe that having Obama as the nominee is going to be a great big mill stone around their necks dragging them down with them they will bail out on him. Also remember that most of the new 2006 Democrat congresscritters ran as "centrists" and that is the only reason why most of them got elected. Having moonbat Obama as the nominee could prove quite detrimental to their re election chances especially considering the ultra partisan farce that Nancy and Harry have made out of the Congr3ess and Senate.
When someone says they haven't endorsed anyone yet, it isn't the same as saying they will not endorse anyone ever.
ReplyDeleteIn a primary, yes.
In the general? Well, technically, you are right, but it does mean they won't be endorsing their party's nominee.
Haven't we also seen a few conservative Republicans refuse to support McCain, too? Should be an interesting election.
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ReplyDeleteCongressman Shuler is my Congress Critter, and portrays himself as a conservative back home, so he cannot afford to be seen as voting for Obama.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this is all despite voting with Nancy Pelosi 80% of the time.
His challenger will give him a run for his money.
Mahoney Fl-16 says he won't endorse either.
ReplyDeleteI believe part of this is they are waiting to see the outcome of the convention.
Imagine if Hill pulls a rabbit out of the hat some way there and everybody has to backtrack all at once.
The left side was posting lists today of the 14 or so senate republicans who haven't endorsed McCain.
Is there really a point to this of any serious impact. I think little.
There is a difference between R's not endorsing McCain and D's not endorsing Obama.
ReplyDeleteMcCain has always tried to maintain the image of a "maverick", and that continues to be part of his campaign. In some ways it actually helps him with the independent/centrist voters that he's trying to attract if some R's stay away from him, particularly if these R's are particularly right-leaning.
Obama has presented himself as the "party uniter" and "man of the people". When people in his party, particularly centrist members of his party won't endorse him, it stains his candidacy because it goes against the image he's trying to present.
Reject the SELECTED [Obama]. Respect the ELECTED [Clinton].
ReplyDeleteA question: What would FDR think about the NEW DEAL the DNC has forced on us - the NEW COALTION of the young, liberal elites, urban and suburban voters? He would say this is a day that will go down in infamy! According to Donna Brazile, a SuperDelegate for the upcoming Presidential election, we of the OLD coalition are not needed anymore - not much room left under this bus. The [undemocratic] Demoractic Party is not about winning the election, it is instead about building a coalition, a new coalition according to Brazile. She told us of the old coalition that we could just "stay home." Let her know what you think about her NEW coalition - Hillary Republicans!
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In the general? Well, technically, you are right, but it does mean they won't be endorsing their party's nominee.
ReplyDeleteThey may have been waiting for the first polls to come out. When they see how Obama is polling nationally or in their district, they may change their minds (or they may not). I think it's too early to say. Of course in the end I expect not all Dems to endorse Obama, nor all Reps to endorse McCain. Nor is it the end of the world. Some dissent within the party is probably a good thing in the long-run.