Today the Clinton Run Ended

tenacity.... a leadership quality.

with this comment I expect to see Gore publicly call for the party to unite around Obama, with-in the week i hope.

As a Democrat, I have always placed the party ahead of the candidate I supported or worked for.

Roxxxanne wrote:

As a Democrat, I have always placed the party ahead of the candidate I supported or worked for.

Well, there's your problem.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a ''once-in-a- lifetime leader'' who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.

Richardson plans to join Obama at a rally in Portland, Oregon, at 12:30 p.m. Friday.

In an e-mail to supporters, Richardson said Obama will be a "historic and a great president, who can bring us the change we so desperately need by bringing us together as a nation here at home and with our allies abroad."

Richardson also said in the e-mail that he was touched by Obama's recent speech on race in America, saying he "understands clearly that only by bringing people together, only by bridging our differences can we all succeed together as Americans."

Richardson is the nation's only Hispanic governor. Hispanics have tended to support Obama's rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Richardson said the country is blessed to have two great American leaders and great Democrats running for president.

"My affection and admiration for Hillary Clinton and President Bill Clinton will never waver," Richardson wrote in his e-mail. "It is time, however, for Democrats to stop fighting amongst ourselves and to prepare for the tough fight we will face against John McCain in the fall."

OK, Here we go (I hope)....the first to fall behind Obama after his race speech made it clear that he is the one, and Clinton gaming the Michigan and Florida situation thereby proving she is not....

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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a ''once-in-a- lifetime leader'' who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-Obama-Richardson.html?hp

Some politicians do have a conscience.

Picking Up the Bill
What Richardson's endorsement means for Obama.
By John Dickerson
Posted Friday, March 21, 2008, at 6:56 PM ET
.................The Democratic race is like a CD stuck on a scratch, just waiting for the superdelegates to give it a kick and put it back on track. Bill Richardson took his shot. Now Obama has to hope that the other superdelegates hear the music and join in.

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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/20/michigan-do-over-dies/index.html?hp

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"I do not see how two of our largest and most significant states can be disenfranchised and left out of the process of picking our nominee without raising serious questions about the legitimacy of that nominee.
"So again, I would call on Senator Obama to join me in supporting the rights of the people of Michigan and Florida to have their voices and their votes counted. I have, as the Democratic National Committee has, come out in favor of an effort for a re-vote in Michigan.
"I do not understand what Senator Obama is afraid of, but it is going to hurt our party and our chances in November and so I would call on him, once again, to join me in giving the people of Florida and Michigan the chance to be counted as we move forward in this nominating process. "

It is all over now folks, she just killed the slim shot she had to getting the super delegates to over rule the popular vote. You don't tell the elders of the party that their process has produced an illegitimate nominee. The Clinton's were fully on board the party plan to put the hurt on these states because they blew off the party, now she does a 180 degree turn and goes against the party when it suits her personal interests. There are limits to what the Clinton's can get away with playing the victim, at some point their arrogance and sense of entitlement must be put down. Today is the day.