Barack Obama Votes for….Barack Obama!
As he walked away from the ballot box at a Chicago elementary school this afternoon, Barack Obama joked to reporters, “It was close, but in the end I went for Obama.” The senator and his wife Michelle stayed at the polling place in the Hyde Park neighborhood for nearly a half an hour after voting, where they greeted students and teachers, poll workers, and other voters as a gaggle or reporters looked on, trying to get his attention.
When he ambled over to the waiting journalists who had set up microphones, he stressed he had time to take just two questions. The senator had a slew of satellite television and radio interviews to do this afternoon - and he squeezed in a game of basketball at Chicago’s East Bank Club. The candidate has something of a tradition of playing games on caucus and primary days with staff and Secret Service.
Obama was asked to anticipate today’s outcome, as Super Tuesday is traditionally the day that decides a party’s nominee for president. But probably not this year. “I think everybody is flying blind on this one,” he responded.
When the primaries were “one state at a time we could actually track and get a sense of how the election and turnout was going. Here we’ve got 22 states and noody can keep track of it. What we know, though, is that the last couple weeks we’ve seen tremendous excitement,” he explained.
He then added, “My guess is we’ll have a good night.”
Watch Obama vote here:
Later at a “pen and pad” briefing in the press file adjacent to the site of Obama’s rally tonight, Campaign Manager David Plouffe said as long as it’s close in terms of pledged delegate support, it will be a successful night for Team Obama. They don’t expect to win more states or delegates than Senator Clinton, but look for it to be closer than thought just weeks ago. If they can get by without a severe loss, the Obama campaign would regain a sense of confidence because “we get to states in smaller bite sizes, two or three on a day, where we think we can actually get in there and campaign and have the focus be a little bit more intensive,” Plouffe explained.
But stay tuned. Plouffe stated that anything is possible on Super Tuesday. “Who knows what could happen tonight, there could be some surprises on their side too,” he said.
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I can’t help but think about the first President who used his declaritory war powers. President James Madison declared war against Great Britain on June 12, 1812 after he passed a bill declaring foregin trade outlawed. It didn’t hurt Britain but it hurt the US. Britain looked at this move as an act of rebellion and responded like the US needed a good whipping for our dis-loyalty and Admiral Alexander Cochran sent his troops lead by General John Ross to come and whip our butts.
Fortunately for us, they were also fighting Napoleon for the next two years and they arrived on US soil on August 24, 1814 in Blanesburg, Maryland, which is 6 miles from Washington D.C. President James Madison and his Secretary of State James Monroe rode out on horse back to rally the troops but the British troops experience with Napoleon proved too much for the U.S, troops and their militia’s and defeated us.
President Madison sent word back to his wife Dolly that the British were advancing towards Washington and to get out of the White House. In her calm manner and her ability to think about our history, the First Lady had the first painting of President George Washington taken down and packed to take with her, she was a true heroin to be able to think about preserving our country’s history.
The British came to D.C. and set all of Washington afire including the White House. That was the United States first 911 and American’s watched as our Capitol was burning, much like Atlanta did in the Civil War.
Then on August 25, 1814, Washington D.C. was hit with a huge tornado and the British troops that were not killed in the fierce tornado were battered, so then did the British retreat. Our Great Nation was a force that God himself had a hand in.
We should never forget what it means to be free and to vote in this great nation of ours. We are the luckiest people on earth, the strongest, the most rich and the most giving. I hope we never forget how far we have come as a nation. I love this land and the people in it, even the ones on the other side of the political isle. I’d rather be an American, than be a resident of any other country in the world.
Barack Obama voted for Barack Obama? Thats just great, now I know why I voted for Hillary! lol
OBAMA is not crazy why would he vote for hill ?
Lets face it, no more Minica Lewinskys ,no more Jennifer Flowers ,no more Paula Jones
Finally a clean house !!!!!!
OBAMA 08 *=
We hope in Germany for Barack Obama! To be honest: Your American Image in the whole world needs a new reputation building!!!