Obama Talks to the Press
Barack Obama ended his ten day “standoff” with his traveling press, when he took questions today from his traveling press corps at a Pittsburgh restaurant. The first question of the day - “Why no waffles today?”, referring to Obama answering a reporters question yesterday with, “Why is it that I just can’t eat my waffle?”
Obama responded, “Because they said that their pancakes were the best.” As he enjoyed breakfast, he looked at the press and offered them a bite. No one accepted. “You’re missing out,” he said.
After his meal, Obama took questions some more substantive questions from his press. Asked if he thought he had a chance of winning Pennsylvania’s primary today, Obama replied, “I always think we have a chance.” Noting he’d closed a big gap in the polls, he continued, “A lot of it is going to depend on turnout today, and it’s really hard to gauge.”
The campaign has been predicting a second place finish today, but stressed that Clinton needs to win by “blowout” proportions – more than 20 points. Obama noted, “If you take a look at how the delegates play themselves out at the end of the night, we should be able to measure, given how many contests are left, whether they can make up that ground.”
But in a campaign memo distributed to reporters, Obama’s team downplayed the significance of today’s results. “Tonight’s outcome is unlikely to change the dynamic of this lengthy primary. Fully three quarters of the remaining delegates will be selected in states other than Pennsylvania. While there are 158 delegates at stake in today’s primary, there are 157 up for grabs in the Indiana and North Carolina primaries two weeks from today. We expect that by tomorrow morning, the overall structure of the race will remain unchanged—except for the fact that there will be 158 delegates off the table.”
Obama was also asked about Bill Clinton’s answer yesterday on a Philadelphia radio station about his comments following Obama’s South Carolina victory when he compared the Obama to Jesse Jackson. The former president said that the Obama camp “played the race card” on him and that “we know now from memos in the campaign that they planned to do it all along.”
Upon hearing the question, where the reporter quoted Clinton, Obama chuckled and incredulously said, “Hold on a second, so former president Clinton dismissed my victory in South Carolina as being similar to Jesse Jackson and he is suggesting that somehow I had something to do with it? You better ask him what he meant by that. I have no idea what he meant. These were not words that came out of his mouth - not words that came out of mine.”
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Really, Obama talks? He seems to do that well. And he has all his supporters so inspired. After all inspiration is good enough to run this country. Who cares about our childerens future and our jobs and let”s just gamble our retirement savings because hey we have someone who inspires us. GIVE ME A BREAK!
The all important obama who thinks he is above answering questions finally gives the little media people afew minutes to ask questions and that is the best you can do? You people (media) are stupid. You are so stupid and this country will have to pay for it if that jerk is given control of this country. He’s not president yet so why are you stupid people so afraid of him?
I here Obamabots are having trouble with the polling machines, just like Obama did with his 6 “misvotes” in his state senate.
All Hillary needs to do is have a polling booth on the forth floor and the Bots would be stuck in the elevator all day
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPb7rLyajXs
video hillary /my girl
Obama has used race to bash the Clinton’s with. Everyone that has been following the election. I can name at least 8 times that Obama’s campaign or a supporter has tried to call the Clinton’s (who never has been accused as being racist) racist. A Harvard professor tried to say that the “3 am” ad was somehow racist. Now that one didn’t stick with the media but they still reported on it. Calling Hillary a racist for complimenting LBJ for moving the civil rights act forward. Obama saying that being compared to Jesse Jackson is somehow a “racist” statement is just insulting to Jackson. It’s like Obama thinks that Jesse Jackson is someone that you never would want yourself mentioned with. I think that is the true racism.
Greg Naylor, field operations director for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, said that there was no doubt Obama would take Philadelphia - but that he also had the potential to win Pennsylvania. Naylor is basing his prediction on the increased registration for the Democratic Party. The party has registered more than 50,000 new voters for the primary in the city alone and more than 100,000 for the state. The Obama campaign is given credit for most of the new registrations, which include those who, as I did, switched from no affiliation to Democratic to vote for Obama.
There’re also the demographics, which suggest that Obama does not need to take all or even most of the state’s 67 counties, but rather must concentrate his winnings in but 14 of them. That’s what Ed Rendell did to become governor.
I would do the same as Obama did.Waffle do get cold fast so what is the big deal .Reporter should know better .When people are eating let them eat when they are done then ask all the question you want.
Obama was 100% correct.
Pa news paper:Greg Naylor, field operations director for U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, said that there was no doubt Obama would take Philadelphia - but that he also had the potential to win Pennsylvania. Naylor is basing his prediction on the increased registration for the Democratic Party. The party has registered more than 50,000 new voters for the primary in the city alone and more than 100,000 for the state. The Obama campaign is given credit for most of the new registrations, which include those who, as I did, switched from no affiliation to Democratic to vote for Obama.
There’re also the demographics, which suggest that Obama does not need to take all or even most of the state’s 67 counties, but rather must concentrate his winnings in but 14 of them. That’s what Ed Rendell did to become governor.
The party has registered more than 50,000 new voters for the primary in the city alone and more than 100,000 for the state. The Obama campaign is given credit for most of the new registrations, which include those who, as I did, switched from no affiliation to Democratic to vote for Obama.
There’re also the demographics, which suggest that Obama does not need to take all or even most of the state’s 67 counties, but rather must concentrate his winnings in but 14 of them. That’s what Ed Rendell did to become governor.
I guess he feels that is safe to speak now that the polls are open. There is not much he can say at this point, that will make a big difference in Pa. He could however say something stupid, that could mess him up in the next contest, but he still has time for MSM to fix that for him.
Obama wouldn’t take questions for 10 days because he was afraid of what they would be..
William Ayers??
Obama dismissed Jesse Jackson’s victories, two of them, not Clinton. Obama dismissed them because in his view there was no comparison between his victory in South Carolina and Jesse Jackson’s, implying his own superiority of stature and as a Presidential contender.
Why didn’t anyone jump on that before? Jesse Jackson’s victories twenty years ago in a Southern state with a history of discrimination and the place the Civil War began was a great achievement for a great civil rights leader. It showed Obama’s superiority complex. He is a legend in his own mind. But Jesse Jackson is a legend, and will be recorded so historically. So we see the attitude of Obama again and I don’t how Bill Clinton got blamed for that whole thing.
Another demonstration of the Clintons’ memory problems. Bill got his facts of what was said when this “breakfast meeting” took place a bit mixed up. Look it up.
2008 2012lllll
I guess he felt it was safe to speak again, once the polls had already opened.
New site sent to me. Interesting.
http://www.exposeobama.com/obamanationbe.html
GO HILLARY !!!!
OBAMA IS ARROGANT!!! How can he ignore the press for 10 days!!! He will not talk without a prepared speech delivered from the teleprompter.
The more we learn about him - he is Scary - and what we don’t yet know is REAL SCARY!!!
This guy is such an arrogant jerk. I am glad that FOX news continues to expose him. He does not talk to the traveling press for 10 days. Why? Because he was upset that people finally question his character. I can not wait to see this arrogant, self-righteous, elitist, liberal jerk lose.
what is he talking about , obama did not win big in his states that he won, a win is awin.i bet he wishes he was winning in penn.
Did you notice Michelle Obama’s horrible table manners? The way she reaches across the table and rudely grabs food without saying excuse me? Yuck! Obama should be embarrassed! Maybe the are just faux snobs?
Ten days he wouldn’t talk to the press, he will bring the country together.
He talks to the press, but is he answering all their questions?
http://www.andwearenotsaved.blogspot.com
smoke all o gives is smoke 10 days of nothing. a campaign of nothing
I would rather he didn`t talk to the press. I`m tired of his voice.
Finally!!! Script has been prepared… And he’s now ready to talk…L O L
http://election.msn.com/?GT1=34123
vote wha ran a honorable campaign
obama is ahead ,,
pls go ,,,vote
I find it increibly amazing that Obama gets beaten up over Rev. Wright and Flag pins and Clinton never has to answer for her lies and deceptiveness.
Head of her campaign was pro-Columbia, husband was pro-columbia deal. Rendell praises Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan and She admits to lying about snyper fire.
Her husband makes his money by trying to broker a deal to sell american ports to Dubai and gives lectures all over China and the middle east.
They are in the middle of an upcoming court battle for campaign finance illegal practice.
How is it that she keeps getting away with this stuff?
If you are an onion skin person? You have no place in Politics.
Barack Obama can’t handle the heat??? - GET OUT!!!
Obama Parasites and his goons are very desperate now - They’re now threatening to create havoc on some polling places to pretend there are anomalies to desperately stop the counting.
Hillary Supporters watch for these Oba-maniacs!
Obama’s speech was good tonight.
But, the only thing I disagreed with what he said was when he equated whether someone is black, white, hispanic, etc.. to whether someone is “gay or straight.”
I believe those are two seperate issues.
Please allow me to translate Obama’s speech:
“Because of my ego I want to be King Shizzle Me Dizzle of Planet Earth. How dare anyone challenge me? How can anyone think that they can beat me as I rule the black vote. Despite the fact that affirmative action and qoutas got me preferencial treatment my entire life and I never had to work hard for anything, I deserve the Presidency because its time for a blackman to finally give reparations to all those who toiled the land. I may be young, educated, yet…ignorant, please don’t believe that I am truly ignorant because my lofty, empty worded speeches shall overcome the content and most of my followers…apparently bought into my bullcrap. Although I have never written any bill which was presented to the Senate floor, it doesn’t matter because my followers are blinded to the record. With my purple lips and charm……we shall prevail in November…….oommmm…shaka…laka…….oommmm….shaka……laka……”
Obama is in full spin mode!
Can’t win a single large blue state other than Illinois home turf!, and then says stupid things like “Clinton has to win by 20 points for her win to mean anything”
HAHAHAHAHAHAA
Obama you can’t handle the pressure of a debate when a few questions are asked of you, yet you will claim you can run the country and handle pressure a thousand times greater??? Cut me a break.
Super Delegates will think long and hard about this lack of blue state wins, they need to look at the long term effects on the general election, and will be less likely to buy into the argument by the obamaniacs camp saying” supers need to be a rubber stamp of the popular vote” - what a crock…. NO OBAMA
A memo from Obama camp states they planned to use the race card from the beginning of this year. What worries me is he is allowed to lie to his press about the memo he distanced himself when this memo came up at a debate.
Hey Obama thought you would be happy to have a debate about this or that, Why is it you have declined anymore? Kind of goes against what you say but as we are learning you say/do whatever you need to to win you are just another politician, nothing more nothing less.
K first Clinton needed to win period,then by at least 5 points, then it was by 6-7 points, then it was by double digits, Well Hillary did it. Now Obama supporters putting more pressure on Hillary to drop out. I don’t understand it she has won almost every electoral vote that matters in Nov. Why would anyone want her to drop out? Al Gore found out that winning the beauty pageant is a consolation but Democrats need a candidate that can win the states that count for them.
Obama has lost some of his luster, The true politician is coming out where he says what he has to to win and has been caught doing it with NAFTA and the small town statement and the typical whites.
BTW Obama only took that percent due to African American votes but they say whites have an issue voting for blacks? Maybe they should do a study on how African American seem to have a problem voting for a white.
Thank you for joining the rest of America in the conversation Obama. What a whiny snot he is turning out to be. Remember the press conference where he walked out and said “hey I have answered 8 questions”
This reminds me of Bush and his lack of press conferences. Clinton and McCain stand up like the adults they are and talk to the American people. Many times I do not like what they are saying but I can find out where they stand.
America First so Obama can eat his waffle
I guess that his traveling press has been scared sufficiently so that they will not ask him any meaningful or hard questions, but serve him up some nice fat easy ones. This is really enough to make you sick.
How can Obama run this country when he is afraid of the press? This is insane. How can he still be a candidate? The far left Liberals are going to destroy this nation and Obama is the tool they are using to do it. I am for McCain but I have got to admit that Clinton has class and strength. If the republicans have to lose I would rather it be to Clinton than Obama. He will never stand up to a crisis. He will run away and shut his door and not talk to anyone.
So now Obama wants to talk to the press. Yesterday he was so rude to his own press people. I guess his superiors told him he shouldn’t talk anymore until after the Pennsylvana voting was over. If he’s become the President, he needs to learn some manners on how to treat other people. He’s a mean joker. He’s selfish and arrogant and it’s showing quite often now. Hillary is the BEST DEM Candidate. I pray the superdelagates be honest and pick Hillary, a true leader for America and one that can beat McCain. Obama will not be able to beat McCain in November because he has too many negative racial groups backing him and McCain will eat Obama alive with all the baggage that has already been shown and other baggage I believe will show up before the Convention.
Superdelagates should pick a sure winner for November, which is HILLARY!!!!!!!
The picture is clearer now that Pennsylvania has had their voices heard. As a result, HRC’s chances of winning this election without stealing it are nearly impossible. if HRC manages to steal the democratic nomination what do you think that will do to her chances of winning in November? It will hurt them. Why? No dem since FDR has won the presidency without capturing ninety percent of the black white so if HRC steals the dem nod believe she will not have that critical support. With a Barack victory in North Carolina and a close race in Indiana, I expect HRC to drop out. If not, I will be convinced she is trying to damage Barack to the extent that he loses in November, allowing her to run again in four years.
Obama has intended to play the race card from the beginning
He and MO fully planned to cushion BO with race
It doesnt matter if it HC BC GF JM anyone they can try to label as racist they will
Its the only way they can try to detour any thing said about them
Bill Clinton is not a racist nor ids Hillary
BO has spent months bashing Bill in his sly little ways but we are all supposed to be too stupid to catch it
BO insists on saying past administrations always refering to the 90s etc as a way to convince people that Bill was a horrible president
I guess Bill is just a typical white guy in BOS eyes
I think BO has serious hatred for BIll not because he is Hillarys husband but because Bill will go down in history as one of the most favored presidents and BO knows it
Its that rich white guy problem he and his mentor Wright cant handle
So if the Big Dems want to push for the arrogant BO to run in the general let them go and when they lose we as americans can turn our backs on them the way they have the Clintons
As soon as BO wants to give millions to his brother in law in Kenya we can impeach his dumb A##
As usual the friendly press traveling with him asked him softball questions that are to his liking and advantage. What happened to the foreign policy question that was asked by that credible reporter when he whined that he just wanted to eat his waffle? Why don’t they ask him about his vague ideas on the economy? He talks about lowering taxes on the middle but he is clearly hinting that he considers fireman, policeman and nurses “wealthy people” and may very well be raising our taxes. Again I ask: How long are they going to keep this freshman senator, who may be our next president, in a glass bubble?
Why is it that Hillary Asked for more money last night in her speech? She explained to everyone that he out spent her 3:1 and she still won. So why is that she needs more of “your” money to keep her dream alive? Remember this is not about her it is all about you!! When he wins in Indiana and North Carolina on May 6th will she ask for more of “your” money to spend wastefully?
All these middle class American’s that are hurting so bad with mortgage payments, credit card payments, cost of fuel, cost of food and the list goes on and on. Both of these canidates talk about it and in the next breath they ask you kindly to donate by going to their website?? How retarded are you people??
Why is Hillary asking for more money when he out spent her 3:1 and she still won. She talked about middle class american’s struggling to pay mortgage payments, credit card debt, food for family, cost of fuel and the list goes on. She says this and in the next breath she is asking for people to give her more money. This is in your hands and I need you to continue.
I like the other fact that she says she wins the big states. The states he won don’t matter. Those votes or delegates don’t matter. She said the same about Michigan on a radio station prior to the votes casted their. I guess I am just curious in how she would win the GE with just the states she won and all these struggling families need to keep “her” dream alive by skipping out on there mortgage payment, credit card payment, sskip a meal just to keep her dream alive!! I find her quite sick
Obama, God wants you in the White House. I believe that He will leave no stone unturned to get you there, in spite of the evil forces that be. Vegeance is mine saith the Lord. Why do you think you have an African name. It is time to pay for slavery. I think this is how restitution will be made. America, pay your debt and get on with it.
Ok, so get this: Obama was so thoroughly humiliated when asked about HIS statements, friends and advisors that he pouted for 10 days. He wasn’t on a media freeze, HE WAS POUTING!!!.
Obama’s just another pretty little girl that needs to go back to playing with his Barbies.
You can talk to press - but no real Americans want to hear what you have to say. Go Hillary.
Thank you PA. At leat nearly 60% of you have s o m e sence. Be ware of Obama, He is a wolf in sheeps cloting. A real smooth talker who has never walked the walk. Three years in the Senate does not qualify him to be Commander and Chief.
Now the press must be in heaven as they now can hear their “hero” speak. Too bad they do not report in a non-bias way. Did they report of the ten day silence and their lack of access to the candiate…NO>>> Did Obama stay clear because he was afraid of what he would say or that he was afraid to answer questions. Well with this media, he really does not have to be afraid of questions that might make him look bad… So I guess the answer is that he has a fear of saying something… How is that for the guy of change and hope… He is more like the guy of mystery…
Obama has become increasingly snotty since he had to deal with reality.
He is weak
Bill, I know you are trying to right the wrong with Hillary, but give it a break. I am disappointed in you. I thought a lot of you until now. You have really lowered your standards. How low do you plan to go? God don’t like ugly, you should know. I guess winning is everything to Hillary, she would sell her soul to be our next commander in cheif. At age 60 do you think she can answer the 3:00 am call or willl she be tried.
Talking about elitism, this nerd sure has his saying.
He is condescending, contemptuous, and spiteful at large to the poor. Heaven knows what happen should he got elected in the WHITE HOUSE. It must be the worst nightmare for country foiks.
The most distasteful dose for all reporters is that this is the rock star they make and they should kick their rear by bringing this snob up for their pains.
Guess he doesn’t want to be asked any more real questions.. so hide from the press!
………..anyone that thinks Hillary or Bill Clinton could in any way be racist, have to be completely unaware of what each of them has accomplished for all humans…………….
Obama waffles on every tough question. His popularity with blue collar workers in PA. was flat as a pancake. The buttering up to the San Francisco limo liberals gave him heartburn in PA. His syrup like voice that changes from a MLK immitation when in the South to a faux Harvaaaard nasel twang in San Francisco to the Hawaii brudda brings to mind the snake oil salesmen of old.
He consorts with racists, bombers and fixer corruptors. He is a novice with the gift of gab of a Harold Hill selling band instruments on false promises.
The only difference is by some miracle Harold Hill got some music out of the victimized children. The American people are the victims with Obama.