Another day another superdelegate commitment...to Obama

OKAY the weekend is over and the Obama camp is beginning to understand what it means to challenge power, for power knows no shame when it is attempting to hold onto its power. The power I am talking about is the power that is behind both the GOP and the Clinton contingency, it is the power that bails out Wall Street and is not even paying attention to Main Street, be it housing, healthcare, energy, jobs or education---meaning the "common good". Unfortunately for power when it forgets to properly manage the "common good" it loses all its underpinnings and trust within the governed allowing itself to be overturned---or as Thomas Jefferson said---a "revolution". Historically speaking it is self-evident that this election is going to have huge implications---or as 'DICK' Cheney once uttered..."elections have consequences [even those that were corrupted]. Today MSNBC reported that Greenspan stated that the current downturn in the economy could be the worst recession since World War II, [or in reality the Great Depression].

I will always remember the haunting passage in Paul O'Neill's pre-2004 book, "The Price of Loyalty" when he stated he had to resign his post as Secretary of Treasury because the Administration was not interested in doing competent policy but political-only policy. The thing is this draining of our economy and the further draining of our society is not just a Republican thing, the old leadership in the Democratic Party has also some accountability in mismanagement of the "common good". What Obama represents in mind and soul is to fundamentally change this entire system as Lincoln looked at the system in 1860 where the North and new West felt they were "aggrieved" with the South's stranglehold on the Federal Government with its slave-state economy and politics.

Now with the news of the day, Margie Woods (DNC-IL) committed to Obama today, the Minority Leader on the Will County Board, (part of the district that just elected a Democrat to succeed GOP'er Dennis Hastert), citing Obama ability to unite the country:

“I support Barack Obama for president because he is an inclusive candidate who is trying to unite our country, democrats, independents and republicans, around a common purpose. I have spent decades in public service, and I’ve never seen our young people so engaged and enthusiastic. Barack Obama hasn’t forgotten where he’s come from, and I believe he has the experience and the character to lead this great nation forward.”

In the other big news of course is Obama's 9-delegate gain in the Iowa County Conventions
Statewide: Obama won 52%, Clinton 32% and Edwards 16%. There are 16 delegates split up proportionately with Obama nabbing 8 delegates to Clinton's 5 and Edwards' 3.
picking up some of Edwards support and garnishing 52% of the county votes to Clinton's 32%.

Cong. District 1 (6 delegates): Obama won 54% to Clinton's 31% and Edwards' 14% (no viability). Obama won these delegates 4-2.

Cong. District 2 (7 delegates): Obama won 51% to Clinton's 30% to Edwards' 19%. Obama won these delegates 4-2-1

Cong. District 3: (6 delegates): Obama won 51% to Clinton's 31% to Edwards 18%. Obama won these delegates 3-2-1.

Cong. District 4: (6 delegates): Obama won 55% to Clinton's 34% to Edwards' 11% (no viability). Obama won these delegates 4-2.

Cong. District 5 (4 delegates): Obama won 47% to Clinton's 37% and Edwards' 15%. Obama won these delegates 2-1-1.

All told the count for each candidate: 25 for Obama, up from 16 from caucus night Jan 3rd, ), 14 for Clinton in that she lost one from her projection on caucus night 6 are still attached to Edwards, a loss of 8 since that historical night. MSNBC's overall delegate count is

• Pledged Count: Obama leads 1,409-1,250
• Superdelegates: Clinton leads 253-217
• OVERALL TOTAL: Obama leads 1,626-1,503
  

Obama netted 10 delegates from this new Iowa phase, which is more delegates than Clinton netted out of Ohio. som people in the political world are thinking that the Clinton campaign negative comments towards the caucuses is costing Clinton more delegates as now other caucus states meet for state convention final voting for national delegations.