KILDEE'S: Turf war divides Local Democratic Party!

KILDEE’S TURF WAR DIVIDES THE LOCAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY...NOT..
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Good Morning Flint
by Terry Bankert
http://attorneybankert.com/
02/17/08
Full article at: http://goodmorningflint.blogspot.com/
Summary posted to Flint Talk at:
http://www.flinttalk.com/
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THE RISE AGAIN OF THE DEAD RABBITS!

The contest for the Democratic presidential nomination between Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton, a white woman, and Barack Obama, a black man, has scrambled 21st century identity politics, producing startling turns in an election that, whatever its outcome, will make history.[SFG]

Hillary Clinton has come a long way from inevitability - and now experts see her as a presidential long shot. [DN]

A Daily News survey of party insiders, seasoned political consultants and academic experts give Clinton slim chances of defeating Barack Obama.[DN]

SUPER DELEGATE DALE KILDEE CONTINUES TO BACK FAILING ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE CLINTON.

Pretty much everyone expects some or all of Michigan's delegates to be seated at this summer's Democratic presidential nominating convention in Denver.[Freep]

Clinton's saving grace may well be the inroads she's made with superdelegates, the party insiders and politicians who can steer the direction of the nominating convention.[DN]

Don Kettl of the University of Pennsylvania said an edgy electorate, tired of war and partisanship, wants a leader who elevates the tone - and Clinton hasn't been able to make the sale.
[DN]

A 6-year-old Dan Kildee looked up to his uncle Dale when he was elected to the state Legislature. [FJ]

One would hope a grown man would be taller that a 6 yr old.[trb]

Dan Kildee later followed his uncle into a career in politics, worked on his uncle's campaigns to serve in the state Senate and Congress and calls the elder Kildee a great role model and friend.[FJ]

Regular employment would have slowed the dynastic rise.[trb]

But that doesn't mean they always agree. [FJ]

First blood has been drawn.[trb]

As Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama battle in a tight race for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Kildees have taken different sides. [FJ]

Some could say (me) that the Kildees are laying off their bets so that a Kildee ends up on the winning side. Mabey the Kildees sensed that they would be on the losing side again like in the 2007 Flint Race for Mayor?[trb]

However, "in the early trial heats against McCain, Obama does better. The superdelegates are very concerned about these negatives," Schmidt said.[dn]

SUPERDELGATE DALE AGAINST COMMON MAN DAN!

Dismissed as a meaningless beauty pageant and ignored for campaigning by all the top Democrats, Michigan's Jan. 15 primary seems to be gaining influence because one of those Democrats, Hillary Clinton, didn't take her name off the Democratic ballot and, consequently, easily won the uncontested race.[FREEP]

But it was after Bill Clinton injected race into the South Carolina primary last month that African Americans, one of the Democratic Party's most important voting blocs, abandoned his wife's candidacy in droves.[SFG]

Genesee County Treasurer Dan Kildee, 49, backs Obama, while U.S. Rep. Dale E. Kildee, D-Flint, 78, has endorsed the more established politician, Clinton. [FJ]

"Clinton's negatives are so high and Obama's positives so high, especially on the question '[Who] will unite or divide the country?'" said Steffen Schmidt of Iowa State University, who gives Clinton a 29.9% chance of pulling it off. [DN]

Now, from political pundits to the candidates themselves, everyone is talking about Michigan -- and Florida -- as a razor-thin margin separates Clinton and Barack Obama[FREEP]

Remember the song. Battle lines being drawns, nobodys right and nobody’s wrong...[trb]
He argued that the wheels started coming off in South Carolina - and the former President's involvement is to blame.[DN]

The split in Genesee County's prominent Democratic family could reflect what's happening on a national level - a perceived generational gap between Clinton and Obama supporters. [FJ]

Reflect or driven by a well positioned organization plays both sides. Any win is their win.[trb]

Political strategist Joe Trippi, John Edwards' former top aide, gives Clinton less than a 50% chance of winning. "The likeliest scenario is for Obama to continue to rack up more delegates than she does," he said.[DN]

THE REAL BATTLE IS SHOULD THE MICHIGAN DELGATION ,WHICH INCLUDES HIS UNCLE ,BE SEATED?

Now, Clinton wants the delegates to be seated -- she won in Michigan and in Florida, where all the candidates were on the ballot -- and it could erase Obama's advantage in delegates; Obama, on the other hand, says he sees a role for both states only if it's done "without skewing the delegate count."[FREEP]

Where are you on this issue Dan?[trb]

THE DEMOCRATIC ESTABLISHMENT IS FOR CLINTON AND AGAINST OBAMA.

Former Michigan Gov. Jim Blanchard, who cochairs Clinton's campaign in the state, said the primary results should be certified because Obama had a chance to compete and didn't.[FREEP]

Boy, Dan Kildee now anti establishment! I just love politics.[trb]

Watch our Dan here is another big shot siding with your uncle.[trb]

"I think the DNC is going to look at all the options, that you cannot disenfranchise the people who've already voted," said Gov. Jennifer Granholm. "The bottom line is Michigan's delegates will be seated."[freep]

"The Democrats always say it's within the family, and in my case, it actually is," Dan Kildee said with a laugh. "My uncle is my favorite political leader in America, and that won't change." [FJ]

Are ye fer me or are ye again me? Dan we are fe ya! Your verbal kiss on the cheek of you uncle says its not personal its just business. I tried to call my uncle to tell him that I am following Dans crew and going to the mattress. I could not reach him but he’s a Mccain man anyways.[trb]

A senior party official pegged her chance of winning at 25% - "Unless she wins Ohio and Texas, I don't see how this goes to the convention."[DN]

Across the country, some polls indicate Obama winning over the under-50 crowd while Clinton does better with older voters. [FJ]

I know whose desk these polls are sitting on.[trb]

Both Kildees, who were born on the same street in an east Flint neighborhood nearly 30 years apart, praise Clinton and Obama. [FJ]

Its like a present day Gangs of New York. That makes Dan head of the Dead Rabbitts, Dale heads the aging natives.[trb]

"I think both candidates, in terms of their ideology and ability to govern, would do well for this country," Dan Kildee said. [FJ]

Lets not offend anybody.[trb]

"I think Sen. Obama represents a sort of new optimism in American politics, which I think has very much been lacking over the last decade. This campaign has become a bit of a movement. To me, that's what the Democratic party needs." [FJ]

More of a tidal wave. When one comes, get infront and on high ground.[trb]

In the beginning "Obama's support, by contrast, was concentrated among the young, the prosperous and the highly educated. It was predominantly male and white. It was the base of former Democratic candidates Howard Dean, Gary Hart and Bill Bradley, Bositis said, "that would always lose."[SFG}

He also believes Obama, who has a diverse, multicultural background that includes living overseas, can help mend international relations. [FJ]

Bingo..imagine how this will change our image to the world.We need to improve our tarnished image cause by this president and this congress.[trb]

"In a matter of months with Barack Obama, we've seen white men support a black man for president," said James Taylor, a race and American politics scholar at the University of San Francisco. "We've seen the country's most pro-black president try to manipulate race against a black candidate. These are some transformational things that are happening in Obama himself. For those who support him, he represents an opportunity to deal with race in an unconventional way."[SFG]

Meanwhile, the elder Kildee strongly supports the woman he met before she was the first lady and before he even met her husband and future president. [FJ]

The editor has ,please note, not started by calling Obama a black man but begins by calling the
Senator a woman![trb]

Obama's novelty is not that he is the first black candidate for president, but the first black candidate who is not running as a black candidate. Obama has scrupulously avoided racial stereotyping, yet his race is an obvious element of his appeal that no rival can match. [SFG]

Thanks to the fast-growing Latino vote, many analysts believe 2008 will be the year when a presidential election will be decided for the first time by minorities. Some contend that milestone was already passed when President Bush drew more than 40 percent of Latino voters in 2004, providing his victory margins in closely contested Southwestern states.[SFG]

In the late 1970s and early '80s, the Congressman met with Clinton several times because both were involved with the Children's Defense Fund. [FJ]

Dale Kildee, a former teacher, worked with Clinton on issues they were most passionate about, such
as education,
child care
and healthcare. [FJ]

Too bad protecting our industrial base from foreign competition was not one of those priorities.[trb]

"We share many priorities," he
said. "I certainly have enormous respect for Barack Obama, and I think we have two great candidates out there. [FJ

Lets not offend anybody.[trb]

"But when you've worked with someone in the past on matters of common concerns, that does play a role." [FJ]

Does that make social relationships more important than policy positions?[trb]

Her record shows a dedication to improving government, he said.
"She asked me to endorse her, and I did," he said. [FJ]

The Kildee duo, both inspired
by such idols as John. F. Kennedy, have differed in opinions before.
A simmering family division.[trb]

But both Kildees endorsed Wesley Clark in the Democratic primary four years ago. [FJ]

"He's been working on my
campaigns since he was just a
child, and we're very good friends," Dale Kildee said of his nephew. "Generally, we've ended up supporting the same candidates because we share basically the same political philosophy.
"But we're not political clones." [FJ]

Dan is taller, better looking and smarter.[trb]

The competition between Clinton and Obama, who have traded sometimes harsh attacks throughout the race, has remained heated.[FJ]

Right![trb]

But for the Kildees, it's just a friendly difference of opinion. [FJ]
"I don't disagree with his choice
at all. I just came to a different
conclusion," Dan Kildee said. "He
and I have mutual respect and
admiration for each other... . He's the reason I entered politics in the first place." [FJ]

Lets not offend any body but let the wars begin. I am siding with Dan. Let there be a new day and a new leader. There will be a Kildee on the winning side as opposed to Flints last Mayorial race. [trb]

"Are these the same experts who said she'd lose New Hampshire by double-digits? People have counted Hillary Clinton out time and again this campaign and she's still standing strong," said Clinton spokesman Blake Zeff.[DN]

For the best display of the unconventional racial dynamic, look at Obama's appearance in Kansas, said Christopher Malone, a Pace University political scientist: "He goes to the hometown of his grandfather on his mother's side and points to a cousin in the audience, a 72-year-old woman who is as white as any other Kansan. Could you imagine him accepting the nomination and standing there and bringing up his family members, Kenyans and white Americans, and saying I am America, this is America? It really seems like a perfect storm here."[SFG]

I am throwing in with the Dead Rabbits.[trb]

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Posted here by Terry Bankert
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[FJ]
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[DN]
The Dailey News
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/02/17/2008-02-17_exjuggernaut_hillary_clinton_tanking_pro-2.html

[SFH]
SFGate.com
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/02/17/MNLTV1N04.DTL&type=politics


[Freep]
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http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080217/NEWS15/802170638

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