C.T.R. NEWS BRIEF#4

C.T.R. NEWS BRIEF#4 Hosted by Butch Leake
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THE TIME IS NOW

President Obama rips the GOP an those that have been on a campaign to
derail his health care plan.

He made his appeal to Congress an the nation last night to revive his troubled
young presidency and crusade to give health care to all Americans.

It was a dark moment that showed the depth of the divide an the the partisan politics
being played out between the parties.

The President having to confront critics from all around him has to meet the challenge
of pleasing conservative Democrats who fear he will do to much and Republicans
who are crying doom.

In his speech he said he was the first President to take up the cause an he is
determined to be the last President to do so.

With a gloomy look on there faces, the GOP sat there listening as he spelled out his
agenda.

South Carolina Republican Rep. Joe Wilson shouted, "You Lie" at the President.

Still insisting he will heal the partisan divide, Obama lashed out at the GOP who
he blames for distorting the debate and staking the future on defeating reform.

The truth is those who seek to derail the President, just haven't come to terms
that he has out classed them on every level since before and after coming to office.

The GOP has never had a sound agenda or a candidate that could bring one forward.

This talk of socialism coming from the right is just another diversion created to
try an derail his election promises.

Change for Washington is a hard nut to swallow for those politicians who have been
entrenched in the old way for so long.

"I will not waste time with those who have made calculation that it's better politics
to kill this plan, than improve it" he vowed.

"if you misrepresent what's in the plan we will call you out"

He said he understood how difficult the health care debate has been an know that
many in the country are deeply skeptical that Government is looking out for them.

Obama admitted saying it would be safer to delay reform......

We did not come to fear the future; we came here to shape it.....

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WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

Happy New Year, with all the problems we have on the home front with the economy,
the year begins with with a bang. A new conflict begins in the Middle East with two
old advarsaries Israel and Hamas. The new american administration has it's work
cut out to try and broker an on going peace in the region which has thus far been
impossible to do. At this current writing Israel has amassed it's tanks and troops
on the border in preparation for a ground assault on Gaza which seems to be
imminent.... Are we in a further meltdown as far as US foreign relations? Or can the
new Obama administration broker a workable plan for the region.....
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HE HAS BEEN DELIVERED

Senator Barack Obama has won the 2008 Presidential Election to become the 44th President of The United States, out gunning his rival Senator John McCain in electorial votes.

Takeing Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Ohio which was the game winner for the race to the White House. No one has ever won the White House with out winning Ohio.

Obama managed to hold on to the Democratic Heartland states and winning the majority votes
in Virginia.....

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OBAMA ACCEPTS THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION....

Barack Obama accepted the Democratic nomination in a packed stadium and challenged John McCain to debate "who has the temperament, and judgment, to serve as the next commander in chief."

In a riveting speech the Illinois Senator spelled out his plan for change to the American people.

Obama was greeted by tens of thousands of cheering supporters chanting "yes we can."

He called upon Americans to help usher in an era of change after eight years of what he called failed policies.

"Change happens because the American people demand it -- because they rise up and insist on new ideas and new leadership, a new politics for a new time," he said.

He brushed aside critiques from his Republican opponent, accusing him of being out of touch.

"It's not because John McCain doesn't care. it's because John McCain doesn't get it," he said of economic problems facing the country.

Point by point, he addressed McCain's policies on the Iraq war, the economy, offshore drilling and health care, accusing him of pursuing the same policies as the Bush administration.

Earlier in the evening former president Al Gore and Gov. Bill Richardson gave power speeches
blasting John McCain's support of Bush failed policies.

Vice President to be Joe Biden gave a surprise visit also blasting John McCain's policy.

There were performances by Sheryl Crow and Stevie Wonder who sang sign seal delivered.

Wed Former President Bill Clinton indorsed Obama and said he is ready to lead the country.

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CLINTON TO SUSPEND CAMPAIGN

Senator Hillary Clinton is set to suspend her campaign at the end of the week
and concede to Barack Obama.

She is set to acknowledge her support and backing of Obama for the Presidency.
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HISTORY MAKING

The Democratic party made history last night with the first African American nominee
for President of the United States.

Senator Barack Obama won out over Senator Hillary Clinton in delegates to clinch
the nomination. But as always Clinton refused to concede and maintained her defiance
while exploring a future strategy.

Some say she will try an use her political savvy as a bargaining tool for the Vice President
position on the ticket.....

It may be a little to late as this bitter battle winds down as bridges are not that easy
to fix owing to the ferocity that this campaign has taken.

Could they work together an be comfortable? that would be something that would
have to be explored. Then there is the Bill Clinton factor, baggage which might turn
out to be a bad liability owing to his shoot from the hip tirades....

Obama will have an up hill battle as he seeks to mend the unity of the
party that has been fractured over the coarse of the primaries.

Last nights primaries were split with Hillary Clinton winning South Dakota and Obama
taken Montana which gave him enough of the delegates to win the nomination.

Go to cnn.com for statistics and analytical commentary........ (CORNER TALK REPORT)

POLITICAL THEATER

President Bush recent tirade in the Israel knesset on the states 60 birthday
just shows the administrations continued flawed an deceptive policies.

Everyone knows this is nothing more then political theater played out by
a president who has fallen even lower in the ratings than Nixon during
watergate.

His recent attack on Sen. Obama on his willingness to have dialog with countries
that the current administration deem as enemies of the United States is a continuation
of the scare tactics which this president has used since the beginning of the Iraq war.

Israel has admitted it self that it has back door dialog with organization such as Hamas
an Hezbollah in seeking release of prisoners held by these groups and conducted these
kind of talks for years.

This only shows the reality of Middle East politics as it really is and not what the
rhetoric of what the Bush administration is trying to project to the American public.

Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain is echoing nothing more than the same old scare
tactics with his continuation of the Bush policy as we move towards the November
national elections for the President of the United States. (CORNER TALK REPORT)

CLINTON WINS CLIFF HANGER

Sen. Hillary tonight after a long cliff hanger in Indiana wins the primary by
a narrow margin of 51% to Barack Obamas 49.

The night began with a Clinton spread of 10% which dwindled by 12pm in the evening
to 2 points.....

Obama won decisively in North Carolina early in the night 56% to Clintons 42.

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NO GAME CHANGER

Obama has a comfortable win over Clinton in the North Carolina Primary.

Clinton predicted this could be the game changer if she could win both
Indiana and North Carolina....

It is expected that Clinton will win Indiana but the decision will be close as
54percent of the vote is in but no projected winner as of yet..... (CORNER TALK REPORT)

PRIMARY DAY NORTH CAROLINA

Big day today as voters in North Carolina head to the polls and cast there choice
of candidate into days primary..... This has been considered a crucial day for
both candidates as they compete for those dwindling delegate pools and the
candidate for nomination to go into the national elections in November...

Of the 4,049 Democratic delegates, Obama has netted 1,491 pledged to Clinton’s 1,339. Clinton leads Obama with 269super-delegates to Obama’s 255. (CORNER TALK REPORT)

ANOTHER MILESTONE

Another milestone has been etched in US history as the death
toll in Iraq has reached the 4,000 mark since the beginning of
the war 5 years ago. A sad reminder to this Ill conceived and
completely miscalculated period in US history.

Bush Monday expresses his sympathy to the families of the 4000
Americans who lost there lives, promising that they will not have died in vain.

Four US soldiers lost there life sunday when they were killed
by a roadside bomb....

McCain continues his pro Bush doctrine of occupation an totes
another 100 years of US occupation.......

The United States has sadly lost it's way, led down a blind alley
by republican adventurism. (CORNER TALK REPORT)

A BREACH OF PRIVACY

Can we just believe the recent invasion of Obama's passport file
is just the antic's of some curios contract employee or is there something
else going on here.

In 1991 the then-Gov. Bill Clinton’s passport file was compromised while he
waged a campaign for the White House against President George H. Bush.

The state Dept. announced that Mr. Obama's passport file had been
accessed three times over the pass 3 month by curious contract
employees.

The first breach, being reported took place on Jan 8, shortly after Obama
defeated Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N--.Y.) in the Iowa Caucus.
Again it was tapped on Feb. 21, and again on March 14.

The Obama camp is demanding to know who opened Mr. Obama's
file and to get to the bottom of who is responsible for this outrageous
breach of security and privacy. But a senior State Department official
continues to echo there was no political or malicious intent.
just the antics of the "curious".

This latest new comes on the heels O Mr. Obama's historic speech
on race in America which received 1.6 million clicks over on the youtube
site.

CLOSET RACISM

Whats the matter with these people? It's seems to disturb them when someone comes along an has the intelligence that the Senator from Illinois displays. For he's one of the or the brightest that has come out of there Ivy League schools, but because he is black they want to tear him down...

It only points to the closet racism that still prevails in this country. Yes sexism exist an will continue to exist, but know one has to remind people of color the position they have had to endure since the birth of the country....

The former congress woman Geraldine Ferraro an one time vice presidential hopeful needs to climb back into a hole and get a life after her verbal remarks, and should have know room
in the current political agenda.

Hillary Clinton on the other hand needs to sort out her house if she wants to stay in this race with some dignity. All should be held to the same standard........(CORNER TALK REPORT)

OBAMA TAKES MISSISSIPPI

Senator Barack Obama (D-ILL) wins Tuesday Mississippi Primary over
Hillary Clinton (D-NY). Mississippi had 33 pledged delegates, which
will be allocated proportionally.

Obama wins with overwhelming support from African American voters.
They came out for him over Clinton 91-9 percent.

Mississippi white voters overwhelmingly back the New york Senator
71-21 percent. Mississippi along with neighboring Alabama and
Clinton's former home state Arkansas are racially Polarized states.

Obama also finished first in the Texas Democratic caucuses. That race
wasn't called until Tuesday night.

Obama will get the most delegates out of that race even though
Clinton won the primary. Two thirds of the states 193 delegates were
at stake, a third of that was decided by the caucuses......(CORNER TALK REPORT)

POLITICAL SHELL GAME

Clinton offers Obama the 2nd of the bill in the race for the
presidency. A case of someone offering a job in a house they
don't own. It seems the Clinton's have forgot that they are behind
in the popular vote and in delegates.

Saturday Obama smash Clinton in the Wyoming Caucasus 61 to 38 percent....

"I want everybody to be absolutely clear," he said. "I'm not running for vice president. I'm running for president of the United States of America."

"This kind of gamesmanship, talking about me as VP but not ready for commander-in-chief, that's exactly the kind of doublespeak, double-talk that Washington is very good at," Obama added.

The Illinois senator's campaign clearly recognizes its rival benefits from the increased speculation of a joint ticket.

"They understand that this is a way for the Clinton campaign to play some politics here," "If you suggest to voters, who might have some question about Barack Obama's experience, but they like his message of hope and change, that they could have both, and that maybe he could get eight years of seasoning, that's the suggestion here."

The Clinton's are very aware of the math In this process an seem to be playing a shell game with the voters. Estimates are now that Obama leads Clinton 1,553 to 1,438 in delegates. This can all fall down to the super delegates which is the Clinton's goal for
hopeful bail out.... (CORNER TALK REPORT)

SUPER TUESDAY 2

Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) has managed a come back with wins in Ohio, Rhode Island and Texas Primaries. Slowing down the the momentum of Senator Barack Obama (D-Ill).
Both contenders still fall short of the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the parties nomination for the run to the White House in November with Obama
leading in delegates 1,451 to Clintons 1,365.

Obama did well among African- American voters, young folks and the well educated. But he didn’t win over enough Latino voters in Texas or older voters in Ohio. Clinton trumped him by getting more late deciders in both states.

The real measurement last night ... was not whether Hillary Clinton could win Ohio or Texas," said Sen. John Kerry, an Obama supporter. "It's whether she wins by a large enough margin to win the nomination. She has to win by a very big number for the math to work over the course of the next week."

'Texas Two-Step'

Texas' results may not be as easy to measure as counting votes, either.

In what pundits have been calling the "Texas Two-Step," the state's Democratic Party hosts both a primary election, in which 126 delegates are awarded, and a post-election caucus in which another 67 are handed out.

It's possible for the loser of the primary to win more delegates with a strong showing in the caucuses.

In the Republican camp Senator John McCain (R-ARIZ) seals the GOP nod for
nomination Huckabee drops out of the race.......(CORNER TALK REPORT)

MISGUIDED WAR....

Yesterdays out of context attacks against Senator Obama by Senator John McCain
is clearly just another reason why the old political establishment an policies of a
out of touch administration need to be dismantled.

"I understand that Sen. Obama said that if al Qaeda established a base in Iraq that he would send troops back in militarily. Al Qaeda already has a base in Iraq. It's called al Qaeda in Iraq," McCain said.

"It's a remarkable statement to say that you would send troops back to a place where al Qaeda has established a base -- where they have already established a base."

Senator Barack Obama responded..

"There was no such thing as al Qaeda in Iraq until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq."

McCain was in Tyler, Texas, and Obama was in Columbus, Ohio.

The fact is that this was a misguided war from the beginning is apparent an Senator
McCain is just a throw back to old Bush policy in peddling paranoia. (CORNER TALK REPORT)

POLITICAL TICKER COUNT DOWN....

Last nights debate echoed again another 90 minutes of detailed policy position
highlighting most of what has already been said in previous debates between
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N-Y) and Barack Obama (D-ILL).

There was nothing new to be added that could be said was a knock out punch
by either candidate.

But enough is enough and the debates should end. 20 have been done thus far
and now the voters have to choose.

On the negative side of things a picture of Senator Obama wearing traditional
Somalian dress was published this week, reportedly from someone inside the Clinton Campaign obviously used to smear the candidates image an stir up
fears of extremism post 911 among voters is another cheap shot and shows
the desperation as we wind down to who will be the chosen candidate for the
November Elections.

Things did get a little tense when Clinton was asked, when she would release her tax returns so folks could see how her campaign was being financed. She said, donations were the main source, but she would release them in the near future - nothing firm.

Obama has already turned over his tax returns, so he got a pass on that question. But he was asked if he would be sticking to his pledge for a “publicly financed campaign” if he received the nomination. He didn’t commit one way or the other, and said, if he gets the nomination, he’ll sit down with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and work out what’s “fair” for both candidates.

But juggling words really became important when the Illinois senator was asked about the recent announcement by Nation of Islam leader, Minister Louis Farrakhan he supported Obama’s candidacy. Obama said, he “denounced” Farrakhan’s anti-Semitic comments and in no way supports the views of the outspoken Farrakhan.

Clinton echoed in about a similar endorsement she received during her senate race from an anti-Semitic group in New York, citing that she “rejected” their support.

“If Senator Clinton feels that ‘reject’ is stronger than the word ‘denounce,’ then I’m happy to concede the point, and I would reject and denounce” Farrakhan’s support,” Obama said.