Obama Campaign Slams Clinton for Flip Flopping

The Obama campaign conducted a conference call with Communications Director Robert Gibbs and Obama supporter Representative George Miller to set the record straight on Hillary Clinton's NAFTA positions.

“Yesterday brought another tale of repeating her exaggerations to her opposition to NAFTA. The facts, her records, and her own schedules while she was first lady completely contradict her claim,” says Gibbs. He went on to refute Clintons statements on the amount of jobs she provided in upstate New York and continued to combat her stances, or lack there of, on NAFTA.

Gibbs, with over thirty years of experience in Congress, spoke next with a short speech on NAFTA and voiced his dismay on how NAFTA agreements were carried out. He concluded with, "following NAFTA there was an absolute failure to provide a support system for those workers and families that needed to be retrained, that needed the opportunity to go back to school to provide the income for their families as they lost their jobs - and that’s why I'm supporting Barack Obama."

Texas representatives declare Obama victorious in primary

On a conference call led by Obama spokesman Josh Earnest Texas Representatives Lloyd Doggett, Chet Edwards, Al Green, Eddie Bernice Johnson, and Charles Gonzales claimed a victory for Obama in Texas.

Almost a month after the March 4 Texas primary, Obama has gained five more delegates from Texas than Hilary Clinton. His Texas victory earned him 99 delegates to the national convention, while Clinton has won 94. 2.5 million people voted in the Texas primary, and 1.1 participated in the state caucuses. Before the primary, Clinton had a lead in the state in both experience in Texas and popularity. According to Rep. Edwards, more than 97 percent of the delegates are now accounted for from the county and state conventions, and Obama has won more than 56 percent of the state delegates. The final allocation of delegates for Texas will be announced at the national conference next month, but Rep. Doggett believes there is no question on Obama’s victory.

The members of Congress also discussed the enthusiastic response by voters in the Texas primary and caucus, which recorded historic rates in participation. They believed Obama inspired people to participate in the process and go to the conventions, and helped them understand their role as voters. Obama brought out not only young voters, but also reengaged those who had not participated in the past few elections and even won over some Republican voters with his message of change.

The conference call also included dialogue on what this victory will mean for the allocation of delegates and super-delegates at the National Democratic Conference on June 6. This gain in delegates will maintain Obama’s current lead, and the Representatives, who are all also super-delegates themselves, believe that after the unprecedented turnout in the primaries the super-delegates will not try to “undo” who the popular vote declares as a winner. And finally, when asked if they believed Clinton should drop out of the race so Obama can focus on McCain, they agreed the decision is for Clinton to make, and the real issue is the manner in which both candidates conduct the campaign. They should each work on building themselves up, not tearing each other down.

Gingrich Discusses Fixing America the "Right" Way, Criticizes Obama

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives and current senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute of Public Policy Research (AEI), gave a speech today focused on the problems America faces domestically and his thoughts about correcting such problems.

Gingrich's speech was critical of Senator Barack Obama, the Democratic Party, and American culture in general. Gingrich expressed a desire for America's poor to learn to bring wealth into their communities for themselves, not by doing so with the benefits of government programs.

Gingrich criticized Obama's plans to improve urban education, even opining, "no one on the left is prepared to rebuild Detroit," a city the former member of Congress was particularly adamant about rebuilding.

Gingrich's plan to rebuild America focused primarily upon improving the cultural values that dominate our society today. Also, Gingrich praised former Mayor of New York City Rudy Guliani for his efforts to curtail crime in New York. Gingrich explained that American education must be reformed for our students to be able to compete with Chinese and Indian students.

Clinton Fundraiser Focuses on Middle Class

After an introduction from her daughter and a full high school marching band, Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton took the stage at a fundraising event at the Daughters of the American Revolution building last evening. Described by her daughter as the "progressive President we need" Clinton was enthusiastic and described a wide variety of the stances she backed, particularly those pertaining to the economy and health care.

Clinton geared much of her speech to appeal to a primarily middle class crowd, one which seemed to lack diversity. Hillary fans waved "Hillary for President" signs and cheered emphatically immediately as she took the stage. The crowd took particular pleasure when Clinton described having a "sigh of relief" when America would see a moving van leave the White House following President Bush's time in office.

Clinton also discussed passing stem cell research laws vetoed by Bush, creating a new American energy policy, ending President Bush's "War on Science," and providing sufficient funding for the No Child Left Behind Act. Senator Clinton said she did not "want to give up on any child" and discussed providing tax relief for Americans involved in public service.

Hillary Campaign: Obama Made of Strong Words, Little Action

Chief Strategist Mark Penn and Communications Director Howard Wolfson held a conference call on behalf of the Clinton campaign to discuss the current state of the presidential race.

Penn and Wolfson said that although Obama has proclaimed he is front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, recent polling has gone against his declarations. Clinton’s campaign alleged that Senator Obama is a less worthy candidate to defeat republican candidate John McCain than Clinton is.

To back Senator Clinton, Penn and Wolfson emphasized polls have proven voters have a higher opinion about her economic plans and her chances to succeed as the next Commander-In-Chief of the armed forces than Obama. Also, the Clinton group noted that Hillary is more aggressively fighting for the voters of Florida and Michigan to have their still-being-debated votes counted than Obama.

Obama, said Penn and Wolfson, has made a “pattern of using words” without supporting them through “action.”