Hotline After Dark -- We Have A Winner
Last night we provided continuous coverage of the SD and MT primaries, which led to Barack Obama being declared the presumptive Dem nominee for POTUS. Some highlights:
"I think it's particularly poignant that in 2008, it comes exactly 200 years after we ended [the slave trade] in the United States" -- Ex-WH adviser David Gergen, on Obama becoming the Dem nominee (CNN).
"I'm overwhelmed with a sense of joy" -- Rev. Jesse Jackson (CNN).
There was also a lot of reaction to Hillary Clinton's speech, where she said, "I will be making no decisions tonight."
"Well whatever that was, it wasn't a concession speech" -- FNC's Hume.
"If I were Barack Obama, if I heard that speech, I would not be very happy. ... They are living in parallel universes right now" -- CNN's Borger.
"Clearly, she's trying to position herself, keep her options open" -- NBC's Russert (MSNBC).
More after the jump (KATHERINE LEHR).
And here are some of the more humorous highlights:
"Okay, Chris, tonight is Barack Obama's night." -- Obama supporter/Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), asked by MSNBC's Matthews if Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID) will start his book tour in the men's room at the Minneapolis airport (MSNBC).
"The polls close in South Dakota [at 9pm ET], with Michigan closing an hour later" -- CNN's Blitzer, mistaking MI for MT.
And check out this exchange between FNC's Wallace and Karl Rove over John McCain's choice of New Orleans to deliver his first general-election speech:
Rove: "I think I would have picked a blue state ... a state that's up for grabs."
Wallace: "So the fact, and clearly the symbolism here was that I'm going to a state that was a, quote, Bush failure, with Katrina, and I'm going to show that I'm breaking with the administration."
Rove: "Well, no, actually I think they went there because he had a long, planned series of fundraising events in Memphis, and in Louisiana."
Wallace: [laughter] "Oh really? Oh, so that was the great strategy here?" (FNC).
See today's Hotline for the most recent coverage from the a.m. shows.
Hillary reminds me of a communist leader after last night's gala wherein there were no tvs or cell phones allowed for those there to get any true media information — sort of like China or some other communistic country with a blackout on communication.
And, Hillary wants the VP Spot! If she can’t be President, she will be VP and WAIT for something to HAPPEN, so then she can take over the Reins. It is that simple, and that machavallian!
Truly remarkable:
Obama will give his acceptance speech on August 28, 2008 -- 45 years to the day after the March on Washington and Martin Luther King's "I have a Dream" speech.