Hello Everyone:

I was absolutely outraged when John Harris of The Politico implied on CNN Reliable Sources last Sunday, March 30 that the Democratic primary contest is kind of like an illusion right now because he thinks that Hillary will eventually lose to Obama specifically because of the race issue:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0803/30/rs.01.html

CNN RELIABLE SOURCES

Is Media Creating False Impression of Democratic Race?; Is Chelsea Clinton Accountable to Reporters?

Aired March 30, 2008 - 10:00 ET

HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: "Joining us now to talk about how the media are framing the Democratic race, John Harris, editor-in-chief of The Politico; Linda Douglas, contributing editor, "National Journal," and host of the radio show, "National Journal Online" -- "National Journal On Air" -- excuse me. And Anne Kornblut, national political reporter for "The Washington Post."

John Harris, let me read from the piece by your colleagues, Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen: "Journalists have become partners with the Clinton campaign in pretending that the contest is closer than it really is. Most coverage breathlessly portrays the race as a down-to- the-wire sprint between two well-matched candidates."

Partners in pretending. Why would journalists, who love predicting how these things are going to turn out, perpetuate a fantasy?

JOHN HARRIS, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, THE POLITICO: Well, we love the race. And at the surface level it is very close. Hillary Clinton is just a little bit behind in the popular vote, just a little bit behind in the delegate count. So I think that has led to a tendency to make the race seem neck and neck.

What Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen were arguing, though, is that there's a big elephant in the room, and that big elephant is race. The fact is, you've got an African-American candidate who is, by almost every sort of mathematical count, is going to come ahead in the delegate count.

And Hillary Clinton's campaign is based on the notion that super delegates will say, "Hey, even though African-Americans are our most loyal constituency, even though this -- race is always the most emotional issue in American politics," super delegates are going to overturn that and say, "Somebody else was ahead, but we're giving the nomination to somebody else."

They're saying -- they're not making a prediction, Howard. That's important. They're saying you have to reckon with just how improbable that scenario is, what a big deal that would be.

KURTZ: Seems to me -- seems to me I've read a lot about that particular elephant..."

Here is the link to The Politico story that Howard Kurtz and John Harris were discussing in the transcript above with the comments about how The Politico thinks that Hillary will lose the Democratic primary to Obama specifically because of the race issue along with saying that this Democratic primary contest "is a game of make-believe:"

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0308/9149.html

Story behind the story: The Clinton myth
By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN | 3/21/08 1:32 PM EST

"One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.

Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.

Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.

People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet...

In other words: The notion of the Democratic contest being a dramatic cliffhanger is a game of make-believe..."

Ann Kornblut, a pundit who I am definitely NOT a fan of and who I have previously criticized, was also on this same panel with John Harris and in my opinion she made these very stupid comments that clearly show her blatant media bias against Hillary:

ANNE KORNBLUT, NATIONAL POLITICAL REPORTER, "WASHINGTON POST": "What I think is so interesting about this dynamic is that the Clinton campaign has virtually no friends in the media at this point. They've managed to alienate most of the press corps, and yet the press corps has written about it as being a real race all the time. I think once that story ran, we saw a lot of people following it up with agreements. There wasn't a whole lot of counterintuitive thinking after the story ran, saying, "No, actually, it really is a close race..."

All of this nonsense in my opinion definitely proves that Geraldine Ferraro was right as I have previously documented that Barack Obama is basically an Affirmative Action Presidential candidate who would NOT be in the position that he is in right now if it were not for the race issue:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15039

ANALYSIS: Geraldine Ferraro; The reasons why Obama is where he is at right now!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on March 17, 2008 - 4:05am.

This also proves in my opinion that the blatant mainstream media bias against Hillary Clinton and for Barack Obama has reached an absolutely ridiculous level and along with the race issue is another reason why Obama is in the position that he is in right now:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14665

MEDIA STUDY: Media Boost Obama, Bash “Billary” and "NBC Is Toughest on Hillary"

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 9, 2008 - 1:01am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/14850

TRANSCRIPT: Howard Kurtz on the free pass that Obama is getting from the media!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 27, 2008 - 7:22am.

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15163#comment-294649

There is NO question in my opinion of anti-Hillary media bias...

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on April 1, 2008 - 6:05am.

Along with the race and media bias issues, Obama's charismatic oratory skills and his ability to win people over to him emotionally (as opposed to his actual positions on the issues) are the three main reasons why I believe that Obama is in the position where he is right now. These are also the three moral reasons why I definitely think Hillary should stay in the primary race and fight for an honest verdict from the superdelegates based on qualifications and electability all the way to the convention if it is necessary:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15133

The biased media wants Hillary to drop out; 3 moral reasons for her to stay in!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on March 28, 2008 - 8:47am.

If this does not happen and IF Obama is nominated because of the race issue, because of his oratory skills, and because of the free ride that most of the media has given him, then I am resolved more than ever right now to sit out the general election concerning how I will spend my time:

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/15112

Two reasons why I will NOT lift a finger to help Obama IF he is the nominee!

Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on March 26, 2008 - 6:00am.

In one sense I was kind of glad to see John Harris and The Politico say what they did because that is confirming to me to be true what I have been saying all along and what very few people will openly admit to!

On the other hand the more things like this which I see, the more outraged that I get over what I consider to be an injustice toward Hillary as well as to our Presidential election system where I see a huge push by many pundits in the media and by many people in the Democratic Party to try and just give the nomination to someone like Obama who has not done anything that I can see at the Presidential level to truly deserve it when there will probably be very little to no room for any margin of error when the next President takes office!

If Obama is awarded the nomination in a primary The Politico says "is a game of make-believe," then the general election to me will also be like "a game of make-believe" as far as I am concerned. I will mainly focus my time and efforts in the general election on helping WesPAC, helping good people and organizations I like such as Jon Soltz and VoteVets.org, and by helping WesPAC endorsed candidates who I think can use some help!

How you spend your time in the general election is a decision that each person will have to make according to their own conscience BUT those comments by John Harris and The Politico in my opinion should cause every honest person here who truly cares about the issues and nominating the most qualified person to be completely outraged!

Mitch Dworkin

http://www.securingamerica.com/

http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/10756
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http://www.securingamerica.com/ccn/node/7191
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