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How Hillary Helped

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Election Day 2008, Hillary Clinton on November 4, 2008

I think Hillary deserves just a little credit for Obama’s win tonight. Just a little. She motivated many of her supporters such as myself to support Barack Obama for president. She moved faster than any loser in a Democratic primary to endorse and campaign for their opponent. And surely Hillary and Bill’s campaigning in states like Ohio, Florida, and Pennsylvania helped Barack Obama.

Looking back, I think we can say that the lengthy Democratic primary was part of Obama’s success. His national infrastructure that was created to beat Hillary Clinton has been used to defeat John McCain. His debate performances against Hillary taught him how to face off in a real debate.

CNN reported that Obama won Hillary supporters 84% to John McCain’s 15% tonight. Thank You Hillary.

Hillary nominates Obama at the DNC

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Democratic National Convention 2008, Hillary Clinton on August 27, 2008

When it looked certain that Barack Obama was going to be nominated President of the United States, the state of New Mexico yielded to the state of Illinois who had passed earlier in the roll-call vote. Illinois, knowing that Obama was close to being put over the top, then yielded the floor to the state of New York. In a surprise twist, Hillary Clinton came out, suspended the roll-call vote, and ended the process.

The crowd went wild, people in the audience were in tears, and Barack Obama became the Democratic nominee for President of the United States.

Why Hillary Clinton should be Obama's VP

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Democrats, Hillary Clinton, Post Series, Vice President Series on June 14, 2008

Throughout this entire campaign I have agreed with Barack Obama that America is in need of a desperate change. During the last eight years under the Bush administration, the only change our families have are the dimes and nickels left over from paying four dollars for a gallon of gas. But, I also believed that change cannot be accomplished without a leader who is ready, willing, and able to take on the task realizing that change. The American people have spoken, and the Democratic Party has decided that Barack Obama is that leader.

Surely, the argument can be made that Barack Obama has valuable experience to offer America. His eight years as a member of the Illinois State Senate, his ten years as a constitutional law professor at the University of Chicago, and his three and a half years as a United States Senator would be a welcome relief for America looking for a president who knows the legislative process, and the Constitution, and what it truly means.

I do not believe Obama’s experience is enough for him to have a successful presidential administration. With Hillary Clinton at his side, as his vice president, they will be an unbeatable force. It is essential to victory that we combine both coalitions that have already been established throughout the Democratic primary. And, only together will these two be able to effectively govern over a stronger America.
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Hillary takes Kentucky, Obama takes Oregon

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, Primaries on May 20, 2008

CNN projects Clinton wins Kentucky, by a “wide margin,” and possibly by around “30 points.” (Final Percentage: 65%-30%)

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UPDATE: 8:12 pm PT, CNN projects Obama wins the state of Oregon.

Hillary Clinton wins West Virginia!

By Daniel Solis in Hillary Clinton on May 13, 2008

Obama loses the state by a margin of 2 to 1.

Hillary Clinton wins Pennsylvania

By Daniel Solis in Hillary Clinton on April 22, 2008


Hillary goes on to live another day, and Barack Obama is still unable to seal the deal.

Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe says, “Senator Obama couldn’t put us away.”

Sun. March 16th Live Podcast: Episode 24: Clinton vs. Obama Debate

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Live Podcast on March 16, 2008

Co-hosted by Dan Solis, Thomas Senecal, Jeff Pritchard, and Johnny Camacho.

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Obama vs. Clinton? A fight to the death?

Can Clinton and Obama supporters find common ground throughout all this mess? Can we end the show on a good note without anyone getting angry? We discuss the issues and controversies that are shaping the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama death-match, as well as try to clear the smears about these candidates.

Call it a Comeback! Hillary Wins Rhode Island, Ohio, and Texas!

By Daniel Solis in Election 2008, Hillary Clinton on March 5, 2008

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TX – Clinton
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RI – Clinton
VT – Obama

Barack Obama wins Vermont.

Tonight Hillary Clinton proved she can win the big states.

John McCain is officially the Republican nominee for president. Mike Huckabee has dropped out of the race.

Mike Gravel is still in the race, without any delegates.

Is It Over Already?

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton on February 19, 2008

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If Hillary Clinton does not win Wisconsin today, I strongly believe the race is over. There is absolutely no way to recover from so many losses, especially when the opposition has by far run a better campaign. Sure she can win in Texas, but one or two wins won’t be able to slow down the momentum Obama has on his side.

How did Hillary Clinton get here in the first place? Her campaign thought she was gonna be the nominee by February 5th. I think that was the problem. They took many states for granted, they thought this was going to be easy. Nobody knew Obama was going to be as tough an opponent as he turned out to be. But a large amount of blame lies solely on the Clinton campaign itself.

On Monday, allegations of plagiarism were brought up by a blog, claiming Obama reused a segment of a speech originally made by Massachusetts Governor Patrick Deval in 2006. Deval and Obama each have had the same campaign manager, now the Obama for America campaign manager, David Axelrod. Now, instead of letting the media find this on their own, the Clinton campaign made the dire mistake of passing this onto the media themselves. So instead, the story was spun as “Clinton Camp Accuses Obama of Plagiarism” instead of “Obama Accused of Plagiarism” (the latter obviously leaving no blame to the Clinton campaign.) Not only did this make the Clinton campaign look bad, because now the story was passed over as another Clinton attack, another story took it’s place. Bill Clinton’s red faced finger wagging at an Obama supporter ended up getting more or equal time as the serious plagiarism accusation. It turned out to be a bad day for both campaigns, when it should have only been a bad day for the Obama campaign.

Hillary Clinton should have run her campaign a whole lot better. Barack Obama’s and Hillary Clinton’s campaign websites are just a small example of this. Obama’s website seems so active and helpful, and you can feel the inspiration coming from supporters. Each state has their own page, their own blog, their own groups, their store has a wide variety of merchandise, they are motivated and ready to go. And when each state has an upcoming caucus or primary, they set up a page called “Wisconsin & Hawai’i: Your Moment is Now” complete with easy to find directions to caucus times and locations. It’s easy, it’s motivational, it’s exciting.

Now, when we look at the Hillary Clinton campaign, there’s not much to be said. They do have a blog, and it’s barely updated, maybe one or two posts a day, only by Clinton approved staff. And believe it or not, there are supporter blogs. But in order to view those blogs, you must be signed up and logged in, not to mention the fact that they are extremely hard to find and navigate. When we look at the state pages, instead of being an active online headquarters like the Obama campaign has set up, instead we find static, unenthusiastic pages, with no supporter created content, no fun blogs. When wanting to find your caucus or primary location, instead of finding enthusiastic supporter created directions in a blog post, there is “To find your primary location, please visit the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board website.” It doesn’t get anymore dull than that. Just a link, and maybe a telephone number.

Can the Clinton campaign still pull off a win? Sure they can. Is Obama in a better position to win? For right now, he is.

Our Next President…The Final Four!

By Daniel Solis in Barack Obama, Democrats, Election 2008, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Mitt Romney, Republicans on January 29, 2008

Nominations for each party are still, for the most part, a mystery. But, I believe the final four candidates to be our next president can now easily be narrowed down. Our next president will either be, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, or John McCain.

The current contenders for the nomination, all of them, are:

Democrats: Top Tier: Clinton, Obama 2nd Tier: Edwards Lower Tier: Gravel?

Republicans: Top Tier: Romney, McCain 2nd Tier: Huckabee, Giuliani Lower Tier: Paul

I’ve based all positions by recent polls, amount of support, donations, the number of delegates each candidate already has, and most importantly the probability of a candidates success based my own biased opinion!

So that leaves the top 4 upper tier candidates within the most likely positions to receive their party’s nomination. Clinton, Obama, Romney, McCain.

In the general election:

I see John McCain as Hillary Clinton’s worst nightmare. And Mitt Romney as Barack Obama’s. Regardless a Democrat will be elected president, but in those two matchups, I see the Democratic candidate facing their toughest opponent. It’s too early to even begin to hypothesize the Democratic and Republican nominees, and unlike other pundits, I believe we have to let the voters decide first.