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Neil Cavuto Gets It [VIDEO UPDATE]

By SusanUnPC on May 20, 2008 at 5:07 PM in Current Affairs

UPDATE: A WOMAN FOR HILLARY SPEAKS OUT AGAINST OBAMA BIAS:

Talking to a reporter on the trail, he says (and I’m typing as I’ve got it saved on my DVR):

CAVUTO: I get a sense that the party, even if [Hillary] continues to win or perform well, they’ve kind of have already written their ending on this, you know. And her victories or strong performances just get in the way of that. And it sounds weird, but it’s like they’ve got the script written and she’s annoyingly disturbing that script.

REPORTER: Well, I’m not sure about that … that the argument that she’s making, particularly that she has sort of a greater ability to appeal to blue collar and senior white voters, that she argues are going to be necessary to beat John McCain in November, is resonating a little bit with super delegates. They’re thinking a little bit about it, at least enough to stay on the fence. Sure, we’re seeing a trickle of delegates backing Obama, but I think if they were not thinking a little bit about this argument and the case that she’s making on electability, I think we’d see more of a wave to Obama right now.

The reporter makes a good point too.

And, as my daughter said to me months and months ago, “Mom, if he were that charismatic, he’d have had this sewn up a long time ago.”

And what she said then holds true — EVEN MORE NOW!

So keep your hopes high! And let’s fight with everything we’ve got!

  • Joe Beese

    The latest national numbers from Gallup show some startling movement towards Obama among Dems who have been among Hillary’s most reliable supporters.

    It finds that Obama is now tied with Hillary among whites (47%-47%); leads her among women (49%-46%); edges her among Dems with a high school graduate or less (46%-47%); and leads her among Hispanics (51%-44%).

    Those groups, obviously, have been the bedrock of Hillary’s candidacy. The only major demographic group that Hillary gets 51% or more of are women aged 50 and older.

    These numbers suggest that Obama’s support is broadening daily, and that the party’s rank and file — in addition to its institutional players — appear to be coalescing behind him.

    http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/05/poll_key_hillary_constituencie.php

    • LBJ’s Love Child

      That’s nice, sweetie.

      • Joe Beese

        “It’s all just… slipping away. And you’re letting it happen!”

        • Dan

          That’s a perculiar interpretation of the data.

          Why would almost half the party still prefer her, when they know Obama’s already won?

          What’s the simplest explaination for that?

          • standard

            I LOVE FOX NEWS.
            Right now, I feel like a kitty cat getting a nice scratch behind the ears.

      • hillarysmygirl

        Yes, thanks Sweetie for sharing…and this post was meant to do what exactly? Get us to vote for him in the fall? Because it has exactly the opposite effect. I thought the Messiah told you to be nice to us?

    • Mr X

      I have some land on the moon I’d like to sell you.

    • Dan

      The flaw here, is that there are still enough people who support her to point they are tempted to sit it out or switch to McCain.

      • Mary

        And that “enough people” is enough to elect John McCain.

      • swannyj

        Not tempted WILL

    • Palomino

      The nomination will be settled in Denver, in August, not in Iowa tonight. The superdelegates are empowered to do what they deem best for the good of the party and its nominee’s chances of winning against John McCain. By August, that may mean nominating Hillary Clinton, notwithstanding Barack Obama’s expected proclamation from Iowa this evening that he is Teh King. Obama is posturing, trying to create a perception that he is the winner, in advance of the upcoming DNC meeting at the end of the month. But there will be no nominee until one of the two remaining Democratic candidates reaches the total of 2,209 delegates at the nominating convention. Capisce? They both need the superdelegates, and Obama doesn’t have the magic number any more than Hillary does. Why is that so fucking hard for some people to grasp?

      • http://v4hill.com v4hill

        Palomino,

        Yes, you’ve nailed it. This should be the first line of Hillary’s speech tonight.

        The nomination will be settled in Denver, in August, not in Iowa tonight.

    • Emily Pickett

      Obama’s support isn’t growing.
      It’s just the opposite.
      He got his big numbers BEFORE he was vetted.
      Now the truth is coming out.
      The truth about his lies, racism, and sexism.
      The truth about Rezko and Ayers.
      His numbers are going DOWN.

      I’m sure vast numbers of people who voted for Obama in the early primaries have BUYERS REMORSE.

      And of course there are all the disenfranchised Floridians and Michiganians to remember …. two states that voted for Hillary ….

      Neil Cavuto gets it. He usually does.

    • ginaswo

      ahh yes the ever reliable Gallup polling of GrandTheftAuto18 players..

      thanks for the update. Now back to the whoompin in KY!!!

      • Mary

        CNN reporting that 2/3 of the Democratic voters in Kentucky WILL NOT vote for Obama, and will vote for McCain instead.

        Hopefully, unless they’ve been bought off, the superdelegates will pay attention to those numbers.

        • Emily Pickett

          Looks like they’ve been bought off.

    • http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

      what you are seeing is half the party will go with Obama. Half isn’t enough. In fact, Two thirds isn’t enough. So good luck with that. It’s a long way to August and even a longer way to November.

      A nominee will get a spike, incidentally. Don’t let it go to your head if that happens. WHen you are seeing half and nearly half of Democrats saying X-nay, you are in trouble. By the time Obama gets to November, if he’s not already in the fetal position, I predict a full third of Democrats will be voting Republican just to get rid of him. And if you think those bitter hicks and lunch pail peopleare going to switch, then you haven’t been in politics very long. Toss in the 32 percent of Democratic women who will vote for a cockroach before they vote for Obama. Then toss in the Seniors who know bullshit when they see it. Don’t forget the Jews AKA “festering sores” and there’s also the gays and lesbians he has insulted. And people haven’t even begun to get sick of listening to the Race card, so add on a few more. Barack Obama will never be President. He’s george mcGovern all over again, only George at least was a gentleman.

      • Mike B

        “Half isn’t enough. In fact, Two thirds isn’t enough.”

        Obama’s supporters really don’t get how true that is.

    • Mr X

      What you’re seeing is Hillary supporters leaving the Democratic party. That’s why Obama’s numbers are rising.

    • Candyo Beese

      Joe, honey, I see you’re still at work. Please don’t forget to stop and get my chocolates, on your way home.

    • orionATL

      joe beese -

      the question central to your interpretation and gallup’s charts is:

      what was the question the respondents were asked?

      gallup does not say, nor does tpm, nor do you.

      at this point, the veracity of your comment is suspect.

    • Mr.Murder

      Yet Gallop doesn’t even poll Dems in proiportion to their numbers, it gives uneven weight to the republicans, now why would a McCain voter want people to think Obama was okay?

  • brandy

    It’s refreshing to read that more and more people are realizing that this has been a BROKERED ELECTION.

    • stodghie

      i look at it as broken!

    • Mary

      But of course. There’s a REASON that Clyburn’s South Carolina moved their primary up without punishment, but Florida moving their primary up resulted in stripping of all delegates.

      Can we guess why South Carolina was given preferential treatment?

    • http://deleted AnninCa

      Amen…..they did NOT get by with it. Stupid people think everyone is stupid.

  • yttik

    “And it sounds weird, but it’s like they’ve got the script written and she’s annoyingly disturbing that script.”

    Amen to that!

  • Dan

    The script is that the Democrats pick losers for leaders.

    they end up blaming fairly appealing candidates for the losses (Kerry people whaling on Edwards, or Dukakis followers blamimg Gore for Willy Horton) and if someone like Bill Clinton comes along they hate him for his drawl and his charm and success.

    It’s almost an iron law and odds are The dems have done it again.

    • AF catfish

      An entire section of the party doesn’t like strong personalities, like WJC HRC LBJ. Heck if FDR ran today they probably’d say he was too bellicose.

  • Mr.Murder

    When the tapes of Obama playing cards with people turned federal witness turn up, you’ll see a lot of people disown the Democratic party.

    • Joe Beese

      That reminds me… Anyone got a bead on that “whitey” tape Larry promised you? Those million smackers would sure come in handy!

  • indypol

    “I have some land on the moon I’d like to sell you.” Or maybe some land in Hanford, Or.!

    Oh wait, Obama has never heard of the environmental catastrophe there. Maybe we can send Axelrod a brochure.

    LOL!

    • catriley

      and a one-way ticket.

    • Mary

      You betcha.

      Hanford’s right next to those Great Lakes. :)

  • Mercedes

    So who is writing the script? And why are the Democratics stomping one of the best candidates they have ever had?

    • Emily Pickett

      You think Obama is the best the dems have?
      That’s freak’n sad.
      Who wrote the script?
      See the site – Above Top Secret for that info.

      • Mercedes

        Heavens no! Hillary is the best. Obama is a total fraud. The flimflam puppet man. Anything that Above Top Secret has to say about this election probably makes more sense than what the Democrats are doing by foisting this fraud on the country. It’s a nightmare.

    • Windy

      Pant suits.

  • catriley

    Exit poll after exit poll shows that, once again, it’s the ECONOMY, stupid.

    The DNC and other elites just can’t seem to grasp that it will be the #1 issue in November. Change.. yeah.. blah blah blah. The reason Hillary keeps kicking ass when states have real primaries, is that voters who care about the economy choose Hillary. She is the only candidate that has the plan and the ability to make it happen from Day One.

    Obama’s supporters are one-issue voters: Obama. The economy voters will always pick Hillary. There aren’t enough of those Obama issue voters around to give the Dems a win in November.

    The DNC can ignore the exit polls at their peril. It will mean another stunning, and needless, loss if they succeed in shoving Obama down our throats.

    • CAE

      And to think of all the Party tools who are throwing this primary for Obama just to get their grubby mitts on his vaunted donor lists. This for a second his personal piggy banks will devote even a tiny fraction of energy and moola for anyone other than him. They’re being had and they show know better.

    • beebop

      Unless you live in those few states that still think the “war” is the issue.

      Funny how the subprime mortgage mess was all okey doke here in Ohio and Michigan but then, when it hit CALYFORNIA and ARIZONA and FLORIDA it was NEWS.

      There are people who post here who still don’t see how bad the economy is. People who don’t understand that corn for eating has been replaced by corn for biofeuls and that weather doesn’t always perform as we would have it. Think that natural disasters are only for Asia? Does anyone remember Katrina? We have a very troubled economy that only needs one large hit to take a bad tumble … do you want Barack Obama making those decisions? The guy who has more Wall Street Money than even the Republican candidate? Not me!

  • bmc

    IF YOU POSTED THIS AT MYDD, YOU’D BE “WARNED.”

    SHAME ON YOU TODD BEETON. YOU’VE TURNED INTO AN AUTHORITARIAN. YOU ARE NO LONGER A PROGRESSIVE.

  • JohnnyB

    Yes, it is Electability, that’s what the Super D’s
    have to focus on. Between June 3 and August 24-26 (the Democratic Convention in Denver) is about 11 weeks. The Super D’s can only cast their vote at the convention. So Obama does not have enough pledged delegates, nor will he after the last primary. Since the Super D’s vote can not be cast until the Convention, anything can happen, and the Super D’s can change their “stated position” and vote for either of the candidates at that time.
    Hillary Clinton is the strongest candidate and time will tell what happens during those 11 weeks.

    • Joe Beese

      We must find that whitey tape!

      • Emily Pickett

        I’m sure Obama is thinking the exact same thing.
        ‘gotta find that whitey tape … put out YET ANOTHER gaff-fire that my racist fugly bitch of a wife started’

        • Joe Beese

          Larry has friends. Top secret friends, you understand? Let’s just say they know how to get things done…

          So at the Convention, Hillary will produce the tape with a flourish from a pocket of her pantsuit. She’ll play it for the shocked delegates, who then unanimously elect Hillary the nominee. And future generations of American daughters will be inspired by the story of how the first female President was made possible by the miraculous last-minute appearance of the whitey tape.

          • Emily Pickett

            That’s a strange fantasy you have going there … my degree is in psychology … perhaps you should pull up a couch and we can get to the bottom of your psychosis.

            Obamessiah is at the bottom of it.

            The fog of the empty-resumed, sexist, elitist, racist ‘savior’ has entered your head and created a braincloud (ala Joe v the Volcano).

            The thing about the whitey tape is that we all know it’s VERY POSSIBLE that it exists – given that bitch Michelle’s attitude and her long list of racist chatter. A whitey tape is very very possible. Highly probable in fact. And I’m sure Obamessiah knows it.

            • Joe Beese

              See, this is where I get confused.

              One minute, Larry says his friend already has this tape. The next minute, he says a secretive billionaire [who I picture as John Carrington in "Dynasty"] will pay $1 million for it.

              Wouldn’t it be simpler for him to just introduce the friend to the billionaire?

              • Mostest

                Joe put down the Kool aide and listen. The story goes the billionaire wants the video to come out now so Obama will not get the nomination and (wait…don’t drink the kool-aide again not yet). The people who have the video will hold it until Obama is the nominee and then all hell will broke lose and McCain will be president. So let us recap, the people who have the tape and the billionaire can meet, have dinner, have a screening of the video, give it a rating on a scale from one to four stars but the billionaire ain’t getting a copy from the FOB (friends of Bush).

                Okay you deserve it …commence drinking the kool aide again.

            • max

              Hey, Emily,

              Michelle Obama’s awful, and all, but why call her names? Her whole “If you can’t run your own house how can you run the White House” attack on Hillary was really heinous, and I’ll never forgive her. But with all the sexist vitriol hurled at Hillary, do we really need to add to it by calling Michelle a bitch?

              • Ryan Fleury

                Excellent point. I personally can’t stand Michelle Obama either, however, resorting to the same tactics undermines our stance.

                I laughed when Barack got all defensive about her. If she’s going to do interviews and speeches and make controversial statements, people are allowed to question her. That’s all part of the POTUS thing. Another reason Hillary is more quallified.

  • Leibniz08

    Yes the script! The financial oligarchy (Wall Street and London) writes the script, and the issue is to make sure that only a puppet under their control, becomes President of the United States. Obama is the puppet who would deliver the fascist austerity policies against the people of the United States and the world. This man is very dangerous because of the forces that surround him such as Brzezinski.

    Senator Clinton has been purposely dumped as she represents a leader who is not afraid to fight, to be independent and stand up for the people of the United States, the General Welfare of the people before welfare for Wall Street. She knows the Presidency and she would be a very strong and independent President whom has the potential to not kow tow to Wall Street. This is why she being dumped as is the script fed to the main stream media. Hillary’s base is working people, the working poor and middle class. She is running on issues that are important to them, the economy!

    We live in a very trying time where the reality is that we are in an inflationary depression that has just begun. Hillary has invoked FDR several times in this campaign. It is the tradition of FDR that is what upsets the financial oligarchy, who tried to have FDR killed as they tried with Bill Clinton on numerous occasions and with contrived scandals. Al Gore was no good at traitor, but I will not go into that here but to say watch out for him.

    The only consolation to give the Obama campaign is that it forces Hillary to fight and to see who our enemey is.

    • Tom Plumb

      The financial oligarchy (Wall Street and London

      Hire smart!

      Too late!

    • AXT

      Yes. Obama not once mentioned his fellow Democrats in his campaign. He never once compliemented those Democratic Presidents from the past.

      Clinton envokes FDR, Obama envokes Reagan.
      Very telling.

  • IndayHill

    Senator Hillary is a STRONG FIGHTER for all of us. America, the beautiful,deserves the best and that candidate is Hillary!
    The Democratic Party is the one in “DEATH WATCH”, come November 2008 (pundits remark directed to HRC,last night),if Obama is the nominee.
    Money, lots of money, is the root of evil.It is the cancer in this year’s election, IMO.
    GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

  • http://www.dailykos.com/user/Denni Denni

    Hallelujah! The Democratic Right and the Republican Right have come together. Fox Noise is the place with the DR and the RR meet and greet?

    Obama HAS it sewn up, PERIOD. The SDs are doing what they’re supposed to do, standing back and letting her throw her tantrum and spin herself silly. Party officials are showing her respect and it’s spun into a story about them not wanting to back Obama. Yeah, Al Gore and Jimmy Carter and many others are just waiting for Clinton to finish ‘convincing’ them to not back Obama.

    Not.gonna.happen.

    • Emily Pickett

      I pity you.
      Nothing else to say ….
      I really pity you.
      So sad .. too bad.

    • http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

      The majority of the Democratic party is not the loud mouthed radical fringe that keeps bring us these assinine candidates that can’t win. Two presidents we have elected in thirty years because of these nutballs. The result is always the same, because the real majority of this party is moderate. Barack Obama has a better chance of seeing God than he has of being president.

      • Kourian

        Two presidents we have elected in thirty years because of these nutballs.

        And they just don’t see it. Sorry but I think they’re a bunch of losers. They’re so far down they don’t know which way looks up anymore. It’s a vicious circle: the fact their nutballs means it’s going to continue. And they will lose more and more.

        Perhaps a new party is needed to replace these jerks.

        • Kourian

          /they’re

        • Five Thirty

          The Democratic Party needs some reform.

          Starting with the primary process. This has been extremely bogus.

      • Ryan Fleury

        I like that response. You’re funny! Good quote! Thanks!

        Hillary in 2008!!

    • http://hyper-educated-uppity-woman.blogspot.com Uppity Woman

      You’d have it “sewed up” too if you made sure that two swing states you were going to lose didn’t get a chance to revote. The man is a cheater. He will pay.

      • Joe Beese

        Ah, the bittersweet savor of an impotent revenge fantasy.

        • Joseph Beese Sr.

          Don’t count on it, son. When you grow older and can vote yourself this might all hit you on your thick head. Someday you might be heading to bed with a hot girl who supported Hillary and you let a remark like that slip – and suddenly you’re not lucky anymore.

          Punk.

          • Grandpa Joe Beese

            when you get old enough you realize there will be another election in 4 years and there is something deeply wrong with the way teh dems pick a leader

    • HillaryMadamePresident

      I have never seen Hillary throw a tantrum. Her comportment has always been beyond reproach. Barry the Bird Flipper/Pelvic Thruster/Sweetie Calling/That’s My Cell Phone Vibrating no I’m Not Just Glad To See You candidate for (not the right kind of)change, however, has not.

    • Linda C.

      I am not getting an Obotamy..not now not ever.

    • Fred C. Dobbs

      Can I interest you in learning the game of poker? Please come on out to Las Vegas, bring your savings, and I can show you how to CLEAN UP at the casinos with my System!

  • raymo

    Geez, Denni, why are you so happy about handing John McCain the presidency? Don’t you get it? Clinton’s voters are not going to support your stinky, arrogant, unqualified, sexist bonehead of a candidate.

    • Emily Pickett

      … and raymo is saying it very politely.

    • Denni’s MOMMY

      Denni? DENNI! What are you doing in here? I told you to never talk to strangers! If I hear any more complaints from the neighbours you’re going to go back to that bad school again!

      • http://www.dailykos.com/user/Denni Denni

        That you’re invested enough in my to create that screen name is flattering… or scary, I haven’t decided. FTR, my son is a graduate business student. I’m not child, and my mother is an elegant woman with a sharp wit. You’re not my mama, but thanks for wishing you could be. ;-) ))

    • http://www.dailykos.com/user/Denni Denni

      Your response is mind-numbing, which makes sense of the argument. The democratic right wing is vowing to vote against “the party” because of hurt feelings and I’M handing McCain the election!?!?!? The democratic right wing is trying to dig up opposition resarch on the Dem. candidate and I’M handing McCain the election? Sorry, but even on the face of it, the argument doens’t hold water.

  • Kourian

    And it sounds weird, but it’s like they’ve got the script written and she’s annoyingly disturbing that script.

    Nothing weird about that. They do have a script. She is disturbing their script.

    There is a lot of money on the line and there are a lot of nervous people out there afraid she might win.

    There’s already been a story the HRC camp got a threatening call about it.

  • Dakinikat

    CNN just called Kentucky for HRC by 30 points

  • Five Thirty

    “the case that she’s making on electability”

    Has HRC been talking about “electibility”. Has anyone heard that in any of her speeches or interviews?

    • Five Thirty One

      Nope. With Hill electability – and not ‘electibility’ as they teach you to spell over at Youth Obama – is a given. You Obama people are the ones who should be worried about that. As you have none.

      You can join our campaign. Then you won’t have to worry about it anymore.

      • Five Thirty

        I don’t get what you’re saying. We may be having two very different conversations. Can you put that in simple language that I could understand?

  • Evan Nancy

    Thoughtful people,
    I have been deeply saddened by the vitrol and obvious (and not so obvious)sexism directed at Senator Clinton during this primary season. I have always considered myself a dedicated Democrat, but am now wondering if the party really wants/needs my devotion, money and time.

    What are your thoughts?

    • Ryan Fleury

      Don’t vote Obama, that’s my thoughts. For one, Hillary will be able to run in 2012. For two, you won’t award the DNC for their sexism. For three, Hillary and McCain represent real change, having worked with other people from other parties to produce real results for the American citizen. There’s not question for me. Hillary or McCain in 2008!!

  • JP

    Go Hillary. She our candidate not Obamatron. I hope he gets his starky ass out of the race tonight.

  • Jarry Lohnson’s Brother

    BHWAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    Seriously?

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

    This is just too funny for words. “

    trickle of delegates

    “?????

    Fox Noise haven’t just jumped the shark, they’ve made shark fin soup out of the poor shark and are using its entrails for dessert.

    Trickle. Indeed!!

    —-

    P.S. Why have JW and VPW bounced you guys? HMMMM??

  • Denni’s Bad Bad Uncle

    Oh Denni!

    Yoo-hoo!

    Dinnertime!

  • JP

    Yes Obamabots are worried because they have invested so much money and time and are just finding out he’s a dog for a candidate. Couldn’t do math, couldn’t do anything right but hand with anti-Americans. His money train needs to be investigated and I am sure the Repubs are already on that. I don’t want to play nice with Obamatrons. They totalled me on Huffington Post time and time again when I tried to ask simple questions or post something true or positive about Hillary. The garbage they wrote will never be forgotten and neither Barry Hussein flipping Hillary off. I bet he thought he did that so cleverly that no one even noticed. What a dork.

    • HillaryMadamePresident


      neither Barry Hussein flipping Hillary off. I bet he thought he did that so cleverly that no one even noticed.

      I’m thinking that he knew the thugs would recognize the street flip. After all, they’ve turned out to campaign for him and vote for him.

  • Ryan Fleury

    Her speach tonight from Kentucky was AMAZING!!!!

    By no means has Obama wrapped this up!! She has a real argument to bring forth and it is ringing loud and clear!!

    I sense a shift… first WV, the KY? Puerto Rico promises to be the same. She just has to win inbetween. However, if she pulls off Oregon tonight… Obama’s moment of glitz will turn into a moment of doubt.

  • Ulahane

    Hope not, otherwise it will suck having to say President McCain.