Obama Campaigning for April and May Primaries

Speaker of the house, Nancy Pelosi commented that at the Democratic Convention she hopes the super delegates will give their to which ever candidate has the most delegates because “It's a delegate race and overturn[ing] what's happened in the elections, would be harmful to the Democratic party.” Her comment may be interpreted as beneficial for Obama as he leads with 142 delegates ahead of Hillary. As for the debate on which Michigan and Florida, it seems an absentee revote will not happen meaning the remaining options are a full-fledged primary election or splinting the state’s delegates evenly between the two candidates. The second options seems inconsequential because it will keep the same proportion of Obama’s lead and does not reflect how Florida residents did vote or would have voted if both candidates had been on the ballot. Obama has been trying to avoid the conflation of the reverend at the Chicago South Side Church, which he attends religiously, controversial quotes with his own beliefs. Obama asserted, “This is a church I have been a member of for 20 years. What I have been hearing and had been hearing in church was talk about Jesus and talk about faith and values and serving the poor.'' Obama is now trying to frame Reverend Jeremiah Wright as someone "who is like an uncle or family member who you may strongly object to what they have to say'' to give himself leeway and be excused from association with comments such as “government lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color.” Obama spent Saturday campaigning in Indiana, which has its primary May 6 with 72 delegates to distribute. Interestingly, because of its late date the primary in Indiana has not really made a difference in recent history, but with this unusual campaign and both candidates’ desperation—any delegates are commodities. Obama spoke at a high school and discussed what he thinks are the three most important a decrease in the cost of healthcare, diminished dependence on foreign oil and withdrawing from Iraq.