Let's HELP HIM put it Over the Top tomorrow
Mon Jun 02, 2008 at 08:24:29 PM PDT
To keep it simple, I'm only going to list the Senators that are currently uncommitted according to DemConWatch.
Ken Salazar (CO)
Joe Biden (DE)
Tom Carper (DE)
Tom Harkin (IA)
Mary Landrieu (LA)
Ben Cardin (MD)
Carl Levin (MI) (Half-vote)
Max Baucus (MT) They're voting tomorrow, so I suppose we'll give them a break.
Jon Tester (MT) Ditto above.
Harry Reid (NV) He'll wait until the last second.
Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Ron Wyden (OR) I've read he'll make his choice by June 13th? - chicken
Jack Reed (RI)
Jim Webb (VA)
Herb Kohl (WI) Says he'll announce within days.
My emphasis indicates those Senators involved in trying to convince their remaining colleagues to get off the fence.
Kossack constituents of those Senators indicated above might want to consider calling or emailing them to give them a little push.
Quick Link - Contact Congress Just in case, but most likely you already have your own links.
Obama Pushes Effort to Claim Victory on Tuesday:
According to the NYT article:
Sensing an opportunity to shut down the nominating contest, Mr. Obama’s campaign advisers said that they were orchestrating an endorsement of Mr. Obama by at least eight Senate and House members who had pledged to remain uncommitted until the primaries ended, and that the endorsements would come the moment the South Dakota polls closed on Tuesday night.
The group will be led by Senator Tom Harkin of Iowa, who on Monday met with three other uncommitted Democratic senators — Ken Salazar of Colorado, Thomas R. Carper of Delaware and Benjamin L. Cardin of Maryland — at the offices of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in what Mr. Salazar called a unity session.
Not much analysis needed here, but this is what prompted me to write this diary:
"We’re trying to get the number as quickly as possible," Mr. Obama’s campaign manager, David Plouffe, said on Monday. "We are trying to convince as many as possible to come out tomorrow."
Mr. Obama’s aides were wary of trying to raise expectations about his performance. Still, asked if Mr. Obama would win enough superdelegates Tuesday to put him in position to claim the nomination, Mr. Plouffe responded: "We are trying to. I don’t know if we can get there."
I think we can help. I'm going to write Wyden again tonight. My one email a month ago, apparently didn't move him. sigh
If both of your Senators have already endorsed, check the list to make sure your Representative is not on it. If they are, get your email going.
Finally, do read the whole piece (I've already quoted as much as I can) because there are more references that indicate Clinton will "very probably" suspend her campaign by weeks end, and endorse Obama.