Mosley Braun to drop out... endorse Dean

[windansea]

just on MSNBC

[EXE619K]

1. Vaat?

I gotta see this ta believe it!



DEAN LEADS THE WAY!

[windansea]

2. will be announced manana

[David Dunham]

6. Dean Will Still Be Toast, Even With CMB

[mouse7]

34. Grapes... Grapes here...

Get your Sour Grapes right here... Grapes...

[blm]

3. They're pushing for endorsements to keep him propped.

His 34% negatives are the highest of all the candidates with the general public. He CANNOT win the general with negatives that high before the nomination.

[windansea]

5. I knew this was coming after last debate

[Kahuna]

16. How about that? No surprise there.

:eyes:

[KittyWampus]

53. Congratulations

At the last debate, from the bits I saw, Carol got all huffy with Edwards and proceeded to lie about his voting record.

Then she ragged on Gep cause he didn't devote his entire Congressional agenda to African American Issues.

And to think she was doing it ALL for Dean.

Well, since the Carter "Endorsement" stunt didn't pan out, guess Trippi decided to go with Carol.

[Khephra]

56. They were clear from the start that it wasn't an endorsement from Carter

:crazy:

[KittyWampus]

58. VERY Clear. Wink Wink, Nod Nod

:+

[mouse7]

61. Grapes... Grapes here

Get your Sour Grapes right here... Grapes here...

[StClone]

12. And Gore's wardrove

Lost him the election. Come on...

The only reason Dean is said to be "this or that" is because the Publican Think Tanks say so via the Liberal Media. If you espouse what they say what is that worth.

[DemBones DemBones]

49. Dean's negatives in the polls are something to be

concerned about, unlike Gore's wardrobe. Gore didn't lose, anyway, he was robbed.

[polpilot]

23. Dean can't win. He keeps getting too many endorsements. Can't win.

Dean '04...

[Renew Deal]

4. I have several feelings about this

1. It's about time
2. Dean is going to get both of her supporters
3. I wonder where her SC support will go.
4. No woman president in 04. She has paved the way for female minorities in the future.

[Kahuna]

17. LOL! "both of her supporters."

Really now. She won't help him in NH. She won't be much help in SC either. Where exactly is she supposed to help him? <scratching head>

[mouse7]

62. Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin

Those REAL BIG Midwest states.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

64. Not in Illinois - her name is "mud" there.

She was involved in a major scandal there and voted out of office. She could have had the world too....

[hedda_foil]

68. Your take on Braun's reputation in Illinois is WAY off.

There was no major scandal. There was a media smear campaign over some very minor stuff ... like she mixed her own funds with her mom's very small amount of funds when she was paying her mom's nursing nome bills. (Gasp! OMG, Carol did what every damn middle aged person who's responsible for a aged parent dones) And she took a couple of trips to Nigeria with her then boyfriend and met the big bad dictator. That's it, folks. No charges. No nothing. Just megabucks repuke Fitzgerald and the Chicago Tribune against her. She didn't lose by very much either. Oh no, Carole is still mega popular back home. And btw, Clinton appointed her as ambassador to New Zealand after that ... and the Congress approved her appointment. She's cleaner than most.

[DemBones DemBones]

45. "She has paved the way for female minorities in the future" ???

The way to suck up to a white man and get some kind of position promised in return for dropping out and endorsing him?

Not the way I'd want to see female minorities (or females, or minorities) go.

[Renew Deal]

69. I am not sure what you mean.

If you have ever seen the treands through history, the first of anything hass never won the presidency. For example, a catholic ran and lost before Kennedy.

CMB went out there and did her best. I believe that a better candidate could do better in the future.

[jmaier]

7. Interesting

You could pretty much see this coming from their interactions of late and the fact that her friend and mentor Sen Paul Simon endorsed Dean shortly before his death.

Good for them both.

[LuminousX]

8. I smell cabinet position for her

[Renew Deal]

9. Isn't that how Dean gets most of his endorsements.

Cash and offers of power.

[slinkerwink]

11. lol, sour grapes much?

I'm just excited about CMB endorsing Dean!!!! I have so much respect for her!

[Renew Deal]

19. Actually no,

Congrats to Dean and his supporters. CMB supporters, I wish you the best.

[PassingFair]

67. Sour Grapes!!!

This guy's DRUNK on old vinegar!

GO DEAN!!! THE MOST ELECTABLE OF ALL DEMS!

[LuminousX]

13. Cash? LOL

And I'm sure Bradley, Simon, Conyers, Harkin, et. al. really need power from Dean.

[mouse7]

35. ...Ann Richards... n/t

[bitchkitty]

Spite n/t

[Melodybe]

24. Bull unlike all the other candidates we can boast

that our average campaign contribution is $77. Dean owes no one but us, the hundreds of thousands that have sent them a few of their hard earned smackers. Sorry that you dislike Dean so much, CMB is a class act and I honestly think that she would have endorsed Dean even if she hadn't have been running. YAY DEAN!

[Renew Deal]

27. I didn't suggest it was a bribe, a Dean supporter did.

I just suggested it was SOP.

[ima_sinnic]

25. oh yeah, right </sarcasm>

paying attention much?

[Hoppin_Mad]

28. ( Bleacher showing the newbies how it's done ) -nt-

[Renew Deal]

31. lol

Let me take a bow.

[cprise]

51. LOL! Yeah, nefarious moneybags Dean! :-)

How dare he claim to be better than the others and then behave like a politician? :eyes:

[Melodybe]

15. I love that woman! She is the epitomy of class.

I thought that before she endorsed my candidate.

[arewethereyet]

36. or just out of money

could go either way

[LuminousX]

10. This means D.C. was more important than people admit

It really was a race to see where minority interest was going to go. When Braun saw she could only beat Kucinich, she cut her losses. I hope she campaigns with Dean.

[Rose Siding]

14. HUGELY inconvenient

Now I'll have to decide on a new second choice :bounce:

Will NOW and the other women's groups re-endorse someone at this point?

[Renew Deal]

21. Good question

I bet the other campaigns are on the phone with them already.

[janx]

37. If Planned Parenthood endorses anyone, I think I know who it

will be...if they haven't done this already.

[Renew Deal]

44. Who?

No secrets among friends.

[LuminousX]

46. The guy who once sat on one of the boards

[Renew Deal]

71. Dean

I figured it out.

[Hoppin_Mad]

18. Great news ! ! ! Sure are some MIGHTY sour grapes around here ! -nt-

[Khephra]

20. I never knew about CMB until the campaign

But I've grown quite fond of her. I really hope that she gets a place in the Dean Administration.

Thank you, CMB! That takes a lot of class to drop out and back someone right away. No bruised egos there!

[David Zephyr]

22. I Hate to See Her Leave the Field This Early, But This Will Help Dean.

n/t

[zulchzulu]

26. The good news is that she's dropping out. I don't care who she endorses

She's had a free pass on all of her scandals while serving in Illinois.

Buh-bye, Carol.

Maybe she wants to be VP? If there was ever a guaranteed landslide ticket, that would be one.

[mouse7]

39. Grapes... Grapes here

Get your Sour Grapes right here... Grapes...

[Sinistrous]

59. No longer grapes. These are full-blown w(h)ines.

,

[zulchzulu]

65. Are you kidding?

I've always felt that CMB was woefully unqualified to be running...she's predictable, has a lot of scandals while she was serving in Illinois and took up too much time during the debates.

Last August, I was in Chicago watching the AFL-CIO debate and filming a documentary (still in the works) at a debate party and whenever CMB got on the tube, the crowd would scream and boo at the top of their lungs. I wondered why. I was then educated on a litany of scandals and stories of incompetence that she was responsible for while serving as Senator in Illinois.

She's also a reverse-racist. You Dean folks can have her...

[KaraokeKarlton]

50. Good lord

Before too long you're going to have to change parties. With all the nasty things you have to say about everyone who endorses Dean you're not going to have anyone left you will like in the party once Dean wins the nomination.

Bitterness is unbecoming.

[revcarol]

29. Why am I NOT surprised.

made her sucking up to Dean painfully obvious the last two debates.

[DemBones DemBones]

42. I agree. As a woman, I was disappointed in her,

shamelessly angling to be on his list of friends. And I saw this coming, though I thought she'd stay in through Iowa.

[Clark4VotingRights]

30. MSNBC site says "may"...

"Carol Mosely Braun may drop out of presidential race, support Dean."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/

She'd be a great endorsement; I think she's a bright classy woman.
But they're not reporting that she will endorse.

[windansea]

32. it was bound to happen

debate was the clue

[Kal Belgarion]

55. It's confirmed

"MSNBC has confirmed with Patricia Ireland, Moseley-Braun's campaign manager, that the candidate will formally withdraw on Thursday and endorse Howard Dean at an event at an Iowa high school."

--http://www.msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3962175&p1=0

[janx]

33. Bless the Ambassador's heart! She and Dean have always

shared a lot of opinions--and I've seen Carol stand up and scold other candidates during debates when they have come after Dean.

She is such a fine a principled woman. I hope so much she has a place in our next Dem administration.

[askew]

38. What? I just donated to her campaign.

Now I'll need to find a second choice. I was really impressed with her during this campaign, but if she drops out I would love to see her endorse Dean.

[White Mountain]

40. That'll really help in Iowa

Not!

[LuminousX]

47. Sometimes it isn't about the obstacle immediately in front of you

sometimes it is just about the process as a whole.

[kayleybeth]

41. CMB is a great endorsement.

I would have been proud to have her endorse General Clark. Congrats to Dean supporters for this one, Carol is top-drawer.

[cindyw]

43. I think anyone who has seen the debates knows who she would endorse.

n/t

[bhunt70]

48. Lotsa respect for the way CMB handled herself

I liked hearing her speak.

[cprise]

52. Thank you Carol !

Wow, CMB and Anne Richards too!

Go Dean!

[phirili]

54. Braun tried to defend Dean against Sharpton and failed. Why on earth

did she enter the last debate knowing she was endorsing Dean, what hypocrisy.

[Duder]

57. Carol impressed me

Great endorsement:

MSNBC has confirmed with Patricia Ireland, Moseley-Braun's campaign manager, that the candidate will formally withdraw on Thursday and endorse Howard Dean at an event at an Iowa high school.

[Rose Siding]

60. Confirmed with her campaign mgr- LINK

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3962175/

[John_H]

63. Darn! Why didn't she send her 487 votes to Clark?

[funky_bug]

70. Now now

Carol has conducted herself with class. I admit not knowing a thing about her record (though I've heard a few things tossed around at DU that I can put little stock in), on the on-set, I'd have been proud to have her endorsement for Clark.

This is a powerhouse for the Dean campaign. Let them have their moment. It's well deserved.

[doubles]

66. So much for Al Shapton and his race bating HATE Dean campaign....

Carol Moseley Braun knows a hate monger like Sharpton when she sees one. Sharpton's accusations were vicious and baseless!

[David Dunham]

72. Braun for Dean, But Will It Matter in Iowa? No Way

[sleipnir]

73. Bye, bye...have a nice ride back home...