As Rules Committee Meets, Clinton Poised for Blowout Win in Puerto Rico

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As the Democrats' Rules Committee meets today in Washington to resolve the Michigan and Florida dispute, the latest poll in Puerto Rico shows Hillary Clinton may be poised for another blowout win over Barack Obama this Sunday.

CNN reports:

“According to the new survey conducted for the newspaper El Vocero and Univision, Clinton is leading Obama there 51 percent to 38 percent among all adults in the primary.

“The poll also show 52 percent of Puerto Ricans view Clinton favorably while 42 percent view Obama favorably.

“The survey was conducted May 8-20. Given the length of the survey time, it is possible it may not reflect the current views of Puerto Ricans since both candidates have visited the island since the polling began, and other recent developments on the campaign trail may have swayed voters' minds there.

“Her popularity on the island caught the attention of one of the island's most famous pop stars Thursday.

‘“Ricky Martin endorsed Clinton for the Democratic nomination, saying, ‘Whether fighting for better education, universal health care and social well-being, as first lady and senator from New York -- representing millions of Latinos -- she has always fought for what is most important for our families.”’

Other developments since the latest poll taken in Puerto Rico might include Father Pfleger’s outrageous performance at Trinity UCC caught on video last Sunday.

In today’s Boston Globe, Scott Helman recaps: ‘“Just as he tries to begin uniting a fractured Democratic Party, Senator Barack Obama is suffering from another damaging outburst from the pulpit of his longtime church, where outspoken Chicago priest Michael L. Pfleger said in a guest sermon last Sunday that Senator Hillary Clinton was a ‘white’ and ‘entitled’ politician staggered to see ‘a black man stealing my show.”’

It remains to be seen how much the latest scandal emanating from Obama’s church will influence voters in the final three Democratic primaries: Puerto Rico on Sunday and Montana and South Dakota this coming Tuesday.

Father Pfleger’s Bad Timing in Bashing “White” Hillary

ABC’s Jake Tapper gauges Father Pfleger’s effect on the Rules Committee’s effort to resolve the MI and FL dilemma this Saturday. Tapper begins:

“The job of uniting the Democratic Party after a long and divisive primary season just got tougher, thanks to yet another Chicago Christian leader who's a longtime friend and associate of Illinois Sen. Barack Obama.

“Precisely at the time when Obama's camp needs to be building bridges to supporters of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, who's known Obama for about 20 years, took to the pulpit of Obama's church Sunday and ridiculed Clinton, using racially divisive language.

“The timing could not be worse.

“The Democratic National Committee's rules and bylaws committee will meet Saturday to hash out how to deal with the delegations of Florida and Michigan, which are going to be punished for ignoring party rules and holding early primaries.

“Clinton supporters plan on staging protests, insisting that the committee count the votes as cast, even though no candidate campaigned in either state and Obama wasn't on the ballot in Michigan.”

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Note: The media, Tapper included, almost always fails to mention that Barack Obama and John Edwards chose to take their names off the Michigan ballot and in derision asked their supporters to vote “uncommitted.” They hoped Clinton would be embarrassed by losing to “uncommitted.” Instead, she took Michigan.

The media also fails to mention that the Obama campaign violated the rules by running national ads in Florida. Again, voters turned out in droves to vote for Hillary Clinton.