SubscribeHillary: “Campaign Is Just Hitting Its Stride”
From the eternally hopeful New York Times:
As Four States Vote, Clinton Talks About a Long Battle
By JODI KANTOR
March 4, 2008
As voters in Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont and Texas headed to the polls potentially to decide the Democratic nomination for the presidency, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday urged voters to settle in for a nomination fight that could roll on for months to come.
“You know this is a long process,” Mrs. Clinton told reporters Tuesday morning outside a polling place in Houston.
It was an entirely different message from the one delivered by former President Bill Clinton just a few weeks ago, when he told Ohio and Texas voters that his wife would not succeed without victories in those delegate-rich states…
While the Mrs. Clinton projected determination to soldier on, the Obama campaign issued reminders of Mr. Clinton’s earlier statements saying that Mrs. Clinton needed to win Texas and Ohio.
“Three weeks ago, when they led polls in Texas and Ohio by 20 points, the Clinton campaign set their own test for today’s primaries,” Bill Burton, a spokesman, said in an e-mail statement. He set expectations for his candidate’s performance fairly low, saying Mr. Obama will maintain his delegate lead. But behind the scenes, leading supporters of Senator Barack Obama were working to persuade Democrats, particularly the superdelegates who could decide the nomination, to step forward and coalesce behind him as soon as Wednesday…
Her campaign “is just hitting its stride,” Mrs. Clinton said, even though she has been running for well over a year, in a race that has gone on longer than anyone expected.
“We’re just beginning to draw those contrasts and those differences and that’s when voters start to zero in,” she said, expressing optimism despite 11 straight losses to Mr. Obama in recent contests.
On a conference call with reporters, representatives from her campaign played up upcoming contests particularly Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary, where Mrs. Clinton is the early favorite…
Please, Allah, no. Let her “cash out” now.
We’re just beginning to draw those contrasts…
It turns out there may be some truth in this.
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March 4th, 2008 at 6:11 pm
FWIW… Here’s what the exit poll consisted of when I voted today. There was a Obama representative outside the polling place, clutching her clipboard, asking everyone, “did you vote for O’baama? My, my how politics has changed!
March 4th, 2008 at 9:02 pm
Hillary is not going to quit. She may lose but will not quit. Remember that she knew of Obama as an up and coming young Democrat at the ‘04 convention so was able to prepare for him. And if she loses it will be George Bush’s and the Supreme Court’s fault because of what they did in 2000. Gore should be the lame duck president. And she will actually believe it.
March 4th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
9:05 PM Glenn Beck just played Hillary blaming Florida Republicans.
March 4th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Does stride relate to stance?
http://video.newsmax.com/?asse.....ode=4681-1
Maybe Hillary does stand up to…
March 4th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
“I’m no expert, but here is what I DO know. Call it sexism, call it chauvinistic, or call it bigotry, but the fact is men will not vote for Hillary. Oh, they may say they will, being good union guys and all, but that is why they put up curtains around the voting booth. You can say one thing and vote another. Men will not vote for Hillary.
“Name one thing attractive about her. We’re used to the pretty info-babes that we see on TV. If Hillary looked like one of those pretty little things she might have a chance. But I’m here to tell you, men will not vote for someone who reminds them of their Senior English teacher. One year was bad enough with that marm, they will never risk four more. She reminds them of the condescending know-it-all in their Chemistry class. Men don’t mind smart women but they do hate women who let you know they are smart. It is even worse when they aren’t really that smart. Hillary doesn’t have a snow ball in Florida’s chance of getting men to vote for her.
“Well, maybe the sissy-men. You know that type, the kind of guys who march in Women’s-Rights parades. They are about as masculine as Hillary is feminine. I call that the ‘role reversal vote.’ Some men like bossy women, but not real men. Pipe fitters, bricklayers, electricians, and truck-drivers are not voting for Hillary. Oh, they may say they are, but when they step in the booth they know the American ship needs a man at the helm. Testosterone is still a good thing.
“They look at Bill Clinton and wonder, ‘What the heck is wrong with that guy? What was he possibly thinking when he took a liking to her?’ There is not one feminine quality about Hillary. She probably reminds Bill of his bossy mother. ‘Battle-axe’ is the term we used before the days of political correctness. No wonder Bill chases skirts all around the world. Talk about kissing your sister. Most guys would rather kiss their brother than Hillary.”
March 5th, 2008 at 2:18 am
Has anyone noticed that in HEAVY democratic BLUE states Hillary does well and the, ahem, black guy doesn’t? In the so called flyover RED states, Barack, does well and the Great Fornicators least favourite concubine doesn’t? Isn’t it interesting? LMAO