ABC Wash Post Poll: 64% of Dems Think Hillary Should Stay in Race — Page 7

I'm not sure how I feel about his 50 state strategy. It seems rather calculating and ambitious. He'll stop at nothing to be president.

Updated On: 5/14/08 at 12:56 PM

How dare you demonize him the way that Obama supporters demonize Hillary!

Where is your sense of double standards Phyllis?

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Well I said he was building the party in meaningful ways. Didn't you hear about Kenya? They're all ready to lay down their arms and accept remote citizenship.

By 2011 we'll be building Jamba Juices in Iran.

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"By 2011 we'll be building Jamba Juices in Iran."

Or Kool-Aid stands.

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PJ - no one is buying the Clinton campaign's spin on the popular vote, just like no one is buying their contention that the delegate goal is 2209. It's all about the delegates, and he added two more superdelegates today. He also picked up the endorsement of former SEC and Fed Chairmen, which will only help with superdelegates. From MSNBC:

Also endorsing Obama were three former Securities and Exchange Commission chairmen — William Donaldson, David Ruder, and Arthur Levitt Jr., who was appointed by former President Clinton. The campaign released a joint statement by the former SEC chiefs, well as former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker, that praised Obama's "positive leadership and judgment" on economic issues.

"We are aware of the reasoned approach Mr. Obama has taken in analyzing the current financial crisis and the need for balanced regulatory reform," the statement said. "We believe that such a constructive approach can be extended broadly in the economic area as well as elsewhere."

Edit to clarify - one of Obama's superdelegate commitments is an international, so that person's vote only counts for half.

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Updated On: 5/14/08 at 02:20 PM

"We are aware of the reasoned approach Mr. Obama has taken in analyzing the current financial crisis and the need for balanced regulatory reform," the statement said."

Thus, Obama ain't the Leaning Tower of Liberalism that he's been painted as. He only has to continue running right of Hillary and just left of the "closet liberal" McCain on fiscal matters to book passage to the White House. Though he'd never do it now, I really wish that Obama would join McCain this week in denouncing the latest version of the Farm Bill that's up for vote.
update on that awful Farm Bill

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Hey! I'm an Obama supporter--remember?

But actually, both Donna Brazile and Howard Dean have said that Michigan and Florida WILL be seated at the May 31 meeting of the Rules Committee.

That means that as of June 1, the necessary delegate count will be somewhere between the 2025 (minus MI and FL) and the 2209 (including them), depending on what percentage of MI and FL delegates the final formula uses.

So until then, why should Clinton withdraw? Each of these landslide victories reinforces her position in the party. And, far from hurting the party, the protracted campaign is solidifying enthusiasm on both sides.

It's also delaying the onset of the Republican 527s, which is a GOOD thing, since they are going to be phenomenally ugly.

After large wins in WV and Kentucky and another large win in Puerto Rico, Hillary will be the one bringing the needed Latinos and working-class whites into the party.

Then all Obama has to do is make a big show out of offering her VP or Senate Majority Leader--and all those voters come into the fold.

As long as Obama's ego doesn't F*CK it up--or his Hillary-hating wife and supporters!--we should be one big happy Democratic family by mid-June.

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You misunderstand the nature of the 527s. By law, they can have nothing to do with either party or any campaign--they have to be groups of citizens unaffiliated with parties--so any disavowal from McCain will be moot.

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mb, the last primary huck won was on feb. 9th. he dropped out on march 4th which was coincidentally the night that john mccain clinched the nomination.

any other lies you'd like to spread?

btw, as long as we're lying, bammy's a muslim, swore allegieance to louis farrakhan, told jimmy meeks that he'll sign a federal amendment banning gay marriage and privately refers to white people as devils who must be destroyed.

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I do understand 527s, and I know that neither candidate can directly control the actions of those organizations. I do believe, however, that the individuals and organizations behind the 527s have a vested interest in the outcome of the election, and may very well expect access to the administration if they are successful.

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"I do believe, however, that the individuals and organizations behind the 527s have a vested interest in the outcome of the election, and may very well expect access to the administration if they are successful."

Yep, it's mos def quid pro quo!

I also believe McCain's denouncement of them to be purely self-serving. There are skeletons in that closet and the DC press corps is trying to pry the door open right now as I type.

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Updated On: 5/14/08 at 03:22 PM

namaste, she didn't win. bammy just chose not to contest that state because he has an intense loathing of rednecks.

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