Terry McAuliffe (Clinton campaign): We're gonna win both Texas and Ohio

[simple_male 1]

I concede. Obama has lost the nomination.

I agree with Gary, even if Obama gets nominated, it won't be without a mudfest at the Conventioin and McCain will be our next President.

The Clinton/Bush dynasties have prevailed.

Texas isn't even over! Why are you conceding?

Going negative has worked and will continue to work. All they have to do is keep inferring that Obama is Muslim and it'll put fear in enough voters to vote for Hillary.

3 hours ago you were singing her downfall. What gives? Fair weather supporter?!?!

I'm trying to be realistic. Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum, even though Obama came from behind.

If Hillary fights for the nomination all the way to the Convention, McCain will be our next President.

I agree with you.

[metta 0]

I concede. Obama has lost the nomination.

I agree with Gary, even if Obama gets nominated, it won't be without a mudfest at the Conventioin and McCain will be our next President.

The Clinton/Bush dynasties have prevailed.

Texas isn't even over! Why are you conceding?

Going negative has worked and will continue to work. All they have to do is keep inferring that Obama is Muslim and it'll put fear in enough voters to vote for Hillary.

Steven, it's not the muslim thing.

It's Professor Goolsbee New York Times

and OB campaign failing to answer questions re: his realtionship with Chicago slumlord Rezko

ABCNews blog

These are self-inflicted wounds

[no name 1]

I concede. Obama has lost the nomination.

I agree with Gary, even if Obama gets nominated, it won't be without a mudfest at the Conventioin and McCain will be our next President.

The Clinton/Bush dynasties have prevailed.

Texas isn't even over! Why are you conceding?

Going negative has worked and will continue to work. All they have to do is keep inferring that Obama is Muslim and it'll put fear in enough voters to vote for Hillary.

Steven, it's not the muslim thing.

It's Professor Goolsbee New York Times

and OB campaign failing to answer questions re: his realtionship with Chicago slumlord Rezko

ABCNews blog

These are self-inflicted wounds

God forbid Obama lose based on anything he himself did...

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton showed renewed strength Tuesday in Texas and Ohio among whites and working class voters who had begun deserting her in recent contests, early results from exit polls in the states showed.

With her back against the wall in a pair of contests that seemed virtually must-win, the New York senator seemed to be limiting Barack Obama to groups that have supported his candidacy from the start of this year's Democratic presidential contest.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23473864/

Edited March 5, 2008 by illumine

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Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

I predicted 2 about 5 hours ago. A landslide victory.

[Cassie 8]

Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

Maybe so, but she's spinning it hard like she's winning by landslides.

"For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up -- this one is for you," Clinton said before supporters in Columbus.

"You know what they say," she said. "As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Well, this nation's coming back and so is this campaign."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/04/mar...ests/index.html

[no name 1]

Maybe so, but she's spinning it hard like she's winning by landslides.

"For everyone here in Ohio and across America who's been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up -- this one is for you," Clinton said before supporters in Columbus.

"You know what they say," she said. "As Ohio goes, so goes the nation. Well, this nation's coming back and so is this campaign."

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/04/mar...ests/index.html

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton showed renewed strength Tuesday in Texas and Ohio among whites and working class voters who had begun deserting her in recent contests, early results from exit polls in the states showed.

With her back against the wall in a pair of contests that seemed virtually must-win, the New York senator seemed to be limiting Barack Obama to groups that have supported his candidacy from the start of this year's Democratic presidential contest.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

I predicted 2 about 5 hours ago. A landslide victory.

My fear was she'd take off about 50. But it looks like it may not go over 10! Not a bad night, all things considered.

Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

Maybe so, but she's spinning it hard like she's winning by landslides.

Obama still has his lead. It appears that Hillary may have just blown two big chances she had at making a dent in that lead.

[no name 1]

Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

I predicted 2 about 5 hours ago. A landslide victory.

My fear was she'd take off about 50. But it looks like it may not go over 10! Not a bad night, all things considered.

Who do you support Gupt?

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Hillary will spin tonight as an indication that she has the momentum...

openleft.com at this moment is giving hillary a net gain of 4 delegates so far.

Four.

I predicted 2 about 5 hours ago. A landslide victory.

My fear was she'd take off about 50. But it looks like it may not go over 10! Not a bad night, all things considered.

Who do you support Gupt?

I've contributed to Senator Obama.

First time I ever contributed to anyone, I might add.

[no name 1]

Who do you support Gupt?

I've contributed to Senator Obama.

First time I ever contributed to anyone, I might add.

me too! Go Hills.

[no name 1]

oooh, caucus results time!

[no name 1]

You were right Terry! Congrats!

[Peikko 1,575]

I have a couple of quick questions for Obama supporters.

One, he wants to change the impact of lobbyists. Regarding this what policies or legislation does he intend to put in place that will make this a reality rather than simly saying I don't/wont engage with the lobbyists. After all, this is a major part of the way politics is played out so in order for things to really change surely actual measures have to be put in place to make this a reality across the board and I am interested in this plan.

Second, he wants to engage in a 'new style' of politics which crosses party lines. Is he really suggesting that during house/senate negotiations there is no cross party support of bills currently? I find that rather hard to believe (but if that is so then quite honestly, yes this must happen) and again, what is he actually going to do that will bring this about. If it's not true (ie, cross party support for bills currently takes place) what is this 'new style' of politics he talks about?

[GaryC 7]

Obama regains ground in Texas caucuses

By JIM KUHNHENN and CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writers 33 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Barack Obama regained lost ground in the fierce competition for Democratic convention delegates on Wednesday based on results from the Texas caucuses, partially negating the impact of Hillary Rodham Clinton's string of comeback primary victories.

Late returns showed Clinton emerged from Rhode Island, Vermont, Texas and Ohio with a gain of 12 delegates on her rival for the night, with another dozen yet to be awarded in The Associated Press' count.

That left Obama with an overall lead of 101 delegates, 1,562-1,461 as the rivals look ahead to the final dozen contests on the calendar. It takes 2,025 to win the nomination.

The two presidential contenders made the rounds of the morning television news shows, agreeing on little — except that their historic struggle would continue at least until the Pennsylvania primary on April 22.

That left six weeks for public campaigning, and for private appeals to party leaders, known as superdelegates, who attend the convention but are not chosen in primaries or caucuses.

Clinton has the support of 241 superdelegates, and Obama 202. But more than 350 remain uncommitted, a large enough bloc to swing the nomination should they band together.

Clinton, in particular, projected confidence on the day after her candidacy-saving victories, suggesting she might want Obama as her vice presidential running mate.

"That may be where this is headed, but of course we have to decide who is on the top of ticket. I think the people of Ohio very clearly said that it should be me," she said on CBS.

Obama no doubt had other thoughts.

He said he would prevail in the nominating battle despite facing a tenacious candidate who "just keeps on ticking."

Democrats plunged into the next round of their campaign as Republican John McCain was visiting the White House to confirm his status as the party's nominee-in-waiting. Lunch with President Bush headlined his day.

Bitter rivals in the 2000 presidential primaries, the two have forged an uneasy relationship during Bush's administration and have clashed on issues such as campaign finance, tax cuts, global warming and defining torture.

There were 370 Democratic delegates at stake in Tuesday's contests, and nearly complete returns showed Clinton outpaced Obama in Ohio, 74-65, in Rhode Island, 13-8, and in the Texas primary, 65-61.

Obama won in Vermont, 9-6, and was ahead in the Texas caucuses, 30-27. Ten of the dozen that remained to be awarded were in Texas; the other two in Ohio.

"We still have an insurmountable lead," Obama said.

Clinton and Obama spent most of the past two weeks in Ohio and Texas in a bruising campaign, with the former first lady questioning his sincerity in opposing the North American Free Trade Agreement and darkly hinting he's not ready to be commander in chief in a crisis.

Based on their current delegate counts, neither candidate can win enough delegates in the remaining primaries and caucuses to secure the nomination without the help of nearly 800 party officials and top elected officials who also have a voice in the selection. On Wednesday, Clinton and her campaign clearly aimed their case at those so-called "superdelegates" — a strategy that could take the nomination fight all the way to the party's August national convention in Denver.

"New questions are being raised, new challenges are being put to my opponent," she said. "Superdelegates are supposed to take all that information on board and they are supposed to be exercising the judgment that people would have exercised if this information and challenges had been available several months ago."

She said voters are being drawn to her argument that she would be the better commander in chief, the best steward of the economy and that she can better confront McCain in the general election.

Obama countered that on a key national security issue — the war in Iraq — "she got it wrong" by supporting Bush's call for authority to use of force.

As for superdelegates, Obama said he expected them to rally around him.

"I don't think it will necessarily go to the convention floor," he told reporters aboard his plane before taking off from San Antonio for Chicago.

He also said he will challenge Clinton on her foreign policy credentials.

"Was she negotiating treaties? Was she handling crises? The answer is no," he said. "She made a series of arguments on why she should be a superior candidate. I think it's important to examine that argument."

The count does not include delegates from Florida and Michigan, who were penalized by the Democratic Party for moving up their primaries ahead of a schedule set by the Democratic National Committee. None of the Democratic candidates campaigned in either state. But Clinton, who won the popular vote in both state primaries, on Wednesday renewed her call for Florida and Michigan to be counted in the nomination race.

"It's a mistake for the Democratic Party to punish these two states," she said. "I don't see how a Democratic nominee goes forward alienating two of the most important states."

McCain surpassed the 1,191 delegates needed to win his party's nomination against odds that seemed steep only a few months ago, and all but impossible last summer.

Facing a couple of well-financed marquee candidates in a crowded field, the Arizona senator opened his comeback in New Hampshire's leadoff primary, rolled over Rudy Giuliani in Florida and finished off Mitt Romney after Super Tuesday on Feb. 5.

Mike Huckabee hung in until Tuesday night, gamely keeping up the fight weeks after dropping from long shot to afterthought.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080305/ap_on_el_pr/campaign_rdp

[Alex+R 0]

Has it been mentioned here yet that Rush and other Conservative leaders told people in Ohio to go vote for Hillary?