Spun out

[SteveLaura 0]

When we won Iowa, the Clinton campaign said it's not the number of states you win, it's "a contest for delegates."

When we won a significant lead in delegates, they said it's really about which states you win.

When we won South Carolina, they discounted the votes of African-Americans.

When we won predominantly white, rural states like Idaho, Utah, and Nebraska, they said those didn't count because they won't be competitive in the general election.

When we won in Washington State, Wisconsin, and Missouri -- general election battlegrounds where polls show Barack is a stronger candidate against John McCain -- the Clinton campaign attacked those voters as "latte-sipping" elitists.

And now that we've won more than twice as many states, the Clinton spin is that only certain states really count.

But the facts are clear.

For all their attempts to discount, distract, and distort, we have won more delegates, more states, and more votes.

Meanwhile, more than half of the votes that Senator Clinton has won so far have come from just five states. And in four of these five states, polls show that Barack would be a stronger general election candidate against McCain than Clinton...

With our overwhelming victory in the Mississippi primary yesterday, our lead in earned delegates is now wider than it was on March 3rd, before the contests in Ohio and Texas...

As the number of remaining delegates dwindles, Hillary Clinton's path to the nomination seems less and less plausible.

Now that Mississippi is behind us, we move on to the next ten contests. The Clinton campaign would like to focus your attention only on Pennsylvania -- a state in which they have already declared that they are "unbeatable."

But Pennsylvania is only one of those 10 remaining contests, each important in terms of allocating delegates and ultimately deciding who our nominee will be.

We have activated our volunteer networks in each of these upcoming battlegrounds. We're putting staff on the ground and building our organization everywhere.

The key to victory is not who wins the states that the Clinton campaign thinks are important. The key to victory is realizing that every vote and every voter matters.

Throughout this entire process, the Clinton campaign has cherry-picked states, diminished caucuses, and moved the goal posts to create a shifting, twisted rationale for why they should win the nomination despite winning fewer primaries, fewer states, fewer delegates, and fewer votes.

We must stand up to the same-old Washington politics. Barack has won twice as many states, large and small, in every region of the country -- many by landslide margins. And this movement is expanding the base of the Democratic Party by attracting new voters in record numbers and bringing those who had lost hope back into the political process.

[no name 1]

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[SteveLaura 0]

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My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

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It really puts things in perspective.

[no name 1]

source?

My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

come on, seriously!

I get tons of interesting mail in my inbox but that doesn't make it trustworthy or true.

[GaryC 7]

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Reality, what a concept.

[no name 1]

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Reality, what a concept.

I googled parts of that 'speech' and got nothing.

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Steve- Here's a nice tidbit for you.

Obama Campaign Attacks: Just Words

3/11/2008 12:35:49 PM

To: Interested Parties

From: The Clinton Campaign

RE: Obama Campaign Attacks: Just Words

Over the last few weeks, Sen. Obama has successfully undermined his credibility with a series of statements to reporters and voters that have been contradicted by the facts. Unfortunately, he’s doing it again today by having his campaign issue a fundamentally misleading attack aimed at glossing over the doubts Americans have about his readiness to be Commander-in-Chief. Once again, Senator Obama is proving the point that his campaign is about “just words.”

Despite making hard end-dates a centerpiece of his campaign, Senator Obama’s top foreign policy adviser said those plans are not anything he’ll rely on as president. Despite repeated denials and five different parsed statements by his campaign that have been called misleading by media reports, his top economic adviser did in fact dismiss Senator Obama’s NAFTA criticism to the Canadian government as just political rhetoric.

And now today, Senator Obama is at it again, sending a false attack memo from his campaign making claims that are contradicted by the facts. Still reeling from its losses in Ohio and Texas, the Obama campaign has come out swinging, taking aim at Senator Clinton's considerable foreign policy experience with false claims and baseless attacks. After last week’s defeats, the Obama campaign faced a choice: try to convince voters that Senator Obama is ready to take the 3am phone call in a positive way or try to tear down Senator Clinton's accomplishments.

Considering that his foreign policy advisor, Susan Rice, cited Senator Obama’s "legislation on ethics reform" when asked this morning about his foreign policy experience, it is clear that the Obama campaign is unable to make a positive case for its candidate’s experience. They have chosen to attack and today’s memo continues the pattern of statements contradicted by the facts. Given the credibility gap his campaign has developed over the last few weeks, these latest attacks today should not be believed.

There is a reason that thirty former Generals and Admirals have endorsed Senator Clinton -- they know she is prepared to lead this nation as Commander in Chief with strength and experience on day one. Here are the facts about Hillary’s experience.

Edited March 12, 2008 by illumine

[SteveLaura 0]

source?

My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

come on, seriously!

I get tons of interesting mail in my inbox but that doesn't make it trustworthy or true.

Dev, I have contributed to Barack's campaign, therefore I get emails from them thanking me, encouraging me to give more and interesting items such as this.

[no name 1]

source?

My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

come on, seriously!

I get tons of interesting mail in my inbox but that doesn't make it trustworthy or true.

Dev, I have contributed to Barack's campaign, therefore I get emails from them thanking me, encouraging me to give more and interesting items such as this.

Me too. I got one from Bubba today! but I'm not posting it as 'fact' or as a 'valid' story.

I fear that Bill didn't actually send it *himself*.

Edited March 12, 2008 by illumine

[SteveLaura 0]

source?

My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

come on, seriously!

I get tons of interesting mail in my inbox but that doesn't make it trustworthy or true.

Dev, I have contributed to Barack's campaign, therefore I get emails from them thanking me, encouraging me to give more and interesting items such as this.

Me too. I got one from Bubba today! but I'm not posting it as 'fact' or as a 'valid' story.

I fear that Bill didn't actually send it *himself*.

Dev, I have to leave work now, but if you want to argue any of the email that you feel is factually wrong, I'll read your responses in the morning.

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FWIW, I just got it too.

Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:52:14 -0400

To: "xxxx" <xxxx@xxxx.com>

From: "David Plouffe, BarackObama.com" <info@barackobama.com>

Subject: Spun out

[no name 1]

FWIW, I just got it too.

Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:52:14 -0400

To: "xxxx" <xxxx@xxxx.com>

From: "David Plouffe, BarackObama.com" <info@barackobama.com>

Subject: Spun out

It's still spin, from his campaign, nothing new or interesting.

Shall I post Bubba's email? Or Terry's?

[AnewKINDofFEELIN 0]

source?

My email account. But you can probably find it at Obama's website.

come on, seriously!

I get tons of interesting mail in my inbox but that doesn't make it trustworthy or true.

Dev, I have contributed to Barack's campaign, therefore I get emails from them thanking me, encouraging me to give more and interesting items such as this.

Me too. I got one from Bubba today! but I'm not posting it as 'fact' or as a 'valid' story.

I fear that Bill didn't actually send it *himself*.

Dev, I have to leave work now, but if you want to argue any of the email that you feel is factually wrong, I'll read your responses in the morning.

It's easier to discredit the source than to argue the facts.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

You asked for a source, I provided it. Feel free to post whatever you want.