This Is Why Hillary Is Staying In The Race

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This Is Why Hillary Is Staying In The Race

John Podhoretz - 03.14.2008 - 14:29 Hillary Clinton is not stupid. She knows perfectly well that she’s not going to catch up with Barack Obama when it comes to delegates or the overall popular vote in the primaries, and that her lead with superdelegates is not at all secure. She’s staying in the race to see what happens — to lengthen it so that there is a chance Obama will implode for some reason or combination of reasons, leaving her to pick up the pieces.

When Hillary and her people talk about Obama’s lack of experience, they are not just talking about foreign policy and Washington voting. They are, implicitly, talking about his lack of experience with a hostile media. He has never been subjected to the withering examination of a reportorial or even punditorial pack — not in his service in the Illinois state senate, not in his 2004 Senate race, and not even when it came to his well-reviewed books. One never, ever knows how someone will hold up under such circumstances, or how quickly a reputation can be damaged.

Obviously, the repulsive statements of Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, about how 9/11 represented “the chickens coming home to roost” for “White America” might represent a turning point — and one that would not have happened to benefit Hillary had she seen supposed reason and bowed out when it was clear she couldn’t win on points. Obama is fortunate this week to have had a ju-jitsu victory on the subject of race, parrying a remark about him by Geraldine Ferraro into a “nobody-is-allowed-to-raise-the-subject of-how-I-might-have-benefited-from-my-blackness” moment. That, and the Spitzer scandal, have kept the Wright story from getting full purchase in the media. But it’s out now, and even the extreme queasiness of the press in dealing with material that might be harmful to Obama can’t last forever.

And forever is a long time. The Pennsylvania primary is more than a month away. Maybe more will turn up to cause the superdelegates such concern about November that they will line up behind her foursquare. Politics is a dynamic business.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Hillary is staying in the race because she will do whatever it takes, even leaving the White House for the Republicans to keep another term, just to get what she perceives as her entitlement: the nomination. She's staying in the race for no other reason.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Quite obviously, the voting public hasn't gotten the memo that this is her rather than Obama's turn to make a run for the White House.

[metta 0]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with in 200 and 2004 now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

Edited March 15, 2008 by metta

[Dan J 277]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

What's very lame is how the Hillbots are trying talk about a bursting bubble where there's neither a bubble nor any bursting.

It's not only very lame but also makes very obvious the desperation in Hillary's camp.

Edited March 15, 2008 by Mr. Big Dog

[metta 0]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

[Dan J 277]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

Your making an assumuption that states that voted for hillary will go for McCain if Hillary is not the nomination. But thats not how it will work. Most of the blue states will stay blue, no matter who is the nomination. But Obama has a better chance at turning states like Texas and other swing states to him than Hillary does.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Quite obviously, the voting public hasn't gotten the memo that this is her rather than Obama's turn to make a run for the White House.

I don't think this speaks against Hillary to be honest - as much as it does to these hack journalist cobbling together the most tenuous ####### they can find and fabricating rationales that have no basis in fact or indeed - in public opinion.

[metta 0]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

Your making an assumuption that states that voted for hillary will go for McCain if Hillary is not the nomination. But thats not how it will work. Most of the blue states will stay blue, no matter who is the nomination. But Obama has a better chance at turning states like Texas and other swing states to him than Hillary does.

On what basis are you assuming that?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

But independents would vote for Hillary rather than McCain? That's almost funny.

[metta 0]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

But independents would vote for Hillary rather than McCain? That's almost funny.

I know of "one" independent in Florida who might go for McCain rather than for Hillary

But come November, economy will be the main issue where Hillary has the edge over McCain in so far as other independents are concerned.

Unless of course, Georgie Boy opens up an Iranian front close to the general.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Exactly.

As for the voting public, especially the core democrats in the Blue states, look who they are rallying behind.

It's the socalled independents who voted for the "change" agent with whom they most like to drink beer with now reeling from their buyer's remorse and guilt who have gravitated to BO in swing states and

Red states.

Now they are blaming Hillary for Barack Bubble busting.

How very lame!

In other words, only the big states matter. Isnt that what hillary has been saying all along? Then why is she behind in the delegate count?

Axelrod, the political gunslinger riding out of the Chicago Machine had a good strategy to go for the Red state delegates (he ran a smart campaign for Deval in Mass too). I'd give him that.

But the Red state delegates will not translate into electoral college votes come November.

If BO gets the nomination, the independents will more likely go for McCain after the Republican Attack machine is done with BO.

But independents would vote for Hillary rather than McCain? That's almost funny.

I know of "one" independent in Florida who might go for McCain rather than for Hillary

Me? Well, it just so happens that I very recently changed my party affiliation.

Since it seems that we're going to have a re-vote here in June, I'll bump Obama up one vote.

[mawilson 2,133]

So to summarise - Hillary is currently behind in the race but this journalist is suggesting that she's staying around to 'pick up the pieces' because she (and not the voting public) knows best.

Pick up the pieces of Obama when he self-destructs for some mysterious reason?