Clinton says Obama wants to stop votes

[GaryC 7]

Clinton says Obama wants to stop votes

By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Democratic Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton accused rival Sen. Barack Obama and his allies of trying to stop people from voting as some of his backers have called on her to drop out of the presidential race. The Obama campaign rejected the charge, dismissing Clinton's criticism as "completely laughable."

In a series of television interviews in states holding upcoming contests, Clinton vowed to press on with her campaign and suggested Obama and his supporters wanted to keep those states from playing a role in selecting the party's presidential nominee.

"My take on it is a lot of Senator Obama's supporters want to end this race because they don't want people to keep voting," she told CBS affiliate KTVQ in Billings, Mont. "That's just the opposite of what I believe. We want people to vote. I want the people of Montana to vote, don't you?"

Montana holds its primary June 3. The New York senator made similar comments in interviews with stations in Indiana and North Carolina, which hold primaries May 6.

Obama leads the overall race for the Democratic nomination with 1,631 delegates, including separately chosen party and elected officials known as superdelegates. He got the backing of Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar on Monday. Clinton has 1,501, according to the latest AP tally.

Clinton almost certainly will end the primary season narrowly trailing Obama in the popular vote and among pledged delegates unless the nullified primaries in Florida and Michigan are counted — an unlikely scenario at best. But Obama is unlikely to end the race with the 2,024 pledged delegates needed to win outright either, meaning the nominee will be determined by roughly 800 superdelegates.

Responding to Clinton, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said: "That is completely laughable from a campaign that thought the race would be over on February 5. We have encouraged our supporters to do no such thing and Senator Obama was very clear he supports her carrying on in this race."

Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy last week became the first leading Democrat to openly call on Clinton to step aside and cede the nomination to Obama. He said he worried the prolonged nominating battle was strengthening the chances of the Republican nominee in waiting, John McCain.

Since then, Obama and his supporters have said Clinton should stay in the race as long as she chooses while indicating a lengthy primary battle would not help the party's position in the general election.

Obama has been picking up superdelegates at a rapid clip while Clinton's success with that group has slowed considerably.

"I don't even keep track of it, I can't even tell you that figure," Clinton said when asked by Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA how many superdelegates had endorsed her in recent weeks.

As she spoke, her husband, former President Clinton, was in Oregon, lobbying uncommitted superdelegates.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080331/ap_on_...inton_primaries

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

She's lying when she opens her mouth. Obama has made a pretty clear statement just this weekend saying that he supports Clinton staying in the race just as long as she wants to. Obama's supporters just pointed out some simple mathematical fact: She cannot win with the voters.

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Sen. Patrick Leahy: Hillary ‘ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama.’ “There is no way that Senator Clinton is going to win enough delegates to get the nomination. She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama. Now, obviously that’s a decision that only she can make. Frankly, I feel that she would have a tremendous career in the Senate.” [NYT Caucus blog, 3/28/08]

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03...on-to-drop-out/

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Obama said the primary is like a ‘very good movie that lasted about half-an-hour too long.’ [Wall Street Journal’s Washington Wire, 3/28/08]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/03/28/o..._washingtonwire

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Obama: ‘I think there are some people who felt like 'God, when will this be over?' [ABC News Political Radar, 3/28/08]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/20...-primary-a.html

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Obama compares campaign to 'Bataan death march.' [Pool Report, 3/27/08]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/03/27/o...-t_n_93784.html

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Obama adviser said the race was ‘beginning to feel like a hostage crisis.’ “Obama adviser moaned that the race was ‘beginning to feel like a hostage crisis’ and would probably go on for another month to six weeks.” [Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 3/30/08]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/...amp;oref=slogin

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Sen. Chris Dodd: the Democratic race is ‘going on forever… I don't think it's really helping the candidates.’ “The fact that this thing is going on forever, back and forth every day, all night -- I don't think it's really helping the candidates or the political institutions.” [National Journal, 3/27/08]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/opinion/...amp;oref=slogin

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Gov. Bill Richardson: "It is time, however, for Democrats to stop fighting amongst ourselves and prepare for the tough fight we will have against John McCain in the fall." [speech, 3/21/08]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...2101841_pf.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

[no name 1]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

That's what you want to read into it. He didn't say she ought to drop out but said in unmistakable terms the exact opposite. Problems with the truth?

[no name 1]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

That's what you want to read into it. He didn't say she ought to drop out but said in unmistakable terms the exact opposite. Problems with the truth?

ooook, sure, whatever you want to spin, go ahead.

[metta 0]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

Well, for some there may be no antidote for Kool Aid.

When it comes to Hillary, the Barackis see music, smell color and hear the fragrance of messiah

When Hillary said it was President Johnson who concretized civil rights into law, all the Barackis clamored racism.

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He's implying that it's lasting a long time. Not that she should drop out. They're very different. If you feel that the only reason the season is dragging out is that Hillary is staying in, and not because, for example, people are very divided, then you should probably want her to drop out.

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Comparing a presidential nomination race (he is running in) to a horrific war crime, where over 10,000 American & Filipinos died, is hardly a positive outlook, is it?

Edited April 1, 2008 by illumine

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You're calling someone out on being negative? You?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

That's what you want to read into it. He didn't say she ought to drop out but said in unmistakable terms the exact opposite. Problems with the truth?

ooook, sure, whatever you want to spin, go ahead.

No spin. At the end of the day, she doesn't have a chance of winning in terms of votes and pledged delegates but wants to press on nonetheless to cash in on her perceived entitlement.

** the voters, as far as she is concerened. She speaks out of both sides of her lying mouth when she talks about wanting to hear from all voters but then suggests that even pledged delegates are free to vote for whatever candidate they want to vote for irrespective of the will of the very voters that they are to represent and that she says should be heard. She want s to have it both ways and people get fed up with that. Many think that it's wrong and that it is quite a self-centered strategy that may harm the Democratic party in November. Some have expressed those feelings and they have every right to do so.

Obama, however, has not called for her to drop out of the race. Her claim to the opposite is false.

[no name 1]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

Did you even read what I posted before replying? He clearly is implying as much.

That's what you want to read into it. He didn't say she ought to drop out but said in unmistakable terms the exact opposite. Problems with the truth?

ooook, sure, whatever you want to spin, go ahead.

No spin. At the end of the day, she doesn't have a chance of winning in terms of votes and pledged delegates but wants to press on nonetheless to cash in on her perceived entitlement.

** the voters, as far as she is concerened. She speaks out of both sides of her lying mouth when she talks about wanting to hear from all voters but then suggests that even pledged delegates are free to vote for whatever candidate they want to vote for irrespective of the will of the very voters that they are to represent and that she says should be heard. She want s to have it both ways and people get fed up with that. Many think that it's wrong and that it is quite a self-centered strategy that may harm the Democratic party in November. Some have expressed those feelings and they have every right to do so.

Obama, however, has not called for her to drop out of the race. Her claim to the opposite is false.

yeah, he just compared his OWN RACE to a death march. How catchy!

Keep bringing out the pastors & the racists & bigots he uses, it will fail.

You're calling someone out on being negative? You?

And you are defending the killing of 1000s of people as a useful analogy.

[nane1104 146]

Where has Obama said that Clinton ought to drop out? That's the claim Hillary made and that claim is simply false.

No no, it's just simply misspoken.

[Alex+R 0]

You're calling someone out on being negative? You?

And you are defending the killing of 1000s of people as a useful analogy.

Well that's quite a leap. I certainly didn't say anything about Obama's comments -- just your criticism of them, which I found funny. Maybe I should have used a snarky smiley to make that clear.