This is how Hillary Clinton will come back and win the nomination...

[rebeccajo 14]

Yes, but Senator Obama is getting more supers. She needs to be shrinking his lead to win, instead the lead just keeps getting bigger.

Where *IS* the good ole Reverend?

His 15 minutes are over.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Short of Cash, Clinton Is Forced to Cut Spending

The once-formidable fund-raising machine of Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun to sputter at the worst possible moment for Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign, Clinton advisers and donors said Thursday, with spending curtailed on political events and advertising as Mrs. Clinton seeks to compete in the last six nominating contests.

Mrs. Clinton’s diminished political momentum, following Tuesday’s loss in the North Carolina primary and her narrow victory in Indiana, appears to have had a dampening effect on her fund-raising, aides said, increasing the likelihood that Mrs. Clinton will lend her campaign more of her own money beyond the $11 million she has already provided.

Clinton advisers said Mrs. Clinton was committed to spending more of her own cash on the campaign if necessary, although they spoke optimistically about a rise in fund-raising if she prevails in Tuesday’s primary in West Virginia.

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Some advisers to Mrs. Clinton said that the debt had grown significantly, especially because of the high cost of competing and advertising in the Pennsylvania primary last month, but they could not give a precise figure.

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Clinton advisers said they were looking for opportunities to save money on campaign events in the coming primary states of West Virginia, Kentucky and Oregon. The advisers said events would be more frill-free, but they also said that the campaign was likely to go deeper into debt to vendors who design and produce her events.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

I can't see how Hillary is going to do it - they really should think about scaling this down, rather than drawing it out all the way to the convention. That isn't going to do anyone any good.

Best that can happen now is that she becomes his running mate, if indeed there is any chance of that happening.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Best that can happen now is that she becomes his running mate, if indeed there is any chance of that happening.

Here's what Senator Kennedy thinks about that:

"I don't think it's possible," he told Hunt of the joint ticket, continuing that:

Obama should choose a running mate who "is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people," Kennedy said. "If we had real leadership — as we do with Barack Obama — in the No. 2 spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful."

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Yes, but Senator Obama is getting more supers. She needs to be shrinking his lead to win, instead the lead just keeps getting bigger.

Where *IS* the good ole Reverend?

maybe on a 6 month vacation to a deserted island, paid for by obama

[mawilson 2,133]

And yet, she's still getting new SDs and another...

Another? That was a SD announcement from Wednesday. The day where Obama gained 4 and Hillary none (since she gained one and lost one to Obama that day). She's done, dev. Can you still not see it?

I don't see it. She's going to surprise everyone by winning.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And yet, she's still getting new SDs and another...

Another? That was a SD announcement from Wednesday. The day where Obama gained 4 and Hillary none (since she gained one and lost one to Obama that day). She's done, dev. Can you still not see it?

I don't see it.

These might help you see more cleary.

[mawilson 2,133]

And yet, she's still getting new SDs and another...

Another? That was a SD announcement from Wednesday. The day where Obama gained 4 and Hillary none (since she gained one and lost one to Obama that day). She's done, dev. Can you still not see it?

I don't see it.

These might help you see more cleary.

I see you're already wearing these:

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

It's a cycle and the negative dip in media happened last time before the rounds of voting and then just before the votes it spins and it's positive again and then she "surprisingly" wins some thing and then the negative dip again and now the buzz it generating back up for the positive media on both sides. KY and WV are going to make a difference to keep her in the race to take it to the convention which she has full intention of doing. Where this is going to pivot is on Puerto Rico. If they get past both this then they are going to go to the convention:

There they can debate their case and it comes down to who is the best lawyer with the best argument.

Hillary's case is she has a strong case of electability by the wide range of supporters she has voting for her and the key states she has won that she needs to win in the general election. She sent a lightening bolt message to the media recently that if the democratic selection was structured like the Republican process she would already be the democratic nominee from early on.

Obama's case is he has overwhelming support in only certain areas of the voter population. He not only needs key states but he needs to tap the working class vote which he has trouble reaching and the Jewish community. Obama is arguing if he is selected as the democratic candidate then he is sure he can win over the Hillary supporters.

It is my belief that this race will stay neck and neck and will come down to the super delegates at the convention to decide who is the better democratic candidate.

What both democratic candidates need to be doing now is recognizing this is going all the way and begin focusing on their arguments to win the nomination and not focus on each others campaign as much as they need to focus on the opposition; McCain's campaign.

[Dan J 277]

It is my belief that this race will stay neck and neck and will come down to the super delegates at the convention to decide who is the better democratic candidate.

The race is not neck and neck. Its an ambiguity perpetuated by both Hillary's campaign and the media.

Hillary needs the public and supporters to think the race is close to keep her campaign alive. The media is cashing in on the advertising that the high ratings and traffic that this race has brought. If they show that the race is over, thier ratings/traffic will decline.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

It is my belief that this race will stay neck and neck and will come down to the super delegates at the convention to decide who is the better democratic candidate.

The race is not neck and neck. Its an ambiguity perpetuated by both Hillary's campaign and the media.

Hillary needs the public and supporters to think the race is close to keep her campaign alive. The media is cashing in on the advertising that the high ratings and traffic that this race has brought. If they show that the race is over, thier ratings/traffic will decline.

Exactly! A virtually insurmountable lead translates into a neck-to-neck race only where reality is ignored.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

Huff puff McGruff. Who is familiar with the spin that is going to happen at the convention between two former lawyer/politicians? Numbers go up and down and there is media spin abound.

There is a game being player right now that Political Scientist put under the heading "Prospect Theory". Guaranteed she wouldn't stay in it if she didn't believe she had a fighting chance. People evaluate gains and losses differently. One of these two are Risk Averse over gains. Otherwise known as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Both of them are preparing their arguments for the convention as we post these various threads daily.

It is my belief that this race will stay neck and neck and will come down to the super delegates at the convention to decide who is the better democratic candidate.

The race is not neck and neck. Its an ambiguity perpetuated by both Hillary's campaign and the media.

Hillary needs the public and supporters to think the race is close to keep her campaign alive. The media is cashing in on the advertising that the high ratings and traffic that this race has brought. If they show that the race is over, thier ratings/traffic will decline.

Exactly! A virtually insurmountable lead translates into a neck-to-neck race only where reality is ignored.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Huff puff McGruff. Who is familiar with the spin that is going to happen at the convention between two former lawyer/politicians? Numbers go up and down and there is media spin abound.

There is a game being player right now that Political Scientist put under the heading "Prospect Theory". Guaranteed she wouldn't stay in it if she didn't believe she had a fighting chance. People evaluate gains and losses differently. One of these two are Risk Averse over gains. Otherwise known as "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush." Both of them are preparing their arguments for the convention as we post these various threads daily.

It is my belief that this race will stay neck and neck and will come down to the super delegates at the convention to decide who is the better democratic candidate.

The race is not neck and neck. Its an ambiguity perpetuated by both Hillary's campaign and the media.

Hillary needs the public and supporters to think the race is close to keep her campaign alive. The media is cashing in on the advertising that the high ratings and traffic that this race has brought. If they show that the race is over, thier ratings/traffic will decline.

Exactly! A virtually insurmountable lead translates into a neck-to-neck race only where reality is ignored.

There isn't going to be any nomination fight at the convention and there isn't going to be one in the courts. The question is no longer whether Clinton will concede and drop out of the the race but when. That said, you are as free as anyone else to keep your dream of a convention fight alive as long as you wish. That doesn't make it any more likely that the Democratic nominee will not be officially picked no later than mid June but if it gives you pleasure to dream that dream, then by all means: dream on!