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April 3, 2008 4:58 PM

Clinton: "The Recession is Coming! The Recession is Coming!"

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Fernando Suarez
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Hillary Clinton
(CBS)
From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:

BURBANK, CALIF. -- During a press conference on an airport tarmac, Hillary Clinton said she "continues to sound the alarm" about the economy in hopes that something will get resolved and warned that Barack Obama "has been timid and very unenthusiastic about doing anything with the economy."

"You know, sometimes I feel like Paulette Revere, 'The recession is coming! The recession is coming!' and maybe somebody will actually do something about it instead of just wring their hands and just let this continue which is not in the best interest of this country," Clinton said.

Clinton, who is in California today for a host of fundraisers and television appearances, including interviews on "The Tonight Show" and on "Ellen", held a press conference to discuss recent red flags raised about airline safety.

But Clinton's press conference came on the day when her opponent, Barack Obama, announced that his campaign raised upwards of $40 million last month and her campaign confirmd she only raised $20 million in the same period.

When asked about her current financial standing Clinton said, "Look, we're both raising huge amounts of money and I am thrilled at how effective the Democratic party has been in raising money during the last 15 or so months. I have enough money to compete, obviously Senator Obama has more than enough money to compete."

The next contest, however, is more than 2,000 miles away in Pennsylvania, a state Clinton needs to win in order to stay alive in her hunt for the nomination. Part of her strategy has been to paint herself as an underdog there, despite leading Obama by double digits in some polls. Clinton said, "You can't get to Pennsylvania Avenue if you don't go to Pennsylvania. It's going to be a close contest."

Clinton also tried to put to bed recent reports that during a conversation seeking the endorsement of former presidential candidate Gov. Bill Richardson, D-N.M., Clinton told him Obama could not win, implying that he could not win in the general election.

When asked to clarify the comments, Clinton said "You know we have been going back and forth in this campaign about who said what to whom and let me say this about that. I don't talk about private conversations. But I have consistently made the case that I can win because I believe I can win. When pressed whether or not she told Governor Richardson that Senator Obama could not win, Clinton responded, "That's a no."

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by paulmo43 April 5, 2008 11:12 AM EDT
It is amazing to me that Obama supporters always attack Clinton, they never support Obama''s plans for dealing with the problems, oh, thats right he doesn''t have any. He tells people what they want to hear, but he doesn''t give specifics on what he will really do to solve the problem, unlike Hillary. He even said in one of his speeches that when he tried to talk about the issues that his supporters complaigned about his speech being dull so he went back to his hope and change message. I''m sorry, but most of us want the dull information so that we can make an informed decision. He would make a great minister because then he could repeat information without having to come up with anything by himself.

Anytime I see a person get into a cadance during a speech, I soon realise that they are playing on emotions without really saying anything concrete.

The president has to deal with concrete issues, not just retoric. I just think that he is a bad choice for president. The only thing that he said that would be part of a solution is when he told parents to turn off the TV and get their children to read and study. That is one of the main problems with the schools today, that and underfunding.

It will take years to solve many of the problems that we face as a nation and those of you who think hope is the answer are sadly mistaken. Hope is what give us a reason to take on tough tasks, but we have to have a real plan to follow. Obama is lacking in this.
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by mattcat25 April 4, 2008 12:48 PM EDT
If Hillary understood economics she wouldn''''t be a socialist, as we all know is an economic system that has consistently failed.
Posted by lorinkundert at 08:11 PM : Apr 03, 2008

The United States needs to put strategic tariffs in place to protect American Workers and assure industry remains in America. Revenue gained by cheap products produced by slave conditions in foreign countries doesn%u2019t help our country. The Republicans constantly claim to allow the free market to dictate but, yet they are not for free enterprise they only (as, results are evident) want more control and manipulation of the market place, hence no bid contracts to cronies and private sector companies.
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by scottcasazza April 4, 2008 12:32 AM EDT
While Senator Clinton was sounding the alarm, Senator Obama was introducing the Stop Fraud Act.

Read about it.

scottcasazza.blogspot.com
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by blkpresident April 3, 2008 11:31 PM EDT
Okay, "Mrs. Clinton", now that you have warned America that a recession is coming, What are YOU going to specifically do to address it? If you''re stumped for a specific answer, I understand as the subject matter has nothing to do with baking a batch of brownies in your kitchen oven. When you have some specific plans to enhance America''s economy please get back to us--we won''t be holding our breath lil'' missy. Interesting how Obama has specific plans about how to handle the pending recession.
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by lorinkundert April 3, 2008 11:11 PM EDT
If Hillary understood economics she wouldn''t be a socialist, as we all know is an economic system that has consistently failed.
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by lorinkundert April 3, 2008 11:09 PM EDT
The Recession is here idiot, and if you win it will soon be a depression.
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by greenfun April 3, 2008 10:50 PM EDT
What they don''t mention is how intelligent and knowledgeable she is about our economy. If people looked at the selection of our President using real criteria-who is really best informed and qualified to bring about the change we need. They wouldn''t be looking at Obama.
We have a uniquely qualified candidate, as we did with Al Gore, and I''m afraid Democrats are going to blow it. Did we learn anything from the Bush nightmare?
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by croft777 April 3, 2008 10:44 PM EDT
Go Hillary, I know its tough but you can tear down those thorny bushes that keep attaching you. Your strong, this is a test, youre bound to win, nobody in this race except you have been repeatedly attached by the media, and others who are no more then prime evil who wants the worst for this country, blind not to know that their moves is going to cause a great collapse to this country.
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by tastytone April 3, 2008 10:09 PM EDT
How many times must we hear about the supposed "sexism" in the media from her supporters, every time Clinton says something idiotic? "PAULETTE REVERE"? Seriously.

It''s the same with the "betrayal" garbage. They''re so busy feeling betrayed by Richardson, they fail to see how betrayed the rest of us (who stuck with them through the shadier parts of the administration of the 90''s) are feeling by their attacks and antics. Their base was fairly loyal to them until their actions and attacks became inexcusable to anyone with a sense of decency.
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by regello April 3, 2008 9:27 PM EDT
The cynical and at times sexist demeanor of reporters covering Sen. Clinton is transparent in their dispatches. It''s inexcusable how many female public officials have stood by and watched this go on for months now without speaking out. Don''t they realize that they could be the next "enemy of the people"?

At any rate, I''ve posted an article at thecityedition.com that examines how the primaries are being manipulated, especially by Karl Rove and his minions.
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