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April 22, 2008 1:39 PM

Clinton on Obama: "Why Can't He Close the Deal?"

By
Fernando Suarez
Topics
Hillary Clinton
(CBS)

From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:


CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. -- Hillary Clinton said if Barack Obama does not win Pennsylvania despite his huge campaign war chest, people ought to ask the question, "Why can't he close the deal?"

While visiting a polling location in a Philadelphia suburb, Clinton seemed confident that she will pull off a win here, but made sure to lower expectations of how big that win will be. "A win is a win, especially under the circumstances when my opponent has outspent me probably 3 to 1, maybe 4 to 1, an enormous effort on his part on TV and radio on the phone, every way that is imaginable try to win Pennsylvania," she said. "So I think a win under these circumstances is a terrific accomplishment."

Clinton went to say that if she wins Pennsylvania, she will have accumulated wins in key states that Democrats need in order to retake the White House in November. She seemed to be speaking directly to superdelegates when she tried to raise doubts over Obama's ability to win. "With his extraordinary financial advantage, why can't he win a state like this one if that's the way it turns out?" Clinton asked. "Obviously we have a long way to go before people are finished voting and the votes are counted. This will be one more in a long line of big states, states that Democrats have to win."

Clinton was also asked questions about comments her husband made on a local radio show where he accused the Obama campaign of twisting his words about Jesse Jackson in South Carolina to paint him as a racist. "We're going to stay focused on what the voters are focused on," she said, dodging the question.

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by mattcat25 April 23, 2008 5:36 PM EDT
It appears neither Democratic Candidate can %u201Cclose the deal%u201D thus, they should merge and become %u201CBarakhillery%u201D or %u201CClintbama?%u201D


oil is at $120 per barrel today and rising with a bullet...fyi
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by blackyowe April 23, 2008 2:14 PM EDT
No one could be more ignorant than you are BlackSpirit. Pennsylvania is a wonderful state. I live on the PA Border and my husband came from rural western PA. He is college educated but it seems you are not.
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by blackspirit3 April 23, 2008 11:24 AM EDT
SO HILLARY AND BILL WAS RIGHT - PENN IS FILLED WITH BUNCH OF DUMB, UNEDUCATED, NON COLLEGE GRADUATING, BROOM PUSHING, TOILET CLEANING, WHITE RACIST PEOPLE. SHE KNOWS HER HOMETOWN WELL.
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by b-easy63 April 23, 2008 6:57 AM EDT
Omar he lost after spending
35+ million and still No obama

Posted by popstom1 at 03:51 AM : Apr 23, 2008


He sure did!!! But he is not in debt like Hillary. He pays his campaign bills unlike Hillary and for the next contests--he has MORE to spend, Hillary will claim to have new money but she does it by NOT paying her debts.

It does not matter how much he spends--THAT is what the money is for, anyway. LOL
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by b-easy63 April 23, 2008 6:54 AM EDT
Wake up! Start voting your conscience; vote for the 3rd party candidates. Only THAT way will your vote truly count or have an effect.

Posted by usmovers01 at 07:44 PM : Apr 22, 2008


And just *** will that vote have since there is more than one candidate? Allow lots of people to throw their votes away on fringe lunatics?

The reality is, those who vote 3rd party are those who pretend they want to vote and don''t mind throwing it away to make a statement. They''d make a bigger statement immolating themselves as flaming torches as they scream their 3rd party candidate''s name as they tumbled from a very high bridge. Give all of us a break.
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by popstom1 April 23, 2008 6:51 AM EDT
Omar he lost after spending
35+ million and still No obama
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by omaar-101 April 23, 2008 6:05 AM EDT
Call me, when Hillary can EVEN Obamas lead or better still, when she SURPASSES Obamas lead...

She cant and she will LOSE in (NC) far worse than Obama did in (PA)


Total Delegate Count


Democrats | 2,025 Needed to Clinch

OBAMA 1,710

CLINTON 1,584
EDWARDS 18

Republicans | 1,191 Needed to
Clinch

MCCAIN 1,241

HUCKABEE 231
ROMNEY 149
CBS News estimates. Includes super delegates.
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by truth-hurts April 23, 2008 4:39 AM EDT
Go down a couple of post to what Puritan9 has to say. This is the kind of person that supports Obama. Need I say more??
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by obamasgranny April 23, 2008 3:59 AM EDT
Ouch!! Pow!! Zonk!! Kadoosh!! Bazoom!! Ta daaaa!! 10 points?
OUCH!! Obama and the bots,...can''t get it done? 3 times the money? Ouch!!

Bad Obama-bots!!
No Kool-Aid for you!!
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by jdinpa April 23, 2008 3:51 AM EDT
Excuse me.. Whitetrash? Racist? These are your arguments to win us over for the general election? Maybe you should stop making uneducated juvenile statements. PA the state with one of the highest miltary enlistment. A very large number of Catholic voters, who are very uncomfortable with Obama''s blanet second coming act. He should have tried to connect with us, in which, he failed.
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