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