Obama Camp: State-By-State, We're More Electable
Last night the Obama campaign released a memo to superdelegates arguing that Hillary Clinton is not the strongest Democratic general election candidate against John McCain, as her campaign has claimed.
Obama's "ability to expand the Democratic base, and his ability to capture the crucial Independent vote, make him a stronger candidate than Senator Clinton, who would enter the fall campaign with the highest unfavorable ratings of any nominee in half a century," the campaign argues.
The memo notes out a number of big states – among them California, New York, and Obama's home state of Illinois – where polls show Obama faring better or essentially equal to Clinton in head-to-head match ups against McCain. It also spotlights some "traditional battlegrounds" like Pennsylvania and Michigan and notes the relative performance of Obama and Clinton against McCain among independents.
"...when it comes to head-to-head match-ups versus John McCain, Obama performs better than Clinton in key states and shows the potential to put new states in play for Democrats up and down the ballot," the memo claims.
The Wall Street Journal has posted the full memo here.
Clinton, meanwhile, is pushing the argument that she is ahead in the popular vote – a claim that, if they buy it, could be the basis for superdelegates to throw their support behind her.
The argument is based on the inclusion of the vote totals in Florida and Michigan, two states Clinton won, and the exclusion of the results from caucus states, where accurate vote counts are not kept. Florida and Michigan's delegates were stripped because the states held their primaries before the national party permitted; the candidates did not campaign in the two states, and in Michigan, Obama's name wasn't on the ballot.
As the New York Times notes, Clinton has tried to sway uncommitted superdelegates in private meetings in Washington over the past two days, stressing her strength with women and blue-collar workers and her improved fundraising after her Pennsylvania victory.
Obama's "ability to expand the Democratic base, and his ability to capture the crucial Independent vote, make him a stronger candidate than Senator Clinton, who would enter the fall campaign with the highest unfavorable ratings of any nominee in half a century," the campaign argues.
The memo notes out a number of big states – among them California, New York, and Obama's home state of Illinois – where polls show Obama faring better or essentially equal to Clinton in head-to-head match ups against McCain. It also spotlights some "traditional battlegrounds" like Pennsylvania and Michigan and notes the relative performance of Obama and Clinton against McCain among independents.
"...when it comes to head-to-head match-ups versus John McCain, Obama performs better than Clinton in key states and shows the potential to put new states in play for Democrats up and down the ballot," the memo claims.
The Wall Street Journal has posted the full memo here.
Clinton, meanwhile, is pushing the argument that she is ahead in the popular vote – a claim that, if they buy it, could be the basis for superdelegates to throw their support behind her.
The argument is based on the inclusion of the vote totals in Florida and Michigan, two states Clinton won, and the exclusion of the results from caucus states, where accurate vote counts are not kept. Florida and Michigan's delegates were stripped because the states held their primaries before the national party permitted; the candidates did not campaign in the two states, and in Michigan, Obama's name wasn't on the ballot.
As the New York Times notes, Clinton has tried to sway uncommitted superdelegates in private meetings in Washington over the past two days, stressing her strength with women and blue-collar workers and her improved fundraising after her Pennsylvania victory.
For McCain to focus on Obama means one of two things you''ll never hear in the media 1) Obama has the nomination locked up or 2) McCain would rather face Hillary.
Nobody really thinks the DNC is going to overrule the results of the primaries and caucuses.
Get out of the way Hillary, you''re like a gnat buzzing in the face of the dem party.
You''re right, i don''t know why people continue to waste their vote on Hillary.
Obama will get spanked in November.
The Republicans will use this Clinton statement relentlessly if she is the Democratic nominee.
So much for calling Senator Obama''s plan to attack the terrorists in Pakistan "irresponsible."
This should be her "nuclear obliteration/gate." Why is the media so silent about this insane thinking?
What if her intelligence is as faulty as George Bush''s was? Then she has "obliterated" 65,000,000 Iranians by mistake?
Maybe this is the type of thinking she does at 3 AM. Hopefully she won''t have the chance.
Republican wants Clinton to be the nominee because Condoleza Rice will be the VP Condoleza Rice is more articulate and will have more intelligent arguments about war than Mrs. Clinton.
Senator Mc Cain has stage II melanoma diagnosed in year 2000, stage II melanoma has 50% survival to 5 years, He already has recurrence of the melanoma, probably he has stage III cancer and that makes him a time bomb, that will leave condoleza Rice as US Presidence, Republican are taking advantage of the polarization of democratic party.
Memekiller:
I assume you are talking about the Clintons and their negatives in all of the national polls. People simply don''t want a third term for these drama queens. We suffered enough last time under their many indiscretions. The government was literally paralyzed for years after the Monica Lewinsky, Whitewater, travelgate, filegate scandals- not to mention the "suicide" of one of their key advisors Vince Foster. The pardons of 140 felons on their last day in office capped their whole ugly sojourn in the Clinton White House. They both have far too much "baggage" in the closet.
The Clintons are dividers that offer plenty of "solutions." but no intentions of ever getting them done.
Superdelegates: Please hang up the phone on Harold Ickes and his underground group of smear artists. Send "the girl from Scranton" back to her estate in Chappaqua, New York. Otherwise the Clintons will once again tear the Democratic Party apart.
Not this time.
Obama will get spanked in November.
The Democratic Party cannot withhold the nomination from Obama because some racists won''t like it. That is ridiculous!
The Democratic Party cannot withhold the nomination from Obama because some racists won''''t like it. That is ridiculous!
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That is ridiculous!! Let''s see,...Obama has 98% of the Black vote, does Hillary have 98% of the white vote? I didn''t think so!! keep playing the race card Obam-Bots!! It is obvious where the racism is coming from!!
Bad Obama-bot!! No Kool-Aid for you!!
Maybe he listened to the scary unrehearsed statement Mrs. Clinton made on Good Morning America when asked about a possible Iranian attack on Israel or other Middle eastern countries.
"I want the Iranians to know that if I''''m the president, we will attack Iran," Clinton said. "In the next 10 years, during which they might foolishly consider launching an attack on Israel, we would be able to totally obliterate them."
The Republicans will use this Clinton statement relentlessly if she is the Democratic nominee.
So much for calling Senator Obama''''s plan to attack the terrorists in Pakistan "irresponsible."
This should be her "nuclear obliteration/gate." Why is the media so silent about this insane thinking?
What if her intelligence is as faulty as George Bush''''s was? Then she has "obliterated" 65,000,000 Iranians by mistake?
Maybe this is the type of thinking she does at 3 AM. Hopefully she won''''t have the chance.
I trust that when Harold Ickes makes one of his "private smear" telephone calls to the superdelegates, they will reply "not this time."
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by formlessness-2009
April 25, 2008 5:40 PM PDT
- Hillary would be the death of the democratic party. She won''t go away once she loses either, in their scorn her and Bill and their lackey''s will continue to burn Obama, they''re gonna McGovern him and in that wake destroy the party for decades to come.
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