Clinton Campaign Reacts to Edwards Endorsement
(CBS)
From CBS News’ Ryan Corsaro:
WASHINGTON -- Less than an hour after news broke that John Edwards would endorse Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe walked out of Senator Clinton's Washington home and stood before the rash of press spread out on her cul de sac. Inside her house, Clinton was holding a fundraiser with supporters that caterers had been setting up all day.
Asked if she had reacted to the announcement Edwards was endorsing for Obama, McAuliffe replied, “nobody mentioned it.”
He told reporters that Tuesday’s win in West Virginia over Obama by nearly 40 points was proof that despite conjecture by many political pundits, the race was not over, and that his candidate still had a chance. “People see her as a fighter. She’s not giving up. She is resilient. And when people say to her she ought to get out – you know, this race, we are ahead in the popular vote – I cannot stress this enough,” McAuliffe said. “She is ahead in the popular vote. We are close in the delegates. This is up to the voters.”
Clinton only leads in the popular vote if Michigan and Florida’s primary votes count, which they currently do not, because of Democratic Party rules.
Asked what he thought about the timing of Edwards’ endorsement, McAuliffe said it was not an endorsement or a media figure that could tell Americans who should be their next commander-in-chief. “We have six million eligible Democrats left to vote,” McAuliffe said. “They’re going to determine who the nominee of the Democratic Party is. And it’s not someone on television telling them what to do. People like it that Hillary Clinton is fighting for them.”
“These folks are not quitting on Hillary Clinton, and she is not quitting on them. We are in this thing ‘til the end. We are in it. We are taking it to Denver, and we’re taking it to the White House. Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States of America.”
Clinton meets with members of her National Finance Board this evening and uncommitted superdelegates at a closed event here. Tomorrow she flies to South Dakota to continue her campaign.
... tell BILLARY Clinton to STOP agonizing us with her NONSENSICAL campaign!
If not Hillary, then John McCain!!
In fact - more sense,that clinton''s big win in tiny state. Obama has 5 states won such big.
So...why it is so much noise?
Oh..I got it - begging money.
Hillary, how do you propose to rule the state, when can not manage money?
Gonna through us into much more debt with your phony campaign?
Stomach can not stand you.
Sure - if not count caucases but count Mi + Fl with zero for Obama.
That phony lady will twist wharever...
Tomorrow she will insist, that she is just 33 y.o.
Hillary`s A!! is Roasted & Toasted !!!!
Did`nt get a Full 24 hrs. to savor her Hollow Win in W. Virgin ..Huh
The Demographic Story
West Virginia`s voters are typical of those that have been drawn to Clinton from the beginning.
1. The state is 96 % White.
2. Only Florida has a Higher Percentage of Seniors.
3. Big Note, A Mere (16 Percent of West Virginians hold a College Degree), the Lowest Percentage in the Nation, and (25 Percent Lack a High School Diploma.
4. West Virginia also Ranks near the Bottom Nationally in Median Household Income.
Those are the Reasons she did Well.
Translation: Hatfiled & McCoy, My husband & Your Wives are 1st Cousins, My Moonshine is Better than Yours, White Lightening, That Goos Ole Mountain Dew...HillBillies !!!
You Low lifes Knew that Heffa, was going to win W.Virginia & Kentucky, 2 months ago...Jeeesh !!
Much to do about...Absolutely...Nothing !!
http://www.npr.org/templates/s
tory/story.php?storyId=90381052
Hillary`s Toast !!!
1. Delegate Math Favors Obama
2. But increasingly, the superdelegates are moving into the Obama camp. (He gained 30 in just the past week), negating any advantage Clinton might have had from the (16) or more pledged delegates she won in West Virginia.
3. So while the drubbing in West Virginia may be embarrassing for Obama, he still leads Clinton by any tangible measurement: pledged delegates, superdelegates and the popular vote, and there just arent enough contests left for her to catch up.
4. Big Note, And while Obama is setting new fundraising records, Clinton`s campaign debt is estimated to be more than $20 million and rising.
5. In a conference call Tuesday, Roy Romer, a superdelegate and former chair of the Democratic Party, announced his support for Obama, saying, "This race, I believe, is over." Its up to Clinton, he said, to decide when to drop out.
Hatefield & McCoys, Our Wives & Husbands are 1st Cousins, Moonshine, for a $1.59...Mountaineers...
Speaks for the Majority of White America...
No Waaay !!!
That is why more people have voted for Hillary than Obama.
The hard facts are that although Obama might have more delegates, he received those delegates under false pretenses.
American now knows who he really is and when given a second chance to vote they will VOTE NO for OBAMA!
Obama has shown us that he is not for Unity but for DIVISION. Both Obama and Michelle have consistently accused Americans of being bitter, mean and faithless. While at the same time Obama and Michelle have been sneaking off on the weekends to applaud the racist and Anti-American sermons of Rev. Wright.
If the nomination is given to Obama without all 50 states being counted FIRST and without anyone receiving the 2209 delegates needed we are going to send a loud message to the DNC, Pelosi, Ted Kennedy and the Elite in November!
American will vote NO for Obama in November. We are AMERICANS first and Democrats and Republicans second.
We are going to vote in the best interests of this Nation.....and that is Hillary or McCain.
NO OBAMA 08
Please say after me:
Nobama
The people is on the map and show their disapproval:
Another landslide loss for BO to celebrate his endorsement.
1 - The DNC should mandate that the appropriate state party bosses, those intimately involved in creating this mess, lose their superdelegate status, resign from their state party leadership positions and be ineligible for state leadership positions until after the 2012 elections. This will result in a reasonable deterrent to having people in those positions do something like this in the future.
2 - Count Florida as voted, count Michigan as voted giving credit to Obama for uncommitted votes and seat delegates accordingly.
3 - Instruct uncommitted superdelegates to lend no weight to the popular vote of these 2 states as it is %u201Ctainted%u201D due to the lack of campaigning in those states. This offsets the high likelihood that the %u201Cunknown Obama%u201D would have closed the gap on the %u201Crecognizable name%u201D candidate had campaigning occurred back in January.
This seats the delegates appropriately, recognizes the efforts of the voters, and yet maintains the integrity of the primary process by penalizing the people responsible for violating DNC rules
But, it%u2019s not all about me, it%u2019s about all men against all woman, and all of them are the same, and all woman need to send my campaign a donation at hilly.com%u201D
job depended on it. (snicker)
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by spclifford2
May 16, 2008 12:43 PM PDT
- From what I have seen in the past few days, the Obama campaign this is not a new kind of politics. This is the same old politics. The Obama campaign knew exactly what they were going to do to cut Hillary off at the knees and diminish Obama''s huge loss by having Edwards come in right when Hillary should be celebrating her victory. And who is giving him all the advice, the politicians of the past, Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and the rest who could not win their own elections. There is nothing new about Obama''s campaign. It''s dirty and it''s old. Obama can''t possibly bring this party together using these tactics. His words of hope do not match his actions. Hillary Clinton speaks for the backbone of America, afterall, she has recieved more of the popular vote than Barack Obama when you include Michigan and Florida. And why shouldn''t they be counted? It was the DNC and party chairs that made the rules, not the voters. I''m afraid at the end of the day, this will be another Florida situation, but this time it''s not the republicans that have chosen the president it is the DNC and the Super Delegates who have made the choice. This election has been such a disappoint for loyal democrats, between the media bias, the obvious choice of Barack Obama by Nancy Pelosi, Howard Dean and the super delegates. (who have not represented their constituents) The voters have been fooled once again. Shame on all of us.
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