With Clock Running Out, Debate Looms Large

Politico: Clinton Aims To Take Advantage Of Spotlight, Cast Doubt About Obama

(The Politico)  This story was written by Carrie Budoff Brown.

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Following one of the more unpredictable stretches of the primary campaign, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama head into their first debate tonight in more than six weeks with different mandates.

Most polls show Clinton with a lead in Pennsylvania's April 22 primary, though not positioned for the kind of blowout win that pundits say she needs to significantly narrow the gap in pledged delegates or to signal a major momentum shift. With limited opportunities to alter the direction of the race, Clinton must aim to take advantage of the spotlight and continue to cast doubt about Obama's electability in November.

Heading into the debate after some of the toughest weeks of his campaign, Obama will have to lure back voters who may grown uneasy with his candidacy. He will likely have to explain, yet again, what he meant when he told donors in San Francisco last week that Pennsylvanians are “bitter” over their economic circumstances and “cling” to religion and guns. And he may also have to revisit his relationship with his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, another controversy that erupted since Obama and Clinton last debated in February.

“He has to decide if he wants to play it safe because it is probable that he will be the nominee or he wants it to end,” said Larry Ceisler, a Philadelphia public affairs consultant. “She has to swing for the fence. She may not have any other opportunities.”

Indeed, after more than 20 debates in 15 months of campaigning, there are no more scheduled for the primary season. Clinton agreed to an April 27 debate in North Carolina, but Obama has not yet committed, telling a local newspaper that their nationally-televised meetings are less informative than his town hall events.

The campaign has taken several twists and turns since March 4, when Clinton won Ohio, Rhode Island and the Texas popular vote, and Obama won Vermont. And Wednesday’s debate may keep the focus on some of themes that have dominated the campaign storyline over that six-week period- Obama’s small-town remarks and his former pastor; Clinton’s debunked Bosnia story -rather than on major policy differences, which have minimized over the course of the primary season.

Obama was holed up Tuesday night in his Philadelphia hotel, prepping for the debate. Aides said the Illinois senator will continue to defend the gist of his remarks by arguing that it is his rivals who are out of touch.

His wife, Michelle, joined his defense at a stop Tuesday in suburban Philadelphia, offering details of their modest upbringings as a way to deflate the charges of elitism.

“There’s a lot of people talking about elitism and all of that,” Michelle Obama told a gathering at Haverford College. “So let me tell you who Barack and I are, so you are not confused. Yeah, I went to Princeton and Harvard, but the lens through which I see the world is the lens I grew up with. I am the product of a middle class upbringing, I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, in a working class community.”

Clinton must strike the right balance between challenging Obama on his “bitter” remarks and eliciting groans from the audience with her criticism, as she did Monday during an event in Pittsburgh - an awkward moment that now opens Obama’s latest Pennsylvania TV ad.

She may face questions about her retelling of a story, which she has since retracted, claiming that she landed in Bosnia in 1996 under sniper fire, and criticism from Obama about her accepting campaign contributions from registered lobbyists. Clinton has yet to come up with a strong counterpunch to Obama’s charges, which he is currently highlighting in a direct mail piece in Pennsylvania.

“Pennsylvania is a necessary condition for her to survive for the rest of the way,” said Christopher Borick, a pollster at Muhlenberg College in llentown. “If she ends up on election night with a 2- or 3-point win, she will have a nice celebratory speech and for practical purposes, she will have seen her campaign’s chances evaporate.

“Something has to break the dynamic,” he said. “I don’t know if she can do that in one debate, but if she is going to have the chance to move beyond Pennsylvania in a meaningful way - not just a desperation play - she has to move voters.”

[omaar-101]

Hillary Clinton: Bill, I thought that John Gatti was Teflon, but that Barack Obama is ..Platinum Plus !!

Bill: Hillary, I always Knew, you were Hot for Barack...I just Knew it !!

Bill: Im kinda Hot for Him Too.


Hillary: I''''''''ll Drop out of the Race, Today.

Bill: Great Idea Hill, lets invite the Obamas over, for a Little Night Cap..Hon

Hillary: Bill, You were Reading My Mind...I got Barack in My (Fave 5) !!

Bill: Dont feel Guilty, Hillary, I got Michelles Number on Speed Dial.

Hillary: Id love being in the White House, Anyway, I can get in !!

The Clintons: Sounds Like a Plan !!

[omaar-101]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_William_Fulbright

I guess Bill Clinton is an Nazi-Racist

Obama Haters constantly bring up Rev. Wright !!

But the Clinton Lovers, Never mention nor does the Media, make mention of Bill Clintons

Note: Anti-Afro American & Anti-Semetic Mentor...

Mr. James William Fulbright

Note: For Most of His Life and Public Service, Fulbright was a Supporter of Racial Segregation.

He signed The Southern Manifesto opposing the Supreme Courts historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

He subsequently joined with the (Dixiecrats) in filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as voting Against the 1965 Voting Rights Act. ...



Note:In 1963 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright claimed that Five Million Tax-Deductible Dollars from philanthropic Americans...

Had been sent to Israel and then recycled back to the US for distribution to organizations seeking to influence public opinion in favor of Israel.

Note: This statement led to friction with the organized Jewish community in the U.S.

Big Note: Previously the same year Anti-Defamation League, the leading Jewish Defense Organization, claimed that Fulbright was....

"Consistently Unkind To Israel and our Supporters in this country".

In response to this Bumpers received considerable financial support from the pro-Israel community.

[omaar-101]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Willi
am_Fulbright

I guess Bill Clinton is an Racist & Self Hating White Man...Huh


Obama Haters constantly bring up Rev. Wright !!

But the Clinton Lovers, Never mention nor does the Media, make mention of Bill Clintons

Note: Anti-Afro American & Anti-Semetic Mentor...

Mr. James William Fulbright

Note: For Most of His Life and Public Service, Fulbright was a Supporter of Racial Segregation.

He signed The Southern Manifesto opposing the Supreme Courts historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision.

He subsequently joined with the (Dixiecrats) in filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as well as voting Against the 1965 Voting Rights Act. ...



Note:In 1963 testimony to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Fulbright claimed that Five Million Tax-Deductible Dollars from philanthropic Americans...

Had been sent to Israel and then recycled back to the US for distribution to organizations seeking to influence public opinion in favor of Israel.

Note: This statement led to friction with the organized Jewish community in the U.S.

Big Note: Previously the same year Anti-Defamation League, the leading Jewish Defense Organization, claimed that Fulbright was....

"Consistently Unkind To Israel and our Supporters in this country".

In response to this Bumpers received considerable financial support from the pro-Israel community.

[omaar-101]

If Youre not Bitter, then Get on your Hands & Knees and give Thanks To the Bush (Sr. & Jr.) & the Clinton Administrations for what theyve done for You and this Great Country..

Then Vote for Hillary Or McCain, for More of the Same !!


1. 4009 Killed in Action US Men & Women

2. Thousands of US Soldiers that have legs and arms Dis-Membered or Amputated in the Iraq War !!

3. The over 100,000 innocent Iraqi Citizens killed under False Pretenses (WOMD)

4. Over 12 Billion Dollars per month to fund this Occupation !!

5. The Very Devalued Dollar Bill !!

6. The High Unemployment Rate.

7. All Time High Il-Legal Immigration !

8. All Time High Forecloures !!

9. High A!! Gas Prices !!

10. Canada, and Still Communist China & Viet Nam , Socialist India and Mexico getting Americans jobs.

Obama is Lying Huh

Then Dont Complain Then...

Dont Worry be Happy !!

PS: Get on your knees and thank George (NAFTA/NAU) Bush & Bill (NAFTA/COMM.CHINESE CONNECTION) Clinton, for all the Good Times, Both Presidents have Brought America.

Reference Bill & Hillarys Norman Hsu China Connection.

[omaar-101]

Call me, when Hillary Clinton EVENS Obama or better still, when Clinton SURPASSESS Obama...

Until that Majical, Mystical, Majestical Moment Happens...You People are Blowing Sand out Your...A!!


Total Delegate Count

Democrats | 2,025 Needed to Clinch

OBAMA 1,634
CLINTON 1,495
EDWARDS 18

Republicans | 1,191 Needed to Clinch

MCCAIN 1,241
HUCKABEE 231
ROMNEY 149

CBS News estimates. Includes super delegates.

[omaar-101]

www.huffingtonpost.com

Titled: Bill-Clinton-Flashback

Then Bill Clinton must be a Snobbish, White- Elitist- Racist...Huh

Bill Clintons words are far Worse, Wheres Your... Outrage !!

As the rumination continues over Barack Obamas comments about Economically-Depressed small town voters, statements made by Bill Clinton on the same topic --

Uttered while he was running for president in 1991 -- have now surfaced.

"The reason (George H. W. Bushs tactic) works so well now is that you have (All these Economically Insecure White People) who are Scared to Death," ...

Clinton was quoted saying by the Los Angeles Times in September 1991.

A couple months later, Joe Klein, writing for the Sunday Times, reported that Clinton made the following remarks...


Bill Clinton 1991: They find the (Most Economically Insecure White Men) and Scare the Living Daylights out of them !!

[omaar-101]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gBO137t79k

I guess Hillary & Bill Clinton are Undercover Muslim !!


The Clintons are 1000% Elitist and Bill Clinton has said far Worse about Rural People !!

H. Clinton, Titled Liar, Watch her Squirm when Tim Russert Bust Her A!! on Lie after Lie !!

Yeah...Inexperienced at Fleecing the U.S. People, while they get Rich and become Vacationing Family Friends with the Bush Family...Fact


Its Simple...Noone wants another Lying Clinton in the Oval Office and they know Clintons are Notorious LIARS !!

Bill Clintons Saudi Arabian & United Arab Emirates (Dubai Ports Dealing)

Bills Many Communist Chinese Ties (Norman Hsu & other Communist China Deals)

The (Elitist) Offshore Cayman Island Account.

The (500 Million Dollar Arab Chaired, Financed & Supported) Bill Clinton Library !!

Bill & Hillary (109 Million Dollar Bank Roll) Elitist Money.

Bill Clintons: Dubai (United Arab Emirates) Business Partnership, that Bills says he will End or Dissolve ONLY(IF) Hillary Wins the Presidency...

Only then, will Bill Dissolve this Dubai (United Arab Emirates Partnership)



Note Saudi Arabia & United Arab Emirates Countrymen Piloted the (911 Attacks) on American soil...

If Barack Obama had such Business Dealings with such people, the Mass Media & The Whites Only in the White House Racist, would be having a Field Day !!

But Bill & Hillary are White & Christian, they can F--K You and this Great Country, their White !!

[livvy500]

I cannot believe what an awful job ABC did with this debate. Did they think they were hosting the Real World Reality TV debate? Is that why they couldn''t ask questions about policy and instead spent the evening talking drivel and letting Charlie Gibson wring his hands over his taxes?

I am still stunned by how badly they did. I thought both candidates performed the best they could under the circumstances but I was embarassed for the forum itself which just plain stunk it up.

Even Fox News (who I have little regard for) did a better job than this. It was disgraceful and I don''t want to see George and Charlie again for a long long time.

[truth-hurts]

WOW! Obama8years is right on!!! RIGHT NOW Obama is talking about constricting the use of guns.

[obama8years]

Prediction; Obama''''s first act as President will be to declare a National Emergency, suspend all rights and privileges provided by the Constitution, set curfew, mobilize thousands all ready trained Muslims in the United States to occupy and control all U.S. Munitions. Non-believers will be detained to detention camps.

Once secure Obama will declare the installation of a Muslim Calaphate, most likely headed by Lewis Farrakhan.

The rest of you are collateral damage.

Advise; Renew or get your passport and purchase abundant ammo. Be very mobile and ready to leave at a moments notice.

"NEVER AGAIN"
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OSAMA BIN LADEN SAID HE WOULD TAKE DOWN THE USA from within the inside. Your scenario is highly unlikely, but taking down the twin towers would of seemed highly unlikely also. Anything is posssible.

[anappleadae]

Prediction; Obama''s first act as President will be to declare a National Emergency, suspend all rights and privileges provided by the Constitution, set curfew, mobilize thousands all ready trained Muslims in the United States to occupy and control all U.S. Munitions. Non-believers will be detained to detention camps.

Once secure Obama will declare the installation of a Muslim Calaphate, most likely headed by Lewis Farrakhan.

The rest of you are collateral damage.

Advise; Renew or get your passport and purchase abundant ammo. Be very mobile and ready to leave at a moments notice.

"NEVER AGAIN"!

[obama8years]

17) Obama%u2019s rise to prominence, in Chicago, is fraught with deus ex machine events, and strange circumstances.

18) Why Obama%u2019s record in Chicago, has not received a proper vetting or review by the national media, is puzzling.


19) Obama entered Havard because his father was an Alumnus.

20) It is not clear when changed his name from Barry Soetoro, and why.


21) The Media refuse to ask him questions about all of the above. Why?

22) Obama is a pathological liar, hence so are the media. He is a phony, and the media are complicit in foisting him on the Democratic party.

[obama8years]

11) Raises concerns about Obama%u2019s own stance on the Nation of Islam.

12) Obama dissimulates about his former take on Israel, and the Palestinians, putting in question his present stance.

13) Obama misrepresents his background, and the context from which he hails, for political purposes, and


14) his books are fraught with lies about himself and who he i.

15) Obama%u2019s campaign deliberately exploits his racial identity, to shield their candidate from regular media grilling.

16) Obama has chosen a deliberate strategy of evasion and vagueness in tackling tough issues. He does not take a stand, and he wont.

[obama8years]

1) Obama is not a Muslim. But he continues to insist he never was. This is a plain lie. Why he makes it, remains beyond us.

2) He claims no relationship to Islam. Utter lie. A majority of his brothers and sisters, and other relatives are Muslim.

3) Obama%u2019s opposition to the Iraq war, while laudable in hindsight made little sense in 2002, except when his family, ethnic, and religious identity enter the equation.

5) Obama consistently downplays his relationship with Jeremiah Wright.

6) Lies about Wright%u2019s personal influence.

7) Lies about his involvement with Wright%u2019s politics, and the politics of Wright%u2019s Church.

Obama forces Jeremiah Wright to dissimulate about the nature of his church, his and their views, opinions, and achievements.

9) Obama dissimulates on Wright%u2019s past association with Farrakhan.

10) Obama employs Nation of Islam, in the past and present.Lets them go untouched, which

[Syndicate]

How do you get a free ride learning how to land a single seat fighter on an aircraft carrier. How does some one do that for you? *** scandals? We call it partying. You know its what you do in your twenties.

[obama8years]

Obama didnt answer the question why he disinvited the rev wright?

[truthspeake2]

OBAMA 2008...RIP Hillary and the GOP!

[obama8years]

Obama told the debators that he disown wright and then retracts, was tense moment. Just more of his flip flopping.

[obama8years]

Obama said during the debate that he has for 20 years been trying to put black and white and spanish together. Interesting that he also spent 20 years in a church that has a black value system. Anybody else find his comment kind of strange.

[jisantiago]

Hillary Clinton once led by 20 percent in Pennsylvania on popular vote. And she was proudly claiming the state as her second home! With all the spin she put on Obama''s speech at California and the concerted smear and fear campaign she mounted in the blue state, added to it the weight of the support of the state''s Governor, she has failed to dent Obama''s surging popularity. The latest poll figures, which show Billary leading Obama by only five percent, is a clear testament of rejection of this consumate liar by the voters of Pennsylvania. Even if she wins the state by 10 percentage point, it would be celebration time for Barak Obama!