Posted on 01/02/2008 1:06:50 PM PST by rface
As the presidential candidates engage in furious pre-caucus spin, one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's most prominent Iowa supporters said Wednesday that she's already accomplished what she needs to in Iowa, and can declare success even if she finishes in third place.
Asked if the order of finish matters, Former governor Tom Vilsack, D-Iowa, deflected the question.
"She absolutely had to be competitive and she's accomplished that," he said. "Obviously everybody's interested in winning, and I think we're going to do well. It's tight. There's no question about that."
In May, Vilsack was quoted in the Washington Post, saying, "There's no question she's playing in Iowa and playing to win,' Tom Vilsack, who dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year and endorsed Clinton."
Vilsack's comments reflect the widespread uncertainty -- and the panicked dash to manage expectations.......
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Thats a purty mouth...
Very BASS like!
I’ve seen her hips and butt and she wasn’t jogging any where after 9-11!!! Fir a young person she sure has had a lot of plastic done! Ya wonder about her inner beauty if any being raised by these two yutzs!
I am glad to hear this story
Well put. Chelsea can’t help her looks. And she can’t help who her parents are. I think she has gotten a lot of totally undeserved bashing here on FR.
Besides Edwards and Obama, Biden, Richardson, Dodd, and Kucinich are still in the race. Wouldn't it be tasty if she came in seventh?
I predicted a Clinton 3rd place finish in Iowa a month ago.
Very BASS like!
I had something else in mind.
I read a book a few years back about insiders (White House insiders) over the years remarking about the various offspring of the various presidents. Chelsea got good reviews, so to speak. She was described as basically a good kid (though her mother was disliked immensely). The only presidential kid who was despised by practically everyone was Amy Carter.
Nice Chelsea story.
Off the topic but I’m housebound today and watching a lot of the Iowa coverage. Every clip I’ve of Hil has Huma within inches of her. If you didn’t know you would swear she was Hil’s Secret Service agent. She’s extremely homely!
Scrape the bottom vote for rodham
No Tom, finishing LAST among the viable, non-asterisk percentaged candidates IS NOT GOOD for the candidate who was originally to be crowned.
I guess the difference between a caucus and an election is that the ballots or whatever are not secret.So, if you’ve been polite to Hillary and then turn on her, what happens to you??
If you’re running for student council, third is fine. This is for the POTUS. Third is NOT FINE for Hillary. She was the only real candidate when this started...the keeper of the Dem Party and THE PURSE!!
I do not like to mock or hear people mock the look of any woman, be they Hillary, Helen Thomas or even Cindy Sheehan. Men can handle the comments about their looks a lot more than women can so comments about men don't really bother me. (Sounds sexist, but it's true.)
The disparaging remarks about Chelsea are the worst in my opinion. Growing up in the spotlight is hard enough for anyone, but when your physical looks are trashed by thousands of people who don't even know you, that's devastating.
I hope she stays away from politics, as I am sure I would not agree with her on any issue, but I hope that people will not put the sins of her parents on her for the rest of her life either.
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