Posted on 01/05/2008 11:04:18 PM PST by bruinbirdman
BARACK OBAMA, the 46-year-old senator aiming to become Americas first black president, has stormed into a 10-point lead over Hillary Clinton in this weeks critical New Hampshire primary, threatening to send her campaign into meltdown.
The Rasmussen survey, which was carried out the day after Obamas victory in last Thursdays Iowa caucuses, put his support at 37% in New Hampshire, compared with 27% for Clinton.
The poll of 510 likely Democratic voters signalled a further swing away from the 60-year-old former first lady, whose campaign portrayed her as the inevitable victor until she was beaten into third place in Iowa.
Yesterday thousands of people queued in the snow to hear Obama speak in a high school gymnasium, reflecting the excitement building around his campaign in the run-up to the primary on Tuesday.
As the Democratic rivals prepared for a televised debate last night, Clinton accused Obama of peddling false hopes. She said: It is hard to know exactly where he stands. People need to ask that. Obama emphasised his broad objective of uniting people in pursuit of change. There is no destiny we cannot fulfil. That has been the promise of this campaign, he said.
The Clinton camp is divided about how negative to go against Obama, but the fight is getting dirtier as the stakes rise.
Melanie Levesque, a New Hampshire state representative and a member of the African-Americans For Hillary group said: I'm very concerned that you cant state [Obamas] middle name . . . and his past life. She confirmed she was referring to Hussein, Obamas Muslim middle name, and his use of drugs as a young man.
Recriminations have begun in Clintons campaign over her failure to create a forward-looking message and her reliance on Bill Clinton.
Victory in New Hampshire could give Obama the momentum to wrap up the nomination on February 5, when more than 20 states will vote.
You can damn well betcha on that (probably more than one ace). I still don't understand why Hillary hasn't put together the campaign structure that Bill had when he won - the "War Room", where you've got some of the most treacherous snakes in the country plotting every minute of your campaign, and a counter-attack to every attack that you sustain.
The fact that she isn't smart enough to mimic such a successful model tells me she's not really the world's smartest woman (or even a smart politician). As if I needed proof.
LOL!
I will have to partially disagree, Hardstarboard.
The first time around the “war room” only garnered 43% (Perot stole enough from GHWB to give the plurality to WJC). The second time around Clinton won with 49%. So the vaunted Stephanopolous/Carville attack/response team, though legendary in the press, does not rate so highly when viewed in this results oriented context.
Her cracker-jack response team did release Obama’s kindergarten ambitions. Now there is some thorough opposition research. But with no vision (being a quasi-incumbent) other than “re-election” she is running with the retreads from WJC’s administration.
The new blood went to Obama’s campaign, it seems. The was an interesting article here earlier about the “Club 100” dinner in New Hampshire. It was coreographed by Hillary’s staff, and everything went according to script - until the Obama supporters stole the floor, literally, and stole the show too.
She is using old-line Clintonian attacks (kindergarten statements, supposed drug sales, supposed Muslim allegiance) that do not work. So she is using the same model as her co-president did— it’s just that she is fighting the war of ‘92 and it’s ‘08.
But we agree she will play this out and possibly win as long as she has money and a glimmer of a chance at the gold ring.
“Im hoping it will end so badly she will retire from the Senate and quit the Charade all together.”
With the 100 mil or so she got from her suckers on the left.
Whose Carville working for? Bawnie Fwanks sister? I know the Toon can't get the Little Dick Morris.
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I'm wondering why Carville and Begals are on the outside looking in, though.
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