Vows to bring back the real (scary) Hillary
Posted on 01/06/2008 9:58:11 PM PST by tcrlaf
Hillary Clinton's campaign, anticipating probable defeat here in New Hampshire on January 8, is gearing up for an extended trench-warfare battle against Barack Obama.
The former First Lady is planning to fight Obama in South Carolina on January 26, and in the gargantuan nationwide primary on Tuesday, February 5 -- with contests in 19 states, including New York, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Colorado. If she remains competitive, Clinton's plan is to continue to compete in Louisiana on February 9, in Virginia and Maryland on February 12, in Wisconsin on February 19, in Ohio on March 4 -- and beyond, if necessary.
In an approach redolent of Walter Mondale's 1984 "Where's the Beef?" tactic against Gary Hart, Clinton has adopted the less memorable slogan "Rhetoric vs. Results, Talk vs. Action."
The Clinton campaign is sparing no effort to pressure the media to lean on Obama's perceived vulnerabilities.
Looking to leverage Obama's slender resume, a Clinton operative argued to HuffPost that the campaign will be able to demonstrate that "Obama is just not a plausible person in this environment of international peril," and that the longer the primary campaign can be extended, the better chance Clinton will have to prove that "there is not even a second level to Obama, there is no depth."
The results of this gambit are far from certain. Many political observers here see Hillary on the ropes. "I think Iowa was the best she is going to do. Now she has the stink of a loser on her," said an official from the upper echelons of the 2004 Democratic campaign. In the upcoming states, voters "are just now starting to pay attention, and all they know is that he [Obama] is a winner and she's a loser."
Like Mondale in 1984, Clinton is configuring her campaign to win in states where independents cannot vote. "Clinton got killed among independents and those few Republicans who crossed over," an Iowa operative noted about last Thursday's caucuses. After this Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, where independents can cast ballots in either the Democratic or Republican contest, "We are just going to go to the big Democratic states with closed primaries" says a member of the Clinton inner circle.
Political analyst Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute warned, "Tactical maneuvering at this point is of limited value, but all [Clinton] may be able to do for the moment is to try tactical stuff, and lash herself to the mast to withstand the [Obama] wave."
Sorry, in post #39, I meant to say, “once the real vote counting starts.”....late night typo’s.
Do you have the URL?
(One whiff and you're dead!)
I think she is the only one on the ballot in Michigan - the others boycotted. Come convention time, if she needs the delegates, she will fight for them to be included.
While there are some jubilant Democrats right now over OBAMA, those that actually KNOW how thier own Party processes work are getting depressed, AND FAST...
As good a speaker that Obama is, the PARTY infrastructure is already committed to Hitlery. It’s just isn’t possible for Obama to build a 24 state infrastructure for primaries in the next 29 days.
The DNC spent MILLIONS trying to avoid EXACTLY THIS SCENARIO, and instead have BOOSTED thier own nightmare.
A Democrat brokered Convention would be a nightmare of Orwellian proportions, and would blow every liberal “Stolen Election” fantasy right out of the water.....
May the Lord forgive me for what I’m imagining. But I read somewhere that blacks make up a considerable portion of the democratic voting block in the South. I can just see Hillary walking into a church wearing black face and in her affected black accent she’s cacklin’ about how white Obama really is, saying that people should vote for her — the real black candidate.
I just hope the media gets clear pictures. :-)
Oh my, that would probably cause the breakup of the Democrat party.
That list is a real piece of work. Some enterprising conservative journalist, who can score interviews, could have a field day with this.
Super Delegate, Marion "Let's do another line of coke" Berry for Clinton!?
Smart guys, those dems. Now, by the time the general election comes up, I wonder how many cross-over dems this genius strategy will generate?
Obama, is it third party time yet?
Yeah, I guess we can’t post from the Conservative Voice.
WOW! Think of the outcry from the msm if HILLARY! were to win the delegates while Obama received more raw primary votes.
Wonder what goodies are in Obama’s raw FBI file?
Here’s a blast from the past I’m SURE you will enjoy!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/17/politics/main593845.shtml
Yep, the super delegates. Hillary and Bill must be on the phone threatening and blackmailing them to hang on.
Vows to bring back the real (scary) Hillary
“Yep, the super delegates. Hillary and Bill must be on the phone threatening and blackmailing them to hang on.”
I saw an article on KOS earlier that said EXACTLY that!!
Just who does pick these "more-superior-than-the-populace delegates"? The clintons?
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