Karl Rove, deeply saddened
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Posted on 01/07/2008 7:26:42 AM PST by Personal Responsibility
TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS Mon Jan 07 2008 09:46:28 ET
Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!
"She can't take multiple double-digit losses in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada," laments one top campaign insider. "If she gets too badly embarrassed, it will really harm her. She doesn't want the Clinton brand to be damaged with back-to-back-to-back defeats."
Meanwhile, Democrat hopeful John Edwards has confided to senior staff that he is staying in the race because Hillary "could soon be out."
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Key players in Clinton's inner circle are said to be split. James Carville is urging her to fight it out through at least February and Super Tuesday, where she has a shot at thwarting Barack Obama in a big state. But others close to the former first lady now see no possible road to victory, sources claim.
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Hillary is just too “mechanical”... my fridge has more personality than her at this point... seeing her on TV this morning made me cringe a bit — she had a smile in her face but it looked completely forced... I mean, she must be going ‘ape’ by now... just 3 days ago, a staffer from Hillary’s campaign blackberried Major Garrett of FNC that Hillary will win NH ‘hands down’, but who could have forseen this turn of the past 2 days? Unreal...
Yep, the brand! Gotta sell them books, speeches, protect Chelsea's do nothing $100K+ job.
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The Clinton machine amplifies "bad" news so that when the real story comes out, it is not as bad as was reported.
I fell for that tactic the first time I came across it (I think it was the story on how Bill got angry at his deposition and stormed out leaving everyone stunned. Of course that is not what happened, but the story was no longer about what he said but that it was reported wrong).
I doubt Hillary has spent all these years getting ready to run only to fold after the first few primaries.
How can this be true?
She was the leading Democrat fund-raiser.
And how. Still, let's not be lulled into false complacency; the dirty tricks have yet to begin.
Too Late.
Yep.
I wonder if the Clintons are going to blame the ‘vast right-wing conspiracy’ for her drop in the NH polls...
I agree
She is already trying mud slinging, but it sounds just a little too b*tchy. It’s difficult to say how she should handle this, but I can just see it isn’t looking good. It’s about perception and as of today the perception is that Obama is whipping her soundly.
She truly thought she had it sewn up... she underestimated the Dims and Obama. Anything she says now sounds like catch up. She has nothing new and she surely doesn’t have the charming personality. I don’t think many are going to take her seriously after this.
Oh my. I saw it. I just don’t see that helping her at all. That was just awful.
Rush is right, of course.
But don't think there isn't a possibility that Obama will go too far, putting down Hillary.
Obama came dangerously close to doing just that in the last Dem debate in NH (the one with Charlie Gibson).
It happened just after Hillary answered the "likability" question from Gibson, saying "That hurts my feelings...I don't think I'm so bad!"
Obama responded, "You're likable...enough, Hillary," uttering that line with such condescension, it made me think of junior high school kids: Mr. Popularity deigning to show the slightest attention to an ugly girl.
Obama is already starting to act too cocky, IMO, and he could blow it if he keeps overplaying his hand that way.
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