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Lauer: Can Hillary Win Nomination Without It Being Seen as 'Stolen'?
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 03/24/2008 7:29:34 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

While Chris Matthews was waxing so rhapsodic about Barack Obama over on MSNBC this morning that he made Mika Brzezinksi ask if the Hardball host had endorsed him, Matt Lauer was doing his bit on NBC, wondering whether Hillary would be seen as having stolen the nomination if she managed to get it.

The Today co-anchor interviewed Bill Richardson, who's been getting maximum media mileage out of his Obama endorsement. Lauer's suggestion came toward the end of the segment.

MATT LAUER: Let's talk about political reality. Right now as we stand, with the delegate count, the popular vote count, the state-by-state count. Do you see any scenario under which Senator Clinton could win this nomination where it will not appear to large numbers of Democrats as if the nomination were stolen?

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: 2008dnccnovention; barackobama; billrichardson; democratparty; democrats; elections; hillary; hillaryclinton; mattlauer; superdelegates
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1 posted on 03/24/2008 7:29:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; Miss Marple; an amused spectator; netmilsmom; Diogenesis; YaYa123; MEG33; ...

Lauer suggests Hillary can only win nomination by stealing it ping to Today show list.


2 posted on 03/24/2008 7:30:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Keeping track of the MSM so you don't have to!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Only if she steals it.


3 posted on 03/24/2008 7:30:36 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If she wins it according to the current Democrat Rules, then it is not stealing it.

Their problem should be with the current state of the rules the democrats operate under.


4 posted on 03/24/2008 7:32:53 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain -- Those denying the War was Necessary Do NOT Support the Troops!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Like Hillary cares how she wins it........... ;-)


5 posted on 03/24/2008 7:33:09 AM PDT by OB1kNOb (The Presidential election is a race to the bottom. Which Party will out stupid the other to lose ?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Nope.


6 posted on 03/24/2008 7:33:30 AM PDT by jetson
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Wouldn’t it be a hoot if she actually did steal it? Then what will the demoncrats say about George Bush and 2000! HO HO, chickens roosting indeed.


7 posted on 03/24/2008 7:33:35 AM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The media will make sure that whoever the Dem nominee is, he/she will get good press. But in the meantime, they are going to cast their votes for Obama.


8 posted on 03/24/2008 7:34:39 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: xzins
If she wins it according to the current Democrat Rules, then it is not stealing it...Their problem should be with the current state of the rules the democrats operate under.

Their real problem is the victim mentality they foster with their constituents. They've been conditioned to feel cheated if they don't get their way.

9 posted on 03/24/2008 7:35:15 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (I’m gonna get me a shotgun and kill all the whiteys I see...)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Is this the same Bill Richardson, the genius who negotiated us this far with the North Koreans ?


10 posted on 03/24/2008 7:35:25 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (ENERGY CRISIS made in Washington D. C.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Nyet!


11 posted on 03/24/2008 7:35:55 AM PDT by DarthVader (Liberal Democrats are the party of EVIL whose time of judgement has come.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

...and would she care?


12 posted on 03/24/2008 7:36:12 AM PDT by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Certainly the black democrats will feel cheated, having been nurtured by the poverty pimps to believe in their own oppression and victimization. Anyway, Barack will probably win the popular vote, although it is only a meaningful statistic in that pressure might be applied to the superdelegates. If the DNC wanted to make the popular vote the criterion for the nomination, it should have done away with all of the state primaries and just had one big national primary.


13 posted on 03/24/2008 7:36:17 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (Abortion is to family planning what bankruptcy is to financial planning.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If Hillary is seen as having used Clinton “tactics” to steal the nomination, there is likely to be rioting in the streets. However, if Obama will accept her “engineered victory” gracefully and take the VP slot while at the same time making another of his “speeches” urging peace and tranquillity amongst “his” people, perhaps the Democrats can have the nightmare . . er . . dream ticket they were talking about a couple of weeks ago.

Or the DNC may throw her under the house and go with Obama, setting her up in the VP position. Ugh. People who are in the way of the Clintons don’t last long a lot of times.


14 posted on 03/24/2008 7:36:47 AM PDT by Twinkie (TWO WRONGS DON'T MAKE A RIGHT !!!)
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LAUER: Alright. We'll have to see if Senator Clinton's campaign was listening to you, Governor. But anyway, I appreciate your time this morning.

Even the morning show Clinton suck-ups have turned! Man, am I enjoying this!

15 posted on 03/24/2008 7:36:55 AM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: Marysecretary

Why do you doubt that she WILL steal it?

There’s no other reason that she’s still in. There is mathematically no way she can go into the convention with a pledged delegate lead. That leaves the possibility only to convincing enough supers to crown her.

She intends to steal it.

Dhimmirat group division is, indeed, coming home to roost.


16 posted on 03/24/2008 7:38:34 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Stealing elections is indeed a typical trait of socialist democRats, bred into their psyche over time.


17 posted on 03/24/2008 7:39:11 AM PDT by Howie66 (To the RAT Party: How can I question your patriotism? You have none, so what's your point?)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Perception is reality. The Obama supporters have created that perception, just like Hillary’s spin merchants have moved the goal posts by making poppular vote received as one of the criteria for getting the nomination rather than just pledged delegates.


18 posted on 03/24/2008 7:39:35 AM PDT by kabar
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Should she be able to pull that dead rabbit out of the hat, the hyphenated-Africans are gonna be pissed.


Lose / lose for the socialists and their typical hyphenated-Africans.


ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE

19 posted on 03/24/2008 7:40:38 AM PDT by G.Mason (Duty, Honor, Country)
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DNC may throw her under the house

LOL. Nice. Just make sure someone gets the ruby slippers before they do...
20 posted on 03/24/2008 7:40:40 AM PDT by SpinnerWebb (Islam ... If you can't join them, beat them.)
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