"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated."How many times over the past few months have we heard that Sen. Clinton's bid for the Democratic nomination is "dead"?
Let's see ... following the Iowa Caucus, and just about every primary and caucus since! Even when she wins media pundits suggest that her campaign is actually "dead" ... over ... kaput! Well I was in a room today with 1500 other women, and a few men, who don't seem to believe it.
A "Generations of Women for Hillary" fundraiser at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington today raised around $1 million for the campaign. And Sen. Clinton's message to the audience was clear: "I've come back before."Chelsea, and her grandmother Dorothy Rodham, were the "warm up" act ... and they were delightful. As the Senator entered the room, women were standing on their chairs to catch a glimpse of her. It was all very exciting.
“I’ve been counted out more than once. But thanks to all of you I’ve come back,” Clinton told the crowd. The remark sparked a thunderous, extended ovation. She went on to say, “When I was counted out in New Hampshire, it was the women of New Hampshire who came back and said, ‘No, she’s not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Super Tuesday it was women from California to Massachusetts who came and said ‘No, we’re not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Ohio, before Indiana, we have always come back.”As people debate numbers, here are a couple that I think should be included. 34 million people have cast votes in primaries, while only 1 million have cast votes in caucus.
Sen. Clinton is projected to win primaries in West Virginia, Kentucky and Puerto Rico. Obama is favored in Oregon, Montana and South Dakota. Neither candidate can win enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination. At that point it will be up to superdelegates to decide.
Todd Beeton at MyDD writes:
"... I support her decision to continue. The rest of the states deserve to participate in this historic election and seeing as on MSNBC last night Howard Dean refused to ratify 2,025 as the magic number of delegates needed to win the nomination pending the results of the Rules Committee meeting on May 31st, it would appear Clinton has a credible case to make that the race goes on even if superdelegates put him over the 2,025 threshold in the coming days or weeks, at least until that committee decides what to do about MI & FL. So, fight on, Senator.Earlier today, digby challenged Tim Russert asking:
Who the fuck anointed Tim Russert as the final arbiter of anything? His job is to analyze the political landscape not declare the decision as if he were some kind of Roman Emperor giving a thumbs up or thumbs down. It's bad enough that these gasbags put those thumbs on the scale as hard as they do, but actually taking the initiative to say when the race is over is even worse. To coin a favorite Village phrase, "it's not their place."So take a deep breath, sit back and relax if you must, but the race for the Democratic nomination continues.
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As it should. There are still PLENTY of people who want HRC as our president, and we deserve to be represented. Digby's dead-on--but I apply it to ALL the idiots in the media. Democracy is about the people; let US decide. Timmy and his moron pals should just report the wins/losses and STFU with their "shoulds" and "ought tos".
Absolutely!!
BAC
The voters are speaking. Not the pundits. Clinton is losing Obama is ahead. The pending primaries show no signs of changing the voting trend that has gotten Dems to where they are now.
But in the end, it doesn't matter. She can battle to the bitter finale, even if it takes a vote at the Dem convention in August to nominate Obama.
We're not looking at a case of Dewey Defeats Truman. We're looking at a case of Hillary defeats Hillary.
Bennett, the race is a virtual dead heat. Neither candidate can secure enough pledged delegates to capture the nomination, which means it must be decided by the superdelegates. We need to see how the vote totals end before making a decision about who has won and who has lost.
Sen. Clinton has waged an excellent campaign, against great opposition. Keep in mind, she has not only been running against all the other candidates, but she has been running against the media pundits as well.
She has proven she has what it takes to be a strong commander in chief.
BAC
BAC,
It's over. The pledged delegates and the superdelegates are speaking.
Meanwhile, you're offering excuses when you claim Hillary is running against the media. Yeah, except that on one hand she's got a lot of media support as well as some opposition. That sounds like all candidates to me.
Why would you think she's shown she has what it takes to be a strong commander-in-chief when she can't crush a virtual unknown with ZERO experience?
Her campaign failure is a demonstration of hubris. There was no Plan B. It was inconceivable at the start of the primary season that she would face a candidate able to gather more votes.
At the beginning I thought the nomination was hers to lose. She's doing it. She has shown her ability to blow a huge advantage. In other words, she's not presidential timber.
It was obvious things had gone into a tailspin when Patty Doyle was fired.
Hillary's only hope now is getting on the ticket as VP. But that decision appears to be in the hands of Michelle Obama. Good luck there.
Campaigning is wearing. Hillary will hear more about her race-related comments about voters. Fair, unfair, it doesn't matter. That's politics.
Clinton has been running "against the media" since day one. Only now are those same pundits beginning to take a look at Obama ... and guess what? Because of it he is now going to have a very hard time winning in November.
Even with the added pressure of running against the media Sen. Clinton is in a virtual tie with Obama. She is a VASTLY stronger candidate than he is, and is out-polling McSame in many key states.
The bottom line is that Clinton could win in Nov with, or without Obama ... Obama can't win unless he has the FULL SUPPORT of Sen. Clinton.
BAC
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