Obama: Clinton Gotten "Desperate" In Campaign

Barack Obama sat for an interview with Nightline, which was previewed on Good Morning America today. He dismissed the tone of Hillary Clinton's recent national security ad, suggesting that her campaign had "gotten a little desperate" after their series of primary losses:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1439819556http://www.brightcove.com/channel.jsp?channel=1178199204

Comments

[Wildcatdiva]

He told the truth.So what. She'll do something even more desperate today to make his case. hehehe

[AnninCA]

He's pretty good at being dismissive. Did he explain why he reacted so fast that he stupidly turned this into a major news story and gave her free air time for days?

*hehe

[flyguy14222]

We have missed you ANNinCA.

[NoahVail]

Not.

[AnninCA]

*waving*

Everyone excited? I am!

God bless Huff. I'm blowing off steam here early! :)

[MarkieBee001]

It's called responding to Swiftboating ads Ann...he ain't no John Kerry. And it's been very effective. Look at google and all the parody ads that have been killing Hillary on the 3 A.M. ad. America is just tired of her antics.

[m4me08]

Hillary is the joke.

[rmetz74]

He reacts quickly in order to jump into the same news cycle as the initial attack, which is something people have criticized the Demorcats for failing to do for years.

Incidentally, you're contradicting yourself. Is he giving her free airtime she wouldn't otherwise have, or is the media constantly attacking her on the front page?

[riverhouse]

The natural Rovian instincts in Hillary Clinton have come to the forefront in her losing campaign. She expected to be gifted with the nomination since she believes she is entitled to it and presumed she'd be the next president of the United States. When the voters insisted on having a say, she got uppity and incensed. I think the negative tone of her campaign, encouraging people to believe Obama is muslim and that he opposes a woman's right to choose, is indicitive of the real Hillary Clinton and it's not revealing a person fit to be president of the United States. None of this is about the best interests of the United States or the best interests of the Democratic Party. It's all about what Hillary feels she's due.

[brueso]

She has 'found her voice" again. It's Karl Rove's.

[AnninCA]

You've got the term down. Now figure out which candidate has actually employed those tactics all along.

Then, you'll get it.

[debwarot]

You've got it right AND identified the correct candidate!!

[AnninCA]

I think it's hilarious that you're trying to pin that Muslim stuff on her campaign. A man runs with his middle name and you think that's not going to be the biggest rumor of the internet?

Good grief.

She did't have to touch that one. His middle name was a gift in terms of highly prejudiced people and their fear of him.

Frankly, you shouldn't go around saying that she started that crap without proof. It's unAmerican to accuse people without proof.

[brooklyncitizen]

Ehrmmm....­it's actually VERY AMERICAN to accuse people without proof...an­d to TORTURE them and lock them up in Gitmo and invade their country...­where HAVE YOU BEEN???

[IMustKnow]

Did you get that off an Obama website?

[SLone08]

I'm actually glad he said that. Everyone, even her supporters, know what a terrible campaign she's run. Early on when she had a dominating lead in all the polls, she was considered the "inevitable" Democratic candidate and she talked about how she had the most "experience". Once Obama started winning, she theme switched from "experience" to "change", as well as taking some of Edwards populist message. And now, after Obama has won 11 contests in a row, all she can do is try to attack Obama.

I've said before, Hillary is just like Rudy... The more people see of her, the less they like her. She hasn't gone up significantly in polls in ANY state since last year. Obama has come back from double digit deficits only to beat her by 15, 25,30%. That is a 60% swing! What does that say about both of the candidates.

Let's hope this ends tomorrow..­.

[AnninCA]

He better end it tomorrow, or he's going to be in trouble.

Can't knock her out when he's gotten nothing but glowing press, has more money than God, and was on the ground even before she was? Nevermind that the state caucus system favors him as well as the delegate distrubution system which favors AA voters over the Latino.

So you better hope he wins and wins big enough to ward off the onslaught of questions about whether he can actually close this deal.

[NC4Obama]

Even Richardson is pretty much endorsing Obama, says a lot that Bill cant even get him to support Hillary.

[SLone08]

Funny how you choose not to acknowlege what's going on. Instead of admitting that she is losing because she has run a horrible campaign and Obama has run one of the most effective campaigns in history, you choose to make excuses. That's typical of her campaign and her supporters.

Blame everyone and everything, except your candidate.

Bottom line...She needs to win both TX and OH by double digits or call it quits in order to salvage what's left of her reputation.

[Savanarola]

AnninCal: To be in such a state of denial borders on mental illness. Actually I'd have preferred a woman candidate but not THIS woman. Deceit, dishonesty, manipulation and blind ambition are not characteristics of women. They are of THIS woman. Obama/Diane Feinstein, the ticket for the 21st Century.

[MarkieBee001]

He doesn' have to win at all. Remember, to have any real chance Hillary has to win 65-35 everywhere else. Ton conveniently forget that fact Ann doesn't suggest a mental disorder, just that you're lying to yourself.

[cybersense]

SLone08,

It was Obama who aligned his campaign "solutions" on Hillary's. The fact that she is coming in with proof of real experience and qualifications makes me think it is OBAMA who is desperate.

I would be if I could not back up my qualifications with real experience. He is playing cards as well.

You think?

[SLone08]

So you're equating experience with being married to the President? Last time I checked she's only got a few more years than him in the Senate, without any groudbreaking legislation with her name on it. So try that one again...

Your logic is flawed. I don't think he's "desperate" after winning 11 in a row. Look at his demenour and compare that to her temper tantrums/ personality changes/ different messenges, which one would you say is more Presidential?

Her campaign is in a tailspin and she is trying to do anything in order to change it.

She had this nomination all but handed to her when this thing started. Now, she is losing to a stronger candidate who is running a far better campaign. That's what I think.

[jsinclair]

She's counting on her supporters to keep letting her stonewall on releasing her tax returns and the library donor list.

WHY do you want her to get away with that? If she's so "vetted", there should be no ugly surrprises in November. Maybe its the journalist in me, but I really want to know what she's hiding.

[butchie65]

If that's the case cyber, why isn't she the one that won the 11 states? If she got her message out, she would be the leader, not him. They mentioned before that Hillary went back to Ohio and was planning on staying in Texas. Now, who is desperate ? How come she never went to the gay bar and sent someone else ? Is she afraid of being around gay people, but, wants people to think she stands up for them ?

[bleu23]

Real experience? How many bridges did she name while in the Senate? What experience are you talking about? You are not giving her credit for Bill Clintons achievements, are you? I mean, the woman traveled all over the world on our dime and accomplished what? She sat behind closed door with health care people and could not get us health insurance at reasonable cost. Another one of her achievements!

When I listen to Obama I hear sheer desperation, he is so desperate that my whole CONSERVATIVE family is voting for him. We are not desperate, we just don't want the political BS continued and Hillary and McCain had years in the Senate but did nothing to improve things that went sour.

[Macready]

I'd say that was about right . . . billary are desperate and it shows . . .she's getting more strident and her voice louder ... then there is her new red phone ad . . . . the clintons thought they had won even before the primaries began . . . but they have been getting a reality check by the voters and long may it last . . . hillary is the wrong person for the job and we don't need bill . . . . again with all that entails . ..

[Montanamotor]

You are absolutely right - and if I had faith, I'd constantly pray for that to happen. But I am worried that, Obama might find his name on the same list as JFK, MLK and RK did, as soon as he'll be the DNC's official nominee. Stay alert and have a good look for rascals, I say. There are people out there who are willing to risk anything, in order to avoid losing everything they have accumulated while cooperating with corporate America during the last 20 years - and not only those on the other side of the aisle...

[PTTY]

HILLARY UNMASKED



The real Hillary Clinton stood up at the Democratic presidential debate this week: angry, sarcastic, stubborn, secretive, arrogant, mired in the past, victim of the media, and still firmly convinced that she is uniquely entitled to the Democratic Party nomination and the presidency.

That Hillary hasn’t really been on display much since the debacle of her disastrous health care plan and the end of Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, when she haughtily flaunted her combative personality.


But make no mistake about it — that’s the Hillary Clinton that we’ll see if she somehow manages to steal the Democratic nomination.

She’s found her voice. The one that so alienated everyone she came into contact with over her health care plan that her own party destroyed it. The one that publicly and loudly defended Bill and arranged for attacks on Monica Lewinsky when she knew the complete and sordid truth.

She’s always had a chip on her shoulder and a strange paranoia, but it’s definitely gotten worse. Now it’s not just the vast right wing conspiracy that is out to get her. Now it’s the mainstream media. How are they doing that? By asking her the first questions at the debates!

Hillary’s snide comment about whether Barack needed a pillow to be made more comfortable was downright embarrassing. The anticipated applause line on her script never happened. The audience was silent. The press was amazed. And Barack seemed genuinely startled by her nuttiness — he looked over at her as if he was viewing a dotty old aunt at a family dinner, the one that everyone politely humors.

Her lifelong pattern of secrecy was once again evident. While publicly promoting transparency in government, she steadfastly refuses to release her personal income tax returns. That’s a clear tip-off that there’s something to hide. Recall that the Clintons selectively released tax returns in Arkansas, but refused to go back to 1980, when Hillary had her windfall in cattle futures.

During the debate, Hillary suggested that she’d release the returns “soon,” but her staff quickly backtracked. She implied that she’s been too busy to deal with releasing the returns. Does she really think anyone believes that it will take more than simply making a copy of the return? She’s stalling and there’s a reason for that.

Most likely, the return will show how much Bill has been making from his partnership with the Sheik of Dubai and his other business ventures. Should the spouse of a presidential candidate be in business with a foreign leader who needs favors from the U.S. government? Definitely not. That’s why we’ll never see those returns.

And then there are the Clinton Library records that document her schedule as first lady. She doesn’t want them released either because they will definitively show that she was never the co-president. The Library has been stalling on the release of those documents for years. During the debate, she said that she wanted them released as quickly as possible and seemed to blame the Bush administration for the delay. But today, the White House indicated that she had made no requests for any expedited release.

The old Hillary, the real Hillary, is back.

And there’s apparently been no one to stop her from acting on her own worse instincts.

Underneath the veneer of the practiced smile and the strategically used giggle, there is a rage that is always close to the surface. It was on display in the debate.

Hillary Clinton is furious that America has not agreed to her coronation. She doesn’t understand why voters are rejecting her and embracing Barack Obama. She just doesn’t get it.

Never one to engage in self reflection, she can’t blame herself or even her incompetent strategists and advisers. They’re too close to her. She can’t accept the sorry fact that her campaign has been a disaster because it was based on the past and not the future, because it was premised on her phony experience and maintaining the status quo, and because her negative outlook is completely out of step with the mood of America. And finally, because in the positive message of Barack Obama, Americans see a stark contrast with her doom and gloom view of the world.

So, she’ll blame the media. It’s their fault.

And she’ll keep screaming about what a fighter she is.

More like a bully

[flyguy14222]

Nice rant. Sorry you are factually challenged and what does Monica have to do with it? Get over it and get real!

[AnninCA]

BS. An independent press watchdog group just did a study and concluded that Hillary's press coverage has been SUBSTANTIALLY more negative than Obama's.

Everyone but Obamamaniacs knows it.

If he can't win with the soft balls the press has lobbed to him?

Then his message or something needs major retooling.

It means he has failed to convince.

[Savanarola]

The press is a reflection, a mirror if you will, of reality as the first draft of history. If Hillary's press has been" SUBSTANTIALLY more negative than Obama's", its only because she HAS more negatives than Obama...a variation of lipstck on a pig.

[SLone08]

Obama has had one message and it's been working. How many has Hillary tried out?

[MarkieBee001]

Ann, here's how the media works summed up in one matra: "If it bleeds it leads." Now I'd say Hillary's campaign has been running around like a stuck pig for about a month now, ever since she got her butt kicked on Super Tuesday. The inevitable one is about to be knocked off her throne. That story is HUGE! Of course it will be covered more and of course Obama will look good, he's the candidate who did it. Us a sports analogy. Were the New England Patriots whining about the media coverage after they choked in the Super Bowl? Nope. There were plenty of "negative" stories detailing why they lost (overconfidence being the No. 1 reason given). and there were plenty of stories detailing why the New York Giants won (incredible team solidarity and hardwork being the top reasons given). So please Ann and the rest of your sock puppet friends, considering the facts the media coverage has been pretty even. And to date, Obama has made a phone call to a national magazine and successfully had a negative story killed. Ask GQ is they think the media is biased.

[cybersense]

Wow PTTY,

Too much coffee, not enough sleep?

I am for the person who is most qualified. That is HRC.

No trumped up lipsinking.

[karrezza]

I will repost this again, and Mr/Mrs PTTY back up your Obama's lousy work ethic. His excuse that he is campaigning while Hillary manages the time???

Why he never had any meetings with his Foreign Relations Subcommittee while Clinton has managed to have meetings with the subcommittes she is a member of. Both campaigning. What is Obama getting paid for? He is supposed to work for 4 years, not 2 and campaign for 2, all the while drawing a salary.

Look at these stats:

From GovTrack.U­S http://www.govtrack.us/congress// (look up the person of choice)

Statistic: Barack Obama missed 201 of 1121 votes (18%) since Jan 6, 2005

Statistic: Hillary Clinton missed 175 of 2429 votes (7%) since Jan 23, 2001


Average voting attendance it seems is between 1-3%, so both of them do qualify as poorer attendance, but his is more than double Clinton's. Explain that, and he is a newbie!!! He isn't even trying right out of the gate, in terms of his time in office. How often will be blow off responsibility on the job???

[EuroRant1]

You aren't really going there are you?
I'm not sure this is a very good argument.
The American public is wiser than that ... having someone show up to vote 88% and voting incorrectly or with the Neo-cons a good percentage of that time does very little to comfort me.
I wrote off Hillary the second she voted for the Kyl-Lieberman Amendment authorizing George W to go to war with Iran on September 27, 2007.
How often do I wish she had stayed home that day, believe me I was 100% pro Hillary up to that momentus vote ... Dave Lindorff of the Baltimore Chronicle (September 26, 2007) put it best when he said, “Any member of Congress who supports this sleazy, ill-founded amendment should be hounded from office.” http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/092607Lindorff.shtml

[ljsfolly]

It looks as if Hillary will do anything to get the nomination, even destroying the Dem Party in the process! I don't know why she thinks getting so nasty and lying about Barack is the right thing to do. I thought this degree of hostility was between the two parties but with the Clintons doing this last bit I don't know who would vote for her except to keep out MAC and from where I sit she isn't much different than him. It's a sad day when people who have been in the white house and he swore to uphold the constitution and they are digging and slinging shit as fast as they can at one of their own. Anything for a win. It's also sad she didn't show her true colors until now so everyone supporting her could see what she is like to have as their candidate. Win at all costs even to destroy themselves and any hope we have in the process.

[PTTY]

HILLARY UNMASKED


Published on FOXNews.com on February 28, 2008.

The real Hillary Clinton stood up at the Democratic presidential debate this week: angry, sarcastic, stubborn, secretive, arrogant, mired in the past, victim of the media, and still firmly convinced that she is uniquely entitled to the Democratic Party nomination and the presidency.

That Hillary hasn’t really been on display much since the debacle of her disastrous health care plan and the end of Bill Clinton’s impeachment trial, when she haughtily flaunted her combative personality.


But make no mistake about it — that’s the Hillary Clinton that we’ll see if she somehow manages to steal the Democratic nomination.

She’s found her voice. The one that so alienated everyone she came into contact with over her health care plan that her own party destroyed it. The one that publicly and loudly defended Bill and arranged for attacks on Monica Lewinsky when she knew the complete and sordid truth.

She’s always had a chip on her shoulder and a strange paranoia, but it’s definitely gotten worse. Now it’s not just the vast right wing conspiracy that is out to get her. Now it’s the mainstream media. How are they doing that? By asking her the first questions at the debates!

Hillary’s snide comment about whether Barack needed a pillow to be made more comfortable was downright embarrassing. The anticipated applause line on her script never happened. The audience was silent. The press was amazed. And Barack seemed genuinely startled by her nuttiness — he looked over at her as if he was viewing a dotty old aunt at a family dinner, the one that everyone politely humors.

Her lifelong pattern of secrecy was once again evident. While publicly promoting transparency in government, she steadfastly refuses to release her personal income tax returns. That’s a clear tip-off that there’s something to hide. Recall that the Clintons selectively released tax returns in Arkansas, but refused to go back to 1980, when Hillary had her windfall in cattle futures.

During the debate, Hillary suggested that she’d release the returns “soon,” but her staff quickly backtracked. She implied that she’s been too busy to deal with releasing the returns. Does she really think anyone believes that it will take more than simply making a copy of the return? She’s stalling and there’s a reason for that.

Most likely, the return will show how much Bill has been making from his partnership with the Sheik of Dubai and his other business ventures. Should the spouse of a presidential candidate be in business with a foreign leader who needs favors from the U.S. government? Definitely not. That’s why we’ll never see those returns.

And then there are the Clinton Library records that document her schedule as first lady. She doesn’t want them released either because they will definitively show that she was never the co-president. The Library has been stalling on the release of those documents for years. During the debate, she said that she wanted them released as quickly as possible and seemed to blame the Bush administration for the delay. But today, the White House indicated that she had made no requests for any expedited release.

The old Hillary, the real Hillary, is back.

And there’s apparently been no one to stop her from acting on her own worse instincts.

Underneath the veneer of the practiced smile and the strategically used giggle, there is a rage that is always close to the surface. It was on display in the debate.

Hillary Clinton is furious that America has not agreed to her coronation. She doesn’t understand why voters are rejecting her and embracing Barack Obama. She just doesn’t get it.

Never one to engage in self reflection, she can’t blame herself or even her incompetent strategists and advisers. They’re too close to her. She can’t accept the sorry fact that her campaign has been a disaster because it was based on the past and not the future, because it was premised on her phony experience and maintaining the status quo, and because her negative outlook is completely out of step with the mood of America. And finally, because in the positive message of Barack Obama, Americans see a stark contrast with her doom and gloom view of the world.

So, she’ll blame the media. It’s their fault.

And she’ll keep screaming about what a fighter she is.

More like a bully

[gba]

Feeling bad today?

[karrezza]

FOX NEWS wrote that??? YOU cant even come up with your own thoughts!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

We all know FOX is not NEWS! Its like a TV Magazine!!! LOLOLOLOLOLOL

PTTY is a JOKE!!! Yeah More like PITY. And I PITY your lack of unique insight, but rather just a FOX SHILL!!!!

[Plowboy]

HRC is burning her boats. Ohio and Texas were her firewall, sure wins for her. She started with every advaqntage: the professional organization, the demographics, and -- just a couple of weeks ago -- a huge poll lead. But the more p[eople see of Obama the more they like him; and sometimes people don't see Hillary that way. So her poll lead has shrunk. It's a horse race now.
But anyone should realize that if she is having such trouble in herr sure safe firewall states, she isn't going to win fairly.
Hence we are seeing more and more Rovian tactics. Sher has had a few stastes to research them in to see whikch work and on which subgroups, etc. So she will be strong. But such tactics will backfire on her if she does pull off a victory with such tactics.
But my main cdoncern is that the fact that any major candidate for our higherst office would go that way is not good news for the nation. If our future is to be determined by the worst of our past, what are those problems we will be solving?

[AnninCA]

If there's one obvious point about this election, it is that polls taken so far out are worthless.

He had the same amount of time to woo voters, more money, better press, and key newspaper endorsements. Therefore, he should beat her soundly.

If not, why not?

[Kasandra]

Because she started with huge name recognition and her husband was a two term president of th United States? So stating they had 'the same time to woo voters' is not correct as she has had since 1990. She was the defacto incumbent, she declared that she had Texas and Ohio locked up and it's clear that simply is untrue.

[bdul26]

Perhaps her initial lead had something to do with name recognition. Note how many of Sen. Clinton's continued supporters are less educated-- perhaps they are not keeping up with current affairs. I don't mean to sound condescending with that comment, but that is the information being reported.

I'm not sure how you are calculating that he should beat her soundly to be considered a real contender-- she was ahead by double digits just two weeks ago and that lead has now disappeared. Seems that any inroads into her lead should be cause for concern in her camp, not his. Serious spin from the Clinton camp doesn't usually warrant repeating.

Is this opposite day, AnninCA?

[rmetz74]

Because, as you keep pointing out, it's a close race.

And because the suggestion that there is any pressure on Obama to sweep with big wins on Tuesday is a very recent manufactured talking point from the Clinton camp, designed to draw attention away from their previous predictions of big wins in Texas and Ohio. and Bill's recent statements that those states are must-wins for Hillary.

Would you like links?
http://thepage.time.com/clinton-camp-memo-on-obama-expectations/
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4318311&page=1

[Tankan]

Desperate is as desperate does!

Running about like a headless chicken!

Under pressure, very unstable!

[AnninCA]

These Dr. Phil comments are really nothing more than sexism.

There's nothing at all unclear about her message to voters. It's been highly consistent from Day 1 of this campaign.

[MarkieBee001]

Then why did she find her voice in New Hampshire?

[WillieLynch]

At this rate John McCain willbe the next president. Clinton supporters probably will not vote for Obama and Obama supporters probably will not vote for Clinton.

Better luck on 2012!

[Pjsandiego]

It's very difficult to look at Hillary's campaign as anything other than an indication of how she would govern. It is a mess, with financial problems, an inability to stay positive, and without question one of the most deceptive organizations imaginable. She continually says she's tested- She's not- she was in two elections in the most liberal STate running against nobodies. How is that being tested??? She says she's experienced. How and why? She's done nothing to claim the mantle of experience. Barrack's a good enough Democrat not to tear her down to win and that further goes to explain why she is so duplicitous as a candidate and even as a Democrat.
Now she wants us all to change the rules in Michigan and to even revote in Florida, making Florida more important than it has any right to be.
It is obvious that Hillary cannot possibly collect more pledged delegates yet somehow she is given a pass to act like a McCain surrogate so that she can get the nomination which by all accounts she has little chance of being the next President. When nearly 50% of the country already against you, there is no reason to think she can win the general election.

Wake up Ohio and listen to the patter of another eight years of Republican economic policies. A vote for Hillary is a vote for John McCain.

[AnninCA]

That's BS. I've seen plenty of campaigns that lurched and sputtered and still came out winning.

All that matters in the end is who wins. How pretty the campaign was? Nobody remembers.

I've seen picture perfect campaigns blow up over something as stupid as

plagarism of a speech....­.
getting caught flip-flopp­ing....
a line item on a tax return....­..

Now, Obama has escaped being held accountable on the first 2.

Today's news of the letter CNN has verifying that he most certainly did lie to Ohioans about NAFTA? That went over like a lead balloon with union bosses, if you read their letter to him on this.

That type of gaffe is EXACTLY what sometimes changes the momentum in elections.

If he fails to beat her back in Texas and Ohio after outspending her 3 to 1 and having enough good press that Nader could have won, then there's another question.

You see, I think a lot of people voting for Hillary really don't want to join a movement. They aren't interested in nonpartisan politics. They want a real
Democrat to take back the White House. It's that simple.

They don't want a Republican on the cabinet. They want the Republicans to go home for a long time and be quiet.

This race is divisive not because of Hillary Clinton. She's been polite as pie to him. Frankly, more than he has been to her. But that's another issue.

It's divisive because there are polar differences in the direction these candidates are headed. Stark differences.

The voting ? No. But we can see that Obama isn't interested in making a difference for people in the Senate. He's barely bothered to show up. It was a phony election for Illinois. He merely wanted a launching pad.

So there ARE distinctions. And obviously there's quite a bit of difference of opinion between those of us who actually are registered Democrats and those who have recently decided to test-drive our party.

And she should stay in as long as possible to speak for people who do not like his direction.

[cybersense]

Pjsandiego, you would do good to do your research on both candidates.

Your statements above do not reflect that you have.

[brwnizofmine]

Seems to me the goal posts keep getting moved. I'm starting to think that the posts will continue to move until she wins! That will be a shame, because then so many of us will have lost faith in the system, just as we did in 2000. I thought she needed to win big in order to stay in, now it seems if she only takes one, she stays in. I'm disgusted already!

[Kasandra]

She keeps trying to move them. That doesn't mean she will succeed.

Bill said she had to win both. I'm holding them to it.

[AnninCA]

Well, then, you're just silly.

She'll exit if she can't make a cogent argument to her supporters to keep us dipping into our pockets.

I trust Hillary will balance that reality against a reality of voter voice.

If there is a win or a strong voter base to suggest that she should hang in, she'll hang in and pump us up to not flag.

That's what you do when you're not winning handily. That's her job.

If he knocks her out, then she'll be gracious and bow out. The Democrats will then have to deal with this mess.

[AnninCA]

Why? You just want an easy primary, that's why.

I think the campaign has been thinking like a "front-run­ner." Hence, the comment from Bill about needing to make a stand in Texas.

I think this week, her campaign finally turned the corner on that and realized that it's not really the truth. She needs to stay close and get a win for her supporters morale.

He's the one who has to answer the question to his supporters as to why he can't sew this up. He's got big support, huge money, great press (until now, anyway).

So what isn't working for him?

He's not going to win the election on AA voters. And to get here, he's definitely divided the regular Democrats from his "movement," so I wouldn't count on them as being folding in easily to his flock.

Yesterday I pointed out that older Hillary voters will most likely go to McCain. They don't want to chant.
I don't think he'll pull in a sizeable number of women who have been overly insulted by the sexism in this campaign.
I don't believe he'll get hard-core Democrats who are appalled by what they've seen. They'll not back him in secret.

And today, I'm adding that he lost the union voters once they really get the picture on how he manipulated them with NAFTA. I think those folks would take a real honest discussion about how NAFTA is working and that their own problems must be solved through job creation. They will not, however, take to a politician using them so crassly.

I don't think he'll get the Jewish Democrats. They just don't trust him.

I don't think he'll get the Aisian voters. They'll go towards McCain.

Now, this all sounds like nothing. But you start to add up the percentages here? And you've got a problem in the Fall.

I'm not a political analyst, so if I see this, you can bet that politicians in the party are starting to think, too.

The flood of Independents is exciting, yes.

But not if the loss to the party equals the influx of "soft" Democrats who don't even register as Democrats and never have really been solid support.

So if he doesn't disspell this tomorrow, I think a lot of questions will start to pop up about how smart this is to back him.

[MarkieBee001]

Hillaryious Ann...why can't he knock out the one politician with the most name recognition in recent American politics? LOL. What does it say about Hillary that she didn't end this in Iowa?Your spinning is making me dizzy Ann. Keep it up though...i­t's pretty funny.

[Egghead]

Except for the polling that shows that older and women voters have tended to support Clinton, where is your evidence for any of this? All women aren't supporting Hillary.

Most of the unions originally backed Edwards--and most have gone for Obama. All union members don't necessarily vote in lock step, but they do take it seriously.

"The Jewish" Democrats? "The Asian" Democrats? They aren't all one entity either. There's a very good post about Jewish voters elsewhere on this site. Something like 6% vote on issues like "support for Israel," and a lot of those have gone Republican. They may swing back, but I wouldn't call them Democrats.

All of this is speculation, and judging by your other comments, fueled by your own hopes that she will get the nomination. If you do have evidence that all of these groups will go for Clinton, other than wishful thinking, go ahead and post them.

[naturesway]

good analysis and aptly put.

Obama campaign is just now in react mode.
Not leading...­just following.

[rmetz74]

There's nothing that isn't working for him. You yourself, in a response to this same article, said this is a close race. Assuming you define 'close' as ntoerh of them havign secured the required number of delegates to secure the nomination, it will still be close after tomorrow. And he'll still be winning on all fronts. Everyone (aside from Hillary's spin people) pretty much agrees that the democratic primary will not be decided by either candidate getting the required number of delegates. It will be decided by who has a majority of the popular vote and pledged delegates. That has been Obama for a long time now, and even Hillary's campaign admits it will still be Obama after tomorrow.

As for the general election, those are all nice guesses, but are contradicted by polls from every major news organization. They have Obama beating McCain, and by a wider margin than Hillary would.

http://www.pollingreport.com/wh08gen.htm

I've posted this for you before, I wonder if you'll respond this time.

[jonnie66]

ATTENTION: OBAMA FINANCIAL BACKER REZKO TRIAL STARTS TODAY

MUST READ BEFORE YOU CAST THAT IMPORTANT VOTE!!!

SEE OBAMAS CONNECTION WITH SADDAM HUSSEN AND REZKO!
Land deal 'mistake' piles the pressure on Obama Mr Auchi, leading supplier of arms to Saddam's regime and convicted for corruption in France, the British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions and millions of dollars to Barack Obama's fund just weeks before an imprudent land deal investigation. In addition money transfer from Nadhmi Auchi, Obama used to buy his Georgian mansion in Chicago. Mr. Auchi says the loan, through the Panamanian company Fintrade Services SA, was for $3.5 million!!!. Mr. Auchi's money was made doing business with the regime of Saddam Hussein, Mr. Auchi was a leading supplier of arms to Saddam's regime. A former Belgian ambassador to Luxembourg charged that a bank in Luxembourg owned principally by Mr. Auchi laundered funds -- including oil for food money -- for Saddam and other Islamic dictators. Auchi helped French and Italian firms win a huge oil pipeline contract in Iraq, chiefly by paying off Iraqi officials, according to testimony given by an Italian banker to prosecutors in Milan. In 2003, he was convicted for his role in what was then the largest scandal in French history, involving payoffs from executives of the oil company now known as Total to political figures in Spain, Germany and Africa.. The connection between Mr. Auchi and Sen. Obama is cause for great concern in the U.S. The national news media have been remarkably incurious about Sen. Obama's relationship with Mr. Rezko, and his with Mr. Auchi. The Obamas bought the house for $1.65 million -- $300,000 below the asking price -- perhaps because Mr. Rezko's wife purchased from the owner an adjacent garden plot for $625,000. (The sellers deny they offered the Obamas a discount.) The Times of London wondered where Mrs. Rezko got the money to buy the garden plot. At the time, she had a salary of $37,000 and assets of only $35,000, the Times learned. Her husband told a court that at the time he had "no income, negative cash flow, no liquid assets," the Times said. Auchi participated in more than just Rezko's pizza and property ventures, however; he also contributed to Barack Obama's campaign by donating to a 2005 fundraiser through a company of which is wife is a Director. I quote the relevant paragraph from a London Times exclusive: Times has, however, discovered state documents in Illinois recording that the Panamanian company Fintrade Services SA lent money to Mr Obama's fundraiser. Fintrade's directors include Ibtisam Auchi, the name of Mr Auchi's wife. Mr Auchi's spokesman declined to respond to a question about whether he was linked to this business. The donation is significant, obama is the Ill politican mentioned in the following ABC News report on the FBI affidavit filed in US Attorney Fitzgerald's case against Rezko before Obama's political godfather was arrested on Monday: According to an FBI affidavit filed in the case, Rezko sought to get a visa for Auchi to visit the United States by contacting "the same Illinois government official ( Obama)

[Independent voter]

This is the most twisted, lying piece of BS that I have ever seen on HuffPp - and I have seen a lot from the paid hillary hacks,

[personalpolitical]

You are pathetic. Obama did nothing illegal or even ethically questionable. All of that crap has been repeatedly debunked, which is why everyone in Chicago, where they have been looking at this since the summer, knows it is bullshit. Even the land deal is a whole lot of nothing. The seller came out and said he didn't lower the price for Obama and everything was perfectly legit.

Get a life.

[Tankan]

Desperation can get very boring!

[Pjsandiego]

So do you work for the RNC or are you just stupid Clintonite who cares more about her ego than electing a Democrat this year.
Why don't you take a look at the $50,000,000 the Clinton's have accumulated in the last six years and the $200,000,000 of unnamed donations to the Clinton library before you start throwing such nonsense around. Maybe a look at the Clinton's tax returns would demonstrate that these two are not what they seem.

There's a reason Rush Limbaugh told you guys to send money to Hillary. It's because they have the real goods on her and Bill. Monica Lewinsky is not done telling her story.

[Wildcatdiva]

That Chicago reporter Lynn Sweet has been on this for years. SHE'S TURNED UP NOTHING. THEY have nothing on OBAMA. The man is on trail IS REZKO. He has NOT BEEN found GUILTY OF ANYTHING. HILLARY supporters don't every try it. You're smacling your chops like we can't bring up White Water #1 and let's not forget HSU who's about to pop! Good OLD Hillary has 35 years of sh*t to unturn. Let's get on it Media!

[Countess]

That is the nicest thing you can say about her!

[Clinton]

Unfortunately it looks as though the HRC campaign is willing to do anything possible to win. This might include harassing the party all the way through the convention. Perhaps even after.

[Independent voter]

I hope that you didn't just wake up to this fact; but congratulations on reaching your conclusion.

hillary is all sleaze all the time.

hillary will lie, cheat, steal, sue, slander, Foster, savage children, clusterbomb mothers, kill American soldiers - ANYTHING - to satiate her power lust.

hillary has the mark of the beast on her

[AnninCA]

Well, there's some Republican code words. Why do you call yourself Independent?

Or are you one of the former Republicans mad at Bush looking to switch?

Most of them go for Hillary, not Obama.

[karrezza]

Independent_voter , LOL, what a crock of shit.. clearly an uneducated Obama supporter!! I trust Hillary any day over Barack. Any day! She actually does her job... she is like the unliked boss, because they get crap done, and expect of their staff.. Obama just wants everyone to believe in his HOPE vision... Clinton thinks it takes a village.. like with healthcare­.. its true.. We all need to pay in to healthcare like we do into SSI, it comes back to support us all in the end..
Some may get more benefits than others, due to being sicker, but i rather pay the same as my neighbour and NOT NEED the healthcare, but its nice to know it would be there.

Tired of all the anti-social plan attitudes in America, but what do you think Medicaid is? And SSI? "SOCIAL" Security!! DUH!!! Medicaid, a SOCIAL medicine for older people and disabled and poor. But we need it to cover ALL people, poor and alike, elderly and young...