Hillary Op-Ed: Why I Continue To Run

This past Friday, during a meeting with a newspaper editorial board, I was asked about whether I was going to continue in the presidential race.

I made clear that I was - and that I thought the urgency to end the 2008 primary process was unprecedented. I pointed out, as I have before, that both my husband's primary campaign, and Sen. Robert Kennedy's, had continued into June.

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[exotic]

http://www.tomflocco.com/fs/PurgeTheEvil.htm

[newshawk14]

I assume that at this point, Hillary continues to run to spite us, for refusing to coronate her.

[Myshkin57]

In at least four of the states she mentions (New Jersey, Michigan, New Mexico and New Hampshire) Obama is either doing better than her head-to-head with McCain or he is doing the same. In Pennsylvania, both are ahead in all of the polls against McCain and Obama has pulled ahead of McCain in the latest poll.

And look at

Iowa... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/iowa.html

Wisconsin... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/wisconsin.html

Colorado... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/colorado.html

Virginia... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/virginia.html (not ahead of McCain, but close)

Oregon... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/oregon.html

Washington... http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/washington.html (Where Obama is clearly ahead and Clinton is within the margin of error)

That's a good chance at 57 electoral votes that Clinton could likely not get.

[halyscomet]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- In an exclusive, breaking story, a Capitol Reporter over heard a serious conversation between Bill and Hillary Clinton that epitomizes the race-baiting, sexism, and carelessness that has come to typifie the Clinton Camapaign. The follwoinf are excerpt from the conversation:

Hillary: Bill, you owe me. You said that you would do ANYTHING to ensure that I won the Presidency in 2008.

Bill: Honey, what else do you want me to do?

Hillary: I want you to take on the persona of Buckwheat, think like him. Dictate things.

Bill: You mean write things down? How do you spell it?

Hillary: D-i-c-t-a-t-e. Now, Bill, use the word in a sentence.

Bill: OK. Hey, Monica - How my DICTATE?

After the conversation was made public, the Clintons offered no futher comments.

[txgal44]

Hillary: I continue you to run....BECAUSE I'M CRAZY AS HELL!!!

[BabsfromKS]

"I move for no man."

"It's just a flesh wound."

"I'm invincible!"

"Oh? All right, we'll call it a draw."

"Come back here. I"ll bite your legs off!"

[LucieLee]

OMG~!! This poor woman needs help~!! This has gone way past delusions, this is bordering on dimentia. it is so painful to see her sufering like this. She still isists this campaign nominating process is based on popular vote and even electoral college. It is based on neither, it is based on delegatesto the convention. The general election is based on electoral vote. If it were based on popular vote Al Gore would be president. If the primary/caucus season would be based on popular vote Bill Clinton would not have been the nominee in 1992. I would like to believe that the Clintons know all this, they just are having a terrible time coming to grips with the fact that the Clinton legacy is only going to be a footnote in history capped by impeachment and a stained blue dress. it still continues to be a sad fact that dynasties do eventually fall...but to see it happening right before our eyes is quite tragic. Somebody stop serving Hillary & Co. that wackadoodle Kool-aid!~plz

[LarksTongue]

Shame on you, Hillary Clinton. For weeks now you and your surrogates have floated the cryptic "something may happen" and "anything could happen" rationales for staying in the race. Each time I heard it, I thought it was disgusting and potentially dangerous.

Like Bush, you have lost touch with reality. Your 'tenacity' looks more and more like W's false pride and war strategy every day: surround yourself with sheepish advisors, ignore the facts, and paste a fake smile on your face.

What's next? Will God tell you to keep running?

[gditty]

Hillary is being held hostage by all her LOBBYISTS to stay in the race...they want a return on their investment.

[HowietheScreamer]

Past performance is NO guarantee of future returns... they LOST. Too bad, so sad.

[McFlipFlop]

Anyone that still supports Hillary has an irrational dislike of Obama. Hillary's only remaining campaign strategy is built upon tearing Obama down.

[revko]

Run
Run
RUN AWAY!!!

[DBforObama]

I believe Hillary is getting what she deserves with the fallout from her comment. Although I don't believe she wishes harm to Obama her statement could be taken that way because it was delivered in an unartful way. Which I think is ironic since Obama stated something in San Francisco that could be taken out of the context it was delivered and Hillary decided to give her own take on what Obama meant. Even using the issue to label him as one of the elite. Hillary and her supporters need to understand that if they consistantly want to give different meanings to statements by others then they need to not make statements with dual meanings.

[LucieLee]

No, She may not be wishing Barack harm....persay, but she didn;t need to bring up the assassination bit in claiming historical references of campaigns going into the late spring or summer....she could have given other examples,therefore she left herself way open to criticism, well deserved I might add. She also left herself open for people to say that she has made flawed historical refernces too, which she did. Bill Clinton already had the nomination in March, not in June, for example....and the Iowa caucuses then were not as early in the winter as it was this year. And your comparison with what Obama said in San Francisco is not a very equal one in comparing the length of a campaign, and why you have stayed so long "at the fair", in case something catastrophic should happen, then bring up RFK's assassination in the same sentence, to something said at a fundraiser weeks before~what's the connection? Obama himself said that he takes Hillary at her word, and has moved on, which he has every right to do, I as a supporter of his, did take offense to what she said, and I don't have too.

[Jazzcomedian]

We've had Michelle's "really proud of my country", Obama "bittergate cling", McCain's "100 year war", and Hillary's "RFK assassination" gaffe--which I concede is the new gold standard of verbal gaffes.
I just finished reading "The Making of the President", the detailed, fascinating book on the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon race. A race that was decided on the basis of policy, substance, style, and personality--but no gaffes. I'm sure each of them said things that today would be sized on as gaffes. Looking for gaffes wasn't part of political coverage then.
With the rise of cable, the 24/7 news cycle, live streaming, and the internet blogosphere, verbal gaffes are pored over, and analyzed relentlessly--to what purpose. I certainly would hate to have my every word microscrutinized for some deep psychological insight into my soul and intentions. I've said things to people where I thought the meaning was quite clear, only to find out that it was taken in another way.
Michelle has been unfairly painted as unpatriotic, Obama as an elitist, McCain as a warmonger. Okay, maybe that one is accurate. And Hillary as wanting something horrible to happen to Obama. I'm sure that all the presidential candidates of the past both great, and mediocre, said things that today's media would crucify them wih. Are we as an electorate being well served by "gotcha gaffe politics"? Do any of these gaffes really help us make better decisions as to who should be our president? I don't think so.

[HowietheScreamer]

That was back when the media had morals, and courage. Now they have no morals, no courage, and are a mere shadow of Morrow and Cronkite.

[riverhouse]

When you advertise your greatest wet dream of your opponent being assassinated, then you have to know you're not going to be his vice president.

[littlemanhuff]

What Hillary would bring to the Democratic ticket is unbridled ambition, a sense of entitlement and the self-centered notion that she deserves to be the POTUS.

She is engaged in a long-term strategy. She plays the victim of sexism, and she blames others, especially the media, for her flawed efforts at walking into the White House. Her attempt is to damage Obama and stop him from being elected. Central to her strategy as the victim is the notion that she can rightfully claim the moral high ground to be owed the nomination four years from now.

Now, the country has witnessed her assassination comments, which seem to have flowed easily from her mouth without any consideration for their consequence. What came from her were the thoughts in her heart.

Luke 6:45
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.

I no longer want to see what is in Hillary"s heart, but there is more time to left in this primary election. Therefore, I will not be surprised to see or hear of how low things may get before the end of this primary election. Again, an evil man (or woman) out of the evil treasure of his (or her) heart bringeth forth that which is [____________]. We shall see.

[Bill3rdterm]

What Hillary would bring to the Democratic ticket is unbridled ambition, a sense of entitlement and the self-centered notion that she deserves to be the POTUS



If you change out Obama for HRC and he for she, then you have it correct. OBAMA has never finished one elected term of office before trying to get to the next highest level of politics. And then he decided to run for POTUS a year and half into his first term as a US senator. You don't see that as Unbridled ambition and EGO???? HOw about writing not 1 but 2 autobio's prior to the age of 45 years old? Not entitlement, ego or ambitions there, right? Give me a f'ing break how is Obama coming a long with all the promises he made to get elected to the senate? It's all BS, and if he does win the general, he'll probably try to run for king of the universe two years in.

[JimR]

Senator Clinton, it's very simple and painless (well, for most of us, anyway). Repeat after me: "I made a mistake... in my choice of words... and I am... sorry."