May 14, 2008
Except That It Is Almost Over
“We respect John Edwards, but as the voters of West Virginia showed last night, this thing is far from over.” -- Terry McAuliffe, Clinton camp chairman, 5/14
Posted at 08:20 PM
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No, he's right. It's far from over. On Call seems to thinks it's almost over because wishing will make it so.
Clinton appears to be staying in the race because she really believes she has a much better chance of delivering the White House to Democrats in November.
Neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates to cross the delegate threshold.
Candidates do not quit because the media tells them to quit or thinks they should quit.
No other American candidate in modern history has withstood unprecedented and sustained levels of hostility in the media and blogosphere--and remained resolute.
Yesterday, Nebraska held its Democratic primary and the result was 49%-47%, Obama. Given that he won the Nebraska caucus 68%-32%, how could the "presumptive nominee" lose a 36 point caucus primary victory to a 2 point primary victory?
It is also clear that ever since being declared as the likely nominee who has the nomination pretty much sewn up, he has been repeatedly underperforming the scenarios from his own campaign at least since April.
Tell me again why this should end?
corinne | 05.14.08 09:00 PM
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Clinton takes Indiana by a ‘razor’ and Obama wins North Carolina by a huge margin. Nevertheless, Kentucky, Montana and West Virginia are still to come.
The Democratic race for nomination is still very much alive – and most likely to be decided by superdelegates
If you’re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or Obama
If you haven't done so yet, please write a message to each of your state's superdelegates at http://www.lobbydelegates.com
Obama Supporters:
Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It's that easy...
Clinton Supporters too …. !
It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Those are really worth !
Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It's that easy...
feeba | 05.15.08 05:03 AM
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Clinton takes Indiana by a ‘razor’ and Obama wins North Carolina by a huge margin. Nevertheless, Kentucky, Montana and West Virginia are still to come.
The Democratic race for nomination is still very much alive – and most likely to be decided by superdelegates
If you’re tired of waiting around for those super delegates to make a decision already, go to LobbyDelegates.com and push them to support Clinton or Obama
If you haven't done so yet, please write a message to each of your state's superdelegates at http://www.lobbydelegates.com
Obama Supporters:
Sending a note to current Obama supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Clinton supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Obama, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Obama. It's that easy...
Clinton Supporters too …. !
It takes a moment, but what's a few minutes now worth to get Clinton in office?! Those are really worth !
Sending a note to current Clinton supporters lets them know it's appreciated, sending a note to current Obama supporters can hopefully sway them to change their vote to Clinton, and sending a note to the uncommitted folks will hopefully sway them to vote for Clinton. It's that easy...
feeba | 05.15.08 05:06 AM
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Obama may not have 2025 yet, Corrine, but there is basically no realistic way that Clinton can get to that number. Give Obama a week or two and this thing really will be over--only the diehards are in denial now. Clinton's huge win in WV netted a whopping 12 delegates (or about the number of supers Obama got yesterday and the day before).
Clinton has every right to stay in at this point and she will (what difference will it really make if she quits now or in 3 weeks?), but her chances of victory are clearly gone.
Andy | 05.15.08 04:41 PM
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I am a Democrat and I dont even want Hillary winning. If we are going to have two Republicans running, we might as well choose McCain over Hillary.
Jack | 05.15.08 09:53 PM
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