Comments on: Hillary’s Last Hurrah

By: Grand Rapids, Endorsements, and Conspiracy Theories - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:45:07 +0000

[...] I had no idea how big it would be. I already noted how Obama’s doing quite well despite the loss in West Virginia, but Obama managed to really draw attention away from the loss by having John Edwards join him and [...]

By: Evan

Evan — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:18:57 +0000

I really wish the woman in that picture wasn’t disgracing my alma mater by wearing that sweatshirt and being associated to the man holding the sign.

By: Clinton Scores Late Touchdown But Obama Extends Lead - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:43:16 +0000

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By: MsJoanne

MsJoanne — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:52:40 +0000

What #1 said.

Ron, brilliant post! Thank you for putting this together.

I think at this stage, it’s all about money and personal loans and the like. HRC knows she’s done. She ran a poor campaign and it just did not go well for her. And to that, I credit her management style (or lack thereof).

Whatever…done and over with except for figuring out the funding aspect of pulling out.

Again, GREAT post!

By: LooseKannon

LooseKannon — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:15:45 +0000

A suggestion to the Obama camp: You’ve got to deflate her spin balloon before she gets the chance to blow it up. You’ve got to point out that she’ll try to use this modest victory to convince the super-delegates that only she can win the general. You’ve got to point out that she’ll try to present what happened today as a microcosm of what will happen in November. You’ve got to point out that, although she may not use terms that are as overtly racial as she did last week, a lot of what she’s going to say is going to be code words for the same divisive and regressive language she’s used previously. And you’ve got to point out that what she’s presenting and the manner in which she’s presenting it are wrong.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:47:31 +0000

If only NJ and CA had realized the error of their ways sooner, this would have all been over with in early February. Better late than never…

By: UncommonSense

UncommonSense — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:06:40 +0000

The analysis in this post is spot on.

And don’t forget that when Hillary and Terry McAuliffe and Howard Wolfson talk about “winning” the nomination, they are referring to a backroom deal with superdelegates to deny the nomination to Obama, despite the fact that he outperformed her by every measure.

While Obama can reasonably expect to retain and build upon his support from white voters should he win the nomination, Clinton would be foolish to think she would retain the Democratic nominee’s traditional support among black voters after seizing it with a superdelegate coup.

And she would be similarly foolish to assume that white voters who chose her over Obama for “cultural” reasons would necessarily choose her over McCain.

If she really succeeds at this effort to wrest the nomination from the candidate who won more contests, more votes, and more delegates than she did, she will very likely find the prize not worth having.