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Obama is Leading, Yet Hillary Hints He should Be HER VP!!??
March 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
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Have the Clintons Outsmarted Themselves?
March 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment
Have the Clintons Outsmarted Themselves? If Hillary Might Choose Obama as VP, Doesn’t That Mean SHE Believes He’s “Ready” to be President?
What was the point? The voice of wisdom showing everyone how smart he was, that he understood everything that the rest of us, including his wife’s entire campaign staff, did not get? Was he not on the phone to donors talking about her “inevitability” at the same time? Her whole campaign was geared to February 5 and nothing beyond, suggesting the inevitability argument was persuasive.
What Bill was doing was telling people not to worry about the general election—about which everyone remains VERY worried—and that the challenge was the nomination, so that, if they supported her, they would overcome that problem (that, in their minds, did not exist), and that was her “last” major challenge.
Bill Clinton did NOT predict the Obama phenomenon. He was playing with peoples’ psyches, and abusing his status as the voice of wisdom in the party. Reverse psychology.
They now employ this tactic to suggest, not so subtly, that Obama can be on the ticket—just not at the top. Vote for Hillary, and Obama makes a great deal of sense, because they appeal to different constituencies, says Bill.
Ok, Bill, if Hillary would even entertain putting Obama on the ticket, does that not mean that she considers him to be able to take over on a moment’s notice? Every Presidential nominee, in both parties, has always said that the first criterion for a VP choice is “ready on day 1″.
Thus, Bill and Hillary, if you are entertaining putting Barack on the ticket, does that not mean you both agree that he passes muster on that criterion?
Or, are you just cynically trying to manipulate peoples’ psyches—again? I’m shocked, shocked!

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When Dirty Tricks Are Rewarded
March 6, 2008 · Leave a Comment


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Hillary Gets Free Attack Ads Without Protest
February 22, 2008 · Leave a Comment
David Plouffe(CNN) – Barack Obama’s campaign is using reports of a pro-Hillary Clinton group airing television ads on her behalf in its own fundraising appeals, sending supporters a plea for donations that points to actions by “Swift Boat-style groups and smear campaigns.”
“News broke yesterday that a few wealthy Clinton supporters are gearing up for a massive spending campaign to boost her chances in the big upcoming contests in Texas and Ohio on March 4th,” wrote David Plouffe in the Thursday e-mail message.
“The so-called ‘American Leadership Project’ will take unlimited contributions from individuals and is organized the same way as the infamous Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,” he added.
Yesterday, the Obama campaign sent out a statement that used the same comparison – a characterization Jason Kinney, an organizer of the group, called “heavy-handed and hypocritical.”
ALP, which includes veterans of the Clinton administration and longtime supporters, is a “527” group, which means it is not bound by federal campaign finance laws as long as it does not directly advocate on behalf of a particular candidate.
Their new ad praises Clinton and seems to criticize Obama, though the ad released Wednesday does not mention the Illinois senator by name.
original itle:Obama campaign fundraises over pro-Clinton ad
–CNN Associate Political Editor Rebecca Sinderbrand
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Why Obama’s Wisconsin win is especially telling
February 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

As Obama’s winning streak has stretched to 10, that argument has subsided. And Obama’s sweeping victory in Wisconsin should bury it once and for all.
As a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story astutely notes, the win “came in a 50/50 battleground … that is a virtual must-win for Democrats in November.”
How tight have the recent presidential elections been in the Badger State?

Al Gore carried it over …

John Kerry slightly improved that margin in 2004, winning it against Bush by about 0.4 of a percentage point — making it the most closely contested state in that year’s race.

In winning Tuesday’s primary by 17 percentage points, Obama dominated Clinton among various demographic groups; exit polling showed he won men by more than 2 to 1 (while running even among women) and carried independents by about 30 points.
That latter statistic, in particular, should put to rest any dispute about which of the Democrats would be best equipped to hold Wisconsin for the party in the general election.
– Don Frederick
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