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Current Events => Archives => Politics => Election 2008 => Topic started by: bijou on February 17, 2008, 07:12:54 AM
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THERE is an air of desperation in Hillary Clinton’s camp. The New York senator has embarked on a door-die mission to hector and bully her way to victory, putting her on a potential collision course with Democratic party leaders.
It is a risky strategy that could leave her more isolated and unpopular as voters defect to Barack Obama, the new front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination. Obama, 46, is being tarred as a cultish, messianic figure who talks big but cannot deliver.
Clinton, 60, is being driven into her last redoubts as white women, blue collar workers and Hispanics – her core supporters – have begun to peel away. In public she is adopting a feistier tone and a more populist message against the Illinois senator in a bid to stem her losses.
...Privately, her mood has darkened after losing eight primaries and caucuses in a row. The reali-sation that without a series of huge victories in the remaining contests it is impossible for Clinton to win enough “pledged†delegates to clinch the nomination has sent her staff into shock.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3382295.ece
Nothing much is new in this article, but it is worth reading if you want a little schadenfreude with your breakfast.
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Problem is, Obama IS a cultish figure.
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No matter how scary Obama is to me I can't help but chuckle over Clintoon woes.
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No matter how scary Obama is to me I can't help but chuckle over Clintoon woes.
I'm with ya. But she hasn't rolled out the Deathmobile yet.
:-)
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It will be interesting to watch. Like a flaming trainwreck in a snow storm.