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Title: Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away
Post 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.
Title: Re: Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away
Post by: NHSparky on February 17, 2008, 07:18:38 AM
Problem is, Obama IS a cultish figure.
Title: Re: Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away
Post by: RightCoast on February 17, 2008, 07:35:38 AM
No matter how scary Obama is to me I can't help but chuckle over Clintoon woes.
Title: Re: Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away
Post by: DumbAss Tanker on February 17, 2008, 08:10:24 AM
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.

 :-)
Title: Re: Do-or-die Hillary turns bully as Obama starts to pull away
Post by: RightCoast on February 17, 2008, 08:56:52 AM
It will be interesting to watch.  Like a flaming trainwreck in a snow storm.