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Clinton's Latest 3am Effort
This is Hillary Clinton's latest effort at the 3am ad. This time its the economy. And this time its directed against John McCain. Ahh, the real enemy this time.
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Ferraro Resigns from Clinton Team
Geraldine Ferraro tonight resigned from the Hillary Clinton Campaign team after making divisive comments about Barack Obama.
In Ferraro's own words:
"Dear Hillary, I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what's at stake in this campaign. The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that happen. Thank you for everything you've done and continue to do to make this a better world for my children and grandchildren. You have my deep admiration and respect, Gerry."
In Ferraro's own words:
"Dear Hillary, I am stepping down from your finance committee so I can speak for myself and you can continue to speak for yourself about what's at stake in this campaign. The Obama campaign is attacking me to hurt you. I won't let that happen. Thank you for everything you've done and continue to do to make this a better world for my children and grandchildren. You have my deep admiration and respect, Gerry."
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Obama wins Wyoming
Despite campaigning heavily in Wyoming in the last few days, with Bill and Chelsea in tow, Barack Obama has secured victory in the Wyoming caucus, by a margin of about 59% to 40%.
From Bloomberg
By Kristin Jensen and Catherine Larkin
Barack Obama won Wyoming's Democratic caucuses today, defeating Hillary Clinton in the first contest since she revived her candidacy with victories on March 4.
With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Obama, an Illinois senator, had 59 percent compared with 41 percent for Senator Clinton of New York. Clinton yesterday told reporters that Wyoming represented a ``steep uphill climb'' for her campaign.
``This is a very important win for us,'' Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters during a conference call after today's race. Obama now has a lead of 156 pledged delegates, he said.
With nine states and two territories left to vote with 599 pledged delegates available, it's unlikely that Clinton will be able close the gap because of the proportional delegate distribution used by the Democrats, Plouffe said.
The Wyoming vote follows Clinton's wins in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas four days ago. Wyoming has 12 pledged delegates at stake, awarded to the candidates proportionally based on the support they get in the caucuses.
The close Democratic nomination race brought both candidates to the state, the least populous in the U.S. and one that hasn't voted for a Democrat in a general election since 1964. Wyoming is the home state of Vice President Dick Cheney, a Republican.
Iraq War
Obama, 46, used the war in Iraq to draw his differences with Clinton and Republican presidential candidate John McCain. He responded to criticism from Clinton, saying she ``doesn't have standing'' to question his position.
``I don't want anybody here to be confused, I was opposed to this war in 2002,'' Obama told a crowd of about 1,200 people at the Casper Recreation Center yesterday. ``It was because of George Bush with an assist from Hillary Clinton and John McCain that we entered into this war.''
Obama and Clinton, 60, are statistically tied nationwide for support among Democrats, according to a poll by Newsweek magazine released today. The poll shows 45 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters said they would most like to see Obama nominated for the presidency, compared with 44 percent who favored Clinton. The difference is well within the 5 percentage- point margin of error for Democrats in the survey.
`Politics of Fear'
Obama previously had a commanding lead in most national surveys. He yesterday accused Clinton of engaging in ``the politics of fear'' for running a television advertisement in Texas asking who voters would want answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. to respond to a crisis.
``That was designed to feed into your fears,'' Obama said. ``What do people think I'm going to do? I'm going to answer the phone, and I'm going to find out what's going on and I won't be browbeaten into watching a war that wasn't necessary, I will get all the information about what crisis is taking place.''
Clinton seized on comments made by one of Obama's top foreign policy advisers in an interview with the BBC. The adviser, Samantha Power, a professor of global leadership and public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told the BBC that Obama's promise to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office was a ``best-case scenario.''
The New York senator told reporters yesterday that she wasn't ``sure what the American people should believe'' on Obama's Iraq policy.
``While Senator Obama campaigns on his plan to end the war, his top advisers tell people abroad that he will not rely on his own plan should he become president,'' she said in Mississippi.
Resignation
Power resigned yesterday because of comments she made in another overseas interview. She was quoted in the Scotsman newspaper as calling Clinton ``a monster'' who would do anything to win the nomination. Power issued a statement saying that her comment was ``inexcusable.''
Obama has 1,361 pledged delegates to the Democratic convention in August and Clinton has 1,220, according to an unofficial tally by the Associated Press. A candidate needs 2,025 to become the nominee, and neither Obama or Clinton is likely to have enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination before the Democratic convention in August.
From Bloomberg
By Kristin Jensen and Catherine Larkin
Barack Obama won Wyoming's Democratic caucuses today, defeating Hillary Clinton in the first contest since she revived her candidacy with victories on March 4.
With 96 percent of the precincts reporting, Obama, an Illinois senator, had 59 percent compared with 41 percent for Senator Clinton of New York. Clinton yesterday told reporters that Wyoming represented a ``steep uphill climb'' for her campaign.
``This is a very important win for us,'' Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters during a conference call after today's race. Obama now has a lead of 156 pledged delegates, he said.
With nine states and two territories left to vote with 599 pledged delegates available, it's unlikely that Clinton will be able close the gap because of the proportional delegate distribution used by the Democrats, Plouffe said.
The Wyoming vote follows Clinton's wins in Rhode Island, Ohio and Texas four days ago. Wyoming has 12 pledged delegates at stake, awarded to the candidates proportionally based on the support they get in the caucuses.
The close Democratic nomination race brought both candidates to the state, the least populous in the U.S. and one that hasn't voted for a Democrat in a general election since 1964. Wyoming is the home state of Vice President Dick Cheney, a Republican.
Iraq War
Obama, 46, used the war in Iraq to draw his differences with Clinton and Republican presidential candidate John McCain. He responded to criticism from Clinton, saying she ``doesn't have standing'' to question his position.
``I don't want anybody here to be confused, I was opposed to this war in 2002,'' Obama told a crowd of about 1,200 people at the Casper Recreation Center yesterday. ``It was because of George Bush with an assist from Hillary Clinton and John McCain that we entered into this war.''
Obama and Clinton, 60, are statistically tied nationwide for support among Democrats, according to a poll by Newsweek magazine released today. The poll shows 45 percent of Democrats and Democratic-leaning voters said they would most like to see Obama nominated for the presidency, compared with 44 percent who favored Clinton. The difference is well within the 5 percentage- point margin of error for Democrats in the survey.
`Politics of Fear'
Obama previously had a commanding lead in most national surveys. He yesterday accused Clinton of engaging in ``the politics of fear'' for running a television advertisement in Texas asking who voters would want answering the White House phone at 3 a.m. to respond to a crisis.
``That was designed to feed into your fears,'' Obama said. ``What do people think I'm going to do? I'm going to answer the phone, and I'm going to find out what's going on and I won't be browbeaten into watching a war that wasn't necessary, I will get all the information about what crisis is taking place.''
Clinton seized on comments made by one of Obama's top foreign policy advisers in an interview with the BBC. The adviser, Samantha Power, a professor of global leadership and public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told the BBC that Obama's promise to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq within 16 months of taking office was a ``best-case scenario.''
The New York senator told reporters yesterday that she wasn't ``sure what the American people should believe'' on Obama's Iraq policy.
``While Senator Obama campaigns on his plan to end the war, his top advisers tell people abroad that he will not rely on his own plan should he become president,'' she said in Mississippi.
Resignation
Power resigned yesterday because of comments she made in another overseas interview. She was quoted in the Scotsman newspaper as calling Clinton ``a monster'' who would do anything to win the nomination. Power issued a statement saying that her comment was ``inexcusable.''
Obama has 1,361 pledged delegates to the Democratic convention in August and Clinton has 1,220, according to an unofficial tally by the Associated Press. A candidate needs 2,025 to become the nominee, and neither Obama or Clinton is likely to have enough pledged delegates to secure the nomination before the Democratic convention in August.
Saturday, March 1, 2008
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