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Clinton delegate blurring strategy
It appears that Hillary has embraced a delegate blurring strategy. Inch the goal posts back, keep the voters and donors especially close, as she works to blunt and if not reverse Obama's momentum. The language gets tweaked as necessary but even if there remains a gap of 100 or more delegates, Clinton seems intent to take this fight all the way to the convention, irregardless of how many states are won or lost between tomorrow and June. With MI and Fl being 100's of delegates that could be the decider, and with the super delegates being urged and persuaded to hold off making commitments until the 'voters' have had a chance to decide, the strategy is clear; doubt. In addition, some argue that Clinton needs to be careful about trying to wrestle away a delegate win in order not to enrage Obama's supporters lest they not turn out for her in November. Clinton has a fix for this also, that she would do in a heartbeat if it meant being the president, pick Obama as VP to 'heal' the party. This is high stakes chess. Obama and his team have employed superior tactics to date, matching Clinton to a draw where she once had overwhelming advantages. But now the Clinton's survival skill set are at work and could prove pivitol in the remaining days of this campaign. Obama needs to step up his game, Clinton may lose 3 of 4 tomorrow but still find a way to argue for a continuation of the contest.
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Today Hillary Clinton and company leaked a false report to the media that a Top aide in the Obama camp meet with Canadian official and told them that all the talk about NAFTA is just politics and there really is nothing to it. The Canadian Government just released a statement stating that there was no such meeting and that this rumor has been lingering on for more than a week. The Canadian Government denies that any such meeting took place. This is exactly whats wrong with politics. The politics of the Clinton's a family that will try to win as any cost. they abandoned the moral high road years ago. The Clinton's lie, distort the truth, commit crimes, refuse to release their tax returns until after the democratic primary and so on and so on. I for one am tired of the Clinton's! The last four years of the Clinton administration the country had never been so divided. Imagine any republican that would be willing to work with the Clinton's. On election eve that sent out their usual crowd of clowns to knowingly saturate the airways with lies about Obama out of a desperate attempt to win an election by any means available. Shame on Hillary for being the same old Hillary!
March 3, 2008 6:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
Today Hillary Clinton and company leaked a false report to the media that a Top aide in the Obama camp meet with Canadian official and told them that all the talk about NAFTA is just politics and there really is nothing to it. The Canadian Government just released a statement stating that there was no such meeting and that this rumor has been lingering on for more than a week. The Canadian Government denies that any such meeting took place. This is exactly whats wrong with politics. The politics of the Clinton's a family that will try to win as any cost. they abandoned the moral high road years ago. The Clinton's lie, distort the truth, commit crimes, refuse to release their tax returns until after the democratic primary and so on and so on. I for one am tired of the Clinton's! The last four years of the Clinton administration the country had never been so divided. Imagine any republican that would be willing to work with the Clinton's. On election eve that sent out their usual crowd of clowns to knowingly saturate the airways with lies about Obama out of a desperate attempt to win an election by any means available. Shame on Hillary for being the same old Hillary!
March 3, 2008 6:50 PM | Reply | Permalink
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