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Pushing the gas tax "relief" or nothing else to lose.
Hillary sure is pushing hard the gas tax "relief" issue in Indiana, North Carolina, Congress... But why?
This tax "relief" may well sound convincing to the low information voter, but not to the informed Superdelegate. What is the reason that she is willing to annoy them Supers to death (that is, her own death) with this issue?
It seems to me that up until now she has been courting the Supers heavily; they were her only path to the nomination, as math clearly indicated.
I can only think that at this point, enough Supers have declared their commitments -even if behind doors- and she has become painfully aware that the Supers are no longer a viable path.
The only thing left is to go back to the math and wait for a miracle (Huckabee comes to mind here...) She has to win more delegates than Obama. Could she turn things around? Maybe, and most likely not. She would have to win the remainder States by much.
What are the chances of that happening? I have no clue. But if there was a 1% chance, she may be willing and ready to hold the fort until there is a 0% chance. In the meanwhile, what would help best than to promise anything to voters?
I just cannot understand (somebody help me, please!) why would she alienate the Supers at this point if she still needs them?
(Of course I am assuming that the vast majority of Supers can see through her gas "relief" pandering and do not appreciate her attempt to pin Democrats in Congress to the wall with her "Are you with me or with the Oil Companies?" bull. Am I mistaken here?)












Comments (3)
I think that's an interesting observation. Hillary sees the futility of just asking supers to give her the election. She has to make it easier for them to make the jump.
The way the Clintons see it, Hillary has to divide the country.
I think she's going after the white voter like a mad woman. Democrat or republican, doesn't matter.
As long as they're white and not liberal.
Going after the popular vote is their priority.
Winning by bigger margins than expected is their priority. They've had their eye on winning in NC for a long time. They had two "mid-campaign" goals. Win in PA, a must for her, as it was a state she was highly favored in. And the second goal is to win in a state that Obama was favored to win.
She won't win on delegates.
May 3, 2008 12:06 PM | Reply | Permalink
Don't you think if Hillary had the support of the remaining Congressional/Senate super dels they would jump at this chance to "show" their support for Clinton without coming right out and endorsing her?
I see that as why she's screaming "are you with me or against me" -- and the correct pronoun here is in fact "me" and not "us".
May 3, 2008 12:33 PM | Reply | Permalink
That is the point of my post, that she now knows "factually" that she doesn't have enough Supers behind her.
(In other words: them Supers don't count.)
May 3, 2008 12:39 PM | Reply | Permalink
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