Yesterday I made the claim that Hillary would be ahead in the popular vote if Michigan and Florida were added to the count. Turns out that's what she's saying, but not true. Something so small as the truth isn't going to get her down over, and over.
In order to get the numbers that Sen Clinton's campaign is saying about the popular vote is only by including votes from Michigan and Florida (which don't count), and NOT including any of the caucuses (which DO include states where Obama won easily).
I admit that that I have been very harsh on Hillary in the past, but she constantly reminds me of the reasons people hate politics. When Clinton was ahead by a large margin, she was graceful, calm, and magnanimous. "Obama would make a great VP", she would imply condescendingly. She signed a pledge not to campaign in Florida and Michigan when there was no risk to do so, and so on.
As Obama slowly but surely started chipping away at her lead, she became vicious in her attacks (4am call, Rev. Wright), whiny (which is annoying), borderline racist (which is not fine),and has now resorted to full scale lying and underhanded tactics (which is just sad). The first job of a politician is to get elected, but Hillary's tactics for achieving this goal are more and more unpalatable.
If the campaign is supposed to be any indication of the way the candidates would act in office, I can see a strong comparison between the widespread criticisms of George Bush and the way she's running her campaign: Get what you want, at any cost.
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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fortunately i dont think anyone is buying it...
shes just making herself look bad now... obama and mccain have moved on, and she falls farther from the front page as each day goes on.
Its hard for me to believe that anyone would be so self absorbed as to continue a presidential bid past its expiration date for purely selfish reasons... So im going to subscribe to the notion that she is hoping to put pressure on obama to make some concessions to her. Whether that means forcing obama into taking her on as a VP, or at least adopting some of her platform (health care) in particular. Either option would get her out of the race, and earn her a modest victory for posterity.
Yeah... because then South Dakota will have had a say...
These states decided themselves to have "no part in the process" by not moving their primaries forward even a little. There's a reason everyone cares about IA and NH every election cycle and not SD, even though nearly the same number of deletgates (pretty much none) are on the line. I'm not disagreeing that some delegates may be holding out for public perception, I'm just saying it's a total sham. We're not talking about 20% of the delegates, we are talking about 2% in a race that the party will only allow one candidate to win. I'm a little more cynical and think they are holding out to get what they can out of the deal... Being one of the last delegates to decide makes them relevant for another day.
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