Hillary’s Not Backing Down
- Posted by Beth on May 7th, 2008 filed in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Candidates, General, Hillary Clinton, Politics
WASHINGTON (AP) - A campaign aide says Hillary Rodham Clinton loaned herself $6.4 million in the past month.
Politically wounded and financially strapped, Clinton plunged back into the presidential campaign Wednesday even as Barack Obama declared that Tuesday’s primary results left him with a “clear path to victory.”
Her website doesn’t look like they’re winding down, either–although they’re asking for $5 donations on the splash page. I admit it - it’s awfully tempting to send in $5 just to keep the circus going, but I don’t want to end up on the DNC’s beg list. I get enough phone calls begging for money from Republicans as it is, thanks. And more importantly, that’s $5 I’d rather send to John McCain, anyway. Looking at the Obama fundraising juggernaut, McCain’s gonna need it.
Truthfully, Hillary has been a long shot since the first Super Tuesday defeats made Obama the front-runner. Operation Chaos may have helped her to remain in the race, and her predicament certainly made her a better candidate over the last few weeks, but her strategy always relied on convincing superdelegates to dump Obama. His unexpectedly strong showing in Indiana will convince them to stick with the frontrunner.
So how long will it take? Will Hillary really go all the way to Denver before surrendering? I’d guess that they will contest the last few primaries remaining. Kirsten Powers made a good point last night on Fox when she suggested that Hillary sees herself as a safety net — ready to take over if Obama has a “catastrophe” on the campaign trail. It would have to be at least an order of magnitude worse than Jeremiah Wright to knock him off the ticket now, but Hillary may be resting her ambitions on such slender reeds, and she doesn’t lose anything but time and money running out the string now.
Hillary won’t leave until the last primary contest closes its polls.
She’s not finished with her campaign, but writing is on the wall. West Virginia votes on Tuesday (the 13th). Kentucky and Oregon are on the 20th. After that, it’s just Montana, South Dakota, and Puerto Rico. All eyes on the superdelegates now…
Yoda Patrick Ruffini made a good point at Twitter this morning about the protracted primaries:
I’m hoping Hillary stays in so we can have a full 50 state electoral map of this contest. The demographics will be studied for decades.
Oh, yes they will. It’s a rare opportunity.
Moron Pundit says:
Speaking of demographics, I’m dying to know what happened in Lake County, Indiana. An extremely long delay followed by a mere 55/45 victory for Obama? Does this mean he doesn’t get the support we generally assume for him from black voters?
Was the turnout among blacks not as high as anticipated? Why does he get so much better support from a rich, white suburb than GARY FREAKING INDIANA?
I’m sure there are similar questions all around the nation.
Stix says:
Andifshew doesn’t win she is going to use the nucleatm option and sue to get FL and MI delegates to count. It is so much fun watching the Dems imlode on their sanctimonious asses. Live by Identity Politics, Die by Identity Politics
PaulW says:
Can I just say that this proves two things?
1) The voters are sane.
2) Hillary and Bill aren’t.
Swan Song For Hillary? « Obi’s Sister says:
[...] Rick Moran wonders if this is the beginning of the end (also at PJM). Fausta outlines two options. MVRWC said that Patrick Ruffini said I’m hoping Hillary stays in so we can have a full 50 state [...]