Posted on 12/15/2007 10:29:15 AM PST by InvisibleChurch
JOHNSTON, Iowa - Hillary Clinton, who spent the past year as the Democratic presidential front-runner fostering an aura of inevitability, found herself Friday in the humbling position of declaring she won't be knocked out early.
With polls showing Clinton locked in a tough battle in Iowa's Jan. 3 caucuses and her once dominant lead in New Hampshire now gone, the former First Lady said she is in the race to stay through Super Duper Tuesday, when more than 20 states including New York and California hold primaries.
"I have always intended to go all the way through this process, all the way through the Feb. 5 states," said Clinton when asked during an interview on Iowa Public Television whether her campaign could withstand a loss in Iowa. "Every single place that there's going to be a caucus or an election between now and Feb. 5, I'm going to contend in."
"I always thought this would get close," said Clinton, now facing a tougher challenge by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). "This is what happens in a contested election."
For the first time Friday, Clinton also responded to questions about the resignation of her national co-chairman Bill Shaheen, who stepped down after he suggested Obama may have sold drugs as a teenager.
"I not only disapproved but it did not reflect the campaign that I'm running," Clinton said.
Obama said Friday he's become a target for political attacks because the momentum has turned in his favor.
"The fact that we're up in Iowa and we've now closed the gap in New Hampshire and South Carolina, that means we've got momentum and that means you're a target," Obama said. "What it also means is folks are excited; they're energized. I think people are realizing we've got a chance."
Clinton picked up the endorsement Friday of Rep. Leonard Boswell, a prominent Iowan who has considerable credibility in the farming community, and the backing of New York's 1199 SEIU and 32BJ, the health care and building workers unions.
But the union endorsements can't help Clinton where she needs it most right now - in the earliest voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire. Out-of-state locals can't compete against the candidate chosen by the unions' chapters in those states - in this case, John Edwards.
And, now, finally, I know that you wonder whether or not I am going to stay on the Republican ticket or resign.
Let me say this: I don't believe that I ought to quit because I'm not a quitter.
Translation: It was my idea and it backfired.
Pray for W and Our Victory Troops
The question is,what is in those CONPLANS.....
look inside, and you see the mind of a truly heinous person, I would suspect.
I see Huma is already practicing carrying the football...in her mouth.
I don't think she'll be able to control herself if her campaign continues to nosedive and that she will have a conniption fit, in public, within the next three months.
by Mia T, 3.11.07
Wonder where she's been?
She may place 3rd, behind Biden...
if she does flip out, it'll be sooner than 3 mos. // imagine what it's like behind the scenes right now
Where is Mia T? Can’t say I always liked scrolling through evey inch of her posts but with her passionate hatred of all things Hillary I would have thought she would be posting day and night during the run up to the primarys.
I don’t think she will go with that much class. I would expect a profanity laced diatribe directed at the vast rightwing conspiracy, the biased media, and the American people in general.
She’s with the Wide Awakes now. It may have been during the Giuliani purge, but I don’t remember.
She was banned. I can’t remember why, but it may have been due to supporting rooty. Can anyone confirm?
http://www.freerepublic.com/~miat/in-forum
This account has been banned or suspended.
by Mia T, 3.11.07
Wonder where she's been?
It appears that she was banned/suspended sometime ago, don't know the particulars, but it would be best for everyone here if she and JimRob could resolve their differences. I hope she didn't burn any bridges. Everything I saw of hers was outstanding, but clearly I never saw what caused the crunch.
I saw a bit of a recent interview of her on TV and something about her appearance, maybe because of the way she was facing the camera, looked Nixonian.
FWIW, I hereby release Hillary!08 from her vow to not quit.
I like how "all the way through" sounds like till the end of the primary season but then she quickly qualifies with Feb. 5 states. Granted with all the frontloading dates of the primaries I guess most of the delegates will have been divied out by then.
Still it is amazing to think that in six weeks Hillary could feasibly be out of the race. At a minimum she will have to contend with Obama delegates if she was to actually win.
Can you imagine how badly Hillary will beat up Bill if she loses! Talk about your battered husband!! Hehehe, I can hardly wait, get the popcorn and hope for video.
She has Nixonian jowls.
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