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Who Will Tell Hillary?
Washington Post ^ | February 25, 2008 | Robert D. Novak

Posted on 02/25/2008 2:24:09 AM PST by kingattax

Even before Sen. Barack Obama won his ninth straight contest against Sen. Hillary Clinton, in Wisconsin last Tuesday, wise old heads in the Democratic Party were asking this question: Who will tell her that it's over, that she cannot win the presidential nomination and that the sooner she leaves the race, the more it will improve the party's chances of defeating Sen. John McCain in November?

In an ideal though unattainable world, Clinton would have dropped out when it became clear even before Wisconsin that she could not be nominated. The nightmare scenario was that she would win in Wisconsin, claiming a "comeback" that would propel her to narrow victories in Texas and Ohio on March 4. That still would not have cut her a path to the nomination. But telling her then to end her candidacy and avoiding a bloody battle stretching to the party's national convention in Denver might not have been achievable.

The Democratic dilemma recalls the Republican problem, in a much different context, 34 years ago, when GOP graybeards asked: "Who will bell the cat?" -- or, go to Richard Nixon and inform him that he had lost his support in the party and must resign the presidency. Sen. Barry Goldwater successfully performed that mission in 1974, but there is no Goldwater facsimile in today's Democratic Party (except for Sen. Ted Kennedy, who could not do it because he has endorsed Obama)

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Arkansas; US: Illinois; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2008; audacityofhope; barackhusseinobama; barackobama; clintons; democraticparty; democratparty; democrats; election; electionpresident; elections; hillary; hillaryclinton; obama; race; robertnovak; saulalinsky; senate; socialists; yeswecan
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1 posted on 02/25/2008 2:24:11 AM PST by kingattax
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To: kingattax

Whoever it is, they should be wearing ashtray proof armor.


2 posted on 02/25/2008 2:27:58 AM PST by Jet Jaguar (Who would the terrorists vote for?)
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To: kingattax

Bill Clinton.


3 posted on 02/25/2008 2:38:01 AM PST by counterpunch
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To: kingattax
From the article posted one back...

The first rule of politics is, "Never count out the Clintons." Their political conglomerate, Clinton Inc., is like Glenn Close in that bathtub scene in the movie "Fatal Attraction": It always comes back to life a second or third time. Polls, momentum and a string of losses tell the story of Hillary Clinton's troubled candidacy -- but her history, tenacity and character tell another tale.

4 posted on 02/25/2008 2:42:02 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: kingattax

This is premature. The Evil One is polling well in Ohio and Texas.


5 posted on 02/25/2008 2:44:37 AM PST by AmericaUnited
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To: AmericaUnited

Well, in Ohio, but it’s dead-even in TX last I saw, and BHO is creeping up on her in OH. It is pretty hard to imagine her giving up though.


6 posted on 02/25/2008 2:49:09 AM PST by beachdweller
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To: kingattax

We’ll don’t right off the Queen just yet, I’m sure she has a few tricks left to play........after all she and Willy are the dirtiest players in the game, just ask Vince Foster.


7 posted on 02/25/2008 2:51:42 AM PST by swimdad387
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To: kingattax
I think there are surprises to come, and the dem media tools are getting nervous. They know that Clinton is capable of smearing Obama so thoroughly that she will hand McCain what he needs to bash Obama, while McCain can honestly say "Hey, a DEMOCRAT brought all this stuff up."

I am still convinced the Dems will win it all this year, but not so sure as I was a year ago.

8 posted on 02/25/2008 2:52:15 AM PST by Darkwolf377 (Republican "Suicide Voters" need to repeat: SCOTUS...SCOTUS...SCOTUS...)
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To: beachdweller
Well, in Ohio, but it’s dead-even in TX last I saw, and BHO is creeping up on her in OH. It is pretty hard to imagine her giving up though.

Obama has come within single digits in Ohio.....Hillary is going to need to win by 65-35 in both states just to stay even with delegates.

9 posted on 02/25/2008 2:53:05 AM PST by Jay Howard Smith (Retired(25yrNCO)Military)
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To: kingattax

This is rich. Not only predicting Hillary will lose the nomination, but blaming the election loss on her as well.


10 posted on 02/25/2008 3:03:17 AM PST by Cvengr (Fear sees the problem emotion never solves. Faith sees & accepts the solution, problem solved.)
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To: Jay Howard Smith

Heh. I am worried about Obama in the general, but it is still sweet to see Billary go down. Break out the popcorn (I like kettle corn style myself).


11 posted on 02/25/2008 3:03:31 AM PST by beachdweller
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To: beachdweller
I like kettle corn style myself

Ew.

12 posted on 02/25/2008 3:06:47 AM PST by Lazamataz (Why isn’t this in Breaking News????)
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To: kingattax

A very brave lineman from the NFL in FULL GEAR.


13 posted on 02/25/2008 3:08:15 AM PST by DeaconRed (We must make sure our Brave Military gets the support to Win This WAR. Not another Viet Nam.)
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To: AmericaUnited
This is premature. The Evil One is polling well in Ohio and Texas.

She has gone from double digit leads to being equal with Obama in Texas and only 7 in front of him in Ohio.

She needs to win by blowouts to save her candidacy, which she won't.

The only question is will she drop out or keep going to the Convention.

I think she takes it to the Convention and destroys the Democratic Party.

14 posted on 02/25/2008 3:14:49 AM PST by fortheDeclaration ("Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people".-John Adams)
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Who will tell her that it's over, that she cannot win the presidential nomination and that the sooner she leaves the race, the more it will improve the party's chances...

I've been telling her that for years. But she does not listen to me!

15 posted on 02/25/2008 3:15:06 AM PST by gridlock (Proud McCain Supporter since February 7, 2008.)
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To: Darkwolf377

I think what we are seeing is the dems are currently trying to get McCain out of the pictures before their winner will face having to talk about the issues. It looks to me the dems are getting desperate.


16 posted on 02/25/2008 3:16:15 AM PST by Tut
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To: kingattax

I think she should stay in. Obamagaga syndrome has got to start fizzlin’ sometime.


17 posted on 02/25/2008 3:16:44 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Jet Jaguar
Who Will Tell Hillary?

Oooh, Oooh, Pick me I will tell her, Please let me tell her Please

18 posted on 02/25/2008 3:16:53 AM PST by verga (I'm not an apologist I just play one on TV)
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To: fortheDeclaration

So, what happens if Mrs. Clinton wins by just a little bit in Texas and Ohio? Is she going to bow to the common wisdom and admit that she did not win by enough to attain the nomination? Or is she going to claim a huge momentum-shifting victory and vow to fight on to the Convention and beyond?

Anybody who expects Mrs. Clinton to accept the “She didn’t win by enough” argument is deluding themselves.

But I like it when Democrats delude themselves. It makes them easier to beat.


19 posted on 02/25/2008 3:19:46 AM PST by gridlock (Proud McCain Supporter since February 7, 2008.)
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To: beaversmom

It will I’m sure, but not in time to save Hildabeast.


20 posted on 02/25/2008 3:19:53 AM PST by beachdweller
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