Posted on 03/05/2008 3:49:47 AM PST by Brilliant
In a raucous conference call to reporters that included an interruption and heated exchange with one of Barack Obama’s attorneys — Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused Obama supporters Tuesday of trying to hijack the Democratic presidential caucuses in Texas.
The caucuses, which require supporters to organize and pledge their votes to their candidate in an open forum, began across the state immediately after primary polls closed at 9 p.m. ET.
Shortly after their start time, Clinton campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson convened a conference call with reporters to claim that alleged irregularities in the Texas caucuses were “not typical” of the usual chaos that goes on with these events.
The Clinton team accused Obama supporters of seizing the caucus packets and signing up delegates early in the day, against the rules. They said Obama supporters took control of the caucuses and turned away Clinton caucus-goers in line at the door. They called the reports disturbing and undemocratic and said all options were on the table in regards to possibly taking the matter to court.”We’ve had hundreds of complaints flooding in,” said Clinton attorney Lyn Utrecht, citing comments from more than a dozen precincts in places like Houston, Dallas, Galveston and El Paso.
That’s when Obama General Counsel Bob Bauer leapt into the questioning portion of the call, suggesting that the Clinton was whining because Obama has been besting Clinton in caucuses throughout the country.
He said the complaints typically arise, “only when you don’t seem to get the votes you need to win,” Bauer charged.
After Bauer took his leave from the call, Wolfson said to reporters, “That was Bob Bauer, someone that we all know very well, attempting a vigorous defense of the indefensible.” The campaign did not say definitively whether it would pursue a formal inquiry into the complaints...
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Now that she’s won...this is already old news.
the caucus?
yup the democrats are working on mending fences and building bridges all right
I smell blood between the HUSSEIN camp the HITLERY camp.
Heh, Heh. Wheeeee!
She’s not winning the caucuses. This isn’t old news by any stretch.
My...How times have changed...The two top contenders of the Democrat Party, *both* appearing on FOX News...on the same show...omn the same day....MoveOn...must be having movements all over themselves... >Bo)
And I still get a kick out of it, when I r3member HRC exasperatedly sputtering that FNC was givbing her the fairest treatment out of all the networks.... (grin)
Good point.
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