Posted on 04/23/2008 3:56:15 AM PDT by advance_copy
WASHINGTON - Still the underdog in a contest that won't quit, Hillary Rodham Clinton pulled off a feisty act of political survival in the Pennsylvania primary, defeating Barack Obama to keep her Democratic presidential hopes alive.
The New York senator's comfortable win sends the race on to North Carolina, where the flush-with-money Obama is favored; and Indiana, where the two are close.
Obama was able to stave off an eyebrow-arching blowout by Clinton even while falling short in his effort to bring the polarizing competition effectively to a close. Clinton beat him by about 10 points.
"Some counted me out and said to drop out," the former first lady told Philadelphia supporters who roared their disapproval of that idea and cheered her victory in a state where Obama outspent her 2-to-1. "But the American people don't quit. And they deserve a president who doesn't quit, either."
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VR’s lament: If Rush had talked up Duncan Hunter as much as he has Hillary during Operation Chaos, then we would have had a far superior GOP candidate than McCain.
This is actually good though. Obama doesn't have a shot against McCain. Some of the Counties in Western Pennsylvania are going to go Republican for the first time in a long, long while.
There is no way that the Rats can win without Pennsylvania.
Obama is the Dem nominee. McCain is the 44th President.
Rush's plan of getting the Hildabeast in the Whitehouse ended tonight.
C H A O S reigns!!
>> Were it not for the CINC-USOC, Rush Limbaugh
Rush Limbaugh didn’t create the wave... the rats did.
He’s just on top of it, surfing.
Still, is sure is fun to watch!
This seems to be intentionally??? kept quiet.
I want that voice to just “GO AWAY”. It drives me nuts!!
You obviously are not a Rush listener! He has NO plan for Hillary to be in the White House. I can 't imagine where you get such an idea and certainly show your total ignorance of this process when you state such.
The plan is only - ONLY - to keep this democrat food fight going on as long as possible. It keeps them off the Republican and keeps them scratching each others eyes out and spending democrat money in huge amounts. Bear in mind that in the last 6 weeks (since the March 3 primaries put Obama so far ahead, both Wright and Ayers have surfaced (and damaged) Obama. Had he been declared the winner and Clinton dropped out after March 3, these personalities would likely never have surfaced to smear Obama. Ex-Pres Clinton's mouth is the enemy that Hillary has to continually fight, hehehehehe. As long as she is in the race, he will be also! There will be more to come for both candidates and Rush's plan is to make sure that whatever comes out in the future as a smear to either candidate will be a fatal knockout to their campaign in the fall.
A continuing Democrat fight can't help but be to the advantage of the Republican party regardless of who is the final winner in a Democrat race for the nomination.
Obama is the Dem nominee. McCain is the 44th President.He wasn't planning to get the Hildabeast in the Whitehouse, merely to sow discord in the ranks of the enemy.Rush's plan of getting the Hildabeast in the Whitehouse ended tonight.
I don't think Operation Chaos had much to do with these PA results, though it probably helped a little.
Discord. That's the name of the game right now. We want to see the demonrats in discord. And they certainly are that.
Yes. Obama is the the nominee. There is absolutely no doubt about that. And yes, that probably means a President McCain. But that doesn't mean we don't want discord.
We want discord! (for the rats)
Thank you, Pennsylvania, for giving us more discord.
The time for talking Hunter up was six months ago, at least. Operation Chaos is about weakening the Rats, now and for the forseeable future.
In fact, Duncan Hunter should have been talking himself up for the quarter century he's been in Congress. I don't ever recall seeing him on any of the Sunday talking-head shows, or the three 24/7 news channels at any time before this election. It isn't Rush Limbaugh's fault that Duncan Hunter chose a Presidential election to introduce himself to the American public.
“.....comes out in the future as a smear to either candidate will be a fatal knockout to their campaign in the fall.”
Why? Who is going to report it?
Exactly! Operation Chaos is icing on the cake the RATS baked. Their stable of candidates was in place far before Operation Chaos came about. Why? Because Clinton is NOT a viable candidate, even among many RATS.
Sorry, folks, but it would be a lot harder defeating the first Black Presidential candidate (especially when it's the RATS who've nominated him) than the first woman candidate. And if you think his negatives are a big deal to many RATS, think again. He still came within 10 in PA.
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