Posted on 05/09/2008 12:25:39 AM PDT by neverdem
Most pundits are telling Senator Hillary Clinton that it's all over but the shouting. The math is against her. However, the math is also currently against Senator Obama -- neither candidate can earn the needed majority in the remaining primaries. The decision will be made by the Democrats' superdelegates, who are not obligated to decide whom they support until the convention. And they are empowered to change their allegiance at any time, based on their "read" of what's best for the party.
- Comb the archives of Trinity Church for a DVD that shows both Reverend Wright making yet one more of his offensively over-the-top statements ... and showing Senator Obama in the congregation, listening to his preacher. Senator Obama skirted responsibility for Wright, in part, by claiming that "I never heard him say that." Prove this defense wrong and it will not only tie Obama to Wright, but will paint him as a lying politician, and one not particularly adept at lying.
- Comb sources for home video of a speech that Senator Obama gave in conjunction with unrepentant Weatherman domestic terrorist Bill Ayres, and in this way, tie Senator Obama more tightly to this radical who's helped to kill Americans on American soil. Senator Obama has persuaded the media that he and Ayres are just neighbors, but video that would show them sharing a platform as allies could shake that excuse -- and Obama's credibility. With such a thin track record, the hope he is offering the Party and the American voters rests on a thin reed of credibility.
- Assuming that Tony Rezko is found guilty in his fraud trial, find some way to pressure prosecutors to offer Tony Rezko a sentencing deal in exchange for offering incriminating testimony that will tie Senator Obama far more closely to this shady political fund-raiser (currently in the midst of a bribery trial). The Rezko story has been largely overlooked by the media. Few voters understand the nature of the Rezko/Obama connection. But this Chicago politics as usual story of sordid minor-league corruption will further shake the Senator's image of electability.
- Push forward another story that has been largely ignored by the media: Senator Obama's radically permissive position favoring "birth control abortions," on-demand, for minors, and his related view that babies, including his own future grandchildren, are "punishments." As explained in American Thinker - one of the very few political media which even noted this statement - in late March, Senator Obama said:
"Look, I got two daughters - nine years old and six years old. I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby."
This is a position that would prove widely unpopular among moderate "values" Democrats and most independents in a general election with a pro-life candidate, this issue could be a political deal-breaker.
- Comb Senator Obama's voting record in the Senate and in the Illinois legislature and find every issue he's voted for (or against) that - if the vote were known - would make moderate Democrats and Independents uncomfortable with the Senator. Where possible, find video showing Senator Obama advocating these politically extreme or unpopular positions, making it hard for the Senator to deny that he was "in the pew" when those issues came up for consideration.
No doubt, but she wants the PRESIDENCY. The perks. The power. And the MONEY.
Think of all the money she could rake in during and after the Presidency as the first woman President et al. Think of all the money she and Bill have raked in after his Presidency. Think of the power she could accumulate.
Compared to all that, 11 million bucks is chicken feed.
It all boggles the mind--and to Hillary it's all irresistable!
She wants it. She'll fight for it. And the Clintons know how to get what they want.
This is not to say that they are invincible. But it is to say that they are determined!
"Bullcrap. They are "empowered" to sell their vote to the highest bidder."
Yes. NEVER attribute anything even remotely akin to high-minded principle or motivation to a Democrat politician.
She wants it VERY badly and right now.
Four years is a long time when she could be raking in the money and accumulating power. The sooner she can get started with the mega-bucks and mega-power, the better.
On the other hand, if it must be postponed, it must. Obama's ambitions must be torpedoed, and plenty of preparation can be done in four years.
It won't be too late in 2012. But she will have to make up for lost time, and that will intensify efforts in the meantime.
Maybe the Clintons could fake a video of Obama saying he opposes abortion and same-sex marriage.
Or that he intends to abolish the capital gains tax, the death tax, and corporate taxes and send the U.S. economy booming and soaring! Lifting everyone out of poverty! Abolishing the need for big government! Increasing federal revenues and decreasing taxes at the same time!
Or maybe a video of Obama singing "God Bless America"!
You're right! If Clinton operatives read these posts, we could be giving them the ultimate nuclear option.
Every time Hillary has attacked Obama from the right, she has scored - and moved up in the polls.
That assuredly means defense and national security - and that is indeed a viable nuclear option vis-a-vis Obama.
She cannot get to the left of him on social issues and Iraq. He has the left and far left locked up.
But she will probably not exercise the nuclear-option, prefering to subtly not support him in the election - and then go for 2012.
McCain won't permit it.
He's not the beast, he's just a useful idiot, just like Democrat voters.
She ain't dead yet, folks...
“And they are empowered to change their allegiance at any time, based on their “read” of what’s best for the party.”
Oh that would be fun to watch ...
“You People” are simply not smart enough yet to decide what’s best for you, so the owners of the party are going to send you back to your homes and TELL you how it’s going to be.
Works with any 3 rats.
Murphy.
Otherwise she wouldn't be staying in at this point. It doesn't make sense unless she's sure Obama is going to be torpedoed. Right now she's spending too much political capital to be going after a lost cause. If she didn't have something up her sleeve she'd concede to protect her rep and covertly undermine Obama in the general, positioning herself for the nomination in 2012.
What I’m saying, too, is that if it appears she fires the fatal torpedo at Obama’s fall candidacy, the party will never forgive her for that and a run in 2012 would be DOA.
Heard it m'self!
Bleh, my condolences. We probably have the best shots at ousting Altmire and Carney first, with Murphy and Sestak less so, but who knows ? Might luck out. Might bounce Kanjorski out, too, which would be even better. Best of all would be those 5 getting booted and the scum EX-Marine Murtha.
the math is also currently against Senator Obama -- neither candidate can earn the needed majority in the remaining primaries. The decision will be made by the Democrats' superdelegates, who are not obligated to decide whom they support until the convention. And they are empowered to change their allegiance at any time, based on their "read" of what's best for the party. This means that until the first ballot in Denver in August, Hillary still has a chance... some scandal that's worse than Reverend Wright will surface, and surface soon enough to persuade the superdelegates that Obama can't win. The "sitting and waiting" strategy is out of character for the politically-savvy Clintons... using surrogates to nuke Senator Obama so thoroughly that they will create that Obama Can't Win scandal out of what is already out there.thanks neverdem.
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