Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to supporters, after she placed virtually tied for second in the Iowa caucuses, at the Clinton headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa January 3,
Posted on 01/03/2008 7:45:15 PM PST by jdm
Hillary Clinton has run into a serious buzz saw on her way to the coronation. Not only did she not win the state, but she lost to the wrong candidate. Barack Obama now threatens to steal away a nomination that the Clintons thought they had in the bank less than three months ago.
Clinton would have had a tough time winning Iowa in any case. The populist appeal of John Edwards always figured to take some significant support away from Hillary. However, a second-place finish to Edwards would not have had much impact on her campaign, because Edwards has little appeal outside of the populist Midwest. She could easily have survived that kind of loss, without even considering it a bump in the road.
Instead, Barack Obama beat both of them, and that's an ill portent for Hillary's march to the nomination. Obama beat Hillary in a state that has a very small African-American demographic; he won not by playing the race card, but by simply offering a departure from Clintonian politics. That victory will resonate in New Hampshire, where Obama already has her in a dead heat, but also in the following states.
Even worse, Hillary finished in third place, behind Edwards, after working the state hard for the past three weeks. Edwards, meanwhile, didn't improve over his performance in 2004. He wound up actually two points lower, 30% as opposed to 32%. Hillary couldn't take advantage of the decline, and trailing a stagnating Edwards won't give Democratic primary voters any confidence in her ability to beat Obama, let alone a Republican in November.
Hillary has reaped the harvest of two months of self-inflicted wounds, starting with her collapse on drivers licenses for illegal aliens, and through some bizarre attacks on Barack Obama in the aftermath. The question will be whether she can recover from the rapid decline. The answer: she's no Bill Clinton.
Obama didn’t just squeak by....he really trounced her.
I think she really expected a free pass. I am glad the Iowa democrats tossed her out. I can sleep better now
Obama didn’t just squeak by....he really trounced her.
I think she really expected a free pass. I am glad the Iowa democrats tossed her out. I can sleep better now
Hillary THIRD? Man, somebody is in for an ass-kickin’ tonight. And her little muslim “aide” is probably in for a rough night too.
Nope, it's way too early for that, but when the Breck Girl's supporters realize that he's not going to win the nomination, they will go to Hillary.
Then the sharp knives will come out.
Word to Obama.....
Democratic presidential candidate U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to supporters, after she placed virtually tied for second in the Iowa caucuses, at the Clinton headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa January 3,
She will be hoarse tomorrow after the screamfest that is taking place tonight in her war room. Heads will roll.
I saw some ‘speech’ on Fox that she was giving tonight and lo and behold, wee willie were there along with Madeline Albright or one of those ‘beauties’ from willies cabinet..didn’t notice if Reno was there
what are the odds that the ups truck is going to pull up at the obama residence with a park bench from marcy park?
Hillary likes Muslim. Huma, Huma, Huma by her side.
LOL. Or a buffoon-ess.
No, only half of them do that.
No, only half of them do that.
“She will still win. It is just time to take out the long knives and ask her friends in the enemedia to start asking Obama and Edwards real questions. Maybe even foreign policy questions.”
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I still think the opposite is going to happen. Hillary’s bubble has been officially punctured but good. Third place?! The MSM that she and her husband have intimidated and dominated for fifteen years is rapidly losing their fear of them. I think the wild hope that they just might win the presidency without the She-Beast has just taken corporeal form.
I think the objective now will be to chop, dice and jettison Hillary as quickly and ruthlessly as possible, the better to build up Obama.
Not to mention having to actually mingle with and touch all of those filthy commoners. Can you imagine the smell of some of those gatherings of the leeches of society?
Obama and Huckabee.If the president is a dem, then a buffoon is running the country. There is a non-buffoon option for repubs, and it's not Huckabee.This is not a good time for the country to be run by a buffoon.
>That line speaks volumes, IMO.<
One thing in particular spoke volumes to me.
Last time I looked at the TeeVee, Obama was leading and the
number beside his name was 911. I found that coincidence
to be quite ironic and somewhat unnerving.
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