Posted on 01/06/2008 9:58:11 PM PST by tcrlaf
Hillary Clinton's campaign, anticipating probable defeat here in New Hampshire on January 8, is gearing up for an extended trench-warfare battle against Barack Obama.
The former First Lady is planning to fight Obama in South Carolina on January 26, and in the gargantuan nationwide primary on Tuesday, February 5 -- with contests in 19 states, including New York, California, New Jersey, Georgia, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Colorado. If she remains competitive, Clinton's plan is to continue to compete in Louisiana on February 9, in Virginia and Maryland on February 12, in Wisconsin on February 19, in Ohio on March 4 -- and beyond, if necessary.
In an approach redolent of Walter Mondale's 1984 "Where's the Beef?" tactic against Gary Hart, Clinton has adopted the less memorable slogan "Rhetoric vs. Results, Talk vs. Action."
The Clinton campaign is sparing no effort to pressure the media to lean on Obama's perceived vulnerabilities.
Looking to leverage Obama's slender resume, a Clinton operative argued to HuffPost that the campaign will be able to demonstrate that "Obama is just not a plausible person in this environment of international peril," and that the longer the primary campaign can be extended, the better chance Clinton will have to prove that "there is not even a second level to Obama, there is no depth."
The results of this gambit are far from certain. Many political observers here see Hillary on the ropes. "I think Iowa was the best she is going to do. Now she has the stink of a loser on her," said an official from the upper echelons of the 2004 Democratic campaign. In the upcoming states, voters "are just now starting to pay attention, and all they know is that he [Obama] is a winner and she's a loser."
Like Mondale in 1984, Clinton is configuring her campaign to win in states where independents cannot vote. "Clinton got killed among independents and those few Republicans who crossed over," an Iowa operative noted about last Thursday's caucuses. After this Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, where independents can cast ballots in either the Democratic or Republican contest, "We are just going to go to the big Democratic states with closed primaries" says a member of the Clinton inner circle.
Political analyst Norm Ornstein of the American Enterprise Institute warned, "Tactical maneuvering at this point is of limited value, but all [Clinton] may be able to do for the moment is to try tactical stuff, and lash herself to the mast to withstand the [Obama] wave."
Thank you for that. I see Sestak on that list. Figures.
What people better not forget is that Hillary LEADS already in delegates because of the “Super Delegates.” These are the delegates controlled by the party machine, which the Clintons control. Obama needs to win two delegates to her one all the way out to have enough to win the nomination.
Are there anymore democrat primary debates scheduled?
These delegates are party hacks who can pretty much do their own thing based on meetings in “smoke filled rooms.” They are NOT tied to any primaries or caucuses. So while Barack has been walking the streets lining up a handful of delegates in IA, Hillary’s cronies have been quietly lining up the party thugs in back rooms and laying out the “Cuomo scenario” to them. She LEADS in total delegates, right now-—something that most people don’t know.
I think her cackle is her secret weapon.
Do the pubs have this superdelegate system too?
GO Obama!!!
Obama will NEVER pick Hillary and Hillary would NEVER pick Obama!! Neither wants to be assassinated.
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Good analysis, however, Spitzer is struggling with his own issues in NY.
That darn VRWC thing again.
IS OBAMA THE NEW NED LAMONT???
During a December 2007 break from the Iowa Gang Obaming of Hill, Big Brown delivered the Sad Hill in her big brown and ugly pant suit to light up a meeting for her in Gilford, NH!
Then the Hill lights up the Gilford, NH Meeting with her charm and energy!
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Would you like your Kool Aid shaken or stirred, Mrs. Clinton?
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