Hillary Clinton's advisers 'in a state of panic'

telegraph.co.uk ^ | 2/10/2008 | Tim Shipman in Washington and Philip Sherwell in Chicago

[Walkingfeather]

THe only way obama would take this deal is if Clinton had a perfect blackmail on him that would force him to fold. He is in the driver seat now.

[Balding_Eagle]

Why would you rather rhave Hillary!?

[princess leah]

“We will take things away from you for the common good”...Hillary Clinton

Who’d have thought she was talking about the dem presidential candidate?

[Lucky2]

She must be desperate if she’s been reduced to begging. As much as I don’t want to see Obama win, it’s a good feeling seeing the beast panic.

[mamelukesabre]

I don’t see how obama has a prayer. Hillary is surely going to win texas and pennsylvania.

Besides, if it comes out too close, they will just say...”look at florida and michigan, hillary won those, lets give them back their delegates for the purpose of a ‘tie-breaker’”

[mamelukesabre]

Nasal membranes??

You mean up inside his nostrils? HOw are we to check that?

[cgbg]

Obama will win Tuesday's primaries but the delegate gap wont close much. Texas, Ohio and PA are the big ones. If she wins them with 5-10% margins, she will go to the convention with the most delegates and popular vote. A lot of Obama's delegates come from Caucus Red States.

You need to spend some time with a calculator, my Friend.

If Hillary wins Texas, Ohio and PA by 5-10% she will gain less than a hundred delegates because of the proportional nature of delegate selection in those states.

Obama is blowing her out in many other states, and still has some big blowouts to go. Maryland and DC on Tuesday, Mississippi, Wisconsin, probably Oregon, and some smaller western states as well. He leads by eighty delegates selected by caucus goers or voters. _That_ is the number that matters, because the superdelegates will be swayed by their constituents and that figure. I project an Obama two hundred to three hundred non-super delegate lead going to the convention. There is just no way she will win more than three quarters of the remaining super delegates. Her main supporters are already committed to her. The rest are waiting to see which way the wind blows. They will look at two factors--the winner of the non-super delegate delegate count and the polls against McCain.

Obama wins on both counts.

The fact that he is raising more money than he can spend on the remaining races dosen't hurt either.

She cannot win this race--numbers don't lie.

[mamelukesabre]

I think he was referring to rioting, not assassinations. If rioting occurs, the blacks will NOT vote for hillary in the general. Dems can’t win without the black vote.

[Zoey]

He’s awfully thin and energetic

Yes, he does have a scrawny body. He also has an elf face and big ears.

[Sender]

Obama stand down? Hah! What a ridiculous request. Obama is riding the wave, and Hillary is standing on the sandbar. Isn't. Going. To. Happen.

Arkancide would be too obvious at this point. They will have to find some way to politically destroy the black candidate...which will of course backfire.

We're gonna need lots of popcorn for the Democratic convention. I suspect a Clinton/Obama or Obama/Clinton ticket is an inevitiability.

But would Her Highness, the NOW princess, submit to being merely the VP under Obama? Doubtful. Would the Kng of Change submit to Her Highness? Also doubtful.

[mamelukesabre]

Super delegates are in the bag for the clintons. Don’t expect those delegates to be distributed fairly. Hillary WILL get more than her fair share of them.

And there’s always the michigan and florida trick up their sleeve.

[Kanzan]

Our Democrat governor is all but on her knees trying to get Obama to notice her. She doesn’t take chances. If something isn’t a sure bet, she sends out one of our weak-sister-RINOs to be the canary.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

I don’t know about Michigan because Hillary was the only one on the ballot. But in Florida, everyone was on the ballot. Nobody campaigned there which made the playing field equal, but Hillary swamped Obama with over a million votes. How do you deny them representation?

[budwiesest]

He is in the driver seat now.

Yep, he be driving Miss Daisy- crazy.

[peggybac]

“You can bet ashtrays and lamps are flying in Team Clinton HDQ.”

Can you just imagine how she is treating her staff right now? I would love it if one came forward after it was all done and fill us in on her behavior.

[callisto]

“Why would you rather have Hillary!?”

As the nominee, YES. Too much dirt and history involved there (easy pickings, so to speak). Obama hides behind his “blackness” instead of standing on true platforms. African-American Dems are voting en masse to place the first black in the White House (He really has no stated platforms and an abyssmal voting record). When it’s time for the general, if he’s the nom, I can almost guarantee that any attack on him will be classified as racial. “The Conservatives just don’t want a black in the Oval Office.” Actually, IMO, we would gladly elect one who had the knowledge along the lines of, say, Alan Keyes, etc.

[TLEIBY308]

I wouldn’t be too sure she will win PA.PA has closed primaries and there are a lot of black folks in the cities.

[mamelukesabre]

The clintons are a scary bunch. I’d be very worried about taking sides against them. THe kennedies have enough power they can risk it. But everyone else is playing with fire...IMO.

[savedbygrace]

Looks like Arkancide is the only alternative at this point.

But I don't even live in Arkansas.

Oh, you mean for Obama . . . . . . . . never mind . . . . .

[MARTIAL MONK]

She’s not a RINO. We can draft her.