Posted on 05/12/2008 3:23:41 PM PDT by freerepublic_or_die
With her campaign falling ever deeper into debt, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton spent a rainy Mother's Day seeking votes ahead of Tuesday's primary here, turning a deaf ear to calls for her to leave a Democratic presidential contest she has little hope of winning.
Clinton aides continued to insist that she will remain in the race even while confirming that she is $20 million in debt. "The voters are going to decide this," senior adviser Howard Wolfson said on "Fox News Sunday," acknowledging the $20 million figure. "There is no reason for her not to continue this process." Wolfson said he has seen "no evidence of her interest" in pursuing the second-place spot on the Democratic ticket, contrary to rumors that she is staying in the race to leverage a bid for the vice presidential nomination.
With the primary season nearing its close, Sen. Barack Obama's advisers are beginning to consider the question of his running mate with more urgency as they focus more openly on the general election. Although Obama himself has been careful to insist that the Democratic race is not over as long as Clinton stays in it, his advisers have planned a trip to Missouri -- a state that held its primary on Feb. 5 but appears certain to be a key November battleground -- this week.
While not dismissing the states entirely, Obama's campaign is making it clear he will not aggressively contest West Virginia or Kentucky, which holds its primary a week from Tuesday. Obama is likely to win in Oregon, also a May 20 primary state. Clinton has campaigned hard in West Virginia, and her aides said Sunday that she will hold a victory celebration at the Charleston Civic Center on Tuesday night.
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She’s going to STIFF a LOT of DEMOCRATS!!
Hillary will be saying, “Pay up or I will not be supporting the demo candidate.”
Just think how big the debt would be if she actually tipped.
Calls, of course, from the media pundits who are only concerned about having a strong Obama in the fall. Really, an objective media would be salivating over the prospects of a brokered convention. Instead, the WaCompost now can't go a paragraph into an article without referencing "news" that they themselves helped create.
Meanwhile, Clinton will win WV, KY, and seems to be closing the gap in Oregon. Clearly she still has people who are voting for her, Obama hasn't clinched yet; why in the world would she drop out?
If Chelsea is still being paid by her employer, would this be a political “contribution in kind?”
Of course....but hey...laws are for the little people to follow.
she is $20 million in debt
Look for stolen White House artifacts to start showing up on eBay.
When did the fake phrase “retire debt” start in common usage anyway?
I do believe that it is a transparent attempt not to use the word “pay.”
As in pay her debt.
As in paid off.
As in “bribe.”
How would such a thing not be a bribe?
I believe Bill Clinton stiffed more Democrats than Hillary!
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