The J-Walk Blog: She’s Still Going (Comments)

Thursday, 08 May, 2008

She’s Still Going

Slate's Hillary Deathwatch optimistically puts her chances at 2.5%. In other words, her chances of becoming the Democratic nominee are just slightly higher than mine.

Yet she vows to continue. Clinton says she's still in it to win it.

"I'm staying in this race until there's a nominee," she told reporters after a rally in Shepherdstown, West Va. "We will continue to contest these elections and move forward."

Collateral damage includes a former president of the United States who has been transformed into a laughingstock -- just slightly more credible than a circus sideshow huckster.

And her web site continues to ask for money -- which almost borders on fraud.

Here's something I didn't know: Big Rewards Await Clinton If She Ends Campaign Now.

One of the most inviting is the near certainty that the Obama campaign would agree to pay back the $11.4 million she has loaned her own bid, along with an estimated $10 million to $15 million in unpaid campaign expenses...

On the money front, it is not uncommon for winning presidential campaigns to pick up some or all of a competitor's debts and obligations, although the size of Clinton's debt and her personal loans to her campaign are unprecedented - somewhere over and above $20 million.

So, Obama's campaign is essentially paying for Hillary's negative campaign against him.

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By susan. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @07:18am:
I made up my mind not to vote for her (!) when she loaned her campaign the $11.5 mil instead of donating it; it showed a definite lack of confidence in her candidate.
By reddog. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @07:31am:
I think she feels like she failed and to give up would be an even worse disgrace.
Man, she should stay with me for a few days, experience how I live and hear the story of my life. I guarantee she could then quit proud and happy.
By namowal. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @08:59am:
"Look, you stupid bastard, you've got no arms left!"
"It's just a flesh wound!"
By Clark. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @11:07am:
Hillary effectively *lost* the Indiana primary. I worked as an election official in an affluent white suburb south of Indianapolis, which normally votes 90% or more Republican. 769 voters, 478 Democratic ballots taken (62%), 268 for Clinton, 210 for Obama. So there was a HUGE crossover vote, and without it, I think Obama wins Indiana just barely. Clinton carried the crossover vote, but not overwhelmingly... a lot of these affluent white voters voted for Obama.
By Curtis. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @01:05pm:
Look, this is completely understandable since Mrs. Clinton has the strong support of the Fat Lady Union.
By Gary. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @02:00pm:
Now it's 2.3%, falling by the hour.
By wormpicker. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @05:45pm:
Yay! We can finally get back to bashing Hillary!
By Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @06:50pm:
From the latest Deathwatch:

Speaking of which, Clinton has a new strategy: Say Obama can't win white voters. This, just as three extremely white states—West Virginia, Kentucky, and Oregon—prepare to vote. Obama's strategy: Ignore Clinton and focus on McCain. Watch this awkward dynamic escalate as long as Clinton stays in the race: Clinton ratchets up the rhetoric, while Obama pretends she doesn't exist. If an attack ad airs in Montana, but no one responds, does it make a sound?

*giggle*
By El Duderino. Comment posted 08-May-2008 @11:17pm:
Her chances are slim, but this race is much closer than the 1980 Democratic primary where Teddy Kennedy nearly wrested the nomination from Carter even though he trailed Carter 37% to 51%. This race is so much closer than that and both sides know it, so this ain't over yet.
HRC's strategy is simple: while she's in it, and she clearly is, Obama can screw up. Wright can flare up again, HRC's friends in the MSM can make hay over Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers or any such thing that reinforces the perception that Obama is a marginal candidate that can't win in large or purple states.