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Hillary Campaigns in Florida for Obama, but Will She Take On Palin?
September 08, 2008 8:22 AM
This morning in Kissimmee, Fla., Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., will discuss the economy at a town hall meeting, after which she will visit a convention of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers in Lake Buena Vista. Her day ends in Tampa with a rally.
How strongly will she take on Sen. John McCain's new running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin?
"She's going to continue to do what she's been doing, as recently as yesterday," a Clinton aide told me Sunday, forwarding a Saturday story with the headline, "Clinton Brushes Aside Questions About Palin."
At New York City's annual Labor Day parade and in Staten Island, Saturday, Clinton was asked about Palin. She demurred.
"This election is about issues, and that's what's going to matter to people at the end of the day," Clinton said. The Associated Press reported that Clinton "only mentioned Palin by name once during the day, at the labor breakfast, when she uttered a modified version of a line from her speech at the Democratic National Convention. 'No way, no how, no McCain, no Palin,' she said."
There are Obama supporters who feel Clinton needs to make a strong case against Palin. And they are intrigued -- and troubled -- by the fact that she won't.
- jpt
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The clintons really surprised me in this election. To all hillary supporters, hillary will never get to be president in 2012 or ever. They need the black vote to win and they get all the blame.
Posted by: No hillary in 2012 from black voters | Sep 20, 2008 2:06:03 PM
You know I am really getting tired of these type of exchanges. If you know anyone that has a son or daughter in Iraq you can not vote for a Republican ticket. We have to bring our troops home, and have Iraq take responsibility for their own country. If people really cared for our troops you would not vote Republican. Look at the bigger picture. Woman should vote as mothers who have children that could possibly go to war in a McCain administration (he probably will reinstate the draft). I just don't get it.
Posted by: Robin | Sep 11, 2008 2:00:12 PM
Hillary should tell the dope with hope to stuff it. If he had picked her they would have won, now, with Palin on the team, McCain will probably take the White House.
Posted by: Rob | Sep 11, 2008 1:52:10 PM
The country is over. I am looking to get a foreign passport and move on. Doesn't matter who wins. Because We The People are hypnotized and divided and refuse to take back our government and public dialogue.
Posted by: Thomas Brooks | Sep 11, 2008 3:13:35 AM
If Obama loses the election, it might just be because of the Clintons!
I was a Hillary supporter before her and Bill's mudslinging to Obama.
They have done such damage that it was impossible for Obama to sell that Hillary really wants Obama.
Nice Job Hillary, your over the top selfishness might have sunk your party.
Posted by: Ben Sona | Sep 9, 2008 4:34:22 PM
Hillary had 18 million votes and yet Obama thought she wasn't the best pick for the Democratic ticket.
Of course, he was just following the DNC's guideline of SELECTING Obama rather than honoring the real votes of their constituents.
I think they will both (Obama and the DNC) regret their mistreatment of WOMEN when they lose in the GE. Hopefully, it will make them more aware of women in the 2012 election.
Posted by: Sami | Sep 9, 2008 6:55:39 AM
Obama, Biden, and Clinton ask women to make their decision for president based on “THE ISSUES” as Hillary put it. Now if you are BLACK, they infer that its OK to vote for the “HISTORIC TICKET” Just another example of a DOUBLE STANDARD if you ask me. The Democrats hold blacks back in what amounts to a “Sharecropper Arrangement" For the Black Vote. Once a black becomes successful, the Democrats drop them like a hot potato. Another double standard as applied by the Democrats
Posted by: GeraldD | Sep 9, 2008 5:31:51 AM
I am a big Hillary supporter, but I'm an even bigger supporter of policies that will save this country from distruction. I truly believe this is a make or break election. We are simply out of time. Voting principles instead of personalities will deliver this election to Obama. If not, it will be McCain, and make no mistake -- we willt hen get more Bush -- especially on the crushing critical issue of planetary enviornmental degredation and global security with oil. We are in trouble. As a country and a planet. We don't have the luxury of grief. Let's move forward with the Obama/Biden team that will mean change -- smart, strong measured change. Our world depends on it, and once again, women will decide.
Posted by: donzi | Sep 9, 2008 1:38:17 AM
Hillary would need Obama supporters in 2012, just like the 2008 primary. She won't get them if Obama loses in November.
Posted by: Sallie | Sep 9, 2008 1:18:41 AM
Hillary is so amazing that I know she will be able to do her democratic duty and at the same time not really help Obama very much.
He is such a phony. I do not know how many people will recall but during the primaries Obama was always "stealing" the ideas of Hillary. This is why during one of the debates she used the Xerox comment. (Unfortunately, the audience did not take the "joke" seriously.)
McCain/Palin 2008 - Hillary 2012
NoObama
Posted by: Phyllis/ PA | Sep 8, 2008 10:18:27 PM
Palin serves the purpose of distracting us from the issues that the Republicans don't want to address, because they have made them worse over the last eight years: global warming; foreclosure crisis; health care; rising unemployment rates; Katrina; poverty rates that are highest for women and children; exorbitant gas prices; failing schools; and a trillion dollar war. If we can argue about Palin and whether or not the media is being mean to her and her family, we will forget that John McCain is a seventy-two year old man with recurring melanoma who voted with Bush 90% of the time and voted against every proposal to support solar and wind energy development for the last decade. Obama won the nomination fair and square. He didn't nominate Hillary to be his vice-president because he knew it would be difficult to be chief executive with Bill and Hillary in the White House. Members of McCain's own party admit Palin was a campaign decision, not a governing decision. In other words, he put his political ambitions above what is best for the nation. Obama might have won more easily with HIllary on the ticket, but he was concerned about governing, not just winning. In other words, he put his country above his political ambitions. Hillary is right not to take on Palin in order to avoid contributing to distractions from the issues. Go HIllary!!!
Posted by: VP | Sep 8, 2008 9:58:38 PM
if hillary attacked palin she would be history --and fast----not a doubt in the world.
Posted by: rodney | Sep 8, 2008 9:02:27 PM
Bonnie: I'm sorry--our point here is that Obama did not stand for equal treatment of women when he chose Biden over Hillary. How can you ignore that? I wanted to like Obama, but his decsion to ice out Hillary supporters is what made me think I could not vote Dem for the 1st time in my life. What good is a stance on an issue if your leaders dod not walk the talk? NOBODY (and believe me, I have been asking) has been able to explain to me why Biden got the gig over Hillary (except for affirmative action for old white entrenched D.C. insiders who supported the Iraq war??) You tell me how you swalloed the Biden pick. Not only did it go against everything Obama claimed he stood for, it slapped the Hillary supporters real good. Brilliant and a shameful move (shame on Obama). If he did not think that we mattered, he should not win this election.
Posted by: DuskyDakota | Sep 8, 2008 8:16:34 PM
Do you really think that all women care about is whether you have the proper reproductive equipment? Obama stands for pay equity, reproductive rights and choice, health insurance for all that supports birth control as a choice, the end to domestic violence and economic security for our families. Just having a double x chomosome is not enough to win progressive women over and it is demeaning to women to think that it might be.
Posted by: Bonnie | Sep 8, 2008 8:04:06 PM
Once again we hear from all the Republicans disguised as Hillary supporters. The Republicans don't give a rat's behind about Hillary. But they are bringing up how poor Hillary was treated because they think Hillary supporters are going to vote for a right-wing ticket. I don't think true Hillary supporters would do that, unless all they care about is the gender of their candidate. Don't take your eye off the ball people. We've got an eight-year mess to clean up. Hillary said it best today: You don't call on the iceberg to fix the titanic.
Posted by: Phil | Sep 8, 2008 8:00:19 PM
You know, if you all, Hillary supporters, are concerned about the issues, then vote with the person who is concern about the same issues. It is not about the person who's running, it's about what the person who's running will do for you/us! Don't you get it? Hey, get real or don't vote. I definitely don't want you messing up my chances to get the issues I'm concerned about addressed. See Ya!
Posted by: Loretta | Sep 8, 2008 7:01:53 PM
JimW: The Dems always brings up Roe v. Wade as a scare tactic, just like the Repubs bring up 9/11. Stop already. We know that even with the Roberts court, Roe has not been overturned. The Senate would not confirm a religious fanatic judge anyway. Finally, even without Roe, the states have the power to keep abortion safe and legal. Enough already--we're not stupid. Why don't you try another "key: issue like gay marriage. Oh, that's right, neither Obama nor McCain supports gay marriage--just civil unions. Here's a new issue for you--sexism in politics: how the democrats lost the 2008 election because the man could not share the stage and spotlight with her pantsuits. Sexism will decide this election. Obama's only hope is to pander to the Republican sexist/misogynist Hillary haters who are angry that a hockey mom is now on the GOP ticket.
Posted by: DuskyDakota | Sep 8, 2008 6:14:24 PM
Obama: "PLEEZE BUY MY PRODUCT".
Posted by: dl | Sep 8, 2008 6:02:10 PM
That's why we never forget how Obama treated Hillary supporters!
Posted by: fromHILLtoMAC | Sep 8, 2008 4:34:33 PM
Yes, it works both ways.
Posted by: never | Sep 8, 2008 5:50:38 PM
obama won't win, and he has only his own horrendous judgment andnaive supporters to blame......of course, they will try to blame someone, anyone else for their self-inflicted failure, but that will only exacerbate their inability to understand what went wrong.....
Posted by: chris | Sep 8, 2008 5:25:49 PM
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