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Clinton Ignores Losses and Looks Ahead to Texas, Ohio
February 10, 2008 2:39 PM
ABC News' Jake Tapper and Eloise Harper Report: Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., has not made one mention of her losses Saturday in Nebraska, Louisiana, and Washington.
Campaigning on Sunday Manassas, VA, Clinton didn't congratulate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., or acknowledge that there is a race in play in the state of Maine.
Continuing to lower expectations at her first rally of the day, Clinton said, "I haven't had the pleasure of campaigning in Virginia as much as I would have liked."
Clinton's campaign headquarters are located in Virginia, but perhaps Clinton doesn't visit that office frequently due to her intense travel schedule.
Clinton indirectly criticized her opponent saying, "People say to me all of the time you are so specific, you talk about all of these things you want to do. Why don't you really just come and give us one of these great rhetorical flourishes and then get everybody all whooped up."
Clinton took numerous questions from the audience outlining specific policy plans and ideas she has for problems such as economy, global warming and the housing market.
Clinton's campaign is setting expectations low for the upcoming "Potomac Primaries" that take place on Tuesday. Instead, they are hoping for big wins in Texas and Ohio on March 4 to bring their delegate count back up in front of Obama.
February 10, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (121)
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Hang in there Hill ..you'll win the big states that r coming up and that will shut everybody up !!!
Posted by: jimbo | Feb 10, 2008 2:58:16 PM
Just another excuse from the Hillary camp - any state that we didn't win/can't win does not matter. This is the new spin? That she's been banned somehow from campaigning enough in Virginia?
She has just as much time as Obama, just chooses to spend it sending out questionable direct mail pieces instead of meeting the people.
Posted by: Wondering | Feb 10, 2008 3:09:06 PM
It would be hard for Hillary to spin getting trounced by 37, 36 and 21 percent. The more people see Obama, the more they like him, and realize that Hillary is yesterday's news, and certainly no agent of change.
Posted by: Jim Nickel | Feb 10, 2008 3:19:05 PM
What the results of the caucuses in Washington, Nebraska and Louisiana and those of Super Tuesday show is demographics plays a HUGE factor in the results, almost making it very predictable. Given the large black population in Virginia, Maryland and Washington, DC, we can all just ignore the election news for now since they will all uniformly go to Obama and wait until it's Texas, Ohio and Pennsylvania's turn to hold primaries, where it gets more interesting.
Posted by: Joseph | Feb 10, 2008 3:20:26 PM
I noticed that Clinton is saying "we" much more than she used to in her speeches. In the TV ads in MA, it was all "I" and some of her supporters on winning MA, chanted "Yes, SHE can" to counter Obama's "Yes, we can" But that misses the point. Obama has been talking about working together and cooperation, Clinton has only been talking about how SHE would slay the dragons of Republicanism and Big Business when she ascends to the throne.
Posted by: zjemi | Feb 10, 2008 3:24:42 PM
If OBAMA win in Virginia is because of those votes from virgins. Virgins are innocent; they do not have the experience and not sure where their future and our country is heading. They just see OBAMA as their idol. It's a no brain no. Hey virgins, you guys need to wake up and smell the coffee. Our country does not need OBAMA right now. Huge problems and turmoil will face him, tsunami of foreclosures, recession, plummeting dollar rate, war in Iraq; too much for OBAMA. No not this time. Get real.
Posted by: Very Independent | Feb 10, 2008 3:25:01 PM
Joseph: Agreed that it is going to get interesting in Texas which cannot be pigeonholed. We have the Panhandle, West Texas, East Texas, North Texas South Central and South Texas. There is a large Hispanic and female population here so maybe why Hillary Clinton is feeling more confident. I have no sense of the good ole boys!
Posted by: tcnz | Feb 10, 2008 3:27:30 PM
wow hill, way to thank those who did vote for you (and win you some delegates!) in those states yesterday.
What an ungrateful little pig. I would not and will not vote for her in November if she's the nominee. I just won't do it.
Posted by: jenny | Feb 10, 2008 3:27:39 PM
For all of Obamas glory, he is some 40 or 50 stupid delegates ahead. He can thank the african american vote and HYPING 20 year olds at caucus's as well.
But the DNC is never going to give the nomination to the guy based on Caucus HYPE and red states he has no hope of winning. Its NOT the way it works.
John Mc Cain is such a weak candidate, that both Obama and Clinton will win.
Obama has not proven he can win a swing state. His Missouri win was by 1% , and he lost every district except St louis.
He cannot point to one factor that tells the democratic party he can WIN a swing state over Clinton.
He cannot win the senior citizen / hispanic Florida. Nobody ever seems to want to mention that for some reason.
They are all being FOOLED by youth hyping that wont translate into reality in a 50 state simultaneous vote.
The DNC arent stupid. They are professional politicians who KNOW how it actually all works. Obama MUST win Ohio to be able to PROVE he can win a swing state that can turn the election.
He wont.
Obama being ahead 50 or so delegates at the end of all this is not reason to give the nomination to him. Not out of 3200 delegates.
Especially when Clinton backed states such as Michigan and Florida didnt get a say in it
Posted by: tom | Feb 10, 2008 3:31:46 PM
Joseph,
I don't get your comment. Nebraska has only a 4% black population and Obama got 68% of the vote with a huge turnout. People are paying so much attention to the demographics because the media haven't gotten over a white woman running against a black man and they are trying to generalized too much about who voted for whom. We make up our own minds, no matter what our demographic.
Posted by: zjemi | Feb 10, 2008 3:32:07 PM
It is an odd thing that the Clinton arguments are really dwindling down to little more than name calling in these forums.
Senator Obama has the intelligence, judgment, experience (more elected experience than Hillary), and the leadership skills to move this country forward.
Senator Obama is not a paper suit or an empty vessel, his policy points and plans make this clear. The passion and fervor his campaign generates is the energy we need to expand the democratic party, bring new and disaffected people to the process, and make the U.S. feel like US again.
Posted by: Daniel Stevens | Feb 10, 2008 3:40:22 PM
Seems like the same ole Hilary to me. Ignore the reality of a situation; deny any responsibility; and refocus away from the issues that, just a week ago, were supposedly, uppermost in her mind. Does this sound like the same Hilary we saw during Bill's presidency: ignore, deny, and refocus. Above all, remain silent on issues the country is begging to resolve.
Posted by: soose | Feb 10, 2008 3:53:49 PM
What an ungrateful little pig. I would not and will not vote for her in November if she's the nominee. I just won't do it.
All those Obma supporters are going to be surprised when he looses in the general election.
I and all of my friends are life long Democrats who voted for Clinton.
If Obma gets the nomination, we are ALL voting for McCain--Period.
I have NEVER voted for a Republican, yet.
Posted by: kevin | Feb 10, 2008 4:09:35 PM
does any one realize that Obama is just a "manchurian Candidate?"
His campaign manager is a Pharmecutical/drug company LOBBYIST.
Obama does not understand or even know what is wrong with the Bush medicare plan that enriches drug companies--his cheif supporters.
Clinton or McCain have my vote....
Posted by: john | Feb 10, 2008 4:11:57 PM
Nebraska--
My neighbor, a Republican, registered as a Democrat for a day and voted for Obama because they know he will never win. He laughed and was glad to be able to help McCain win in November.
Laughs on You Obammma fans.
Posted by: nebraskan | Feb 10, 2008 4:14:23 PM
I echo kevin. There are at least 5 democrats in my family--including me--who will not vote for Obama if he's the nominee. He lost me when Oprah got involved, and pushed me further away when his surrogates misrepresented Clinton's comments. McCain will get my vote--the first time I'll vote republican ever.
Posted by: rhian | Feb 10, 2008 4:17:32 PM
Wondering: "Just another excuse from the Hillary camp - any state that we didn't win/can't win does not matter".
As a Democrat, you can't lose in CA, NY, NJ, MA, OH, and PA and expect to win in Nov. The only state obama won that will matter in Nov is his home State of Illinois.
I do not know who the Dem nominee will be, but judging by the states obama has lost, he is doomed in Nov.
Neither candidate will have enough pledged delegates by the convention. The nominee will depend on the vote of super delegates. If the super delegates want to win in Nov, they will need to get behind the candidate that has carried must win states.
Posted by: John D | Feb 10, 2008 4:20:38 PM
If all you win in the general is CA, NY, NJ, MA, OH and PA..... you loose the election. If you do what you always did you'll get what you always got.
Posted by: Daniel Stevens | Feb 10, 2008 4:29:57 PM
Where were all you Obama supporters when HE downplayed Super Tuesday? Or when he totally dismissed Florida and Michigan which, even though have no delegates, still went to Clinton? Obama whines all the time. The only problem is he gloats just as bad. And I really think that voting for McCain just because your favorite of the democrats loses is so lame. If you want to vote for McCain then vote for him in the first place. It's this kind of logic that makes us such a joke everywhere -- a bunch of self-righteous hypocrites.
Posted by: druggstohr | Feb 10, 2008 4:33:05 PM
"Obama has...(more elected experience than Hillary)...
---posted by Daniel Stevens, 2/10
Obama was a State Senator for 6 years and in the US Senate for 2. That's 8...the same number of years Clinton has been in the US Senate. How does that translate as Obama having more experience?
In any event, it's hard to imagine that the brilliant First Lady of both a state and our country learned nothing in those times and places. Really, is it that hard to give credit where it's due?
Posted by: Mary T | Feb 10, 2008 4:36:49 PM
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