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April 15, 2008 5:11 PM

ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: With the Pennsylvania primary right around the corner, former President Bill Clinton is focusing his attention on the state, and appealing to Pennsylvanians for their votes - and maybe a bit of their money as well. As Clinton travels around the suburbs surrounding Philadelphia today, he is reminding voters that his wife can not only win their home state, but win the nomination as well. I want to tell you this. The last thing I want to say. Anytime you hear somebody telling you you oughta, it's cause they're afraid you won't. Anytime you hear somebody tell you you can't win, it's 'cause they're afraid you will. So I want you to get out there and work for her," Clinton told a crowd in Coatsville, PA.

"I believe if Pennsylvania gives her a big victory she can win this nomination. Let me just say this. Let me tell you this. Anytime

Clinton went on to tell the crowd that they shouldn't pay attention to the fact that Senator Barack Obama is massively outspending Hillary in the state.

"I want to say one other thing. She can win being outspent. The first two weeks of this television campaign she was outspent five-to-one on television. But she can’t be blown out. So the other thing you can do besides vote for her and make calls for her and give the people the reasons I gave you, is if you know somebody that can send ten dollars or five dollars or fifteen dollars on the Internet, tell them to go to Hillary Clinton.com and do this," Clinton asked the crowd.

The need for campaign cash has not been a main focus in the former President's speeches since the days of the Potomac primary states, and more recently, the Texas primary. Today however, Clinton has talked about it at every event, reminding each crowd that Hillary can win even if she continues to be outspent by her opponent.

Surprisingly Absent from Clinton's speeches today, were the now standard references to Senator Obama's comments rural America being bitter. President Clinton did allude to the comment to a crowd in Quakertown, PA, telling the crowd that older American know better than to buy into some of the statements Hillary's opponent has made recently.

"Because once you've reached a certain age, you won't sit there and listen to somebody tell you there’s really no difference between what happened in the Bush years and the Clinton years; that there’s not much difference in how small-town Pennsylvania fared when I was president, and in this decade," said Clinton.

Clinton was joined on the campaign trail today by Hillary supporter and Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, who also took a quick second in Coatsville to mention Obama's remarks.

"We need a leader who won't quit, who'll fight for us, who'll stand by us. And you know, there's a lot of controversy about Senator Obama's remarks. And you can take them in any way you can. But I know that Pennsylvanians never quit. We never give up. We're resilient people. And we're proud. And sure, we've suffered some blows, we've suffered some blows. We've suffered some blows, but we suck it up, we work together as a community and we fight back, and we fight back. And we have a candidate who has done just that. Every time they counted Hillary Clinton out, she's fought back, she's sucked it up. And you know what, that's what we need in the White House," Rendell told the crowd as he introduced President Clinton.

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SITTING ON $300 MILLION & ASKING FOR MONEY FROM people who are 3000 times poorer than Clitontns' on an average: ......

....now that is what I call
"OUT OF TOUCH".

Posted by: moeen | Apr 15, 2008 6:08:31 PM

Dogsoldier
There is one big difference between us: You bash Obama, but i don't bash Hillary. I only come in here to defend Obama. That's a huge, huge difference. I've said many times that if Hillary wins this nomination fair and square, i will support her. In fact, initially i supported her and donated to her campaign. I don't hate her like you hate Obama. That's a significant difference, and that's why i'm more objective than you. Hate, anger, rage, motivates every comment you make.

Posted by: Kevin | Apr 15, 2008 6:09:47 PM

moeen,

Thank You

You said it PERFECTO

Posted by: Vanessa | Apr 15, 2008 6:09:48 PM

Kevin - Suppose us Hillary supporters lose. Who do you think we'll support and why? Right now us Hillary supporters are holding Obama in place without republicans.

Posted by: Dogsoldier | Apr 15, 2008 6:10:10 PM

Vanessa,
If your contextual reference is the new definition of extortion, then by that definition your day to day existence represents your extortiong of money and resources from your parents.
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Obama and Vanessa, new expressions of elitism daily!
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Posted by: WestCoastMessenger | Apr 15, 2008 6:10:51 PM

BO will NOT be president.

Posted by: justme | Apr 15, 2008 6:11:33 PM

Donna Brazille has publicly said that if the Superdelegates overturn the will of the people, she would quit the Democratic party. I believe 98% of black Democrats feel that way. And folks, they make up 30% of our party. Think about that for a minute. If the Supers take this nomination away from Obama, what would black folks say? They have been the Democratic party's most ardent supporters for decades. Hell will freeze over the day that happens. There will be riots in the streets of America.

Posted by: Kevin | Apr 15, 2008 6:12:52 PM

I am an american first, and if Hillary is not the nominee I will vote McCain.

Posted by: justme | Apr 15, 2008 6:12:55 PM

"There will be riots in the streets of America."

Wow, now that's a threat...

Posted by: Rita | Apr 15, 2008 6:15:11 PM

Dogsoldier

It is true, Obama has serious problems with Hillary supporters right now. But when he wins, i think with time, Hillary supporters will swallow their pride and get behind the man. It will be hard, but not as hard as it would be to get blacks to forgive because Obama, unlike Clinton, would have EARNED it. Getting behind the candidate with the most pledged delegates doesn't seem as unfair as getting behind the one with less pledged delegates, don't you think?

Posted by: Kevin | Apr 15, 2008 6:15:41 PM

Kevin - You mean like the caucuses overturned the will of the people in Texas?

Posted by: Dogsoldier | Apr 15, 2008 6:16:23 PM

Kevin, no way BO will get in the white house. Clinton supporters understand that next to her McCain is best for the country. BO is bad on so many issues, plans, fronts.

Posted by: justme | Apr 15, 2008 6:18:53 PM

Kevin - I think you're wrong on you assessment of Clinton voters. Most of us are centrists or centrists small right somewhat like Webb. We're extremely uncomfortable with the politics of the left and the far left.

Posted by: Dogsoldier | Apr 15, 2008 6:19:02 PM

I may have been a past democrat, but you are right, the democratic party may no longer suit me, it plays dirty.

Posted by: justme | Apr 15, 2008 6:21:11 PM

Maybe she can win her NY senate seat again, but other than that - Clinton is a loser.

Posted by: Bill | Apr 15, 2008 6:23:16 PM

Why does the press work overtime to harm the only viable female candidate for President in the history of this country?

The press is not manhandling Obama; he enjoys free access to the press. And he NEEDS it to continue to try and counter all his increasing inconsistencies in style, remarks, honesty and abilities.

Obama pays a fortune for that access to the media. That is why he was back in SF hitting up donors for more money in his recent debauch.

Outspending Hilary 2 to 1 for a minor fraction of a tenuous edge of the vote. One that is in itself a fiction since Michigan and Florida are not being counted. So please don't anyone kid yourself about all that.

Why does it take so much money to convince people to vote for him?

That is a VERY GOOD question. That is the real question that everyone INCLUDING the press should be asking. They won't since they want to stay on track with the gravy train. If there was no burning story about it then the money pot would dry up.

It is by the way the same question his donors asked.

Well it may be the old school rule applies here; you can fool some of the people some of the time but you can't fool all the people all of the time.

The truth is electing obama is about obama not about our country...

Its about him being black, his stories, his book, his minister, his wife, his disatisfaction with our country, his high brow view of himself, -etc...

Since when did being a community organizer become a resume booster for president? Helping out the neighbor folks that relate to you, people who have nowhere to turn and need to rely on you is not a solid performance indicator. Especially when the man doing it already has big political aspirations and ambitions. He was looking for ways to get attention to pad his resume in that regard.

These are all good reasons why we will continue to see a breech in obama's hull. It won't hold water because it is not made of the materials it says it is. The label is disingenuous.

Hilary may not always get what she wants, when she wants it but she does not stop trying or cave in.

What amazes me more than anything is how rude, unforgiving, uninformed and lacking in understanding all the Americans for obama really are. What does that tell you? Birds of a feather flock together. That is spooky. They continue to buy and sell the same bull---- until way past time for the cows to come home. The media is laughing all the way to the bank!$

Posted by: rose | Apr 15, 2008 6:23:44 PM

I agree,

If by some strange miracle Clinton wins the nomination

Al Sharpton, AA voters,young voter, and party elites will march the streets of Chicago

Thats why I believe Obama will get the nomination

The DNC knows what's at stake

All 3 of the top Dem leaders say this will not go to the convention

and we ALL know, if this doesn't go to the convention

Hillary is done for

Posted by: Vanessa | Apr 15, 2008 6:24:06 PM

Justme

That's fine. Go ahead and vote for Mccain. McCain is not that abd either.

Dogsoldier

You are completely missing my point. Which leads me to suspect that you are not even reading my posts. Look, minus Superdelegates, statistically speaking there are only two choices left for President: McCain and Obama. If we then conclude and admit that Clinton cannot mathematically catch Obama in pledged delegates, then we have to agree that her only chance is the Superdelegates breaking her way 7 to 3. THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. NOT WHEN A BLACK MAN HAS THE MOST DELEGATES. Just think about what message that sends. That the Democratic party will be unfair, unjust, against a black man after the ugly racial history of our country? This is precisely what the Democrats stand against. IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. It will be the absolute end of the party. They would rather put Obama there for him to lose and fight this fight again in 4 years.

Posted by: Kevin | Apr 15, 2008 6:24:15 PM

If Clinton gets the nomination after Fla and Michigan with the crooked elections in Texas, then I and a lot of others will quit the democratic party.

Posted by: IamFool-LookatMe | Apr 15, 2008 6:25:22 PM

The votes come from a lot of INDP>Obama will carry these over Mc Cain....

Posted by: honest | Apr 15, 2008 6:25:59 PM

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