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April 03, 2008 5:38 PM

ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Senator Clinton says she feels like Paul Revere. Make that Paulette Revere.

"Senator Obama has been very timid and very unenthusiastic  with doing anything with the economy," Clinton, D-N.Y., said at a tarmac press conference in Burbank, California on Thursday, "I feel like Paulette Revere --  the recession is coming, the recession is coming!"

The candidate, who was outraised by rival Obama, D-Ill., 2-1 in March, and will soon release her tax returns, was asked if she felt like her campaign was in financial crisis.

"We pay our bills," Clinton said. "We obviously have to scrutinize them and ask hard questions about them but, you know, we are doing fine. We have the money to compete we are doing everything we need to do to keep the campaign going."

Moving away from the economy, Clinton was directly asked if she or her husband speak to superdelegates about Reverend Wright, whose controversial statements have caused woes for Obama.

Clinton declined to answer the question saying, "I think most people have made up their minds about what they think about it but certainly as you recall it was very heavily in the news and people you know sometimes have it on their minds. And I think though for most voters they have processed it they have figured out what they think about it."

When asked if Sen. Obama can win in November, Clinton demurred, "Well, I am sure that were going to have a united Democratic party that will do everything we possibly can to make sure we will."

Clinton denied an ABC News report that she told Governor Bill Richardson, D-N.M., prior to the Governor's endorsement of Obama, that Obama "cannot win" a general election against presumptive Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.

"That's a no," Clinton, D-N.Y., told reporters when asked if she made the comment to Richardson.

"We have been going back and forth in this campaign of who said what to whom and let me say this, that I don't talk about private conversations but I have consistently made the case that I can win," she said.

ABC News' George Stephanopoulos reported on Wednesday's World News that sources with direct knowledge of the conversation between Sen. Clinton and Richardson, say she told him flatly, "He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win."

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Senator Clinton was California to appear on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" and attend a Beverly Hills fundrasier.

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April 3, 2008 in Bush, George W., Hunter, Duncan, Kucinich, Dennis, Tancredo, Tom | Permalink | User Comments (112)

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Hillary would never be stupid enough to make a statement like this. More garbage from the Daily KOS.

Posted by: No She Di'ent | Apr 3, 2008 6:28:51 PM

WAIT..Hold the Press...did she say she "felt" like Paul or that SHE made the ride?????? One can never listen to close to Clinton the Liar.

Posted by: Brian | Apr 3, 2008 6:29:13 PM

When a Senator from New York, whose daughter works for a hedge fund, and who
has a first name relationship with Mr. Greenspan and Bernanke, and whose political contributors are a whose who of the New York financial industry tells me they have been the canary in the financial coal mine, I find it hard to believe. Paul Revere did not get his kid a job with the British, take funding from them, and then make the famous ride warning us about their dangerous arrival.

Posted by: kj | Apr 3, 2008 6:31:56 PM

I wouldn't vote for Hillary Clinton is she carried me to the booth on her back.
She never intended to try to win the nomination on HER merits. She always had a book of dirty tricks, lies, falsehoods, and gutter manuevers. If she wins the nomination by stealing it, she'll NEVER be president because Black America will sit out the election. Democrats won't be able to run for dog-catcher in America without the Black vote. If she wins it LEGITMATELY...ALL if American Democrats will be behind her.

Posted by: TJ IN LA | Apr 3, 2008 6:32:31 PM

Oh, the irony. It seems like it was only a few short days ago that Obama was saying "We're in a recession" when asked. Yet the Hillary camp, when asked, declined to comment or commit one way or the other as they had not yet run their possible responses through 99 filters and focus groups to see which one would be most beneficial to her. I believe her non-response response was "I'll let the economists determine that"

Oh wait, it WAS only a few short days ago. I guess the focus groups said she should say recession is coming.

Posted by: Chance | Apr 3, 2008 6:42:28 PM

Didn't Obama say we were IN a recession last week? Not that one was coming. So... how does Hillary's metaphor play out? If the recession is the British, are we the american people supposed to be the american people in the metaphor? Because in that case, I would say the recession landed already.

Posted by: Rich in LA | Apr 3, 2008 6:42:56 PM

I am amused to see that BKMC now ends all of his pro Obama posts with "God bless America and God bless Obama." It is an implicit recognition of the very serious problem that Obama will have getting elected in November. He is easily painted as anti-American just by running excerpts from Wright's sermons and the Republicans haven't even gotten rolling yet. It also speaks to the rest of us who are thinking "my preacher, priest, rabbi, minister, never said anything like that let alone five days after 9/11, and I would have left if he or she did". Obama's willingness to listen to the anti-American rhetoric from his church for 20 years makes the rest of us wonder how much he really cares about all of America and no amount of the old Republican trick of "God Bless" is going to change that.

Posted by: lw | Apr 3, 2008 6:48:04 PM

Why is it so bad to think that another 8 years of the Clintons are good for America?
These are facts from PBS and BBC not spread by CNN, ABC, MSNBC, FOX, etc:

By BBC Washington Correspondent Nick Bryant
The largest budget surplus in history, the lowest unemployment rate in more than 40 years, the fastest growth in real wages for more than two decades, and the biggest drop in welfare rolls seen during any administration.

If "It's the economy stupid" was the mantra of his campaign to win the presidency, it has also fast become the stock answer from the White House about what President Clinton's legacy should be.

That he has presided over the longest economic expansion in US history is undeniable. The US entered its 107th consecutive month of growth last February.

Mr Clinton can also point to the fact that while he inherited the biggest federal budget deficit in history, it now shows the largest surplus ever - a huge $230bn.


PLEASE BE FAIR! Mr Obama IS exploiting the race card!
He can't even express a clear thought if it is not written! He needs to read! He’s a Marketed Product, WHO is the Vendor??? WAKE UP!

Posted by: Galadriel | Apr 3, 2008 6:55:19 PM

I think if anyone really looked into what the Clintons have been up to during and after his time in office,people would not vote a Clinton into office again and the republicans know a lot and will bring it up you better believe they will.Not another Clinton in the whitehouse,Remember President Bush had to clean up after the Clinton administration.

Posted by: jojobo1 | Apr 3, 2008 6:58:37 PM

Will Hillary compare herself to Georgette Washington?

Posted by: Next? | Apr 3, 2008 7:01:50 PM

Obama is not exploiting the race card. When you guys look at Obama you do not see a man. YOu see a black man. Obama does not exploit the race card, it is just that when you see him all you see is race. It's engrained in your being so deeply that you do not even realise it. So for you he IS the race card.

That is your own prejudice. Not Obama's or anyone else's

Subtle racism is worse in a way that overt racism because people do not like to accept that it exists.

Posted by: scott | Apr 3, 2008 7:06:32 PM

Wait. I thought she was GI Jane the Bosnian Action Hero.

Now, she is this Paul Revere fellow warning us all about the pending doom.

But Yesterday wasn't she RFK? Romney, I could see, but RFK?

I guess I'm getting a little confused here. Seems like Hillary is a different person everyday.

Posted by: The Commander Guy | Apr 3, 2008 7:10:51 PM

"Senator Obama has been very timid and very unenthusiastic with doing anything with the economy."

Interesting words from someone whose campaign is in debt. Before Senator Clinton starts putting out more commercials about how she's ready to handle financial crises at 3am, she should start taking care of the financial crisis right in front of her -- the one no doubt faced by her unpaid vendors, who have worked hard for the money Hillary refuses to pay them. Don't be timid about whipping out that checkbook, Senator Clinton.

Posted by: greenpaz | Apr 3, 2008 7:13:12 PM

One word that hurts the most folks.

Sniper!

She lost it with one word. She said it, not some rev. guy in Chicago not running for anything. There is no way on earth Hillary Liar Clinton gets elected. Obama will expose how silly McCain is especially during the debates. Obama is the man. We need all Dems to vote for the Dem to win the supreme court people. come on.

Posted by: kevin | Apr 3, 2008 7:15:59 PM

Here's another article that doesn't give the full facts. George went on to state he also heard from sources knowing the conversation between Bill Clinton and Richardson, that it was Richardson who said to Bill Clinton that Obama couldn't win. So who do you believe? I think Richardson thinks Obama is ahead, so he is going with who HE thinks will be the winner, thereby dissing the Clintons.

Posted by: Bon53 | Apr 3, 2008 7:16:03 PM

"Interesting words from someone whose campaign is in debt."

Ya Good point. If she ran her campaign into the ground, what does that say about how she'd manage the economy. I sure don't feel good about it.

Posted by: The Commander Guy | Apr 3, 2008 7:18:49 PM

I would still like to know why Hillary supporters think she can run this country when she can't even run her own campaign. And Obama has run a flawless campaign

Posted by: lisa | Apr 3, 2008 7:23:42 PM

Reps just simply play experience and race cards enough to crash Obama...

Just answer the simple question: how can American people afford to have a person with ZERO experiences to lead the most powerful countty in the world??

He will have no respect from international community...

People will laugh that American just elect another Bush but Dems' version in W.H....

Do you think you truly earn what he has right based on his experiences and capability?

No, it is just simply some ones (so called his advisers) - another part of power-hunger politicans behind the scene put him into this position and try to grasp power thru...

Do you think he is a true leader? How about his records from his home town? How much accomplishment has he done to his fellow citizen, how much change has he made to his state??

Now he claimed himself as once lifetime leader or was claimed.. based on what?? --- his experience from his church, where he was trained how to inspire people and how to speack the words you like....

Posted by: True Truth | Apr 3, 2008 7:33:06 PM

twinmom48:You're free to think whatever you want. But that doesn't make it so. Perhaps this is the case for you, though I know nothing about your race, sexual orientation, or social class. But it's not the case for all of us.

And this has absolutely nothing to do with Wright. Stop clouding the issue by bringing it up and let's just face reality. It doesn't make you a bad person if the country in which you live isn't generally fair and decent. But let's start working on making it better rather than getting caught up in constant distractions.

Posted by: peter | Apr 3, 2008 7:43:30 PM

Liar OR omit the facts, it's multiple choice Hillary, but please don't do both!

Posted by: Sophie | Apr 3, 2008 7:49:25 PM

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