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Bill Clinton: Hillary Can Still Win
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ABC News' Sarah Amos Reports: Bill Clinton insists Hillary can still win the Democratic nomination.
"Don't believe all this stuff you read in the press, she can still win this thing if you vote for her big enough," Clinton told a cheering crowd of over 500 packed into the City Hall gym in Phillippi, West Virginia.
"We are gonna have to resolve Michigan and Florida and when we do she can win the popular vote," Clinton said, quickly adding, "all this raining on her parade is designed to discourage people from voting here. Because it is important not just that she win, but that she win with a large number of the registered voters going to the polls. So the most important thing you can do, is to do that."
Clinton said he was proud of her narrow win in Indiana but also had praise for her loss in North Carolina.
"She started out about 22 or 23 points behind in North Carolina, she started out 8 or 10 points behind in Indiana. It was the first state that borders Illinois and the first state that she has come from behind to win, and she did it being outspent 4 to 1. I think that is pretty good don't you?" Clinton asked.
The former President explained much of Senator Clinton's large loss in North Carolina as a result of early voting.
"All the parts of North Carolina that look like West Virginia she won like a house on fire. And she did pretty well in other places. What happened is, a fourth of the people voted in advance and she lost that vote 2 to 1 'cause we weren't there and she didn't have the money. But when she got there, the actual election day vote, from the best I can calculate it, was about seven percent which, given the Democratic break-up, make-up of North Carolina, is a huge, huge showing," asserted Clinton.
Clinton, nicknamed the "Comeback Kid" in his successful 1992 primary and general election campaign has never been known for giving up -- or liking to lose.
Making five stops in West Virginia Thursday -- more events than Sens. Clinton, D-N.Y., Barack Obama, D-Ill., and presumptive Republican nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. combined -- it is clear he views this campaign as being far from over.
The Clinton plan seems to be anchored on an overwhelming win in West Virginia, which could help convince superdelegates that Sen. Clinton is still the best choice for a Democratic nominee.
"It is all riding on you. Don't you be discouraged. You gotta have a big, big, big vote in West Virginia," Clinton said. "Don't let anybody tell you it doesn't matter, I'm not gonna go vote. It does matter. Aren't you glad that this thing got all the way to the end and you matter? You have been given a massive opportunity."
"She won't quit on you," Clinton implored on behalf of his wife, "So don't you quit on her."
At Clinton's second event in Sutton, he not only trumpeted Hillary's win in Indiana, but pointed out that Obama had earlier deemed the state to be a tie-breaker.
"In Indiana she came roaring from behind, in the first state that borders Illinois, was out-spent 4 to1, 4 to 1, and won anyways, because of people like you and places like this," Clinton told a crowd that had gathered in a local barn to hear him speak.
Clinton has become Hillary's champion of rural American during the course of this campaign, and today he is making that point abundantly clear. Stressing numerous times that it is "people like you and place like this" that have kept his wife in the race, Clinton told the crowd in Sutton of the need to unify rural and urban America.
"You know there has been a lot of talk in this election about the need to unify America across the lines of race and age and gender. And I agree with all of that. But we need to unify America in another way. We need to unify town and country - suburbs and rural areas. Cities and the rest of America. We can't have all the prosperity going to just a few," said Clinton, as the crowd loudly applauded.
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Hillary should run as an independent if she is defeated.
we would then see who comes out ahead.
Posted by: mark | May 8, 2008 12:50:23 PM
Bill,
Did it ever occur to you that they might NOT want to vote for her?
For that matter, did you ever consider that Senator Obama might want Nancy Pelosi as a Vice President??
Posted by: DAVID NH | May 8, 2008 12:52:20 PM
The more I read about the things Bill Clinton is saying, the more I am convinced he is forgetting to take his meds....
Posted by: Bud | May 8, 2008 12:52:38 PM
The only way she wins is by burning her own house down at convention
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 8, 2008 12:52:41 PM
One day after talking about uniting the party does Hillary launch into another attack that Obama can't win the white vote. What a uniter Hillary is.
Posted by: David Jones | May 8, 2008 12:56:16 PM
One day after talking about uniting the party does Hillary launch into another attack that Obama can't win the white vote. What a uniter Hillary is.
Posted by: David Jones | May 8, 2008 12:56:25 PM
Hillary can win as an independent.
Lieberman did it and won his senate
seat again.
DNC DONE WRONG TO HILLARY.
As an independent 3-way race she will win
the elections in november.
Posted by: Nicholas | May 8, 2008 12:58:27 PM
Bill needs to tell Hill that she needs to stop dividing the party by race. It may help them to play white dems against black dems...but it doesn't help America.
Oh yeah I forgot this isn't about America.
Posted by: dl | May 8, 2008 1:00:05 PM
dl
It is about Hillary, always has, always will be.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 8, 2008 1:01:47 PM
For Christ sake he is her husband.
What do you expect him to say, after all its his money too that was loaned to Hillary's campaign. If you were Bill would you say anything else? Don't forget she has testicular fortitude, whatever that is, sounds dangerous anyway. The fat lady is on stage and clearing her throat!
Sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees.
Posted by: jld1959 | May 8, 2008 1:02:37 PM
@nat:
What the education system failed at was instilling the American spirit into its youth such as yourself. Americans don't quit.
It ain't over yet, kid.
Posted by: len | May 8, 2008 1:03:07 PM
Yes, I totally agree with Bill!! All the way to the convention!! The Obamabots, in the meantime, can keep spewing their venom AND thus keep alienating us, the Hillary supporters.. If their candidate should get the nomination, they would need us AND I predict there would be thousands of "let's unite", "let's heal" etc posts...
Posted by: DMK | May 8, 2008 1:03:57 PM
Run Independent Hillary. You have my vote.
Posted by: Mack | May 8, 2008 1:05:42 PM
As a strong Obama supporter I want to let all Democrats who have supported Hillary that we all want the same thing. Let's remember that on Policy we can all agree that Obama and Hilalry are virtually identical. Now that Obama is way ahead, let's all hope there are no more Dem on Dem attacks and we all support the Democratic nominee as soon it's decided.
Posted by: Jaybo | May 8, 2008 1:07:34 PM
Man, Bill's lost it too. Run as an independant? She won't win there either she can say he doesn't get the white vote but if she does that she'll only get women to vote for her and you really can't win if you only have women voting for you.
Posted by: Joe | May 8, 2008 1:09:05 PM
Bill Clinton tells crowds that Hillary was outspent 4 to 1 in Indiana. Well, by the Clinton campaign estimates, Obama spent 5.6 million in Indiana, and Hillary spent 3.2. As a Rhodes scholar, I would expect Bill Clinton to be better at math. It aggravates me that he can lie so easily.
Posted by: Jon in MD | May 8, 2008 1:09:12 PM
Run as an Independent and you'll win Hillary ... hands down! I don't support you BUT you'd win! End of story!
Posted by: JR | May 8, 2008 1:09:44 PM
I don't think Hillary would be a good choice for VP. I think that Bill Richardson, Jim Webb, or Wesley Clark makes more sense in preparing to go against mc-more-war. With one of these 3 it will be a Landslide for Obama in the fall. Obama 2008!
Posted by: pt | May 8, 2008 1:10:57 PM
Hill the Bosnian General has lost, the primaries are over, FL and MI cannot be counted at all or only if it is 50% of delegates and popular vote for each candidate. The second point is simply that Hill does not want to go back to the senate and is dreaming again about the vice-presidency to be offered to her by Obama. But she has to understand that that will ruin Obama's chances to unite the country. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08.
Posted by: BKMC | May 8, 2008 1:14:01 PM
Sorry Bill Clinton, this will end sooner, the USA TODAY, CNN and AP have a story where Hillary used the racial card today, a sad day in our country when she went that route, so much for VP.
Posted by: Hal | May 8, 2008 1:14:03 PM
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