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Carville: 'Of Course' Clinton is Staying in Race
May 07, 2008 9:14 AM
ABC News' Mike Elmore Reports: Appearing on CNN’s "American Morning" on Wednesday, Democratic Strategist and Clinton supporter James Carville vowed that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., would stay in the race amidst increasing pressure from party members for her to bow out. "If she wins Oregon, we will have won 6 out of the last 7 primaries," said Carville. (It would actually be 5 out of the last 7 -- with Obama winning Mississippi and North Carolina.)
"Let's see what happens to the popular vote in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Puerto Rico," he added.
In the run-up to Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries, Carville told Newsweek Clinton "has to do better than a tie." "She’s got to shock the system," he said.
Today, Carville told a different story: "She was an underdog, she is an underdog. She won Indiana. The tie allows this thing to go on. It will be an interesting race."
"Why would she get out of the race? Of course she's going to stay in the race," said Carville. "I'm a sports fan, and no one ever ends a game before it’s over," he added.
May 7, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (43)
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You never know what else we might learn about Obama. Strange how no one is stating that Obama is electable, only that he is ahead (yet he cannot win the nomination either without a Convention vote)
Posted by: geevill | May 7, 2008 9:22:19 AM
Hills is in it to the BITTER end so says Mary Matalin's husband.
I guess this makes sense because Hillary seems to be in the race for Hillary and Bill's cronies.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 7, 2008 9:23:37 AM
Clinton had a chance last night in her "victory" speech to heal the party and save the Clinton's legacy.
I am very disappointed in Clinton and I think the American people are disappointed.
What we witnessed last night was the death of the old politics of pander, deception and divisiveness in the Democratic party. A sad spectacle of the end of the hypocritical politics that has controlled the Democratic party for decades.
Next stop McCain and the Republican party.
Posted by: Deward Bowles | May 7, 2008 9:25:35 AM
The black racism in the North Carolina win cannot triumph over the nomination process. The Indiana win of a mere 9 counties by Obama out of more than 100 counties cannot triumph over the nomination process. Florida and Michigan must be counted; the remaining states must vote; and the superdelegates must use their independent judgment to select the best qualified candidate for the presidency and that is Hillary Clinton. The fight for the future of America continues.
Posted by: crat3 | May 7, 2008 9:27:28 AM
The game is over Carville! She was down by 6 points in the final seconds of the 4th quarter and needed to hit two big 3-pointers to go into overtime. She only hit one.
Posted by: Blake | May 7, 2008 9:30:15 AM
Stanley
An Obama - McCain match up in the GE is fine with me.
I know Hillary's Dead Enders were hoping for a Willard Ronmey - Hillary match up. This woulda been miserable to endure. Mittens and Hillary are about the same style of Politician
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 7, 2008 9:30:40 AM
Nothing makes me happier than to finally see Hillary supporters eat crow. We said months ago that it was over, Obama was and is the nominee. She selfishly dragged this out to the party's detriment, and she doesn't care. She's all about herself, not about you. Hoodwinked in 2000 and 2004, you're lining up to be hoodwinked again. The woman is a phony, from her crocodile-tears talking about the day MLK died while she had to look down to read every line of her so-called from the heart speech, to her tobacco-chewing pick-up riding beer guzzling ridiculous performances in PA and NC. I even heard her speaking in NC the other day with a southern accent. Where did that come from, Scranton? She says she'll support Obama in the fall -- don't hold your breath. She'll undermine him so she can run in 2012, and she's got the backroom crooks in her pocket to do it. Oh well, maybe the media will finally wake up to the Paul v. Clinton court case (the biggest case of campaign fraud ever), or to the secretive "family" of right-wing power mongers she prays for victory with.
Posted by: rose | May 7, 2008 9:30:52 AM
If Obama's pastor news had broken in Jan, do you guys think he could have won Iowa & Wisconsin? If you do then you are in some dream land.
Posted by: Tom | May 7, 2008 9:32:56 AM
51-49=100 Hillary win in Indiana
56-42=98 Obama win in NC ...where is the other 2 percent hmm...
anyway the Obama bandwagon is leaving.........jump on Hillary there is plenty of room for you.
Great speech Obama, shows class & humility
Posted by: jAYjAY | May 7, 2008 9:35:37 AM
Carville is like the energizer bunny.
Hopping up and down banging his drum; running in pointless circles trying to make a noise.
Like the bunny, his sole raison d'etre is our amusement. The ultimate embodiment of a Clinton 'psychofant'.
Posted by: CT | May 7, 2008 9:36:23 AM
Tom
Hillary Lost because she was out worked and out smarted.
Posted by: The Commander Guy | May 7, 2008 9:37:28 AM
Thank God she is staying in and nothing can take away from what Bill Clinton did for this country Hillary can stay in if it was good enough for Kennedy than it should be good enough for a female who has won most of the party base any one who doesn't like it maybe should go on vacation until
sept. And I hope MSM A## is draging they want it to end now so everyone can have a break to damm bad.
Posted by: Bishop | May 7, 2008 9:39:09 AM
She will continue in order to get back her money (6.4 Million) she loaned to her campaign last month.
Posted by: Peace | May 7, 2008 9:40:30 AM
I wonder what part of West Virginia,
Kentucky and Puerto Rico Hillary will
call home.
I don't know, maybe her Grandfather had Kentucky bluegrass on his lawn in Scranton,pa; rooted for the West Virginia mountaineers while drinking Puerto Rican rum.
Posted by: Tyrone_blue | May 7, 2008 9:41:00 AM
James Carville needs to look at the numbers! Monday night quarterbacking and trying to save face. Maybe, the Clintons will dip into their personal fortune and try to continue a lost race?
Scoreboard:
Obama's state wins 32 lost 15, Delegate count 1843 +/-, Negatives are way down, Better nominee
Clinton's state wins 16 lost 31,
Delegate count 1679 +/-, Negatives way up. Not a good nominee.
Fund Raising Obama beats Clinton or McCain Expediently.
Registering new voters Obama beats Clinton or McCain.
Bring the country together Obama beats Clinton or McCain.
Overall, Obama beats Clinton or McCain.
Race against McCain, Obama better nominee.
Obama all the way!
Posted by: Lookup | May 7, 2008 9:41:58 AM
Clinton should stay in and make the superdelegates give Obama the nomination. Funny how the media is making a big deal of 23% GOP voters not voting for McCain compared with the vote against Obama the certain nominee.
Posted by: geevill | May 7, 2008 9:43:47 AM
Now we know, if there was any doubt, where the HRC camp got their "moving the goalposts" strategy.
Two bits from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" come to mind: the one where the wagon comes around to pick up bodies and some guy who's not quite dead is carried out, over his fruitless protests; and the scene with the Black Knight, who keeps taunting his opponent even though both arms and legs have been hacked off.
Pack your bags, James. The party's over.
Posted by: jac13 | May 7, 2008 9:48:20 AM
She is broke, she can't go on the money will stop comming in now, she has nothing to gain. She has to get her mind around the fact that she can not win. It may take a few days, weeks, but it will happen.
The press knows it now, even here on ABC, It is over.
Obama08
Posted by: Thinking | May 7, 2008 9:51:43 AM
The facts:
Neither Obama nor Clinton will have the necessary number of pledged delegates to win. Hillary won both Michigan and Florida - no doubt about it. The delegates are not being counted but the votes are there.Obama is a blatant manipulator, megalomaniac and chronic liar, fundamentally interested in himself. On top of his poor judgement he is a man without any executive experience. So Wright introduced him to Jesus. What a joke!
Posted by: Luis | May 7, 2008 9:55:23 AM
The facts:
Neither Obama nor Clinton will have the necessary number of pledged delegates to win. Hillary won both Michigan and Florida - no doubt about it. The delegates are not being counted but the votes are there.Obama is a blatant manipulator, megalomaniac and chronic liar, fundamentally interested in himself. On top of his poor judgement he is a man without any executive experience. So Wright introduced him to Jesus. What a joke!
Posted by: Luis | May 7, 2008 9:56:18 AM
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