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Clinton Says Elections Can Turn in a Day
May 07, 2008 8:40 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper reports: Sen. Hillary Clinton provided some insight on how she views the current state of the Democratic primaries at a Washington fundraiser tonight.
For starters, Clinton, D-N.Y., said she’s not going anywhere.
“I am in this race. I am staying in this race,” Clinton said at the fundraiser focused on women and families.
Clinton cited her experience in the New Hampshire primary in January as an example of the way the election could turn in her favor.
“I came to New Hampshire on a Thursday night down nine points and I won on Tuesday," she said. "You can turn elections in a day.”
The senator from New York has maintained a cool demeanor since her loss in North Carolina Tuesday and close victory in Indiana. She came prepared with a message for members of the party who were nervous about the current state of affairs.
“I understand that some people are getting a little nervous," she said. "And I have to say that there really is no cause for nervousness -- because we will have a unified Democratic Party.”
Clinton spoke about the historic nature of a woman running for a president as another reason to soldier on.
“Too many people have fought too hard to see a woman in this race," she said. "This is a history-making race and I want everybody to understand that. There is no cause for alarm. Sometimes you’ve got to calm people down a little bit.”
Clinton said she saw the matter of counting votes cast in Florida and Michigan's disputed early primaries as a “civil rights” issue. Currently, the Democratic Party is not counting those votes because the states defied the party in setting the primary dates. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., the current Democratic frontrunner, was not even on the ballot in Michigan.
“I will be sending a letter to Sen. Obama and [Democratic National Committee] Chairman [Howard] Dean expressing my strong belief that this issue about the voters in Florida and Michigan is a civil rights issue,” Clinton said. “And we need to stand up and say the Democratic Party is smart enough to figure out how make sure we don’t disenfranchise two states we have to win.”
Clinton took what likely were subtle swipes at Obama, saying, “I’ve been around too long. I know it’s not enough just to believe in a person. You have to believe in a cause.”
She added, “Being president is not like making a speech. Being president is one of the most challenging-- In fact, I would say it’s the toughest job in the world.”
Clinton thanked the women who have helped her tip the scales in past elections.
“When I was counted out in New Hampshire, it was the women in New Hampshire who came back and said, 'No, she is not finished yet,'" Clinton said. "When I was counted out before Super Tuesday, it was women from California to Massachusetts who came and said, 'No, we’re not finished.' When I was counted out before Ohio, before Indiana, we have always come back. And it's not so much about my comeback it is about our comeback. And more importantly, it is about America’s comeback.”
Clinton’s daughter Chelsea took questions from the crowd before her mother took the stage. When asked if there was going to be a White House wedding, Chelsea said that many things would have to happen before that, but finally said, “I cant really see past next Tuesday in West Virginia.”
Hillary Clinton raised $1 million at the fundraiser. She has more events scheduled in West Virginia, South Dakota and Oregon Thursday, continuing her campaign with no break at all.
May 7, 2008 in Bush, George W. | Permalink | User Comments (137)
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Perhaps something we don't know about Obama can become known prior to the covention. Besides it is latte liberals who are weak spineless quitters. Obama quit debating like the sissy he is.
Posted by: geevill | May 7, 2008 9:18:06 PM
will-
When was the last time you saw Hillary wear the flag-pin, because in all the debates, campaign stumps, news apprearance, I have NEVER seen her wearing one!
Posted by: stacy | May 7, 2008 9:18:24 PM
THE BLACKS,THE ACTIVISTS AND THE ULTRA LEFT WING LIBERALS,DESTROYING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
OBAMA IS UNELECTABLE IN G.E.
HILLARY NEEDS TO LEAVE THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY AND RUN AS AN INDEPENDENT WITH
BLOOMBERG AS VP.
NEW ABC POLL:70% OF HILLARY'S SUPPORTERS
IN INDIANA WILL NOT VOTE FOR HUSSEIN
OBAMA IN G.E.
I WILL VOTE FOR JOHN McCAIN IN G.E.
....THE END OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
AS WE KNOW IT.
Posted by: Nicholas | May 7, 2008 9:18:40 PM
I can't figure where anyone says Clinton came from behind in IN. She was leading by about 8% the first of March and kept the lead until the last week in April and regained it the first week of May. Real Clear Politics.
Posted by: Thinking | May 7, 2008 9:20:46 PM
zhengli, Hillary did not come from behind in Indiana. It's just the opposite. The whole country knows the Clintons. That's why she was considered the front runner early on.
Posted by: lisa | May 7, 2008 9:22:23 PM
pretty well said nicholas.. after ALL of this chaos, you made the biggest blunder of all that your party could have done... go with barack obama, the MOST liberal man in the senatee to try to win the white house??!! i mean im ecstatic thats the situation, but as a party, how the hell did you end up with this guy?! it just shows where your politics have finally gottn you after all these years.. the beginning of socialism.
Posted by: tim | May 7, 2008 9:23:35 PM
Hillary supporter... YOU ARE A BUNCH OF HYPOCRITES... You don't support her. If you did, she would be BROKE. How many of you have donated to her campaign?
Are you doing anything for her. Or all of you just lazy crabby Obama haters.
Posted by: Omentum | May 7, 2008 9:28:07 PM
No it is not "white working class" I am "white working class". It has everything to do with where in the country one lives. Some areas are more progressive then others.
Obama08
Posted by: Thinking | May 7, 2008 9:28:45 PM
She's done...
Posted by: blog | May 7, 2008 9:31:39 PM
OMENTUM...
im a conservative. i think BOTH of these canidates are a waste of skin. AND i am not playing for either team... i am stating the truth as a person with
no agenda. i will vote for mccain because i am a conservative, not because i like him. im not like most democrats and leftists who plaster bumper stickers on their cars, try to go and get all the young, clueless voters they can get to the polls, or treat him like the messiah. or like he is going to " change " the country and the world. i dont play that game. im picking him because he is the closest thing to a conservative there is left. if barack was a conservative, i would vote for him. im not playing the race card. i am simply saying that obama, at the beginning of all this, had a god like quality with the dems. he couldnt say ANYTHING wrong. as time went on, america found out more about him and his history,(very distubing by the way) but by that point alot of damage was done to hillaryand he had a big lead, and continued to hang onto that lead. let me make two points: if your party and parties state officials didnt make the BIGGEST VOTER MISTAKE/ FRAUD IN MODERN AMERICAN HISTORY, she would have gotten the nomination. if michigan and florida counted, he loses. plain and simple. now, that being said , at this point hillary isnt very far behind. just so happens neither can get the needed delegates. even though the tides have turned from obama and most americans know he has a VERY SKETCHY PAST, and inexperienced there is too much invested in him. he went too far for the supers to say, we cant give it to him. thats all im saying. but what if there is even more chaos to come?? what if they DO something about MI. and FL. ???!! then what?!
Posted by: tim | May 7, 2008 9:40:03 PM
@s. valenti: (from way up in the beginning) The answer to your question is Romney. He could have bloodied up McCain much more had he stayed in the race.
Posted by: MIguy | May 7, 2008 9:42:48 PM
50% of voters think that OBAMA's connection with Rev Wright matters in their votes. 20 years of audacity and hope with a hateful cult is impossible to dissolve by words of denouncement reluctantly displayed in an election.
Out of that 70% breaks for Hillary explicitly. 30% may choose to sit out.
Now if we try to add (0.5*.7) = 0.35 of the votes, Hillary will get 35% of votes before Rev Wright's issue was exposed. That is very substantial.
I didn't even count the votes that OBAMA lost because of the issue. Hillary is sitting on a very comfortable cushion when the general election begins. If you add up the votes that he lost from rural American. It must raise lots of eyebrows.
OBAMA would have lost a significant amount of votes. Of course you can count on that OBAMA will still get his 92% of black votes.
Heaven only knows how many Rev. Wright that OBAMA has in his oblivion.
We want a winner; not a scratch or gutter ball candidate who have been trying to dig in a default winning of nomination.
His suggestion of splitting the delegates of Michigan and Florida is outrageous. The whole Obama fans have been trying to set up the tune for Hillary to drop out that we should do it for the party. It sounds like communist party rather than for democracy.
He is not a believer of democracy but an empty suit who tries to steal presidency. Washington is not a rookie camp and this country has the massive destructive weapon in stock.
Are we going to hand this to a questionable candidate?
Posted by: John_Lai | May 7, 2008 9:44:50 PM
I say, "Let the process continue!" Those who try to use a stopwatch before the race is finished must not like the process. Change this stupid process! Let the rest of the people vote! Hillary does not have enough delegates, and Obama does not have enough delegates. He needs extra time to prepare for McCain? Why? We should have already heard and seen why he is better than McCain. He is not! We can readily see that Hillary is better than McCain.
Spin all you want. Regardless, until the process is finished, for me it is:
VOTE FOR MAMA, NOT OBAMA!
Posted by: georgia | May 7, 2008 9:46:06 PM
As the annointed nominee Obama will sweep the remaining primaries right? I mean 23% did not vote for McCain on the GOP side yesterday and it was big news on Drudge.
Posted by: geevill | May 7, 2008 9:48:21 PM
Sorry,
I forget to take off two states for OBAMA. In a winner-take-all election, OBAMA definitely will lose these two states. Hillary has a good chance to catch on these two states.
OBAMA is in terrible shape to start his general election campaign. He is unelectable.
Posted by: John_Lai | May 7, 2008 9:49:08 PM
see, thats the biggest thing i personally dont understand about all of this for you democrats... what is the hurry really??!! put all of the "game" and competition away.. do you NOT know where obama and mccain bothe stand on the issues?! seriously, and your party has SERIOUSLY screwed the voting system already, so whats the hurry?? what do you need to "prepare"??!! the fricking vote isnt till november. think for yourselves and quit making it into a game.
Posted by: tim | May 7, 2008 9:56:17 PM
tim
Yep with that wack talk.. you are a conservative.... congrats to you.... our current president is a conservative also....
question does conservative mean that you are conserving your brain and therfore you let hannity rush and fixed nutwork news tell you what to think. Just curious
Posted by: Omentum | May 7, 2008 9:57:28 PM
Obama is an admitted drug user. He is a pretty effeminate man married to an angry tall wife. Not so far fetched is it.
Posted by: geevill | May 7, 2008 10:07:37 PM
Tony I don't know the answer because I really don't care what religion he was or is. And why should that even matter. Besides you're not voting for him no matter what.
Posted by: lisa | May 7, 2008 10:09:16 PM
geevil you are grasping at straws here. And it's pathetic what you will do to someone's character because you don't want them to be the canidate.
Posted by: lisa | May 7, 2008 10:12:55 PM
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