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Clinton: 'This is Nowhere Near Over'
May 19, 2008 12:23 PM
ABC News' Eloise Harper Reports: Senator Hillary Clinton, in advance of the possibility that the Obama campaign will declare victory on Tuesday based on an advantage in pledged delegates, told a crowd Monday morning that a Democratic nominee will not be determined by tomorrow.
"This is nowhere near over. None of us is going to have the number of delegates we're going to need to get to the nomination. Although I understand – my opponents and his supporters are going to claim that - and the fact is we have to include Michigan and Florida." Clinton continued, "We cannot claim we have a nominee based on 48 states, particularly two states that are so important for us to win in the fall. So part of our challenge is making sure that we nominate the person most able to win. And I believe that I'm the stronger candidate."
Clinton said later in her speech, "I'm gonna make my case and I'm gonna make it until we have a nominee - but were not going to have one today and we're not going to have one tomorrow and we're not going to have one the next day. And if Kentucky turns out tomorrow, I will be closer to that nomination."
Clinton also added, as she first mentioned Sunday night at a fundraiser in Kentucky, that she has endured this long campaign so that a Democrat could win the presidency. Careful not to say Obama could not win the general election, Clinton implied, as she has in the past, that he is a riskier choice saying, "anybody who is really analyzing this and saying 'OK we did not go through this long campaign to lose in the fall.' We can not afford to have four more years of a Republican president."
Speaking at a high school in Maysville, KY, Clinton supported that argument saying, "the states that I have won total 300 electoral votes. If we had the same rules as the Republicans, I would be the nominee right now. We have different rules so what we've got to figure out is who can win 270 electoral votes. My opponent has won states totaling 217 electoral votes. Now we both have some states that are going to be hard for us to win in the fall like Texas and Oklahoma. But I still have a cushion if you look at all the states that I've won and take out those that may not be in our column come the fall. My opponent has 217 electoral votes including places like Alaska and Idaho and Utah and Kansas and Nebraska. And many of his votes and his delegates come from caucus states which have a relatively low turnout."
Clinton asked for a big turnout tomorrow saying, "if Kentucky votes big tomorrow we are gonna to keep going, and were gonna keep fighting and we are going to keep making our case because you cant win the presidency without winning Kentucky."
May 19, 2008 in Bush, George W., Kucinich, Dennis | Permalink | User Comments (266)
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Clinton speaks the truth. Obama cannot win Alaska, Idaho, Utah, Kansas, Nebraska and other states.
Posted by: geevill | May 19, 2008 12:32:18 PM
Isnt this what she told West Virginia. It's over Hillary time to move on.
Posted by: LOVY | May 19, 2008 12:37:15 PM
Every piece of mail from the DNC is returned by me with a note saying go to shell! I am now an independent.
Every donation they ask for I refer them to OBAMA, where has all their money gone, to him.
I do not support him, I will not fund any Dem except Hillary.
The DNC has lost many members and we will never, ever vote for OBAMA, NEVER!
Posted by: HP Boston | May 19, 2008 12:38:52 PM
Hillary will win big in Kentucky and be competitive in Oregon. Again, Oregon is prime Dem territory, while Kentucky is a pivotal swing state that Dems need to take. Hillary is running strong in electoral vote and popular vote. Dems should carefully weigh all this data.
Posted by: hopesprings52 | May 19, 2008 12:43:35 PM
HP ... I support Hillary too not only because I think she will be a better president... but everybody (especially the press) is shoving this flawed candidate down our throats and I believe its a big mistake... not only for our country but for our party . ... As a lifelong democrat I will never vote for him
Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2008 12:46:04 PM
Hillary Who???
Posted by: Stephen | May 19, 2008 12:49:50 PM
Awesome, Nick!!!!
Great argument! It's the "press" that caused all those people to vote for Obama. It's the "press" that make Hillary run the worst run campaign since Napoleon invaded Russia. It's the fault of the "press" that Obama ran a clean campaign and has an insurmountable delegate lead.
Ohhhh, just OUTSTANDING stuff. You guys running out of straws to grasp at yet? Reality seeping into those Clinton Kool Aid addled minds yet?
Posted by: Texas Voter | May 19, 2008 12:50:58 PM
Time for Hillary to stop throwing stones. She can still have a good career in the senate as long as she doesn't shoot herself in the foot or talk about sniper-fire again. Obama 2008!
Posted by: pt | May 19, 2008 12:51:25 PM
$4-5 dollar gas and come November the heating oil bills start to ramp up. The public is mad and getting madder and you can bet come November they're going to take it out on the party in power - at least perceived power - and that's the Republican White House. The Republicans are finished except for the tire tracks on John McCain's back when the dust settles.
In one of the early debates Hillary made the point about wanting to be in charge of a great beauracracy - I actually thought it was one of the more truthful moments she's served up. I predict Obama will grant her wish and make her Secretary of something like Health and Human Services where she can lord it over "Her Own Private Venezuela". I think she'll be happy...
Posted by: Frank | May 19, 2008 12:54:30 PM
(still laughing)
Posted by: Texas Voter | May 19, 2008 12:55:09 PM
NCdem.... I'm a Philly dem and somethings are more important than patisan politics we vote for a person not an Ideology or perty Obam is green, and a socailist both are bad for a working person with 4 kids ... win or lose he'll never get my vote
Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2008 12:55:15 PM
quitters are losers and losers are quitters! Statistics show that most men will quit before a woman. Women are more likely to stay loyal and continue to fight...it's in our genes...more men will give in and quit.
She's not a quitter-that's the point!
Posted by: lara | May 19, 2008 12:55:16 PM
Oh The Obama stepdord children are at it again .... take an opposing point of view and you are called names....Are there any mature Obama voters that understand that dsicourse is the way our syatem works... or just a bunch of wet behind the ears children
Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2008 12:58:46 PM
I'm not clear on why Hillary thinks New York or California voters would vote like West Virginia voters did in the GE if Barack is the candidate.
It seems more like it's a politician carefully cherry picking the information and presenting partial information in a light which casts her candidacy as superior.
I'm tired of having my intelligence insulted, I wish this was all over. It's been brought home to me that the democratic party voter tent includes some people I'm tired of accepting.
To the older WV voter who said she would never vote for a black man and the older women's rights voters who attack female Obama supporters as misogynists and traitors - we need to move on from these fear/emotion driven ideas and do what is best for the nation.
Posted by: CitizenVoter | May 19, 2008 12:58:53 PM
hey Texas voter... no the press can't get everybody... just enough to put him over the top... and I never said that Hillary ran a great campaign... Obama may very well win the nomination but he definatley is not the best candidate to win in November... if you look at history at -least the last 40 years ... democrats like to elect duds... but in the general everybody votes..
Posted by: Nick | May 19, 2008 1:02:34 PM
BHO will lose in November at a time that no other dems could even possibly lose. He is a phony hypocrite, now that he is cry baby that the GOP cannot criticize his wife. Then, hide the mouth piece behind closed doors if you do not want to expose your true colors.
BHO has framed everything that is remotely linked to the HRC campaign as racist. Now he is crying fault of the GOP for criticizing her wife, who goes around and talks about nonsense (actually their true beliefs).
Posted by: boneheaded, chicago | May 19, 2008 1:04:55 PM
In reality, Obama is definitely the more honest and credible candidate.
That would be truth, to say the least.
Posted by: NCDem | May 19, 2008 1:05:19 PM
Sometimes ignorance of the true facts gets the best of me.
Instead of voting based on my critical thinking skills, I usually vote based on perception.
Voters like myself and others are the true causes of the current leadership of our country.
WE JUST DON'T CRITICALLY THINK THINGS OUT!
Posted by: NCDem | May 19, 2008 1:07:33 PM
NCDem, you need to face reality. In a week or so Hillary will ask all her supporters to back Obama for the good of the country. We can not have a bush-3 term from mc-more-war. Obama is the best person to lead this nation forward. Noone thought he had a chance in the beginning. He has funded his campaign thru ordinary citizens which I think is Fantastic. People realize that he is sincere, hinest, and hard-working. He will bring about real change and will destroy mc-more-war in the fall. Obama 2008!
Posted by: pt | May 19, 2008 1:08:04 PM
Arggggggggggggggggggggggghhh!!!!
Why is this happening to me!!!!
Posted by: NCDem | May 19, 2008 1:09:08 PM
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