War of words rages between Obama and Clinton
The war of words between Clinton and Obama is heating up with Hillary hysterically accusing Obama of using TV ads to misrepresent her position. This is rich coming from the woman who has spent the last week pretending to be outraged over Obama's "bitter" remarks when she knows exactly what he meant when he made those remarks.
And, in this clip on the Guardian website, she says "that's not what Democrats do, that's what Republicans do". It's a bit much to have Hillary, who recently showed what she actually thinks of the Democratic base of the party, give lectures on how Democrats should behave.
Obama has said that Hillary has adopted a "slash and burn" strategy in the knowledge that she is no longer able to win, which is something many of us have been saying since March 5th when Hillary won Ohio and Texas but by such a small margin that she could no longer catch Obama in the delegate count.
There's nothing rushed about the judgement. It's been clear for a very long time that Hillary can't win and that all she is doing by prolonging this is damaging the presumptive nominee.The latest opinion poll, published yesterday by the McClatchy newspaper group, put Clinton on 48% to Obama's 43%, with 8% undecided. She needs to win by a margin of 10% or more to head off calls to quit the race.
Geoff Garin, the head of the Clinton campaign team, told MSNBC's Meet the Press yesterday that she intended to stay in the race after Pennsylvania. Resisting pressure from Democratic leaders to end the contest, Garin said: "There is no need to make a rush judgment."
What's obscene is that Obama is having to spend all this money fighting a candidate who can't win, when the money could be better spent fighting the Republican nominee John McCain.David Axelrod, Obama's campaign strategist, acknowledged that Clinton had a right to remain in the race, even though her defeat was inevitable. But he denounced her "kitchen-sink" strategy of throwing everything at Obama, which could damage the party's chances in November against the Republicans.
Obama, who will have spent $9.3m on television advertising in Pennsylvania, a record for a primary, put out two fresh ads at the weekend, one attacking Clinton's healthcare policy. Bill Clinton, also on the campaign trail, described the ad as "bull", while the Clinton-supporting governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell, said ad spending by Obama was "almost obscene".
And it says something about the state of her chances when the best her supporters can come up with is a plan to light a candle and send her your positive energy at 9pm EST. Is this a bloody joke? Who are these people?
Pathetic doesn't even begin to sum that up....
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