Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

philbast — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:58:22 GMT

"So if he's already the frontrunner, if he's had six weeks of unlimited resources to get his message out, shouldn't he be the one expected to win tonight? If not, why not?"

Easy: Demographics. That the HRC campaign would have us substitue spin for facts as answers to really obvious questions is a pretty clear indicator of their desparate position. Too bad Indiana rather then Pennsylvania has to be the fat lady.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

vp of common sense — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:28:17 GMT

Obama has already won. Hillary has bankrupted her campaign trying to keep up with Obama in PA.

I think it is fortunate that she will not be the nominee. She can't manage the fiscal responsibilities of her capaign - why should we trust her with the US economy?

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

anon656 — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:25:36 GMT

By the same logic, a Democratic candidate heavily campaigning in, say, Oklahoma or Kansas, should win against a Republican, no?... The reason Clinton will win PA is simple: favorable demographics... The fact that a young, liberal, half-African American, little-known candidate from IL called Barack Obama has been able to close the gap so much is the more significant story here...

I also agree with vp of common sense: how can we entrust our economy to someone who can't even manage their own campaign finances and currently has about $10 million of unpaid debt related to the campaign, yet feels it's ok to have yet another party at the Ritz tonight...

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

verycold — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 02:29:46 GMT

If Barack was standing in Hillary's shoes, NOBODY, not NOBODY would be asking him to step aside. Instead regardless of the odds, he would be encouraged to continue. This is because of race and gender. I think no matter what Hillary wins by it is a win and frankly Barack can't be very pleased about it . He spent millions to come in 2nd. He should be winning big now over her if voters really wanted him vs Clinton. Democrats have got to know that keeping this fight going is not good for business and yet they cannot embrace Barack. If you recall during the republican primaries it was Huckabee, McCain, Romney back and forth, but when it became obvious who would most likely win short of a meltdown, the voters backed up McCain because fighting within the party is not a good idea.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

John Hirsch — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:41:49 GMT

My coworker has a Russian myspace version. Shes Russian, the website is in Russian language, yet she was surprised one day that Barack Hussain's photo was posted on her page, claiming to be her friend.

This is how the Barack Hussain's got the youth to like him. Not on issues about their future but just because they saw barack HUSSAIN's face on their myspace page. WHICH IS REALLY ODD!!! WHY WOULD A 49 YEAR OLD MAN would want to be a friend to an 18 year old. SOUNDS CREEPY TO ME.

ANd he brags that he is not politician. OH YES YOU ARE, youre not holding babies but youre swooning on babies. YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED of yourself HUSSAIN.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

John Hirsch — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 03:45:43 GMT

TO ANON656, Obviously youre mind is a little slow. Favorable demographics equals to "people who like the candidate". That means there are more people who likes CLINTON despite her being broke. Now youre whining about people who like CLINTON? Whats wrong, you feel bad that your candidate does not have favorable demographics? LOL. GO back to school.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

j1ggy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:00:20 GMT

The Obama camp sounds like a team that just lost a regular season game before the playoffs citing lessons learned as they move forward. Don't get in the fight if you don't expect to win. If you do, then your just going through the motions. Certainly, there had to be a strategy to win some of the big states. The numbers are skewed toward Obama when you leave out Michigan and Florida which are huge players in the general election. If there is no clear winner from delegates and superdelegates come June what do you do with Michigan and Florida. If I were in the Clinton camp I would be playing for no winner come June through the delegate and superdelegate process forcing Michigan and Florida front and center. This is politics at its best. Rock on Democratic Primaries.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

j1ggy — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:18:08 GMT

Obama states, ""It's easy to get caught up in the distractions and the silliness and the tit-for-tat that consumes our politics, the bickering that none of us are entirely immune to, and it trivializes the profound issues: two wars, an economy in recession, a planet in peril, issues that confront our nation. That kind of politics is not why we are here tonight. It's not why I'm here, and it's not why you're here."

Obama took the bait and fished in the pool of negativity. His campagin with his leadership got caught up in the emotion and demonstrated a likely response. No matter how strategic a person's emotions can lead to flawed judgement and actions. This may be a sign of how Obama might react on the global stage...wonder if the global politics can push his button as easy as the Clinton campagin which the Obama campaign should completely understand as the Clinton's operate out of politics 101.

re: Clinton Plays the Expectations Game

austin c — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:03:13 GMT

The author, like others in the media appears to be tougher on sen. Clinton than on sen. Obama. The author did not mention that sen. Obama 's campaign has spent 12 million dollars in PA, three times more than sen. Clinton. Again he lost by wide margin, like in OH in which he outspent sen. Clinton by 3-4 to one. In the end of the article, the author asked " if he's had six weeks of unlimited resources to get his message out, shouldn't he be the one expected to win tonight? If not, why not?" The result of PA primary shown that sen. Obama lost 80-90 % of the counties in PA, he also lost in Pittsburgh. This is an indication that sen. Obama can not win small-town America and the general election in November, like his supporter sen. John Kerry and governor Dukaikus.