Man, is that woman tough!
There was Obama, outspending her by a margin of three to one - perhaps close to four to one.
There was Howard Dean, trying to stampede the superdelegates into a decision before all the primaries were over.
There were the swooning classes, cheerfully ignoring all facts showing that Obama could not defeat John McCain.
And yet she fought on, winning a major, and pivotal victory in Pennsylvania, trouncing Obama by a whopping 55% to 45%:
"The primaries, unfortunately, are not going to get any easier for Obama. While he should win easily in North Carolina, where he benefits from a large African-American vote and support in the state's college communities, he is going to have trouble in Indiana, Kentucky, and West Virginia, where he will once again be faced by a large white working class vote. He can still win the nomination and lose these primaries. Pennsylvania was the last big delegate prize. But if Obama doesn't find a way now to speak to these voters, he is going to have trouble winning that large swath of states from Pennsylvania through Missouri in which a Democrat must do well to gain the presidency. That remains Obama challenge in the month to come."
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=ec466d61-a900-414c-8daf-16ff27ccf85c
And how did she do it? By winning in all major categories of the vote:
"Demographics may be destiny in the Democratic presidential race -- and almost nothing else matters. Despite the overwrought controversies swirling around visits to Bosnia and bitter blue-collar voters, despite one of the most plug-ugly debates in recent history, despite a late-breaking onslaught of negative ads, virtually every subcategory of the Democratic electorate performed in expected fashion. Clinton built her victory around women (57 percent in the exit polls), voters over 40 (her percentage rises in near lockstep fashion based on age), Pennsylvanians without a college degree (58 percent) and white Catholics (71 percent). Once again, Obama's strength was among black voters (89 percent), the affluent (handily winning among families earning over $150,000 a year) and voters under 30 (61 percent)."
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/04/23/pennsylvania/
Last night we saw Clinton's rise to becoming the nominee of the Democratic Party.
If she fights this way in November, America will wake up in November to the first woman president.
What a hope and beacon for women everywhere!
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
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Meh, I still doubt it. At the very least Clinton would have to have Obama as Vice President, because to win she'll still need to overturn the will of the voters. North Carolina is now the biggest prize left with S.Dakota, Montana, and Oregon favouring Obama as well.
Clinton may poll better against McCain in certain states, but that may not matter if half of the Democratic party, especially a lot of its establishment infrastructure feel cheated.
I believe Obama will have to personally implode for Clinton to win.
obama has personaly imploded, that was the point of last night, I think the point for the dem. is nominate a black man to proove they are not racist and have a feel good moment,loose the presidency, or dumb him and win the white house.... the women vote will be so pissed that still the men dont want a woman, that they will switch their votes... hussein obama should of never got into the race, not enough experience, and he should of been smart enough to realize if he took it away from the ladies, he would loose their votes...but, the guy is as stupid as bush...soooo
Globe & Mail said that she was outspent 2 to 1. Where are you getting the 3 to 1 number?
She is truly an inspiration. A legendary political warrior the likes of which I have never seen. A couple of months ago, she had no money, no organization, no one had ever heard of her. No one gave her the slightest chance at this thing. Boy have the so-called experts been proven wrong! Her meteoric rise from obscurity should be considered a wake-up call for the little guy everywhere. Suddenly I'm believing that I could be the next prime minister!
Or something like that.
Plus she doesn't have the support of any of those swooners. Man - I hate those guys! Never been to a NASCAR race in their lives and they think they know anything about America! What a joke.
Pennsylvania was all about the superdelegates. Clinton's convincing thrashing of Obama in no many key demographics, gives her allies good ammunition to argue to these delegates that Clinton could win, while Obama would not.
As both Obama and Clinton need a big whack of superdelegates in order to win the nomination, last night was deadly for Obama.
Despite herself, this lady might still pull it off!
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