Clinton lead dwindles ahead of Super Tuesday

[Bonobo]

Source: Guardian UK

Hillary Clinton tried yesterday to bring Barack Obama's aspirational candidacy back to earth, repeatedly accusing him of misleading voters in an attempt to halt his poll momentum ahead of tomorrow's Super Tuesday contest.

With opinion polls showing Obama making significant gains ahead of the contest in 22 states, Clinton tried to undermine Obama's central appeal of being a politician who operated above the fray.

In an appearance on ABC television, she repeatedly accused Obama of being "misleading" or making statements that were "untrue" on issues from diplomacy to healthcare. "I really hope Senator Obama will quit deliberately mis-stating what I have said," she complained.

The two contenders for the Democratic nomination are now in a virtual dead-heat for the party nomination ahead of Super Tuesday. The two are spending $19m (£9.5m) on ads in the final hours of the contest. Obama is advertising in 21 of the 22 states, while Clinton is targeting 19, having apparently given up on Alaska, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. Neither is running television ads in Obama's home state of Illinois.



Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/uselections08/hillaryclinton/story/0,,2251976,00.html

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She is sounding worried. Perhaps it is time to "find her voice again".

[Kahuna]

1. I saw a clip of her "performance" on This Week. She was back to

being smug and disengenuous and it showed.

[jasmine621]

2. Well, she should be worried. The disdain of her own party for the sacrifices

and hard work she has done and her life's work in dedication to public service and women and children is matched only by the disdain that the RW hard core has for McCain. I have never in my life seen a Dem with such forces within their own party smearing and condeming them in my life. She has a lot to be worried about with so much and so many attacks coming against her. I wonder how she made it this far, except that I know her and Bill to be strong fighters, tough, sincere, and with big hearts. Neither deserves what is being thrown at them from fellow Dems. It's worse than the impeachment drama.

[ursi]

3. I often wonder how things would have been for her if she lost Bill Clinton in a divorce

and no one could connect the two today.

[CountAllVotes]

11. I would have divorced Bill Clinton

he is an unfaithful husband. I heard he'd had at least 11 affairs since being married to her. I don't see how the hell she can stand to even look at him IMO.

:puke:

[Fredda Weinberg]

4. The best of all possible scenarios ... now the GOP has to wonder

whom they'll face and we have an airing of issues in some depth. We'll see who prevails ... the tortoise or the hare.

[tavalon]

5. Super delegates will turn it back to Clinton

Source: Me.

And don't think for a moment that I'm a Clinton supporter, I'm not, just a very disillusioned Dem.

[seriousstan]

6. Whoever advised her to use laughter to defuse a question should be fired.

They obviously had never heard her force a laugh. Google "cackle" and Hillary is referenced 3 out of the first 10 links. "Clinton cackle" gets you almost 70,000 links.

[IndieLeft]

7. This is how Clinton distorts and Obama shows better judgment

In the last debate, when she had to follow Obama's answer she would extend on what he said and then embellish more, make her answers longer but there wasn't the same kind of substance as Obama's answer.

She reminded me of John Kerry when she had to answer the Iraq votes (IWR and the Levin amendment). She was playing politician as if people didn't understand her vote. It felt like she thought the average Democrat was stupid and that even if she lied people wouldn't catch it.

This is why I'm for Obama. He laid it out plain and simple in a number of debates. Obama got it right when Clinton and Edwards got it wrong.

Obama was against the war. Clinton and Edwards voted for the war.
Obama was against that bad bankruptcy bill. Clinton & Edwards voted yes.
Obama was against the Kyle/Lieberman amendment. Clinton was for it.
Obama is for transparency. Clinton made many decisions in secret.

Who shows the best judgment? Obama! YES WE CAN!!!!

[anokaflash]

8. "find her voice again"

Actually, at the Stop in Minnesota this afternoon, she was sounding pretty raspy. But the crowd was as enthusiastic as the one the day before for Obama. They both have passionate supporters. And hopefully they will realize that regardless of who gets the nomination, we MUST vote Dem. As bad as things are right now, I would vote for a Ham Sandwich with a D on the lapel. WE MUST WIN!

MN Obama and Clinton pics at http://centrisity.com

Flash
Centrisity.com

[ZinZen]

10. A crowd of 4,000 for Hillary

and 15,000 for Obama is just a little bit of difference.

[NoodleyAppendage]

9. GOOD. We stand a better chance in the general election with Obama.

Clinton does not fair well against McCain in national polling data. That's all I need to know.

J

[leQ]

12. why aren't more people suggesting that we have a clinton/obama ticket? (eom)