Joel Connelly (Seattle P-I) - Have Clintons Worn Out Welcome?

[FlyingSquirrel]

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/connelly/350570_joel08.html

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As the Clinton restoration faces a key test here Saturday, however, the urgent message from local organizers this week was blunt: We want Hill; please don't send Bill.

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Writing Thursday to Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., a Clinton backer, Spokane lawyer and former congressional nominee Tom Keefe put it succinctly:

"As much as I respect Hillary Clinton's intellect, I think F. Scott Fitzgerald put it best in 'The Great Gatsby' when he wrote, 'They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.' The same could be said of Bill and Hillary."

The Clintons have -- literally -- retreated from "the folks" and days of Pike Place Market rallies.

The "Hillaryland" rally Thursday night was the first time since 1996 a Clinton event in Seattle has not required a check (or book buy) for admission. Until Friday's Tacoma and Spokane events, Hillary Clinton had taken questions here only from fundraiser guests who shelled out $2,300.

[Kittycat]

1. Ouch.

But I have to agree with him.

[libertee]

2. To answer the question...no

[Yael]

5. Apparently yes.

The people have spoken -- and in record numbers.

[gateley]

3. It seems as though they have in Washington State, anyway. nt

[Yael]

4. Thats gotta sting

[colorado thinker]

6. I believe it may be true, sadly.