Hillary CANCELS Wisconsin events

[thoughtcrime1984]

She is no longer coming to Eau Claire on Monday, and will only appear at the Dem dinner in Milwaukee tonight, perhaps something Sunday. She actually had some supporters that were excited to see her Monday, that will undoubtedly feel cast aside, as she dives right back into Texas and Ohio. Ignore Wisconsin at your own peril, Clinton campaign.

[THUNDER HANDS]

1. The Clinton machine keeps on rollin'

[K Gardner]

6. OMG ! I was gonna say "backwards", but your pic is more apropos.

[RememberWellstone]

45. Oh please.

These attacks are ridiculous, you Obama stepford children probably need to chill on the attacks. You might just run off us true Democrats. Seriously.

[Cha]

2. Do you have a link or are you

seeing this on local news?

[thoughtcrime1984]

5. type Hillary Eau Claire in google

that visit for sure has been cancelled.

[Cha]

17. Thanks, and I think

you're right about "at your own peril". Obama will go on to Texas as a winner!

[SoFlaJet]

8. this is from an earlier thread on the same subject

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has scaled back her Wisconsin campaign schedule by a full day, and is now planning to leave the state after Monday morning instead of Tuesday morning.

The move suggests the campaign does not think it can overtake rival Barack Obama here. Obama has already campaigned in the state Tuesday night, Wednesday, Friday, and today. He also has single events planned for Sunday (Kaukauna) and Monday (Beloit).

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=2/16/2008&i...

[Cha]

18. Cool News..thank you,

SoFlaJets..in addition to having the Guv of Wisconsin come out and say hilary is being "hypocritical"!? That's unheard of honesty!

[Sulawesi]

3. cancelling events in a contested state is not a sign that things are going well.

[K Gardner]

4. Someone said "claws". She can campaign for another month on that alone. Why campaign

when you can run for the pity victim vote? ! Go Hillary !

[UALRBSofL]

11. I'm watching her now on CNN

She looks tired and her voice doesn't have the enthusiasm it needs. She is talking like she is exhausted.

[K Gardner]

12. Thanks, just turned it on. You're right.

[TheDonkey]

15. Wow, she looks really bad

I feel bad for her. Looks really exhausted. Is coughing and not sounding good at all. She must have been briefed on the internal polling data just before.

[gateley]

23. On a personal level, I feel for her, too.

Going into the campaign with a general consensus that she'd be the ultimate winner, she must feel as though she's been kicked in the stomach and when she tries to get up, gets kicked again.

I admire her strength to appear at events and carry on.

I'm not saying it's over - but her head has got to be spinning.

She's really giving it her all and she is to be commended for that.

[psychopomp]

46. Every election the process becomes more demanding

I don't think Sen. McCain will hold up very well, either.

[gateley]

25. When/where was this interview?

With what you guys are observing, maybe - sincerely - she just needs to take off a day and REST.

[K Gardner]

32. Downthread, it is mentioned this might be the Lockheed speech in Ohio that was

written up about her not getting any applause. That coincides with what I heard and CNN did note the speech was in Ohio.

[LaurenG]

24. I always feel bad for people when they're vulnerable

She probably is tired. I have wondered how these politicians keep on keeping on.

[Hepburn]

31. IMO, talking like she is defeated, too. n/t

[blogslut]

7. Damn

That is wrong.

I say that as a West Texas native that is positively thrilled to have Democratic attention in my area after decades of pretending we don't matter. In fact, Big Dog is speaking in my hometown right this second.

But damn, what a shit thing to do to the good people of Wisconsin.

[SoFlaJet]

10. just another one of the states

that Mark Penn doesn't think matter

[blogslut]

14. Oh, I keep waiting to hear we don't matter...AGAIN

Meanwhile, Obama has opened actual, physical, campaign offices all over the state and his on-the-ground strategy is coming along nicely. Yeehaw!

[tishaLA]

9. And she demanded debates?

When she can't even be bothered with the state? I think the voters of WI will remember how she dismissed them.

[elixir]

49. She hasn't "ignored' or 'dismissed' WI, she's been campaigning there for a few days

and realizes that she needs to continue on to another state. Maybe we could start a thread about how the people of Hawaii are feeling jilted because she hasn't campaigned there? Stop personalizing a situation that's not personal. The voters of WI do not feel jilted.

[elixir]

50. She hasn't cancelled all her events. Why don't you worry about BO's schedule.

[TheDonkey]

13. Lay off her! She needs to concentrate on states that count.

[K Gardner]

16. They just showed her on CNN giving a speech. One person clapped at an applause line and there was

a sort of hesitant smattering at the end of her speech. She did not look well.

[Jane Austin]

29. I think this is the speech we were reading about last night that

she gave at Lockheed-Martin in Ohio.

The thread last night mentioned that the audience was very quiet at that event.

But for the record, that event was in Ohio, not Wisconsin.

[K Gardner]

30. Ahhhh.. now it clicks, yes I heard about that. And the screen did say it was in Ohio. Thanks !

[AngryAmish]

52. heh!

[tokenlib]

19. Maybe she's been to Eau Claire before?

JUST KIDDING!!!!!Eau Claire is a nice place!!

[LiveLiberally]

22. As a resident of Eau Claire....

I'm glad you were just kidding -- It IS a great place and Obama gave a rousing and very well-attended rally at UW - Eau Claire this afternoon. Having said that, it would have been great for all if Hillary had come as planned on Monday. Outside of Madison-Milwaukee, this is the state's largest democratic stronghold. The 2004 election -- where WI went "blue" by a squeaker -- proved that candidates ignore the great Northwoods at their peril....





**edited for typo

[HelenWheels]

20. Central Wisconsin

I heard from a pretty reliable source she is going to be in Wausau on Sunday.

[rodeodance]

28. WINTER STORM WARNING - but yes she did have an appearance scheduled. we will see

[GoldieAZ49]

48. But she is already IN the state

so they "deserve a debate" but not the candidate?

Sitting in front of a TV camera vs going out to see the voters.

Now that would make a good attack ad. I doubt Obama would do that, but he would have every right to.

[jefferson_dem]

21. Link here -- Clinton scales back campaign schedule here

SATURDAY, Feb. 16, 2008, 12:38 p.m.
By Craig Gilbert

Clinton scales back campaign schedule here

Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton has scaled back her Wisconsin campaign schedule by a full day, and is now planning to leave the state after Monday morning instead of Tuesday morning.

The move suggests the campaign does not think it can overtake rival Barack Obama here. Obama has already campaigned in the state Tuesday night, Wednesday, Friday, and today. He also has single events planned for Sunday (Kaukauna) and Monday (Beloit).

While the two have exchanged hard-hitting TV ads here, Obama began airing ads a week earlier and has spent much more on TV.

Today is Clinton's first day of campaigning in the state, with an event in Kenosha and a state party dinner in Milwaukee, where Obama also will appear. Clinton will campaign Sunday in De Pere, Wausau and Madison, and is expected to do one event in the state Monday morning before leaving.

While recent public polls suggested Obama began the run-up to the Feb. 19 primary here with only a small lead, the Clinton campaign has wrestled with the tradeoffs of spending time and money here versus the Ohio and Texas primaries March 4, which Clinton cannot afford to lose.

http://www.jsonline.com/watch/?watch=1&date=2/16/2008&id=35716

[milkyway]

26. Standard procedure: when it looks like your going to lose, flee the state a couple of days

before voting and later claim you weren't really competing there since it is an insignficant state that had circumstances (i.e., voters) that favored your opponent.

Hillary is running for President of the Selected States.

[rodeodance]

27. WINTER STORM FORCAST FOR THAT AREA--

[K Gardner]

33. Imagine that. Its winter ! Its Wisconsin ! There's a warning for winter weather ! Oh, and Obama

is still there. Maybe someone should tell him its winter.

[samdogmom]

34. There was a bad storm last Tuesday--my daughter's school closed at 12:30 p.m.

yet Obama managed to make it to an event at the Kohl Center in Madison that attracted 20,000+ people. The weather isn't enough of an excuse, I'm afraid. It's something else.

[LiveLiberally]

36. Just a few inches of snow predicted... nothing to cause a fuss

[derby378]

35. Hey, Hillary isn't attending any events in Dallas, either...

...except for some fundraiser in the posh Turtle Creek area that it'll cost you no less than $230 to attend. If Hillary wants Dallas votes, she needs to prove she's serious about it.

Then again, so does Obama. When's he going to step out in front of Dallas City Hall like Howard Dean did in 2003?

[MoJoWorkin]

37. One state at a time. Looks like he will be getting to TX soon

---with a quick stop in Youngstown,OH on the 18th, then on to Houston.


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He was in Austin last year at this time. My daughter lived there then.

I imagine he will be all over TX, just like he was WI.

[tammywammy]

42. I imagine he'll be in Dallas soon

:)

[Renew Deal]

51. I think he's in Houston on Tuesday.

So he's getting there.

[book_worm]

38. Is she still coming to Madison tomorrow night? my sister is so hyped to see her

no matter how the weather is.

[vireo]

44. No indication that it has been cancelled

I received a call from my union today announcing it and it is still listed on Hillary's site.

She has an event in DePere that runs until 3 PM, though, so be prepared for possible weather related travel delays.

[zulchzulu]

39. I'm guessing she is going to cancel the Madison WI event as well

It's going to be snowing like crazy...a foot at least...we already have had 80 inches this year.

You should see my pecks from all that shoveling!

[undeterred]

40. In her defense (and I'm a Wisconsin Obama supporter)

these are small towns and the weather has been terrible and unpredictable the last few weeks. There is a high end event tonight in Milwaukee and a large event in Madison tomorrow (Sunday), and major bad weather between those two cities... and the airports in this state are not enormous. Campaigning is exhausting. Chelsea and Bill Clinton did a lot more personal appearances than I thought they would, so while the upstate and more rural areas may feel a little left out, I do feel that she gave a good effort to Wisconsin, equal to Obamas.

If I get any more snow in my driveway- well, there is just nowhere to put it- we've broken the annual record in Madison WI.

[my3boyz]

41. People don't want to see her after they see Obama! LOL

Obama gets them hooked! :) They know a good and honest man when they see one. She is probably going to fly back to Ohio to undo any headway Barack makes there. LOL I'm so happy that Barack has two long weeks to devote to both of those states. If Barack has time with them he will make them see the light. LOL I don't expect him to win either but I hope he comes relatively close to keep her delegate gain down. Tim Russert was saying even with best case scenario (blowout) the most she could hope to gain is a NET of 35 (that is for both states). He said that would be considered a good outcome. He said it is difficult to make up the delegates because they have to split them.

[saltpoint]

43. Snow storms, to include ice and sleet, are reason not to be moving around

too much on Sunday in Wisconsin.

[IrishBloodEngHeart]

47. That makes her "obama won't debate in Wisconsin" commercial

even more laughable. She won't even show up!!