Hillary cancels Monday WI appearance. Is she giving up?

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

The campaign appearance of Senator HIllary Clinton in Eau Claire
this Monday has been cancelled.

Local Clinton campaign spokesperson Lori Scott told TV-13 News that
she received notice of the cancellation late Friday night. The reasons
were not totally made clear by higher campaign officials, but Scott
inferred that the decision centered around the high number of
appearances on the senator's schedule elsewhere.

Clinton had been scheduled to hold a town hall style meeting at
Memorial High School between 1:00pm and 3:00pm Monday.

http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/15698777.html


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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

[fenriswolf]

1. shes gotta concentrate on ohio and texas

since everyone is making those primaries the OK coral if she doesnt beat obama in those states everyone is gonna write her off.

[book_worm]

63. "everyone" she's the one who made those primaries the OK coral

Her campaign has put everything on Ohio and Texas and those are the places she has been to.

[fenriswolf]

75. I know but everyone is reflecting OH and TX are her last stand.

[FARAFIELD]

86. I have to laugh

I cannot believe she DIDNT contest Wisconsin, what a boo boo, i guess she didnt want to lose a contest and then NOT win OHIO and TX, but damn shes staying in anyhow, I think she must be damn close to all the money she has (that is its already allocated). One thing I dont agree with her though is sending surragates out to give these points about why this or that state didnt matter, I didnt hear OBAMA say that.

[ORDem]

93. It fits the pattern though, still sticking to the BIG STATE strategy.

All you others ('cept NM, of course!) just don't count.

Less snarkily, however, she's really up against the wall here and just has to hope to pull out something of a win (vote or delegates) in TX and OH or she's a tostada! Can't blame her for putting all she's got into her last stand.

Gonna be tough to give a speech at the Dem dinner though with everyone already knowing she's fleeing the state, especially after saying she was going to spend 4 days in WI.

It's gotta suck to be her right now.

:dem:

[loveangelc]

2. is she stupid? a bad showing in wisconsin is not what she needs right now.

a good showing would do her a world of good. i cant believe this is going to go over well with Wisconsin voters...

[liberalnurse]

30. Oh, I feel your love for Hillary

Don't let Obama see your soft side.

[tishaLA]

3. Wisconson doesn't count

...unless she can debate there and use phony outrage about it.

[TheDonkey]

4. lol

[VolcanoJen]

35. All part of the "Insult 40 States Strategy."

Copyright Kos. :-)

[CalGator]

62. ROFL! Brilliant. -eom

[Adelante]

73. That's a good one

:D

[krkaufman]

98. Love that line.

(and kudos for passing along the attribution)

[maximusveritas]

52. Hillary said "Wisconsin deserves better"

Maybe that's why she's saving them the horror of watching her campaign there.

[Iktomiwicasa]

56. LMAO

[XemaSab]

80. Ouch

x(































:D

[tammywammy]

81. LOL

[GoldieAZ49]

106. Thats why she is leaving the state early

They deserve better so she is leaving them to Obama!

[rodeodance]

5. WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN THE FORCAST

[BklynChick]

7. she's really screwing this up and sending a bad message, just stay one more day. would it kill her?

[bilgewaterbill]

18. The question is: Would it help her?

[NoPasaran]

10. When THE ONE is President

There will be no winter storms

Ice and snow will melt in

His Heavenly Radiance

[GoldieAZ49]

108. no need, haven't you heard, Obama can walk on snow!!

[ccpup]

12. she's smart

with the tightness in the polls, she'd end up splitting the delegates with Barack whether she wins or loses, so she might as well focus on Ohio and Texas, consolidate her leads there, perhaps even strengthen or expand them and make up some of the delegate-deficit with those two States.

[Drunken Irishman]

Not really.

Firstly, it'll still be played as a loss within the media, which will be 9 (most likely 10 with Hawaii) in a row for her. You can't spin that news. Secondly, this is a state she can actually win, but if she's pulling back, it shows me she's expecting a loss. If Obama wins Wisconsin, the news will be how he did extremely well in a state that favors Hillary demographically. Remember, Wisconsin is 92% white and has a very large blue collar, union population. That's supposed to be her base, which appears to be eroding and if she loses, even by 1%, it's hard to spin it.

But most importantly, it's very possible this costs her 5 or so points and if Obama's lead is 5 points, which it appears to be, she could end up losing by double digits. That she does not need.

[XemaSab]

82. She needs to stop the 20-point blowouts

People talk about how the media is favoring Obama, but I've seen little mention of the fact that she's getting MASSACRED in all these states. Not just losing, but losing HUGHLY.

If she could keep her loss in Wisconsin to a small margin, that might staunch the bleeding slightly.

[Pirate Smile]

40. I know she will be there tonight at the WI Dinner. Has she had any campaign

events there today? I was just wondering if she had any rallies or townhalls there yesterday or today.

No snark or anything. I honestly don't know.

[Inuca]

55. She did not

Heard earlier that she is coming for the dinner, and was supposed to spend Sunday and Monday in WI.

[Pirate Smile]

57. Thanks

[GoldieAZ49]

107. yeah yeah yeah, she is already in the state

it doesn't seem to be slowing Obama down.

[NJSecularist]

6. Winning Wisconsin would be some good news for her campaign after weeks and weeks of bad news

Who knows why should isn't even putting out the effort.

This is her chance to get people's minds of Barrack Obama leading up to March 3.

But instead she'd rather use the Guilani strategy.

[CreekDog]

112. It could be without much ground game there she can't muster big crowds and GOTV

all that takes time. she has time before OH, TX and PA, she doesn't in WI. maybe that's why she's leaving, because there's little she can do to affect the outcome there.

[rodeodance]

8. ANOTHER STUPID POST --KNOW YOUR FACTS BEFORE YOU SPOUT OFF

[loveangelc]

11. why are you typing to yourslf?

[Window]

28. LOL!

Peace:thumbsup:

[NJSecularist]

14. The facts are that Barack Obama will be campaigning on Monday

Hillary can too.

Regardless of the snow storm.

Hillary just chooses not too.

[davsand]

15. Hil was just on TV speaking from Ohio.

The reporter pointed that out when she introduced the Obama clip live from Wisconsin...


:hi:


Laura

[DUyellow]

19. what are the facts?

[NJSecularist]

23. Hillbot facts or real facts?

[I Vote In Pittsburgh]

9. ironic, considering Hillary called out Obama for not debating in WI n/t

[rodeodance]

13. She is thinking of the voter's safty--WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THAT DAY

[NJSecularist]

16. The press release says nothing of the sort

Stop making stuff up.

Barack will be campaigning on Monday. She can too.

She just chooses not to.

[rodeodance]

29. CHECK THE FORCAST YOU CAN GOGGLE CAN'T YOU?

[Cheney Killed Bambi]

31. No, but I can Google

[NJSecularist]

34. Why is Obama campaigning in Wisconsin until Tuesday and HIllary isn't?

You've yet to explain this.

Why hasn't Barack canceled his campaign events?

[tammywammy]

39. Obama doesn't care about voters like Hillary does

That's why she canceled her events and is leaving the state early.


:eyes:

[rodeodance]

78. to use a favorite Obama camp word--he is 'DESPERATE"

[GoldieAZ49]

109. It is desperate to campaign??

she demands a debate cuz "the people of Wisconsin deserve to hear their issues discussed" but cancels a town hall meeting where she would be talking directly to the people about the issues that concern them??

I can see where/how she got the American Evita title.

Really rodeodance, you have gone above and beyond the call of loyalty to your candidate, it sucks that she is not as loyal.

[GoldieAZ49]

113. My Bad, you are right, I am sorry

O is stuck in Chicago today, not even in WI due to weather.

At least H can campaign where she is in WI.

[loveangelc]

24. LOL

[JackORoses]

25. aren't you starting to get disappointed in your candidate?

how little she thinks of the people of Wisconsin

[tishaLA]

38. She seems to hate them

maybe she feels they don't represent America in the way Ohio and Texas do. It's very sad.

[K Gardner]

33. OMG... you can't POSSIBLY BELIEVE THAT ! I've heard everything now.

[madrchsod]

37. voters safety? hell her safety...

her safety is more to the point...last thing we need is another wellstone plane crash...i guess a lot of people never have been to the midwest in the winter..

i guess we can agree on somethings :rofl:

[babylonsister]

45. She's not campaigning because she's thinking of the voters' safety?

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

100. yep, her videos, and now maybe her speeches - are considered torture

Congress held hearings and agreed that Hillary campaign videos and now speeches
are torture, and they may have exposed some prisoners/"suspected terrorists" to them.

[orleans]

48. where are you seeing the winter storm warning for monday

the best i could find says it goes through sunday night
http://www.weather.gov/view/prodsByState.php?state=wi&prodtype=warnings

[HooptieWagon]

51. You crack me up, seeing you Hillbots desparate spin is funny!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[madrchsod]

53. i`m not a hillbot and i agree

it`s really stupid to fly into bad weather especially into that airport. by the weather warnings posted right now surface travel will be very dangerous

[Yael]

79. THE STORM IS SUNDAY NIGHT, NOT MONDAY

[XemaSab]

85. Safety first!

:smoke:

[Yael]

88. zomg!!! Did anyone tell Obama? He is endangering all of those people!!

Can you please think before you type? That doesn't even make sense.

[anigbrowl]

102. Winter Storm warning...for SUNDAY. Nice try!

[eleny]

17. Since the governor dissed her maybe it's a good decision

[Maribelle]

20. I wouldn't be surprised if she just pops up on a particular tropical island

hand delivering solutions, or some other place equally as interesting.

Our Hillary is a brilliant, 100% woman.

[woolldog]

43. you think

campaigning in Hawaii instead of Wisconsin would be a good move? I don't think so.

[bluestateguy]

21. "Yeah, well, just wait until Flori---, uh, I mean, Ohio and Texas!"

OK, Rudy.

[BooScout]

22. You wish

:eyes:

[loveangelc]

26. wish what?

[madrchsod]

27. nasty storm rolling this way

obama will probably cancel monday in beloit unless the storm slides off to the east. much to do about nothing.

[rodeodance]

32. they are having fun making snarking remarks. Logic and facts are irrelevant

[NJSecularist]

36. ROFLMAO

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

You have not presented any facts in this thread, only your own wishful thinking.

Fact: Hillary has canceled her campaign events on Monday.
Fact: Obama hasn't.

[blogslut]

41. How's this for logic?

Bill Clinton just spoke in Amarillo and is now headed to Lubbock. He'll end the day in Austin. All that, despite the early day forecasts for icy rain here, plus tornado warnings for Austin:

http://www.weather.gov/alerts/tx.html#TXZ035.LUBSPSLUB.214200
http://www.weather.gov/alerts/tx.html#TXZ211.HGXNOWHGX.215000

[tammywammy]

44. Thank god we're only getting thunderstorms where I am

I think they said there could be hail in the storm moving through Austin. :scared: I freaking hate hail.

[blogslut]

47. We got buckets of rain overnight here

Granted, on the plains, we'll take all the precipitation we can get. Just the same, Bill's visit was tentative up until this morning when the clouds broke.

Stay safe, dry and warm where you are. :hi:

[madrchsod]

50. come up here tomorrow afternoon

i`m pretty sure that texas does`t have two feet of snow on the ground and is looking at maybe another foot...
only fools travel this year in the wisconsin and illinois during a storm warning.

[tammywammy]

58. You're right, Texas doesn't get snow

We get tornadoes and hail.

[blogslut]

60. Speak for your part of the state, baby!

Up here, we get blizzards. :)

[tammywammy]

66. Sorry, you're right

:blush:

I live in the DFW area and we don't get snow. We get a little ice, though no big ice storms this year. Still, no one should be diminishing Texas thunderstorms, they can easily be very nasty.

[blogslut]

70. Flying in any sort of inclement weather is dangerous

Let's not forget that fog was the reason JFK Jr. perished in a plane crash.

I don't like any of them risking their lives for a campaign. May they all be safe and wise in their travels.

[tammywammy]

74. Agreed!

:)

[TexasObserver]

104. Hey, every 5-10 years we get enough to collect from car hoods to make a few snowballs!!

December 31, 2000, being one such occasion.

Get an ice storm about that often, too, and since 25% of the drivers have never driven on ice, well, it's a friggin demolition derby on the main roads.

Those storms did pass through Texas the past 12 hours, and it got pretty ugly, didn't it?

[blogslut]

59. Okay

I guess tornadoes are irrelevant. Nobody every gets hurt in a tornado.

I am sorry you will have bad weather.

[madrchsod]

46. just looked on the weather site

southern and central wisconsin under storm warning starting tomorrow. northern illinois under watch and south of I-80 flood watch

depending where he is at obama is probably canceling right now


more snow coming your way....

[rodeodance]

77. kids school sent home a memo yesterday--saying prepare for child care next MONDAY

if schools are closed. Sunday evening and early monday suspose to be the worst. but who knows.

[MadBadger]

49. The storm will hard on Sunday and will not be that bad on MOnday.

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

101. more like a Tsunami

Obama Tsunami

[krkaufman]

103. ado. n/t

[loveangelc]

42. I flipped it to fox news and they were talking about whether or not wisconsin may be hillary's

last stand...

[woolldog]

61. Why are you watching fox news?

Shame on you. ;)

[Botany]

64. Not her last stand but it is the beginning of the end for her.

Because when the T.V. Machine shows the map all for Obama
form Illinois and Iowa then north to Wisconsin and west to
Washington (Except for Montana .... which hasn't voted ) and the
great plains to the inter mountain west all for Obama too ...
the floodgates will be opened up and Hillary will be swept
away.

I live in Ohio and Obama will play real well here.

BTW Who is that good doooooogie? nummm nummmm nummm
does that good dooooooogie want his belly rubbed?

[woolldog]

71. yeah

"BTW Who is that good doooooogie? nummm nummmm nummm
does that good dooooooogie want his belly rubbed?"

woolldog likes having his belly rubbed too...

[loveangelc]

89. she may be waiting until the debates. she's going to go all out attack on obama.

[Botany]

96. And that would be a mistake on her part

Because each day more and more people and endorsements will be
coalescing around Obama and going too negative about the person
the majority of people see as the "leader" of the party will drag her
down more.

The only thing I see stopping Barack now is a major mistake or real dirt
from his past coming out.

[HooptieWagon]

54. Maybe she wants to watch soap operas...

... like her campaign staff in action - "As the Campaign Spins"...

[gateley]

65. Great thread! A candidate's announcement turns into a fight about the weather!

Thanks for the laugh, folks. :hi:

[HooptieWagon]

68. Well, we've established hillary is a fair weather candidate...

[gateley]

69. Bwah! nt

[GoldieAZ49]

110. LOL!! and as soon as she lands in Texas, Obama will agree to the debate in WI!!!

[Freida5]

67. I think it is the weather that is predicted. You don't want you people on unsafe roads.

[HooptieWagon]

72. Has the Gov cancelled schools and closed work places?

State of emergency declared? Has Homeland Security been alerted?

[ButterflyBlood]

76. Do you live anywhere near Wisconsin?

The storm warning is for Sunday. By Monday afternoon, the streets should be clear. We Midwesterners are used to snow and our cities are prepared for it, we aren't like down south where an inch of snow paralyzes the entire place.

[tammywammy]

83. It doesn't even take an inch to paralyze us

Just the mention of possibility of snow stops everything. LOL. :)

[Major Hogwash]

84. President George H W Bush is going to endorse McCain on Monday.

Maybe she's going to see what that coronation looks like.

After Bush's machine called McCain all those names in 2000 and slimed McCain with everything they had, this party is going to be more nervous than a shotgun wedding in Utah between a man and his daughter.

[AJH032]

87. So what??

It's ONE day. WHY is this such a big deal, that she's changing her campaign schedule around a tiny bit? "Wisconsin doesn't count", "she is stupid", "she's giving up"? What's your deal, people?

[Yael]

90. Political strategy is the deal

when a candidate is on the rocks, they need to reach out to voters -- not desert the state.

[loveangelc]

91. so has she had ANY events in wisconsin?

[WolverineDG]

92. You know what this means

Wisconsin won't count because of snow.

dg

[Yael]

95. That is already in play. Mark Penn declared "weather" to be the cause of the Potomac Primaries

I was looking forward to a new excuse, but they will be able to rally this one a second time.

[David Zephyr]

94. Still more retreat after still more retreat.

How dispiriting for her supporters to continue to suffer through this.

[TreasonousBastard]

97. Uh-oh! She's a loser-- I'm changing my vote again.

[TexasObserver]

99. Hillary knows Wisconsin is lost. She's betting it all on Texas/Ohio.

IF O beats her the 19th, then wins either Texas or Ohio, it's over whether she concedes or not.

[grantcart]

105. It is not about the weather. It appears that the new campaign management

realizes that the juxtaposition of huge Obama events next to Clintons is having a disastorous effect and that they are moving away from all large events.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4621603

[workinclasszero]

111. Wisconsin doesn't count anyway

Its her "big state strategy" kicking in again. Plus she is outta money and internal polls probably show her losing the state.

Thats just my guess.