Question.....Did Hillary congratulate Obama on his win tonight? He congratulated her last week.

[Diane R]

[better tomorrow]

1. not that I heard of....but then, he went on Matthews and....

MSNBC didn't broadcast any "victory" speech. Did he do one of those tonight?

[TAWS]

2. There was no victory speech, that's why he did the media interviews

[Spider Jerusalem]

3. She hasn't congratulated him on any of his wins.

[ruggerson]

4. The campaign issued a statement congratulating him

I don't think either candidate gave a speech tonight.

[democrattotheend]

17. Yeah, I don't think they did

I'm not sure why. If I were Obama I would have stayed in Mississippi and given a victory speech in order to encourage more media coverage of his win and chance the "Clinton rebound" narrative. I guess they haven't stayed in states after the polls closed since Super Tuesday, but it might have made sense tonight, since there are 6 weeks until Pennsylvania.

[better tomorrow]

5. so the people in Mississippi aren't important enough????

I think there still should have been a party......and confetti like she had....

[TK421]

6. Was she supposed to ?

Where was she supposed to appear to give these congratulations? I didn't know this was a standard every time a state was recognized for its support of a candidate during the primaries? They might give a speech, but it's not normally some kind of concession.........

[rpannier]

9. Because it shows class when you do

Congratulate the winner and pep up your guys for the next round.

[TK421]

12. I'm all for that, mind you...but what is the big deal about this?

:shrug: this thing has a long way to go, in my opinion

[rpannier]

13. Agreed.

It's just an opportunity to get a dig at the other candidate and for the OP to look petty in the process.

[mac2]

Are you all being petty or what?

[havocmom]

10. Just asking if one candidate is as capable of gracious behavior as the other has been

There is nothing petty about good manners. But then, HRC campaign thinks the majority of the states are petty, so I could see the confusion.

[bhikkhu]

7. I am sure the standard form letter is in the mail. n/t

[grantcart]

8. I dont think so bhikkhu - they don't have a xerox

[Ichingcarpenter]

11. She said on CNN that she will do this

After she turns in her Tax Returns and fires Geraldine A. Ferraro
from her Finance committee.

[Zhade]

14. She thinks she won, as do her delusional supporters.

Never was good at math, I guess.

[BzaDem]

15. Maggie Williams (her campaign manager) congratulated him. They explained as such on CNN.

[democrattotheend]

16. I heard on CNN that she did

She did not give a speech tonight, but she issued a statement congratulating him and thanking her supporters in Mississippi. Props for that.

I wonder why Obama chose not to give a victory speech to encourage the media to make a bigger deal of his win and not dismiss it.

[candice]

18. Maybe Obama is big enough to congratulate himself.

He told everyone in Austin that "I'm better."