If Obama does not WIN in PA, it proves Hillary is more electable.

[burythehatchet]

Because the amount of money that Obama has spent in PA is "Unprecedented" (that is the word for the day).

So PA is now a "must-win" state for Obama.

These are the pearls of wisdom falling from Howard Wolfson's mouth. So if he is being honest, then the only factor that counts is the amount of money a candidate spends. Apparently the message has nothing to do with votes. In other words, the voters are idiots because you just have to spend enough money and you will win. Is there nothing these people can do or say that has any basis in reality?

Please make my head stop spinning.

[Alter Ego]

1. Nope. Sorry.

She had him at almost 2:1 after March 4. No way he gets away with calling PA a "must-win" for Obama when it's supposed to be a "firewall" for Hillary.

[bowens43]

2. Hillary supporters are insane.

[Lucky 13]

16. I hear that. They have been spun into a tizzy.

[rndmprsn]

3. he's spending more $ becuase he's raising a LOT more of it...

[ORDem]

10. ... and from a broad grass-roots source, not from corporatists, well-heeled donors.

He has been absolutely brilliant in his fund-raising.

[knixphan]

19. if i had barack's money, I'd outspend her too.

[cliffordu]

4. Aw, Come on, Hillary, we told you about this last week.....

The math doesn't work. Like when Bill told you the 800K was from poker night at Lews, Remember??

:patriot:

[rocktivity]

5. He doesn't have to win PA at all--just prevent Hillary from getting more than 55%

of the popular vote. THAT'S the real reason why he's putting the the pedal to the metal there--the more delegates he can command, the tougher it will be for Hillary to throw herself on the mercy of the superdelegates. And because he's raised so much money, he quite literally has nothing to lose.

Which also might explain why I like this Slate.com pic so much:



:headbang:
rocknation

[Bonobo]

6. That and 2 dollars will buy you a large cup o' coffee.

[madwivoter]

7. How very Rovian of Mr. Wolfson

It must be hard work copying ideas and tactics from the Rove playbook.

Up is down, day is night in their camp.

Whatever they need to say to get through one more day I guess...

http://time-blog.com/real_clear_politics/2008/04/wolfson_obama_must_win_pennsyl.html

[ORDem]

11. Do HRC supporters REALLY want a guy like Wolfson (/Penn) in the WH?

Really? Haven't you had enough of spin doctors controlling the presidency?

[madwivoter]

14. Um...

I'm not a Hillary Clinton supporter...

I was comparing Wolfson (Clinton's Communications Director) to Karl Rove.

??

[redqueen]

8. It's funny, huh?

[atal]

9. Wrong

If Obama loses by only 5 points he's still electable in a general election.


Hillary needs to win by a margin of 30 points to prove she is electable

[Symarip]

12. Oh Howard

Where are we going to move the goal post next week?

[Vinca]

13. The Clinton Talking Point of the Day.

And it's not terribly convincing.

[Barack_America]

15. I'll take that to mean that the internals are looking bad.

Thanks for the inside scoop, Wolfie!

:hi:

[Lucky 13]

17. These people need some help...

... either they are master manipulators and spin artists

OR

... they are actually clinically mentally deranged.

I can't decide which, but it's one or the other.

[kentuck]

18. No.

It proves that an established Democratic candidate who is well-organized, especially in the big states, can make it very difficult for a grassroots candidate to win. Hillary is the establishment candidate, do you disagree? And being the establishment candidate, she has the political support of governors and contacts from 1992 to the present. In reality, she should be doing much better, in my opinion.