Posts Tagged ‘Hillary Clinton’

Source: huffingtonpost.com/ SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Former Sen. George McGovern, an early supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton, urged her to drop out of the Democratic presidential race and endorsed her rival, Barack Obama. After watching the returns from the North Carolina and Indiana primaries Tuesday night, McGovern said Wednesday it’s virtually impossible for Clinton to [...]

While voters in Indiana and North Carolina cast their votes, several Hoosier and Tar Heel superdelegates still sitting on the fence shared personal stories with RAW STORY about the pressures and issues that will help them finally decide: Hillary or Barack. North Carolina superdelegate Dr. Jeannette Council, currently a member of the Cumberland County Board [...]

Source: politico.com Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow. It’s a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting. UPDATE:Clinton spokesman Phil Singer denies Russert’s claim: “She was never booked on am [...]

Source: huffingtonpost.com It’s about believing in Barack. When it comes to forgetting that, I’m as guilty as they come. Guilty of twisting myself into something more “anti-Hillary” than “pro-Obama.” Guilty of letting righteous indignation cloud the big picture. Most of all — I’m guilty of forgetting what drew me to the “skinny kid with a [...]

Email Picture Source: latimes.com Some who have supported her say they’ll switch to Barack Obama if she doesn’t make big gains in the remaining Democratic primaries. By Scott Martelle, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer May 5, 2008 FRESNO — Hillary Rodham Clinton, stung last week by the defection of a prominent superdelegate, could lose the [...]

From NBC’s Domenico Montanaro Obama has picked up four more superdelegates today; Clinton has picked up none. Three Maryland delegates were scheduled to hold a 2:30 p.m. ET press conference in College Park, Md., to announce their endorsements of Obama: former Gov. Parris Glendening, Democratic Party Chairman Michael Cryor and Vice chairwoman Lauren Dugas Glover. (Note: [...]

Running out of high-dollar donors, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is stepping up its Internet appeals in hopes of attracting enough contributions to keep afloat financially in the last stretch of Democratic primaries, aides say. As the marathon money chase has strained the limits of traditional campaign fundraising, Clinton aides have sought increasingly to shadow rival [...]

Spin, as we usually refer to it, is trying to take facts and present them in a way that is good for one or another candidate. We see this most often when it comes to setting expectations. Candidates try to spin things to set expectations in a given election one way, so that when they [...]





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