Comments on: Tipping Maryland To Sen. Clinton?

By: merlallen

merlallen — Thu, 10 May 2007 10:41:03 +0000

since 1980 there has been a bush or Clinton every goddamn time. enough. At least chickengeorge has sunk Jeb!s chances, thank God.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Thu, 10 May 2007 08:28:06 +0000

“It’ll be a Clinton-Richardson ticket.”

That’s a good ticket and they compliment each other well. I also like Edwards – Obama, but I don’t think that will happen at this point. For Obama is all or nothing so Obama – Edwards would be more likely, but that would make Edwards the VP choice two elections in a row, don’t think that’s ever happened before, (not counting incumbents).

By: Marty

Marty — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:37:33 +0000

It’ll be a Clinton-Richardson ticket. Hill doesn’t need Obama for the black vote, but Richardson will be nice to shore up some of the Hispanic vote that votes Republican.

That will be her trump card.

By: Wellstone

Wellstone — Thu, 10 May 2007 02:20:01 +0000

Hillary is in the position of front-runner, and it takes a special kind of focus and determination to pull ahead, and then hold onto a lead and win.

Every news cycle, every political event, every decision is a potential pitfall; her competition will look for the first sign of fatigue or lack of focus or desire and try to capitalize.

There’s still months and months before the first primary, and she’s no shoo-in; remember ‘04, Iowa, and Howard Dean.

Factor in the highest negative ratings of any candidate, millions of anti-Hillary and anti-Clinton dollars spent for 20 years, and you see her problem.

She has NO margin for error, no comfort zone, no respite, no chance to relax, no chance to recharge her batteries.

It’s a tribute to her mental toughness, her drive, her determination, her will to win that she is still leading the pack despite Obama, despite Edwards’ push, despite calls for Al Gore to rescue the Democratic Party.

She is beginning to look to me like Jack Nicklaus or Tiger on the Friday of a major, like Michael Jordan or Kobe or Nash in the early 4th quarter of an important game, like Griese in game 16 of the Perfect Season in 1972: She, like these champions, is determined to do what it takes, to make the sacrifices she needs to keep her lead and win.

More importantly, she and these have on emore thing in common: They just simply know how to refuse to lose.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 10 May 2007 00:42:07 +0000

Did Hillary or Obama get the endorsement of Virginia’s Tim Kaine? Did Hillary or Obama get the support of TN Congressman Jim Cooper? Was Hillary or Obama able to go everywhere in 2006 to campaign for everyone in 2006? The answer to those questions is the answer for our party. O’Malley has stilted realtions with the 40% of black voters who make up Maryland’s electorate. He could never swing them to Hill.

By: news4u

news4u — Wed, 09 May 2007 22:45:40 +0000

Hillary's campaign definitely seems to winning more than its fair share of support from both politicians and the public. No surprise that she got O'Malley's support. No doubt she solidified all the political connections she needed to in DC's backyard back when he and her hubby were in the White House. You can check out some local coverage of the endorsement here: http://www.thenewsroom.com/details/286543/Local

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Wed, 09 May 2007 19:33:09 +0000

I think a 3-way race where Hillary has a high single digit/low double digit lead, and where the number 2 guy leads the number 3 guy by a similar margin, is a formula for a Clinton nomination. Unless Edwards is able to make up more ground in polling and fundraising, in my opinion he should drop out and immediately endorse Obama. If Gore were also to endorse him later this year, I think he’d have an excellent shot at unifying the alternative to Hillary and winning the nomination.

In the alternative, if Edwards were to make up a lot of ground at Obama’s expense, it might make sense for Obama to drop out and endorse Edwards.