Senator Hillary Clinton, with her daughter, Chelsea, and husband, Bill, arrived to an enthusiastic crowd of supporters last night at Baruch College in New York City. (Lucas Jackson/reuters)
No offense, ladies, but she also looks a little nutters.
We KNOW her old man is!!!!
Here is a third-party observation for you:
"I have not paid that much attention to Obama. My focus was on getting the Bush/Clinton duopoly out of power. and I am very worried that Hillary's speech tonight was not that of someone who thinks they have lost.
But tonight was the first time I sat through one of Obama's speeches. I don't agree with everything he says. But there is no question that he captures the imagination of the American people. I can understand why people see echoes of JFK, MLK, and Reagan in him. It is very hard not to be excited about him and his candidacy.
In contrast, McCain looked like a tired old man in his speech tonight. I comprehend why Rush Limbaugh and his ilk worked so hard to get Hillary the nomination. McCain might have beaten her. But short of a bullet, McCain doesn't stand a snowball's chance in hell against Obama." -- Mike Rivero of What Really Happened
"Her first steps set stage for fall; Campaign wasted momentum, money, analysts say" by Susan Milligan, Globe Staff | June 4, 2008
WASHINGTON - At a social event last spring at the home of Mark Penn, then Hillary Clinton's chief strategist and one of the most prominent and well-compensated Democratic consultants in the business, a fellow Democrat wondered aloud if freshman Senator Barack Obama might wrest the nomination from the well-connected New York senator.
Penn, the dinner guest said, waved his hand dismissively. "Flash in the pan," Penn said, adding that the Clinton campaign saw former North Carolina senator John Edwards as her biggest challenge.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
Indeed, few at that time expected that Obama would overcome the political and financial head start the wife of the former president appeared to have at that phase of the campaign, even though Obama had already drawn exuberant crowds in early primary states. But Penn's offhand remark reveals the mistakes made by a Clinton campaign that failed to take Obama's candidacy - or his supporters - seriously enough at the outset, and did not prepare for the long-haul fight Obama was ready to wage for the nomination, according to political specialists....
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
She spent heavily on a paid staff of more than 350 people last summer and doled out more than $1.3 million to 10 types of consultants to guide her on such campaign tasks as media relations, fund-raising, and voter outreach.
That doesn't sound very grass roots, either!
Her campaign staff deluged media in-boxes with lopsided polling numbers showing an easy path to the nomination, creating sky-high expectations that were quickly dashed when the voting started.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-!!! Sorry, but it is funny!!!
Campaigning in New Hampshire in February 2007, the New York senator exuded confidence - laying out clearly her plans for the country but failing to end her sessions by asking Granite State residents for their votes, as back-of-the-pack candidates humbly do.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
She did little to dispel the idea put forward by many media organizations that she was the front-runner, even though many months remained before a single caucus or primary vote would be cast.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
African-American voters, loyal to former President Bill Clinton and wary of backing a black candidate they liked but weren't sure could win, also gave Hillary Clinton high marks in polls, cementing the impression that she was unstoppable.
Yeah, until BILL INSULTED THEM!!!! Nice going, slick Willie!
But as Clinton was reveling in the excitement surrounding her historic candidacy, Obama, too, was hard at work. He drew equally large crowds in New Hampshire - especially from young people, who would become not only a critical part of Obama's expanding base but a key source of the party's growing registration numbers.
By the way, N.H. was a STOLEN PRIMARY!!!
And while the Clinton campaign was brushing off Obama's rock-star reception as a temporary flirtation among a minority of Democrats attracted to a new face in politics, Obama was using the Internet to build networks of staff and volunteers across the country.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
He anticipated contests well beyond the first few primaries and caucuses that Clinton supporters believed would settle the nomination early.
I'm sorry for laughing, but I am! Glad someone else in this world is gaining disappointments. I've had enough of them!
In effect, her strategy was built on the premise that the nomination was hers to lose....
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
but.... her campaign had not set up grass-roots organizations in states that came after the initial four contests, analysts said, and was counting on her superior name recognition to carry her to victory in the Super Tuesday contests....
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
Sorry for laughing, ha-ha-ha!!!!!
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!!!
Obama, however, picked up on the physical and emotional exhaustion many Americans felt after the bitterly partisan Bush and Clinton years, and built a new Democratic coalition among young, educated, and independent voters.
See Rivero's comments above!
"My focus was on getting the Bush/Clinton duopoly out of power"
Obama had been to 30 states to campaign for fellow Democrats in 2006, and developed a keen sense of the country's mood, analysts said. Clinton, who was obliged to concentrate on her own reelection in New York, traveled to only 14 states to campaign for fellow Democrats in 2006, and did not pick up on the direction the country was headed politically, they said.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
"They didn't understand how much politics has changed since the 1990s. They were slow to use the Internet and the new media. Their understanding of the new coalition was imperfect," said Simon Rosenberg, president of the New Democratic Network and a veteran of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign.
Clinton had assumed that her status as a woman running against a field of men would automatically install her as the agent of change in the race.
Ah, yes, the FAMOUS CLINTONIAN ARROGANCE and OVERCONFIDENCE, yes!
But instead, her repeated references to her husband's administration - and the presence of an African-American in the race - made her look at times like a fixture of the old Washington that Obama derided daily on the campaign trail...."
Which is WHY HE WON!!!!
