May 8, 2008 - 2:09pm
Should Hillary call it quits?
By Jessica AlaimoFollowing Tuesday’s Indiana and North Carolina primaries, many are calling for Hillary Clinton to quit the race. What do you think? Should she? Is the continued divisiveness between her and Barack Obama hurting the Democratic Party?
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Her supporters say she should stay in, and call for the votes in Michigan and Florida to be counted.
Her opponents say she should drop out because she trails in the popular vote and delegate count.
What do you think?
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So let's see what Clinton is
So let's see what Clinton is claiming again -- that "Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
Obama's support among whites is actually increasing compared to Ohio, Mississippi and Pennsylvania. She lied about that.
Obama's support among "hard working Americans", which is code for poorer Americans, has also increased over those in previous contests, save for Mississippi, where the under-$50K vote was overwhelmingly black.
Obama's numbers among college grads is static to increasing. We don't have exit poll breakdowns for education by race, and we can assume North Carolina's huge numbers with "no college" are due to the large African American percentages in the state. But what about Indiana, a state that is whiter (83.9%) than Pennsylvania (82.1%), Ohio (82.9%) and Texas (48.3%)? Despite the demographic disadvantage, Obama actually increased his support among voters with no college degrees.
So how can Clinton be so wrong? Because she's citing an AP-Yahoo News poll from back on May 3rd. Rather than cite actual voter data, she is basing her claims on an old poll taken before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries.
Yup. That's what Hillary Clinton has been reduced to. Ignoring actual votes and cherry picking polls.
Which really, shouldn't surprise anyone. She's already ignored and belittled every state and voter demographic that doesn't support her. So it only follows that since in her world, the only things that are important are things that support her, she'd ignore election results in favor of the one (outdated) poll that confirms her manufactured reality.
Should she call it quits?
Yes, and two months ago. And please, no talk of her as the VP runningmate, a recipe that all but guarantees a McCain victory in November.
HRC
Please HRC....
Spend more $$$
Fight on.
Let the Khaos kontinue!!!
Hang in there, Hillary!
There are benefits to forging onward for the Queen of Mean. First, she hones Obama's defensive skills against lies and innuendo. Swift Boaters may enjoy a swift kick where it counts if Obama is further hardened against the petty and putrid. Fortunately, few in the GOP ranks can claim better execution of attacks and fanciful figures than the Clintons.
Second, she'll suck up the big far left money that comes in large denominations while Obama cultivates the broader and more heartfelt contributors who feel vested in their government for the first time in decades. These contributors are by far the more authentic in terms of needs and expectations.
Finally, she will further vet the Democrats' certain nominee so that we all might enjoy a more substantive debate from Obama and McCain on issues that really matter.
This is the race that we've all been waiting for - a race that may strip away the veneer so we can see just how much work needs to be done to get the U.S. back on track globally and financially.
Besides, the phrase "ready on day one" does not belong to Clinton but rather to the legions of special prosecutors that will be empaneled to investigate her from day one. Hang in there in there Hillary - you're serving a useful purpose!
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