Obama weighs next moves, maps out general election strategy
Meanwhile, in an e-mail to supporters soliciting contributions, Obama called his North Carolina showing "a decisive victory."
As for Indiana, "we did much better than all the pundits predicted, despite Republicans changing parties to support Senator Clinton, believing she would be easier for Senator McCain to defeat," Obama wrote. "Now is the time for each one of us to step up and do what we can to close out this primary."
Obama was 184.5 delegates shy of the 2,025 needed to secure the Democratic nomination.
The remaining 270 unaligned superdelegates will clearly determine the outcome of the race. And the Obama campaign was doing its utmost to persuade them to get off the fence.
"We think the Clinton camp has gotten away with a little bit of creating these alternative views of reality," said Plouffe, the Obama campaign manager.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
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View All Comments »LARRY at 05/09/2008 8:55:06 PM
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I agree with most the comments on why Obama should not and does not need to offer the Clintons the VP slot. Only today she was showing again her racist demagouery. But I think that many people forget who the Clinton's are, our very own power addicts who care nothing about anyone but their own power. Does anyone remember Vince Foster? And all the other smoking guns in their past. It would be suicide for Obama to choose Clinton as VP. The last time an strong opponent was selected as a VP Reagan ended up in the hospital. Don Imus raised this issue in early 2007 and got fired for it (as soon as an appropriate diversionaryh issue arose). If Obama gave in to these demands to accept HC as VP it would be his first actual mistake, which could be a fatal mistake. Personally I think the woman who on her very own merits has risen to be the most powerful female politician in American history, Nancy Pelosi, is just the insurance policy Obama needs, it would honor her achievemtn in a lasting way, and bring back all those women voters who threaten to bolt.
ksilvers at 05/09/2008 11:58:25 AM
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I still beleive that Hillary has alot to offer and should be part of this administration many including myself would like to see on the ticket, she has earned it.
POLpursun at 05/09/2008 9:29:40 AM
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Below are two items which I originally wrote circa mid-February:
The First:
Clinton and Obama on the same ticket is a very bad idea. Quite frankly neither should offer, and, if it came to that, neither should accept. Reasons:
1. Their visions for the country and the functioning of the political system going forward seem entirely different.
2. Their visions of the primary role of potus are vastly different. Listening to them, succinctly, he envisions leader, she manager.
3. Bill Clinton. What will be awaiting one is Billary not Hillary. If they displayed the behaviour in public which they did, imagine what perniciousness one would face in, relatively speaking, behind-closed-door circumstances.
4. The significantly different mindsets brought to the task.
The Second:
Relationships are two-way things. If the ClintonS were truly concerned with the sensibilities of those blacks with whom they have relationships, their post-Iowa behaviour would not have been so despicable. Logically, one cannot claim, simultaneously, to (i) have no so-called, "racist" bone in one's body and (ii) to not have deliberately played the southern strategy. If one is not naturally inclined in a particular way, indeed, so averse to it, one has to deliberately set out to act in that way. Leaders, that is, true leaders, are not so consumed by their personal ambitions and agendas, so that they neglect to account for the sensibilities and intelligence of their would-be followers. However, the ClintonS, particularly Hillary, are not true leaders. There are only two ways to lead by inspiration and by example, and they are not mutually exclusive. One LEADS people; one manages THINGS. Oftentimes when one attempts to manage people, the situation degenerates into manipulation. In politics, manipulation presents as political calculation, often crassly so. Sen. Clinton is not inspiring and the example of her campaign post-Iowa (when HER coronation was threatened ---- recall that she said to Katie Couric, long before Iowa, "it WILL be me.") was astoundingly unattractive, to put it euphemistically. But, as she indicated in proffering her perspective on the presidency, she is a manager. The president, she delineated, had to manage the Pentagon, manage the economy, manage the White House, manage the sprawling federal bureaucracy. Quite frankly, it is difficult to fathom when, in this "48 hour a day" task, she will lead. Indeed, that sounds like a recipe for running round in circles, not even managing.
The above is a comment on ???Backing Hillary??? ----- Clinton's black supporters find her tough to sell. The article was found in theroot.com.
Finally, the difference in their temperaments as demonstrated throughout the process is stark. Indeed, at times one would not have known which HRC with whom one was dealing.