Comments on: Hillary is Done.

By: Ray LeMoine

Ray LeMoine — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:05:00 +0000

The Obama “elitism” thing was created by…Obama in SF. Hillary’s populist economic bullshit does suck. But we’ll all look back on this as a good stretch in Dem politics, when Obama took his first attacks and survived. It’s not like Obama didn’t level the exact same charges on “out of touch” Hillary in PA. I saw him spend 5 minutes of his 40 min stump attacking her. Likewise, Obama is a brilliant man who can debate anything and he’s still sticking to vague rhetoric after all this time. It’s so easy to get polarized when you have a side, but when all is said and done, both campaigns used dirty tactics. The difference? Hillary has been the underdog for four months. If you think Obama wouldn’t have employed similar attacks you’re not paying attention—he’s done so as frontrunner! Others would say the Clintons, while losing in the end, spent the last two weeks proving they are essential in November. Who hates the GOP more than them? And without their support, many voters will think McCain can’t be that bad if the Clintons aren’t out in force attacking. Which is why Stephonopolous (sp?) and Bernstein both say she may be vying for a VP slot. Adding that it’s an offer Obama can’t really refuse…

By: Hassan Chop

Hassan Chop — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:26:05 +0000

I have to agree with Courtenay. The way that Clinton’s been acting the last few weeks has made me sick. This is a brilliant woman who can debate policy with anyone, and she decides to stoop so low as to support a gas-tax holiday that she knows won’t help anyone? And then she attacks the “elitism” of economists? She’s been challening Obama’s manhood by constantly asking if he can “close the deal”. Oh yeah, she also said she’d break up OPEC! I mean, come on. Frankly, she’s been acting like a Republican, and it’s been painful to watch this train wreck unfold. Ray, you’re right that the Clintons have been Democratic royalty for nearly two decades, but they’ve done a pretty decent job the last few weeks of tarnishing that reputation. Hillary said that Indiana and North Carolina contests would be a “game changer” and they were. It’s GAME OVER for her. She has to quit pressuring the party to seat FL and MI, because she knows that it’s a ridiculous argument, and it only makes her look deceitful. Personally, I’d love to see her bow out now, or after May 20th. If she decides to go past June 3 to the convention, I hope the superdelegates will move towards Obama so he can start focusing on McCain. She needs to do what’s right.

By: Ray LeMoine

Ray LeMoine — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:26:05 +0000

It’s too early to say the Clintons don’t “have an equivalent amount of graciousness or sense of service to the interest of the party”…They’ve been the most important Dems for almost two decades and how they act in defeat has yet to be seen.

By: Courtenay Barnett

Courtenay Barnett — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:52:17 +0000

“The question now is when and how will leave the race” - indeed. But, there is another very troubling question - ” In what state of affairs will she leave her party?”. Obviously the delegates want a democratic process to be the decider for choice of a candidate and therfore are letting events play out to have that “credible card” played into the November general election. Sadly, for all the political smarts that the Clintons have - they now don’t seem now to have an equivalent amount of graciousness or sense of service to the interest of the party. What else can I ask - when indeed will she quit?