Hillary Rodham Clinton survived yet another day.
There will be little time for celebration, though. Time and money are running out.
Her win Tuesday in the large and important swing state of Pennsylvania was hard-fought. Barack Obama’s well-funded effort to shut her down did not reach its ultimate goal of a surprise upset.
But Clinton now faces a dwindling number of contests, and she’s at a steep financial disadvantage.
Obama already is spending twice as much on ads airing in North Carolina and Indiana, the two states that come up next with primaries on May 6. He’s even advertising in Oregon, a state that he should win, where voting by mail begins in the first week of May.
He can afford to shower every contest with campaign dollars from the $42 million he had at the beginning of April, while Clinton is in debt. She’ll have to either persuade donors to give her more money to sustain her long-shot bid or float herself another multimillion- dollar loan.
In Pennsylvania, Clinton won with the support of whites, women and older voters, according to exit polls conducted for The Associated Press and the television networks.
It seems that the Democrats are trying to select the lesser of two evils. It seems that by the time they quit bloodying each other, John McCain should go from Capt USN (Ret) to Commander In Chief.
Most of the pundits still seem to think Obama will be the nominee. Hard to imagine the Democrats would put someone at the head of the ticket who lost primaries in NY, CA, PA, IL, and OH.
Held in May, our (NC) primary is usually anti-climactic – – an afterthought. Nice to know some of those campaign millions will be spent here in the next couple of weeks.
I am not a Democrat or Clinton family fan. I do think that Bill and Hillary have brought a lot of “on the ground” organization and cash to the Democratic party over the years. Bill Richardson’s indorsement of Obama was charactorized as a betrayal. Many super delegates “owe” the Clintons. Unless there is a lot of cumbaya at the end, this primary could create havoc with the democratic party for a long time
Tar Heel – add TX to that list.
Not only has Hillary won, IMO she has come out looking better than Obama. I’m no fan of either, but his charisma schtick is looking a bit worn and she’s looking like a tough fighter. He’s looking like an elitist, she looks like she has a broader base of support.
She was up 10 points when I went to bed, and they said she raised $500K via internet while she was up 8 points.
From this moderate to conservative independent berth, she looks a lot more like a president than Obama.
It was Democrats crossing party lines and the media that pushed John McCain to victory as the Republican nominee. So if they are looking for a good liberal alternative to Obama & Clinton who are each strongly disliked, McCain is the perfect candidate.
Yesterday, I visited the Regan Library. It was so refreshing to hear the words of a true conservative again: Limited government, cut taxes, love of God and country!