Will Obama hit the panic button?
James Forsyth 12:09pm
With 99 percent of the vote in, Hillary Clinton has a double-digit lead according to CNN. If you had offered the Hillary camp this on Tuesday morning, I suspect they would have taken it. But this result should not cause them to push the panic button at Obama HQ. Indeed, the biggest danger to them from this result is that they do.
This, though, is just what they are planning to do it seems. The Washington Post reports that: “In the two weeks leading up to the Indiana primary, a Democratic strategist familiar with the Obama campaign said aides are likely to turn to the controversies of Bill Clinton's White House years -- Hillary Clinton's trading cattle futures, Whitewater and possibly impeachment.” This would be a huge mistake. To get down in the mud like this would make Obama look like just another politician, and probably harden the Clintons' resolve to continue regardless of the damage that they might do to the party’s chances in November.
RMH
April 23rd, 2008 1:59pm Report this commentMore lies on the %.
It is 9.38% lead, which is 9½ or 9% if your round correctly.
Shamefull BBC style reporting.
Chris
April 23rd, 2008 3:10pm Report this commentTHen we can only pray that they do just that.
THX1138
April 23rd, 2008 4:45pm Report this commentWhy should he. Hillary can't win
This is brilliant.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uBGyuYKlxIg&eurl
Ian C
April 23rd, 2008 5:04pm Report this commentIf he reads the detailed polls he will have a melt down. See http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120890806309236409.html?mod=djemITP. It may be restricted as I pay a sub. so here are some samples
1) "more than half of voters said the economy was most important. Sen. Clinton won those voters who picked the economy and health care; Sen. Obama won voters most concerned about Iraq."
2) "Gender seemed to be a plus for Sen. Clinton, while race was a negative for Sen. Obama. One in five voters said gender was an important factor in their vote, and a solid majority of them voted for Sen. Clinton. Similarly, about one in five voters said race was an important factor for them, but most of those voters voted against Sen. Obama."
3)"One in four Clinton supporters said they would vote for Sen. John McCain if Sen. Obama is the Democratic nominee. Sixteen percent of Obama backers said they would choose Sen. McCain over Sen. Clinton."
It's not all good news by any means for Clinton - but the worst implications are for Obama.
This is the stuff that the supers are goingt have to weigh up at then end of the race, which would have been all square, literally, if Fla. and Mich. had been accounted for correctly.
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