Clinton is in for the long haul, say officials
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Hillary Rodham Clinton’s communications director said this morning she would remain in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination until either she or Barack Obama wins the support of 2,209 delegates to the Democratic National Convention.
That figure includes delegates from Michigan and Florida who are currently barred from being seated at the convention because their states held their primaries earlier than allowed under party rules.
Yonkers native Howard Wolfson, Clinton’s communications director, and Geoff Garin, the New York senator’s chief strategist, made a case this morning at a Washington breakfast with reporters that she would do better than Obama in winning key states needed by a Democrat to win the presidency.
“I think every delegate understands the importance of the electoral math and getting to 270,’’ said Wolfson.
In addition, Wolfson and Garin also said Clinton would provide more help on the ballot to 20 freshman House Democrats in districts won by President Bush in 2004.
Clinton beat Obama in 16 of those 20 districts. That list includes New York freshman Reps. John Hall, D-Dover, and Kirsten Gillibrand, D-Hudson.
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these people are beating a dead horse..if she is ever to
salvage any credibility within their party she needs to
bow out…and then if obama does not win this year she
can always say i told you so in 2012
Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn’t the Consultant claiming after the Wright controversy that the Democrats should nominate Clinton because Obama was unelectable. In my limited time reading the blog, I have noticed that the Consultant is not particularly consistent. This is becoming a Dick Morris type debacle where the minute you are up the Consultant indicates that you cannot lose and then when you are down, you should drop out.
Harold Ickes, a known dirty trickster and Clinton backer, said recently there could be an “October Surprise” to derail Obama. Very slick. Ickes claims he’s worried about the Republicans having it, but it seems the Clinton Camp has it and is sending a warning to the super delegates.
The Consultant has been known to see which way the wind is blowing that day and then comment accordingly.