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A Country Divided Will Fall; Clinton "Will Win."
Hillary: "I'm taking it to the floor of the Convention!" Pt1
copyright © 2008 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org
Some pundits say it is over. The Democrats are ready to come together as one. The primary results came in late on Tuesday May 6, 2008. Before the tally was final, Barack Obama took the stage. He congratulated Senator Clinton; Presidential hopeful Obama was conciliatory. Hillary Clinton offered an overture. "This has been an extraordinary experience." Political experts muse, thank goodness. The Party needs to heal. The North Carolina and Indiana primaries were decisive. The campaign has been too divisive, disruptive. Distractions aplenty were destructive. If the Democratic Presidential contenders continue to battle, most believe these diversion will be no less damaging. Countless, citizens and columnist say, Hillary Clinton cannot survive.
After the polls closed, and ballots were counted in "The Old North state," and in "Hoosier" country banner headlines screamed a long awaited message. The New York Times printed, Support for Clinton Wanes as Obama Sees Finish Line. The left-leaning Village Voice harshly, decreed, Burying, Not Praising Hillary Clinton in the Indiana and North Carolina Primaries. Perhaps, that was wishful thinking, wistful at best. The Democratic race to the nomination has been long and hard.
However, other periodicals were less decisive. Perchance, these publications predicted what would ultimately be the Democratic Party's and the nations truth. Post Primary Election Day, The Chicago Sun Times cautiously announced, Clinton declares victory in Indiana, Obama wins N.C. In Indiana, the Star reported, Clinton squeaks by Obama in Indiana. The Los Angeles Times, vigilantly reported, Obama takes North Carolina; Clinton wins Indiana. However, a day later the periodical broadcast, Hillary Clinton's campaign is doomed, media commentators say. Readers could not be certain why the Times turned. Perchance they followed the lead of the Washington Posts headline which may have boasted a certain knowledge. The title Clinton's End Game, may have left an erroneous impression. However, the text foreshadowed what was to come. Journalist Dan Balz
wrote early on May 8, 2008 . . .
How will the Democratic nomination battle end?At a time when the Hillary Clinton faces ever-longer odds in her quest to deny Barack Obama the nomination, that question has becoming increasingly important to the candidates and the party. Will it end happily or unhappily? Will the loser go graciously or bitterly? Will the Democrats end up united or divided?
Clinton has vowed to stay in "until there is a nominee," but even with six primaries left on the calendar, the party is beginning to coalesce around Obama. The Illinois senator may lack the necessary delegates to secure the nomination, but after Tuesday's results in North Carolina and Indiana, Clinton advisers recognize that it will take a dramatic and unexpected change in the race to prevent him from winning.
Still, from the Clinton's campaign, there is no talk of bringing the race to an end any time soon.
Indeed, for the former First Lady, the "race" is on and the card is played. In an interview with USA Today's Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence, Senator Clinton discussed her broad alliance and how she unifies America.
Clinton makes case for wide appeal
By Kathy Kiely and Jill Lawrence
USA Today
May 8, 2008Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Wednesday to continue her quest for the Democratic nomination, arguing she would be the stronger nominee because she appeals to a wider coalition of voters — including whites who have not supported Barack Obama in recent contests.
"I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on," she said in an interview with USA TODAY. As evidence, Clinton cited an Associated Press article "that found how Sen. Obama's support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me."
"There's a pattern emerging here," she said.
Clinton's blunt remarks about race came a day after primaries in Indiana and North Carolina dealt symbolic and mathematical blows to her White House ambitions.
Apparently, in her attempt to identify herself as a uniter, the Senator from New York serves to further divide the electorate. The former First Lady reminds us that Anglos prefer to have a Caucasian as Commander-In-Chief. She states, whites want her in the Oval Office. The reference to the "working" class reminds Americans that she is the candidate who best understands the average folk. The statement recounts her claim that the son of a single mother, fed with the aid of food stamps, is the elite Presidential hopeful. Hillary Clinton seems to believe that her suburban upbringing, as the daughter of a well-off businessman, helps her to relate to common laborers. Thus, as the populace candidate, she will prevail.
Later in the evening Clinton Senior Advisor, Howard Wolfson, assured a Chris Matthews audience, Hillary Clinton's strategy is to triumph. Some viewers were left with an impression contrary to the claim Clinton Aide, Terry McAuliffe expressed earlier in the day. While, the Clinton's Campaign Manager said in a televised interview, “I don’t see it going to the convention,” Wolfson seemed to imply, Senator Clinton will take contest to the Convention floor. Spokesperson Wolfson sings the tune, 'It is not over until it is over,' or until the former First Lady sings. Hence, America must sit tight.
Just as the predictions were wrong when pundits hastily declared a winner in Iowa, the prophecy offered post a May primary is incorrect. Citizens may hark back to the calculations made in New Hampshire. There too the prophecy proved false. Today, talk of a time when Hillary Rodham Clinton resigns herself to a lose is forged. The periodicals, the Democratic Party, and perchance the people may wish to end the madness, the mania, and the milieu of discordance. However, for Hillary, there is but one truth; she is a fighter. The woman who often speaks of her return to the White House defiantly declares, "I will win!." America must wait to be united. Hillary Rodham Clinton has not and will not fall.
United We Stand. Resources for a divided Democratic Party . . .
Posted by Betsy L. Angert on May 8, 2008 at 09:00 PM in Elections, Hillary Clinton | Permalink
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