The noose is closing. It's about time the media start catching up with the facts that have been out there for weeks now. Hillary has become Huckabee, and the only question left is why the media still considers her a viable entity in this race.

Precisely the executive skills needed to resolve our nation's fiscal problems.

She'll gladly dispense with the $5M if that's what it takes for her to get "my precious."

ides of march is excellent news for hillary

The latest FEC reports appear to suggest that the Hillary campaign may be in the red:

Where is all this uncertainty coming from? Are FEC reports really that vague?

Relax Thetans. This is going to the convention.

And this:
"The noose is closing."

Wowee. Imagine if that had been said about the black candidate.

Genghis -- what's your prob, dude? I happen to know Idiotic, Idiotic is a friend of mine, and you, sir, are no Idiotic! So chill!

Okay - I am going to ante up again for President .....errr....ummm....I mean, Senator Obama !! Sorry, again - getting A LITTLE ahead of myself there! :)

Any body match my $50 ?? Lets create NEW ground swell of donations !!

i am predicting HRC pulls out next week.

OT: Greg you need to fix your bad close link HTML in the piece you just posted of the video Richardson's speech. It is screwing up the entire piece and preventing the comments and permalink links from working.

Ah, yes. What a bunch of "amateurs" they are, over there at the Obama campaign, with all their "money," and "delegates," and "popular vote lead." Oh, and "states won."

Yes, Hillary is really showing us how the "professionals" do it. But doesn't "professional" connote one who gets paid?

All of which is to say - who's the *real* amateur, here? Just saying.

We know she has been telling her donors that the path to victory is through Florida and Michigan.

With that revotes effectively off the table and the DNC rejecting any possibility of seating those delegates as is, how does she convince the donors to keep opening their wallets?

She is in trouble. She can self-finance, but even the Clinton's are not "Romney rich". Obama could bankrupt them in a month.

This is where the difference between the donor bases of Barack and Hillary really show. She has all that money stuck in her GE campaign account because it's from donors who are maxed-out on primary donations.

This may be a sea change. If so, we all have to get less contentious and get all dems unified again.

And how much of her expense goes to consultants???

I don't agree with Huckabee's stand on many issues, but he is a decent guy.

Hillary... not so much.

wow...44 comments in one hour?

I could mention a particular pro-Hillary(fairness) blog that gets 300 posts in 2.

Whoopsie!

The noose is closing. It's about time the media start catching up with the facts that have been out there for weeks now. Hillary has become Huckabee, and the only question left is why the media still considers her a viable entity in this race.

Posted by SDinIA

Um, she won the last 3 states, despite race-baiting from Hillary (ask Rep John Lewis, one of Obama's own delegates), and is neck and neck, with less money, and the media biting her at every turn...

And the noose is tightening?

Laughable.

So many people are in for a rude awakening in November..

thanks for f*cking up the Dem chances.

Just one or two days ago the Obamites saw their boy trnding down. Now turncoat Richardson opportunistically jumps on the Thetans spaceship and wooosh...the snarky gloating begins. Endorsements by marginal candidates counts for nothing (except their hope that they get a VP nod).

1.This...is...going...to...the...convention.
2. They will arrive in a statistical dead head and deadlock (less than 3% separating their delgate count).
3. The rules committee will draft rules on how to proceed in a way that will result in a winner.
4. Obama The Deceiver will be severely wounded by the immediately precedeing primaries and the inevitable new scandal.

Like a typical basketball game that is decided in the last two minutes..

This isn't even close to being over.

So gloat for today Thetans. The next primary is about a month away and all you dervish twirling will have you exhausted by then.

Slow and steady wins the race. This isn't even close to being over.

(Sorry about all the typos. I definitely need better keyboarding skillz.)

Liberal Historian.

I'll take care of that for you old timer.

;)

I am putting fogu2's 4 point argument post in a not-too-distant time capsule, and then I am going to pull it out and present it without further comment.

Delicious.

Um, she won the last 3 states ~ destardi

The last two states were Mississippi (March 11) and Wyoming (March 8), both won by Obama.

Before that was Ohio,Texas, Vermont, RI, all on March 4. Obama won in Texas and Vermont, so I'm not sure how you figure that Hillary won the last three.

Are you using the Karl Rove math?

Either way, Vegas should put a line out as to when she quits. I say it's before April 15th, so she won't have to release the tax records. If another prominent Dem endorses Obama between now and then, you can turn out the lights on Hillary.

not sure how much attention this will get, but here goes...
This post/ story is based off of an NYT blog post/ column which is linked to the FEC report. But follow the link from the NYT and we get the Clinton campaign's most recent posted FEC filing which, toward the top of the page reads "Filed 02/20/2008"

Look more through the details and we see the date of expenditure to cover January 08 and December 07.

Navigate back and we see that the Obama and Clinton March filings (which presumably have February's expenditures) are not yet posted (still processing by FEC). Ok, so I don't know if the campaigns gave their filings to the NYT or something else... but where's the evidence NYT is writing off of current info as opposed to stale info (it's an easy confusion... the FEC calls it the 'February Report').

Is there actual news here or a conflation of new income with old outflow? Dunno, just wondering.

Although all the comments here on TPM, all the comments on NYT and no one raises a question so maybe I'm missing something.

I'll tell you who is destroying the Democratic Party.... Shrillary Clinton. If she mortally wounds Barack Obama's efforts, we will remember when that witch runs again in 2012. I'll have my "ANYONE BUT HILLARY" button ready to wear.

YOU CAN NOT MATHEMATICALLY WIN THIS NOMINATION.... YOU MORON! Drop out now and survive with an iota of dignity.

I saw another clip today will Cigar-Lovin Bill talking about how GREAT McCain is.... STFU BILL! Your time has passed. You almost ruined our party in thye 90's (scandals, lost Congress, bent over and let the Republicans ram their agenda up his ass), We don't want your garbage anymore! I should have voted for Bob Dole... I once thought you were a great man. Now I think you're an embarassment. I guess there's not enough interns at your office in harlem to keep you busy.

GO AWAY CLINTONS!

My fury is overwhelming me. You have moved me from a die-hard Democrat to a McCain voter if there is a CLINTON on the ballot.

They're trying to F*** our party like Bill F***ed every piece of tail he could get in his younger days.

Good God! Will this nightmare ever end? CAN'T anyone in the Clinton Campaign do MATH?

I hope she doesn't run a White House administration like she runs her campaign.... WE'LL ALL BE BROKE.

The only explanation for Clinton's financial woes is mismanagement. Oops. And she's the one who claims she has the experience to balance the budget and create surpluses like in the 1990s? A campaign budget is peanuts. What about all the spin of a tidal wave of contributions? Hillary campaign is one big exageration.

Typical obamite comment..wide eyed dreamer.. it doesn't matter what i and chris wallace thinks..
be realistic .. think in a wider context .. in BIG WHITE America .. which in Obama's own words consist of "typical white person" .. think how it will go down in small towns , blue-collar base, rural America.. GOP will run these words in 24 hour cycle unless every American know atleast know this 1 thing about Obama.. thats just the reality .. Democrats lose on this 1 single issue every time.

When will the chattering heads of the TV MSM stop showing us McCain's weirdly superior, steadily rising poll numbers, comparing them to the weird fact that most Americans want the troops out of Iraq within a few months, and saying it is because McCain has this aura of authority and dependability?!?!?

It is NOT that. It is BECAUSE of this devastating protracted race between Barack and Hillary. The longer it goes on, the higher McCain rises in the polls, even with 63% or more of the people wanting exactly the OPPOSITE of what McCain is sure to deliver. Day by day, Independents are switching from Barack to McCain (and this is also a result of some of the comments at progressive blogs, those few people who HATE THE TROOPS and those who can't post a comment that doesn't include virulent, oh-so-hip they think, God-hate and Jesus-hate, stuff that will NOT win this election, but will drive conventional church-going Democrats and most Independents, and the highly insulted Ron Paulies, AWAY from the Democratic party in November. Progressives making their feelings known on the internet have not always been good ambassadors, at this breathtakingly important time in history. It's a crying shame, too.

But re. the 2 candidates, I really think this particular Clinton has killed us. It was do or die for her and Bill. So we're just going to die, that's all.

McCain, the crazy old man with a constant keeper named Lieberman, very likely IS our next president. Because I think America might be finished. A "President John McCain" would be the black bunting strung across this country, that is for damn sure.

These numbers don't include March, and let's not be naive here. Her numbers could have shot up and his went down in March. Let's not gloat about this. He's had a terrible few weeks.

The campaign better have a good spin. I'm not looking forward to these numbers at all.

I am wiping the tears laffin @ "my precious"... Oh my God... too true...

HA HA HA HA HA HA!
I just gave Obama $25.

If the positions of Clinton & Obama were reversed, and it was Clinton with the overwhelming lead in delegates, in total votes, in states won, and more individual contributions- does anyone seriously believe that at this point Obama would be using a kitchen sink strategy to damage Clinton? Would Obama be on the campaign trail praising McCain? Would Obama be repeating the mantra that he can still win the nomination by way of the superdelegates?

For all that democrats have done for the Clinton's throughout their political careers and private lives, one might think the Clinton's would feel a sense of loyalty to the party and to their constituency. Instead, the Clinton's act as if we are ungrateful children, and that we somehow owe Hillary the nomination.

Boo to the phrase "witch." Ditto on "claws" up thread.

I'm sure Obama believes in being a gracious winner.

Turn off the lights,the party is over.As the primary drags on she keeps revealing the nastiness of her character day after day,lieing and manipulation of the facts.For the most part the Clintons are just like the Bushes harmful to America.But stay tune folks,she intends to damage the Dem party chances in the fall.David Geffen was proven right afterall.

Interesting how the Clinton machine is having difficulty finding people willing to toss in their lump of coal.

Perhaps the machine is tired and worn out, or we've progressed to a cleaner, more energy efficient model?

I contributed to her campaign today.
Thanks for the alert.

Oh, and if Obama gets elected we can send him to Iraq and his outstanding abilities as an orator will solve all their problems. snark.

I like the guy but I draw the line at worship.

Is Obama really closing in on 2 million donors?

http://my.barackobama.com/page/contribute_c/sofar08_sidebar/graphic

NO it Ding Dong the wicked ***** is DEAD!!!!
Now everyone can celebrate!!!

End of February, very little cash on hand -- 6 million in 2 days after March 4 then lots more. A big month for Clinton. She does not have the money Obama does, but when she wins PA by a large amount, she will get a lot more money.

Money money money

Lot of sexism out there among you Obama supporters who would never be as nasty about a male candidate as you feel free to be toward Senator Clinton. Sexism is certainly as much a part of this campaign as anything else, and it is really sad.