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Wolfson: There Have Been "No Discussions" Of Ending The Race
On the Hillary conference call, a reporter asked the following of Hillary spokesperson Howard Wolfson:
"Have there been any discussions of not going forward?"
Wolfson's answer:
"No. No discussions."
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They're either lying or stupid.
How can you not discuss ending a gamble when you just lost 6.4 mil?
May 7, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe that was part of the deal from the start! NO discussion! Just follow orders! Drink the snake oil!
May 7, 2008 10:49 AM | Reply | Permalink
In finacial circles we call it "escallation of commitment."
You poor resources into an investment and when it starts going bad you poor more resources in, afraid that not doing so will mean you lose your original investment. Walking away from a loss is hard, but throwing good money after bad is to be avoided at all costs (literally.)
May 7, 2008 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Whoops, that should be Pour, not poor.
I'm too happy to proof read!
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
George McGovern just urged Clinton to drop out according to MSNBC.
May 7, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary or Obama supporter?
May 7, 2008 10:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary. Harold Ford, chairman of the DLC, also called for her to drop out.
May 7, 2008 10:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah bu snake oil salemans Ford was begging Obama to put Hillary on the tkt "for the DLC's, err, the party's sake"
LOL.
The DLC is dead. Long live the Democratic Party.
May 7, 2008 10:54 AM | Reply | Permalink
Clinton got his start with McGovern. He was one of the first to Endorse Hillary.
IT.
IS.
OVER.
May 7, 2008 10:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
And is ENDORSING Barack Obama now.
WOW.
May 7, 2008 10:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yeah that's huge.
May 7, 2008 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Bataan Death March again......
May 7, 2008 10:47 AM | Reply | Permalink
"No discussions"....Shouting, some shrieking, lots of crying, but no discussions.
May 7, 2008 10:50 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ok Howard, if she wants to go out the hard way, fine.
More public humiliation - fine.
More money wasted - fine.
I don't care- the DLC is dead, Wolfson. Long live the DNC and Howard Dean.
What Hillary her team do next is going to become so irrelevant so fast you won't know what hit you.
May 7, 2008 10:51 AM | Reply | Permalink
!!!HILLMENTUM™!!!!
May 7, 2008 10:52 AM | Reply | Permalink
Boy that "hill" is getting pretty steep, isn't it??? But ever onward and upward go the followers who love the clinton snake oil!
Thanks, idiotic, for never varying from your righteous cause! ♪♪♪
May 7, 2008 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
SHE'S GOT HILLMENTUM ALRIGHT: SHE'S GATHERING MOMENTUM, ROLLING DOWN A HILL!
May 7, 2008 10:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
He's lying. They not only discussed ending the race; they decided that Obama should concede in light of his continued failure to become white.
May 7, 2008 10:53 AM | Reply | Permalink
Damn you! I almost choked on my coffee! :P
May 7, 2008 10:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
LOL!
May 7, 2008 10:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
This gets the gold medal for snark today.
May 7, 2008 10:58 AM | Reply | Permalink
I just forgave you for that shirt.
LOL!!!!!
May 7, 2008 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Genghis, that was absolutely brilliant! Well done, sir!! ;)
May 7, 2008 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
your roy.g.biv shirt is shock and awesome.
May 7, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Looks like I underestimated the kool aid the white folks drank.
Just like the gop with w.
He can do no wrong.
Looks like he will start out losing Florida and Michigan and half the Dems.
Good luck getting them back.
May 7, 2008 10:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
You don't constitute half the Dems, unless I have misunderestimated your obesity.
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wow, I have to give you credit for coming out of hiding this morning. Good for you! ;)
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
I thought we'd seen the last of you.
What a thumpin' it was, eh?
May 7, 2008 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
President-to-be Obama welcomes your vote.
May 7, 2008 11:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
Here's the problem with the internet - I want my reply to your comment to just be one hand making the talking and saying nothing gesture.
Everyone has to imagine it.
May 7, 2008 11:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
gotalife - an alliance with Gordon Bloyer and co. may give hope to your cause:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkZC9wc3yfg
May 7, 2008 12:25 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gordon is one of the masterminds behind Operation Chaos - take his word for it that this is no joke operation:
http://gordonbloyershow.com/
May 7, 2008 12:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Not that you care about accuracy, but the latest polls have Hillary losing MI to McCain, and Obama (narrowly) beating McCain:
http://www.pollster.com/08-MI-Pres-GE-MvC.php
http://www.pollster.com/08-MI-Pres-GE-MvO.php
May 7, 2008 12:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Shove off, moron.
May 7, 2008 10:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
I hope the Hillary campaign serves as a grim reminder to any Democratic candidates in the future who even think of hiring DLC consultants for their campaign.
JUST DON'T DO IT!
They are paid to lose, and they earn their pay.
~
May 7, 2008 10:56 AM | Reply | Permalink
Hillary Clinton's Campiagn i don't believe would have discussed dropping out because Clinton has been quoted several times saying " I will go to the end". " I will let all states have a voice in this process"
And, why would you drop out when you know that you are going to win West Virginia, Kentucky and Oregon by double digits.
GO HILLARY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 7, 2008 10:57 AM | Reply | Permalink
Ahem...Oregon?!
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Weeeee!!!!
Talk about kool-aid drinkers.
She's only hurting herself. Why do you like to see Hillary Clinton humiliated?
May 7, 2008 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
Bearing out Chris Matthews' observation last night: "Politics is not a team sport." At least not for this practitioner.
May 7, 2008 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
Fox News pointed out last night that the last day of the Democratic convention, May 28th, is the anniversary of MLK's "I have a dream" speech.
May 7, 2008 11:07 AM | Reply | Permalink
Er, August 28th. I don't know why I replied to an unrelated person's comment with that either.
May 7, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
I guess you would drop out because winning those states makes no difference at all. She will win WV and KY. She will not win OR. But it does not matter. It's over. And Hillary was never concerned with having all states have a voice in this process until she fell behind. Mike Huckabee also said he was going to the convention.
May 7, 2008 11:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
The real trolls are lame enough, but if the parody trolls can't do better than "HC08" they should drop out.
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
Obama on Intrade = 90.4!!!
♪♪♪
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
I certainly preferred Hillary Clinton to Barack Obama...but I think it's time the Clinton campaign considers suspending their efforts.
What's the point of continuing?
Alea iacta est: John McCain will be the 44th president of the United States.
May 7, 2008 10:59 AM | Reply | Permalink
John McSame is averaging 3 senior moments a week, as soon as the press starts covering him and his many fumbles and flip flops he is done.
May 7, 2008 11:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
Oh, please. The press loves John McCain. The Republicans will define Obama on their own terms...and the press will help them do it.
May 7, 2008 11:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
if you and your compadres like war and a crumbling infrastructure and hate choice, then mccain might be
but I suspect the american people have more sense than that
May 7, 2008 11:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
A lot of people suspected that the American people would've have had more sense than to vote for George Bush in 2000 or 2004.
I don't give a lot of credit to the "sense" (common or otherwise) of the American people. I have no doubt that Obama is going to lose this election.
May 7, 2008 11:09 AM | Reply | Permalink
then it makes sense you are a hillary supporter (or bush/mccain). you have little faith in the american people, as do hillary/bush/mccain. or maybe you are just a misanthrope in general.
welp, you still have a choice. help fight for change (if that's what you want) or just give up. if you've got nothing to contribute but your sense of superiority, then maybe it's time to take your marbles home and just sulk
May 7, 2008 11:18 AM | Reply | Permalink
I am not a Hillary supporter. I am not a Bush supporter. I am not a McCain supporter. But I do think Barack Obama was the worst choice the Democrats could've made for their nominee. Of course, Clinton wasn't all that much better.
In any case, how do you explain the election of George Bush...if, as you imply, you have so much faith in the American people? Is it really your contention that the American people made the right choice when they elected George Bush?
May 7, 2008 11:25 AM | Reply | Permalink
you're fighting yesterday's battles.
you can't step in the same stream twice.
2000 and 2004 were both different elections with different circumstances on the ground, even though the same candidate won both times
2008 will be yet another different election
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and to be clear, I don't have blind faith in the american people to do the right thing all of the time, as I often find myself in a very slim majority (I was in the
but I do have faith in the american people to do the right thing over time, and I believe now is that time
May 7, 2008 11:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
TPM doesn't like "less than" symbols apparently
make that: "(I was in the less than 7% who did not support Bush after 9/11 -- I knew the admin was lieing about several things -- and I was in the less than 30% who did not support the iraq war/occupation before it started)."
May 7, 2008 11:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
Maybe Hillary's looking out at the landscape of American politics over the last 7 years or so, and decided that the reality-based community is a distinct minority, and can be steam-rolled.
May 7, 2008 11:06 AM | Reply | Permalink
Howard, the Fat Lady is scatting like Ella Fitzgerald, your campaign is being drawn to a bright white light, the closing credits are telling us who your make-up lady and best boy are, you received the proverbial pink slip, your fiancee just threw your engagment ring back at you. Its over.
May 7, 2008 11:00 AM | Reply | Permalink
:):):)
May 7, 2008 11:02 AM | Reply | Permalink
Another brilliant comment! Boy, we're on a roll here this morning!!! Obama makes us not only smarter but funnier - he's amazing! ;)
May 7, 2008 11:05 AM | Reply | Permalink
Even Best Boy credits :) Well played, fellow critic - well played.
May 7, 2008 11:15 AM | Reply | Permalink
Re: Gas Tax Holiday - Hillary gambled on the stupidity of the voters, and she lost. Perhaps this still could be the year our country is ready for the candidate who takes the high road and speaks to voters as adults.
May 7, 2008 11:01 AM | Reply | Permalink
uhhh, sorry to break your high spirit, where are the numbers? Isn't this time for Clintons to think about the party and their legacy than Hillary? Join, not divide,people.
May 7, 2008 11:03 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Republicans are going to be very tough, but McCain will be easier than his party. The guy's got so many skeletons in his history and so many liabilities as a campaigner -- plus he has to defend the war, the economy, the terrible mood in the country. And now, everytime Wright comes up, there is Haggee in response.
May 7, 2008 11:08 AM | Reply | Permalink
well what is he supposed to say? "yeah, we're trying to decide whether to drop out now or hold on until May 20 and then drop out"?
Of course he said there have been no discussions. He has to say that, as does Sen. Clinton. But watching last night, you could tell they see the writing on the wall. When she individually thanked Chelsea and Bill in the middle of her speech, it had the effect of cast members of a popular sitcom coming out for a bow after the series finale.
May 7, 2008 11:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
The Clintons have no thought of their party or their country, just themselves.
Let them bankrupt themselves, her future and his legacy.
May 7, 2008 11:16 AM | Reply | Permalink
Wolfson can say what he wants, Clinton conceded last night in her speech, referring to her daughter and husband's campaign efforts in the past tense.
It is important for the party for Hillary to continue to press forward if she can afford it, so long as she keeps running on propped-up fake issues like the gas tax holiday, which was a gift from heaven for Obama. If she does not attack Obama's character, she will be helping the Dems register more voters in WV and KY, which could be in play in November.
May 7, 2008 12:42 PM | Reply | Permalink
I guess this means she's in it to spin it.
May 7, 2008 1:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
WSJ reports Bill Clinton urging Hillary to take it all the way to the convention.
He knows Obama is nominee so his only possible motive for pushing her to Denver: he wants an ugly convention, replay of Chigaco 68', to make sure McCain gets elected and
Obama misses his chance to become a more popular, transformative Democratic president than
Bill Clinton.
It doesn't take a dictionary to know which way the narcissist blows.
May 8, 2008 12:55 PM | Reply | Permalink