Don't shoot the messenger: Raw Story posts Hillary rumor floated by...YOU know...The Eggman

[Amerigo Vespucci]

On Raw Story's front page: "Hillary set to quit? Drudge rumor questioned"

This is where the link takes you:

A Drudge Intrigue: Is Hillary Dropping Out?

Just as I finished writing about how Hillary is not done, Drudge shines the flashing light with some interesting verbiage. Note that it uses the plural "campaigns." It also cites Carville. One cannot be re-born until you die. What better way to do it than to plant the story of your demise, eventually pinning it on the underhanded dealings of a presumably noble competitor's campaign? Nothing like sucking the wind out of your competitions headline grabbing success with a staged funeral that doesn't take place. I don't buy it at all.

TALK OF HILLARY EXIT ENGULFS CAMPAIGNS
Mon Jan 07 2008 09:46:28 ET

Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!

"She can't take multiple double-digit losses in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada," laments one top campaign insider. "If she gets too badly embarrassed, it will really harm her. She doesn't want the Clinton brand to be damaged with back-to-back-to-back defeats."

Key players in Clinton's inner circle are said to be split. James Carville is urging her to fight it out through at least February and Super Tuesday, where she has a shot at thwarting Barack Obama in a big state. But others close to the former first lady now see no possible road to victory, sources claim.

Origin of "The Eggman" nickname: http://archive.salon.com/people/col/reit/2000/03/08/npwed/print.html

[Buzz Clik]

1. This morning, the possibility of Clintoin dropping was mentioned on NPR. I laughed.

This is bizarre.

[Renew Deal]

4. I don't buy it. I think it's Drudge bullshit.

[Bitwit1234]

2. Boy the republicans are desperate aren't they...they want Obama

to be the candidate so bad they are trying to steal all the primaries themselves. He has burned out three cell phones calling rove to give him another dirty trick he will use all his money for cells.

[sniffa]

6. As usual, you're spot on.

You should make this an OP. :thumbsup:

[KittyWampus]

7. what a steaming pile. please, let us in on your sources. lol

[MethuenProgressive]

3. Obama's planting rumors again.

KKKarl Rove is an amature next to the ObamaMachine.

[Renew Deal]

5. We're dealing with drudge here.

Don't assume it's Obama or anyone other drudge.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

8. You're right, but try washing this one out of the public consciousness:

Memo to Obama: win Iowa or lose the race

By Karl Rove

Published: December 2 2007 22:00 | Last updated: December 2 2007 22:00

TO: Senator Barack Obama

FROM: Karl Rove

SUBJECT: How to Beat Hillary

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/dee0a6e8-a109-11dc-9f34-0000779fd2ac.html

Not that you have asked for advice, but here it is anyway: Iowa is your chance to best her. If you do not do it there, odds are you never will anywhere. You are way behind her in most national polls. The only way to change that is to beat her in Iowa so people around America take another look at you. You did a smart thing organising effectively in the early primary states. But you can take advantage of that only if you win Iowa and keep her from building an overwhelming sense of invincibility and inevitability.

The good news is you have again got “the buzz”. Polls are looking better for you in Iowa and the other early states. Your press is improving, with your performance at the Iowa Jefferson-Jackson dinner a big help. Hillary Clinton has made unforced errors. But she is still the frontrunner and there are several things you need to do quickly to win.

First, stop acting like a vitamin-deficient Adlai Stevenson. Striking a pose of being high-minded and too pure will not work. Americans want to see you scrapping and fighting for the job, not in a mean or ugly way but in a forceful and straightforward way.

Hillary may come over as calculating and shifty but she looks in control. You, on the other hand, often come over as weak and ineffectual. In some debates, you do not even look at her when disagreeing with her, making it look as if you are afraid of her. She offers you openings time and again but you do not take advantage of them. Sharpen your attacks and make them more precise.

[Adelante]

11. Stop planting rumors, MP

ObamaMachine's gonna getcha :D

[KennedyGuy]

9. look again..he's backing down

[Kingofalldems]

10. "....others close to the campaign..." =

Mary Matalin?