Why has Team Hillary stopped talking about Texas?

[Joe the Revelator]

Has she given up there? Isn't this one of the "make it or break it" states that she has to win huge in?

[grantcart]

1. they can count

[Joe the Revelator]

2. If thats true, why not drop out now?

nt

[ingac70]

6. Even if she gets the living shit...

stomped out of her on March 4, losses, big, she won't drop out of this race.

[JackORoses]

11. That is why Alter is urging her to withdraw now with grace

He sees a big embarrassment coming Hillary's way in Texas.

[grantcart]

no point now (although there are rumors starting) she can continue

to get money up to Mar4th she is going to have massive debt

[earthlover]

10. Hillary campaign can count....Texas no longer counts

[babylonsister]

3. Because it/we no longer count?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=108x126344

[maddiejoan]

4. I've been too busy phone banking

But thanks for your concern.

[thevoiceofreason]

14. Keep on phone banking in Texas.

I'd much rather ou waste your efforts here.

[scheming daemons]

15. Are you the last Clinton staffer working in Texas?

...the rest have moved to Ohio.

Make sure you turn out the lights when you're done.

[maddiejoan]

16. I'm in Brooklyn

But I can call anyplace --my phone has long distance.

[skipos]

5. "SENATOR OBAMA, MEET ME IN PUERTO RICO!!!" nt

[TheDonkey]

26. lol

[Cha]

38. We'll discuss your behavior

in this campaign!

[Johnny__Motown]

7. Yes, they can count but Texas doesn't count (anymore)

Polls now have Obama beating her. Plus he has been outperforming polls regularly thanks to his solid ground organization.

Texas is starting to not only look like a win, but possibly a big win. (they do everything big in Texas)

[NJSecularist]

8. She realizes Texas will likely go to Obama

So she will put her do or die strategy on the line in Ohio.

[scheming daemons]

9. Hillary's new firewall... Viejo San Juan.... Searching for the Fountain of Youth....

haha...

[thevoiceofreason]

12. Have you noticed that too?

They keep sending Bill down here, but even that it tapering off.

They sent Bill to East Texas, but Obama sent Samuel L. Jackson -- way cooler.

Samuel L. could kick Bill's but any day.

[scheming daemons]

13. She's too busy trying to keep Ohio from seceding and joining the "United States That Don't Matter"

:shrug:

[tammywammy]

17. ...

Woo Hoo! Texas doesn't matter! We're going Obama all the way!

[TexasObserver]

18. Well, as I've been saying since Super Tuesday ... Obama will win Texas.

And it won't be close. Two weeks ago, even strident Obama supporters were saying I was hopelessly optimistic, but I believe the proof is rolling in. When the pollsters are finding that Obama is winning handily those who have already voted - traditionally the most conservative of Democrats, traditionally the older Democrats - both demos Clinton has counted among her voters, you know it's over in Texas.

I said for two weeks Obama would win Texas by 5-15 points. For the past week, I've been predicting the Obama win would be 8-18 points.

He won't break 59%. She won't fall below 41%. Right now, I'd eyeball it at 57% to 42%.

I could be wrong. We'll find out in 8 days.

[Mojambo]

20. I think 57-42 would end this race.

She would be under enormous pressure after a loss that big down there.

[TexasObserver]

31. It will be an Obama win by no less than 54% to 46%, and the delegate spread larger than that.

She's putting all her eggs in Ohio's basket now. I imagine her internals show it's even or close to even in Ohio, which is why we are seeing the all-out negative attacks at Obama from Camp Clinton.

[Major Hogwash]

19. They're too busy searching for her lost shaker of salt.

"Some people say, there's a woman to blame"

And they would be right.

LoL

[apocalypsehow]

21. When voters won't vote the way they're supposed to, they become irrelevant.

:sarcasm:

[MannyGoldstein]

22. It Became An Unimportant State

We must accept that only a few states are important.

[Lisa0825]

23. I got 2 calls from her campaign a week ago

(I am in Galveston County, TX), which I did not answer because I didn't recognize the # (but I googled later). I haven't heard a peep since... no mailers, no further calls. I do see commercials daily, but that is all.

[Catherine Vincent]

35. I received a call last week from Hillary Clinton.

It was so funny. It said Hillary Clinton on the caller id and my nephew saw it on the caller id and was afraid to pick it up because he thought it was actually her! :rofl:

[Lisa0825]

39. HAHAHAHA!!!

That is so funny! How old is he? I can see you teasing him about that years down the road! :rofl:

[Catherine Vincent]

40. He just turned 14 this month.

And yes, I did tease him. His mom did too!

[Lisa0825]

42. My est friend's son is 13.

I can imagine him reacting the exact same way! LOL

[peaches2003]

24. The final firewall is now.....

RHODE ISLAND where she spent Sunday! Unfortunately Vermont is already lost to Obama. :nopity:

[workinclasszero]

25. Texas doesn't count...

now that its clear that Obama will win it on the 4th!:toast:

[K Gardner]

27. Didn't you see the interview she gave to a Texas TV station? They're not concerned about

states that don't figure into the electoral map (or something), i.e., red states.

IOW: Texas Doesnt Count

But MI and FL DO count. She also said today that she never meant what she said about MI and FL, and if she did say it, somebody evidently misunderstood what she said, because that's not what she meant.

[sfam]

28. Red States never count, unless they are Tennessee or Ark...

Texas clearly doesn't count. Besides, now that Hillary has figured out the way Texas counts delegates, the state is CLEARLY disenfranchising her voters.

[FogerRox]

29. Its over, Obama is the front runner, McCain is the front runner.

[Debi]

30. She's SO OVER Texas

It's all about Wyoming now...or Indiana....or Guam.....

[rainbow4321]

32. They are flooding North Texas with pitstops this week/weekend

You know, the part of Texas they didn't think mattered cuz all she needed was South Texas for a TX win..oops, wait, the majority of TX DELEGATES are in ***North Texas***. Too little, too late, HRC.

Six DFW area pitstops for BC in one day (tomorrow) and then HRC rides into town (again) on Saturday.
Sen. Obama: 8 p.m. Thursday at the Fort Worth Convention Center (which will no doubt be one of those pesky big rallys that HRC is so tired of)


http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/022608dnpolbillclinton.2af4b37b.html

Former President Bill Clinton is planning several events in North Texas Tuesday, urging voters to cast their ballots early.

[tammywammy]

34. I almost went and saw Bill Clinton last Sunday

He was here in Arlington. But it was 9:30am and I was at church.

[Catherine Vincent]

33. There's another one of those threads where you ask a few questions...

about Hillary Clinton and it gets sent to the greatest page. :eyes:

[Azathoth]

36. Texas doesn't count n/t

[book_worm]

37. What are they going to do about Bill?

what if she loses Texas and wins Ohio? and Bill said in Texas that she can only go on if she wins both.

[ProSense]

41. Texas: "Win or Lose State" or "Win and Lose State"?

Texas: "Win or Lose State" or "Win and Lose State"?

by: Karl-Thomas Musselman
Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 03:04 PM CST

Not that this comes as a shock or a surprise, but Texas is on the verge of not mattering in the presidential primary March 4th... at least according to Bill Clinton in his interview with ABC News.

"If you vote early or you vote on March the 4th in the popular election, 65 percent of the delegates will be selected to the national convention. But 35 percent of the delegates for the national convention will be selected Tuesday night, March 4, at 8000 Percent Convention all across this state," Clinton told the crowd in Killeen this morning.

"The doors open at 7 and they close at 7:15. It would be tragic if Hillary were to win this election in the daytime and somebody were to come in at night and take it away."

Yes, believe it or not, Texas could simultaneously matter... and not matter. Aren't we special!

Of course, the Clintons are well on the way to not mattering in the Texas caucuses if Bill Clinton keeps informing people that "the door open at 7:00 and close at 7:15". This is mainly because the doors actually open at 7:15 and have no specific set time to close.

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