Hillary's watch party in WV looks like a funeral

[spotbird]

I've been to more than a few watch parties for losing candidates, and I've seen winning ones on TV. Hillary's tonight does not have the energy of a winner. People are drifting in, although MSNBC reports the candidate will be there soon for a victory speech.

[kwenu]

1. It is a funeral for Hillary's campaign.

[tridim]

2. It's been billed as "the greatest speech ever"

We'll see.

[AllentownJake]

5. If it includes the words

I am suspending my campaign and I am supporting Barack Obama it will be the greatest speech ever.

Till McCain has to utter the words President Elect Obama.

[knixphan]

20. damn straight

:toast:

[Labors of Hercules]

24. nope... not till she "wins" KY...

then she can suspend to her heart's content.

[Connie_Corleone]

10. "I just want to thank all the hardworking white people who voted for me today!"

[livetohike]

3. No 80-90% blowout.....guess they're sad n/t

[roguevalley]

32. consider:they predicted 80-90%. They will get about sixty. That is 20-30% less

than projected in a sure thing state. Consider that she lost 7% to John Edwards as well. She did very poorly in terms of projections, much worse than bad.

[Secret_Society]

4. Yea bad planning they knew it would be called early

But I remember the same thing happening to Obama in NC. I think it has a lot to do with the volunteers working up until the las minute and coming in then.

[spotbird]

8. They should have staged it better

Sometimes they make amaturish mistakes.

[LSparkle]

9. I think he was waiting for her to speak first, or to see the results in IN

It didn't feel like the Obama campaign was caught unprepared the
night he won NC ... An empty ballroom at 7:30 on a night like this
shows faulty planning (AGAIN!) on the part of the Clinton campaign.

[thoughtcrime1984]

6. Wow, she's annihiliating his ass!!!!! wOOt

:D

[LSparkle]

7. Wait, weren't they EXPECTING an early call on this race????

Why an empty ballroom at 7:30? Even in the final days of
her campaign, they just can't get it right ... Wonder if
entertainment will be provided by the "You and Me For
Hillary" ensemble ...

:puke:

[spotbird]

11. It's just weird

This is a major victory after all.

[TahitiNut]

12. Just remember, it takes her longer to get ready.

She said so. (Poor Nell.)

:rofl:

[Frustratedlady]

13. Maybe they couldn't afford a spread, so no one came?

Don't they usually have drinks and snacks? When you are $20M+ in debt, I should think a few hundred more wouldn't matter, but what the hey!

[spotbird]

15. They could have had a cash bar

and pot luck. It makes people feel like participants to cook.

[DearAbby]

16. Aunt Bea brought maccaroni salad!

[cliss]

14. I was listening to the Bill Press show last night.

(I work at night, so I have no choice but to listen to him).

Bill Press is a very big Hillary supporter. Last night, some pundit from CNN came on, and gave Bill the Bad News. He said, "you have to understand, it's over for Hillary. It's Over".

As the pundit was talking, Bill was saying in a low voice, "No, No, no...." - you could actually hear the desperation, the disbelief as the pundit was talking.

Later in the program, Bill Press was insisting that Obama MUST take Hillary as his V.P.
Delusional.

[spotbird]

17. David Gergen is another

who should be smart enough, but got lost in the hype.

[4themind]

18. I've lost some respect for him...

and it's too bad because I used to love watching him smack down novak on crossfire

[Kaylee]

21. I tried listening to him on my drive into work....

but he's so uninformed and wrong on so many subjects. Between that and the non-stop cheerleading for Hillary's failed campaign, I had to turn him off to preserve my sanity.

[corkhead]

31. and his fucking book he's peddling, wasting half the time between the too many commercials.

[senseandsensibility]

19. It will be the greatest speech of all time

Terry McAuliffe said so on MSNBC. Her own followers can't get energized for the greatest speech of all time?

[spotbird]

22. Strange way to raise expectations

She doesn't give good speeches. I wonder what he is talking about.

[senseandsensibility]

23. I agree

Bizarre.

[high density]

25. Looks better now

But I am still curious to see a wide shot of the crowd.

Like others, I expect that for this to be the "greatest speech ever," she is going to concede to Barack Obama.

[spotbird]

26. More people, but no

enthusiasm.

[high density]

27. True, doesn't look very fun

And where's the "warmup" speaker?

[goclark]

28. Fake people and no energy in the crowd

Her speech is so flat I couldn't bare to watch it.

Who is listening?
Wake me when it's over.

Is that someone's back yard or a room at a Comfort Inn?

[my3boyz]

29. Did Tweety cheer for her? I heard he said Obama was boring earlier. nt

[RiverStone]

30. The lack of enthusiasm is very transparent

[Condem]

33. What's the term? A Pyrrhic victory?