Clinton Sends Letter To Superdelegates

[GoldieAZ49]

She is not going to drop out. She will take it to the convention even if every SD 'says' they support Obama. Because it means nothing until they vote at the convention.

If you're a superdelegate, check your mailbox: You'll soon have a personalized letter from Hillary Clinton. In it, Clinton argues her case for "why I believe I am the stronger candidate against Senator McCain and would be the best President and Commander in Chief."

"Dear ___________," the letter (in its generic form) opens. A few paragraphs in, Clinton makes indirect reference to her rival Barack Obama's lack of success in attracting working class voters.

Americans "want a President who shares their core beliefs about our country and its future and 'gets' what they go through every day to care for their families, pay the bills and try to put something away for the future," Clinton writes.

Later, she makes an argument based on polls and election results.

"I am ahead in states that have been critical to victory in the past two elections," Clinton writes. "From Ohio, to Pennsylvania, to West Virginia and beyond, the results of recent primaries in battleground states show that I have strong support from the regions and demographics Democrats need to take back the White House. I am also currently ahead of Senator McCain in Gallup national tracking polls, while Senator Obama is behind him. And nearly all independent analyses show that I am in a stronger position to win the Electoral College, primarily because I lead Senator McCain in Florida and Ohio."

"In addition, when the primaries are finished, I expect to lead in the popular vote and in delegates earned through primaries," she writes. "Ultimately, the point of our primary process is to pick our strongest nominee – the one who would be the best President and Commander in Chief, who has the greatest support from members of our party, and who is most likely to win in November. So I hope you will consider not just the strength of the coalition backing me, but also that more people will have cast their votes for me."

The letter comes with "a detailed analysis of recent electoral and polling information" to back Clinton's case. Though the New York senator now has little chance of securing the Democratic presidential nomination, she could conceivably overcome Obama's delegate lead if she convinces a significant majority of superdelegates to back her.

Full letter below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/05/28/politics/horserace/entry4131914.shtml

Kick ass Hillary!

[Lucky 13]

1. Let it sink.

[polpilot]

28. Pro-War Hillary fights on!!! She's just trying to get on the McCain ticket as VP.

[GarbagemanLB]

2. So we will have only two months to not only fight McCain but also unite a deeply divided party?

We all lose.

[cliffordu]

3. Pathetic. Pathetic. Pathetic.

"Forget the long and illustrious history we have as a party. Give it to me because I believe I deserve it.

Because I want it".

[TahitiNut]

4. Uh-huh. So, Hillary knows how to "pay the bills"??

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[fortyfeetunder]

8. I have to ROFL on that one too...

:rofl:

[Danger Mouse]

5. She's completely discounting caucuses altogether. She can't do that.

[RNdaSilva]

11. Yes she can...

she's a Clinton. :sarcasm:

Surely the superdelegates aren't stupid. Are they? We shall find out next Wednesday, the second day of a great flood cresting.

Hillary flanked by her pots and pan(derers) at the convention would not be a pretty picture.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Well...I mean, of course she CAN...

:puke:

[MadBadger]

6. She actually cited Karl Rove's analysis and gave him credit in her memo

I'm sure the supers loved that.

[cliffordu]

9. Maybe referencing Rove is the example of bringing people together

she needs.....

[GoldieAZ49]

12. Well Obama certainly hasn't 'united' the party

or anything else.

[cliffordu]

15. Uh, and this is helping, how??

Some folks, like you, for instance, wouldn't become united with anything outside your preconceived notions.

Too bad.

[juajen]

21. That's truly comical; and, pray tell, what would it take for you to

unify with Hillary? I'm guessing your answer would be much the same as ours. NO WAY IN HELL.

[cliffordu]

23. Well, goodbye then. Have fun fundraising for McCain at all the rest

homes and casinos.

[cali]

25. um, no. Were their positions reversed, I would already have

given up on Obama and switched to supporting Hill. I live in the real world. You clearly don't.

[RNdaSilva]

16. That's brillliant....

unification does not require 100% complicity. The bigots, the racists and the ignorant might never rally around him.

Why am I wasting my time...it is already over.

[juajen]

20. Funny, I keep asking myself that same question, but worded a little differently

Like, "Why do Obama supporters always say its all over, and flood forums all over the internet with vicious diatribes?"

If it is indeed "all over", why are you not posting on McCain's weaknesses? All I see is thread after thread attempting to crush someone who you say is already crushed.

[GoldieAZ49]

31. They think if they say it enough it will be true

They know it isn't over. They want to make their racist accusations thinking it will be their ticket to the White House. They have no idea how wrong they are.

Obama has not won the white vote since his mentor, the Rev Wright, made the news in mid March. He cannot and will not be able to win them back. His race baiting campaign is over. The country has seen where the bigotry is, in Obama's campaign and they will not vote for it.

[cliffordu]

36. Your race baiting campaign is over, goldie.

[canucksawbones]

37. you mean like his loss in lily white oregon. eom

[Yael]

7. One day she will wake up and realize that this wasn't a dream.

[pocoloco]

17. Nightmare to some of us!

[papapi]

29. Double Ditto!

[RNdaSilva]

10. And further debunked here...

http://www.jedreport.com/2008/05/clinton-superde.html

Enough of this fantasy, end it now.

Senator Barack Obama IS the Democratic Party's nominee...get on with the general election.

Also, check out Jon Stewart:

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/democratic_delegate_count.html

[doublethink]

13. Superdelegates send same letter back stamped .........

It's Over

[casus belli]

18. Yes, kick the ass Hillary.

You've already beaten the horse to death, let's start in on a fresh pack animal.

[juajen]

19. That's our Hillary. Do not give up until your supporters ask you to.

On to the convention and fight like Hell. Democrats have been asking for a fighter in the past two election cycles. Finally, we have one.

[TLM]

22. Too bad she only fights this hard against democrats...

When Bush wanted to start a war with iraq, where was your tireless fighter then?

[iconicgnom]

41. Where "her supporters" are exactly those people who continue asking her

to continue doing what she wants. Regardless of negative consequences to the Dem party that everyone (except her supporters, of course) can see. The rest have been moved to support Obama, so are Obama supporters now.

Negative consequences? Here ( :puke: ) is a sentence copied from Hillis44.com
"Dean/Obama/Brazille/Pelosi have turned against the Democratic Wing of the Democratic Party."
Cool. Polarization, much?

[Window]

24. Sad, sad, sad. That is all.

[merh]

26. She doesn't pay her bills

one would think she would pay the vendors she owes before she writes something like this in a letter to the SDs

pay the bills and try to put something away for the future," Clinton writes.

She is so out of touch with reality and her own responsibilities, it is just sad at this stage. If her supporters care about her as a person, they would not be enabling her as they do.

Know when to quit.

[AllentownJake]

27. They aren't returning her phone calls

That's why she's reorted to letter writing.

[chemenger]

30. I remember reading something in a pop-psychology book several years ago

the author made a statement that, in any conversation, letter, or the like, where I, me, mine is used over a certain number of times that indicates that the speaker or writer is narcissistic.

Do we really need another narcissist in the Presidency??? REALLY???

Go away HiLIARy, just go away!!!

[Yukari Yakumo]

40. Totals...

I - 35
me - 4
my* - 2

- - - -

Whatever that line is, she clearly crossed it with the "I"'s.

[Independent-Voter]

32. What a money grubbing whore. Pathetic!

[Straight Shooter]

33. When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.

The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit. - Mark Twain

A mind troubled by doubt cannot focus on the course to victory. - Arthur Golden

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. - Theodore Roosevelt


Why is it that people agree philosophically with such quotations as I've given, but yet when someone actually implements the sentiment of such sayings, the endless insults ensue? :shrug:

I look back on my life with regret at those times that I did not fight harder and longer for what was important to me, but instead I took the path of least resistance and acquiesced to those who wanted me out of the way. I chose not to make waves for the sake of an uneasy truce. I see this behavior in others, as well. It is why Americans did not rise up against bush when he stole the elections twice, but instead we eventually retreated, muttering in anger and vowing revenge "someday." Who are we to belittle and denigrate Hillary Clinton for believing she has a reason to continue to fight, when we do not have such fight in ourselves?

[undeterred]

34. I wish the Clintons would have fought this hard against election fraud.

Imagine if they had put this ferocious energy into some other issue like impeaching the chimp or exposing election fraud. This would have been a totally different campaign with a different outcome.

[Milo_Bloom]

35. Luckily the postal service doesn't issue stamps on credit!

[RiverStone]

38. If she is (trying) to keep this going after June 10th or so...

The level of outright anger and frustration directed at the Clinton's would grow exponentially from the discord we have seen the past few months.

It would get uglier than any primary battle in the history of our country. I can't fathom Hillary would be that selfish as to try and throw the whole party under the bus to win.

Hopefully, others will follow Nancy Pelosi's comments today and simply say - WE WILL NOT LET THIS HAPPEN!

[Kablooie]

39. Sounds very pitiful and hollow in today's climate.