Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and President Bill Clinton have set the tone in this 2008 campaign by attacking her chief rival Sen. Barack Obama personally, questioning his voting record, challenging his position on the war and twisting his words in acknowledging President Ronald Reagan's record.
Last weekend, Mr. Obama took time out of the Nevada primary week to travel to neighboring California, but Mrs. Clinton this week is taking a page from Mr. Obama's playbook, going to California today, 3,000 miles away.
Mrs. Clinton's move, however could give the appearance that she is abandoning the black vote in South Carolina -- especially after her dismal performance with black voters in Nevada: 84 percent voted for Mr. Obama.
It looks as if she is trying to build on her strong performance with Hispanic voters in Nevada.
It will be interesting to see how this plays with her black supporters as the week goes on.
-- Brian DeBose, national political reporter, The Washington Times
Comments (5)
I am not very savvy regarding politics, but what I currently see during the primaries is one simple fact. President Reagan supposedly was the greatest president when it came to the economy. One point though, which President in history has been. The US economy is a Pandora's box and it is very complicated. So by Senator Obama saying that Reagan was a visionary that Americans need a new direction is true today. Enough of the old-school way of thinking. The country needs fresh ideas and an infusion of new blood instead of the old money thoughts that are currently running for the office of the president. Yes it would be hard to fathom a black president or a woman president, but haven't we been down this road once before and voted for someone who we as a nation thought would do something for America? Just my thoughts. Thanks.
Posted by Tod Jackson | January 23, 2008 4:12 PM
I guess we know now how that turned out, bad gamble by Bill&Hillary. It should be interesting to see if the negative reactions people had in SC to a lot of what Bill was saying will reverberate elsewhere. B&H are already trying to put the SC vote behind them, but something tells me the media won't let this die down so quickly.
Posted by Brady | January 27, 2008 12:00 PM
Everyone has to check out the article "White Voters with a Side of Hispanics" on the blogzine Savage Politics. This is an awesome discussion and analysis on the current Democrat and GOP candidates and their eligibility.
www.savagepolitics.com
Here is an excerpt: "Tuesday night's Florida Primary was a very important episode in the drama in which both the Republican and Democrat Parties are unfolding towards the Presidency of the United States. It also dramatically demonstrated the incredible bias that the Media continues to display towards the Democratic hopeful Barack Obama, in spite of all the evidence pointing to his lack of viability. From MSNBC's Chris Mathews, who openly stated the day before that any Network that decided to report on the Democratic voting results in Florida was proving a 'gross' favoritism for Hillary (ironically enough his Network ended up having to cover it nevertheless), to CNN's pundits, who continuously utilized the exact same rhetoric that the Obama Campaign was spewing to excuse their defeat ('Beauty Pageant' was their favorite phrase, with all the sexist connotations it implies). All the same, the Florida results in the Democratic side were overwhelmingly favorable to Hillary Clinton, who won a 50% margin, to Obama's 33%, Edwards' 14%, and Gravel's 1%. On the Republican side, it was John McCain who came out victorious with a 36% margin, to Romney's 31%, Giuliani's 15%, Huckabee's 14%, and Paul's 3%. Let's discuss each Party's results and their realistic consequence.
First, we have the very significant victory of John McCain. His candidacy was, from the very start, labeled as a failure due to his unpopularity amongst most 'base' Republicans, much of it owed to McCain's overwhelmingly dubious record on Conservative issues. His notorious tendency to side with multiple (highly despised) Democrats on issues like Immigration, Bush's Tax Cuts and other measures, have always been enough to marginalize him from even the 'moderate wing' within his Party. Still, when the Florida Exit Polls are analyzed, they reflect many unexpected re-alignments in his favor. Evangelical/Born Again Christians voted for John McCain in a 30% margin, in comparison to both Romney's and Huckabee's 29%. This may seem like an insignificant difference, but when you also consider that the majority of non-Evangelicals (Catholics, Atheist, etc.) also." Find the rest of the article at http://savagepolitics.com/?p=64
Posted by Elsylee | January 30, 2008 8:32 PM
It's obama that is making trouble with the African Americans not Hillary & Bill Clinton... The African Americans that know Bill Clinton & Hillary know that they are racist ... It's Obama and the His People that are making it that way!!! First They fix it so that every vote doesn't count... Then they won't count all the votes... Now they are out spending the Clintons with the Super Delegates... Then they say if the Super Delegates don't vote for him thats because they are racist. So why don't you tell it as it is instead of making the problem the Clintons...
Posted by Larry Kegel | February 17, 2008 9:08 PM
They are not gambling on anything... It's the press that makes a big deal out of everything they say...
It's alright for Obana & His Wife to say anything they want... But the Clinton's can't say anything!!! Without you putting it in the wrond tent...
Posted by Larry Kegel | February 18, 2008 8:46 PM