pennsylvania

Hillary still making her case

Well, she’s done it again

Posted by Seth on Apr 22, 2008 - 10:46 pm

Hey folks, sorry for my absence over the last few days. As with most of you, I’ve been working on all of my final papers and projects trying to survive just long enough to make it to summer.

But enough about me, what about Hillary?

I had the pleasure of listening in on Senator Clinton and Maya Angelou’s conversation the other day. I agreed with practically nothing the ubiquitous Senator had to say, but she picked an excellent format to present her case to North Carolina and American voters. And it looks like we’ll be seeing more of Senator Clinton in North Carolina after her victory in Pennsylvania.

With 95% of the vote in from Pennsylvania, Clinton has managed to sustain a double digit, 10 point victory in Pennsylvania, despite having squandered a 20 point lead earlier this year. This margin is enough to keep her in the race, and to possibly get her enough of the popular vote to make the case to the super delegates that she deserves their support. She just went from a 2% chance of winning the nomination to a 3% chance.

I’ve been watching Fox News as they release the results of Pennsylvania, and it’s been interesting to note that Clinton has been cozying up to Fox News. There was banter back and forth between Terry McAullife and the Fox hosts, as Mcaullife praised them for projecting Hillary’s victory before CNN. Then, there was a commercial about Clinton being on one of the Fox morning shows tomorrow. Could this have anything to do with her past work with Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch? The world may never know.

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a party divided cannot stand

Pedantic Pennsylvania

Posted by Mick on Apr 23, 2008 - 07:59 am

Hillary has as expected, pulled off a victory in Pennsylvania. At this point, the divide in the party is something I find rather troubling, especially as exit poll after exit poll has revealed that supporters of either candidate are threatening to desert the party should their opponent win.

The sheer fact that Hillary is still in the race is the farthest thing from selfless that I have ever seen (truly a pity considering her noble past). Many had noted that her only chance to the nomination was to stay close and hope for a major gaffe— CNN last night said that even James Carville, one of the closest friends of the Clintons said it would take “multiple straight flushes” for a win.