MyDD :: BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's Over

BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's Over - Clinton Cancels

by GeorgeP922, Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:23:25 AM EST

BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's Over - Clinton Cancels

crossposted from Daily Kos REC list. at 2:28 AM

BY: HoldEmAccountable

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/5 /7/05422/52894/207/493056

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This is huge. Russert says definitively, "We now know who the Democratic candidate is going to be." He also reveals Clinton has canceled all morning interviews and campaign appearances tomorrow.

Wow. Everyone should see this video. It's over. There should be no opportunity given to Clinton to pull a Lieberman now. This wisdom from Russert should be the conventional wisdom. If you agree, please recommend.

Tags: barack obama, hillary clinton, msnbc, russert (all tags)

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If it's over (none / 0)

If it's over, I expect to hear that from Sen. Clinton, not from Mr. Russert.

99% perspiration

by DaveOinSF on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:25:23 AM EST

Re: If it's over (none / 0)

Give her time for the results to sink in. It is over whether she will admit it or not!

by waldo on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:28:08 AM EST
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I think Hillary needs to stick it out (none / 0)

Obama is simply not a true Democrat and he should not get the nomination. He is against things that matter to poor and middle class people.

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by architek on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:47:21 AM EST
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Re: If it's over (none / 0)

I agree, and I'm an Obama supporter. In my own opinion, tonight moves us that much closer to an Obama nomination, but only HRC gets to decide when and if to drop out, especially with primaries yet on the calendar.

Prog

by Progressive Witness on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:46:26 AM EST
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Wow. (none / 0)

What else can i say.

If she actually canceled her events something pretty serious is going on.

by MrMacMan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:26:43 AM EST

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's Over - Clint (2.00 / 1)

statement from obama via dan abrams.

The results have finaly changed this race.

turn on the news RIGHT NOW.

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by GeorgeP922 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:27:03 AM EST

Re: BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's Over - Clint (2.00 / 1)

its late at night, i will be commenting less since i got to be to work in 6 hours :)

let me also say this primary has OBLITERATED my job perforance!

I will be a good employee as soon as that confessional speech closes.

good night, i love you guys!

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by GeorgeP922 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:28:41 AM EST
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Re: BREAKING VIDEO: Russert Says It's (none / 0)

So the Obamacans want to allow Timmeh and the Big Corporate Media to decide when the race is over. No wonder Obama can't win over working-class voters, he's too busy pandering to the media and business elites.

Texas. Ohio. Pennsylvania. Indiana. On to West Virginia.

by bdog on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:47:12 AM EST

Please explain how she can go on (none / 0)

I'm serious. Her real-shot chances of winning the nomination are less than 2%. She has loaned herself millions of dollars because her funds dried up prior to last night. How does she continue to compete?

The reconciliation process of the Democratic Party begins tonight, and it's time to give 100% of our efforts to elect President Obama.

by Pittsburgh Soldier on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:03:11 AM EST

Re: Please explain how she can go on (2.00 / 3)

With all the dirty, nasty, hateful things said about and done to Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton by the Obama campaign and their supporters, any reconciliation process would take a long time.

Those aren't just attacks on two people. They are attacks on the majority of registered Democrats and about half of Democratic primary voters.

Because to be perfectly honest, it will take me a long time to get around to deciding to support Obama if he is the nominee. And if automatic delegates have any sense, he won't be.

by bdog on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:13:37 AM EST
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Re: Please explain how she can go on (none / 0)

You said it right there: "any reconciliation process would take a long time". That's exactly why it must start tonight. Fighting words were traded back and forth between both campaigns. Obama supporters feel just as upset over the comments made about him and his campaign as Clinton supporters feel about the things Obama said and the methods he attacked her. Politics is dirty. But right now, in this instant, we have six whole months to come together as one Democratic Party to elect President Obama.

It's starts tonight.

by Pittsburgh Soldier on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:23:44 AM EST
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Re: Please explain how she can go on (2.00 / 1)

There won''t be any President Obama. You can forget that delusion right now. If the Dems are insane enough to hand the nomination who has no appeal to women, Latinos, working class whites and seniors, then President McCain becomes a sure thing.

Frankly, I look at it as a two-fer. Obama's loss will clear out the deadwood in the Democratic party while a McCain victory will take down the GOP for a generation or two at least, if not finish the job Bush started in wiping out the Party altogether.

What I'm seeing right now is Congressional Dems looking at the situation as such:

Hillary they could never control, but Obama will be beholden to them. And if he loses, at least they're still in charge with all the perks they've grown quickly accustomed to. If you don't believe me, check out how the Dems in congress got along with both Carter and Clinton when they were in office. Do a search on some of Ted Kennedy's quotes, and you'll find he prefers working with GOP presidents as opposed to Dem Presidents.

by SoCalHillMan on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:21:27 AM EST
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Re: Please explain how she can go on (none / 0)

Please explain how Obama is currently beating both Hillary Clinton and John McCain in every possible metric then.

I mean, at a certain point, you have to acknowledge that it isn't all black people. Not everyone thinks the way you do. But the GOP will appreciate your vote nonetheless.

by Mostly on Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:06:16 AM EST
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Re: Please explain how she can go on (none / 0)

The media does a great job of making the demographics a bigger issue than they are. The largest demographic that has had any consistency is age. If you look at the exit polling of any state, you can tell who won based strictly by how old the state's population is. The media says Obama can't win white working-class, but he won them in WI because it's a younger state. They say he can't win Catholics, but he won them in NC because of age.

The only split is age. Obama carries 18-35 60%-40%, Clinton carries >50 60%-40%. And they virtually split the middle. This is easily explained by older voters are more loyal to Clinton because they remember the 1990s better, and Obama has appeal to new and young voters.

Yes, Black people are behind Obama. But there are very few in Iowa and Wyoming, which are states he still won.

by Pittsburgh Soldier on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:00:08 AM EST
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It depends (none / 0)

what the definition of "over" is.

If "over" means that the contest between Obama and Clinton is over, probably not, in my opinion. I think the Clintons will drag this out to the bitter end, for reasons that have nothing to do with actually winning the nomination.

If "over" means, "Hillary can't win the nomination anymore," then, yes, it is over, but it was over a long time ago, probably on March 4, when she didn't win Texas by a substantial enough margin to allow her to at least have a chance of catching up in the pledged delegates.

So, in a way, this whole nomination contest for the past two months has not been about winning. But it's still not over, not until Hillary concedes, which I suspect won't happen until August.

by Dumbo on Wed May 07, 2008 at 04:11:31 AM EST

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