WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He backs an unpopular war in Iraq, represents an unpopular political party and is endorsed by an unpopular president in the midst of an economic downturn.
Hillary Clinton Thursday admitted that she is the candidate of dumb whites – no more, no less.
As her campaign continues its slide into the dustbin of political also-rans, she told USA Today that she should be president because ignorant white people want her in the White House and they are the only people who really matter in this election year.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrat Barack Obama on Thursday did not rule out selecting rival Hillary Clinton as his vice presidential running mate if he ultimately defeats her in a race in which he has an almost insurmountable lead.
Hillary Clinton’s faltering campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination is out of cash, short on hope and deeply in debt.
She has lent her campaign more than $11 million and may have to fork over more if she wants to stay in the raise.
Which brings up two questions: Can she afford to stay in the fight and, if she does, can she ever get her money back?
Sen. Barack Obama got a front-runner’s welcome back at the Capitol Thursday, pressing congressional “superdelegates” to support him in a visit that had the look and feel of a campaign victory lap.
Kriss Riggs isn’t one to spend her money on politicians.
“Even the place you can donate a dollar on your taxes, I refuse to do it,” says the 60-year-old photographer from Blue River, Ore.
Likewise for Kate Schwartz, a 24-year-old marketing expert from Chicago. Past elections, she says, always seemed far removed from young people.
Perhaps Barack Obama’s competitive juices need new outlets now that he has expanded his lead over Democratic presidential rival Hillary Rodham Clinton.
On a five-hour flight from Washington to Oregon late Thursday, the Illinois senator came to the back of his charter plane for a spirited word game against reporters, and it was clear he did not intend to lose.
Her voice raspy, her tone determined, Hillary Rodham Clinton urged her supporters Thursday to ignore the political pundits who have declared her toast.
And so, the what-if season begins.
It’s hard to believe that it’s over, but for Hillary Rodham Clinton, it is. She will not be president in 2009.
How did a “sure thing” a year ago turn into a what-might-have-been today?
Now that it seems certain Sen. Barack Obama, barring some catastrophic occurrence, will be the first African American to carry a major party banner into the presidential election, will he persevere all the way to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue?