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With a bit of momentum from her landslide Kentucky victory and less lopsided Oregon loss, Hillary Clinton is turning her attention to two states that have already voted, Florida and Michigan, over two states and a territory that have yet to, South Dakota, Montana and Puerto Rico.

It’s part of a last-gasp strategy aimed at prolonging her campaign by convincing the party to alter the nomination math. By seating the penalized Florida and Michigan delegations, she would not only gain a significant number of delegates but also bolster her popular vote argument with the superdelegates.

Clinton campaign officials acknowledge the target audience for the offensive is not only voters but the superdelegates who will ultimately decide the nomination as voters and the party officials who will meet May 31 to effectively rule on the fate of the Florida and Michigan delegations.

Clinton, who won both states’ primaries (Obama wasn’t on the ballot in Michigan), has repeatedly called for the panel to seat the delegations at this summer’s Democratic National Convention, an outcome that would cut into Obama’s lead in pledged delegates.

David McDonald, an uncommitted Washington state superdelegate who sits on the rules committee, said he wouldn’t be swayed by “mere publicity and a claim to be able to win the states.”

Still, Obama doesn’t appear inclined to let Clinton have the Florida and Michigan stages to herself.

He also arrived today in Florida and will be spending three days campaigning here, seeking to win over voters who sided with Clinton by a margin of 50 percent to 33 percent in the unsanctioned Jan. 29 primary. Last week, he paid his first visit this year to Michigan, touring a Chrysler plant, holding a town hall in Macomb County and a rally in Grand Rapids.

It’s unlikely that the rules committee will back a solution that significantly boosts Clinton’s pledged delegate tally.

[Credit: Kenneth Vogel, Politico]
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19 responses // Too little, too late from Hillary?

  • Hillary is so over. "C'mon baby.. choose a side and get behind the leader because it won't be you."

    Politics has become a thing of media sway. It's already in the bag for Obama. I wonder why we still vote???
    Oh. I guess just so that roits don't break out in the streets.
    Look at the last two elections. *sigh*
    makerdino
  • I agree that the media chose our democratic candidate for us this election. By constantly showing the Obama show and only having pro Obama comments and obama apologist telling us why we should overlook this or that .
    we had a media that chose not to inform us on obama's lack of record chose to keep Americans in the dark on obamas political misconduct in Chicago , and went out of their way to spin obamas childhood as a Muslim . the media has done everything it could do to throw this election , and it looks like the media sheep are allowing it to happen .
    I would like to find a way to take this before the courts so that I never have to witness such unabashed propaganda again . Is there no way to get back to the days of fairly , and without bias reporting the news, instead of wolf and the gang creating their own ?
    llittlemeyer
  • Hillary is going to stay in until the convention by refusing to accept anything offered in regard to the delegates in Florida, and Michigan. Hoping against hope that in a floor fight she will win the nomination unless the super delegates come out now for Obama. If allowed to continue it leaves two months to campaign against McCain. We will lose because of her determination to be president at all cost.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • How did I KNOW that you guys were going to blame HER if HE looses?
    needu
  • I'm no great defender of the media, but to accuse the media "only having pro Obama comments" is completely out of touch with reality. Does the media suck? Of course they do. But it pretty much sucks in all directions. Why can't people assign any of the blame for Senator Clinton's historic collapse to the candidate herself? Look at the facts, she punted this campaign. From allowing Mark Penn to ignore the caucus states to her inept money management to her Bosnia whooper to the ill advised gas tax holiday...it's been one gaffe after another. I like her. I think she has many great things to offer the people of this country as an elected official. But I find it impossible to look past her mistakes in this campaign...or the mother of all mistakes, voting for the war.

    BTW...that picture is terrible and must have been photoshopped.
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    krag2112
  • I think if Hillary would have ran a better campaign, on her OWN, she would be in a much better position. I am an Obama supporter, but that is not to say that I hate Hillary, if she had won the nomination I would certainly have voted for her. I agree that she could have a great career in public office, maybe even run again for President somewhere down the line, but now I see all these sore losers coming out of the woodwork claiming that everyone in the world is sexist. The way I see it, run a campaign effectively, and you will get the nomination. She did not do this, and Obama is in the process of rolling right through.

    She should focus now on keeping her senate seat.I just hopes she makes a graceful exit.
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    braaain
  • I'm a Hillary supporter and I voted for her and all that, but I kind of feel like prolonging this with Hillary staying in it until the bitter end is doing a bit of harm to the party. Regardless of how or why it happened, Obama has been in the lead for quite a while now and he has a lot of support from young voters and the media. I think it would be strange for Hillary to come behind him now and win the nomination. That would look a bit weird and, honestly, a bit conspiracy-ish to me. That's where I'm at right now. And that disappoints me.
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    interrobang
  • We seem to forget that enormous pressure was put on Al Gore to "give up" when the votes were being counted in the 2000 election. We can only imagine what would have happened had he demanded a total recount in Florida. I'm not a Hillary supporter, but I say: "don't give up until the last vote is counted!"
    Wreyeter
  • I'm an Obama supporter, and I agree. She shouldn't be compelled to drop out of the race until Obama hits the magic number, which remains 2026 delegates. But I think she should tone down her rhetoric. The "Hard working Americans, white Americans" crap isn't helping anyone...least of which her own legacy. But when he hits that number she should get in line and start working on bringing this party together. I'd feel the same way if Obama had lost the race this closely.
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    krag2112
  • Exactly what should happen Krag. She isn't going to do it, because she thinks she could win a floor fight at the convention. I'd hate it if Obama was the one that wouldn't give up gracefully.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • Obama's gonna win.
    Yihua
  • The Audacity of Dope
    Eyeful
  • She looks old and tired, as if she's ready to roll over and die if she loses.C'mon Ms.Clinton. You can still be of service without being president.....Let It Go !
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    keithponder
  • Is that the best picture you could find. Wow must be HD cuz she looks beat.
    skeet381
  • I think it is an altered photo. She is not that old looking and wrinkled.
    Marilynn_Murray
  • its not over until bills mistress sings
    riverdeer
  • she should be that old and wrinkled though... i mean it's hard work trying to get through every loophole in the system instead of playing by the rules like obama.

    She's done for, it's obvious. We're all tired of hearing about her...

    www.clintonfatigue.us
    asiantoast
  • that picture looks "touched up" --or maybe "touched down" in this instance. ..
    irishpisces
  • Tweaked the levels on that picture a bit have ya'?

    Good grief.

    I'm done here.
    kramericus

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