Does Clinton have a spin doctor? I have been searching the news for evidence of some effort that Camp Clinton is attempting to neutralize the fabulous press Obama is getting.
Nothing. No news. Doesn’t she have something interesting to say?
Various media are quoting party super-delegates as suggesting that the Clinton campaign does not appear to have a short-term game plan. The New York Times reported that several Clinton super delegates, whose votes could help decide the nomination, said they were wavering in the face of Obama’s momentum, that she had boxed herself into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4.
Clinton will have “a major ad buy” over the next few weeks, but I believe that the free press has a far bigger influence on shaping public beliefs. How much influence will the media have on the outcome of the March 4th primaries? Clinton has indicated she will back out of one of two scheduled debates (good free press!) because of comments made about her and Chelsea by MSNBC commentators.
In addition to “no money” “personal loan” “firing of Solis-Doyle angers the Hispanic community” “Mike Henry & subordinates forced out to pacify Hispanic community” stories, we have headlines including:
Obama is gaining with women voters, a critical demographic of Clinton and overall his margins are growing wider and wider.
She is a poor sport: In televised speeches, for the second election night in a row, Hillary Clinton failed to acknowledge or congratulate Obama after he won the day in dominating fashion.
She is a hypocrite: While she vows to fight for the “voices” of Florida and Michigan voters, she states in the media that voters in Washington, Nebraska, Maine and Louisiana aren’t really important, that the Obama sweep didn’t matter. Now we can add the good people of Virginia, Maryland and DC as “not important”. Perhaps next week the fine people of Wisconsin and Hawaii will be classed as “not mattering” by the Clinton camp.
It should be noted that some of these states are, in fact, important Blue states.
She is not a good financial planner: It is being reported that the reason her campaign ran out of money was that they assumed all along that Feb 5th would lock her in, and spent accordingly.
Negative is the only way she knows how to play: There is a hint of the return of negative jabs coming from the Clinton camp. It will be interesting to see how nasty she is willing to get to reach a personal goal, if party leaders looking for unity (against McCain) will step in, and how the public will react.
Meanwhile Obama is moving forward. “Momentum” aside, clearly recent moves are an attempt to unify the party and he continues to be veiwed as a decent person, running a decent campaign.
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I'm really surprised at the fall of the House of Clinton.
However, as someone wrote, she hasn't really been battle-tested. Her first run was against Rudy and his "mad campaign skills" that lead to his withdrawal from the Senate race.
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