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7 Reasons Clinton Should Stay In The Race
1. Florida and Michigan. It way well be that Clinton refuses to officially drop out until she is satisfied that the voices of Florida and Michigan are heard.
2. Her voters. Almost half of those voting in the Democratic primaries chose Clinton. Certain parts of her support base — older women, for example — are as fervently in her corner as Obama as college kids are in Obama’s corner. For these women, Clinton has succeeded in convincing them that her candidacy is just as historic as Obama’s. Clinton has a much deeper political base than when she started to campaign for the presidency.
3. Embarrassment. If she drops out tomorrow and winds up winning in West Virginia and Kentucky, Obama will be mightily embarrassed. Having her in the race gives him an excuse for losing those two states.
4. The Ask. Does Clinton want to be Obama’s vice president? NO.
5. The Party. David Plouffe said again this morning that he is confident that the entire party will unify around Obama. If that’s the case, then giving Democrats in the remaining states the chance to exercise their vote — and by exercise, I mean it in the conventional sense — to practice voting — will be a boon for Democrats in the fall. 1.5 million Democrats voting in Indiana is spectacular; the primaries are serving as a dry-run of sorts for the entire party. It wouldn’t hurt to extend those dress rehearsals to West Virginia and Kentucky either, not to mention Oregon and Montana.
6. Superdelegates. If they’re so eager to end the race, they can end the race. They haven’t.
7. Unity.
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From a friend & fellow blogger:
“I’m a Florida resident. The DNC and Howard Dean have completely underestimated the intent of Florida voters that voted for Hillary. We knew that our votes were not going to be counted but we voted in record numbers. Hillary supporters wanted to send a clear message that we don’t want just any Dem. We knew that Florida would end up being an issue so we cast our votes hoping that our voices would somehow be heard.
Florida is full of middle of the road dems and republicans. We could very well end up being the swing vote in the GE. Question is, which way will we swing? Every dem. that voted for Hillary that I have spoken with is hell bent on one of three things if Hillary doesn’t get the nod. 1. Nader 2. Not voting 3. McCain. I have not heard of any that say they will hold the party line regardless.
We may be somewhat of a joke in the nations eyes when it comes to voting problems and most of us are sick of it. If the DNC thinks Florida will just roll over and play dead, they are delusional.”
Here is the transcipt of Hillary on PBS with Judy Woodruff: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june08/clinton_02-27.html.
The best reason Hillary should stay in the race is that she can win against McCain.
Quote from the senator’s interview on PBS:
“We know — I think it’s a pretty fair prediction — that Senator McCain will run primarily on national security. We know that. There isn’t any guesswork here.
He has said he doesn’t know much about the economy. He has said, you know, he would leave troops in Iraq for 50 or 100 years. But he’s very confident about his positions and where he believes he would lead the country.
So I think, as we go forward in this Democratic nominating contest, people in our party have to be looking over the horizon and ask themselves, “Who would stand toe-to-toe with John McCain?”
Here is Senator Clinton’s interview transcript with Judy Woodruff on The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/white_house/jan-june08/clinton_02-27.html
This is an excerpt from that interview which sums up why Hillary needs to stay in the race:
“We know — I think it’s a pretty fair prediction — that Senator McCain will run primarily on national security. We know that. There isn’t any guesswork here.
He has said he doesn’t know much about the economy. He has said, you know, he would leave troops in Iraq for 50 or 100 years. But he’s very confident about his positions and where he believes he would lead the country.
So I think, as we go forward in this Democratic nominating contest, people in our party have to be looking over the horizon and ask themselves, “Who would stand toe-to-toe with John McCain?”
The main reason I am not voting for Obama is that I believe he is in the pocked of none other than Ted Kennedy. Talk about “business as usual”. We all know that Ted’s support comes with a price tag and guess who will be paying the bill.