| subject: | I guess I'm a political activist who doesn't represent the electorate, huh? |
| post date: | 2008-02-11 12:36:24 |
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February 11, 2008
Clinton dismisses weekend losses
Posted: 03:14 PM ET
Clinton downplayed her weekend losses Monday.
Clinton downplayed her weekend losses Monday.
WHITE MARSH, Maryland (CNN) — Hillary Clinton on Monday explained away Barack Obama's clean sweep of the weekend's caucuses and primaries as a product of a caucus system that favors "activists" and, in the case of the Louisiana primary, an energized African-American community.
She told reporters who had gathered to watch her tour a General Motors plant here that "everybody knew, you all knew, what the likely outcome of these recent contests were."
"These are caucus states by and large, or in the case of Louisiana, you know, a very strong and very proud African-American electorate, which I totally respect and understand."
Clinton has publicly dismissed the caucus voting system since before Super Tuesday, seeking to lower expectations heading into a series of contests that played to Obama's advantage. His campaign features what many consider to be a stronger and more dedicated grassroots organization than Clinton's.
Noting that "my husband never did well in caucus states either," Clinton argued that caucuses are "primarily dominated by activists" and that "they don't represent the electorate, we know that."
The New York senator went out of her way to say she was "absolutely" looking forward to the Ohio and Texas primaries in March, where she believes voters are more receptive to her bread-and-butter message.
She also downplayed many of Obama's Super Tuesday victories, describing them as states that Democrats should not expect to win in November.
"It is highly unlikely we will win Alaska or North Dakota or Idaho or Nebraska," she said, naming several of Obama's red state wins. "But we have to win Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, Michigan … And we've got to be competitive in places like Texas, Missouri and Oklahoma."
– CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/02/11/clinton-dismisses-weekend-losses/#comment-513424
I read this article and was thoroughly disgusted. It is now ok for people to be belittled if you didn't vote for someone? Or if you're of a certain race or gender then that means that you voted for someone automatically? Support who you want to, but if you're supporting someone I disagree with I'm not going to say that you don't matter. This takes being a sore loser and being sad to a whole new level.......
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(Gone to the gym...)
