Hillary Campaign: We Stopped Obama's Momentum Dead

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Greg Sargent is no friend of the Hillary camp

Forum Name General Discussion: Primaries
Topic subject Desperation is obviously Hillary's campaign spin:
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4434468, Desperation is obviously Hillary's campaign spin:
Posted by ProSense on Wed Feb-06-08 10:20 AM

2/5/2008
Hillary Campaign: We Stopped Obama's Momentum Dead
By Greg Sargent - February 6, 2008, 11:07AM
The story-line the Hillary campaign needed out of last night's results is that they halted Obama's momentum, and on a conference call with reporters just now, Hillary advisers sought to make the case that they had done just that.

Hillary pollster Mark Penn repeatedly cited last night's exit polls showing that Hillary won among voters who made up their minds on the last day -- proof, he said, that they'd blocked Obama's weekend surge. He downplayed the breakdown among those who decided in the last few days.

Hillary advisers also disputed the Obama camp's claim of a lead among delegates, arguing that they were ahead when you factor in superdelegates.

They also moved to frame the results of the coming week in advance, laying the groundwork for possible losses this week in Louisiana, Nebraska, and Washington state by arguing that no matter who wins these contests, the delegate apportioning process all but guarantees that the delegate race will remain super tight for the foreseeable future.

"As we get farther into this, it is less and less likely that either side will be able to amass a large delegate lead," Wolfson said. "For all those who wish for a battle that goes to the convention, in terms of neither side wrapping this up, you could be looking at such a contest here."

Bottom line: Yesterday's results signal that this thing won't be decided by the conventional electoral process, and it will grind on and on for weeks to come.


"We Stopped Obama's Momentum Dead"

LOL!