The FNC Panel discuss the possibility.
Juan Williams thinks so.
Bill Kristol doesn’t….
what do you think?
Keep in mind this is from a FOX News Sunday at the beginning of the year (1/13/2008). So have things in this area improved? or gotten much much worse?…
So says Canada.com:
In particular, her campaign maintains Obama’s difficulties wooing lower middle class voters in the U.S. heartland – the culturally conservative working class Americans known in the past as ‘Reagan Democrats’ – bodes ills for a November showdown against Republican Senator John McCain.
“In order for a Democrat to win, he or she has to be able to do well with those kinds of non-college-educated voters who feel very comfortable moving from one side to the other,” said Phil Singer, Clinton’s communications director.
But while Obama seemingly faces long odds in Pennsylvania, Clinton still has the more difficult path to the nomination, even if she wins today.
Obama has so far accumulated an estimated 1,648 of the 2,024 delegates needed to become the Democratic nominee, compared to 1,508 for Clinton.
An Associated Press analysis of the Democratic race found Obama will likely be within 100 ‘pledged’ delegates of clinching the nomination after the final Democratic primaries on June 3. There are 158 pledged delegates up for grabs in Pennsylvania.
Clinton still narrowly leads Obama in endorsements from Democratic superdelegates, an estimated 256 to 233. But there’s been little evidence the remaining undecided voters in this elite group of lawmakers and party officials have been swayed by the questions of Obama’s electability and character.
Despite the recent controversies engulfing Obama’s campaign – including the tempest over racist remarks by his former pastor – the Illinois senator has won the endorsement of 80 superdelegates since Super Tuesday on Feb. 5, compared to just five who have declared support for Clinton.
Clinton aide Geoff Garin dismissed as “ridiculous” a reporter’s suggestion Monday that the former first lady must win by at least 20 points to maintain credibility in the race.
But by one measure – the Democratic popular vote – Clinton needs that sort of record margin in Pennsylvania and almost every other remaining primary to close the gap on Obama. She currently trails Obama by 717,000 votes throughout the nominating contests held since January.
“Pennsylvania is absolutely essential for Hillary,” says Miller.
The opening skit from last night’s Saturday Night Live pokes fun at the mainstream media’s oogling over the Obama candidacy.
Written, piano-ed, and sung by Michelle Malkin:
Superdelegate (It’s Not Easy)
The Ventilators
Lyrics, piano, and Hillary impersonation: Michelle Malkin
Video production: Bryan Preston
I can’t stand to lose
I’m not going to quit
If Democrats don’t choose
Me, Bill will throw a fit
I’m more than Barack, I’m the real change
More than some pretty face and funny name
It’s not easy to be me
Think I’ll have a cry
Right up here on stage
You know it’s a lie
‘Cuz I’m really full of rage
It may sound absurd, but I’ve got to believe
I am going to retake the lead
I’m falling behind but I will not concede
Even Clintons have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me
Obama’s pulling away…away from me
And it’s not right…gotta fly to Texas tonight
And win Ohio…Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Hawaii, Wyoming, Mississippi, Puerto Rico, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Montana, South Dakota. …and Wisconsin…
I can’t stand to lose
I’m not going to quit
I am going to bribe
The superdelegates
I’m more than Barack, I’m the real change
More than some pretty face and funny name
I’m only a gal in a crusty pants suit
Looking for Democrats who’ll vote for me…Vote for Hillary –ee Vote for Hillary
I’m only a gal with a bogus tear streak
Only a gal who is gonna be beat
I’ll be your Barack, please, please, please elect me.
It’s not easy, oh..oh..oh
It’s not easy to be me..
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton welcomed her traveling press corps aboard her campaign plane Wednesday with a humorous riff on the standard flight attendant speech familiar to commercial air travelers.
“Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, and welcome aboard the maiden flight of Hil Force One,” Clinton said over the plane’s intercom as it taxied down the runway en route from Las Vegas to Reno, Nev.
“My name is Hillary and I am so pleased to have most of you on board,” she said. “FAA regulations prohibit the use of any cell phones, Blackberries or wireless devices that may be used to transmit a negative story about me.
“In a few minutes, I am going to switch off the ‘Fasten Your Seat Belt’ sign. However, I’ve learned lately that things can get awfully bumpy when you least expect it—so you might want to keep those seat belts fastened.
“And in the event of an unexpected drop in poll numbers, this plane will be diverted to New Hampshire.
“If you look out from the right, you will see an America saddled with tax cuts for the wealthiest and a war without end. If you look out from the left, you will see an America with a strong middle class at home and a strong reputation in the world.
“Once we’ve reached cruising altitude, we’ll be offering in-flight entertainment: my stump speech.
“Once again, thank you for joining us on Hil Force One. We know you have choices when you fly, and so we are grateful that you chose the plane with the most experienced crew. And so we are grateful that you chose the plane with the most experienced candidate.”
John McCain’s front page was celebratory. The candidate is shown with microphone in hand and patriotic confetti rains down upon a collage of supporters. The text brags about the victory and the overall message is “look! I’m popular! seriously!”
Hillary Clinton’s front page shows her in focus among a blurred background. The photo used is soft and warm with the candidate’s hand over her heart as if to say “ah. why thank y’all so much!”
Similarities:
-Both candidates used stock photo’s instead of ones taken from the night of their win.
-Both candidates are open-mouth smiling in their pictures.
-Both candidates are facing the viewers right.
With foreign policy their top concern, students see Clinton, Giuliani as most probable 2008 candidates rings the sub-headline from Yale Daily News
He may be locked in a three-way dead heat in the latest polls of Iowa Democrats, but with one day to go before the voting begins in the 2008 presidential primaries, Senator Barack Obama has the residential-college vote all but locked up.
The Illinois Democrat was the top choice of 26.4 percent of undergraduates surveyed in a recent Yale Daily News poll, giving him more than twice the support of New York Senator Hillary Clinton LAW ’73 — the only Yale graduate in the field — who registered 12.1 percent.
With 42.3 percent of students saying they are still undecided, no other candidate even came close to matching that figure: the next-highest finisher was former North Carolina Senator John Edwards, who won 3.7 percent of the vote. Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd, who has represented the Nutmeg State since 1980, garnered just 0.2 percent support.
On the Republican side, the top vote-getter was maverick Texas Congressman Ron Paul, who pulled 3.2 percent of the vote. The next four finishers were former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani at 2.5 percent, Arizona Senator John McCain at two percent, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 1.9 percent and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee at 1.2 percent.
The News’ poll — conducted online between Dec. 31 and Jan. 2 and sent to the entire undergraduate student body — received 1,833 responses.