Clinton camp says Tuesday results 'represent progress'

[DeepModem Mom]

CNN: May 7, 2008
Clinton camp says Tuesday results 'represent progress'

(CNN) – To some observers, it may seem as though Hillary Clinton has had a disappointing 24 hours. But on a conference call with reporters Wednesday, her senior campaign advisers insisted that her loss in North Carolina, razor-thin victory in Indiana, and the revelation she had lent her campaign another $6 million over the past month — for a total of more than $11 million since the primary season began ­ all represented positive developments for her White House run.

Clinton strategist Geoff Garin said the nail-biting Indiana contest ­ which CNN was not able to call for Clinton until after midnight ­ "was an outcome about which we feel very, very good." He added that North Carolina, where Clinton lost to Barack Obama by a double-digit margin — does "represent progress for us" and "strengthens the case that she will be the strongest nominee for the party in November."

The key, said Garin, lay in Clinton's gains among white voters since the demographically similar Virginia primary. "When we began in North Carolina, our internal polling and in much of the public polling we were running exactly even with white voters," he said. While the campaign did not do as well as it would have liked among black voters, Garin said it was significant that Clinton "ended up earning a significant win of 24 points" among North Carolina's white voters.

Spokesman Howard Wolfson said Clinton's decision to lend her campaign several million additional dollars since April 11 demonstrated her personal commitment to keeping her presidential bid competitive....

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Wolfson conceded to a reporter that pundit speculation on Clinton¹s electoral odds might hinder their quest for superdelegates — "obviously, superdelegates watch TV and read the newspapers" ­ and said the New York senator would be meeting with uncommitted superdelegates on Capitol Hill later Wednesday, in a previously scheduled session.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/07/clinton-camp-says-tuesday-results-represent-progress/#more-6978

[electropop]

1. It is progress for Democratic hopes of victory.

Just not for Hillary personally.

[ShortnFiery]

2. Allowing HRC to continue to trash Obama will also HARM the Party's chances in the G.E.

The superdelegates need to find their spine. Every day this goes on HARMS are chances for victory (Presidency and Congress) in the GE in November.

Come On Superdelegates - shut this ruse DOWN?!?

[DJ13]

3. The superdelegates need to find their spine.

Oh, good luck with that.

Those people are so scared of Clinton retribution they would rather watch the party lose the GE than confront them.

[Lautremont]

4. I like the fact that this spokesman guy admits that Clinton's hopes

rest on the superdelegates avoiding television, newspapers and the internet, and essentially keeping themselves as uninformed as possible.

[ixion]

5. do we really want 4 more years of lies? defeat is not progress. war is not peace.

poverty is not stability, and so on.

Someone please drag this person off the stage.

[damntexdem]

6. Yeah, progress for Obama.

And for Clinton, well it IS progress in a negative direction. ;-)