There's word that ex-President Bill Clinton will spend all of next week in South Carolina... though it's not clear whether Sen. Hillary Clinton will spend every day here....
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The fact that Hillary and her campaign rely so heavily on a man who lived in the White House and dominated the Democratic Party for 8 years is proof that she is the Establishment candidate. 
The Irony is this: First see this essay: "The only reason I mark Hillary a "possible" winner is that Monicagate is the last thing she wants to hear about, especially now. Which probably helps explain why its anniversary has gone ignored in the press. The whole subject is a source-killer for any journalist who wants to cover Hillary's presidential campaign." The monicagate allowed HRC to criticize women like Tripp (white trash), etc. Now, in NH, these women gave her the victory. These women will put her in WH. What fun? Voters who were butt of jokes by Clintons are now helping them get to the WH again. It is true: Americans are the biggest suckers on this planet.
Mom & Pop politics. Pretty hard to beat that. Hillary just has to secure the "Safe" side of the equation and Obama/Edwards are stuck with "Sorry". Nothing spells SAFE like Mom and Dad.
Bill's in SC. Okay? Any word whether Barack is going to bring back Donnie McClurkin to SC to rev up the antigay black evangelical vote?
Make no mistake. Bill will be in full attack mode the entire time he is in South Carolina. There will be huge crowds and the media will re-broadcast every nasty smear so the country has a negative view of Obama before he can launch his Feb. 5 national ad campaign. She will fly into the state after the dirty work is over and play nice. I hope folks in Carolina don't show up, protest loudly or boo him off the stage. This is the perfect time to force the democratic party to make good on years of promises. If Black folks showed up in Michigan to vote "uncommitted" to prove a point the same can happen in South Carolina.
Eorse, Hillary will lose NV due to Barack outperforming her in northern NV, Hillary would fair better in Las Vegas but overall Barack wins with a slim percentage. As for SC keep dreaming, folks there are not stupid, they know how the Clintons used them and it won't happen again, I guarantee you, you will see a huge win for Barack where he will build a strong momentum going into Feb 5th.
If Obama wins big in S.C. (I don't think he will) it will be off an overwhelming percentage of the black vote. That fact will then be trumpeted across the nation, and Obama will become the "Black Candidate". That is a dead end street for Barack obviously, so it is almost a Catch 22 situation for him there.
Ethan, Should we say that Hillary won in NH was because she was white? Why double standard? Blacks as well as Whites are attracted to Barack because of his message not because of his race. The Clintons want to define him in terms of race but they are ignoring that Barack is half white and half black and has been raised by white grand parents. Some blacks actually think that he is not black enough so all this black candidate is nonsense and it is dead wrong. It will actually destroy the democratic party. I guess it is no longer republicans with their "divide and conquer" colonial techniques, the Clintons have no shame bringing this in the democratic party. Now they are trying to divide blacks and hispanics, shame on them!
Robert Ethan - I didn't piece that together until earlier this week when I heard Pat Buchanan suggesting the same. It answers all the questions about why the Clintons would open up a racial element to the race. I think this might be the right answer. They gave away any chance in South Carolina for the opportunity to paint Obama's win there as akin to Jackson's win in Michigan, thus marginalizing Obama as a racial candidate. I hate to say it, but it has a good chance of working.
Jeanba, If you are correct, then I will be happy. But, as the reality sets in, I know NO ONE on the PLANET can take the ClintonS. No one. Just ask Kathleen Willey.
"If you are correct, then I will be happy. But, as the reality sets in, I know NO ONE on the PLANET can take the ClintonS" Aren't you guys a bit lame..I mean, people all over the world are dying to get the right to choose their leaders, and you guys sit on you a** and expect Obama to win it for you. I don't mean to be harsh, but I really don't understand why the 30-40 age group (and I am a part of this as well), is so apathetic when it come to politics... The Clintons are just an old, power-hungry couple...not omnipotent gods...it is voter apathy which makes them powerful
By the way, eorse, I used your quote, but my previous comment was not directed at you personally...just at people who seem to think that the primaries are a sport...or want "hope" handed to them without fighting for it... Oh well, every democracy gets the leaders they deserve
Bill plays the press like a street vendor plays his accordion. His "sudden rages" have every reporter in the country scrambling to get his mug on camera, clinging to his every word, waiting for "the moment". Bill knows exactly what he is doing and will always be at least a step ahead of those bozos.
Carry on guys. You need to know that the people that are carrying Hillary are the ones who had a good life in the 80's and they want a change from 8 years of the Bush and his dad. It has nothing to do with Clinton, black, or white. I also know people are tired of all the bashing of the Clintons so carry on, its doing lots of good. I want 32 years of experience than a promise. Yes, I am one of those who remember the good ole all days.
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This is to be expected.
IF Clintons win NV tomorrow (which I predict - thanks to their race, gender, and ethnicity baiting), then HRC has back to back wins (NH and NV).
Then Clintons want to sabotage Obama in SC. If they (and their friends like Rangel and Johnson) help to defeat Obama, then he is finished.
Clintons want to finish both Obama and Edwards. The sooner they do this, the better for them. They want to show that HRC's main opponent is Bush (eventhough he is not on the ballot). HRC will be seen as presidential and thus all criticism will go flat.
Posted by eorse | January 18, 2008 12:17 PM