Green mountain goading
Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy's backing off his call earlier today for Hillary to drop out of the race for the Democratic nomination. He's issued this statement:
"Any clear-eyed appraisal of the campaign at this stage adds up to two conclusions:
The bottom line is that, first, Senator Obama continues to hold a lead that appears to be insurmountable, and recent indications are that more and more unpledged delegates have begun to add their support to his column.
And second, John McCain, who has been making one mistake after another, is getting a free ride on those gaffes, because the Democratic candidates have to focus not on him but on each other.
Senator Casey's endorsement of Senator Obama in Pennsylvania is the latest sign of how the race is going.
A Democratic victory in November is important to the future and to the change in course that the American people want and deserve. The last thing the American people need is for Senator McCain to continue a third term for President Bush.
Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go, there is not a very good reason for drawing this out. But as I have said before, that is a decision that only she can make.
Here's what he also said before, on in an interview on Vermont Public Radio: "She ought to withdraw and she ought to be backing Senator Obama."
Vermont Gov. Madeleine Kunin isn't happy with Leahy. He sounds "paternalistic," she said.







Comments
What did Leahy say that was inaccurate?
Posted by: sjs1959
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March 28, 2008 05:29 PM
And would somebody remind me exactly how many times the 'good' senator from the great state of Vermont has been the focus of the republican slime machine? How many winning presidential campaigns has he been involved in? And jog my memory about what he's done with that majority of, allegedly, warm bodies he has in the upper body.
Posted by: 70%er
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March 28, 2008 05:32 PM
Hillary has no more experience than Obama, at least at the legislative level. As for the executive side, that was BILL, not Hillary, and SHE's the one who would be President, if she hadn't lost already.
Not to mention she has greatly exaggerated what she did as first lady. Yes, she did far more than Laura or Babs Bush, but Eleanor Roosevelt she ain't.
Posted by: sjs1959
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March 28, 2008 05:56 PM
but Eleanor Roosevelt she ain't.<<
No she ain't she's done more than Eleanor Roosevelt but keep in mind both tolerated cheatin hubbies so that sorta makes them kin. Eleanor went across the nation organizing workers and vocational groups while Hillary cut her teeth at corporate law and serving on Waltons Gold ribboned panel of directors, just in case the state wanted too much corporate taxes.
Jackie O-K redecorated a few rooms ala Frenchie; Lady Bird thought wildflowers were much better roadside fare than billboards and got it passed; Pat Nixon ironed clothes and kept quiet;
Mrs Jimmie Carter kept the Earl of Georgia from having too many giant rabbit-fucking fantasies (at least in his heart) and made sure the White House was booze free; Nancy Raygun kept the nation drug free with 'Just say No' and that worked real well didn't it but mainly she pumped up the coffers of astrologers, at least for awhile, yet never paying her own astrologer.
But Hillary did do something that no 1st lady in modern history did, she got some health insurance passed for children whose parents couldn't pay. She stepped in & did something for the disenfranchised so that kids who were sucking in their last breaths could get a diagnosis then the
nebulizer for asthma without the entire family going hungry for two weeks. Breathing is so nice.
Thanks HRC.
Posted by: eLwood
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March 28, 2008 07:50 PM
Did he say anything that was incorrect?
Hillary is and always has been behind, no matter what the Clinton-o-philes on this message board want to believe. Why should Obama concede to anything?
Hillary's campaign has bordered on silly at times and when she gets desperate, she adopts the "kitchen sink" approach. Obama has run a far superior campaign.
Posted by: NWASooner
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March 28, 2008 09:38 PM
Ted Kennedy says Hillary is lying about her role in passing SCHIP. And the Clinton White House opposed that plan, anyway.
Posted by: Prouster
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March 29, 2008 10:21 AM
I can hardly wait for another U.S. senator to make an endorsement and tell me who to vote for.
Even though it appears the Congress will provide the next president of the United States,
the Democratic congress has an even lower approval rating than George W. Bush.
Posted by: succubus_demon
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March 29, 2008 02:01 PM
Hey you old loser, why not let
the people decide this race? We
don't care what you think. Both
candidates need to stay in the
race till it's over.
It is called DEMOCRACY....deal with it.
Posted by: The Bold and The Blue
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March 29, 2008 02:10 PM
I think the Clintons should stay in the race until they get a thumping in N.C. and Indiana so they get a full measure of well earned humiliation at the hands of Obama.
Posted by: Gaylord
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March 29, 2008 04:59 PM
I think Hillary should listen to her elders in the party. The old men in the party have told her to get out of the race, so she should be subservient and obey. The old guys have already been conspiring with Obama to ensure that she does not benefit from her popularity in Michigan and Florida. Given Howard Dean's dislike of the Clintons, don't expect any support from him either.
If the roles were reversed, no one would be asking Obama to step down for fear of retribution from black voters.
Posted by: Severus
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March 31, 2008 09:12 AM