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Sunday, March 9, 2008
Hillary Clinton Revives Campaign?
Hillary Clinton threw up a road block to Barack Obama’s path to the Democratic Party nomination by winning Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island Primaries. Although Clinton has been granted a chance, she is still considered unlikely to reach the nomination. Hillary and her followers, however, beg a differ and recently released a memo titled “The Path to the Presidency.” In the memo it goes on rambling about how Hillary should run against John McCain; “Hillary is seen as the one who can get the job done" it doesn’t however explain how she will actually be able to do it. The idea of Hillary and her campaign allegedly releasing memos and articles explaining the audacity of her winning the democratic nomination with a 144 delegate deficit is repulsive. Clintons win in Ohio reduced the total by only nine, meaning she would need 15 more Ohio’s to pull even with Obama. Hillary and her Campaign better focus on the task at hand, instead of celebrating with the sensation that these wins will bring her to a win. "Clinton's negatives are so high and Obama's positives are so high, especially on the question 'Who will unite or divide the country?" Said Steffen Schmidt of Iowa State University, he gives Clinton a 29.9% chance of pulling it off. Political strategist Joe Trippi, John Edwards' former top aide, gives Clinton less than a 50% chance of winning. "The likeliest scenario is for Obama to continue to rack up more delegates than she does," he said. It will be a long road ahead for Hillary Clinton and many would agree but considering she is a Clinton and many do associate with her and her ideas she may have a chance but a slight one at that.
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