Penn Counting on 'Primary Delegates'
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Trailing in pledged delegates and with the popular vote in doubt, the Clinton campaign has apparently come up with another metric to convince superdelegates that there is a justification for going against the tide: Primary delegates.
At the end of today's Clinton conference call (during which Phil Singer said that if the Clinton campaign were a baseball team, they have a "great leftfielder in Mark Penn") NBC's Chuck Todd observed that Penn seemed to be using the term "primary delegates" more often, and he asked if that was a talking point the campaign might not be looking to use when making their pitch to superdelegates.
"If we are ahead in primary delegates—we're within 16, with a lot of primaries left to go— that's a factor," said Penn.
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that argument makes no sense.
Wh-aaaat? I have no idea what this means... boy, talk about semantics. Penn could give Derrida a run for his money.
Poll: Divisive Dem Contest Could Boost McCain
By Fred Lucas
March 21, 2008
The lengthy Democratic primary contest bodes well for Republican chances of holding the White House, a new poll suggests.
As Democratic Senators Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York slug it out for the nomination, many of their supporters -- at least in Pennsylvania, site of the next major primary -- aren't committed to the party's ticket in November, according to a Franklin & Marshall College Poll.
Among Obama supporters, 20 percent said they would vote for Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican nominee, if Clinton beats their candidate for the nomination. Among Clinton supporters, 19 percent said they would support McCain in November if Obama is the Democratic nominee. (See poll)
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Story behind the story: The Clinton myth
By JIM VANDEHEI & MIKE ALLEN | 3/21/08 1:32 PM EST
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One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning.
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Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party’s most reliable constituency.
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Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote — which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle — and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
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People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet.
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The odor of Mark Penn's desperation actually emanated from my lap top as I read his super idiotic comments. But then he collected another $3.8 million in February. If my feed bag was going to spring a leak I guess I'd b desperate too. Hey, maybe he'll lose some weight.
I had to read it a couple of time but I think he's again making a distinction between delegates won in caucuses and those won in primaries. Hence the term "primary delegates."
At first I thought they were renaming delegates like the Clinton's call superdelegates "automatic delegates." I guess they were counting on them be automatically for Hillary.
Everyone should note Hilliary did not fire Mark Penn he is still working in her campaign. According to Hilliary's Campaign Manager Maggie Williams "...Penn, Schoen and Berland Associates, Inc. will continue to provide polling and advice to the campaign."
Penn should have been fired immediatly and He should have no part in Hlillary's campaign. This is hypocrisy at its highest. She is dishonest and she is a liar. She will say and do anything to win.