Barack Obama's Iowa win really hit Hillary Clinton.
The Senator from New York lags ten points behind Obama with only 28% of likely primary votes and the wear and tear brought her to tears:
The last question of the Q&A breakfast session came from Maryann Pernold, a 64-year-old undecided Democrat. Pernold said that as a woman “I know it’s hard to get out of the house and get ready,†she said. “Who does your hair?â€â€œIt’s not easy, it’s not easy,†Clinton said shaking her head. Her eyes began to get watery as she finished answering the question, “I couldn’t do it if I didn’t just passionately believe it was the right thing to do,†she said. “I have so many ideas for this country and I just don’t want to see us fall backwards as a nation. This is very personal for me,†she said to a quiet round of supportive applause. “It’s about our country, it’s about our kids’ future, it’s really about all of us together,†she said tearing up, her voice cracking.
It's tempting to write this off as a political ploy, but we saw the footage and Clinton's not looking good. Things are getting so bad, in fact, that some people – Matt Drudge – are claiming her camp's going to close up shop:
Facing a double-digit defeat in New Hampshire, a sudden collapse in national polls and an expected fund-raising drought, Senator Hillary Clinton is preparing for a tough decision: Does she get out of the race? And when?!"She can't take multiple double-digit losses in New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada," laments one top campaign insider to the DRUDGE REPORT. "If she gets too badly embarrassed, it will really harm her. She doesn't want the Clinton brand to be damaged with back-to-back-to-back defeats."
Meanwhile, Democrat hopeful John Edwards has confided to senior staff that he is staying in the race because Hillary "could soon be out."
"Her money is going to dry up," Edwards confided, a top source said Monday morning.
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Key players in Clinton's inner circle are said to be split. James Carville is urging her to fight it out through at least February and Super Tuesday, where she has a shot at thwarting Barack Obama in a big state."She did not work this hard to get out after one state! All this talk is nonsense," said one top adviser.
But others close to the former first lady now see no possible road to victory, sources claim.
On the positive side, however, Clinton's still ahead of Obama nationally. She's raking in 33% of likely Democratic voters, while Obama's got 29%. Sure, it's a small, absolutely meaningless lead, but Clinton should savor those four points. They may be her last.
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I saw Hillary's emoting, and unless everybody close to the Clinton White House is lying, Hill's preferred way to express feelings was throwing lamps and swearing like a Teamster.
Wolf Blitzer played the clip twenty times in the first hour
of the Situation Room. I would cry too if I was her. Obama is beating her ass.
I really think she should keep on fighting. I mean the New Hampshire Primaries haven't even voted yet. Stick with it Hillary!!!
She is SUCH a cunt.
I know people who know Hillary and she is apparently genuinely nice to those around her and has a wicked sense of humor. Of course, ProfessorVP says she's a termagent (little misogyny, there prof?), so it must be so.
Yo, Hells. Hi, Lazy-Ass. No, I would never say she's a termagent. The word is termagant. Just in case you didn't get the memo, and I didn't make it clear… you are LAZY. You make me the topic because you don't know anything.
Most of us don’t give a rat’s ass about Hillary Clintons personality. We hate her rightwing centrist politics, especially her support of Bush’s deranged racist plan for a nuclear attack on Iran. And they despise her for regularly voting for and thus endorsing the murders of Iraqi gays by US armed jihadist death squads.
She and all the Democrats are a roadblock to GLBT equality, a fair standard of living, ending the war, socialized medicine and the fight against all forms of bigotry. A vote for them or the Republicans is a vote for our enemies.
I felt her "heartfelt" response was very disingenuous and smacked of the kind of… subtle… how does she know whether Obama is ready or not, whether he knows what he is going to do or not — how can she make those claims, how can she sling mud like that while acting as if she isn't? Ugh. Just accept this once defeat and chin up, damnit.
Perdue, I could kiss you- I mean in a non-sexual way, like Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes- for saying what I and many think. We are not anti-Hillary because of her looks, her gender, and the various components of her personality. We don't like centrist, triangulation bullshit.
If Barack manages to win the nomination, i'll be voting for him. He's smart…..
In any case i'm just not buying what he's selling, and i'm black. I know others who feel the same way. This could be an historic year in may ways.
As far as Hillary goes, she's in a no win situation. So many people have this irrational hatred for her that goes beyond logic and reason. It's scary.
HILLARY IS AWESOME!
OBAMA IS NOT READY.
If Obama gets the nom, I'll be looking to vote for Ralph Nader or Bloomberg or somebody else (but not the Repub).
http://www.Free-America.com
ProfessorVP: well, at least you know I didn't look up the word on the Internets. And yes, we get it that you and Bill Purdue are fighting the capitalist machine. Me, I'll settle for gay marriage, gays in the military and no drug searches at circuit parties.
True, Hells, I wouldn't accuse you of looking up anything. Only Perdue knows exactly what he's fighting for, if in fact he's fighting for anything. Same with me. Of course, it's easy to post about me and/or Perdue. I'm not sure if I mentioned this previously, but… you are lazy.
OK, I'm intellectually lazy and you're a pompous twist. kewl.
The pompous twist, that wonderful 60s dance craze. Well, now that you've accepted that you're lazy, plan to correct the situation?
Oh boys, so silly. Time to kiss and make up.
Whaddya mean kiss and make up, ash? When I post something, it's about the topic of the thread. And as predictably as Bush saying "nukular," soon afterward, a certain person posts about the topic of me. It's awkward having a stalker, akin to feeling like Jodie Foster. Of course, she's more butch, but still…
That's teary eyed? Ugh! That's nothing!
How do you know I'm not butch, you thilly man you! (flick of wrist)
Read again, slowly. I meant me!