Party leaders don't seem to care Clinton has taken the big states

[OhioChick]

(04-23) 04:00 PDT Washington - --

Winning Pennsylvania on Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton added the nation's sixth-largest state to an impressive list: California, Ohio, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, New Jersey and in her view, Florida and Michigan.

Yet few Democrats important to her nomination seem to much care, including superdelegates such as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, whose comments have seemed to favor rival Sen. Barack Obama, and former Vice President Al Gore, who is estranged from the Clintons.

Nor are they paying much attention to her argument that Obama's inability to put her away in the big states, all of which carry large numbers of Electoral College votes in November, expose weaknesses in an Obama candidacy against Republican Sen. John McCain.

They might be listening instead to Obama's argument that he will win California hands down in the fall, along with other overwhelmingly Democratic states Clinton claims, and that he can put in play smaller ones like Virginia that she can't touch.

More:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/04/22/MNV7109UC5.DTL

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[SunsetDreams]

1. He makes McCain spend money in states, Repubs normally don't have too

He can win those big states too.

Re: Pennsylvania, Rendell says that Obama can win it in Nov.

[Justitia]

2. Didn't Rendell say that his state doesn't vote for black people?

Oh yes he did.

:puke:

[Cant trust em]

11. tell that to Mayor Nutter. NT

[livetohike]

3. Clinton is winning traditionally Democratic states

Big deal. They will go Dem. in the fall anyway.

[Diane R]

10. You're absolutely right. Clinton can't win in GE swing states....Obama can (Kansas, Colo, WA.).

[bicentennial_baby]

4. Massachusetts is a big state?

news to me, and I've lived here all my life.

[babylonsister]

8. Doncha know? If Hill won it, it's BIG! nt

[kwenu]

5. I hope Gore gets the honor of kicking her out the door when the time comes.

And it is coming.

[Submariner]

6. Big state, Little state...WTF is the difference Hillary

The imaginary borders still contain people with the same concerns, like her vote for IWR, NAFTA, Columbia, etc. There is NO difference.

[panAmerican]

7. Stop citing NJ! NJ will vote the Democratic ticket in November regardless

of whether Obama legitimately gets the nod, or Clinton manages to get the nomination by hook and by crook. Anyone who lives here knows how entrenched the Democratic power structure is here. McCain doesn't have a shot.

[newmajority]

9. ANY Democrat will take California, MA, NY, and NJ in the general election

Hillary did not win Texas, and she only "won" Ohio because of the Dildoheads and their "Operation KKKhaos". And Florida & Michigan do not count.

Furthermore the current party leaders believe in the 50 state strategy. Not the 10 state strategy of the DLC.

[ORDem]

12. Well, it's really moot now, PA was the last big state (yes, NC is big, but it's Obama's) nt

She can only use the "big state" argument in the past tense now.

:dem:

[EFerrari]

13. She didn't win TX. n/t

[NJmaverick]

14. The SDs are educated and well informed

So I doubt many will buy into the Clinton's lies, deceptions and spin.

[Tarheel_Dem]

15. And neither do I. It sounds like she's raised enough money to pay

her outstanding debts in the last 24 hours. I think she'll drop out after NC & Indiana, or she'll be pressured to do so.