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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

What Does Clinton Do Now?

Tuesday was not a good day for the Clinton campaign. They got whipped in North Carolina despite constant campaigning by Bill and Chelsea, and Indiana is so close Obama could almost claim a victory. (UPDATE- He may actually win - it's that close.) So, with her options dwindling, what does Hillary do now? Major Garrett from Fox News has this report:
The Clinton campaign is strategizing ways to persuade undecided superdelegates to back the former first lady for the Democratic presidential nomination and is laying the ground work for a public campaign to woo them to her side.

Clinton Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe denied any public effort to lobby undecided superdelegates is currently contemplated. But numerous sources inside the campaign and sympathetic to it told FOX News that a battle plan is being put together to use any and all possible resources to lobby superdelegates.

Among the ideas under regular discussion is to carry out public rallies, use direct mail and television spots in order to generate broader public support for undecided superdelegates to side with Clinton.

Part of the argument the Clinton campaign will use in this and every other outreach to superdelegates will be that the race is very close in terms of delegates and popular votes.

Clinton touched on this theme Tuesday night, citing the closeness of the race and the “he wins one, she wins one” nature of the campaign.

The other big selling point, also hit by Clinton tonight, is “to count all the votes.”

This is a reference to Michigan and Florida, which Clinton said shouldn’t be left out of delegate calculations, as they are now due to Democratic National Committee sanctions. Clinton said the nominee shouldn’t be chosen “by 48 states.”

Drudge is also reporting that Hillary will be meeting with superdelegates to determine whether she should go on. My guess is she's too far into this now to quit. She'll certainly continue through June 3rd, but I'm guessing there will be a bunch of superdelegates declaring for Obama in the next few days, and the media will work hard to get Clinton out of the race.

The pressure is going to be on the Clintons...big time.

UPDATE: What do you think this news means?
Tim Russert, a colleague reports, just said that Hillary Clinton canceled her scheduled appearances on the morning shows tomorrow.

It's a sign of weakness she can ill afford at a moment when questions about whether she can continue are mounting.

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