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Add to that list New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Arkansas, Nevada, even Indiana looks vulnerable.Iron said:Hillary has won big states like California, NY, Texas, Ohio and Florida, but the first two will go to any Democrat, the third will go to any Republican.
It's the last two that are the crucial swings.
At any rate, the nomination question has been reframed to "Can Obama win without Hillary as VP?"
She will be 65. Not totally past it, I think her last real chance is now, in four years she could do it, but I agree, she may look too old. That being said, McCain is 72, but he seems to hold his age well and make it work for him in the whole, old, wise, C-in-C image.Iron said:Does anyone think that Hillary will have a chance in 2012?
I personally think that her looks compensate for her lack of charisma atm, but her efforts to hold back old lady sag is clearly at breaking point. I really think that she'll just look too old to win in 5 years
But he's a man. Old men get more respect. Old women are old.Muz4PM said:That being said, McCain is 72, but he seems to hold his age well and make it work for him in the whole, old, wise, C-in-C image.
No, old men age good compared to women, women rely on botox.Graney said:But he's a man. Old men get more respect. Old women are old.
What can she do to go lower? :OMay 23
Hillary Clinton today brought up the assassination of Sen. Robert Kennedy while defending her decision to stay in the race against Barack Obama.
"My husband did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it," she said, dismissing calls to drop out.
Obama's camp immediately fired back.
"Sen. Clinton's statement before the Argus Leader editorial board was unfortunate and has no place in this campaign," Obama campaign spokesman said in a statement.
Clinton made her comments at a meeting with the Sioux Falls Argus-Leader's editorial board while campaigning in South Dakota, where she complained that, "People have been trying to push me out of this ever since Iowa."
Obama, the first African-American to advance so far in the race for the White House, has faced threats, sources have said.
Robert Kennedy, the younger brother of President John F. Kennedy, was gunned down in 1968 after winning the California primary. He had been a hero on the left for his civil rights agenda and calls to end the war in Vietnam.
Barack Obama, who leads Clinton by nearly 200 delegates and has already secured a majority of pledged delegates, has been the subject of threats. Early in the campaign, the Secret Service gave him a security detail at the request of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Illinois).
Clinton criticized an "urgency" to end the campaign prematurely, saying, "Historically, that makes no sense."
She later issued an apology for the remark.
"I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation and in particular the Kennedy family was in any way offensive. I certainly had no intention of that whatsoever," the former first lady said.
Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson defended the comments to The Post, "She was talking about the length of the race and using the '68 election as an example of how long the races in the past have gone -- she used her husband's race in the same vein."
Source: http://www.nypost.com/seven/0523200...ll_wont_drop_out__bobby_kennedy_wa_112232.htm
I think come 2012, if she were to run again, she would be judged more on her comments and actions coming towards the end of this campaign, above any age factor.Iron said:Does anyone think that Hillary will have a chance in 2012?
I personally think that her looks compensate for her lack of charisma atm, but her efforts to hold back old lady sag is clearly at breaking point. I really think that she'll just look too old to win in 5 years
Oh my! That is scary.veloc1ty said:What can she do to go lower? :O