No-Everywhere Obama has time to campaign, the results get closer and closer.Hillary’s worst enemy is herself, time has nothing to do with it. From Burr Ridge ,Illinois

Jack,

I don’t think so. From what we have seen Obama gains when he has time to spend in a state. He has done it many times before. I think time will be working against Hillary.

Dave

Disadvantage. With the exception of New Hampshire I haven’t seen Hillary Clinton close a big gap in the polls on Obama. And New Hampshire Obama was only up for a few days, he was way behind until his win in Iowa. Obama has closed huge gaps on Clinton so far this primary season and I think he will do it again, although he may not win.

Each canidate has the same amount of time. If one wins and we attribute it to the long time between primaries, I don’t know how we could validate it.

I think its a disadvantage as Obama has always seemed to be able to close gaps. I think voters get to know Obama better which hurts Clinton in the long run. We all know about Clinton after all just look at their history.

Obama 08
April in Austin Texas

The long stretch of time until Pennsylvania votes is definitely to Hillary’s disadvantage. When voters have a chance to listen to Obama and have a chance to meet him, they vote for him.

I would like someone to explain to me this entire issue of “Disenfranchising� voters. According to the Clinton camp, the people of Florida and Michigan will be “disenfranchised� their delegates are not seated and their voices are not heard. Okay, I understand that part of the argument, that we in America believe that people have a right to vote and the results of that vote should be binding and absolute.
What I don’t understand is the second part of the discussion, and that is regarding the role of the superdelegates. If you agree with the above stated argument, then how can you argue that the superdelegates should OVERTURN and IGNORE those same voices and wills of the voters of the entire nation? Taking both sides of this argument seems like hypocrisy to me. If the will of the votes is supreme, then you cannot then argue the point that the superdelegates should overturn that same will of the voters.

Doesn’t appear to be. Obama seems to be gaining.

One more ’sniper’ story from Hillary, or ‘none-of-your-business’ comment from Chelsea, or one more insult from Bill and we might see an early wrap-up to this democratic mess.

At this point, it looks like the long stretch is acting negatively for Hillary Clinton. But can’t say, we still have 3 more weeks before the primary. Things can change. Shrinking lead for her in Pennsylvania tells one thing for sure. There are many Pennsylvanias who have changed their mind about whom they want to vote. There may be more who may change their mind either way by April 22nd.

Time is a friend of the Clintons as people have short term memories and look the other way. Her comment on Bosnia will be less of an issue by the time the primaries are held. However, Obama seems to be gaining ground so it could be to her disadvantage. Am I beginning to sound like a politician? By the way is there another debate so y’all can help us remember?

I would say yes. Obama is outspending her in a media barrage, people say they get constant spin. If Obama spoke the truth, but he won’t they might turn to Hillary.

As long as the media has taken to drinking the Obama Kool-Aid,the hatred and bias against Hillary will continue. I thought the bush hate machine was bad,but they were angels compared to the Obama hate machine.I was hoping that the democrats would at least run a clean campaign,but I guess at 56 I’m still naive.

I believe it is a disadvantage for Hillary, because it gives Obama more time to become known in Pennsylvania. The longer she has to run her mouth, the more people will see how obnoxious she is. I hope Obama makes a very good showing in Pa. Even if she is favored to win there, I just hope she doesn’t win by a large margin. Obama is the one best suited to be President, she doesn’t have the temperament to lead the country. Is she going to cry if things don’t go her way?

Belle
New Jersey (across the river from Pa.)

No, apparently as time passes, Dem voters either forget or totally dismiss electability when selecting their nominee. Hey, that’s okay, they will get to enjoy Obama’s acceptance speech in Denver and from that point it will be sharply downhill, but no one seems to care. I really don’t care anymore either; McCain will be president and at least it won’t be GWB.

Yep, time is against Mrs Clinton, and that is great so far as the media is concerned. All according to plan.

Time is most definitely not on Hillary’s side. With the exception of the whole Pastor Wright thing, Clinton’s lead has steadily decreased, daily. Richardson comes out for Obama and her poll numbers go down. Bob Casey comes out for him and her poll numbers go down. Rumblings of more endorsements to come and her poll numbers go down. Bill Clinton opens his mouth and her poll numbers go down. Even when Obama went on vacation her numbers went down. Now there’s a poll out that actually puts Obama up by 2 points in PA. That may not sound like much but two weeks ago that same poll put Hillary up by 26. The longer this goes on, the more Hillary Clinton will look and sound into Mike Huckabee. The Democrats may get their wish after all.

It is obviously to Clinton’s disadvantage. The long period between the primaries has permitted Obama to recuperate from the Wright controversy and in the same period slammed Clinton for the sniper clanger. Precedence also favors Obama in settings that he has had the opportunity to sell himself to the voters. Above all the long spell may have defused whatever momentum Clinton would have gained with the big wins in Ohio and Texas.

Barack Obama has shown in previous primaries that he is able to close the gap when given enough time and it doesn’t help Senator Clinton when she compares herself to Rocky Balboa because the strongest resemblance between the two are that they are both fictional action heroes.

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

The long stretch of time is a major disadvantage……to me…….I am now officially sick of the Presidential race. Aren’t you?

Yes. There is no way that Obama will win PA. The longer it takes to a primary, the better Clinton does. Remember? Super Tuesday to the Texas-Ohio primaries? Weeks went by and people actually paid attention to the candidates. When that happened, people saw what a crock Obama was.

Jack, it takes time to really get to know someone. And in Hillary’s case, to know her is not to love her.

Greg
Oak Park, IL

It’s to her advantage. The longer that she has to whittle away away at Obama, the better her chances will be.
It’s also to McCain’s advantage, because the longer she has to chop away at the Democratic Party, the better his chances will be…

The long stretch of time is a disadvantage for Hillary Clinton and an advantage for Barack Obama! It gives him a chance to personalize his message of Hope for all Americans!

Whether or not the time before the PA primary works for or against Sen. Clinton, she’ll still win in PA by a comfortable margin. Afterward, the nomination will still be a virtual tie and the pressure on super-delegates and the party to rectify FL and MI will increase. We can Thank Howard Dean, Donna Brazile, and the rest of the “punishers” at the DNC for this mess!

Hi Jack! Sorry I missed yesterday. You had some interesting questions. Big time in the Wilkes-Barre area yesterday. Dallas is a suburb of Wilkes-Barre. I went to Obama in the late morning,Clinton in the afternoon and then to see Bob Novak in the evening. Most excitement this area has seen in one day in years - if ever. Thank you for reading my answer on Monday. I was shocked and do appreciate it. Now I’ll submit again and answer today’s questions.

it is not in her favor for the following reasons:
1. it gives the people in the Penn. state more time to get to know obama and hear his policy for true change in politics in washington.
2. it also gives the people more time to hear the half truths from Hillary
which is politic in washington right now. hopefully she will not be able to say to the Penn. state - I got YOU - after the primary.

Jack.

Seems the more time people spend with Hilliard the more likely they are not to take her side. She spoke yesterday and made a comparision between a gutter in bowling and his campaign. This was not appreciated be the audience that came to see her. My point is she has only negative things to say and the world is getting very tried of hearing her trash. I hope the people in Pennsylvania are able to put a fork in her cause she’s done.

it’s to her disadvantage if it gives her time to tell voters how she drove the snakes out of Ireland, she threw the Hail Mary pass at B.C., and it was her who carried Tenseng Norgay’s day pack up Everest.for him. I have heard enough malarchy already.

Hillary in the end is her worse own enemy. The Obama campain is just feeding her the rope so she can hang herself. She comes off more negative everyday. People are starting to see the real Hillary Clinton and its not a nice thing to witness. Time is on the side of the Obama campain. Run Hillary Run……….

Time is not on her side-people are finding out the real Hillary and it’s not impressive.Worse yet,when she makes mistakes,she wants to cover them up.The only chance she has left is that letter to Pelosi (if it works).

Clearly the trend is that the more time Obama has in a state the more the margin narrows or is overcome. Several polls in the last few days emphasize that point. The polls are starting to reflect Tuzla-gate and the growing sentiment that the Clintons will do anything to win. Obama is gaining ground with working folks, older folks, and his base support is standing strong.

Hillary does not care about Florida and Michigan been disenfranchise. If that was the case she should of Rejected this idea back when she was asked if she agrees with the decision to to strip Fl and Michigan she said yes why? because she was front runner back then. Now she was them to be counted why? because she needs this to states to win. Any body who beleives she care about the voters in Fl and Michigan must be in draugs or is a Idiot.

I live in Pennsylvania and keep up with our local news. From what I can tell I think time is against Senator Clinton here in Pennsylvania. Senator Obama has 3 to 1 political commercials being shown here. I know that her poll ratings are dropping but I do not hold much faith in that by itself. But what I can tell from the people I have been talking to, more are beginning to accept the fact that Senator Obama will get the nomination. I will tell you this there are real nasty emails being sent out about Senator Obama. They are coming from die hard republicans that I know. I know for fact that they call themselves Christians because of the religious maternal that I received from them. I call them hypocrites.

On the surface it would appear that Clinton has several advantages. She claims Pennsylvania as a “home” state and the state has Democrats similar to those in Ohio. She has held a double-digit over Obama until recently. He has had to cope with with the Rev. Wright issue. Yet, she is unable to provide a knockout punch (to tap into her Rocky metaphor). It appears that Obama is going to go the distance in Pennsylvania and win. Three more weeks seems like a political eternity. In an election year of surprises, who knows what bombshells are yet to explode. The real question should be, whomever get the Democratic presidential nomination will it be worth anything? Or will that have been totally debased of value in the intense, vicious, interneciine fighting within the party?

Disadvantage Jack. Every day is another chance for Bill to lose his temper and say something “blunderful”. Another chance for Hillery to “misspoke” herself. Or another day for america to remember we’ve seen this movie before.

Well Jack, this has all become increasingly tragic to me as one lone citizen. I try to watch several different news sources, and I read -an old fashioned idea- several news articles, and I listen to your voice along with others. The answer to this question is probably “yes”, Sen. Obama will benefit as more people are exposed to him directly: however, seriously disappointing to me is the apparant willingness of Sen. Clinton & her ex-Presidential husband to grind this Nation into the dust just in order fotr them to regain power. To me the SPIRIT & INTENT of the 2-term limit prohibits this family from returning to 1600 Penn Avenue: after all, Sen. Clinton claims to have been an active & participating partner in that administration, so neither of the Clintons should be sent back for a 3rd term. paul - KY

Jack — the only way I can see time on Hillary Clinton’s side is if she hopes to become the vice presidential candidate to Barack Obama. Otherwise, the answer is no. Time is not on her side — and I can’t believe she lost Texas! That should really shed some light on things.

Trevor
Stamford, CT

Time is a disadvantage to Hilary, That is because the people in Pennslyvania don’t know Obama and to Know Obama is to Love Obama that is why time is against her 3 more weeks we will see obama move up adleast 5-6 percentage points

Sure she has pleanty of time for more race baiting and slander and more WAR stories to come.
Sue–Idaho

Jack,
Yes i do think hillary time is running out. Don’t get me wrong she is very competitive in the race but in the end the math speak for itself.
I’m a democrat jack but i’m getting really tired of everything a person say in this campaign it being blown out of proportion. And that from
both sides surrogates what in world is coming to you don’t have from of speech in this country anything more.
Delores
New jersey

Time is advantageous to Hillary to gain more supporters. If she doesn’t get the nominee the more supporters she has Obama is going to need them. Which can only mean Hillary as his running mate whether she’s his first choice or not.

Time is a Disadvantage to Hilary Because as everyday goes she get more and more desperate and loses more and more supporters.

Disadvantage! Money is obviously tight for the Clinton camp and the more Obama starts to gain in PA. the nastier and more negative her campaign will get. The more negative she becomes, the more the voters and Superdelegates will back Obama.

Hillary is at a disadvantage with the voting in Pennsylvania approxiamtely 3 weeks away. Unfortunately, a lot can take place,
and for a Presidential candidate trying to campaign and representing the Democratic party, she is taking more than her share of “hits”.
We do have freedom of speech, but much of this Primary is nothing but insults and disrespect. This is non-productive and we have heard very little in committments on critical issures, which should be a priority!

Hi Jack, it means to me that Hillary might win PA by 2% if that. If someone show the CBS clip of the Bosnia Lie 24/7 along with the other lies, well Hillary can pack up her yellow jacket & head back to the Senate, then again, they may not want her after her dirty tricks. Oh yeah, they should “loop” the NAFTA clip also, you know like they did about the Rev. Wright (they ran that into the ground) They should show Hillary’s Lies into the ground also. jmo She opens her mouth, & lies just fall out. Ohio remind PA of the NAFTA lies, it’s on film too. lol Bye, bye, Hillary

The numbers speak volumes.

Stick a fork in her, Jack. Hillary’s done.

Jack, history has shown that the more time Barack has to visit with people the more successful he becomes. Hillary can run, but she can’t hide. He is my candidate!!!

Gary
Bear, DE

Time is against Senator Clinton, as you point out the more people learn of Senator Obama they more they support him. He is by far the better canidate and I beleive will be a great president.

Further, time is allowing the Rev. Wright issue to fade in the minds of many american and the real truth that he is neither racist or hates america has yet to be aired…maybe CNN should be the one to show the full unbiased view of who Jeremiah Wright truly is.

I would say an advantage. there are many things out there about Obama that people have not heard of in detail like his long time friendship with Rezko and maybe his wife Michelle will surface and people can ask her some embarrassing questions now that the media as decided Chelsea is fair game

Time is ultimately on Clinton’s side. It should be obvious that her intent is to cripple the Obama Candidacy to the point that McCain wins in November.

That would give her clear sailing in 2012, as Obama would no longer be considered viable.

Harry
Ky.

It is definitely a disadvantage. Obama has proved time and time again he can sprint into a victory. The longer it goes on the more chance Clinton will make another killing gaffe and throw it all to Obama. I saw it happen in Texas with Ann Richards and it can happen in Pennsylvania.

Ray Kinserlow
Lubbock, Texas

To her disadvantage of course. As time goes by, people are realizing who Hillary really is. Right now the difference between Clinton and Obama has come down to truth, promise and preference. Their policies are basically the same. But the truth is important in that if a person tells the truth on a regular basis, they are more likely to keep their promise to fulfill their policies. So we are left with preference.

Obama ‘08

Jack I dont think it will matter something else will come out about Obama he isnt the person everyone thinks he is> He couldnt defeat McCain this fall he is to weak. Hillary is tough and has weathered a lot of criticism from you and the other news casters even Lou Dobbs said that last night on his program. She can take whatever the Rep. dishes out GO HILLARY…..Dorothy Ohio

Jack.,
I suggest you go back and read Mareen Dowd’s editorial on Hillary, it wasn’t a hit piece on Hillary, which you described, but a rather glowing admiration for Hillary because of her tenacity. She was actually mocking Obama in many way and said Hillary was toughening him up, which is a good thing. She called Obama languid, cavalier, and effete. Dowd may not like Hillary, but she is giving her some credit for making Obama a better candidate, someting most of the media won’t do. And saying Hillary is “tougher” than Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was actually a compliment, if Obama can’t deal with Hillary how does he expect to deal with world leaders. Go back and read the op-ed piece Jack and do some impartial reporting for once.

It doesn’t matter, Jack. Hillary is the one who keeps saying “let’s stretch this out” so she has to take whatever happens in stride. Hillary is her own worst enemy, not time.

I think it is to her disadvantage. When people meet Obama they love him. If they were able to meet him in Florida and Michigan the outcome would have been much different and we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now.

JACK
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it is for clitntons disadvantage .The long stretch time will enable obama to have more grounds and spread his tentacles to both old ,young ,poor and rich as he has always done .Base on past history obama do better when he has adequate time to “INFECT”the people in a positive way

from los angeles ,Ca

It is my opinion that the fireworks have just started. Hillary is not a quitter as most of the men in the media would like her to be, and she is about to pull off a double digit win in Pa. , and on to North Carolina where the votes have seen a part of Obama that they will not accept, and even if I don’t mention it, all will know what I am talking about, especially if you love, and have served protecting this nation, plus the fact that he has said he doesn’t want to go back to the 90’s, well I know we were a hell of a lot better off in the ninies than we are now. The wheel are beginning to come off for Obama, and they don’t see it coming.. So don’t count Hillary out just yet even though many say that it is bad for the party, to that I say to hell with the party, its the country that I am worried about, and she is the better of the two candidates to lead into a new era.

Jack, I believe it was a disadvantage. Too much has happened since Hillary’s big victory in Ohio, which as most folks can see barely made a dent into Obama’s lead. As more and more superdelegates have made endorsements, Obama’s lead is the same as it was before her victory in Ohio. This long span of time didn’t allow Hillary capatalize on the momentum that victory gave her, and that has worked in Obama’s favor.

No jack, the handwriting has been on the wall for weeks now, but her need for political self preservation is getting in the way of party preservation and success in november, time is on obamas side, not much though, as mccain is going everywhere re-defining himself, the DEMS will have a lot more work to do in taking down mccain in nov.

Jack, time is on Oboma’s side as the numbers show Clinton is down to a 9 point lead. What we will see now is even more of the Clinton campaign’s dirty tricks and propaganda against Oboma. They will say and do anything to win. What the people of Pennsylvania need to ask themselves before the next primary is “What did the Clinton’s do for them when they were in the Whitehouse last time - the answer is NOTHING. Their policies were put in place years ago and since then thousands of jobs have disappeared in their state. What did Hillary do for them during her time in the senate - the answer is NOTHING. Now she is going all over the state speaking about everything she is going to do for them. The truth is that she wil do nothing because the Clintons are in the campaign for the Clintons not for all Americans.

In all Likelihood a disadvantage. The more time The Obama people have to hand out the half truths and lies and rhetoric tailored to the peoples wants without regard to the truth or reality, the more people flock to him.

The Reason Hillary hasn’t managed to be able to do the same thing is all PR. When they are both tough, He’s strong, but she’s Combative. When they both lie, she’s the Liar, and he gets a free pass. What can you do?

Mike, From Staten Island, New York

As usually you have decided to view a comment in a negative vein. I took Maureen Dowd’s comment as a compliment. It seems it would be a good thing to have a pres stronger than the Iranian pres. as our problem with him is that Bush was not tough enough and he knew it. Also, reading the rest of Dowds column, that also seemed more complimentary than insulting but I guess you talked to Dowd and know what she meant. I do recall that Dowd was not a fan of the Clintons and has snipped at Hilliary any time she could. women can be very nasty to other women.

Definitely a disadvantage. She will win the state, but her lead will continue to shrink unless Obama slips up big, which isn’t likely. I’m just wondering when a Clinton surrogate, like Carville, will come out and announce the next “do-or-die” state that the Clinton campaign deems “significant,” so we can all count the days till that contest. Sigh. They should just have all nine contests after PA on one day, the third or fourth “Super Tuesday”–all votes would be counted, all the numbers could be calculated, and the superdelgates could step in and possibly make the past six months meaningless. We could even think of a catchy name for that day: “Fight-to-the-Death Friday” or “This-is-really-it-Hillary Tuesday.”

It is definitely to Hillary’s advantage. The longer she can play this out the better. The reason is quite simple. She has nothing to lose. She is already behind in the popular votes, delegates and the number of states won. Her only chance of winning is if Barack makes a mistake of some kind, says something stupid, or has something worse than Rev. Wright crop up. Many a campaign has been won by someone else fumbling the ball.

I think to her advantage. More time to really find out about Senator Obama and his previous dealings. The Rev Wright thing seems to have a lot deeper roots than the “Press” has reported . His Chicago “Connections” have not got on the witness stand yet …or struck their “Deal”. His explanations for all of his guilt by association stuff has not been explained sufficiently . Senator Clinton has plenty of time. A lot of the Superdelegates that have come out for him will change their minds behind closed doors. He’s gonna be “Swift Boated” bigtime, and they all no it! Young folks are so impressionable. Real world, he’s on his way out and just does’nt know it. I voted for Edwards in the Michigan “Fake” election. Most of us would prefer to have the vote count stay the way it originally was.

I think this is great time for Hillary to keep doing what she is doing, laying all the truths and lies out on the line.

She should also include in her strategy the opportunity for all women that have been cheated on (she’s been there and done that) to vote for her; all women that found out their husbands and lovers are gay, all women that have suffered from physical abuse (strenghten crime laws), all women that need child support (strenghten child support enforcement) all women that have been raped, molested, stalked (crime), all women that have been given a deadly disease from some infested man (more money for planned parent hood and sex education for our girls), all women whose husbands/boyfriends are in jail, all women that have hit that glass ceiling, all women that have children in a disfunctional school system (no child left behind joke), all women who have to act fake due to husband/boyfriend popularity, all depressed women, all women, sisters, neices, aunts, daughters should vote for HILLARY!!! Lets clean us this violent society that men tend to thrive on and take care of our domestic affairs and our families.

From: Blooming Prairie, MN ——— Why did you ask the question if you thought it would be advantagous. You always have an angle to put doubt in someone’s mind. Do you own CNN or do other people their rate an opinion. Your bully tactics are without equal. You are plainly a jerk.

Jack, I think it was to Hillary’s disadvantage because she used her big attack guns too early. It gave the attacks time to be addressed by Obama to most voter’s satisfaction. America loves an underdog and most still sees the Clinton’s as Goliath to Obama’s David.

I would say it is a big disadvantage for her as it allows Barack Obama time to introduce himself to Pennsylvanians whom I hope see the promise and hope he offers this country. Also, I don’t think Pennsylvanians will fall for some of Hillary’s tall tales! If she does win in PA, it will be by a very small majority, but i think Barack has the possibility of winning.

Hillary is out if time, regardless if its Pennsylvania or any other of the remaining states. I think it is time for the Clintons to chill out and accept defeat graciously.

In basketball games, coaches call timeouts to break the other team’s momentum. This is a pretty long timeout. And during the timeout, Hillary un-won Texas, misremembered a hail of sniper fire, and had Chelsea drawn into the blue dress fiasco. She also has lost her credibility on NAFTA opposition, which she used to great effect in Ohio. So instead of repeating Ohio, she may repeat Wisconsin, where her lead evaporated day by day, and she eventually lost by double digits.

Time is a definite disadvantage to the Clinton campaign. Part of her draw is name recognition and familiarity. However, the more time Obama spends on the ground voters are overcome by his charismatic leadership, which can somewhat be conveyed on television, but is magical in person.

It’s one hundred percent in her favor.For the more expossure that Obama has to the media his charismatic veneer begins to peal off.Revealing the flat one toned,off key song that he sings.

Time is a minor factor. Most voters have decided, and those of us on the fence will likely vote depending on how the Democrats sort out their nominees. For me, if Clinton gets the nod, I’ll vote for a third party. ANY third party. To me, a choice between Clinton and McCain is a choice between what we’ve had for several years now. And where has that got us?

Yes! Anytime you have a long time between primaries and the media has nothing better to do but character bash you its harmful. I don’t care what happened 12 years ago. I only know Sen Clinton cares about me, I see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice. And she is fighting for our voice to be heard in FL. So lets give it a rest. After all none of us are perfect, and if we cannot forgive and move on, then there is no hope for our country and world. GO HILLARY!

Jack
Doesnt make any difference the voters have made up their minds, it will be close in Pennsylvania, if Hillary takes this State it aint gonna be by much !

I remember when Hillary had a 20 point lead in Texas and Barack was told he should not even waste his time there. Now we find out that he did his Rocky imitation in the longhorn state. This is getting more interesting than the NCAA big dance. I’m addicted to all the political news I can find.

I think time is on Barack Obama’s side. it seems that the more people get to know him, the more they like him. One thing that may hurt Hillary, is all this negative campaigning, Bill does not help either, his last attempt to bully the superdelegates in California seems to have backfired, I guess flying into a rage and wagging the finger does not impress them.Don North Carolina

Luis-Corpus Christi, Texas

No, especially when she likens herself with a fictitious character such as Rocky. Talk about insult to philadelphia fighters she could of compared herself with such as Sonny Liston, Joe Fraizer, George Benton and Meldrick Taylor, she went with the great white hype fiction boxer Rocky. This tells me 1 of 3 things. 1) she dosen’t know about boxing. 2) She doesn’t know reality from fiction. 3) she rather compare herself with a white fake boxer than a black real boxer.

We have seen Casey, who represents so many blue collar workers endorsing Obama, and as more get to know more about him and his policies, Clinton may be losing support in areas she normally could count on. Jack, time is definitely not on Clinton’s side.

If she continues to do things like yesterday’s April fools joke, it is a disadvantage. Even though it was intended to be funny, she was terrible on the delivery, and showed no emotion to indicate it was intended as a joke when she said “April fools”. The only fool was the one delivering the punch line…

Disadvantage! At the rate Obama is closing on her she just might be lucky to win Pennsylvania. If she wins by a few points she will talk about how only she can win the “big states” ignoring a double digit collapse.

Jack: It seems to be a disadvantage. Could it be Hillary not being truthful. I have done some research and it appears Hillary has a track record of many lies. They repeat the lies of Obama stopping the revote in Florida and Michigan, that is untrue, her own co-chair stated it is unworkable, unfair, and logistically impossible . The more time the voters have to see and hear Obama they like him. Bill Richardson said “I like the guy” Joan

Jack: It is neither and advantage or disadvantage. Hillary can’t turn back the clock and neither can she wind it up again. She will not achieve the nomination regardless of the Pennsylvania outcome.The time will go. Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, she goes. Her longest day will soon come to an end.

The long stretch of time is to Hillary’s disadvantage.

It gives Obama more time to run ads and campaign in a very large state.

The long stretch of time has resulted in Americans forgetting about Obama’s former preacher and in Americans being reminded of the Clintons’ problem with the truth as evident in:
- Her actual experience/record (not bringing peace to Northern Ireland)
- Her false claims to be against NAFTA from the beginning
- Her mispeaking about running from sniper fire from the airport
- Changing her stance from Michigan/Florida shouldn’t count to that they need to count (since it now benefits her)

The longer Hillary stays in, the better her chances of pulling it off (the nomination). Obamas dreamy-eyed followers seem to forget that in a time of war, a candidates patriotism should be a given. Obamas has been called into question, and as petty as it may seem to his supporters, it will be paramount to the majority of voters in November. Time is Hillarys best friend right now, and she knows it. Although Hillary has been called alot of things, un-patriotic has not been one of them, and when it comes down to the last brass tack, this will sway the remainder of delegates her way, as she expected.

Jack, that depends on what Mrs. Clinton does with her time.

She should take some notes from Sen. Obama’s wife, and speak to us as not only adults with legitimate concerns, but as reasoning reasonable people who can be related to honestly.

I just hope she hasn’t sabotaged her own chances of being offered the VP position, and if offered it that she would be humble enough to accept it graciously.

The longer Pennsylvanians get to know Hillary, I think the closer the race will get since they will see she is too divisive and not a truthful person. I still think she will win Pa. convincingly since as Carville says it’s “Pittsburgh on the west, Philadelphia on the east, and Alabama in between”. And the Clintons will continue to stay in the race (despite virtually no chance of winning) since they want to hurt Obama’s chances in November as much as possible since their biggest nightmare is an Obama Presidency overshadowing Bill Clinton’s Presidency. So they would rather McCain win than Obama so will stay in this race as long as they are hurting Obama. Clintons come first not the Democratic Party or country.

Jack,

Don’t you worry. PA will go for Hillary in a big way. I’m an Edwards Democrat, now supporting Hillary Clinton. Obama may have pockets of support, but if any state is Hillary’s base, it’s PA. Most of the population is older, and wise in ways that cannot be measured by college degrees or by being cool and hip. These voters are loyal to Bill Clinton, love Hillary, and plan on sending her to the White House to correct the damage of the past seven years. Whether we vote now, or on April 22, or on any Tuesday for the rest of the campaign, the results will be a win for Hillary. You can take that to the bank.

Logic says that the better people get to know Obama the better his poll numbers get. I’m starting a rumor however that Hillary is contracting John Edwards to channel an endorsement from Ronald Regan.

Time is on Senator Clinton’s side. Especially if more bombshells come from the Obamo camp. Excerpts from Michelle Obamo’s dissertation at Princeton are being widely circulated. I distrust excerpts and would appreciate having available the entire text of Michelle’s dissertation.
Then I can make up my own mind if Michelle Obamo is as much a liability as the media make Bill Clinton out to be.

With more time Obama will narrow her lead.
More time gives Clinton an opportunity to put her foot in it.

Remains to be seen. Initially I thought it might help but with the lack of reporting on Obama’s one bill passed in congress, his private dealings with Rezko, and continual lax in questions about his associations to bigotted churches and terroist pentagon bombers I don’t think the truth will come out about this guy no matter how long between primary’s.

The numbers say it all. Obama is already gaining on Hillary, and with 3 weeks to go till the primaries obama has a lot of time to build up even more momentum. Hillary might lose her 2nd big state..

The blog from Jane Cooper.Sent on april 2nd 2008 at 3:07 pm ET.Was sent by David Wilder and does not in any way reflect Jane Cooper’s opinion.Please disregard that blog as it does’t reflect her opinion.

Whether the three weeks remaining is good or bad for Sen Clinton depends upon how negative she will go, now that the 26 point lead she had is melting away like the Pennsylvania snows. We all know her yappy attack ads are coming. Forget the kitchen sink, here comes the cesspool!!

Regina, Saskatchewan

Jack/Wolf,
I’ve been a fan of Bill and Hillary in the past.I voted for Bill the 2 times he ran. I believe that the way they are going about the nomination is wrong,wrong for the party,america & just wrong. Obama is going to be the parties nomination for president. I believe that she has done her chances in as too being the vice president (the first woman v.p.).
Either way, I believe the Democrats will win the White House.I don’t think america wants “a grumpy old man” to continue too run this country. Bye,bye McCain & the GOP. Amercia doesn’t want no more………

Well Obama will benefit from Hillary’s stay in the race. Obama is winning the race the Republicans wanted to beat. Barack would surely enjoy her stay because it keeps the spotlight on them.

It presents a situation where they can both have the capacity to lose their popularity as well.

Do I remember right or Bill use to say she need to win in both Texas an Ohio? No matter what kind of twisting and back door dealing the Clinton think they could do to steal this thing it become more and more clear that it over!

Lets face it it over. Plan A was a victory on Super Tuesday and it did not work out all that good. Plan B was the Texas and Ohio firewall and they lost delegates in Texas. Plan C was the kitchen sink strategy and it really backfire on Hillary since her negative are up. Plan D is bloody up Obama up win a large victory in Pennsylvania seat both Florida and Michigan has it is and go after Obama pledged delegates on the back side. Anybody think that one going to work? But wait their a plan E too if all else fail scuttle the Democrat party chance in November so Hillary get another chance in 2012.

Dan-Texas:

Of course, She is doing terrible on her supposedly “bread and butter” platforms such as health care and money management. She is behind on her healthcare bill for her employees and owe money. She lies about her experience and people are finding out that she really doesn’t have much more than Obama. She is involved in money scandals like Peter Paul, Norman Hsu, to name a few. She has a husband who is a liability to her candidacy, his affairs before and during his term as President hurts her. And then she tries to use race and gender as a means of winning…shame. 20 Years of Bush-Clinton-Bush is enough for me, I don’t want another 4 of the Clintons.

Jack,
I don’t think anyone can say definitively whether this long stretch is an
advantage or not. However, if Hillary Clinton doesn’t take the opportunity
and make good use of this remaining time, she will have to sit back and watch Karl Rove “swift boat” Barak Obama in the general election.

If the primary were held now, Clinton would win by low double digits acoording to an average of the current polls, so it can not be advantageous to have another few weeks to go. Nonetheless, she needn’t worry. Each time that Obama has been down by a large margin and then moved to within striking distance, he has lost. (See Massachusetts, California, Ohio, and Texas). It’s much easier to attract the independants and undecideds, but the last hurdle are the voters who would have to switch their allegiance completely and in Pennsylvania most of these are the “I’ve made up my mind—-dont confuse me with the facts” type.

It’s definitely a disadvantage Jack. The good people of PA had no idea who Barack Obama was, and early polling chose Clinton on name recognition alone. Now that Barack is able to establish his grassroots organization and get face to face with the people of PA, he will definitely make inroads in cutting that perceived lead down. He probably still won’t win, but a 5% to 10% loss in all reality, is a win for Obama in Clinton land.

Hillary’s disadvantage, It will give voters more exposure to both candidates and given that their positions are nearly identical, the one which is more inspirational, trustworthy, and honest will become evident, if it hasn’t already. Obama could win Pennsylvania.

With Obama pouring money on the State, this Pennsylvanian believes that he will make up the gap with Hillary. It will still be a close call at the end but, without the Republicans allowed to cross party lines for their shennenigans, the result may be a surprising Obama win.

Jack,

It depends on who avoids the debacles like Wright , NAFTA, Snipergate, etc. With the miniscule difference between the Obama and Clinton on issues, it becomes a popularity contest and a contest of who screwed up last. Obama talks the talk, and the more time he has, the better he does.

Jack,
Time is of the essence for Hillary. The more she has the more she stumbles. Remember when she was a shoo-in? Time in Pennsylvania will allow Governor Ed Rendell to make more silly statements and Hillary to fabricate implausible comparisons of herself with movie characters such as Rocky. Then again, was she hoping to stir up a racial maelstrom by implying that Obama is Apollo Creed, Rocky’s first opponent in Rocky 1? Perhaps she figures that time may help her polarize the Keystone State.

The more time there is for Barack Obama to campaign in Pa. he will close the gap. Hillary might win but not by double digits. A former Philadelphian the dumb Mayor there will not be able to swing Philadelphia for Hillary.

It’s a disadvantage for her. With this much time Obama has the opportunity to win over a large section of voters and delegates as he is starting to do. You, know, the ones Hillary has in her back pocket. It also gives Hillary time to mis-speak again and get an even more negative image in general. We can only hope that if she really goes down in flames, she will realize it’s over and back Obama. Any odds on that miracle?

Of course time doesn’t work to Hillary’s advantage, but it never has. Once Obama gets in the area his “ground crew”, if that’s what you want to call it, gets in there and starts their game. And the only thing Obama does do is focus a bunch of time and money on his target audiences: blacks, college kids, and affluent liberals. Once he has those in his pockets, he can walk away with a certain number of delegates. Works every time.

Jack, have you ever had a column that wasn’t geared toward pulling Hillary down in some way?? Are you so intimidated by her that it’s impossible for you to be fair?? You and everyone else who is pushing so hard for Obama will regret it one day. He is not who you think he is. I’m from Illinois and this guy has a bad reputation, but of course no one in the media really want to do a story on that.

It’s one hundred percent in her favor.for the more exposure that Obama has to the media his charismatic veneer begins to peal off.Revealing the flat one toned, off key song that he sings.

I would say disadvantage because of the money the Obama campaign has to throw into the race BUT throwing gutter balls while bowling or some other gaff could end up being a Dukakis “Snoopy” style killer photo that sinks him in the primary and just maybe the general election.

Jack,

Let’s be positive here: It’s to OBAMA’S ADVANTAGE.
And that is a very good thing.

Well, Jack, as we’ve seen with any large amount of time, people start forgetting. Just look at all the corruption and scandal from the Clinton Administration. Now it’s like none of that has ever happened, facts can be manipulated, and we could very well end up with a big player in those scandals in the White House. The reason for that… TIME! Now we’ve got Obama hit with a ’scandal’ and luckily for him it hit early and now people are starting to allow the shell-shock to wear off and regain their footing. The more time they get, the better off Obama is and consequentially the worse off Hillary is.

Alex
Waterbury, CT

If the people in Pennsylvania are easily swept up in a whoopla, then it is bad for Clinton.

If the people of Pennsylvania are feeling the pinch of the growing economic crisis, then it is good for Clinton because most people acknowledge that she will return us to the fiscal policies of her husband’s administration.

Jack,

I don’t think it matters much if Obama wins the delegate count, the popular vote and the majority of states and territories. It’s like a basketball team being behind 20 points with a one minute on the clock yet they choose to keep fouling and put the team that’s leading on the free throw line. The momentum theory doesn’t work either, if the Knicks when the rest of their games and the Celtics lose the rest of their games should the Knicks make the playoffs over the Celtics. I chose the basketball analogy because Obama is better at that than bowling.

Good point Jack! I also noticed on the CNN home page that Obama’s lead is slipping nationally. Now instead of a 10 point lead, Obama is only ahead nationally by 4 points. So it looks like time is on Hillary’s side. So how about a positive blog for Hillary, Jack? Do you think you can muster that?

people everywhere, the more they need to know Obama, and the more they listen to his honest messages, the more people who will vote for him. The more the people listen to the dirty tactics, smear politics, coming out of Hillary, the more deceptioned one becomes. It is sad, sad, sad. Someone needs to tell this lady that we the voters are tired of the politics as usual, she never focus on the real issues, she is always bulling someone, always lying about something, and even running on someone else’s experience.
enough is enough. I used to support Clinton, but I have had enough.
I want a better future for my daugther, and also want peace so that her children and all children can live on this earth without war and conflict.

In a funny way ,and I hate to say this Jack , but I think this will help Hillary. It will give her campaign more time to dig up some dirt on Barack or put a couple of media spins on some issues. She’s crafty and the more time she has the craftier she seems to become.

Thats easy jack; It’s an advantage. But wait until she releases her “mysterious” TAX RETURNS a week before the primary, it will be a disaster for her; since the media will hammer and spin every minute detail of the contents. Mark my words.

The longer we get to see Senator Clinton’s desperation to win at all costs juxtaposed against Senator Obama’s composure and ability to rise above pettiness, the better. In fact, the buyer’s remorse the Clintons are so eager for us to have about Obama would be more likely to occur if she were to drop out now. Given the political animals (in every sense of the word) the Clintons are though, I don’t think that’s going to happen. A long campaign gives democrats a chance to wave a long goodbye to Presidential Clintons.

Well, Jack I am glad to hear you say Obama won Texas.

Though the media that has been blamed to love Obama this

important fact has been lost in the shuffle. (Has CNN adjusted their shading of this big state?)

Texas, like Kentucky, and so many other states, only proves that once

people get to now Obama beyond Hillary’s name recognition, they

tend to acknolwedge that he is the better candidate for presidency.

Both time AND the people are on his side!!!

joy- NC

If the past is borne out time is on the side of Obama. The more HRC talks the more she is seen for what she is - a liar and a desperate woman who will say and do anything to get what she feels entitled to.

Laurie, San Diego, Ca

Hello’ Jack. Somebody should stop Hillary and Obama to kill each other. It’s incredible how they are changing the hend of this election that was easy to win for the Democrats in the beginning and now, with an Obama so vulnerable, thanks to his Pastor and wife speaches, and with Hillary telling stories never happed, put the election easy to win for the Repablicans that , actually , have to do nothing. The other Party is doing a very good job to loose. It’s a shame.

Here we go! Its almost time for Jack to endorse Obama like he does everyday at 4pm. I wished they would fire you for your biased opinion.

Jack,

No, because the more time Barack has, the more he can talk to more people. The difference in Barack and Hillary is…we believe him.

Obama 08

Hey Jack,
Keep up the good work; can we get some clarification from Hillary regarding NAFTA she keeps waffling and its making me dizzy.

Also, when is she going to release those tax returns, I thought that her campaign manager said it would be this week. Now that the polls are getting closer we probably will never see the slush fund oopps… I meant Clinton Library operating income …

The long campaign is a disadvantage to Hillary.
The more we see of some people, the more we get turned off.
Hillary is one of those people who we should see and hear less of.
You can add Wolf Blitzer and Tony Harris to that list.

Neither. Only Obama will benefit or be damaged by this stretch. It’s a non-event for Clinton. Those that support her in PA are who they are and are not liable to change, no matter who endorses whom, regardless as to her mis-speaking issues, and what new controversies Faux News and others who like them are anti-Democrat and scandal junkies can conjure up for either of the Democratic candidates.

The only POSSIBLE way she can benefit is if she spends her time being PRESIDENTIAL and campaigning on the ISSUES and staying away from mudslinging and juvenile playground (aka Karl Rove) tactics that detract from the legitimacy of her candidacy for the President………..if for all her “experience” we continue to hear lies, mis-speaks, whining, tit-for-tat foolishness, and a grown 28 year old daughter on the campaign trail surprised and ill prepared to answer what you HAD to know was going to be asked by someone at some point and time, well……..you get my drift.

As any experienced CEO will tell someone, “he doesn’t have to be an expert in all areas, just make sure the right people work for him.”

Clinton who? Obama who? (!)

Time works against her. The more time Obama has the better he does. On the other hand the more time Clinton has the worse she gets. She is like produce if it sets too long it discolors and after suffucient time it smells badly.

Due to a lack of chronic media attention concerning Clinton’s true character (e.g. the Bosnia story) it takes some time for word to spread and opinions to change. This is time pennsylvania needs to look through the thinly veiled facade that is the Clinton machine.

Jack,

All I would say is that Barack should brace himself for more of the evil, devious, Clinton attacks. I would sure up on the Wright talking points because she knows she can hit him below the knees there.

It really does not matter, because he is my choice. I’m so excited for America.

HRC–Hateful, raunchy, cut-throat.

Nope! Hillary’s time is up!

I would assume so Jack. Without discounting Pennsylvania voters in the least, most people remain uninformed about any other candidate other than their own personal choice. With the negatives that Mr. Obama has received through the media of late, I’m sure those stories (Wright) have been blown entirely out of proportion similar to the “telephone game” we played as children. Certain geographical areas of that State are very conservative anyhow. And another thing. As bad as I hate to bring it up, their are certain areas of that beautiful State that will not vote for a black man, period.

According to situation now, it seems that time is not in her favor. Obama has more money and keep getting more endorsements. But she is a fighter and she will figure out how to fight too. People change their minds every single day so you never know how it turns out at the day of the election. There are many factors at play here.

Nuwan from Houston, TX

Unfortunately, the longer voters in Pa have to get to know Hillary, the more they get to dislike her. Just the opposite is true for Barack, time is an advantage for him and his positive numbers will continue to grow as the polls turn more in his favor in Pa. I predict we’ll see the gap narrow and he will soon overtake her.

That depends on whether the people in PA are as gullible as my fellow voters in Texas. The time will give Obama the opportunity to keep showing the voters of PA that his speeches have substance and his positions are ones worth supporting. But Clinton has already shown that all of his hard work can be undone with a few, well-timed outrageous attacks on Obama. Hopefully, this time Obama will defend himself better against her attacks before people hit the polls!

No, time is not on HRC’s side, she needs to step aside and endorse Obama, he’s already go the nomination in the bag

Jack,

I think you answered your own question. Time is not on Hillary’s side. As time passes, those who were originally sold on brand loyalty are learning that the Clinton product is underperforming. It’s time for someone new and innovative, someone invigorating.

Time is not on Clinton’s side in Pennsylvania. Obama has erased major leads in almost every state thus far - he started about 25-30% back of Clinton in most states and ultimately won 70% of them. He simply doesn’t have the name recognition of Clinton so he has to campaign vigorously to catch up. To his benefit, he connects with people, is a wonderful speaker, has done a better job fundraising (and can thus buy ads), has superior campaign organization, and has stronger grassroots support. Tims is most definitely on his side.

I do not think that having long stretches in between primaries is necessarily a good thing for Sen. Clinton, and polling, at least in this race, has been remarkably flawed (anyone remember New Hampshire?). As for Obama’s “big endorsements”, Sen. Bob Casey may be the son of a former governor, but he is also a pro-life Democrat, which may not be very popular with a lot of Pennsylvanians. Meanwhile, Sen. Clinton has the endorsement of Gov. Rendell and Mayor Nutter of Philadelphia and Mayor Ravenstahl of Pittsburgh as well as Rep. Murtha. I think Hillary clearly wins in this race. And Maureen Dowd? Seriously? Since when has she ever like Sen. Clinton? I can’t believe that people actually still listen to her drivel.

Hey Jack,

You forgot that the governor of Wyoming endorsed Senator BO too. Time is not on Clinton’s side in PA or any where. In fact, the longer it takes, the more she gets into deep,deep debt. Again, the stressful campaign is taking its toll on her face, her health and her voice. Let the Clintons chill.

Austin Ife
Sugar Land, Tex.

It would seem to be to her disadvantage. Whether or not Barack is able to grow support by touring the state, time is, by default, on his side. The Demcoractic party does not want this race to continue, and Obama endorsements will keep growing. I’d also expect to see, at some point, a segment of Clinton’s supporters begin to sit these votes out, for fear of giving McCain a pathway to the Presidency.

Your advantage

I believe the Clinton camp thinks everything is on their side. This week she was Rocky, last week she was Superman dodging bullets. She has been in Indiana several times ,she must be Indiana Jones.They take their disadvantages and turn them to advantages at least in their minds.
Connie from Indiana

Jack, it is a huge disadvantage. It just gives the people of Pa. more of a chance to see what a fraud she really is. Her twisted sense of fairness will show, and more people will realize that she is not the right person to be President. Her multitude of lies and scheming are proving to be her undoing.

Hey Jack, its really is worse for her since she will be taking sniper fire and having nigtmares about war the next 3 weeks.

Time won’t be on Hillary’s side if her campaign goes much further into debt. According to Time magazine, she’s got the largest campaign debt at this point in a primary in recent history.
Although she has the right to stay in the campaign, she has the responsibility to do it in a fiscally sound manner - something she hasn’t demonstrated so far….
When does it become ethically wrong to run on only “IOUs”??

If the pressure continues to mount for her to withdraw, then by the time of the election she will look like she can’t win. That would hurt her and the turnout.

“According to Wright, Obama then told him, “’You can get kind of rough in the sermons, so what we’ve decided is that it’s best for you not to be out there in public.’â€� Still, Obama and his family prayed privately with Wright just before the presidential announcement.”

Proof that Obama has heard his sermons and tried to cover them up before his presidential campaign.

Only the voters can decide that. A lot can happen over night in an election. I suspect the Clinton machine will dig something up right before the day they vote to throw at the people of Pennsylvania to besmirch Obama. It won’t mater if it is true or not it will be too late once that is discovered. Something I have learned about politics is this. If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying. And Hillary tries awfully hard.

Unlike the seemingly mindless supporters of both of these candidates, I’m going to give you an answer based on thought rather than emotion. It doesn’t matter how long it is until the Pennsylvania primaries, as Hillary is almost definitely going to win. The only thing this stretch of time is doing is changing the margin of victory, and frankly that doesn’t matter at this point either. This race is not going to be decided by any primary from here on out. It will either be ended by some sort of compromise brokered by the DNC leaders or it will be decided by superdelegates at the convention. The sad part is that the party could have become energized by billing this as a titanic clash between two great candidates, but instead has chosen to wallow in the despair of the supposed destruction this race is bringing.