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Obama Says GOP Will Have Dirt on Clinton
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
CHICAGO -- Sen. Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that Republicans will have
a dump truck full of dirt to unload on Hillary Rodham Clinton if the former
first lady wins the Democratic presidential nomination, and said he offers
the party its best hope of winning the White House this fall.
At a news conference on the morning after Super Tuesday, Obama offered some
pointed advice to members of Congress and other party leaders who will
attend the national convention this summer as delegates not chosen in
primaries or caucuses.
He said that if he winds up winning more delegates in voting than the former
first lady, they "would have to think long and hard about how they approach
the nomination when the people they claim to represent have said, 'Obama's
our guy,'" he said.
The Illinois senator won primaries and caucuses in 13 states on Tuesday,
while Clinton won eight and American Samoa. Obama and Clinton were in a
tight race in New Mexico.
Obama said he had won a majority of the 1,681 delegates at stake, although
The Associated Press tally showed several hundred yet to be allocated.
Asked about Clinton's recent comment that she would not allow herself to be
victimized by the type of Swift Boat-style attacks that were leveled against
Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 race, Obama said he had been vetted by his
opponent in the nominating campaign.
"I have to just respond by saying that the Clinton research operation is
about as good as anybody's out there," he said.
"I assure you that having engaged in a contest against them for the last
year that they've pulled out all the stops. And you know I think what is
absolutely true is whoever the Democratic nominee is the Republicans will go
after them. The notion that somehow Senator Clinton is going to be immune
from attack or there's not a whole dump truck they can't back up in a match
between her and John McCain is just not true."
It wasn't the only point at which he said he would do better against the
Republicans in the fall.
"I have no doubt that I can get the people who vote for Senator Clinton. ...
It's not clear that Senator Clinton can get all the people I'm getting," he
said.
Obama sought to claim the permanent underdog's role in the race, saying the
New York senator is backed by a "political machine honed over two decades."
At the same time, he said the more he appears before voters, the better he
does on primary days.
He said he intends to campaign in the states next up on the calendar _
Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington vote on Saturday; Maryland, Virginia and
the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
Obama Says GOP Will Have Dirt on Clinton
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
CHICAGO -- Sen. Barack Obama predicted Wednesday that Republicans will have
a dump truck full of dirt to unload on Hillary Rodham Clinton if the former
first lady wins the Democratic presidential nomination, and said he offers
the party its best hope of winning the White House this fall.
At a news conference on the morning after Super Tuesday, Obama offered some
pointed advice to members of Congress and other party leaders who will
attend the national convention this summer as delegates not chosen in
primaries or caucuses.
He said that if he winds up winning more delegates in voting than the former
first lady, they "would have to think long and hard about how they approach
the nomination when the people they claim to represent have said, 'Obama's
our guy,'" he said.
The Illinois senator won primaries and caucuses in 13 states on Tuesday,
while Clinton won eight and American Samoa. Obama and Clinton were in a
tight race in New Mexico.
Obama said he had won a majority of the 1,681 delegates at stake, although
The Associated Press tally showed several hundred yet to be allocated.
Asked about Clinton's recent comment that she would not allow herself to be
victimized by the type of Swift Boat-style attacks that were leveled against
Sen. John Kerry in the 2004 race, Obama said he had been vetted by his
opponent in the nominating campaign.
"I have to just respond by saying that the Clinton research operation is
about as good as anybody's out there," he said.
"I assure you that having engaged in a contest against them for the last
year that they've pulled out all the stops. And you know I think what is
absolutely true is whoever the Democratic nominee is the Republicans will go
after them. The notion that somehow Senator Clinton is going to be immune
from attack or there's not a whole dump truck they can't back up in a match
between her and John McCain is just not true."
It wasn't the only point at which he said he would do better against the
Republicans in the fall.
"I have no doubt that I can get the people who vote for Senator Clinton. ...
It's not clear that Senator Clinton can get all the people I'm getting," he
said.
Obama sought to claim the permanent underdog's role in the race, saying the
New York senator is backed by a "political machine honed over two decades."
At the same time, he said the more he appears before voters, the better he
does on primary days.
He said he intends to campaign in the states next up on the calendar _
Louisiana, Nebraska and Washington vote on Saturday; Maryland, Virginia and
the District of Columbia on Tuesday.
