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Clinton attacks Obama as all talk, little substance
By Steve Holland
Reuters
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Brownsville, Texas (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton criticized rival Barack Obama as a big dreamer with
little substance on Wednesday as she sought to slow his
momentum from 10 straight victories in the race for the
party's U.S. presidential nomination.
"We need to dream big, but you know, dreams alone won't
make anything," Clinton said while courting Hispanics at a
noisy rally in this south Texas town on the Mexican border.
"We've got to have solutions to the problems that face us."
The New York senator and former first lady sharpened her
message against Obama before the March 4 Democratic
nominating contests in Texas and Ohio, which have become
critical to her presidential aspirations after losses to
Obama in Wisconsin and Hawaii.
But support mounted for the first-term Illinois senator,
whose "yes we can" message and powerful speaking style has
propelled him to the front-runner's position. The 1.25
million member Teamsters union formally endorsed him on
Wednesday.
His long string of victories put Clinton in the awkward
position of telling supporters, in media interviews and
speeches, "Don't give up on this!" and "This campaign goes
on!" while her aides explained how she would close the gap
with Obama by the time of the Puerto Rico contest in June.
She and Obama crisscrossed Texas on Wednesday and will face
off in a crucial debate on Thursday in Austin.
In the Republican race, likely nominee John McCain's
campaign angrily rejected a report in The New York Times
that he had a close relationship with a female lobbyist
eight years ago that the paper suggested had undermined his
stance as a promoter of high ethics among lawmakers.
The Times said both had denied a romantic relationship.
McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker called the report "a hit
and run smear campaign."
"Americans are sick and tired of this kind of gutter
politics," she said. "And there is nothing in this story to
suggest that John McCain has ever violated the principles
that have guided his career."
Analysts believe Clinton can only turn around her campaign
by winning big victories in two weeks in Texas and Ohio.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, basically
agreed.
"If she wins in Texas and Ohio I think she will be the
nominee," he said. "If you don't deliver for her, then I
don't think she can. It's all on you," he told supporters
in Beaumont, Texas.
Obama has used his string of wins to broaden his voting
coalition and has taken control of the race to decide the
Democratic nominee for the November election. He has
victories in 25 of the state-by-state contests while
Clinton has 11, and he has begun to erode support among her
core base of women.
At a fund-raising event in New York, Clinton belittled
Obama as an inexperienced choice for commander-in-chief in
a dangerous world, for advocating a health care plan that
is not as expansive as hers and for giving airy speeches.
"It's about picking a president who relies not just on
words but on work, on hard work," she said.
BUILDING A NATIONAL LEAD
Obama rejected her criticisms while campaigning in Texas,
telling a crowd of some 17,000 in Dallas Clinton was right
that the race was about choices but wrong about everything
else.
"It's a choice between a politics that offers more of the
same divisions and distractions that didn't work in South
Carolina and didn't work in Wisconsin and will not work in
Texas. Or a politics of common sense, of common purpose, of
shared sacrifice and shared prosperity."
Underscoring Clinton's high negative ratings in public
opinion polls, he added: "It's a choice between going into
the general election with Republicans and independents
already united against us or running with a campaign that
has already united Americans of all parties around the
agenda for change. That's the choice."
A new Reuters/Zogby poll indicated Obama has leaped past
Clinton and built a big national lead.
The poll showed Obama, who would be the first black
president, with a 14-point edge over Clinton, 52 percent to
38 percent, after being in a statistical tie with the New
York senator last month.
In the border town of Hidalgo, Clinton also took aim at
President George W. Bush, the Texan who has 11 months left
in office. "Don't you think the entire world will let out a
sigh of relief" when he leaves office? she asked. The crowd
cheered.
Texas and Ohio offer a rich trove of 334 delegates to the
Democratic nominating convention this summer, giving
Clinton the chance to catch up with Obama after falling
behind in the delegate count.
Clinton also seemed to take a shot at Obama's wife,
Michelle Obama, after Mrs. Obama raised eyebrows by saying
this week in Wisconsin she felt pride in the United States
for the first time in her adult life because it felt like
hope was returning to the nation.
"This country has given me so many opportunities," Clinton
said. "I am proud of the United States of America."
(Additional reporting by John Whitesides, Jason Szep, Jeff
Mason and Donna Smith, writing by David Alexander and Steve
Holland, editing by Chris Wilson)
(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit
Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/ )
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By Steve Holland
Reuters
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Brownsville, Texas (Reuters) - Democratic candidate Hillary
Clinton criticized rival Barack Obama as a big dreamer with
little substance on Wednesday as she sought to slow his
momentum from 10 straight victories in the race for the
party's U.S. presidential nomination.
"We need to dream big, but you know, dreams alone won't
make anything," Clinton said while courting Hispanics at a
noisy rally in this south Texas town on the Mexican border.
"We've got to have solutions to the problems that face us."
The New York senator and former first lady sharpened her
message against Obama before the March 4 Democratic
nominating contests in Texas and Ohio, which have become
critical to her presidential aspirations after losses to
Obama in Wisconsin and Hawaii.
But support mounted for the first-term Illinois senator,
whose "yes we can" message and powerful speaking style has
propelled him to the front-runner's position. The 1.25
million member Teamsters union formally endorsed him on
Wednesday.
His long string of victories put Clinton in the awkward
position of telling supporters, in media interviews and
speeches, "Don't give up on this!" and "This campaign goes
on!" while her aides explained how she would close the gap
with Obama by the time of the Puerto Rico contest in June.
She and Obama crisscrossed Texas on Wednesday and will face
off in a crucial debate on Thursday in Austin.
In the Republican race, likely nominee John McCain's
campaign angrily rejected a report in The New York Times
that he had a close relationship with a female lobbyist
eight years ago that the paper suggested had undermined his
stance as a promoter of high ethics among lawmakers.
The Times said both had denied a romantic relationship.
McCain spokeswoman Jill Hazelbaker called the report "a hit
and run smear campaign."
"Americans are sick and tired of this kind of gutter
politics," she said. "And there is nothing in this story to
suggest that John McCain has ever violated the principles
that have guided his career."
Analysts believe Clinton can only turn around her campaign
by winning big victories in two weeks in Texas and Ohio.
Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, basically
agreed.
"If she wins in Texas and Ohio I think she will be the
nominee," he said. "If you don't deliver for her, then I
don't think she can. It's all on you," he told supporters
in Beaumont, Texas.
Obama has used his string of wins to broaden his voting
coalition and has taken control of the race to decide the
Democratic nominee for the November election. He has
victories in 25 of the state-by-state contests while
Clinton has 11, and he has begun to erode support among her
core base of women.
At a fund-raising event in New York, Clinton belittled
Obama as an inexperienced choice for commander-in-chief in
a dangerous world, for advocating a health care plan that
is not as expansive as hers and for giving airy speeches.
"It's about picking a president who relies not just on
words but on work, on hard work," she said.
BUILDING A NATIONAL LEAD
Obama rejected her criticisms while campaigning in Texas,
telling a crowd of some 17,000 in Dallas Clinton was right
that the race was about choices but wrong about everything
else.
"It's a choice between a politics that offers more of the
same divisions and distractions that didn't work in South
Carolina and didn't work in Wisconsin and will not work in
Texas. Or a politics of common sense, of common purpose, of
shared sacrifice and shared prosperity."
Underscoring Clinton's high negative ratings in public
opinion polls, he added: "It's a choice between going into
the general election with Republicans and independents
already united against us or running with a campaign that
has already united Americans of all parties around the
agenda for change. That's the choice."
A new Reuters/Zogby poll indicated Obama has leaped past
Clinton and built a big national lead.
The poll showed Obama, who would be the first black
president, with a 14-point edge over Clinton, 52 percent to
38 percent, after being in a statistical tie with the New
York senator last month.
In the border town of Hidalgo, Clinton also took aim at
President George W. Bush, the Texan who has 11 months left
in office. "Don't you think the entire world will let out a
sigh of relief" when he leaves office? she asked. The crowd
cheered.
Texas and Ohio offer a rich trove of 334 delegates to the
Democratic nominating convention this summer, giving
Clinton the chance to catch up with Obama after falling
behind in the delegate count.
Clinton also seemed to take a shot at Obama's wife,
Michelle Obama, after Mrs. Obama raised eyebrows by saying
this week in Wisconsin she felt pride in the United States
for the first time in her adult life because it felt like
hope was returning to the nation.
"This country has given me so many opportunities," Clinton
said. "I am proud of the United States of America."
(Additional reporting by John Whitesides, Jason Szep, Jeff
Mason and Donna Smith, writing by David Alexander and Steve
Holland, editing by Chris Wilson)
(To read more about the U.S. political campaign, visit
Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at
http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/ )
More at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080221/pl_nm/usa_politics_dc_42;_ylt=Au3NO_Nvp8Lv5Fvx7j5c3Xth24cA
Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/24fq83
http://www.mantra.com/jai
http://www.mantra.com/jyotish
Om Shanti
Hindu Holocaust Museum
http://www.mantra.com/holocaust
Hindu life, principles, spirituality and philosophy
http://www.hindu.org
http://www.hindunet.org
The truth about Islam and Muslims
http://www.flex.com/~jai/satyamevajayate
DISCLAIMER AND CONDITIONS
o Not for commercial use. Solely to be fairly used for the educational
purposes of research and open discussion. The contents of this post may not
have been authored by, and do not necessarily represent the opinion of the
poster. The contents are protected by copyright law and the exemption for
fair use of copyrighted works.
o If you send private e-mail to me, it will likely not be read,
considered or answered if it does not contain your full legal name, current
e-mail and postal addresses, and live-voice telephone number.
o Posted for information and discussion. Views expressed by others are
not necessarily those of the poster who may or may not have read the article.
FAIR USE NOTICE: This article may contain copyrighted material the use of
which may or may not have been specifically authorized by the copyright
owner. This material is being made available in efforts to advance the
understanding of environmental, political, human rights, economic,
democratic, scientific, social, and cultural, etc., issues. It is believed
that this constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as
provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law. In accordance with Title
17 U.S.C. Section 107, the material on this site is distributed without
profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included
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subscribing to USENET newsgroups or visiting web sites. For more information
go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
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