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Making the Case to Superdels

Letter from Hillary Clinton (5/28)
"I hope that you will think hard about which candidate has the best chance to lead our party to victory in Nov.. I hope you will consider the results of the recent primaries and what they tell us about the mindset of voters in the key battleground states. I hope you will think about the broad and winning coalition of voters I have built …" | Read Letter | Also: HC's detailed memo to superdels | ACT NOW: Urge uncommitted superdels to back Hillary

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An "Ur-Read"

The "Feminists for Clinton" letter
Signed by a group of prominent
feminist intellectuals & activists

"[I]t's time for feminists to say that Sen. Obama has no monopoly on inspiration. We are among the millions of women and men who have been moved to action by Hillary. Six months ago, some of us were committed to her candidacy, some of us weren't, but by now we all find ourselves passionately supporting her.

"Brains, grace under pressure, ideas, and the skill to make them real: we call that inspiring. The restoration of good government after eight years of devastation, a decent foreign policy with ties to world leaders repaired, withdrawal from Iraq and universal health care: we call that exciting. And the record to prove that she can and will stand up to the swift-boating that will come any Democratic nominee's way: we call that absolutely necessary."

More for Smart Hillary Folks

> MEDIA ROOM/ARCHIVE
Our archive in three pages … Featuring many more links + special features

Media Room 1
including 1 good read in its entirety:
Who is 'Tough Enough to Make Hard Choices?' Clinton Beats Obama | Blake Fleetwood, Huffington Post
"Bottom line: Ohio, Fla., and Penn. ... Obama will have trouble winning these states. Without [them], no Democrat is going to win the general election. … Hillary wins them, as well as other swing states … The states that Obama has won in the Democratic primaries … will not help him in the general election."

Media Room 2
including another good read in its entirety:
The Double Standard | Caryl Rivers, Boston Globe
"The media loved Hillary when she put her hand on Obama's and said it was a privilege to be on the same podium; they hated her when she slammed him for giving out what she called misleading information on her healthcare plan."

Media Room 3
including focus on Campaign '08 sexism
Including links to articles by Rebecca Traister, Gloria Steinem, Ellen Goodman, Tennessee Guerilla Women, Robin Morgan, and more

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IN HER OWN WORDS

"You know, I understand that a lot of people are asking, 'What does Hillary want? What does she want?' Well, I want what I have always fought for in this whole campaign. I want to end the war in Iraq. I want to turn this economy around. I want health care for every American. I want every child to live up to his or her God-given potential. And I want the nearly 18 million Americans who voted for me to be respected, to be heard and no longer invisible."—Hillary Clinton in NY, 6/3/08, after an upset victory in the SD primary | More

"My political obituary has yet to be written … It is not over 'til it's over."—HC in Rapid City, SD, 6/2

"The thing about superdelegates is that they can change their minds."—HC in Puerto Rico, 6/1, after her huge win in PR primary | More

ALSO SEE: 'Why I Continue to Run' by HC, 5/26

URGENT! ACT NOW …

>Stand With Hillary: Respond to Her Appeal for Advice & Support

>Urge Uncommitted Superdelegates to Back Hillary | Related: How to Lobby Superdelegates (TalkLeft)

CURRENT & QUOTABLE>

"This is a very emotional, human endeavor. A lot of dreams and hopes have gone down. This thing doesn't have a switch. You don't walk in a room and turn it off and turn another one on."—James Carville, CNN, 6/3
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"This decision violates the bedrock principles of our democracy and our party."—Clinton campaign on 5/31 DNC decision to award a big chunk of MI votes & delegates to Obama, who was not even on the ballot

"[Obama] will have a harder time winning than Sen. Clinton. And we ought to choose the person who has the best chance of winning.—Clinton campaign guru Howard Wolfson in a conference call with the media 5/28

"They know if you come out in big numbers for Hillary … in spite of being outspent by $60 million or more, in spite of being told by the media that she’d been dead more times than a cat’s got lives, she’s going to win the popular vote. And she’s going to be the most electable. They might have trouble convincing everybody that the Democrats should turn away from the person who won the most votes, who was outspent, who got the most slanted media coverage in history and who’d run best in the general election.”—Pres. Bill Clinton in KY, 5/20 | More

>"People ask me all the time: 'Why, why are you continuing to fight on?' Well, because I’ve got more votes. Because I believe I’d be the best president. And I believe I’m the stronger candidate to defeat Sen. McCain."—Hillary Clinton at a large rally in Mayfield, KY, 5/18

>"Let me tell you … I could care less what Wolf Blitzer thinks about this race.”—Kentucky Dem vice chair Nathan Smith, quoted on Politico, 5/11/08

>"Why the hell would I be here at a Clinton rally if I didn’t think she could win?”—NY Rep. Charles Rangel at a Hillary fundraiser in NYC May 11, quoted in The Gothamist, 5/11/08

>"[I]t's … inconceivable that a party wanting to avoid Bush III at all costs would nominate the weaker candidate by the math of the Electoral College. … [B]ased on a poll of polls, she's winning the presidency … 330-230 electorally while Obama is only tying McCain 270-270 … In fact, …Clinton is running 8-10 points better against McCain in Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio.—Public interest lawyer & AirAmerica prez Mark Green, Huffington Post, 5/11/08

>"The bottom line is: The White House is won in the swing states. And I am winning the swing states.”—Hillary Clinton in WV, 5/13, after winning the WV primary by 41 points

Watch This>Featured Video

17 Million (HC campaign ad airing in SD & MT)
Message: "Tuesday it's up to you. You can join over 17 million people who have voted for a leader who can fix the economy … "

Count All the Votes (ad by a grassroots political action cmte., airing on CNN & ABC 5/31)

Citing Sexism, Clinton Supporters Vow a Switch (NPR—Audio)
"Clinton's die-hard supporters haven't given up on her campaign. And they don't want her to, either."

Clinton: There's No Nominee Yet (HC in KY)
"We have to figure out who can win
270 electoral votes. We did not go through this long campaign to lose in the fall."

Sexism Sells—But We're Not Buying It (Women's Media Center)
In part focused on Clinton media coverage

It’s About What’s Right For Oregon (HC campaign ad airing in OR)
Message: The pundits may want Hillary out, but she's focusing on OR families.

Obama to Reporter: "Hold on, sweetie …" (YouTube, 5/14/08)
Sen. Obama on the trail in Michigan.

Hillary's Path to Victory (CNN, 5/8)
An illuminating interview featuring Clinton campaign spokesguy Howard Wolfson

Why I'm Voting for Hillary/This One's For the Girls (YouTube video)

Strongest (HC campaign ad airing in OR)
Former ambassador Joe Wilson and former CIA operative Valerie Plame say Hillary is the best candidate to end the war in Iraq.

Clinton campaign spot with Maya Angelou (HC campaign ad, 60 secs)
""Hillary Clinton is a prayer of every American who really longs for fair play."
Also watch: Angelou endorsement video

NC Gov. Easley Backs Hillary (CNN, 4/29)
Strong & inspiring 5-min. endorsement rally

Maya Angelou: "Rise, Hillary, Rise" (Poetic tribute)
"'You may write me down in history/With your bitter, twisted lies/You may tread me in the very dirt/But still, like dust, I’ll rise … Hillary Clinton will not give up on you; all she asks is that you do not give up on her."

Dreams (HC Campaign video, 30 secs)

Mad as Hell: Media Bias & Sexism
Against Hillary Rodham Clinton
(Shut the Freud Up Productions, 4/8)
9 mins. Well worth watching to the end!

Three Generations (HC campaign video)
Hillary, her mother, and her daughter focus on family issues.

Media Bias Hall of Shame
Dept. of Outrageous Media

Media bias Protest Image (… But how to choose? Just for the moment, we'll ignore the massive flotsam of outright Hillary hate ... the "Hillary is evil" blogs, the obscene t-shirts. There's still plenty of jawdropping bias in the mainstream media. Here are a few recent examples.)

KY Primary Coverage Watch: (Bias or Stupidity? Both?)
¶ CNN pundit Alex Castellanos, 5/20—In discussion of HC having been called a b****, interjected, "And some women, by the way, are named that and it's accurate." More here ¶ Tim Russert (MSNBC) dissed Clinton's strength in swing states, asserting that she is not necessarily poised to do well this fall in OH (new polls show HC beating McCain in OH by 9 points, while BO loses) … and that Obama can win states Clinton can't, "such as MN" (new poll shows HC and BO would run almost equally well in MN against McCain)

WV Coverage Low Points (among many):
¶ Keith Olbermann (MSNBC) describing Clinton's ongoing presidential campaign as a 'Ponzi scheme … a pyramid scheme' aimed at voters … ¶ Campbell Brown (CNN) quizzing a panel not about the implications of Clinton's tremendous strength with WV voters, but about 'what is it Hillary Clinton wants?' …
¶ Donna Brazile (CNN) literally rolling her eyes while Clinton campaign adviser Howard Wolfson was being interviewed. Comment: CNN's continued i.d. of Brazile as a superdel 'who has not endorsed either candidate' is outrageously misleading; Brazile has made clear her pro-Obama views, even admitting on the air, 'I'm not undecided, just undeclared.'

Selected Classics: Ken Rudin on NPR: "Hillary Clinton is Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction. She's going to keep coming back and they're not going to stop her."—as reported by Media Matters, April 28, 2008 ¶ Keith Olbermann's Idea for Beating Hillary: Literally Beating Hillary—as reported by Rachel Sklar, Huffington Post, April 25, 2008 [+video link]

Also Quotable>

"Each time I have watched these interviews of her, so sharp, so on target, I cannot imagine there is a possibility that America will lose the chance to have her as president."
—A comment on TalkLeft.com by someone who viewed video of Hillary's 60-min. interview 4/29 with the editorial board of the Indianapolis Star

DEAR HILLARY [letter written 6/3 after HC's amazing upset win in SD],

WE ARE NOT GIVING UP on seeing our party nominate the strongest candidate to take back the White House. We are furious and heartsick that nomination math games, media bias, and Democratic party failures have managed to knock out the party's best contender for the fall. ¶ YOU HAVE WON the critical swing states we will need to win in Nov. You've won states representing a critical mass of electoral votes and claim the broadest coalition of voters. Polls show you handily beating McCain in battlegrounds from OH to FL, PA to MO, and even swing states Dems rarely win (NC). You have the current momentum, winning most of the major contests since March. With your new wins in PR and SD, you are the clear winner of the popular vote by nearly 200,000. And it's not just about electability. You are an extraordinary candidate. Your experience, knowledge, and qualities of temperament and leadership are unsurpassed in this race and position you to be a truly great president. ¶ FOR ALL THESE REASONS, we implore you to fight on. You carry with you the best hopes of 18+ million voters. We know superdelegate nods have allowed Sen. Obama to claim victory, but we also know superdelegates don't vote for real until the convention. The fight is too close and too much is at stake for you (or us) to give up at this moment. For all of us, and for victory, PLEASE FIGHT ON!

THANKS, SWEETIE (um, is this the unity memo?) | "It has been a hard-fought and sometimes bitter campaign, but Obama is not, one of his advisers assured me Tuesday night, going to spend a lot of time in the next few months wooing Clinton supporters whose feelings may be hurting."—"Obama's First Test: Handling Hillary," Politico, 6/3

"A MAN TOOK IT AWAY FROM A WOMAN. THEN THEY YELLED AT HER FOR COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.”—Joy Behar on The View 5/28, in response to Whoopi Goldberg's question about how to view Clinton's presidential run

SMART PEOPLE WORTH READING>Current Features Fri, Jun 20, 2008
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Recent Must-Reads

Can The Superdelegates Afford To Say No To Clinton? | Simon Woods, Huff. Post, 5/31
"All this now rests in [superdelegates'] hands. They have a responsibility to make this decision based on electability in Nov. [and not simply to] ratify a pledged delegate count that emphatically does not represent the 'will of the people.'"

Hating Hillary | Andrew Stephen, New Statesman, 5/22/08
"In their headlong rush to stop [Clinton], the punditocracy may have landed the Democrats with the least qualified presidential nominee ever."

No New-Style Politics In Obama’s Playbook | Pamela Leavey, Democratic Daily, 5/29
"The truth is that Obama is a bare-knuckled politician. And using the rules to win office is part of who Obama is." | Related: Obama and Alice Palmer Back in the News (how BO won his state senate seat by booting opponent from the ballot), TalkLeft, 5/29

The Caucuses | DaveinSF, Direct Democracy, 5/28/08 | Analysis of how Obama's success in low-turnout caucuses (rather than high-turnout primaries) gave him his delegate advantage over Clinton.

That Sound You Heard Was The Glass Ceiling Shattering

The Confluence, 6/4/08
"Damn! She has carried the ball further down the field than any woman on the face of the earth. She can go the distance now or she can just walk away from it. But she’s not going to settle for second and she never, never should."

It's Now All About Respect

Sheri Rivlin & Allan Rivlin, RealClearPolitics, 6/4/08
"Obama may have won the nomination but it will mean nothing if he does not win the General Election in November, and to do that he needs the votes and even the enthusiastic support of Hillary and her supporters. Clinton's supporters cannot be insulted, bullied, or guilted into enthusiastic support in the fall. … The party must [also] stand against the current cultural backlash against feminism in a way that lays the groundwork for women (and men) to support the next woman who runs for the presidency without continuing fear of ridicule."

In Close Race, Obama Won on Points

Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics, 6/4/08
"Obama supporters need to recognize that their candidate is the victor not because he put together a majority coalition, but because he out-maneuvered Clinton. This was a highly intelligent strategy, but it was not a grand feat of majority building. They need to respect the candidate whom they could not beat in a straight-up fight for votes."

Dear Party Elders, It Won't Matter If She Concedes

The Confluence, 6/4/08
"If you’re thinking that pushing her to concede is going to make it more likely that the rest of us will fall into line, you couldn’t be more wrong. My biggest disappointment is with the party that has behaved so reprehensibly towards the Hillary and those of us in the so-called 'old coalition.' … You have sat on your best candidate. It is unforgivable."

Late Night: Piece of My Heart

Jeralyn Merritt, TalkLeft, 6/4/08
"Since March, she has won the majority of primaries, including one today that no one thought she had a chance of winning. She has spent every day of the past six months … introducing herself to the American people and coming up with concrete solutions for their problems … She poured her heart and her soul into her campaign. Yet, with 82 days left to the Democratic convention in Denver, on a day when voters in the final two states were weighing in, the media and party leaders decided they couldn't wait another day for the race to be over."

Exit Polls Show Challenge for Obama

David Paul Kuhn, Politico, 6/4/08
"Demographic divisions dug by class, race, gender and political philosophy haunted Obama until his last contests, effectively forcing the Illinois senator to limp across the finish line Tuesday night. … Obama never was able to make sustainable inroads with working-class, female, and older whites."

Super Delegates Caved in to Obama

Michael Russnow, Huffington Post, 6/4/08
"[T]he pundits on CNN were beside themselves and couldn't wait to anoint Obama. Even in spite of the fact that with all the dismissive reports of Hillary's candidacy since March she has won more primaries in bigger states and in a manner that should have made super delegates seriously question whether the Obama phenomenon was simply that. A manufactured one, built on tenuous victories, many in caucuses in small normally Republican states. … If the super delegates had any cujones they'd be calling each other tonight and say, What have we done? There's still time to set this thing right."

Clinton Finds Victory in Overlooked State

Kevin Woster, Rapid City Journal, 6/4/08
"Even people who maybe wouldn’t have considered voting for her before had to admire her stamina and the fact that she just keeps on working -- and winning … She worked so hard, and was obviously caring about the people and issues here in South Dakota. She really earned this victory.”

Primary Campaign Ends, Clinton's Image Mostly Intact

Lydia Saad, Gallup, 6/4/08
"Seventy-four percent of Democrats still view her favorably; same as Obama … Clinton also continues to be highly competitive in USA Today/Gallup trial heats against McCain. "

Why Veep is a Tough Sell

Don Campbell, USA Today, 6/4/08
"When Democrats talked about a 'dream ticket,' most had in mind Clinton-Obama … If Hillary is as smart as I think she is, she'll consider history and put her legacy first."

Clinton Urged to Consider VP Slot

Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 6/3/08
"[Clinton's NY Congressional colleagues] expressed concern that Latino voters, women, and blue collar voters might not rally around an Obama candidacy. Their solution: Join the ticket."

Trouble signs as Obama Closes In: Doubts on Extent of His Appeal

Scott Helman, Boston Globe, 6/3/08
"[A]nalysts say Obama's less-than-overwhelming recent showing signals trouble … as he begins a general election campaign."

Dems' Future Gets Dimmer and Dimmer

Fred Grimm, Miami Herald, 6/3/08
"Angry dissidents from one side or another, after this long, bitter primary season, seem destined to muck up the party's chances. Unless, after a bit of balm and diplomacy, the warring factions find the names of both candidates on the Democratic ticket."

Hillary and Jackie

Paul Begala, Huffington Post, 6/3/08
"'She has not only endured the jeers and the sneers and the smears, she has triumphed over them. She never answered their hate with rage. She just went on winning."

Angry White Female

Froma Harrop, National Ledger, 6/3/08
"[W]omen talk of being taken for granted by a party leadership that never spoke out on some of the outrageous Hillary bashing -- and despite the close race, [rushed] to crown Obama."

WATCH THIS>Featured Video Clip
17 Million - New Clinton ad 6/1 ("Some say there isn't a single reason for Hillary to be the Democratic nominee. They're right. There are over 17 million of them." | More Featured Video Clips (below right)

MEDIA WATCH>Hall of Shame … Hate | Bias | Stupidity (or all three)
>CNN pundit Jeffrey Toobin, 6/3, part of the general tide of indignation at HC's failure to conform to their scripts for how she should behave, vents that "the Clintons' deranged narcissism" is the culprit <MORE | See our Media Hall of Shame

WEEKLY READER>The Best Hillary News & Commentary This Week
--More in our Media Room>Archive | Also See Featured Videos--

Weekly Spotlight>

Misogyny I Won't Miss
Marie Cocco, Wash. Post, 5/21

Clinton Won't Be Sexists' Last Target
Connie Schultz, Newhouse News, 5/23

More on Campaign '08 sexism in Media Room 3
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Obama to Reporter:
"Hold on a sec, sweetie …"
Sen. Obama in Mich.
View video here

Related Read:
Obama Gets
'Very Flirtatious' At Campaign Stop
Huffington Post
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The NARAL Betrayal

Massive Blowback To NARAL's Obama Endorsement
Huffington Post, 5/15

NARAL Sticks a Finger
in Our Eye
Huffington Post, 5/14

NARAL Reeling from Obama Endorsement
Politico, 5/16

E-mail NARAL here

Dems Near Finish Line: Clinton Seems Poised for Slowdown, Not Withdrawal

Peter Nicholas, Baltimore Sun, 6/3/08 | "[C]ampaign officials appealed to [donors] to stick with her. … Clinton and Obama both picked up superdelegates yesterday. … Clinton talked about … 'a new phase in the campaign' and said she would try to coax superdels to her side."

Clinton Aides Rallying Donors, Floating Convention Fight

Ben Smith, Politico, 6/2/08 | "'We believe nominating Hillary Clinton is the only way our party can guarantee victory in November.'"

Clinton Isn't Ready to Pack It In

Roger Simon, Politico, 6/2/08 | "'[T]he Obama people … could have made things a lot easier and behaved more magnanimously.' It could be argued … that when you are going to win … you don’t have to bother about being magnanimous. Unless you want to win in Nov."

Clinton Wins Big in Puerto Rico

Ben Smith & Kenneth P. Vogel, Politico, 6/1/08 | "Clinton spoke directly to [superdelegates] in her speech … 'Which candidate best represents the will of the people in this historic election? Which candidate is best able to lead us to victory in Nov.? And which candidate is best able to lead our nation …'”

SD Argus Leader Endorses Clinton

Pamela Leavey, Democratic Daily, 5/30/08 | "[T]he race is not over … Win or lose, she’s the best Democratic candidate for SD."

The Argument for Nominating Hillary

Lanny J. Davis, Wall Street Journal, 5/31/08 | "Sen. Clinton is more experienced and qualified to be president than is Sen. Obama. … [She] is a significantly stronger candidate against Sen. McCain … "

McCain's Play for Clinton's Women

Jennifer Rubin, New York Observer, 5/30/08 | "In the end, most Democratic-leaning females aren’t about to jettison their policy views for a conservative curmudgeon, no matter how miffed they are at Obama. But in a close election, it would take only tens of thousands of disaffected women in swing states to make the difference."

Snap Out of It!

The Confluence, 5/31/08 | "It is Obama who has run a poor campaign. He lost all of those states [CA, MA, NY, NJ, PA, OH, TX, KY, WV, AR, IN, MI, FL] despite [greatly outspending Clinton]."

Clinton Supporters, Women at Large Not Coming Around to Obama

Dan Amira, NY Mag, 5/30/08 | "[The recent anti-Clinton outburst by an Obama pastor] will likely add to the resentment that many Clinton supporters already feel …"

Dems & Obama Should Not Try to Force Hillary Clinton Out

Bonnie Erbe, USNews & World Report, 5/30/08 | "Clinton's constituents make up a much larger percentage of the general electorate. … [Obama] cannot win the general election without [them]."

Dear Rules and Bylaw Committee Power Brokers

Taylor Marsh, 6/1/08 | "You have no idea what you've done. The fury you have unleashed. Your arrogance is topped only by … the sheer stupidity of this 'compromise.' Oh, and by the way, you've also likely just thrown the 2008 election."

Clinton Supporters Outraged Over Delegate Deal

Sheldon Alberts, Vancouver Sun, 5/31/08 | ""I am stunned that we have the gall to substitute our judgment for 600,000 (Mich.) voters … Hijacking delegates is not a good way to start down the path toward unity.'"

The Media and Michigan & Florida

Armando Llorens/Big Tent Democrat, Talk Left, 5/30/08 | "[The media fail to report that] the DNC primary schedule rule was violated by IA, NH, and SC … that FL was entitled to a 'waiver' … that the DNC rules did not require candidates to take their names off the MI and FL ballots, that in fact that was an Obama ploy to limit MI's influence … that FL and MI wanted to have revotes but were stymied by the Obama camp."

Open Letter to Howard Dean, SuperDels, Media & the DNC

Marc Rubin [for a PAC that includes superdels], Taylor Marsh, 5/30/08

Clinton's Tenacity Should Be Applauded

Clare O'Neil, The Age, 5/31/08 | "By gritting her teeth and staying put, Clinton models the kind of behaviour that we must learn to celebrate, not denigrate."

STILL WORTH A LOOK>More Recent Featured Reads

Washington Superdelegate Goes with Clinton | The Olympian, 5/30/08 | "I think she’s the right one to have as our commander in chief …We need a Democrat in the White House and I think she is the electable candidate. We have to end this war.’’

Healing the Wounds of Democrats' Sexism | Geraldine A. Ferraro, Boston Globe, 5/30/08 | "[T]he effects of racism and sexism on the campaign have resulted in a split within the Democratic Party that will not be easy to heal before election day."

'Look What They've Done to Her' | E.J. Dionne, Washington Post, 5/30/08 | "How much anger is there among women about how Hillary Clinton has been treated? Some of the nation's leading female politicians will tell you: quite a lot."

Obama's Woes: A Tale of Three States | Richard Baehr, RealClear Politics, 5/29/08 | "Were the Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, the Democrats would be in very good shape even without OH. That is because current surveys show Clinton winning [three swing states] by solid margins over John McCain. But McCain trounces Obama in the same three states by over 20%."

Pelosi's Vow to 'Step In' Doesn't Sit Well With Clinton Supporters | Mark Memmott & Jill Lawrence, USA Today, 5/29/08
"'She has no right … to say the party has to make a decision before the convention. ... I don't want Nancy Pelosi telling me who my nominee is.'"

NC: Precursor to Victory or Defeat for Obama?Steve Mitchell, RealClear Politics, 5/29/08 | "That Clinton leads [in NC] while Obama trails might point out serious flaws in [Obama's] campaign."

A Review of Obama's Voting Coalition | Jay Cost, RealClear Politics, 5/29/08 | Part 3 of 3-part analysis of primary data. "It is reasonable to conclude that she would be relatively stronger at recreating the voting coalition that has provided victory to the Democrats in years past."

White Women Cold Toward Obama | David Paul Kuhn, Politico, 5/29/08 | "[The Pew study also] found that among self-described Clinton supporters, the negative shift against Obama is more severe among women."

More > Continued in the Smart Women for Hillary Media Room>
Our archive in three pages … More for the thoughtful, the feminist, and/or the furious …

Featuring many more links as well as two good reads in their entirety
+ special focus on Campaign '08 sexism

Reality Check> Clinton's AMAZING STRENGTHS Fri, Jun 20, 2008

The Confluence, 6/4/08 "Damn! She has carried the ball further down the field than any woman on the face of the earth. She can go the distance now or she can just walk away from it. But she’s not going to settle for second and she never, never should."

Lydia Saad, Gallup, 6/4/08 "Seventy-four percent of Democrats still view her favorably; same as Obama … Clinton also continues to be highly competitive in USA Today/Gallup trial heats against McCain. "

Don Campbell, USA Today, 6/4/08 "When Democrats talked about a 'dream ticket,' most had in mind Clinton-Obama … If Hillary is as smart as I think she is, she'll consider history and put her legacy first."

Jonathan Weisman, Washington Post, 6/3/08 "[Clinton's NY Congressional colleagues] expressed concern that Latino voters, women, and blue collar voters might not rally around an Obama candidacy. Their solution: Join the ticket."