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tried to take these words out of context," Clinton campaign chairman Terence R McAuliffe said on "Fox News Sunday." The issue is particularly sensitive given longstanding concerns about Obama's safety as a presidential candidate.
Hours after mentioning Kennedy's assassination, Clinton said, "I regret that if my referencing that moment of trauma for our entire nation, and particularly for the Kennedy family, was in any way offensive." Obama senior strategist David Axelrod dodged questions about why the campaign was still circulating commentaries criticizing Clinton even after suggesting it wants to move beyond the controversy. "We're beyond that issue now, so certainly we're not trying to stir the issue up," Axelrod said. Asked if Clinton has personally called Obama to apologize for the reference, McAuliffe said she has not, "nor should she." This had nothing to with Senator Obama or his campaign."
who endorsed Clinton last November -- has said that Clinton's reference to his father's death did not cross the line. doesn't find offense to it, why is it that everybody else should?" Appearing on CBS's "Face the Nation", Clinton senior strategist Howard Wolfson said McAuliffe is "absolutely right" that Clinton didn't want to apologize to Obama for the remark and said: "I think it was unfortunate to attack Senator Clinton's remarks without knowing fully what she had said." McAuliffe said Clinton is staying in the race to give hope to the millions of women who have voted for her and "she is winning races." And the campaign chairman made clear that his boss would strongly consider pressing on if the Democratic National Committee does not allow Florida and Michigan delegates to vote at the party's convention this summer -- a decision that would boost Clinton's delegate total. The DNC's rules and bylaws committee is scheduled to meet Saturday to discuss the issue. "We are prepared to fight this so that all 50 states are included, that the delegates be seated. Wolfson said the campaign believes the DNC will reinstate Florida and Michigan "100 percent. That will obviously help us, but it's the right thing to do." The Obama campaign, meanwhile, delivered a strong signal that it expects the nomination contest to wrap up in the next 10 days, after the final primaries. "We expect on June 3rd that this process will come to an end," Obama senior strategist David Axelrod said on ABC's "This Week." They've identified Senator Obama as the candidate who can bring that change," he said. "And we're going to be united as a party after June 3rd." Axelrod acknowledged, "There's an enormous amount of pride and investment in Senator Clinton among millions of women across this country," and that unifying the party after a tense nomination contest will produce "some tumult in the short run." However, he said, Clinton's "strongest supporters understand how desperately we need change in this country, and I think that they understand that this is a critical election." One prominent Clinton supporter acknowledged that virtually all hope for her winning the nomination is gone now. "And I hope that we build what I call a unity ticket, either with both of them on the ticket or with the people on the ticket strongly representing the two bases which we will need to combine if we're to win in November over a very strong Republican challenge." House Members Looking Ahead to November The leaders of the Republican and Democratic House campaign committees clashed over their parties' chances in November. Republicans have been particularly nervous recently after losing three consecutive special elections to Democrats in recent months. "We've got a challenging landscape, no doubt about it," said Rep. "But I think the fall elections are fundamentally different than a series of specials." "We actually, if you'll recall, won all the special elections in 2006 and then got our clock cleaned pretty good at the end of the year," Cole said. "So I think once we're in a presidential year, the dynamic changes and we'll be in a lot stronger position." Chris Van Hollen (D-Md), Cole's counterpart at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, wouldn't predict a number of wins for Democrats.
t is a rough environment for the Republicans, and it's a rough environment because of the mistakes that they've made and the fact that we, on the Democratic side, have been pushing an agenda for change and they've been trying to stand in the way of change," he said. "They have really become the party of no, veto and the status quo."
Posted by: 4mersupporter | May 25, 2008 5:14 PM Tale of Two Friday Political Stories: John McCain: "Non Cancerous" Hillary Clinton: Malignant Ambition Posted by: martin edwin andersen | May 25, 2008 5:17 PM It has been said that there is nothing more dangerous than civic revolutions that do not carry out the postulates they themselves generate, and nothing more unfaithful than the public man who, when at the height of power, shows himself to be in disagreement with the doctrines that he sustained when he was in the political wilderness, and that had determined his ascent. Posted by: Martin Edwin Andersen | May 25, 2008 5:18 PM Now Obama is responsible for the irresponsible words that came from their fatigued candidate's mouth? How pathetic is the groveling Clinton clan going to get? They are probably just getting dizzy from so much of their own spin. Posted by: DonJulio | May 25, 2008 5:19 PM This is why the "A" word shouldn't be thrown around loosely...
v=BjYpkvcmog0 Posted by: Pagun | May 25, 2008 5:21 PM obama is a passive aggressive twit. thinkig people know this Posted by: | May 25, 2008 5:22 PM FOR THE LOVE OF GOD AN DALL THAT IS HOLY! THE FACT THIS BLUNDER SPOKE BY CLINTON NOT OBAMA IS IN SOME WAY HIS FAULT! Posted by: RENEA1 | May 25, 2008 5:25 PM O please, is our commander in chief wannabee crying again? Her campaign has been bashing Obama the entire campaign and now she misspoke again and she blaims others her own 'mistake'. Posted by: robin good | May 25, 2008 5:25 PM That's great. The HillBillies let it slip that they secretly hope that something disasterous will happen to Barack Obama before the convention and then blame Obama for it. He wasn't the one who was "targeted" by this Freudian slip. The offense was to Barack Obama and his supporters for suggesting that something so horrible could still happen. This is still scary from the wife of the man who bombed a country to distract our attention from his infidelities and lies. Posted by: THuff | May 25, 2008 5:25 PM "Now Obama is responsible for the irresponsible words that came from their fatigued candidate's mouth?" The news , including CNN when they first reported it, did not consider it an issue and in fact had not reported it. Bill Burton's statement that it was uncalled for was the first mention of this. I happened to watch the interview before the "so called" story broke and there was no mention of Obama or inference that he might be assassinated. Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights 3 No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. Posted by: john | May 25, 2008 5:27 PM Obama & his campaign ought to be ashamed of themselves. They say one thing publicly and do another behind closed doors. They've taken a truthful and honest statement by Hillary and turned it around to vilify Hillary for their own good. His disgusting politics, sexism and race-baiting makes him a thoroughly un-electable canidate. I'm prepared to write-in Hilary come November if she's not the nominee. It's not Hillary that's going to destroy the democratic party, it's Obama a...
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