Clinton: The seven stages of grief
Posted: Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:17 AM by Mark Murray
The Boston Globe writes of “Clinton’s seven stages of grief.” 1. Shock -- third place in Iowa; 2. Denial. "Publicly at least, Clinton is still in this stage, insisting to supporters that the race isn't over despite the all but insurmountable delegate math;" 3. Bargaining. Clinton and her top aides have been cajoling superdelegates for weeks, trying to convince them that she would be the stronger nominee against Republican John McCain; 4. Guilt. Not for Clinton, herself, necessarily...Some loyalists say her staff has not run the campaign she deserved; 5. Anger. "It has surfaced most clearly in complaints about media coverage -- what she sees as the coddling of Obama, and what she described this week as sexist, at times even misogynist, treatment;" 6. Depression. "[N]o outward sign so far of this phase, other than fatigue on the campaign trail; 7. Acceptance. "This probably won't come until after the last contests on June 3, when Obama could very well mathematically clinch the nomination."
AFSCME's Gerald McEntee is not giving up on Clinton and continues to raise doubts about Obama. "He said in a telephone interview that Clinton has been the superior candidate over the past few months and that Obama's losses in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky could haunt the party in November. ‘Are we going to pick a candidate that will literally walk almost lame into the Democratic National Convention?’ he asked.”
“McEntee said McCain will be a formidable opponent, one who is ‘distancing himself from Bush every day" and whose status as a war hero will make him attractive to many of the voters Democrats need to win.’”
Clinton's talking points yesterday about counting FL and MI only seem to be helping to do one thing: promoting HBO's movie "Recount."
Clinton likened Obama to President Bush and his 2000 election victory following his disputed win in the Sunshine State. Florida ‘learned the hard way what happens when your votes aren't counted and the candidate with fewer votes is declared the winner,’ she said. ‘The lesson of 2000 here in Florida is crystal clear,’ Clinton added. ‘If any votes aren't counted, the will of the people isn't realized and our democracy is diminished.’”
The New York Post looks at some of the details of Clinton’s debt. Mark Penn’s firm is owed about $5 million. "I've been working with the Clintons for 10 years and they've always paid their bills," Penn said yesterday. But one professor said, "I feel more badly in general for the vendors who get stiffed than the candidates who do the stiffing." He added, “that campaigns often haggle down the amount they owe.”
