Clinton spins her Georgia loss.

[jefferson_dem]

Clinton Georgia spin

From their talking points for surrogates, which they've circulated to the press:

Unlike the Obama campaign, the Clinton campaign never dedicated significant resources to Georgia.

Sen. Obama spent over $500,000 dollars on ads on television and radio; we never went up on TV

The Obama campaign has 9 offices in Georgia. The Clinton campaign only has 2.

Sen. Obama has had staff and significant campaign operation across the state for 8 months. Sen. Clinton only deployed staff to the state in the last couple of weeks.

Polls have consistently showed Sen. Obama with wide lead over Sen Clinton. That lead has only widened over time.

Clinton's operation got started later than Obama's in many states, but it's worth noting that that was a campaign choice.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0208/Clinton_Georgia_spin.html

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The "polls have consistently showed Obama with a lead" talking point is ridiculous.



http://www.pollster.com/08-GA-Dem-Pres-Primary.php

[moosen]

1. sounds like facts to me

[Tweed]

2. Facts and FAIL

[jakem]

17. um...

>Unlike the Obama campaign, the Clinton campaign never dedicated significant resources to Georgia.

- guess that didn't work out so well...

>Sen. Obama spent over $500,000 dollars on ads on television and radio; we never went up on TV

- and he still has more cash on hand

>The Obama campaign has 9 offices in Georgia. The Clinton campaign only has 2.

- oops!

>Sen. Obama has had staff and significant campaign operation across the state for 8 months. Sen. Clinton only deployed staff to the state in the last couple of weeks.

- and these are good excuses, why?!

[NJSecularist]

3. 102 delegates, Hillary

You should have spent more time there.

[Texas_Kat]

9. 87 delegates, I think?

[NJSecularist]

14. 103

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/ga/georgia_democratic_primary-268.html

[Texas_Kat]

23. 87 delegates at stake tonight

103 total delegates*
87 tied to February 5 primary, 16 superdelegates

(CNN)

[rinsd]

4. Obama has led GA in every poll taken since the start of this year.

[cali]

11. the start of this year isn't even 5 weeks old. n/t

[rinsd]

15. Out of 15 total polls taken in GA, 10 of them have been this year.

[ronnykmarshall]

5. Chi-Chi just spit that cookie out you gave her.

[jefferson_dem]

12. Oh shit.

My bad.

Me ---> :dilemma:

[ronnykmarshall]

18. Watch it, sucka!

You don't want me to get Aunt Esther on your ass!!!

[BootinUp]

6. You can call it spin, but it reads like facts. nt

[MannyGoldstein]

7. Let Me Guess... Did Jesse Jackson Win Georgia Once?

Ugh.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

8. AGAIN....Politico is a fucking RWing RAG site

[Raffi Ella]

10. all of that is true though,not spin at all.

Obama has always been the projected winner.Didn't stop all of us from campaigning for her,lol, but it was not to be.


I said it in another thread but let me say it again: Congratz to the Obama Campaign and his supporters :toast:

[BlackVelvet04]

13. Isn't it a shame she didn't break down and cry on camera

to give you something else to slam her with?

What the hell do you expect her to say? You're so petty.

[Catherine Vincent]

16. That's not spin. Why spend money on a state she knows that

will go with Barack simply because he's black?

[sfam]

19. Sounds reasonable...they don't have as much money as Obama

Sure Bill Clinton probably hurt them, but they truly didn't advertise or put infrastructure everywhere. Obama has more cash than Hillary right now - this is gonna hurt her in a number of states.

[nonconformist]

20. Isn't that similar to the logic Obama supporters used to discount the MI and FL wins?

And, presumably, NY later tonight?

[elixir]

21. Yeah, it sounds like they're stating the facts - they didn't put many of their resources in GA.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

22. The OP Seems To Be Spinning A Bit, But The Release Itself Seemed Fairly Reasonable And Factual.

The only vibe of spin I got was from the OP itself, trying to turn it into something it's not, in a weak attempt to bash Hillary.

Other than that, it was pretty benign.