Clinton campaign wants to lower expectations

[brooklynite]

From the Seattle Times:

This is from the campaign of Hillary Clinton:

Tonight there are contests in three states that the Obama campaign has long predicted they would win by large margins. According to a spreadsheet that was obtained by Bloomberg News, the Obama campaign predicted big victories in Washington State, Nebraska and Louisiana.

The Obama campaign has dramatically outspent our campaign in these three states, saturating the airwaves with 30 and 60 second ads. The Obama campaign has spent $300,000 more in Louisiana on television ads, $190,000 more in Nebraska and $175,000 more in Washington.

Although the next several states that hold nominating contests this month are more favorable to the Obama campaign, we will continue to compete in them and hope to secure as many delegates as we can before the race turns to Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.

As a Clinton supporter, even I can see an obvious attempt to gloss over what's likely to be a bad evening.

I'm concerned that Hillary may attempting a "Rudy" strategy of accepting a continuing string of losses while trying for a firewall in Ohio several weeks from now. If Obama takes the Chesapeake states and follows with a win in Wisconsin, the momentum shift may be unstoppable.

[marcellobarrios]

1. The question is, isn't it true that Obama was supposed to win these states

by a large margin?

If you thought Clinton would win the WA caucus, for example, you must not have been reading polls or watching news.

[brooklynite]

3. Agreed but they seem to be covering for potential losses in NE and LA as well

[thunder rising]

5. He wasn't even supposed to make it this far against Miss Inevitable. just say'n

[UALRBSofL]

8. Anybody that looked at the polls would know Obama was favored

So are you saying she wasn't telling the truth?

[bigtree]

2. so what?

when she sweeps the big states later on, the Obama camp will be spinning. Is this really a surprise to you?

[TexasObserver]

4. Hillary. She's ready with a list of excuses on Day One.

[Colobo]

6. LOL! True!

[thunder rising]

7. Ha Ha LOL!!

:spank: Bad! bad! Bad TX! This is going to hurt you more than me!! :toast: :beer:

[NJSecularist]

9. ROFLMAO

:rofl: :rofl: