Terry McAuliffe discusses Obama campaign's "meaningless" plan to declare victory on May 20

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fox News. I know.

:eyes:

Obama to Declare Win, Come Hill Or High Water

Thursday, May 8, 2008

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/08/obama-to-declare-win-come-hill-or-high-water/

Barack Obama is looking at May 20 as the end date for his Democratic primary run, even though that date won’t seal the deal. After a victory in North Carolina on Tuesday night and a closer-than-expected loss in Indiana, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe said that, based on calculations, Obama will win a majority of pledged delegates on May 20.

West Virginia votes Tuesday, and Kentucky and Oregon follow on the 20th. Hillary Clinton is expected to win West Virginia and Kentucky, while Obama is banking on victory in Oregon.

Clinton campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe told FOXNews.com on Thursday that the Obama camp’s plan to declare victory based on a pledged delegate majority is “meaningless.” He said that a candidate will need a majority of the pledged delegates and the unpledged superdelegates combined to be the true winner.

“Until you get to twenty-twenty-five or twenty-two-oh-nine, none of this matters,” McAuliffe said, referring to the numbers being bandied about as the number of votes needed. “In order to have a majority of the delegates seated at the national convention, that’s how you get to become the nominee, not the pledged,” McAuliffe said. “If that’s the case, take everyone of the superdelegates away from him, if he doesn’t care about them.”

[SoCalDem]

1. it seemed to work well for Bush, back in Nov & Dec of '00

and I don't think he would have said it if he did not "know" how many Supers he really has in the "bank":)

[NJSecularist]

2. McAuliffe is right.

Until Obama gets 2025 delegates, he hasn't won anything.

Obama is doing his best Bush impression:

[snooper2]

6. At least get your Hil-Bot talking points right...

it's 2205 or 2209 now, remember :rofl:




GOBAMA!

[madaboutharry]

3. I heard him this morning on the Bill Press show

and he sounded like a carnival barker.

[thereismore]

4. McAuliffe said 2025? What a gaffe. nt

[zulchzulu]

5. The question is when is Hillary Clinton going to fire Terry McAuliffe?

Whatever he says at this point is MEANINGLESS.

[Youphemism]

7. This Is an Obama Camp Mistake

Obama can spend most of his campaign time talking about McCain. He can skip some campaigning to raise money or work on some strategy for the general election.

But declaring victory at all is a mistake. He should let victory come to him.

Otherwise, he's going to piss off the Clinton voters who are already feeling like everyone is telling them to just go away. Of course, that's exactly what they *are* being told.

But Obama needs the Clinton voters, and any perception of him stepping around her will hurt him -- and it really isn't necessary. The only thing left to decide is the day he gets anointed, and choosing that day is about the only card Hillary has left to play. He should just let her play it.

[frylock]

8. and people give a shit what this tool says because..?