Madame President
clinton, retrospective 4:26 AM
by Nick Stone of the Drawnlines Blog
This is a one year anniversary flashback to the Clinton campaign low points and high points. Take a few moments to enjoy a stroll down memory lane.
Super Tuesday. After a heartbreaking but unsurprising loss in Iowa, a lifesaving win in New Hampshire, and several historic primaries in Florida, Michigan, Nevada and South Carolina, the big day had finally arrived. What would happen would stun everyone. The wins and losses piled up in just a few hours, and both camps needed time to regroup. The Clinton campaign held onto several major wins that night, but the rest of February would not be so kind.
March firewall. After decisive victories in Texas and Ohio, Hillary stopped Obama's 11 win streak in its tracks. The stakes had never been higher, and the fight had to go to the mat. Unfortunately, the campaign couldn't quite shake the obvious reality that the media seemed to be blatantly cheerleading for Obama. It was time to level the playing field and call them out.
Bitterness erupts in Pennsylvania. It was time to get real. As it turned out, the Ohio and Texas turnaround wasn't just a fluke. Hillary's campaign was showing more signs of life, and had finally gotten some traction. Against incredible odds, shrill screams advocating she quit the race, and ad spending dwarfed 4:1 by the Obama campaign, Hillary pulled off a 9-10 point victory over Barack. Superdelegates stopped in their tracks. The wind was at their backs, and it was time to take Obama down.
Courting Edwards. Before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, leaks came out the Edwards was about to endorse. His nod could really make a difference in his home state of NC. The news was that his wife Elizabeth was urging him to come out for Clinton, while most of his other confidants were pushing him the other way. Time to get out the ink pen.
Drawing a line in the sand. The lowest lows of the campaign had come, and fate had turned around. After several big wins, the Clinton campaign had plenty of hope but some serious questions. Could they win enough votes in the late states to carry the popular vote? Could the campaign convince the automatic delegates that they were strong while Obama was weak? Most importantly, could they land these arguments in the very few remaining states? A renewed vigor was tangible on the ground, and volunteers like myself were in a frenzy to pull every lever possible for Hillary. This moment was the beginning of the Drawnlines Blog.
Split Decision. On June 3rd, the final two states of South Dakota and Montana voted their primary decisions. After a spirited, sometimes heated five-month fight, the delegates were neck and neck and the decision was split. After coming from behind, the Clinton campaign had all the momentum and none of the money. The bad news - they were out of real estate. The next day, I wrote to Senator Clinton.
18 Million Cracks. Grace meets grit at the end of the road. On June 7th, Clinton officially threw in the towel. She's never appeared more gracious, she'd never appeared more strong, and I'd never been more proud to have supported her. If we hadn't seen it before, we now knew - this is one great lady who had earned our respect.
This is a one year anniversary flashback to the Clinton campaign low points and high points. Take a few moments to enjoy a stroll down memory lane.
Super Tuesday. After a heartbreaking but unsurprising loss in Iowa, a lifesaving win in New Hampshire, and several historic primaries in Florida, Michigan, Nevada and South Carolina, the big day had finally arrived. What would happen would stun everyone. The wins and losses piled up in just a few hours, and both camps needed time to regroup. The Clinton campaign held onto several major wins that night, but the rest of February would not be so kind.
March firewall. After decisive victories in Texas and Ohio, Hillary stopped Obama's 11 win streak in its tracks. The stakes had never been higher, and the fight had to go to the mat. Unfortunately, the campaign couldn't quite shake the obvious reality that the media seemed to be blatantly cheerleading for Obama. It was time to level the playing field and call them out.
Bitterness erupts in Pennsylvania. It was time to get real. As it turned out, the Ohio and Texas turnaround wasn't just a fluke. Hillary's campaign was showing more signs of life, and had finally gotten some traction. Against incredible odds, shrill screams advocating she quit the race, and ad spending dwarfed 4:1 by the Obama campaign, Hillary pulled off a 9-10 point victory over Barack. Superdelegates stopped in their tracks. The wind was at their backs, and it was time to take Obama down.
Courting Edwards. Before the Indiana and North Carolina primaries, leaks came out the Edwards was about to endorse. His nod could really make a difference in his home state of NC. The news was that his wife Elizabeth was urging him to come out for Clinton, while most of his other confidants were pushing him the other way. Time to get out the ink pen.
Drawing a line in the sand. The lowest lows of the campaign had come, and fate had turned around. After several big wins, the Clinton campaign had plenty of hope but some serious questions. Could they win enough votes in the late states to carry the popular vote? Could the campaign convince the automatic delegates that they were strong while Obama was weak? Most importantly, could they land these arguments in the very few remaining states? A renewed vigor was tangible on the ground, and volunteers like myself were in a frenzy to pull every lever possible for Hillary. This moment was the beginning of the Drawnlines Blog.
Split Decision. On June 3rd, the final two states of South Dakota and Montana voted their primary decisions. After a spirited, sometimes heated five-month fight, the delegates were neck and neck and the decision was split. After coming from behind, the Clinton campaign had all the momentum and none of the money. The bad news - they were out of real estate. The next day, I wrote to Senator Clinton.
18 Million Cracks. Grace meets grit at the end of the road. On June 7th, Clinton officially threw in the towel. She's never appeared more gracious, she'd never appeared more strong, and I'd never been more proud to have supported her. If we hadn't seen it before, we now knew - this is one great lady who had earned our respect.
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Ooh, he passed the test.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/07/clinton-obama-has-passed_n_212274.html