Memo to Senator Clinton

Re: To Do List Before Dropping Out

Please, before dropping out, help the party start the healing process.

Even though it no longer matters, please, for the sake of party unity:

FIRE MARK PENN!

Thank you in advance for devoting your attention to this important matter.

•  If wishes were fishes...

  by Jimmy Crackcorn on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:10 PM PDT

  •  Obama going to General Election Mode

    Carrie Budoff Brown emails that with only a handful of states left to vote in the primary election, Sen. Barack Obama will spend at least some of his time over the next month campaigning in general election states, chief strategist David Axelrod said Tuesday night.

    “I don’t think we are doing to spend our time solely in primary states,” Axelrod said aboard the campaign plane from Raleigh to Chicago.

    When asked whether that means Obama will campaign in general election states, he said: “I guess you can infer that from what I said.”

    Axelrod said the campaign would still visit each of the remaining primary states, but there is limited ground yet to cover. There are more undecided superdelegates up for grabs than pledged delegates in the remaining states.

    “Senator McCain has basically run free for some time now,” Axelrod said. “Everybody is eager to get on with this. We are not going to take anything for granted. But we are also going to spend time addressing broader issues.”

    Politico

    by Steven R on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:56 PM PDT

    •  Yay!!!!!!!! n/t

      by limulus on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:23 PM PDT

      •  She needs to pass the "graceful" threshold.

        by maconblue on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:54 PM PDT

        •  CNN Calls IN For Clinton n/t

          by xeju on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:13:05 PM PDT

    •  What change?

      It will be the same thing. Obama will do nothing to bring the troops back home. If he is elected. I think MCCain will beat him. The republican red states that voted against Hillary will vote for Mccain.

      by anamaria on Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:48:31 AM PDT

  •  If wishes were fishes, she'd be

    sleeping with them.

    by GOTV on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:15 PM PDT

    •  uncool (nt)

      by Mr Bula on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:47:49 PM PDT

  •  Tonal odd email from Hillary

    I just got an email from the Hillary Clinton campaign about 20 minutes ago, titled "Because of You." It doesn't sound anything like the usual emails from her.

    She said:

    Dear Anastasia,
    Tonight's victory in Indiana was close, and a margin that narrow means just one thing: every single thing you did to help us win in Indiana helped make the difference.

    Every call you made, every friend you spoke to about our campaign, every dollar you contributed made tonight's victory possible. And I couldn't be more thankful for your hard work.

    Every time we've celebrated a victory, we've celebrated it together. And tonight is no exception. This victory is your victory, this campaign is your campaign, and your support has been the difference between winning and losing.

    Thank you so much for making this campaign possible. Let's keep making history together.

    Sincerely,
    Hillary Rodham Clinton "
    

    by anastasia p on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:45 PM PDT

    •  Is there a "contribute" button on that email? n/t

      by machopicasso on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:22:30 PM PDT

      •  Her website...

        ...is still taking contributions, but earlier in the evening it was redirecting me from the main page to a fundraising page. Now, you have to click to get to fundraising.

        by Sparhawk on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:28:28 PM PDT

  •  Mark Penn, Marc Rich

    ...it's those marks on her record that seem to be tripping her up. ^_^ fightbackbarack.com

    by carl kroger on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:13:53 AM PDT

•  And

  Gag Lanny Davis

  by Internets on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:18 PM PDT

  •  Actually

    Just watch MSNBC.  Their coverage has been awesome tonight.  They are now having "After Hours" with a lounge band :).  

    by sterno on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:17 PM PDT

    •  I wish I had a time machine

      I've been watching CNN all night.

      This Mayor of Hammond, IN reminds me of the MO Congressional candidate...Brock Olivo

      by Internets on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:13 PM PDT

      •  Did you realize he's a football player?

        [/snark]

        by GreenSooner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:15 PM PDT

    •  Oh and...

      It looks like they are up past Pat Buchanan's bed time because Maddow is the only member of the panel still there :)

      by sterno on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:13:22 PM PDT

  •  What about Shrum???

    Kind of off-topic, but I'm still miffed at Shrum's pathetic guidance in the Kerry defeat in '04.

    Does anybody know if Shrum is on either BHO or HRC campaign?  I hope he stays the hell out of '08.  

    by Bush B Gone on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:21:14 PM PDT

  •  Actually, Lanny Davis makes me gag (n/t)

    by Dump Terry McAuliffe on Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:57:38 AM PDT

•  Not only fire him...

  ...but figure out a way not to pay him, either.

  by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:31 PM PDT

  •  Don't worry...

    AT this rate, Hillary won't have the money to pay him.

    by Sweet Ester on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:38 PM PDT

    •  Ouch!

      meow. maybe she can dig into that $109 million. fightbackbarack.com

      by carl kroger on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:10:59 AM PDT

  •  You stole my idea

    That guy completely sunk her campaign with his idiotic microtrend stuff.

    He is not worth the paper the check would be written on.

    HRC - Don't pay Mark Penn. He should not work in national politics again.

    by WaveFunction on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:38 PM PDT

    •  Migod - did you ever...

      ...read that stupid fucking book of his?

      Like a cookbook for disaster-elitism.  I actually got two chapters into it before it was rendered unreadable by contact with my bedroom wall.

      by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:11 PM PDT

    •  Your pseudonym gives me tingles...

      

      ftw

      by Sweet Ester on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:54 PM PDT

      •  Well shit.

        I had a great, obscene (for those who know...) wave form formula, to post in reply.  You know - the usual one particle in three spatial dimensions bit.

        But apparently my picture host - my own hotel at Comcast - is not approved by Kos any longer.

        Shit.

        by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:22:16 PM PDT

      •  What?

        Don't prefer your quantum mechanics to be Lorentz invariant?

        by Bush B Gone on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:22:46 PM PDT

      •  I'm a geeky physics major

        I have begun to think of the Bush administration as living in the infinite square well...

        It is telling about this community that somebody actually replied with a graphic of the TDSE.

        by WaveFunction on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:37:35 PM PDT

        •  Power to the High School Chemistry Teacher

          me.

          PS: "Don't prefer your quantum mechanics to be Lorentz invariant?"

          I will admit, the graphic is not mine. I also had problems with getting a picture to load, so I stole this from some poor sap on flickr.

          Hangs head in shame. My students would love to use this against me.

          by Sweet Ester on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:45:18 PM PDT

    •  No, No

      He can work for Lieberman, he can be the meteor that destroys the DINOs.

      by RichRandal on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:44 PM PDT

      •  I like that. Artful use of language.

        A wonderful, dual-layer turn of phrase.

        by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 11:03:56 PM PDT

        •  PayPal accepted,....heh.

          by RichRandal on Wed May 07, 2008 at 07:40:00 AM PDT

•  Mark Penn to be used...

  as the sweating victory float, HRC and O ride on as she works her heart out for him.

  by craigk724 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:34 PM PDT

•  Or just a public spanking. n/t

  by eshafto on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:39 PM PDT

  •  EW PLEASE, NO!

    You will ruin my S&M fetish forever. For the sake of the alternative lifestyle community (ie: a good chunk of the democratic base :P ) PLEASE, NO!

    by Sweet Ester on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:45 PM PDT

    •  No hand is large enough

      by rightiswrong on Tue May 06, 2008 at 11:32:07 PM PDT

•  FIRE MARK PENN!

  Publicly.  Loudly.  With many, many SHAME ON YOU, MARK PENNS.

  by sheddhead on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:45 PM PDT

•  Also, apologize to economists/experts nt

  by rdxtion on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:46 PM PDT

  •  collect donations for new testicles for Carville

    by byteb on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:05 PM PDT

    •  How 'bout donations to castrate him?

      by Steve Everett on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:02 PM PDT

      •  I'm in. Dull set of Ginsu knives, anyone?

        by earicicle on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:13:47 PM PDT

•  No...

  Fire him, then rehire him...then fire him again.

  And dock his pay for stealing office supplies or something.

  ~Doc~

  by EquationDoc on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:46 PM PDT

•  Hear, hear!

  And actually FIRE him, don't demote him or spin him or however else it is you still keep him on the payroll.

  by decisivemoment on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:53 PM PDT

•  That would be good ridance for sure.

  Goodbye to worthless bicostal 6-state strategy microtrend pollsters!

  by MingPicket on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:04:56 PM PDT

  •  ahem

    Goodbye to worthless bicostal 6-state strategy microtrend pollsters who work for union busting corporations and foreign governments that murder union organizers...

    by tiggers thotful spot on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:48 PM PDT

    •  ...

      Goodbye to worthless bicostal 6-state strategy microtrend pollsters who work for union busting corporations and foreign governments that murder union organizers, espouse the politics of personal destruction, work for companies that work for John McCain and are just downright unpleasant

      by Mr Bula on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:50:27 PM PDT

  •  Hear! Hear! (raising my latte in the air)

    by byteb on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:20 PM PDT

•  Clinton should stay in until the last primary

  by sharris0512 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:06 PM PDT

  •  I almost want to agree with you...

    ...if only for the sake of completeness; I've never witnessed a presidential primary go all the way to the end.

    Then again...nah, time for her to let it go.

    by Brainwrap on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:13 PM PDT

  •  Agree, but I think she needs to shift into

    Mike Huckabee mode. Stop actively campaigning against Obama.

    by jj32 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:15:33 PM PDT

    •  Exactly

      If it means another month of negative campaigning, throwing everything at Obama, pandering to the worst in poorly educated voters, Karl Rove/Republican-style, forget it. We also don't need another month of the media  playing Wright clips endlessly and obsessing over the importance of the poorly educated white voter.

      If she sits back and lets the contests play out so her supporters can't argue this was "stolen" from her by super-delegates or whatever, that would be positive.

      by poxonyou on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:29:30 PM PDT

•  You know who's NOT gonna be happy about this?

  Voters in Montana and South Dakota.

  They were THIS CLOSE to finally having some time in the spotlight...so close...

  Oh, well; if Hillary can get over it, they should be able to.

  by Brainwrap on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:19 PM PDT

  •  This Montana voter would be happy ...

    ... to get on with trying to win the General Election NOW!

    The Repugs have done a lot of damage, and there's a lot of work to do in order to fix things.

    by MT Spaces on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:18:19 PM PDT

•  HAHAHAHAHAHA YES!

  What was she doing with him on the campaign in the first place??? Honestly! Want to prove your progressive credentials? Step One is not hiring a slimy PR guy. Sheesh!

  by OrangeClouds115 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:22 PM PDT

•  Hillarys last chance to leave with dignity is now

  by ImpeachBushCheney on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:48 PM PDT

  •  Her last chance to leave with dignity was months

    ago. Her last chance to leave with amnesty is now.

    by nobody at all on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:44 PM PDT

  •  I think that ship sailed a long while ago...

    by rlamoureux on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:09 PM PDT

  •  And she hasn't jumped the shark yet either

    /snark

    by MingPicket on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:59 PM PDT

    •  No: pole-vaulted the shark instead.

      by earicicle on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:16:31 PM PDT

      •  It was a Kevlar pole.

        And it absorbed the force of all those bullets in Tuzla without shattering, lofting her above all others with that force and allowing her to set a new Olympic record: a record which will certainly never be broken, should the Olympics continue to be held in countries where particulate air pollution is measured by the ton/cubic yard.

        Oh, we're so looking forward to the Olympics in China.  I was a fencer for many years - and I had the misfortune of taking on a competitor in Los Angeles, during a fairly bad run of smog.  Damn near killed me.

        My only hope is that all the competitors survive, this time around.

        by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:35:32 PM PDT

        •  The vog in Honolulu used to get me, too

          When the winds shifted and the junk from the eruptions on the Big Island blew our way.

          Cool that you were a fencer! No wonder you thrust and parry so skillfully in comment threads! ;-)

          I agree w/you on the Olympics in China: my biggest fears have never been political, frankly. The athletes may be able to bring their own food, but their own water and air--that's going to be tricky.

          by earicicle on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:41:53 PM PDT

          •  Yeah. I'm worried about the athletes.

            Very worried, actually.

            I was born in LA, although I grew up In NYC (consider it my home), and I know air pollution.  You can make it pretty - that is, make it so it can't be seen - but your lungs know.

            Fencing: Physical Chess.

            I'm 56 now.  And my legs don't hurt too bad, considering what I've put them through.  I'll be fine, walking precincts for Obama in the GE.

            Came damn close to making something of myself as a sport fencer, but I started too late.  Like any sport, you have to arrange for your physical peak and the peak of your training to happen at the same time.

            Did OK with other kinds of fencing though.

            by Jaime Frontero on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:58:47 PM PDT

•  Yes Hillary > Fire MARK PENN!

  dido - thanks!

  by AustinSF on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:05:59 PM PDT

•  Fire Bill Now ! ! ! !

  by RobertInWisconsin on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:01 PM PDT

  •  Hillary: after you clean out your desk,

    please remove your cottage cheese from the lunchroom fridge. There have been complaints it went bad and has been stinking up the office.

    by LanceBoyle on Wed May 07, 2008 at 05:49:58 AM PDT

•  Penn is the $4 million dollar man

  He rode the HRC gravy train all the way to $4+ million they paid him.

  Enough to make Bob Shrum jealous.

  by Sam Loomis on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:09 PM PDT

  •  Unlike Lee Majors, there's no way to rebuild him

    After this gruesome accident.

    by earicicle on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:54 PM PDT

    •  Who'd want to? n/t

      by Spoc42 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 02:55:42 AM PDT

•  Is "fire" a euphemism for castrating?

  by muledriver on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:12 PM PDT

  •  No...

    it's a euphemism for "set his ass on fire."

    --Shannon

    by Leftie Gunner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:46 PM PDT

    •  Oh

      by muledriver on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:04 PM PDT

•  Fire Penn. Hire the Killer Rabbit.

  Desperate times call for desperate measures.

  by Cartoon Peril on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:42 PM PDT

  •  Brotha Maynard...

    ...bring forth the Holy Hand Grenade!

    by floundericiousMI on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:00 PM PDT

•  Also, your husband did you no favors...

  ...so cut him off for a while.

  What's that...?  Really?  Not since the mid-90's?  Oh.  Ummm...never mind.

  by rlamoureux on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:06:43 PM PDT

•  Why is CNN hammering the Mayor of Lake county?

  Hanky panky?

  by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:19 PM PDT

  •  I blame Markos.

    And Canada, a little bit.

    by chumley on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:09 PM PDT

    •  Don't Know If it's the Tullamore Dew...

      ...but this is really making me laugh.  

      by DHinMI on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:37 PM PDT

      •  oh, nice choice.

        A bit jealous of your drink, I gotta say.  I'm working on a Sam Adams.  Not bad, but this occasion merits better.

        by chumley on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:59 PM PDT

        •  Started with a Few Beers Hours and Hours Ago

          Wings night, so I met some friends for a couple beers.  But when it was clear what happened tonight, I grabbed the stone jug out of the cupboard for a celebratory shot.  

          by DHinMI on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:19:38 PM PDT

    •  :) Those Canadians are always trying to vote in

      our elections.

      I see that Clinton won Indiana by the Rush margin.-bastard!

      by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:31 PM PDT

  •  Because CNN in nothing more than Fox Lite

    so anything should be expected from these warmongers who business ties make millions off of these wars and want them to continue and will do hit jobs at anything that may be contributing to the end of their war cash cows, ie, a presidential candidate who will try to end wars and NOT start new ones.

    by Steve Everett on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:27 PM PDT

    •  This is sad-Blame the barely paid

      election staff in Indiana for Clintons win which is really a loss.

      Are you watching these people-they really are the Clinton News Network.  They are trying to spin this as a win big win.

      by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:15:17 PM PDT

      •  They want HRC because

        they think they have a much better chance of winning if it's her against McBush. McCain will keep the wars going and the dollars flowing to the powerful defense industry.

        by Steve Everett on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:23:14 PM PDT

        •  Yep-that is why I rarely watch this channel

          I just changed it after watching the Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC.  The change in tone was dramatic.  They act as if she still has a chance.  She is toast.

          by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:27:00 PM PDT

  •  They're up there for like 7 hours

    Seriously, after 7 hours, they're really looking for something to talk about.  They've probably run out of everything else to say.

    Also, they are probably pissed because they can't go home until it's over, and they're blaming him.

    And since when did Counties have mayors?

    by ZachPruckowski on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:13:08 PM PDT

    •  Your right the Mayor of Gary

      I don't know what they were all saying.  I am half asleep.  I was watching that and getting angry with these dumb asses.

      by mouser68 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:20:56 PM PDT

•  Unity

  Male, female, black, white, affluent, poor; one thing that unites us all — one thing all Democrats, nay, all Americans, have in common — is that we all think Mark Penn is an asshole.

  Let the healing begin!

  by Ray Radlein on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:32 PM PDT

  •  Big time

    by rlamoureux on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:04 PM PDT

  •  Amen. Healing gesture: trade Penn to McCain

    campaign. Ask for Cindy's recipe book in exchange. I love ahi tuna and napa cabbage slaw!

    by earicicle on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:18:36 PM PDT

•  And, for the love of all things Democratic,

  send off Ickes, Wolfson, Singer, and McAuliffe, too.  In fact, fire McAuliffe twice, just so he stays fired.

  by GOTV on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:40 PM PDT

  •  Can we make him abmassador

    to some unpopulated island?

    Or how about ambassador to the moon?

    by MingPicket on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:13 PM PDT

    •  That's not a very nice idea

      Kucinich had to trade in a lot of favors to get that ambassordship to the moon, and you're just going to blow it away for the sake of political expediency.

      Just because he's small doesn't give you license to throw him under a bus!

      by Exhausted Pennsylvanian on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:53 PM PDT

    •  One of these days, Alice! n/t

      by RichRandal on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:16:07 PM PDT

  •  I'll Bet When the Full Story Comes Out...

    ...that we'll learn Ickes was the voice of rationality within the campaign, and told her she was done.

    McAuliffe, not so much...

    by DHinMI on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:42 PM PDT

    •  That could well be.

      but I still like your long-ago suggestion that Vernon Jordan may be the one with enough sense and credibility with the Clintons to counsel her to let it go when it was time.

      by GOTV on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:15:04 PM PDT

•  Mark Penn should never get another job again.

  Ever.

  by Pragmaticus on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:45 PM PDT

•  The media has finally admitted the obvious

  by sgilman on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:49 PM PDT

  •  Russert may be an ass, but in this case...

    ...he said it very well and clearly.

    It's over, Senator Clinton. Let it go.

    by Brainwrap on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:31 PM PDT

    •  Timmeh actually seemed

      palatable tonight. I'm sure it's an illusion, brought on by the fact that he was momentarily distracted by the near inevitability of Clinton's demise. I'm sure he'll be back on tomorrow with the usual gotcha questions and other assorted nonsense.

      by Dale on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:19:11 PM PDT

    •  Occasionally,

      even a blind squirrel finds a nut.

      And by that I mean, a blind squirrel must have found a nut and given it back to Timmeh. Yes, after a minor surgery, he is now operating at full mental capacity.

      by Sweet Ester on Tue May 06, 2008 at 11:15:36 PM PDT

•  Well Freakin' Said. n't

  by ZappoDave on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:51 PM PDT

•  Funny Thing About Penn

  I think Penn knew Clinton had to play up the wonk card. I don't think he'd have let her do the gas tax pander because it so obviously contradicted the smart, more competent than thou Clinton persona she had crafted for so many years.

  by Fozzie Bear on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:07:52 PM PDT

•  hillaryis404.org

  Sad about hillaryis44.org being down?  Hillary is 404.

  by Bamos on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:03 PM PDT

•  Hillary needs to atone

  She and Bill owe apologies to black voters. On second thought, never mind. I wouldn't accept it.

  Just go away.

  by CocoaLove on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:12 PM PDT

  •  They owe apologies

    to every voter -- they've wasted months of our lives.

    by GMary on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:22 PM PDT

  •  No VP for HRC!

    I got grossed out listening to the talking heads saying that Obama should offer the VP to Hillary.  After all the crap she pulled on Obama, I just don't see it nor want it.  Pick a white woman, maybe, but not THAT white woman. (Sebelius?)

    by jiminy on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:17:48 AM PDT

•  Can't stay awake.

  'night y'all!  What a great night.

  by Five of Diamonds on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:19 PM PDT

•  CNN Speculation

  Just listening to the rank speculation from the Hammond Mayor is really vile.
  He is speculating vote corruption.

  Mother!

  by RodSerling on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:24 PM PDT

•  Send McCauliffe into the dustbin of history.

  Please, for the love of God.

  by Reckoner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:24 PM PDT

•  Also, before dropping out:

  Give Evan Bayh a wedgie on national TV.

  by chumley on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:35 PM PDT

•  Funniest on NYTimes on McCain

  Only pulls off 75% of his party's vote!!!
  "For the Republicans, It’s McCain (and Others)"

  by grettadog on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:08:55 PM PDT

•  CBS News website

  still has Clinton winning Indiana.

  by ZappoDave on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:21 PM PDT

•  MSNBC is saying HRC has no appearances tomorrow

  They're saying either she cancelled all public appearances or she's claiming she never had any.

  by petral on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:41 PM PDT

  •  She Can Never Admit Defeat, Mistake, Weakness.

    Major flaw of hers.  No grace.  Out of touch.

    by jiminy on Wed May 07, 2008 at 12:18:51 AM PDT

•  At last the Clinton campaign

  moves from contrived spin about irrelevant states to simply being irrelevant itself.

  by Red Bean on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:42 PM PDT

•  Fire or free?

  You have to let people keep their honor.You must free him to pursue his dream. Make him the vice chair of shutting the hell up.

  by SpiderCrash on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:45 PM PDT

•  Obama will be shifting to GE mode

  Ben Smith is reporting that Obama won't be limiting his appearances to primary states in the next month. Doesn't matter anymore. He's ready to start expanding that map and kicking McCain's ass.

  by Ivey476 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:09:48 PM PDT

•  What the hell is going on with CNN?

  There appears to be some kind of debate for mayor of Hackville. It's just odd.

  by craigk724 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:03 PM PDT

•  She and Penn

  are peas in a pod here, that's my opinion.  She thought she could carve up the country and get in a win in the micro-polling chaos.  Penn was crucial to that effort.  Hasn't worked, but didn't stop the worst Democratic presidential campaign in years from trying.  Hopefully the repudiation of Clinton will carry Penn, and others, out of the door with her.

  by GN1927 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:10 PM PDT

•  MSNBC calls Indiana for HRC

  by nwodtuhs on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:10 PM PDT

•  CNN - most votes in, looks Clinton n/t

  by statsone on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:12 PM PDT

•  22,000 vote spread with 99% in n/t

  by mralex1974 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:13 PM PDT

•  Fire Penn, yes, as in

  ...kick rocks

  ...go pound sand

  ...hit the road

  ...don't let the doorknob hit you in the butt on the way out, but if it does, remember you earned it

  ...don't call us and we won't call you

  ...back pay?  You'll be lucky to not get sued!

  ...you jerk!  You lost this for us!  How could we have ever been so stupid? Oh yeah, that's right... We're Clintons.

  by cn4st4datrees on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:14 PM PDT

•  MSNBC Declares Hillary winner of IN by

  DOUBLE-DIGIT! (i.e., 2)

  by darthstar on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:16 PM PDT

•  MSN calls it for Clinton. nt

  by Tru Blue on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:26 PM PDT

  •  Ah...

    MSN calls it for Clinton.

    ...shit.

    

    by assyrian64 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:48 PM PDT

    •  That boy

      is a P-I-G pig!

      by rmoore on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:40:17 PM PDT

•  I keep flashing

  on the "Thriller" video.

  This one white female zombie just won't stop.

  Barackael just keeps dancing...

  by RichRandal on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:30 PM PDT

•  MSNBC called it

  For Clinton by 22K votes.

  Ah well, good fight.

  by Tiny Wurlitzer on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:35 PM PDT

  •  No matter. This thing is done. n/t

    by Reckoner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:23 PM PDT

•  well this sucks

  I should have gone to bed before they announced for Clinton

  by BlueTexasDem on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:37 PM PDT

  •  How in the hell does this suck?

    Her ship is sunk, man. It's over. A 2 point win is peanuts.

    by Reckoner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:12:14 PM PDT

    •  according to her, she still wins

      the bloody tiebreaker. Ain't no conceding for the moment.

      by minorityusa on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:14:10 PM PDT

      •  The voters just gave her concession speech for

        her. She is officially Mike Huckabee now.

        by Reckoner on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:15:02 PM PDT

      •  She's Cancelled All Appearances For Tomorrow

        Not the act of someone feeling confident about her campaign.

        by DHinMI on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:27:53 PM PDT

•  Hillary declared in IN by 2

  by DWKING on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:45 PM PDT

•  Limbaugh pulled it of..

  MSNBC called it for Hillary in Indiana...  damn!  It would have been nice to have won it!

  by LordMike on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:10:57 PM PDT

  •  Limbaugh has made zero difference

    regarding the big picture.

    by stevej on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:16:44 PM PDT

•  Thank God it's over. Sleep well folks n/t

  by Ivey476 on Tue May 06, 2008 at 10:11:05 PM PDT

•  Taking the fight to McCain