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BARACK'S A LOST CAUSE: HILL
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| Contributor | Scott³ |
| Last Edited | Scott³ Apr 03, 2008 03:23pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Newspaper - New York Post |
| News Date | Thursday, April 3, 2008 09:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | New York Post article.
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"While lobbying for his endorsement, Hillary Rodham Clinton flatly told New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that Barack Obama could not win the presidency if he got the Democratic nomination.
"He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win," she said, according to a report by ABC News.
Despite her appeal, Richardson ultimately endorsed Obama - which sent Bill Clinton into a purple rage last weekend during a private meeting with California superdelegates.
"Five times to my face [Richardson] said that he would never do that," the former president thundered.
One of the roughly 15 superdelegates in attendance told the San Francisco Chronicle, "It was one of the worst political meetings I have ever attended."
Bill Clinton's tirade was triggered when Rachel Binah, a superdelegate who had supported Richardson's campaign, said she regretted that Bill's former top aide, James Carville, had called the governor a "Judas."
Others attending the meeting, assembled hastily during the state party convention in San Jose, confirmed the exchange but tried to soften the description of Bill's anger.
It was "very good, very intense," said undeclared superdelegate Christine Pelosi, the daughter of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
"The word 'tirade' may be used differently out here than in the rest of the country," said Chris Stampolis, who supports Clinton's presidential bid and also attended the meeting." |
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