While Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain argue who would be the better president, once-overwhelming White House favorite Hillary Clinton is trying to convince voters she’s still relevant.
It’s a tough sell.
She began airing a 60-second radio ad on Tuesday in South Dakota, which, along with Montana, will hold the final two Democratic nominating contests next week.
While Obama holds a seemingly insurmountable lead in the all-important delegate count, underdog Clinton makes the case that it isn’t over til its over.
In the radio spot the announcer says: “In Washington, some 
people say the presidential primary in South Dakota doesn’t much matter. That your voice doesn’t really count.”
“But you know what?”
“Tuesday, we can show ‘em.”
“We can pick a President.
“After all, just because South Dakota comes last in the primaries doesn’t mean we shouldn’t be heard loud and clear.
“And we can pick the candidate who’ll stand up for us.
Hillary Clinton.”
Clinton is spending the next few days campaigning in Montana and South Dakota, and then will return to the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico which holds its Democratic primary on Sunday.
Clinton faces a major showdown on Saturday when Democratic Party officials meet to decide what to do with disputed delegates from Florida and Michigan.
The two states, which were stripped of their convention delegates for violating party primary rules, are believed to be making plans to allow at least some delegates to be counted.
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-Photo credit: Reuters/Ana Martinez (Bill and Hillary Clinton)
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Ok. Everyone says Obama has clinched the delegation. But Hillary is correct, it is not over til its over. At the Dem Convention in Aug the Delegates and SuperDelegates will be asked by Howard Dean how they vote. That is when it is set in stone. And as we all know what a Dem says today is not the same they say tomm. They flip flop all the time. So Hillary is actually pretty darn smart cuz she knows how her party works and by the time Aug rolls around and they do the actual “yes I vote for Obama” or “yes I vote for Hillary” then we will know who the candidate is. Right now it is just a bunch of publicity stunts and who ha. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t want either of them honestly. I don’t want McCain either but he is better than them. At least he will keep our taxes as they are. Who cares about everything else. When you lose your job and can’t pay your mortgage cuz your company laid you off cuz you work for GM, then the war, abortion, gay marriage, border control…all that crap doesn’t matter, only your survival. So when you vote remember that. If you vote for someone who wants to give min wage jobs a boost to 12.50 an hour, think of the snowball effect as milk goes to 10 bucks a gallon. Eggs are 8 bucks a dozen. Min wage jobs are min wage for a reason, to keep other costs down. And when the new congress and senate full of Dems and a Dem President decide to govtmentize oil, well this country will be in poverty level all over. You think it is bad now, try having the govtment take away capitalism. No capitalism, no life. We will all be on some stupid fair playing field. Of course when they say a fair playing field they are referring to us, not them. They will still make their millions, still live in their big house and still be able to send their Christmas cards all on our taxes we pay. You know they all get free postage right? They get a ton of free crap though it isn’t free, we pay for it. So remember what your priorities are in life…..survival of you and your family or do you want to walk the soup line?
- Posted by tinaHillary will protest until the remaining delegates shut her down by giving Obama an unsurpassable majority so large that even she will get it! Until such time, she will try to take her delusion of being a contender all the way to Denver!
All Hillary has managed to accomplish is a few more fleeting moments in the lime-light. It’s unfortunate how she has damaged the Democratic Party’s chances due to her sense of entitlement!
Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!
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- Posted by kaliYour breakdown was excellent and its impossible to deny the logic you present..unless youve drunk the kool-aid.
Im sure savy superdelegates realize this as well and will due their duty to elect the electable for the GE. Obamas win in republic and caucus states dont really matter come the GE, but Clinton’s wins stand strong
Hillary is a STRONG contender with significant support via the people’s VOTE.
This is a democracy, dude.
DO you want someone (other than the voters) to decide who runs for President?
I support HILLARY.
She understands that this country is a matrix of cultures, people, values.
She respects that and has a broad appeal among voters.
What’s NOT to like about that?
- Posted by benjaminProcess. Thanks to Hillary, this is the focus.
THIS is an important part of this primary election.
WILL the voters be counted? HOW will they be counted? HOW will they affect the outcome?
This election it must unfold as democracy dictates.
HILLARY, thank you for demanding due ‘process’.
It is our assurance of democracy.
This should speak volumes to every voter in this country.
- Posted by catheyHillary: A strong voice for the people.
I like Hillary do not get me wrong, but, there comes a point in the campaign where you have to give up the ghost. Reconsideration at the polls would be…interesting though, I will not deny that.
- Posted by Izzy GlassI am an educated African American woman. I am for Hillary Clinton 100%. I will not vote for Obama for any reason. He has no substance. If he wins he will be a disgrace to the black race. His inexperience and policies will take the country back 40 years. When Obama started this race he did’nt think he could win, he just wanted to get his name out there for a future run at the white house, but he got lucky because Clinton ran a bad campaign. If Hillary would have ran her whole campaign like she ran the last two months, she would be ahead in the delegate count, but that’s not the case.
I’m stuck between staying home or voting for McCain.The only presidential canidate that I disliked more than Obama was Ronald Reagan….just listening to Reagan’s voice made my stomach crawl….now, just looking at Obama makes my stomach crawl. I did’nt feel that way when Obama made his speech in 2004, but I feel that way now….Obama talks about doing things differently, but he is a politician just like all the other politicians, that’s why he is now wearing a flag pin everyday. He is a hopemonger, he’s fooling the American people. He has them duped because of their desperation to exist. He can only win because republicans have made a mess out of the last seven years. He can not win on his own merits because he does’nt have any merits, no record of legislative success, no evidence of economic understanding and no experience with playing on the stafe of foreign policy. Down with Obama.
I wish that Hillary can somehow turn the corner and find herself as the democratic nominee…say that I’m in denial but for me it’s not over until it’s over. Go Hillary. Lord save us…
- Posted by allisonDon’t go away bitter,Hillary.Just go away.
- Posted by Dan P.