If you noticed, earlier today a DUer who is a Hillary supporter proclaimed that Edwards is Hillary's only competition. Its funny but he must be reading some type of Hillary talking points because on this morning's
Meet The Press .
Its funny but the very tactics we are seeing here on DU (saying Edwards is the only challenger and proclaiming Hillary the victory) were discussed this morning:
MR. BUCHANAN: But, Dan, if, if, if Edwards, let’s say he wins Iowa, which obviously he could do. If he wins Iowa, he can’t beat Hillary Rodham Clinton in a national contest, I don’t think. He’s going to have to take matching funds. I don’t think he’s, he’s a national candidate. And that sort of eclipses Obama, who, as Tim said, can break away and win this. He’s got the in—the national image, he’s got the money. I don’t think Edwards can do it.
So if Hillary’s going to lose, she wants to lose to Edwards.MR. RUSSERT:
Inevitability is a big part of the Clinton campaign. “We’re going to win this nomination. We’re going to win this election.”-snip-
As an Obama supporter here are the quotes that really caught my attention as it relates to how viable he is. The Hillary camp is
THREATENED by Obama and they will continue to talk him down, make it seem like he is falling apart:
MR. RUSSERT: Dan Balz, a very strong supporter for Hillary Clinton said to me
right now Barack Obama is in the stable. But if he gets out of the stable in Iowa...MR. BALZ: Mm-hmm.
MR. RUSSERT:
...and starts running, he’s a thoroughbred. Because the independents in New Hampshire could cross over and vote for him, you go to South Carolina, half the Democratic voters are African-American. We have to keep him in the stable in the Iowa. These polls indicate that he has a chance of breaking out, although she still is the front-runner.MR. BALZ:
Well, it’s, it’s why the Clinton campaign, on the one hand, touts every national poll that shows her well ahead while running a campaign in Iowa in which she’s running quite scared, and deservedly so. There’s two things about Iowa that are a problem for her. One is the strength of John Edwards, which, because he is a factor in there, you have a different kind of race than you have anywhere else in the country at this point. And the second is, she has no long history in Iowa.
MR. BUCHANAN: Mm-hmm.
MR. BALZ: Bill Clinton never ran in the Iowa caucuses in 1992 because Tom Harkin, senator from Iowa, was running for president, and all the Democrats skipped it. The Clintons do not have the kind of network in Iowa that they have had and been able to develop in New Hampshire. There is not that kind of affection for the—for Hillary Clinton in Iowa that there is for the Clintons in New Hampshire. She has to work this. They are organizing very, very hard out there. She is spending a lot of time. It’s interesting that she gave her health care speech in Iowa, and she delivered a major speech on Iraq in Iowa.
-snip-
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21065954/page/4/Here is the thread where a DUer claims that Hillary's only competition is Edwards, he or she must be getting some talking points:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x3565609