Respected Party Leader Wants To Chat About Clinton's Game Plan
Can you smell what Barack is cooking?
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said today she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.
In other words family, the fat lady is singing! LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!
“I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very loyal to her,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said. “Having said that, I’d like to talk with her and [get] her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is.”
Clinton, who eked out a win in Indiana Tuesday night but lost big to front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in North Carolina, has not responded to Feinstein’s phone call, the California senator said.
“I think the race is reaching the point now where there are negative dividends from it, in terms of strife within the party,” Feinstein said. “I think we need to prevent that as much as we can.”
Feinstein stressed that Clinton is not an “also-run candidate,” but added that there is a question “as to whether she can get the delegates that she needs. I’d like to see what the strategy is and then we can talk further.”
Meantime, several other Senate Democrats said Wednesday that they are detecting a shift in the race between their colleagues. Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), who remains uncommitted, said Tuesday night’s primary results “shifted momentum” in the contests. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), who also has not endorsed a candidate, stated that “the hill has gotten steeper”.
Obama supporters echoed the sentiment while being careful not to push Clinton out of the race. “It was an extraordinary win and a magnificent campaign,” said Sen. Edward Kennedy (Mass.). “I pay tribute to Sen. Clinton. She’s been making her case and doing it effectively, but the outcome is very clear for the Democratic nomination. It’s effectively Barack Obama's nomination.”
J. Taylor Rushing contributed to this report.
Can you smell what Barack is cooking?
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) most prominent Senate supporters, said today she will ask the former first lady to detail her plans for the rest of the Democratic primary.
In other words family, the fat lady is singing! LOUD AND CLEAR!!!!
“I, as you know, have great fondness and great respect for Sen. Clinton and I’m very loyal to her,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said. “Having said that, I’d like to talk with her and [get] her view on the rest of the race and what the strategy is.”
Clinton, who eked out a win in Indiana Tuesday night but lost big to front-runner Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) in North Carolina, has not responded to Feinstein’s phone call, the California senator said.
“I think the race is reaching the point now where there are negative dividends from it, in terms of strife within the party,” Feinstein said. “I think we need to prevent that as much as we can.”
Feinstein stressed that Clinton is not an “also-run candidate,” but added that there is a question “as to whether she can get the delegates that she needs. I’d like to see what the strategy is and then we can talk further.”
Meantime, several other Senate Democrats said Wednesday that they are detecting a shift in the race between their colleagues. Sen. Jack Reed (R.I.), who remains uncommitted, said Tuesday night’s primary results “shifted momentum” in the contests. Sen. Frank Lautenberg (N.J.), who also has not endorsed a candidate, stated that “the hill has gotten steeper”.
Obama supporters echoed the sentiment while being careful not to push Clinton out of the race. “It was an extraordinary win and a magnificent campaign,” said Sen. Edward Kennedy (Mass.). “I pay tribute to Sen. Clinton. She’s been making her case and doing it effectively, but the outcome is very clear for the Democratic nomination. It’s effectively Barack Obama's nomination.”
J. Taylor Rushing contributed to this report.