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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Monday, March 03, 2008

Second Clinton campaign Quote. A shift in tone?

Clinton talking to reporters on her plane Sunday night.
"I intend to do as well as I can on Tuesday, and we'll see what happens after that...."

Clinton wouldn't answer to comments made Sunday by prominent Democrats like Bill Richardson and John Kerry, an Obama supporter, both of whom suggested Clinton should consider leaving the race after Tuesday if she fails to close the delegate gap with Obama.

She said only, "I've had a wonderful time campaigning and feel really good about where we are and I am looking forward to the results on March 4."


I would love to see the internal polling from both sides which tends to run a day or two ahead of the public polling. Read between the lines of this statement. (ABC)
But privately, Clinton campaign advisors say their own internal polls show the race tightening in Ohio and remaining very close in Texas.

"We're going to go full bore and see what happens," a senior advisor told ABC News, Sunday.....

In their best case scenario, Clinton aides hope she could win Ohio by 3 to 6 points and squeak out a victory in Texas. They would consider that a good night and reason to fight on to Pennsylvania, which holds its primary on April 22.


Their "best case scenario" is matching the public polling in Ohio? That's "best case?" That doesn't sound very affirmative.

Meanwhile, the NYTimes notes that Clinton is campaigning in a better mood. (Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose?)

Trying to read the tealeaves, so forgive any overinterpolation.

Later: Or, maybe the "campaigning in a better mood" is the result of some credible polls showing a Clinton uptick in Ohio.

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