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Clinton says she's in race for long haul

Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor January 3, 2008 10:31 PM

Hillary Clinton, though she didn't win the Iowa caucuses, said the results showed that the country is ready for change and a Democratic president.

"We're going to take this enthusiasm and go straight to New Hampshire," she told cheering supporters. "This is a great night for Democrats," citing the record turnout.

Flanked by her husband, the former president, Clinton said Democrats should focus on who is most electable and who is best prepared to take office on "day one," her mantra. And she made clear she has no plans to withdraw from the nomination race before the Feb. 5 super primary, when 22 states vote.

"We've always planned to run a national campaign all the way through the early contests," she said.

9 comments so far...
  1. We hope she gets better coverage from the MEDIA in New Hampshire than she did in IOWA. it was so UNFAIR that all we had to listen to day after day was OBAMA and EDWARDS. I think that had a lot to do with her loss. we who can not get to the PRIMARIES would like to have a chance to hear her and whta she stands for, BUT the newscasters really cruisified her. Shame on them for being so BIAS and trying to sway the public. the worst was MSNBC Chris Mathews and TUCKER. also Wolf Blitzer on CNN. We hope someone out there will give her a fair shot. And stop condemmimg President Clinton for helping her. I saw MRS OBAMA and Mrs Edwards campaigning and no one complained

    Posted by connie gubler January 3, 08 10:47 PM
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  1. We hope she gets better coverage from the MEDIA in New Hampshire than she did in IOWA. it was so UNFAIR that all we had to listen to day after day was OBAMA and EDWARDS. I think that had a lot to do with her loss. we who can not get to the PRIMARIES would like to have a chance to hear her and whta she stands for, BUT the newscasters really cruisified her. Shame on them for being so BIAS and trying to sway the public. the worst was MSNBC Chris Mathews and TUCKER. also Wolf Blitzer on CNN. We hope someone out there will give her a fair shot. And stop condemmimg President Clinton for helping her. I saw MRS OBAMA and Mrs Edwards campaigning and no one complained

    Posted by connie gubler January 3, 08 10:49 PM
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  1. Hillary has not been overlooked in the press. For months she has been deemed , by the very press you have vilified, the winner as though she was coronated and the winner by default. Obama offers a person who is not afraid to be himself, offers a true change for the future and was not micro-managed by handlers, consultants and focus groups. Hillary has always seemed phony in some substantive ways. Barack on the other hand seems real, comfortable in his skin and a real person - to quote Martin Luther King, to judge a man not by the color of his skin but by the content of his character. The content of his character simply outweighs that of Clinton. And as far as Bill campaigning with his wife - I'm afraid that Mrs. Edwards and Mrs. Obama don't hold a candle to the power of former President Clinton. And in the final weeks he, like other henchmen known by Hilary and I'm sure encouraged by her, came out with very nasty comments particulary about Obama all the while Hilary ws able to look like a saint. I'm afraid it all blew up in their faces. President Obama is the balm this broken, splintered and divided country needs. He is clearly the man for these terribly troubled times.

    Posted by Ron Viger January 3, 08 11:02 PM
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  1. Sorry Viger,Obama is a nobody who knows nothing.Who cares what color he is.He's an amature.

    Posted by Joe Luongo January 3, 08 11:30 PM
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  1. ....the media are not to credit or to blame for the results in Iowa. The caucusers made their decisions and went through their process in record numbers... that was not the media talking. That was the PEOPLE!

    Kathleen

    Posted by Kathleen January 4, 08 12:07 AM
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  1. Check out this awesome Iowa Caucus post mortem analysis at http://thirdrailradio.blogspot.com/2008/01/iowa-caucus-post-mortem.html

    Posted by Third Rail January 4, 08 06:29 AM
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  1. Funny stuff....and it's only going to get better!!

    Posted by Rich January 4, 08 06:32 AM
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  1. Funny stuff...and it's only going to get better as the primaries roll on

    Posted by Ondeball January 4, 08 06:39 AM
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  1. Having attended the UN schol as a child, and still being friends with about 30 of them across the world, including in Arab and European countries, there is no doubt in my mind that internationally, at least, Obama will be a better candidate. Since we are, after all, in a crisis of civilizations, shouldn't this be our priority?

    As for what Ron Viger wrote - a man who has gotten as far as Obama, is never an amateur. He is only what the Bush and Clintons and Kennedies were as the start of their dynasties.

    Posted by Claudia Sheftel Luiz February 5, 08 02:16 PM
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