"Journalist" Says Gore & Carter Will Try to Push Hillary Out?

by D. Cupples |   In an article that reads like a press release or fire-up-the-base email from the Obama Campaign, a writer for The Scotsman claims that Al Gore and Jimmy Carter plan to tag-team Hillary Clinton.  Their alleged goal: to bully Hillary into dropping out -- before she has a chance to win the Pennsylvania primary.

Do you smell the odor of deja vu?  One prominent "journalist" urged Hillary to drop out  before she had a chance to win Ohio's primary -- which she did, by double digits, despite Obama's having heavily outspent her there.  The Obama campaign subtly joined the chorus a day after Hillary won Ohio.

Below is the most concise reaction I've read yet:

 

"Hillary Clinton does not need to be forced from the race, not by Jimmy Carter, not by Al Gore, not by the ghosts of Catherine the Great, Coya Knutson, and Eleanor Roosevelt. Especially before we even get to Pennsylvania, for cryin' out loud. Let the race play itself out. Frankly, if Obama can't close the deal without pushing Clinton out of the race...well, then he hasn't won, has he?" (Shakesville)

Why are so many Obama-infatuated media personalities trying to push his opponent to concede  during such a close race?

Sen. Obama has a slight lead.  If he's as strong a candidate nationwide as the schizophrenic polls (sometimes) indicate, then Obama can only benefit from seizing the opportunity to expand the lead during the next two months.

But if party big-wigs (or the same DNC leaders that disenfranchised 1.6 million Florida democrats) push Hillary out while she's only half a length behind, the legitimacy of an Obama nomination would be highly questionable.

And how unified would the Democratic party be after that? It's strange that so many people can't see past the end of their nose on this one.

Memeorandum has commentary:  Fausta's blog, Don Surber, Jules Crittenden, Liberal Values, Booman Tribune, TigerHawk, Below The Beltway, PunditGuy, American Street, Open Left, Cliff Schecter … and Shakesville

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Comments

[danny]

I wrote about this and then hit delete - I ddn't have very nice things to say.

So I will say this - I don't believe for a second that Al and Jimmy are going to "tag team" Hillary for Barack to win.

A bunch of B.S.

Hillary wins because Hillary is the best choice for this country, hands down.

[Adam]

Carter denies the story. It looks like this is just some old-fashioned old world made-up gossip masquerading as journalism.

[D. Cupples]

Danny and Adam,

I suspect that you're right about the story's being BS -- if only because Gore publicly said that the race should go on.

That's why I referred to an "alleged" goal. I wonder why the Scotsman writer made up the story. This is the same newspaper that outed Samantha Power on the "monster" remark, I think.