Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Presidential campaign is on the decline and in panic mode following a sweep of victories by Barack Obama over the last weekend. Obama won Washington state, Nebraska, Louisiana and the Maine caucuses which the Clinton campaign expected to dominate.
Barack Obama won the Maine caucuses Sunday night, completing a weekend clean sweep of four states and plunging his rival Hillary Clinton’s White House bid into deep trouble after her campaign manager stepped down.
Patti Solis Doyle, the first aide Mrs Clinton hired back in 1991 when she was First Lady of Arkansas and her husband Bill was running for president, was replaced by Maggie Williams.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign seems to be sitting out smaller contests to focus on the larger states of Texas and Ohio
Mrs Clinton appeared to be turning to what political operatives call the “Rudy Giuliani strategy” of sitting out contests in smaller states in the hope of victory in big states that vote later.
Just as the former New York mayor gambled everything on Florida, conceding he would lose the six states before that, Mrs Clinton is increasingly banking on Texas and Ohio on March 4th, bracing herself for likely defeats in most or even all of the five states still to vote in February.
Mr Giuliani, of course, flamed out spectacularly in Florida, finishing third to John McCain and Mitt Romney and then withdrew from of the Republican race.
While few expect Barack Obama to score a knockout blow in March, waiting until then to score big wins could be very risky for Mrs Clinton.
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Maggie Williams is a holdover from the Clinton Administration.
t/b: Hot Air, Michelle Malkin
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