Sen. Leahy to Sen. Clinton: Give Up
BURLINGTON, Vt. — Sen. Patrick Leahy is suggesting that Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton abandon her White House run.
The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and six-term Vermont lawmaker said there is no way that Clinton is going to win enough pledged delegates to get the nomination. Leahy told Vermont Public Radio, in a show that aired Thursday, that Clinton ought to withdraw and should be backing Sen. Barack Obama. But Leahy said that’s obviously a decision only Clinton can make.
In a statement issued Friday, Leahy — who has endorsed Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination — said Obama’s lead appears to be insurmountable and that Obama’s endorsement by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is the latest sign of how the race is going.
“Senator Clinton has every right, but not a very good reason, to remain a candidate for as long as she wants to. As far as the delegate count and the interests of a Democratic victory in November go, there is not a very good reason for drawing this out. But as I have said before, that is a decision that only she can make,” Leahy said in the statement.
Send an email to these senators to be quite and let the American people vote the way it is suppose to be. They all have alternative motives for endorsing their candidate of choice and we the people have had enough.
What makes BO’s campaign so scared? Why do they keep shouting:” Clinton: Give up!” If he is so holy and pure, he will not be hurt by this competition. Let the voters decide.
By the way, where is his record as a Junior senator? If she did eight things rightly and two things wrongly in her whole life, her mistaken rate is 20%. If he did two things rightly and two things wrongly in his whole life, his mistaken rate is 50%. Who is more accountable? Furthermore, He proposed relief for homeowners and the long-term unemployed as part of an additional $30 billion stimulus package this week, much like the one Clinton offered last week.
I disagree with Senator Leahy’s and other leading democrats’ assessment of the situation surrounding the Democratic Party dilemma. Party leaders should be calling for Senator Obama to withdraw? He has not won any large states in the primary. Doesn’t this count?
Questions the Democratic Party should ask themselves: Who is the best candidate to run in the General Election? Who has the best chance to win over Senator McCain? Which candidate has won the largest states and has a good chance to win these same states in the fall? Answer: Senator Clinton
Erin
Party elders are the ones who let Bush do what ever he wanted. So Leahy and other elders should “shut up”. The voters will decide - or party elders are as “deaf” and “blind” as Obama that they do not know that they live in a democracy where people decide.