Footnote in history: Clinton campaign dies in chilly Dakota (Guardian)

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Footnote in history: Clinton campaign dies in chilly Dakota

After 16 months of rallies and debates and over $200m spent,
former first lady addresses 200 people at an Indian reservation

Suzanne Goldenberg in Kyle, South Dakota
The Guardian, Monday June 2 2008

It was a raw, windswept afternoon when Hillary Clinton
appeared on what would have to pass for a stage. There
were no warm-up chants, no triumphalist campaign songs,
no celebrity supporters, just five local women awkwardly
flapping blue Hillary signs.

The audience at this Indian reservation - about 200
counting 14 students on a class trip from Massachusetts
and their teacher, who said they were all Barack Obama
supporters - was so small Clinton did not even attempt
the politician's hoax of pointing to faces in fake
delight.

This is what it looks like for Clinton at the end, the
last gasps of a dying presidential campaign. When she
launched her campaign in January last year, she cast
herself as the inevitable Democratic nominee. "I'm in
it to win it," she said.

-snip-

A lifetime's worth of ambitions, 16 years of acquaintances
in the Democratic party establishment, 16 grinding months
of rallies and debates, and $215m (£108m) in campaign
funds, all now are exhausted.

-snip-

Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/02/hillaryclinton.uselections2008

[Kittycat]

1. That's depressing.

I'm sure tomorrow night will be a sad, but happy event for her in her home state, surrounded by supporters. If you gotta go, at least bow out to applause.

[dems_rightnow]

2. Psst- it was 72 degrees there today.

Not to ruin the ambiance. ;-)

[FrenchieCat]

3. They all said they were for Obama....and she stopped there?

sad.

Seems if she is up 26 points in the state, she should find plenty audiences to help her rally.

[Colobo]

4. It's over!

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

5. By my math, 200= 250,000.

Helluva turnout!

[george_maniakes]

6. i like the guardian cause its on the left, but that headline is a little much...n/t

[snooper2]

7. rofl

:rofl:

The end of a dynasty...no more Clinton, no more Bush...


This part is greatness...still glad you voted for the war Hillary :rofl:

"Her campaign, now $20m in debt, has no money for the prime venues that she favoured in the early months of the campaign. Almost all of her campaign events are held outdoors despite unpredictable weather. At one rally, Clinton's only stage prop was a giant cottonwood tree."



GOBAMA! On to take down McSame!