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Re: Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

bjeversole — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:32:36 -0400

One more reason why Obama must our nominee.

Re: Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

meschreiner — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:43:56 -0400

Reminds me of this exchange from that important policy document, the Marx Brother's "Duck Soup:"

[In court, the spy CHICOLINI is on the stand]:

PROSECUTOR
CHICOLINI, GIVE ME A NUMBER FROM ONE TO TEN.

CHICOLINI
ELEVEN.

NOW I ASK YOU ONE.
WHAT IS IT HAS A TRUNK, BUT NO KEY,
WEIGHS 4,000 POUNDS AND LIVES IN A CIRCUS ?

PROSECUTOR
THAT'S IRRELEVANT.

CHICOLINI
"IRRELEPHANT?" HEY, THAT'S THE ANSWER!
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF IRRELEPHANTS IN A CIRCUS.

Re: Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

liam — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:27:05 -0400

Understandable. Keep up the otherwise excellent work Mr. RTB and let us know about the conference call.

Re: Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:46:08 -0400

Fair enough. It's hard to fit much into these short blog headlines.

—RTB

Re: Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

liam — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:38:13 -0400

Easy there RTB. He said that Obama's primary wins in red states are irrelevant to his chance of victory in those states' general elections, not that NC or its primary are irrelevant.

Clinton adviser: North Carolina 'irrelevant'

ryanteaguebeckwith — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:47:08 -0400

Barack Obama is drawing attention to North Carolina.

The Democratic presidential candidate's campaign staffers will host a conference call this afternoon to draw attention to the state's May 6 primary.

They are trying to draw attention to rival Hillary Clinton's take on the state.

In a recent conference call, a Clinton spokesman did not include North Carolina on the list of upcoming states that they thought she would do well in. And in today's New York Times, a Clinton adviser downplayed Obama's strength in the South:

"Most of those states haven't voted Democratic in a presidential since the Johnson landslide over Goldwater in 1964, and we don't see that changing," said Harold Ickes, a senior adviser to Mrs. Clinton. "They're great states, but Idaho, Nebraska and the Carolinas are not going to be in the Democratic column in November. He's winning the Democratic process, but that is virtually irrelevant to the general election."

U.S. Rep. G.K. Butterfield, an Obama supporter, will be on the call.

Previously: N.C. hasn't voted for a Democrat for president since 1976.