Hillary Clinton is the Strongest Candidate

Hillary’s Voice:

It’s clear from this data at Real Clear Politics that Hillary has won the popular vote each of the last three months (with June expected to extend that to four). Hillary got more votes in March than Obama got. Hillary got more votes in April than Obama got. Hillary got more votes in May than Obama got. Hillary will get more votes in June than Obama got.

Hominid Views Poll Analysis:

Clinton has a 89% chance of beating McCain
McCain has a 57% chance of beating Obama

MyDD Poll Watcher:

Clinton: 326
McCain: 212
Result: President Clinton wins IN A LANDSLIDE

McCain: 272
Obama: 266
Result: President McCain

HillBuzz:

A new set of Quinnipiac polls show Hillary Clinton is the strongest General Election candidate:

Florida: Clinton 48%, McCain 41%; McCain 45%, Obama 41%.
Ohio: Clinton 48%, McCain 41%; McCain 44%, Obama 40%.
Pennsylvania: Clinton 50%, McCain 37%; Obama 46%, McCain 40%.

HillBuzz:

The reason more people have voted for Hillary Clinton than anyone else who has ever run for the Democratic Party’s nomination is simple: she gets it. She’s the real deal. SHE’S the “one we have been waiting for”.

She WILL be our nominee. She WILL be our next President.

Bloggers decry sexism in the media

Digby: You Can Believe Us

Echidne: “I have written about it because sexism hurts all women, all little girls, all old ladies, women everywhere.“

Daily Howler: “Has Hillary Clinton encountered misogyny in this campaign? Duh!“

Sexism in the campaign is important because the mostly white male media, punditry and blogs chose or is choosing our nominee based on sexism and the knowledge an Obama Presidency is more advantageous to them as men than a Clinton Presidency. Is a Clinton Presidency more advantageous to women than an Obama Presidency? Yes, but women are the historically oppressed demographic. It wouldn’t be right for a women-dominated media to choose a Clinton nomination either. But that didn’t happen. Sexist media, punditry and blog bias should not choose our nominee.

Sexism will cost us this election Part 2

Part 1, February 27, 2008

New Statesman:

Gloating, unshackled sexism of the ugliest kind has been shamelessly peddled by the US media, which - sooner rather than later, I fear - will have to account for their sins.

The danger is that, in their headlong rush to stop the first major female candidate from becoming president, the punditocracy may have landed the Democrats with perhaps the least qualified presidential nominee ever. But that creeping realisation has probably come too late, and many of the Democratic super-delegates now fear there would be widespread outrage and increased racial tension if they thwart the first biracial presidential hopeful in US history.

He is a deeply flawed candidate. Rampant sexism may have triumphed only to make way for racism to rear its gruesome head in America yet again. By election day on 4 November, I suspect, the US media and their would-be-macho commentators may have a lot of soul-searching to do.

Meanwhile, Hillary Sexism Watch, Part 100.

Hillary Supporters Protest against NBC!

Great video of today’s raucous Burbank protest. Pictures here.

He outspent us in West Virginia. We beat him by 40 points last week. He has outspent us in Kentucky 2-1. We beat him by 35 points this week.

Do we really have to nominate the WEAKEST candidate because that’s what we feel we MUST do?

Cokie Roberts discusses blatant sexism in the media

NPR: Clinton Supporters Point to Sexism

It could go all the way!

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