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Broke? NYT Sunday: Clinton "Cash Crunch, Maxed-Out, Tired"

Sat Apr 19, 2008 at 11:33:04 AM PDT

That pesky filing deadline is tomorrow and sure enough, we can read the tea leaves and see it'll be very bad news for Hillary Clinton.  According to Drudge, he has the following lead

NYT SUNDAY: CLINTON CASH CRUNCH; DONORS MAXED OUT, TIRED... DEVELOPING...

This doesn't instill confidence.  Neither does publicly whining about your own limited resources.

They said the race was narrowing, stressed that Obama was outspending the campaign 3-to-1 -- a common campaign line in recent days -- and said Pennsylvania was never going to be a blowout race.

The focus on being outspent by Obama was extreme and noticeable. The aides brought it up repeatedly during the 10-minute discussion.

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The Clinton Spokesman doesn't sound too confident.

Clemons called it a 3- or 4-point race and said the campaign was simply "looking for a win" here. Elleithee repeated Clinton's commitment to stay in the race until every vote is counted.

Few, if anyone however, are buying this set of Goal Posts...

Obama's had such a rough stretch lately that it'll be almost impossible for Hillary to spin a single-digit win (my margin, not his) into a victory. Expectations for Obama have fallen through the floor.

In semi-related news, Obama is out today with two new ads, the first Stinging Hillary on "Garnished Wages" and the second putting voice to the paper endorsements and showing some momentum.  Obama's on Offense in the last lap and personally, I think it's sharp.  Judge for yourself.

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I don't think Hillary has the resources to seriously respond on Air, look for another one of these episodes likely...

This time though, she's effectively fucked...

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