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Promises, Promises

by AltHippo @ 3:58 pm. Filed under Life in D.C., 2008 Elections

With Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama neck-and-neck for the Democratic presidential nomination, every pledged delegate counts — and the nation’s heavily-Democratic capital has 15 of them.

So Hillary Clinton came to a campaign event here Monday stressing her longtime pledge that D.C. residents who have long lived without a vote in Congress won’t have to wait much longer if she is elected president.

Look, if you’re going to pander on an issue, you might as well pick an issue that gets our attention.

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2 Responses to “Promises, Promises”

KCinDC Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 12:27 am
If anything, Clinton is the one responding to Obama. He specifically endorsed DC statehood on the day of the AU rally with Kennedy. I don’t think that was the first time he’d mentioned it, but then this isn’t the first time Clinton has mentioned it either.
AltHippo Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Interesting. I try to keep track of these things, and I didn’t know that.

I will say there’s a difference between what Clinton did, which is to explicitly raise the issue, making it more visible, and responding to a question about the issue, as in the link you provided.

Here’s how it was put:

As Senator Obama followed Senator Kennedy shaking hands with the crowd, Ms. Jenkins asked Senator Obama:’Do you support D.C. statehood?’ Mr. Obama also smiled, shook Ms. Jenkins hand and declared very strongly: ‘Yes, I definitely support D.C. statehood.’ DC Statehood Senators Paul Strauss and Michael Brown also met briefly with Senator Obama after the rally and confirmed his support for the cause.

Now, why didn’t the CNN post mention Obama’s position? It may have been posted in response to a Clinton press release. That would be my guess, anyway.

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KCinDC Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 12:27 am

If anything, Clinton is the one responding to Obama. He specifically endorsed DC statehood on the day of the AU rally with Kennedy. I don’t think that was the first time he’d mentioned it, but then this isn’t the first time Clinton has mentioned it either.

AltHippo Says:
February 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm

Interesting. I try to keep track of these things, and I didn’t know that.

I will say there’s a difference between what Clinton did, which is to explicitly raise the issue, making it more visible, and responding to a question about the issue, as in the link you provided.

Here’s how it was put:

As Senator Obama followed Senator Kennedy shaking hands with the crowd, Ms. Jenkins asked Senator Obama:’Do you support D.C. statehood?’ Mr. Obama also smiled, shook Ms. Jenkins hand and declared very strongly: ‘Yes, I definitely support D.C. statehood.’ DC Statehood Senators Paul Strauss and Michael Brown also met briefly with Senator Obama after the rally and confirmed his support for the cause.

Now, why didn’t the CNN post mention Obama’s position? It may have been posted in response to a Clinton press release. That would be my guess, anyway.

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