Maybe they know something we don't.
Maybe they've lost their damn minds. We'll find out soon enough.
But the Clintons are predicting an 80-20 or even a 90-10 win today in West Virginia.
Yep. You heard me.
"You think this crowd’s noisy?" said West Virginia Senate Majority Leader Harry Truman Chafin. "Just wait ‘til we win like 80-20."
"We’ve got to give her a vote tomorrow of 80-20 or 90-10," he added moments later.
Clintons Predict WV
You'd think they'd downplay the vote. Maybe go for a 30 point call. At least one of their staffers did but Bill wouldn't hold back.
Last week President Bill Clinton told a campaign crowd that "all this stuff you are hearing about is an attempt to discourage you. That's what this is, pure and simple, hoping, 'Well, Hillary can get 80 percent of the vote in West Virginia', and if only 100,000 people show up it is not enough. But if 600,000 people show up, and you say, 'We want a president', then you will see the earth move.
And how is Barack taking this gloomy prognostication? In stride.
Obama himself seemed happy to agree with the most optimistic Clinton campaign assessments. "I think President Clinton said that they are going to get 80 percent of the vote," he told reporters in South Charleston Monday afternoon. "We’ll take him at his word."
Are their internals saying something we don't know? Are they just nuts? Are they desperate? WTF?
Update
I started this diary with the expressed intent on mocking the Clintons and their expectations game and their campaign in general.
I did NOT start it to rip West Virginia.
Ripping West Virginia is weak. And ignorant. Knock it off.