The stench of Hillary's desperation

Hillary's taunting of Barack for a Lincoln/Douglas style debate has now become a three (count 'em, three) state strategy.  She now wants to have a L/D debate in Montana.

Story here.

Since there are 10 primaries left (I'm using Clinton double-digit math) she has thrown down another gauntlet:

Clinton, trailing in delegates and the popular vote, has been stepping up the pressure on Obama for more debates in advance of the remaining primaries. She has been particularly strong in seeking debates before May 6 primaries in Indiana and North Carolina.

Clinton, who has been seeking a debate without a moderator, said the Missoula debate hosted by the Clark Fork Chronicle would follow such a format.

Ah yes, the Clark Fork Chronicle, a weekly in a deeply red county.  The Chronicle wants to sponsor a debate in Missoula (about as blue a county as there is in Montana).

Well, okay.  It certainly wouldn't hurt to have any town in Montana have a big ol' chunk of the national political spotlight for a day or two.

But why?

Obama has dismissed the debate requests, saying he already has taken part in 21 debates. His Montana campaign followed suit.

"We're still evaluating the debate offer and are considering it in the context of our No. 1 priority — making sure the senator is able to have a direct conversation with Montanans about the issues impacting their lives," said Montana-based Obama spokesman Matt Chandler.

Dear Hillary and Barack:  Please come to Montana and campaign your hearts out.  We can do without another debate.

Thank you veddy much.

•  Cow tippings or sheep dippings n/t

  by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:29:29 PM PDT

  •  Let me add the only poll so far for MT

    http://leftinthewest.com/...

    Done by Rasmussen from 4-11-08

    John McCain 48%
    Barack Obama 43%

    John McCain 56%
    Hillary Clinton 36%

    by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:36:50 PM PDT

•  No free TV time for Hillary...MSM is giving her

  enough coverage.

  by joy sinha on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:32:20 PM PDT

•  Well this is telling

  If she is this desperate for debates, she knows it's over. What's next? "Meet me in Puerto Rico, Barack Obama!"

  by kat68 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:32:45 PM PDT

  •  Hillary sez: "Just a flesh wound, Barack..."

    by bleeding blue on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:44:31 PM PDT

•  The Legitimate Reasons Clinton will win

  http://simplythebest.net/...

  by whimser on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:33:11 PM PDT

  •  ha! n/t

    by kat68 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:34:23 PM PDT

•  I think I'm going to call Missoula County

  for Obama.

  by DemocraticLuntz on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:34:43 PM PDT

  •  Oh, and Gallatin County as well.

    by DemocraticLuntz on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:36:55 PM PDT

    •  Sorry. You're one-for-one.

      Gallatin county is much redder than you would think for having a University within it's boundaries.

      by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:39:15 PM PDT

      •  I'm talking about the primary.

        And anyway, Gallatin is highly educated and it's the west.

        by DemocraticLuntz on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:42:08 PM PDT

        •  You're dead damn wrong.

          Gallatin County (Bozeman, home of MSU, aka Montana Weed and Feed) is more Eastern MT (aka West Dakota) in it's bent than "the west".  While Gallatin County does have it's aspects of liberalism, the liberals (the star power/celebrities) in Gallatin County don't live or vote there.  They vacation in Gallatin County.

          It's just not the same in MT as it might be in other states.

          by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:55:45 PM PDT

          •  Dakotas are down with Obama.

            by DemocraticLuntz on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:58:29 PM PDT

•  But ... she's a western gal!

  Think of all the Clintons' friends in Hollywood! They're "connected" to the pulse of life out west!

  by newdem1960 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 08:41:38 PM PDT

•  Fool of a Hil

  Barack is wise to ignore this harpy. She is looking for a free ride to compensate for her financial woes, nothing more.

  Enough of the Clinton way of doing things, let's move forward, not backward into the 1990s.

  by Ferret Mike on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:07:27 PM PDT

•  For "Lost in Space" fans

  When in trouble
  When in doubt
  Run in circles
  Scream and shout!

  seemed fitting

  by newdem1960 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:23:34 PM PDT

•  Oh no

  by not this time on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:35:19 PM PDT

•  Big Media is kicking our Donkeys ...

  ... this week, in the wake of PA.

  The crap which was flung at Obamba seemed to stick, at least as far a squelching good will towards him.
  (Sometimes facts don't seem to matter.)

  Our open primary is vulnerable to RushBots -- thaey are organizing as I write this.

  Arsenic-laced Kool Aid pours from every local media tap, thanks to the well-entrenched wingnuts here.

  Positivity needs some positive results out of Indiana and North Carolina.

  Positivity needs to see some leaks bursting in McCain's steamin' pile of, uh ... express train.

  Positivity needs a fight doctor to assess the next round as we staunch our cuts in the corner here.

  Any ideas, Mr. D?

  by MT Spaces on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:37:04 PM PDT

  •  Nope. I'm a back-bencher.

    I just snark and snipe from my "view obscured" seat in the nose bleed section.

    And, I just try to profess/project some positivity when I sense wavering in my interpersonal contacts.

    by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 09:42:06 PM PDT

    •  Me too -- a back-bencher that is ...

      ... but I want to do something to counter-act all this RW pollution.

      I'd like to laugh them out of power, but not too many others get the joke, or think they're funny.

      by MT Spaces on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:10:51 PM PDT

      •  The Flathead has, generally, always been

        a backwater for the progress that occurs in this country.  At least, as far as my historical knowledge of this area can recall.  FM radio, cable TV, housing bubble, 7 digit phone numbers, you name it.

        by MTmofo on Mon Apr 28, 2008 at 10:18:39 PM PDT