Hillary Must Win Ohio And Texas Or Die
From the Feb 12th edition of the New York Times:
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and her advisers increasingly believe that, after a series of losses, she has been boxed into a must-win position in the Ohio and Texas primaries on March 4, and she has begun reassuring anxious donors and superdelegates that the nomination is not slipping away from her, aides said on Monday.
Mrs. Clinton held a buck-up-the-troops conference call on Monday with donors, superdelegates and other supporters; several said afterward that she had sounded tired and a little down, but determined about Ohio and Texas.
They also said that they had not been especially soothed, and that they believed she might be on a losing streak that could jeopardize her competitiveness in those states.
“She has to win both Ohio and Texas comfortably, or she’s out,” said one superdelegate who has endorsed Mrs. Clinton, and who spoke on condition of anonymity to share a candid assessment. “The campaign is starting to come to terms with that.” Campaign advisers, also speaking privately in order to speak plainly, confirmed this view.
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Hubby just walked through the room after catching the top of the local newscast … Says, “Hillary’s going to come to Youngstown (Oh.) … friggin’ yippie …”
Should be interesting, though, to see how she’d be received by our Mayor Jay Williams (D) … First BLACK mayor of Y-town. Will he appear to support her, or hold out for BHO????
I might have to brave the cold … the local weather and HER … and show up just to hear her go on and on about how Y-town is in such bad shape for so long … Just so I can throw it loudly back to her about this area being a democrat stranglehold for countless decades, so what’s she got to say about that?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:27 pmdrill - I just mailed in the deposit for my daughter to go to FOUR WEEKS of violin camp (Friends Music Camp) at Olney Friends School this summer, which is near Barnesville . . . is that close to you?
We have never been to Ohio. I have relatives who live in Findlay, but have never visited and I can not believe I am sending my 15-year-old daughter off to music camp so far away for four weeks!!!! How did we get there from here? Her new private violin teacher, is an instructor at that camp every year and she recommends it. It is a Quaker school . . . have you ever heard of it?
February 11th, 2008 at 8:45 pmFindlay is 3-4 hrs. west and slightly south of us nearer the Indiana line, but not quite at it. The University of Findlay was one that heavily courted my daughter to attend, but she went for Kent State University just an hour away from us. Y-town is near the Pa. line.
I can honestly say I’ve never heard of Barnesville or the school. However, I am aware we, as does Pa., have many communities populated primarily with Quakers and the like. It looks to be a few hours south of us (Mahoning County) in Belmont County as you head for West Virginia. That’s all very pretty “country” country down that way. Looks like a lovely school too:
http://www.olneyfriends.org/
She’ll be fine.
February 11th, 2008 at 9:14 pmhey Texas mom, im a little over 2 hours south and west of there.
kind of in between me and drillanwr. so no worries
Any problems just let one of us know
February 11th, 2008 at 9:25 pmYup …
February 11th, 2008 at 9:40 pmAnd tell her to call us if her and her friends need beer
lol just kidding about
February 11th, 2008 at 9:42 pmKurt -
I don’t share my beer …
February 11th, 2008 at 9:55 pmVery funny, Kurt . . . Actually, I don’t know if I am going to be able to handle it. I am one of those obsessive mothers and she is an only child . . . I freaked out when she went to camp at Baylor in Waco (two hours away) last summer - for only a week.. I went crying to my neighbor, overdosed on margaritas, and crawled home her first night gone - I had a hangover the rest of the week! It was a very long week!
I will probably have to make a visit or five . . . but it is more than 15 hours from Arlington, Texas!
The school does look like a really great place. The teacher told me that they raise a lot of their own food on a farm and they eat really healthy while they are there and do all this nature stuff - My daughter will go through Chic-fil-A and shopping mall withdrawal!
February 11th, 2008 at 10:00 pmI went crying to my neighbor, overdosed on margaritas, and crawled home her first night gone - I had a hangover the rest of the week! It was a very long week!
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Gee-suss!!! And you’re worried about HER being away from home?!?? LMAO!!!
My daughter is a Chic-fil-A-aholic too! Hates shopping, though.
I’m used to the shipping off of the teen daughters. Every summer since middle school the two older girls would head off for a week or more to various college volleyball camps in Ohio and Pa. They were more like military drill camps. The girls loved them!
Both girls played on the middle and high school teams, in addition to Junior Olympic teams. After graduating high school the oldest coached JV at a local Catholic high school for two years, but opted out because of her own college and sorority schedules. Then she switched from Y-town State U. to Kent State U. for their accelerated nursing program and was also working as an STNA at the hospital during that, so no time for sports.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:04 pmYeah it looks like a really nice school. never heard of it before, never heard of barnesville either. place looks pretty darn incredible though.
I have some family that live in texas. The Colony i think? panhandle. Pretty far drive
February 11th, 2008 at 10:06 pmTexas … It’s a whole `nuther country … At least the Mexicans are trying to make it that way.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:20 pmdrill - Sometimes we do have that “who’s the mother and who’s the daughter thing going on” - We take turns being in charge, but thank goodness she doesn’t drink margaritas . . . yet. She is a really good kid - smart - really good at math like your daughter and pretty good on the violin . . . but obsessed with shopping and that is a problem for her poor (literally - her dad is a teacher and I work part-time) parents!
kurt - The Colony is north of Dallas and that is pretty far from the panhandle. My mom lives around 7 hours away in the panhandle. It is amazing how big Texas is. We like to go to South Padre Island and it is a good 12 hour drive from here . . . all the way down to the tip . . . Texas is awesome and that is why I am so angry that it is being given away!
I am close to my nephew who is going to school in Toledo now. He was in the Army and stationed at Fort Hood while not in Iraq and spent a lot of time with us. It was great getting to know him. He is a great kid! His dad works for Marathon in Findlay and his mom is my husband’s sister, but we are not too close to them as they are stark raving liberal . . . and we are not.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:21 pmTexas Mom, i have been there but it was some years ago. might actually go down there this summer if things work out the way they were planned.
I have had some family members and friends stationed down at Ft Hood. My dad was down there for a while last summer and brought me home a really cool 4th infantry division flag. have it hanging on my wall right now next to my rebel flag.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:33 pmOh, my (math/science wiz) daughter plays piano.
Seems math and music excellence is usually a combo thing.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pmdrill - Actually, one of her music teachers told me once that it does go hand in hand - has to do with structure/skill of solving math problems, which helps with reading music - It is beyond me! . . . Her dad teaches earth science in junior high, but she doesn’t like science so much - especially the discecting of the frogs/worms, etc. - not as much as she likes math - Lordy, I sure do not get it at all - I am horrible at math. We are getting tons of college brochures in the mail and via email I guess because of she did really good on her SAT scores recently and she still has 2.5 years to go. I am looking for the brochures that say we will pay for your daughter to come to our school! Any advise on that?
February 11th, 2008 at 10:53 pmkurt - I was raised right next to Fort Hood. As far back as I can remember, war games would rattle our windows. That is in Central Texas - about 3 hours from here - DFW.
February 11th, 2008 at 10:56 pmEmail Bash YOUR email address via this site and have him forward your email to me so we can exchange addies.
I’ll walk you through how/what we went through the whole college selection and funding thing. It’s different state to state, but it will give you some idea(s).
This daughter is getting some funding from our state because she is (mostly) deaf in one ear … something that probably would keep her out of the Marines/military should she want to go in that direction prior to or after medical school. I don’t know for certain. I’ll have to mention/discuss that with the nice Lt. Marine recruiter the next time he gives us a call to check on her.
February 12th, 2008 at 6:26 amTM;
February 12th, 2008 at 9:24 amIf you have enuf functional brain left after the next marguerita OD, remember to top up with water before hitting the sack. Keeps the little grey cells from dehydrating, and prevents most of the follow-up misery.
Brian H - Thanks for the hint . . . actually, I have not gone near tequilla since that night!
drill - Just emailed Bash . . .
February 12th, 2008 at 9:13 pm