CBS’s Smith: Will Hillary ‘Ruin the Democratic Party's Chances In November?’ |
| Published: June 2, 2008, 4:33 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, campaigns amp amp elections, liberals amp amp democrats, political groups, political scandals, barack obama, bill clinton, harry smith, hillary clinton, jeff greenfield, robert wexler, terry mcauliffe, cbs, early show |
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On Monday's CBS "Early Show," co-host Harry Smith talked to Obama supporter Congressman Robert Wexler and asked: "Here's the question though, Congressman. If Hillary Clinton continues the fight this week, does it ruin the Democratic Party's chances in November?" Wexler responded: " I don't think it ruins chances, but it would be a very, very serious matter. And only Senator McCain wants Senator Clinton to go to the Democratic convention." Following his interview with Wexler, Smith talked to Clinton Campaign Chairman Terry McAuliffe and picked a fight: MCAULIFFE: Listen, we know it's an uphill climb, but if you look at the results yesterday, Puerto Rico we won by 142,000 votes. She clearly can now argue -- SMITH: In a weak contest where not so many people showed up. McAuliffe later touted the fact that Hillary Clinton won more votes than any other presidential candidate in a primary and Smith suggested he was lying: "Which is really, really, [ Full article ] |
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