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Clinton Concedes Iowa

In a concession speech delivered at approximately 9:25 CST, Hillary Clinton congratulated her Democratic rivals Barack Obama and John Edwards, both of whom finished ahead of her here, saying tonight was a “good night for Democrats.” She told cheering supporters (who briefly changed “New Hampshire!” before she took the stage) that she’s always been prepared to run a national race, and said she’s “SO ready for the rest of this campaign.”

Joined on stage by her husband and daughter, Madeleine Albright, Gen Wesley Clark, LA Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and a host of other supporters, she said “we’re going to get up tomorrow and keep pushing as hard as we can to get the message out about what is at stake in this election; because we know that it is literally the future of our country.”

Just before her speech, her campaign manager sent out a statement saying “our campaign was built for a marathon and we have the resources to run a national race.” Read the full statement after the jump.

Statement from Patti Solis Doyle, Clinton Campaign Manager

Congratulations to Senator Obama and his campaign on their victory tonight. It’s been a hard fought race here in Iowa for the last year and all eyes now turn to New Hampshire.

Hillary is going to continue making the case that in these serious times when America faces big challenges, it will take a leader with the strength and experience to deliver real change.

This race begins tonight and ends when Democrats throughout America have their say. Our campaign was built for a marathon and we have the resources to run a national race in the weeks ahead.

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12 Responses to “Clinton Concedes Iowa”

Comment by Timothy

This is a good thing! Now, if she would just concede the rest of the campaign . . .

 
Comment by Thomas

It’s just a little caucus, but it leaves HRC playing catch up in NH. I think many realize that she may be able to run the palace, but cannot lead the nation.

 
Comment by suzee q

it is OVER you two faced lying hypocritical loser - go home Hilary

 
Comment by Jan

I’ll be proudly voting for Hillary Clinton on Tuesday. However, I’ll be proudly be voting for ANY Democrat in the general election.
I started my voting life as a Republican.
I wouldn’t vote for a Republican these days if you paid me.

susee q, just fyi… For the vast majority of America, the biggest “two faced lying hypocritical loser” in politics is George W. Bush.

 
Comment by Denise

Iowa has shown us that the American people can see through the Clintons’ 2-for-1 strategy, which we first heard from Bill back in 1992. At President Bush’s first inauguration, Bill said, “We’ll be back.” It’s part of Bill and Hillary’s life-long plan. Fortunately, it’s been rejected, and we can only hope the rest of the country follows suit.

I did not ask for 2-for-1 then, nor do I ask for it now. That’s just the life-long Clinton strategy that moves Hillary into a position for which she is not qualified.

Every time Bill moves up (Gov of Arkansas), Hillary moves up with him (Attorney General of Arkansas). Bill moves up again (President of the US); Hillary moves up with him (US Senate). See the pattern, women?

Consider what America got with the first Clinton co-Presidency:

• Abuse of the powers of the office of the President
• Granting Presidential pardons to buy Hillary’s election to the Senate. As a woman who made it on my own, Hillary’s need to ride Bill’s coattails and her sense of entitlement (as in “it’s my turn and Obama should wait his turn”) makes me doubt her capabilities.
• Hillary’s long-suffering marriage to Bill, enabling a lifetime of sexual trysts and trying to contain the Bimbo eruptions, gives me a President without the backbone to stand up to a man. Hillary claims to be tough enough to play with the boys when, in fact, she is unable to leave a cheating husband. How will she stand up to other male leaders who see this in “Mrs.” Clinton and walk all over her?
• Being married to a former President does not make one qualified to be President.
Hillary has less experience in elected office than Barack. She’s held elected office for one Senate term plus one year and has introduced no major legislation during that time. She showed us in the interview about Pakistani elections the extent of her foreign policy experience–she did not know what office the election was for or who was on the ballot! Is this the kind of experience we want in the Oval Office?

I am not a “Hillary hater;” I am an America lover. Please consider very carefully which candidate the Democratic Party puts on the ballot. The future of this country absolutely depends on it.

 
Comment by bobby

I totally agree with Denise, though she might have stolen my phrase “2 for 1 ” ;) . This was a great night for the Obama campaign. Lets keep the ball rolling straight to New Hampshire and beyond!. Hillary will probably start her “this is where the fun starts” campaign of negative campaigning against Barack, but the American people have spoken in Iowa, and i’m sure that all of New Hampshire’s folks will also see that Barack is America’s source of real change and experience that this country needs right now.

 
Comment by Madoc

Wow. The contrast between Hillary’s speech and Obama’s couldn’t be more striking. Hers was flat, tired, devoid of new ideas and still echoing the “I should be president!” assumptiveness she’s so arrogantly been showing all along.

Obama’s speech was full of ideas, full of a forward view, and was a call for more and wider support. It was an invigorated speech done with passion. Hillary’s was devoid of passion and devoid of emotion.

Also, look at who was behind Hillary - lotsa “old” faces. Contrast that with the Obama crowd - lotsa young faces. Hillary represents the Democrat machine. Obama is trying to get the Democrat future.

Yeah, sure, it’s just a matter of “set dressing” and I’ve no doubt that at the next big rally Hillary will make sure her backdrop is filled with youth for the camera to linger on. But these two events showed much about the candidates that future self-awareness will not change.

I’m not in favor of Obama. I don’t think the guy’s got enough depth for the job. Perhaps in 2012 or 2016 he might but he’s to junior an elected official and simply hasn’t been through enough to be seasoned enough for the job. However, I’m truly not for Hillary. She’s arrogant, autocratic and is most assuredly NOT a people person. Bill, at the least, was a people person and that’s how he got away with so much. Hillary lacks that touch and thus is too clearly manipulative and grasping. I don’t think she’d make a worthy president either.

And apparently, neither did the majority of Iowa Democrats.

Madoc

 
Comment by Mark

I am a life long Republican, but I have to admit that Obamas victory speach remided me of Ronald Reagan. I do not agree on almost anything Obama stands for but at least he is inspiring and believes he can make a difference. I haven’t heard this kind of inspiration since President Reagan left politics and I believe that a new, post Cliniton, era in the Democratic Party has just emerged.

 
Comment by Bill

If Hillary (The Devil), really cared she would drop out of the race and donate the multi-millions of dollars she has rackedup and donate it to those who need money for medical expenses. If Hillary gets elected we can start to kiss goodbye our hopes of retirement. With her Hillary care your pay check will be smaller, you will be forced to invest less which will also slow the economy. Which causes another net effect, less invested with higher taxes make outsourcing to other countries look more attractive. So now Hillary’s care and increased tax would then drive up the unemployment rate. Do you like your pay check?????

For another point on HRC she really pushes that she cares, well what was she thinking pushing to have a hippy museum funded with a million plus dollars? Why did she not push to have that million dispersed to those who needed money for medical expenses. Would that not be a wiser use of those funds? Furthermore with such a high number of people opting out of insurance would it not be better to educate them on why should have it? Why should I have to see a tax increase on my pay check because someone else wanted to save a few bucks a month. I’d like to save a few buck and not pay insurance too but I have my priorities straight and pay up.

Lets look on the bright side; if the Devil were to win, while we would be layed in a suffering economy we would at least be entertained with a new soap opera; “Slick Willy and the Interns Part 2.” Featuring Monica “Will she move back to DC or just blow through town for a quick cigar?”

 
Comment by concerned voter

It sure looks like the 2 for 1 isnt such a great deal after all is it? The clintons, and the Bush’s times have past. The torch will be handed off to a man named Barack Obama who will enlighten the way for all a,ericans, not just the few priviliedged elites in our society. Let’s take new hampshire next Obama ! We the People !!

 
Comment by Demi

I do not see where Hillary gets her claim that she has any more experience than Obama. If she is referring to her role as First Lady, this is nonsense, in that, most of us out here do not believe she did a great job with that role whatsoever which out of respect for the role itself, should have been traditional at it’s best. All she has is her husbands association. That is simply not enough to elect her as a President. Especially in light of the fact that much of the garbage passed to the now President Bush came out of Prez Clinton’s non-confront stance of those critical issues themselves. How quickly America seems to forget that he should have been convicted of his perjury issues, but was given grace as a previous President. Not to mention the 22 deaths that still darken their days from Arkansas into the White House and for which remain to this day as deaths either caused by murder or are suspicious circumstances. They run a “Mafia of support which positions their claim that they can run a marathon. Scary when you think of where their support comes from. Her use of Bill is scary to many Americans even if they like him. We do not need a Clinton dynasty or monarchy running this country for two generations wth the kind of obvious corruption sileneced in total by the protection that covers a previous President. Hillary does not deserve this same protection in the uncovering of issues unresolved, just because she was a first lady. It needs to be discussed as a realtity of their connections which cloud Hillary and Bill and for which exist to this very day. We have forgotten to quickly their dark pasts. How can anyone elect such a woman for President with the claim that she has “experience”. She only has experience to manage and handle pure corruption wthin the highest office of the Presidency. Other than that, any experience claim is beyond explanaton as she simply has none having positoned herself for Senator with the lying tactics that she never wanted anything more than to be a senator for New York! What a joke if you have eyes to see. Wake-up America……we do not need a Clinton monarchy.

 
Comment by Demi

Denise:

I very much agree with all of your comment. One term and one year as a Senator is NOT experience.

American needs to recollect all of their scandal and not forget it. We need to embrace it and continue to demand answers regarding the pardons that Bill made and the deaths (22) unresolved and tied to his various Arkansas and White House issues. I wonder why it goes on in silence. The answer is obvious. They have learned not how to lead but how to corrupt their power hungry existence. We need an America to wake-up and turn down these types of corrupt and phony pretences. They have made only one honest claim “that they are running a marathon and set up to do so for the Presidency”. That marathon is full of corrupt measures and common affiliations that support power for power and further corruption in it’s purest forms. Their entire political lives smell of corruption. Let’s not forget that we Americans have to pay the salary of impeached Mr. Bill. Let’s not forget that in his ego, he runs the most expensive x-presidential office in the history of the United States with rent running upwards of $700,000 and this to an impeached President who deserves to be in jail not standing at the side of hs weak wife who would have probably held a better and more realistic stance if she had divorced him for infidelity like most of us women would have. We would have thought more of her. As it is, we only see a woman who holds onto his corrupt coat tails for her own ambiton and this, she calls “experience”. Stay home Bill and Hillary, you are not the best choice for America and you are not our monarchy and we do not want you to become our monarchy. Most of us out here have not forgotten your slimy ways and out of love for this country, we choose to discuss it and expose it until you stay home. Paying you a retirement is bad enough. Paying you two Presidential retirements would be a disgrace given the paths you have followed for power and the methods you have chosen to embrace it.

 

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