HRC To Skip NV and SC? (Hotline)

[MaineDem]

Huffingtonpost.com's Tom Edsall reports that "a panicked and cash-short Clinton campaign is seriously considering giving up on the Nevada caucuses and on the South Carolina primary in order to regroup and to save resources for the massive 19-state mega-primary on February 5."

He goes on to write that "at the same, some top independent expenditure groups supporting Clinton have been exploring the creation of an anti-Obama '527 committee' that would take unlimited contributions from a few of Clinton's super-rich backers and from a handful of unions to finance television ads and direct mail designed to tarnish the Illinois Senator's image."

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/archives/2008/01/hrc_to_skip_nv.html

[tekisui]

1. If that's true, and she does give up on Nevada, she'll enter BigTues with no wins.

And latest National polls show Obama/Clinton tied.

[itsrobert]

2. Nevada?

My mom is voting for her. Oh, well.

[book_worm]

3. Well, this gives Edwards an opportunity then.

[goldcanyonaz]

4. Great, more rumors! No Drudge link?

[BeyondGeography]

5. If they compete, the Obama campaign will bleed them financially

so they'll have less to spend on Feb. 5 while the money continues to roll in for Obama, much of it from ex-Clinton donors.

If they don't compete, they'll be looking like Rudy hanging out in Florida waiting for an election to break out.

They're looking more than a little fucked.