Countdown Monday: Keystone Countdown
Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008 8:59 PM by Countdown
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The Clinton Interview: This is Monday, April 21st. 197 Days until the 2008 Presidential Election. And, of course, weeks after voters last headed to the primary polls. The long interval... cloaking what happens tomorrow in Coatesville, in State College, in Scranton and other towns both big and small across Pennsylvania... with a feeling of finality. But in our fifth story on the Countdown: With the final MSNBC poll in that state showing that the Keystone State is Senator Clinton's to lose... That which began in Iowa... most likely will not end in Pennsylvania. Senator Clinton, joining us presently. First, the latest details.
You Say Dubai, I say Hello: She's ahead by just 5 points in the latest MSNBC McClatchy poll... And ahead anywhere from 3 to 10 percent in other polls... There are even some lesser-known polls showing him slightly ahead. Which is presumably why - in our fourth story on the Countdown - that Senator Clinton's campaign is still playing down expectations versus Senator Obama in Pennsylvania... Saying it's not about how close the results might be - but about who wins the keystone state. Even though when it comes to nationally pledged delegates and the popular vote - size **does** matter.
Both Sides, Mouth: It may not matter that Senator John McCain has not had -- for seven weeks now -- any other Republican contender to debate. Pay attention, and it becomes all-too apparent that McCain does an excellent job of debating himself. In our third story on the Countdown, the Senator's mud-wrestling on the economy... and new flip-flopping about the endorsement of controversial Pastor John Hagee.
Worsties...see below.
WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD: Lorrie Lynch, John C. Layfield and Chris Wallace vie for tonight's top honors.
"Baracky": You will recall that as tomorrow's Pennsylvania primary began to draw nigh, Senator Clinton compared herself to Sylvester Stallone's trademark non-Rambo character."I never quit," she said, "I never get up." Give... I never give up. In our number one story: onto the You-Tubes we go for what is evidently the Obama version of the same cultural reference, masterfully done, on both the political, and a computer-generated-graphics, levels. With a warm-up act that seems unlikely even with the clamoring for every single vote. Both the Democrats -- and Senator McCain -- have responded to the W-W-E Wrestling outfit's call that they settle the nomination in the ring... With videotaped clips, in which the only wrestling they do... is with some of the insider terminology.
