Hillary Clinton's campaign photo album's got something missing

For those of you who still can't quite accept the fact that Hillary Clinton is gone, finished, beaten, defeated as a Democratic presidential candidate, her campaign has just posted an online photo album.

For a walk down memory lane, go here. But FIRST, be warned: She's gonna hit you up for money on every page. There's that $20-million-plus campaign debt to pay off.

It seems like only two weeks ago today that the gritty, determined candidate who went farther than any other serious female candidate declined to concede and appeared to be ready to fight on for some time.

But then the next morning the Three Democratic Musketeers -- Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid -- launched their preplanned pre-dawn publicity offensive giving party superdelegates two whole days to make up their mind on their favorite candidate, Clinton or Barack Obama, knowing full well the latter already had it in the bag, delegate-wise.

They headed Hillary off at the pass. And after moving through her five stages of grief Clinton gave her gracious surrender/endorsement speech the following Saturday. With those secret signs of friendship buried within.

Since then -- poof! -- she's disappeared. Seems like there's a hole in our life after 17 months of Hillary Clinton all day most days, nothing. Suddenly. Nada.

Some polls seem to show her followers, namely older women, falling in line behind Obama, although our comment board sure doesn't show that.

Anyway, for a little trip down memory lane complete with photos of Hillary and Chelsea and, oops, wait, no Bill photos. Not one little snapshot to commemorate his angry outbursts. No head about to explode after another primary defeat for his spouse. Not one hubby pic in the whole book. Hmmm.

Wonder what that's about? We'll have to wait and see what the National Enquirer can make out of that.

--Andrew Malcolm

Photo credit: AP

Comments

[Joe Smith]

It won't take long fore more people to wake up to the fact that Obama was helped to his selection as the nominee by the Republicans. That is one of the reasons he has running low on cash. Thats why he does not care to see the people anymore he just wants the money.

[Bob]

The Clintons made well over 100 million dollars in the ten-years following the presidency of Bill Clinton. It was her choice to stake her campaign with over 10 million dollars (a luxury few could afford) and run up another 10 or so million in debt to vendors. The Clintons should pay their own bills just like the working middle class she claimed to identify with! They would still have 10s of millions left over afterwards; hardly a case for bankruptcy!

Hillary, the Queen of Spin and a Legend in Her Own Mind!

http://klintons.com

[Thomas]

Why do we need the National Enquirer when you folks seem to be doing such a thorough job?

[Marirose]

Obama's running low on cash??? Obama does not care to see the people anymore, just wants the money? Huh? Obama has plenty of money from my $5 here and there and others $20 whenever they can amounting to millions in small real people donations.

Hillary is an amazing public servant who remembered too late the people she is really serving. Obama has sparked a movement that is deep, powerful, and will create lasting change because it's from the grassroots up with an amazing once in a lifetime leader. Wake up, Joe Smith or is it time to get a good night's sleep.

[John Blixx]

When is the news media going to stop talking about the Clinton's and concentrate on real news. I want to know how McCain intends to staff the war that he has said he will continue if elected. Is he going to bring back the draft or send back the National Guard for the 10th time?

[xbjllb]

ABSOLUTELY, Joe. Not a day goes by I don't get e-mail from the DNC BEGGING for money now that Rove has completley cut off the GOP spigot to Obama's straw campaign and they're dependent on the real 20% of his DNC supporters.

And thank you Andrew for admitting that the mainstream media is full of nothing but lies with their skewed polls of Obama supporters, compared to the real sentiment on the message boards. The Nobama/PUMA movement is adding/finding thousands of followers per day, and if the DNC wants to win, it had better do a 180 and choose the only candidate that CAN win against McCain, because 95% of Hillary's voters ARE voting McCain in November.

Hillary or McCain!

Nobama '08

[sam jones]

What are you talking about? He has lots of money, Clinton was the one that was 20 million in debt. He broke the records for the most money ever raised in the history of America.

[McCain is a Panderer]

Joe Smith wrote:
"It won't take long fore more people to wake up to the fact that Obama was helped to his selection as the nominee by the Republicans. That is one of the reasons he has running low on cash. Thats why he does not care to see the people anymore he just wants the money."

Wow. Just wow. What world are you living in? The republicans working *against* Obama and *for* Hillary (did you never hear of "Project Chaos"?) He's raised more money than any other presidential candidate in history up to this point, AND he's been holding more small, "get to see the people" campaign events since clinching the nomination.

Congratulations, you managed to be wrong with every single sentence in your post. My only guess is that you did that intentionally as a troll. Noone could be that dense.

[Rachel]

Wow, to be a reporter that is supposed to be unbiased you are a real jerk. Hillary won the popular vote and the DNC decided they knew better than the people! That is why so many of us are crossing party lines, not that we particularly like McCain, but anything is better than Obama! Obama is the elitest choice and the people in his consituency whose statements I have read are not supporting him, I have read him being described as corrupt and having not accomplished anything he promised. I am not surprised! He wasn't elected Senator tot he US until 2004, so he didn't get to vote on the Iraq war, did he? And if he had of had the opportunity he probably would have voted 'present' like the other 130 times on hard issues!! AND why shouldn't she take a break? THe photo album is about 6 or 8 photos, and it is her with the people who voted for her!!! There is one pic with Chelsea at a rally! Grow up, this is the best reporting you could do? So report this, Most Obama supporters immediately call a person not in favor of Obama a racist even if one tries to discuss issues and can specifically name issues and policies they disagree with. Why are these Obama supporters trying to strong arm America into voting for Obama? Why should we be victims of Chicago style corruption and pressure? He won't get my vote or my husbands. We are now independents, we disagree with the DNC and how the states of Florida and Michigan were handled. Cheating is wrong. Period. So they lost our votes.

(NEWS FLASH! We're not reporters. This isn't a newspaper. it's an online political blog. Have your say. So will we.)

[Monica L.]

Why, oh Why, won't this woman GET OFF THE STAGE! Hands out for $$, who would have thought! Since leaving the whitehouse, this trailer trash wench who never owned a home has raked in millions from her favors from the whitehouse. Let them pay off their own bills, or give up the trips to Switzerland for face work. Just go away.............

[Dee G]

It is an enigma to me. I have NEVER respected nor liked Hillary Clinton...far from it. Between Hillary and Bill, I would have chosen Bill any day, and I detested his all-encompassing, philandering ways. How frightening to me that Barack Obama has "almost" made a Hillary fan of me. How then, must true Hillary admirers/supporters feel?

[King]

How is Obama low on cash when he is crashing McCain in fund-raisers (joe smith). Obama took out the Clinton machine, in a party that heavily supported her. He comes in to the main race three months behind McCain and now leads him by 6 points in the polls. Lets all be real about Obama his campaign is light years ahead of everyone else's, thats why Clintion lost.

[Cynthia Groya]

Just think where Hillary would be if wiriters like you supported her instead of Obama. The Obama celebrity drama is no way to elect a president. I'm not star struck. I'm voting for the real deal. Hillary's got my vote even if I have to write in her name on the ballot.

[lorax]

Joe Smith, you have got it backwards. Its the Clinton campaign that is in debt; the Obama campaign is flush with money: they can raise millions in online contributions from small donations. And you have it backwards about the Republicans supporting Obama: they supported Clinton because they knew she would be the easier to beat in the fall. They have been collecting dirty Clinton laundry for years. Remember "Operation Chaos?" It was organized by reactionaries like Rush Limbaugh to support Clinton and boast her over Obama. The Republicans are afraid of Obama, very afraid, because they know he will win.

[Eliz NY]

Andrew Malcolm why are you still so rude and insulting toward Hillary Clinton? (rhetorical question) Wow, some of you men just can't help yourselves. I wonder how many of your readers are women...and you are insulting many of them too!

[T P]

Hi Joe Smith. I'm just wondering where in the world did you get that from and where have you been? Better yet, where are you now. So misinformed.........

[Yawp]

Joe...sounds like you have more than caffeine in your early morning coffee.

Republicans placed all of their hopes on the fact that Hillary would win the Democratic nomination. They've had years to formulate thousands of offensive and defensive plays against the well-established Clinton play book.

Rush Limbaugh and other right wing radio nuts actively encouraged Republicans to vote for Hillary to derail Obama in many of the final primaries.

Hillary failed because she adopted a 15-state strategy that hinged on her sweeping the "Super Tuesday" primaries. The arrogant strategy of an assumed coronation of the heir apparent failed miserably.

Perhaps, if Hillary had considered ALL 50 STATES to be important and if she had spent less time posturing as the inevitable nominee for a year, she would have righted her course long before late-April. She didn't.

And, yes,apparently it is possible for a black man to compete and win in primarily white states, especially Iowa...something else that Hillary and her aging baby boomers apparently never thought possible.

Your generation had a dream; we are that dream.

Welcome to the future.

[Eliz NY]

I miss Hillary...please don't be rude to her anymore...enough!
Oh and by the way, her "followers" ARE NOT flocking to BO...don't believe those polls you hear about.

[Jason Kirst]

@Joe Smith

What on earth is that even supposed to mean? What you said makes absolutely no sense at all. Obama has been raising TONS of cash from more than 1.5 million Americans. He's raised more than $250 million in this way, while McCain has raised only about $80 million. The RNC's fundraising is the only reason McCain has the money to run his campaign for President. Even Clinton raised less, about $180 million or so.

Maybe you should think before you type.

[BERT CONVY]

*
Heck even rats band together when the going gets tough... not the Clintons though, they're a lower species all together.

Gad...but wouldn't it be a better world without them?

*Bert

[Chris]

Ari Fleischer on CNN during I believe Super Tuesday:

"Every night when Republicans go to bed, they pray that Hillary Clinton becomes the nominee"

It's common sense that Hillary's "old", "rural", and "white" voters would go with the old white republican man over Hillary Clinton, or any other democratic woman. Her only real "supporters" is the hugely vocal minority of mostly feminist women who desperately wanted a woman-- any woman, to become president. Now they're just being sore losers, playing dumb about her attempts to steal Michigan and Florida, because they can't get over the fact that they lost. You don't see the latino base, who voted more against the blacks, rather than as a bunch of Hillary Clinton supporters, or the old rural and white people, who barely pay enough attention to know what is really going on, and voted base largely on skin color preferences, coming out complaining constantly about her loss. They don't care. In the end the latter will probably come out for the republicans anyways. The right will use "guns, immigration and religion" to keep these intelligent people in line. No, it's a small group of woman driven by their hurt feminist pride that just won't shut up and go away. Younger women under 50 will continue to be who you see cry and moan that she didn't get the nomination. And the number is nowhere near 18 million. The number of real supporters who are actually still thinking about it all, and caring enough to write a letter, or post on a message board, or actually protest or even change their vote, is well, well under 1 million.

[magdalen]

Senator Clinton is not defeated nor beaten.

Didn't your mother ever tell you, Mr. Malcolm, that the strength and courage needed to do the right thing is part of Women's genetic make up? No?
Well, it's never too late to learn.

[DrKrbyLuv]

George Soros has hi-jacked the Democratic Party this year and ruined Hilary's chances against Obama. I am not sure what to make of Bill, but I can tell you that Howard Deane worked with Soros 527s to eliminate Hilary.

[Dan M.]

Joe Smith, what are you smoking? A frustrated 'Billary' supporter no doubt. The Republicans crossed party lines in order to vote for Hillary. Not the other way around, Dufus.

[Seriously Joe]

Helped by Republicans (who by all accounts consider HC the weaker candidate due to her high negative ratings)?

Low on cash (despite setting records for small donations fund raising)?

Seriously. Did you even watch the primaries?