Mystery: What Was Clinton Lugging Around This Morning?
Was that former (and possibly future) first daughter Chelsea Clinton's toy Yorkshire Terrier that Hillary Rodham Clinton was seen carrying at one o'clock this morning as she left her New Hampshire victory celebration? Clinton was spotted carrying a small pet carrier big enough for a cat - or, a little Yorkie.
The little black-and-tan Yorkie, which was a fixture of the Clinton campaign in Iowa, belongs jointly to
Ed Mezvinsky of Iowa and Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky of Pennsylvania. (Maybe the doggie will be the ring barer at the White House wedding - if Chelsea's mom is elected president and, well, if she and Mezvinsky decide to tie the knot as signs sure seem to indicate. But we digress.)
Meanwhile, as the Yorkie and his humans celebrated, Barack Obama, amidst the anxious and confused hours of last night's shocker, apparently didn't have time to change the music for his concession speech. He came out to claim the silver medal to Hillary's gold to the Stevie Wonder hit "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours."
Or maybe he's not.
Though, Obama campaign manager David Plouffe played an upbeat drum this morning in an email briefing to reporters and supporters. "We have seen dramatic movement in South Carolina since Iowa, resulting in healthy double-digit leads for Senator Obama in recent public polling," Plouffe says. "We have by far the strongest organization in the state according to neutral observers and believe that, as the gateway to February 5th, South Carolina will provide our campaign enormous momentum heading into those twenty-two states."
Obama better hope Stevie Wonder hasn't jinxed it for him.
By Eric Pianin |
January 9, 2008; 12:08 PM ET
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Posted by: Yellow Dog | January 9, 2008 12:41 PM
what yellow dog said.
Twice.
Posted by: Trace | January 9, 2008 1:00 PM
Uh...Obama's been using that same song for at least a month now as the first song following his speeches at rallies. I saw him 3 times in December.
Posted by: Melissa in Iowa | January 9, 2008 3:59 PM
If she's going to be out in the public to campaign and not talk to the press, even the junior press, she's fair game.
Posted by: WDC | January 9, 2008 4:20 PM
WDC:
Sure, to the extent that it's campaign-related.
If she makes a statement about, say, her mother's position on Iraq the press can deconstruct it to their heart's content. But she's not the politician and has not held herself out to be one.
She deserves some semblance of a private life.
Posted by: Yellow Dog | January 9, 2008 5:27 PM
Must you spend you energy reporting on such trivia? No wonder the press has such a bad name!
Posted by: whemmer | January 9, 2008 8:33 PM
Relax, Whemmer. As I have stated before, this blog is intended to be fun rather than serious. If the latter is what
you're looking for, read the other sections of the paper only.
Posted by: CCH | January 9, 2008 10:15 PM
Ring "bearer," not "barer." Just a heads up.
Posted by: Anne | January 10, 2008 4:08 PM
"Have You Ever Seen A Scream Walking?" That take on an old song title describes Chelsea accurately, with or without the faux nuclear briefcase. Funny, you don't look...? Has Wall Street sharpie & man-about-town Joe Battipaglia heard about this Mez guy? Didn't Joe give Chelsea all those CDO's to cram into Goldman's portfolios? Anyone care to question why the kid was told by Mommie Dearest AKA the "Tear BAG" & Daddykins NOT to talk to reporters? Hint: "It's OK in Arkansas if ye cain't read!"
Posted by: sawargos | January 10, 2008 5:04 PM
That's Webb Hubbell's kid.
I'd love for someone to get hair from her and Bill and run a DNA test.
Posted by: RL | January 10, 2008 8:13 PM
How about leaving Hillary out of this and let her have as much of a private life as she can? Get rid of the poparizi and only report on repthuglicans
Posted by: Anonymous | January 10, 2008 9:56 PM
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Posted by: haimchaim | January 11, 2008 9:21 AM
Really, how important is Chelsea in the scheme of things. You have to go for the meat and stop being amazed at the trivial...
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The comments to this entry are closed.
OK, I'll comment:
How about leaving Chelsea out of this and let her have as much of a private life as she can?
It's one thing to see her in the background, but it's People magazine stuff to blog about her boyfriend and their relationsip unless there's some legitimate connection to her mother's compaign.