An emotional Clinton vows to fight on

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A teary-eyed Hillary Clinton pushed for support on Monday as polls showed her poised for a huge New Hampshire loss to Democratic rival Barack Obama, but the former front-runner vowed to carry on with her presidential quest even if she loses.

Obama warned supporters against overconfidence as a flood of new polls gave him a double-digit lead over Clinton one day before the state casts the next votes in the race for the White House.

Polls will close in the state at 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday, with results expected to begin rolling in quickly.

At a campaign event in Portsmouth, Clinton choked up and grew uncharacteristically emotional when she talked about her reasons for seeking the presidency in the November election.

"Some of us put ourselves out there and do this," she said, her voice breaking and her eyes glistening with tears, "against some pretty difficult odds and we do it, each one of us, because we care about our country."

"But some of us are right and some of us are wrong," she said in a quaking voice. "Some of us are ready and some of us are not."

The incident resurrected memories of former Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie's tears during the 1972 New Hampshire campaign, credited with helping to bring down his front-running bid.

Clinton, who would be the first woman president, promised to stay in the fight until it was over, possibly on "Super Tuesday" on February 5, when 22 states hold nominating contests in the fight to be the party's nominee in November.

"Whatever happens tomorrow, we're going on," she told the CBS "Early Show."

"I've always felt that this is going to be a very tough, hard-fought election, and I'm ready for that," added Clinton, who finished third in the first contest in Iowa last week behind Obama and former North Carolina Sen. John Edwards.

Obama rolled across New Hampshire in an effort to turn out supporters, warning there was still plenty of work needed before Tuesday's vote.

"Do not take this race for granted. I know we had a nice boost over the last couple of days but elections are funny things," Obama, an Illinois senator vying to become the first black U.S. president, told supporters in Claremont.

In the state's hard-fought Republican race, Sen. John McCain of Arizona held a more narrow lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in new polls. He scrambled across the state to urge supporters to get out and vote -- and asked them to bring a friend.

'I'M GOING TO WIN'

"I need you to get out the vote tomorrow, this could be a very close election and it will depend on voter turnout," McCain said in Keene. "I'm proud to say I'm going to win tomorrow."

New Hampshire is the next battleground in the state-by-state process of picking Democratic and Republican candidates for November's presidential election to succeed President George W. Bush.

A Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll showed Obama with a 10-point edge on Clinton in the state, 39 percent to 29 percent, as he gained a wave of momentum from his win in Iowa.

McCain was relegated to the political scrap heap last summer after sinking polls and poor fundraising forced him to shake up his staff and recalibrate his campaign, but he now leads Romney by 5 points in New Hampshire.

Clinton and Romney are both under pressure to revive their campaigns after disappointing showings in Iowa, and a second consecutive loss for either could be devastating.

Romney, who at one time led polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, finished second in Iowa to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee.

A wealthy former venture capitalist who has pumped tens of millions of his own money into the race, Romney said he was buoyed by a Sunday night debate where he tangled with McCain and Huckabee over their records on taxes and immigration.

"Right now it's a neck-and-neck race. But with the debate last night and the support I received from that debate I anticipate winning tomorrow," Romney said in Stratham.

Edwards, on a 36-hour campaign marathon around the state ahead of Tuesday's vote, did not respond directly when asked by reporters about Clinton emotional response.

"I don't have anything to say about that. I think what we need in a commander in chief is strength and resolve," Edwards said. "Presidential campaigns are tough business, but being president of the United States is also a very tough business."

The final day of campaigning in New Hampshire coincided with a bipartisan gathering of political moderates in Oklahoma attended by New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, seen as a possible independent candidate for president.

But Bloomberg kept a low profile and repeated his frequent denials that he intended to be a candidate.

(Additional reporting by Steve Holland, Jeff Mason, Ed Stoddard, Jason Szep in New Hampshire; Jeff Franks in Oklahoma; Writing by John Whitesides; editing by David Wiessler)

(For more about the U.S. political campaign, visit Reuters "Tales from the Trail: 2008" online at http://blogs.reuters.com/trail08/)

Now that Hillary is not on the top of the poll, which is taken by Obama, she start to sell tears.

What do you think? 

She continues to be a fraud and a phony and thinks by boo hooing a bit she'll get some sympathy.  But guess what?  Look at the video...she doesn't shed a single tear.  Her eyes don't even looked welled up.

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Remember what a sorry bastard her husband Blow Job Bil was He could turn them tears on at will. She is just like him sorry as they come. She is just what we need a Post menopausal Boo Hooing female running this country.

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Maybe she thinks the attempts at turning on the water works would get the big bad boys who rule the world to take pity on her and say "there there, don't cry" and kowtow to her.  I can see it now....Hilly in the Oval Office picking up the hotline, "PleEEEEEEEEEZE, Osama.....I've had a very bad week, the press has been beating me up, my husband is a son of a b*tch, and I'm TIRED....I just can't handle another crisis in my life.  I beg you, sniff sniff, please, no attacks on democracy this week.  I just don't think I can handle it......pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease...or I'll cry.  Or I'll cackle in your ear!!"  

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I really think that she thought she would win hands down.  She didn't think she had any real competition.  I really don't care who wins the Democratic nomination as long as they don't win the election.  But there are Republicans that I don't want to win either.  Such as McCain.  So what am I going to do if McCain gets the nomination?  Dig a hole and crawl in because all the illegals will become legal.  It won't matter if a Democrat or McCain is elected.  They are all the same.

Thats all we'd need, a President who breaks into tears when things don't go her way.  She thought she had the election in the bag, and now this, others getting noticed. It must be tough no longer being queen of the media.

I will not vote for any candidate who has flip flopped on the immigration issue, this rules out most of them.

The big global corporate financiers who were really backing her campaign (it sure wasn't the women's vote) are probably scrambling to cover their losses right now. Not quite a sure thing... eh boys?

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I actually feel a bit poor for her. You know, She thought (or the medias make she thought) she has sure and easy win in primary, and then in general.

Now, when few people expect, Obama is the new hot Dems guy, of course Hillary will cry herself out loud. I mean, she may not even win in primary, not to mention general.

On the other hand, any chance Obama will win over Reps in general? 

I should certainly hope not, kmcheng.  If whoever the GOP nominee is stresses Obama is still a babe in the woods, wet behind the ears, and has virtually NO experience in leading or anything else, I would think pure charisma would not carry him.

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One it shows you why she didn't go into show business.  Two  PMS not emotions.

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Patsy said: Obama is still a babe in the woods, wet behind the ears, and has virtually NO experience in leading or anything else, I would think pure charisma would not carry him.

Don't bet against his charisma not carrying him, Patsy -- remember, you're talking about DEMOCRATS -- remember, they back the Clintons, Gore, Kerry, Kennedy, etc.!!!!!!!!!!

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Touche, Jim.  Point taken.

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She has to bus in supporters to NH who aren't allowed in a primary.

I think the 'Fat Lady' is getting ready to sing.  Oh Susanna, cry for me.

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kmcheng said:

By Ellen Wulfhorst

PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A teary-eyed Hillary Clinton pushed for support on Monday as polls showed her poised for a huge New Hampshire loss to Democratic rival Barack Obama, but the former front-runner vowed to carry on with her presidential quest even if she loses.

 

I'll laugh, I'll cry, vote for me I'll even fly 'for you'

 

 

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Of course she'll continue to fight. No one seriously thinks she's going to give up having all of those lobbyists and Illegal alien special interest groups flood her pockets with money, do they? That's all this is really about, selling out the Country for the "Almighty" dollar. That's all the Clintons have ever done, as far back as the Whitewater scandal. It's all about the MONEY. However, it will be great to see her defeated tomorrow, and on Super Tuesday, just as she was here in Iowa. I'm just waiting for that day to come. It will be music to my ears.

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She'll stay in the race....she hasn't emptied her bag of dirty tricks.....YET!   If I were Obama and Edwards, I'd be paying my security guys a little (?) extra under the table just to make sure they keep their eyes and ears open.

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I just watched the YouTube video and it is pretty sad.  Probably she is just a nervous breakdown and she cannot take it anymore. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhFxE6QJWjE&feature=related

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I don't think she'll stay in her Race.  She'll become Black if it would get her elected like her tubby hubby. 

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blaze77535 said: Remember what a sorry bastard her husband Blow Job Bil was He could turn them tears on at will. She is just like him sorry as they come. She is just what we need a Post menopausal Boo Hooing female running this country.

 

sounds like blaze is being just a tad bit sexist.  hillary clinton aside, is there a reason why a woman shouldnt be president blaze?