In her mind, she's gone to California.
Her folks deny it, but Hillary Clinton gave out a major hint this afternoon -- in the form of her weekly schedule -- of the diminished role South Carolina may play in her calculations, given Barack Obama's double-digit lead here.
She spent this morning in Columbia getting a mixed reaction at an MLK Day celebration and she'll attend tonight's debate in Myrtle Beach. Her next event in the state? Thursday, her staff now says. (An earlier version of her schedule indicated she would be returning to the state on Friday)
After the debate, it's wheels-up for Hill Force One. She overnights in DC and heads for California on Tuesday: On Wednesday, she wakes up in New Mexico, stages a rally, followed by a night flight to New Jersey; Wednesday she's in Jersey and NYC for a fundraiser and (we hear) a labor rally. She'll start Thursday in Gotham then head for SC later in the day.
The gaps in her Palmetto State schedule, staffers say, will be filled in by Bill Clinton, who will barnstorm the state on that days his wife is absent. "There is a Clinton on the ground everyday through Saturday," said spokesman Phil Singer.
--Glenn Thrush on Myrtle Beach
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No matter for Hillary. She's got it down, now. She just sweeps into town the day before the voting and 1) sheds a few faux tears or 2) goes on a daytime women's talk show to talk about how "hurt" she was by slimeball Bubba's womanizing, while said Bubba is carousing around the town spewing all manner of false innuendo about Obama and vitriol at anyone who questions the veracity of his outright lies, etc. She'll continue to shamelessly exploit the gender card now that these absurd "emotional moments" have fleeced female voters in two states (NH and Nevada), garnering female "sympathy votes" in this manner. This political robot has no shame (or even feelings) to begin with... she's playing the female voter like a Stradivarius. No, thanks, R2-D2, I'll "roll the dice" by voting for someone else, someone who truly has the childrens' interests at heart -- not just their own selfish and reckless pursuit of power "by any means necessary" (with emphasis on "mean").