by Jason George
WORCESTER, Mass. – Sen. Hillary Clinton just wrapped up her last rally before Super Tuesday, speaking to about 4,000 folks at Clark University.
Clinton argued here that her positions – on healthcare, energy, and education – are “core Democratic values” and the ones that can win against a Republican in the fall.
“It makes no sense for me to basically buy the Republican argument that we can’t cover anybody,” she said contrasting her healthcare plan with Sen. Barack Obama’s. Later tonight, Clinton is set to appear on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” as well as host her own ‘virtual town hall,’ where she’ll answer questions from voters in all 22 Super Tuesday states via satellite. The 90-minute program begins at 9 p.m. EST. You can watch the first hour on the Hallmark Channel and the whole show on Clinton’s Web site.
Interested parties can submit questions here, but be warned: the campaign had already received 25,000 q’s by last night.
On a day when new polls show Obama gaining, and even surpassing Clinton nationally, Clinton seems to have caught a break in the last hour with her voice, speaking strongly here in Worcester. Last night in Minnesota and this morning in Connecticut, Clinton’s voice was “going AWOL,” in her words. In New Haven, after Clinton’s misty-eyed moment, she suffered a coughing fit, rendering her almost mute for a few minutes.
Given her heavy schedule, it’s no surprise that Clinton appears worn out as tomorrow’s marker approaches. Seemingly every Clinton staffer, and reporter covering her, is sick to boot. As a staffer joked a bit ago, Airborne should sponsor Clinton’s plane, considering how many people here (including this reporter) are tossing the tabs into water bottles to chase pills of cold medicine.