Clinton camp begins 11th hour effort

David Paul Kuhn, Politico ...Clinton’s chief strategist Mark Penn ratcheted up the debate in recent days by convening a rare two conference calls in three days with reporters to underscore the campaign’s focus on which Democrat can win in November. “The kind of independent support that [Obama] had so far would evaporate relatively quickly once he faced the Republicans because of them filling in the totality of his record,” Penn said on Monday. Two days later, after Obama’s eighth straight victory, Penn told reporters: “Winning Democratic primaries is not a qualification or a sign of who can win the general election. If it were, every nominee would win because every nominee wins Democratic primaries.”... Continue Reading