http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=4835378&page=1
Dems to Clinton: Don't Say Anything to Hurt Us
Clinton Expects to Win W. Va., but Win Will Have Little Impact on Dem
Race
By JAKE TAPPER
May 12, 2008
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., pressed her campaign ahead of Tuesday's
West Virginia primary as Democratic Party leaders warned her not to do
or say anything that could hurt Democratic front-runner Sen. Barack
Obama, D-Ill., in November.
Clinton is considered likely to win West Virginia's primary, perhaps
by as many as 30 percentage points, but the victory in the small state
is not expected to shake Obama's apparent hold on the party's
nomination.
What Democrats fear could have a lasting impact is what Clinton might
say about Obama that could split the party or be gleefully reused by
Republican John McCain in the fall election.
Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn, an Obama sup****ter, compared Clinton to the
Glenn Close character in "Fatal Attraction" -- a spurned woman turned
stalker who was apparently drowned in a bathtub only to jump up one
more time to be shot dead.
"Glenn Close should have stayed in that tub, and Sen. Clinton has had
a remarkable career and needs to move to the next step, which is
helping elect the Democratic nominee," Cohen said during a local TV
interview....
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