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Remember when the Clinton campaign swore they weren't gonna try to flip Obama's pledged delegates? Well, guess what?
Newsweek is reporting that the Clinton campaign is, indeed, going there.
The relevant passage:
After the 1980 battle between Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy, her chief strategist Harold Ickes
noted, the party changed a rule that required pledged delegates to
stick with their candidates no matter what. The current rule, adopted
in 1982, states that pledged delegates "shall in all good conscience
reflect the sentiments of those who elected them." A "good conscience"
reason for a delegate to switch, Ickes told NEWSWEEK, would be if one
candidate—such as, say, Clinton—was deemed more "electable." If
delegates believe she has a better chance in November than Obama, Ickes
said, "you bet" that would be a reason to change their vote. (He added,
however, that the campaign is "focused" on winning over uncommitted
superdelegates "at this point.")
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Comments (1)
Like Obama is not doing his best to get the supers, yeah just like he never heard the Rev say, or doesn't remember, or not sure he did or didn't, or if he had, maybe he would or would not have walked out.
Let's face it, he should have run like hell about 19 years ago, well give him another year to be sure about what he was or was not hearing.
I think we are starting to see and hear the real inexperienced Obama. He is starting to sputter and stammer and having to pause too long for thought. The shine is rapidly wearing off. Oh well maybe he will have time to recover before PA.
March 16, 2008 11:44 PM | Reply | Permalink
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