A passage in the last paragraph should read " ... were not directed at Obama or the good of the party ...

Oh what I'd give for preview.

Another thread it was reported that Bill Clinton was calling these supporters daily and reminding them that he helped them to be where they are today and he is calling in that marker now.

How does the committee come to decisions? Majority + 1? If that's the case, Clinton may only need three more votes to go her way to get exactly what she wants.

Of course she could just be asking for the stars understanding that a negotiated settlement will likely be reached. Obama is saying they shouldn't be seated, but has also said that he'd be okay with 50-50 or something close that could favor Hillary. So if Obama's starting negotiation point is seen as 50-50 to Hillary's stars and moon request, the negotiated ruling could be more in her favor.

On TPM Greg Sargent writes, But this is unlikely to happen in reality. She says she'll take it this far if the state delegations want to, which seems unlikely. And without the states as cover, her backers on the committee seem unlikely to take this step, too, because such an effort would almost certainly fail, and her backers -- some of whom have their own careers to think about -- would take the blame for the ensuing chaos.

She will take it to the convention if she has to. The DNC has enabled her. Superdelegates have enabled her. Her supporters have enabled her. The MSM has enabled her. And to a certain extent, by not responding more strongly about MI and FL, the Obama campaign has enabled her.

She has no intention to back any nominee but herself.
All she cares about is that she, (not another democrat) wins in November.

The Clintons have divided the party. It was premeditated. They come first, the party comes second. The one year that Democrats need unity more than anything else, Clinton entitlement blocks it.

Look through the Clinton history. Their path has always led to destroyed relationships and bad blood. They create enemies at every step of their lives.

The success of the next president will be based on his/her ability to build relationships, not only between parties, but also between countries.

It is crystal clear with this woman, its whatever it takes to win. She started out married to the first black president. Then her campaign threw blacks overboard after she lost the first primary that had any of them participating. She immediately went into full pander mode to exploit the black-brown divide to win California and Texas. Then it was on to Appalachia, when the Rev Wright debacle gave her a chance to exploit white suspicion of the black man with the funny name.

So to think that she will not take this to the convention is folly. She's only saying she'll stop in June because if she declared otherwise, the Super delegates would crush her now. No Matter what she gets out of the rules committee, she will spend all summer trying to undermine Obama because she soesn't care about anything but winning. For herself.

This is very sad for those of us who stood with Bill when he was under attack. Maybe its appropriate that she's thrown her lot in with Rush Limbaugh. The 24-7 talk radio assault on Obama has more to do with her winning Appalachia than anything she's done herself. Never mind that his doing the same thing is a major reason her husband's presidency ended up like it did.

It is sadder still to see Obama hold out one olive branch after another, having won fair and by the rules, only to watch her spit in his face. But oh, wouldn't she howl if he smacked her lying, cheating butt back.