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Hillary's Comments Admission of Loss of Primary - WHERE ARE SUPERS?
The story behind Hillary Clinton's comment about June being the month that things tend to happen, assissinations for example, is not about the killing of Obama. It's about Hillary confessing that's she's LOST this nomination -- UNLESS -- something BAD happens to Barack Obama.
She's admitting that she's begging Supers to hold off endorsing because there's an off chance that Obama will need to drop out or he's hurt in someway. She's admitting that by DNC rules -- she cannot win.
That's the story here, not the comment itself, because she's said these words before.
The media and the Supers should immediately END this nomination process. Hillary needs to be forced out, she refuses to otherwise.
Even if you listen to her EXCUSE as to why she must stay in -- she's wrong. She could have dropped out weeks ago and if something would force Obama to drop out, the DNC would have nominated her as his replacement, simply because of how close she came to winning.
She can drop out gracefully, voters in the next three states can still vote the way they would have. Nobody's hurt. But Obama can then concentrate on McCain ONLY.
If she refuses, then Supers need to give Obama the needed 56 to reach that 2026 total before May 31st.
Comments (2)
It's long weekend. Probably many are on their way on a lobbyist private plane, on their way to a lobbyist owned island or beach soaking up under the lobbyist sun.
A few remaining SDs probably are on their way to spend weekend with their families.
We should wait till tuesday.a Also, the latest gaffe will not be the final nail on the coffin- probably the Hillary campaign is dead and buried refusing to rest in peace and we don't know yet.
May 24, 2008 6:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
One thing that caught my attention with this RFK interview was another response: asked if she thought Obama can win the general, she replied 'Of course he *can*. Anything is possible in politics.'
anything is possible... aka pigs might fly?
She got away with that one but it certainly tells you what she's telling the superdelegates: he won't.
May 24, 2008 6:55 PM | Reply | Permalink
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