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How many will attend the RBC (Rules By Clinton) meeting?
All the cable news networks will be there, for sure. I'd be interested in knowing how many Clinton supporters will show up.
Also, who's presenting the Clinton sales pitch?
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Comments (10)
The real question is how many will attend Lady Godiva style.
May 30, 2008 11:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
You can predict how bad it's going to be by how Obama's camp spins it. I've helpfully highlighted the negatively loaded words:
Angry old white people are arriving by the busload as we blog. Protest keeps democracy alive.
May 30, 2008 12:24 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hardly spinning when people are organizing for the sole purpose of being disruptive. Regardless, there will be supporters of both candidates there in force, and neither candidate wants a riot caused by their backers.
May 30, 2008 12:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Spinning is about word choice. "Scene," "chaos," and "circus" all have negative spin.
As the frontrunner, Obama could take a leadership role and propose a resolution to the FL and MI issue. Apparently he has no interest in leading the party.
Hence the protests.
And that's as it should be.
May 30, 2008 1:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
But I thought Hillary was the front runner, what with her commanding lead in the popular vote. You can't have your cake and eat it too -- he'll act like the nominee when he's declared the nominee. Right now it would be presumptuous for him to propose a resolution to a matter he has absolutely 0 jurisdiction over.
May 30, 2008 1:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
Ha! Clinton is not the frontrunner, Obama is. Clinton is the underdog, lol! She has the popular vote lead with FL and MI counted in the total, and she has the lead with caucus results counted. After her wins in Puerto Rico and South Dakota (which I'm predicting), her popular vote lead will increase and the delegate gap between them will decrease.
It's not my bright idea that Obama should show leadership about FL and MI, I think it was David Gergen's. I don't swallow much of what the pundits or pols say, but he had a worthwhile point about how Obama could demonstrate his famous ability to bring all sides together to solve a problem. Who knows, he may still do that.
May 30, 2008 3:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
One hopes for a better, less contrived and broader cause for which to protest. Protest of this nature - selfishness, unbridled desire for power, in support of dubious calculation - is hardly constructive.
May 30, 2008 12:58 PM | Reply | Permalink
What a silly thing to say. Being president is all about power.
May 30, 2008 1:53 PM | Reply | Permalink
I heard flufferwink and Redstate were going. I think flufferwink was going and liveblog on Kos.
May 30, 2008 2:40 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's not such a bad thing for these party officials to see how divisive this campaign has become. In my opinion, the more protesters, the better; the louder they shout, the better. It will motivate them to shut down this primary next week with as much political force as it takes to make it happen.
May 30, 2008 9:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
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