AMERICAblog: Clinton campaign now says "it's about delegates, not the popular vote"
scytherius
· 1 year ago
maybe tomorrow it will be about petunias.
gumbygirl
· 1 year ago
She's a cornered rat. She would sacrifice Chelsea on national TV if she thought it would help her get the nomination.
dad
· 1 year ago
it is about what it has always been about
her.
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
Well, if they seat the Florida and Michigan delegations and give them 40 votes each, won't that put her over the top?
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
But Obama currently has 200 more delegates than Hillary.
Even assuming he didn't pick up any more---and he will--she wouldn't pass him up unless she absolutely smoked him in the remaining primaries and the Super Delegates--and she won't.
hawkseye
· 1 year ago
I was making a joke. Sorry this didn't appear below your comment the first time I tried it.
Bush_Bites
· 1 year ago
Alas, Hillary's "voters rights crusade" didn't last much longer than Bubba's marriage vows.
Rab
· 1 year ago
Power mad and unqualified to be president, it was good to find this out in the primary season. I wanted Edwards but Obama is great as long as Hillary is nowhere in sight.
57andFemale
· 1 year ago
She makes my head hurt. Literally, I have a 3-day (or is it 3-month) headache from the spin of this woman.
Here's my dire prediction: it's about delegates now because she's going to call it a "tie" on Tuesday night. Close enough in HIllaryland to call it a "tie".
Another dire prediction: I think there are more Hillary supers out there than we realize. The coolness of the movement of supers to Barack over the last few weeks, especially after "hard working white Americans" and assassination-gate is evidence to me that these supers have no moral compass. The Obama campaign stated uncategorically today that they have no banked supers, that they've been announcing them as they come out. This is chilling, frankly. I wonder how many are just waiting for an excuse to back Hillary. That referencing the RFK assassination was not enough for them to come out and support Obama is absolutely making my blood run cold.
So even though I've lived in the comfortable echo chamber that has been self-congratulatory for weeks, and that the supers are just waiting to endorse Obama, I'm suddenly really afraid that it might not be true. Sure, Hillary could just be screwing with our heads about it being about delegates after all (of course, after Tuesday it will be about delegates and only delegates), but it does jive with the other evidence.
Pelosi, Reid and Dean saying they will urge the supers to "decide" is likewise not a good sign to me. They have never signaled, for one single minute, that we have a presumptive nominee, like Ron Brown did for Clinton in 1992.
I hope I'm wrong. I'm praying I'm wrong. By next Wednesday, we'll know. Until then, I'm very worried.
SkippyFlipjack
· 1 year ago
Hillary's starting to make me understand why she drives Aravosis into such a lather. She is acting like it's reasonable to plead the "I'm the most electable candidate" case at the feet of the superdelegates. Hillary, you already pleaded your case -- to the Democratic electorate. They heard your argument and disagreed; they decided that Obama represents their best chance for winning in the fall. There's no do-over, no appeals court. You've been making your case for four months, and you didn't win the argument. Time to move on.
KarenMrsLloydRichards
· 1 year ago
Here's an essay question, Americablog Kidz: who's more batshit, maniacally insane: Hillary or Terry McAwful? Discuss in 500 words in 5 clear paragraphs, with 3 main points. Points will be deducted for incoherent thesis, paragraph and sentence structure.
jr
· 1 year ago
Clintonites are going to need a lot of Icy Hot for the back pain from moving goalposts
I don't think very many of the super delegates will go for Clinton. They've been declaring for Obama about 4-1 since the beginning of May. These people aren't heroes, they're politicians, Why would they risk pissing Clinton this late in the primaries off if they thought she'd win?
I think most of the outstanding super delegates are holding off until all of the states have voted so they aren't seen as overriding the will of the people. By waiting they're just validating the voters' choice, not making the choice.
msra
· 1 year ago
I think this is just another example of the political games these folks are so good at. You can bet every single word and comment continues to be precalculated for spin. Yes, even the ones that seem like "mistakes". Always a set up of some kind in mind intended to confuse voters or stir up a mess. I'm sure we've all noticed the frenzy fired up by the "sexism" comments which I'm sure Sen. Clinton gagged on as she had to utter them. If nothing else, these stunts brilliantly keep her back in the media where she had all but vanished.
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her.
Even assuming he didn't pick up any more---and he will--she wouldn't pass him up unless she absolutely smoked him in the remaining primaries and the Super Delegates--and she won't.
Here's my dire prediction: it's about delegates now because she's going to call it a "tie" on Tuesday night. Close enough in HIllaryland to call it a "tie".
Another dire prediction: I think there are more Hillary supers out there than we realize. The coolness of the movement of supers to Barack over the last few weeks, especially after "hard working white Americans" and assassination-gate is evidence to me that these supers have no moral compass. The Obama campaign stated uncategorically today that they have no banked supers, that they've been announcing them as they come out. This is chilling, frankly. I wonder how many are just waiting for an excuse to back Hillary. That referencing the RFK assassination was not enough for them to come out and support Obama is absolutely making my blood run cold.
So even though I've lived in the comfortable echo chamber that has been self-congratulatory for weeks, and that the supers are just waiting to endorse Obama, I'm suddenly really afraid that it might not be true. Sure, Hillary could just be screwing with our heads about it being about delegates after all (of course, after Tuesday it will be about delegates and only delegates), but it does jive with the other evidence.
Pelosi, Reid and Dean saying they will urge the supers to "decide" is likewise not a good sign to me. They have never signaled, for one single minute, that we have a presumptive nominee, like Ron Brown did for Clinton in 1992.
I hope I'm wrong. I'm praying I'm wrong. By next Wednesday, we'll know.
Until then, I'm very worried.
I think most of the outstanding super delegates are holding off until all of the states have voted so they aren't seen as overriding the will of the people. By waiting they're just validating the voters' choice, not making the choice.