Reply #53: That is why I started my post with a conditional phrase

[karynnj]

"If this is true"

I think there are many possibilities:
1) A person may want someone else - and she is now a frontrunner - thus the comment
2) A person was angry thinking she helped derail - so they are disparaging her - and this is completely independent of HRC
3) These people know that thinkthis would be a slap in the face to HRC
4) Clinton allies have spread the word that the Clintons think it would be a slap in the face.
5) The Clintons have spread the word that they think it would be a slap in the face.

I would actually bet on 1 through 3, with 4 being a remote possibility - and then just because of the stories of their anger towards Kerry, Kennedy and Richardson. I think 5 is out of the question - even if they think it.

The above is of course mere speculation and has no factual backup.