HuffPo: Clinton to drop out by June 15th

[yourguide]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lawrence-odonnell/hillary-will-drop-out-by_b_100625.html


The article suggests she is taking this all the way to June 3rd.



A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15. He could not bring himself to say the words "Hillary will drop out by June 15," but that is clearly what he meant. I kept saying, "So, Hillary will drop out by June 15," and he kept saying, "We will have a nominee by June 15." He stressed what a reasonable person Hillary is.

Everything about our conversation implied that he had already had this reality-based discussion with Hillary. He said the Clinton campaign plan is to collect as many votes and delegates as they can right through June 3, then take no more than a week or so to make their case to the superdelegates. Nothing he said indicated that he actually expected the superdelegates to move to Hillary in the week after the final election. The Clinton campaign has not lost its grip on reality. Yes, Clinton spokespersons publicly seem to be lost on gravity-free planet Clinton, but privately they know the end is near.

[Avalux]

1. What he didn't say: MONEY

Collecting as many votes and delegates as they can through June 3rd will do absolutely no good - it's all about collecting money to pay back Hillary's 6.5 mil loan.

[yourguide]

2. This is just digusting, and selfish.

[ej510]

4. Why wait so long. She wants to help McCain! So she can run in 2012.

[IsItJustMe]

5. At this point, I don't think so. She will only be going into the hole further for now on. People

are not going to donate to a candidate when they know damn good and well has lost.

[KittyWampus]

3. Clinton is either mentally unstable or has ulterior motives. What is the point in going on to June?

[yourguide]

6. I have never seen anything so damn selfish in my life.

[underpants]

7. As pointed out elsewhere-even if she drops out (the story goes) he will still lose WV and KY

so she is sticking around so that he doesn't lose to someone not in the running anymore.


Now that I have typed that out it reaks of Hill camp spin. but that is one of the thoughts going on this.

[IDemo]

11. I don't believe such altruism is part of her nature n/t

[marshall]

12. Hillary! 2012 started last night

I've thought it was her Plan B from the beginning.

[speedoo]

8. Larry O'Donnell?

The Clintons are probably using him to make people think they are being "reasonable".

I think it's a cover. I don't trust the Clintons anymore.

[yourguide]

9. Every time I have seen odonnell recently he has been very pro obama.

[Bill219]

14. He was just on with Ed Schultz and basically confirmed the story

[Beregond2]

10. Realistic?

They "know the end is near" but they are continuing? How is that realistic? In fact, this ended in February. They must be insane.

[Shine]

13. Well, the good news is, it's only a month away.

It doesn't sound as if she's in any rush to drop out any earlier, so we've got to bide our time and see what happens.