The Clinton Intervention (Mentally Unsuited F/POTUS)

[KittyWampus]

The Clinton Intervention

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/4/21524/30103/37/529822
by Dallasdoc/DailyKos
Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 07:13:28 PM PDT

Howard Fineman dropped a bombshell tonight on Countdown. On the lead story, about Hillary Clinton's decisions to suspend her campaign, Fineman reported that figures in Hillary's campaign reached out to strong Clinton supporters in the Senate to talk her into dropping out!

Fineman didn't identify his source, other than to say it was someone inside the campaign "who would be identified as a hard-core supporter." People inside Clinton's campaign arranged an intervention by her peers to get her out of the race, knowing she had lost and apparently also knowing that she didn't know it.

Stunning. Fineman's words below the fold.

Dallasdoc's diary :: ::
Here's my rough transcript, about 4:10 into the video:

... nd to add to what Andrea was just talking about, there was another conference call involving senators, eight senators who were supporters of Hillary's, very hard core supporters of Hillary Clinton's.

And here's the added wrinkle to it: they were urged to assemble that conference call and to speak frankly to Hillary by some of the top strategists around Hillary -- I can't use the names -- but people you would associate with a hard-line defense of Hillary's position, who called the Senate and said "Look. You guys are Hillary's strongest supporters -- you gals also. Get in there and tell her to get out."

And we're talking about senators such as Barbara Mikulski, and Ben -- and Senator Nelson, and even Chuck Schumer, and others were reached out to by people around Hillary, strategists who said "You've got to get to her and get her out of this thing." And that's what they accomplished by this afternoon, so she will do it on Friday, she will get out of the race -- suspend, use whatever word you want -- but more important, endorse Barack Obama.

The Democratic party has more of an instinct for self-preservation, apparently, than an instinct for loyalty to the Clintons. I guess we can all be grateful for small favors.

[AtomicKitten]

1. Who knew Congress could do something constructive?

[KittyWampus]

3. who knew they'd have to intervene? It's kind of freaky someone as unstable as Hillary

got so close to being POTUS

[AtomicKitten]

6. it is

:scared:

[Mme. Defarge]

18. Sheesh!

[MichiganVote]

2. We* Don't * Care*The * Primaries* Are* Over

[faithfulcitizen]

5. Technically, they're not. She hasn't conceded. In fact, we're discussing her concession!

So I care.

[MichiganVote]

7. Its over. Get over it. Over and Out.

[Poll_Blind]

4. She's behaving like the Britney Spears of the Democratic Party.

  WHY didn't she take the numerous chances to end this first honorably and now, sanely? Why?!?

PB

[MichiganVote]

8. Who cares? Its over. We're moving on.

[EFerrari]

10. Trying to control other people is pretty much a losing proposition. n/t

[MichiganVote]

14. Thank you for that public service political announcement. And now for mine.

Its Fucking Done! The Primaries are Over!

Move the fuck on. The republicans are counting on the Democrats for a stall in thinking.

Hillary Clinton's campaign for the nom. is over. THAT is the only message that counts.

[cliffordu]

13. More like the Amy Winehouse....

[Mme. Defarge]

19. Perfect --

at this point comparisons to Tonya are inadequate.

[AnnieBW]

9. What I thought was more interesting

Is that the Clintons don't want the Library donors list to be vetted. Hmmm.....

[redstate_democrat]

11. That is what concerns me as well.

They basically shot that down. WHY wouldn't they want it vetted? And WHY would they think they would be able to get through the GE without that little fact being a BIG issue?

[ccharles000]

12. I strongly disagree with "Mentally Unsuited ".

[tularetom]

15. Well it wasn't stated in those terms but it wasn't hard to read

that into it.

I thought it also was interesting that the clinton for VP movement was foundering over bill's refusal to open the books of his library donors. WTF did they think Obama was gonna ask? Waht, for that matter did they think the repubs were going to say in the unlikely event that she had gained the nomination.

As raggedy assed and disorganized as her campaign was, and as manic as she sometimes appeared, do you really have any confidence that she would have been able to handle the presidency. She might be brainy as hell, but she does not appear to be a very stable individual and I doubt that she'd hold up very well under the pressure.

[gulfcoastliberal]

16. Whew... that wicked, delusional, vile harpy would've had her finger on the button...

Her votes on the war, cluster bombs, etc suddenly make sense now: she has no connection to reality. She's a female GWB.

[Why Syzygy]

17. Thank dog for that. I think Bill Clinton called them.

[crankychatter]

20. I really wish this could've been done secretly

It's just SUCH a double-message to her supporters and the public

She'll endorse *wink wink* does NOT HELP

[Beacool]

21. Mentally unsuited my ass!!!

Obama may be the nominee, but she's far more suited for the job than he is!!! Listening to her speak at AIPAC was one more reminder.