Hillary asks not to be nominated at convention (NY Daily News)

[scheming daemons]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_hillary_clinton_asks_not_to_be_nominated.html

Hillary Clinton has decided against being nominated for President at the Democrats' Denver convention, but many of her more die-hard partisans may vote for her anyway.

A source close to the New York senator confirmed she won't file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama, who eked out the victory in their fierce primary slugfest.

"She is not going to submit the signed request," the insider told the Daily News. "People are still circulating petitions on her behalf, but this is a done deal."

Party rules stipulate that Clinton must ask in writing to be nominated herself and also submit a petition signed by 300 to 600 delegates. Without her signed request, petitions of support are meaningless.
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Full story at:

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/07/31/2008-07-31_hillary_clinton_asks_not_to_be_nominated.html



Way to go, Hillary. Now if you can get your diehard supporters to stand down, we'd be in good shape.


But good for her.

[WeDidIt]

1. Those loud pops you're hearing

are the heads of PUMAs exploding.

[elkston]

4. Yep. "Scanners" -style at that. n/t

[femmocrat]

2. Glad to hear it.

It's time to pull together already.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

3. Yaaaay Hillary!! Thank you !! nt.

[uberblonde]

5. All her supporters are waiting for...

Is something to indicate that Obama will support her issues re: the working class.

Still waiting... *tap tap tap*

[RaleighNCDUer]

12. Give it the fuck up.

Or join a PUMA forum.

"Her" issues are the same as Obama's - they are Democratic issues, and he is the nominee.

[Virginia Dare]

13. Vote for McCain then, enough said...n/t

[thewiseguy]

6. Why do we have multiple threads on every news piece today?

:shrug:

[Arkansas Granny]

7. Why should today be any different from any other day?

[scheming daemons]

8. People read things at the same time... and post at the same time... without seeing the other threads

What's so hard to understand?


I posted this apparently at the exact same time someone else was.

[VADem11]

9. Good for her

Is she also going to release her delegates?

[MonkeyFunk]

10. Read the article

"Nevertheless, delegates can vote for whomever they want during the roll call of the states. Personally and through surrogates, Clinton has counseled her 1,886 delegates to vote for Obama. A source familiar with discussions inside the Clinton camp told The News she may release those delegates when she speaks to the convention on Aug. 26."

[Eric J in MN]

11. Good. NT

NT