ARGH! Clinton camp willing to go beyond June 3

[babylonsister]

Clinton camp willing to go beyond June 3
By Sam Youngman
Posted: 05/09/08 10:28 AM


Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) senior advisers said Friday they are willing to push the nomination fight beyond the last contests on June 3 if neither candidate reaches the delegate requirement that includes Michigan and Florida.

While most analysts have determined that Clinton’s chances are all but nil, Geoff Garin and Howard Wolfson, two of Clinton’s senior advisers, told a group of reporters over breakfast that if frontrunner Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) does not reach 2,209 delegates by June 3, the campaign will continue.

The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have been operating on the terms that the number of delegates needed to reach the nomination is 2,025.

“If neither of the candidates gets to 2,209, then the {nominating} process continues,” Wolfson said.

The advisers began the breakfast, which was sponsored by The Christian Science Monitor, by continuing to push the electability argument, complete with data that suggest Clinton would be stronger in swing districts both as a general election candidate and as a coattails candidate for House members in tough districts.

more...

http://thehill.com/campaign-2008/clinton-camp-willing-to-go-beyond-june-3-2008-05-09.html

[NJmaverick]

1. She will become the Democratic version of Mike Huckabee

Soon the press will start to ignore her and her insane rants.

[dkf]

2. She doesn't have a very good grip on reality.

I am SO glad she is not going to be our nominee. Can you imagine having a President like that?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

4. You and me both.

[N4457S]

14. Fox News...

...is pumping the shit out of this. Their viewership in the midwestern industrial states is significant.

Old people live in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania...and old people watch Fox News.

[DS1]

3. OMG

just GET THE FUCK OUT!

[BattyDem]

5. 2,209?

:wtf:

"The Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee (DNC) have been operating on the terms that the number of delegates needed to reach the nomination is 2,025."

That's right. They've been operating on the terms of the RULES! Why won't the Dem leadership SLAM them on this bullshit?! :grr:

[still_one]

6. where there might have been some sympathy for her, I could care less anymore

if she is humiliated, especially after her "white" voters are her supporters comment

There is no question in my mind that she is delusional, and has some sort of martyr complex

[Night_Nurse]

13. that's exactly...

what I have been thinking - someone needs to just slap her and take her by the shoulders, and scream, "IT'S OVER!!! Let it GO!", and then send her to a "spa" for a month or so.

Could be a good episode of A&E's "Intervention". lol

She should have walked away with her pride intact, with dignity and grace - while she still could. It's too late now, and the more she pushes forward, the more pathetic she seems. She's not coming across to everyone as a "fighter" - rather, she appears desperate and crazy. It's kind of sad, especially from a woman's point of view. She's acting like a stalker whose boyfriend broke up with her, instead of a strong woman possessing dignity and pride.

[still_one]

15. I agree, she still could, but from everything that she is saying it isn't going to happen /nt

[doublethink]

7. And here's Hillary herself saying each of us has to get ot 2025 ......

during the campaign.....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OsYnegoV28

[bowens43]

9. hillary needs 2025, obama needs 2209

hillary math , remember?

[bowens43]

8. she needs to start wearing big floppy shoes and a red rubber ball on her nose.

the woman is a joke

[babylonsister]

10. ***

the visual! :rofl:

[Saturday]

11. Get out Hillary even though Obama doesn't have the votes to

win the nomination. Get out, DU says so. :sarcasm: Stop this damn voting.

[Juche]

12. Ah who cares

Supposedly Obama will declare victory on May 20th because he will have over 50% of the pledged delegates at that point. Pelosi, who is chair of the convention says the supers shouldn't overturn the will of the voters.

http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=70593

Obama only needs 164 more delegates to get to 2025. once that happens its over no matter what Hillary says. There are 217 pledged delegates left, if Obama gets half he only needs 55 superdelegates out of the remaining 254 to get over the hump.

I hope to god some of the superdelegates are principled enough to end this after June 3rd.