Clinton is NOT Conceding or Acknowledging... Don't Open the Champagne Yet - Updated.

[K Gardner]

UPDATE: McAuliffe states AP Story is 100% FALSE. Ickes on MSNBC states it is false. She will NOT concede or acknowledge Obama as the nominee tonight. MSNBC has retracted the AP story (below) as FALSE.


Clinton may concede delegate race to Obama tonight
By BETH FOUHY, Associated Press Writer
8 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation's first female president.


The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York City. She will pledge to continue to speak out on issues like health care. But for all intents and purposes, the two senior officials said, the campaign is over.

Most campaign staff will be let go and will be paid through June 15, said the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to divulge her plans.

[WeDidIt]

1. They're going to go for a joint ticket

Just watch.

[K Gardner]

3. No, they're not. He hasn't even started the vetting process yet. That is NOT how these things work.

[HereSince1628]

2. Musn't the primary campaign end with the last primary?

I'm not reading much into the rumors beyond the absolutely obvious.

[K Gardner]

4. Exactly. And this article does not say she will concede. It says "may"..

[Eurobabe]

5. those goddamn modal auxiliary verbs and pesky probability

*sigh*

[K Gardner]

6. She is a master with this kind of language.. even MSNBC is noticing the parsing, We should too.

[Eurobabe]

10. Exactly. I'm so hopeful that I will be up very early (MEZ)

to watch this. Too bad I don't have any popcorn. :popcorn:

[grantcart]

7. It doesn't matter psychologically everything changes when she says it

She is not undermining his 'presumptive' status

[Tom Rinaldo]

30. Exactly

She had a weak hand to play after today as it was, while the media and Democratic leaders all still needed to be minimally careful with their exact wording concerning how "likely" an Obama win was. Now Obama's magic number will be reached with a concession by Clinton that Obama has the delegates he needs to win the nomination. It's official and it will be reported as official just as loudly as McCain is now considered the Republican nominee even though the Republican Convention has not been held yet. Numerous prior Clinton backers will now be congratulating Barack Obama and talking about the need for our Party to unite behind him.

It's fine for Clinton's campaign to officially be comatose rather than officially dead. If the sky somehow did fall in on Obama with some kind of terrible Chicago based scandal suddenly swallowing him up live, she can be there to pick up those unlikely pieces. It might even help some of Hillary's most die hard supporters acclimate themselves to the reality of Obama's win if they have a limbo period of purgatory for a few weeks to adjust before dealing with the fact that Hillary is actually backing Barack.

[AspenRose]

8. I just won't believe it until I see it.

Nope.

[K Gardner]

9. Neither will I.

[ej510]

13. I don't believe she will concede anything tonight. Or any time soon.

[rox63]

11. I'd be happy if she suspends her campaign and endorses Obama

I think ending it could cause issues with paying off the campaign debt. So suspension would probably be best. That's how Edwards did it.

[Peacetrain]

12. Terry McCauliff

is saying she is not conceding on cnn right now.. ~sigh~

[K Gardner]

14. Now saying she is holding back to STRATEGICALLY get what she wants. Unbelievable.

[Eurobabe]

15. She's NOT ENDING it, just updated on MSNBC!!!! DAMMIT!!

She will use her position to leverage against Obama for VP!!!! etc.

FUCK.

[K Gardner]

16. Yup. Trust no one, especially not her.

[Eurobabe]

26. Maybe they wanted to kill the story because it would affect voter turnout

in Montana and SD??

[K Gardner]

17. Kicking to combat the blevy of Jubiliation Threads that are NOT warranted right now.

[WilliamPitt]

18. AP: "Clinton set to concede delegate race to Obama"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080603/ap_on_el_pr/clinton

False?

[K Gardner]

20. Yes.. per MSNBC, it is false.. MSNBC just took it back as INCORRECT, LOL.

[mystieus]

19. I hate the idea she's waiting like a vulture for something to happen to him over the summer.

[K Gardner]

21. What other Presidential Candidate from our Stellar Field this year would have acted this way? None.

only her.

[wileedog]

22. Worse, I fear she is going to take her campaign into "woo the SDs mode"

and try to convert enough people before the Convention.

[K Gardner]

27. I hope enough SDs will come out tonight/tomorrow to make that a MOOT point.

[wileedog]

31. Even if they pledge, the Clinton campaign has said repeatedly

that they don't "vote" until the convention.

SHe may try and switch enough people who have already pledge to vote for her come August to force a floor fight.

Ans she doesn't need extensive campaign funds to do it, she just needs to find ways to keep herself relevant.

[gblady]

23. Well.....

it promises to be in interesting day, to say the least...
Will be checking in periodically to see which end's up!

Can't wait 'til 8 PM.

Hopefully, to take a deep sigh of relief!

[JimGinPA]

24. When It Comes Time To Do The Right Thing...

You can count on Hillary not to.

[K Gardner]

29. She doesn't know the meaning of "right thing to do". Seriously.

[TexasObserver]

25. Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!!

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HXCPE0ZPL._SL500_BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-dp-500-arrow,TopRight,45,-64_OU01_AA240_SH20_.jpg

[K Gardner]

28. I'm tellin' ya !!

[City Lights]

32. Ah, so the drama will continue.

Swell.

[K Gardner]

34. Yep.. as my mom would say, 'she has her back up'...

[Inuca]

33. I think that these conflicting messages

coming from the campaign are quite telling. I am sure AP did not go out on a limb like that after talking to some lowly staffer. There must be a tornado (sorry, tornadoes on my mind, I am under a warning for anothre half hour :-() of rumors and conflicting forces among the major players.

[K Gardner]

36. That's probably a good assumption.. mass chaos. And stay safe !!

[Inuca]

40. They extended the warning by another 3 hours :-( n/t

[hokies4ever]

35. Hillary never pivoted off of 'media math'

Plain and simple. If you're defending why you should stay in the race, then you aren't on the path to victory. Hillary made some good media decisions earlier, like attacking them for not being tougher on Obama. They folded like a tent and started scrutinizing him more. Obama has done a good job of keeping Hillary on the defense, defending why she should not drop out. He who wins the media battle wins the primary race.

[K Gardner]

37. She certainly knows how to play the game. All attention now will be on HER tonight. Nice play.

[hokies4ever]

39. Plus it plays into her theme of people bullying her and trying to push her out of the race

I can now guarantee that will be somewhere in her speech.

[Bleacher Creature]

38. Nah. Sounds like the original story was just 9 or 10 hours too early.

Once the polls close in MT and SD, I think she'll still "concede" or "suspend" the campaign.

On Edit: This is just a hunch. We'll see what happens soon enough.

[JVS]

41. Once he has the number, fuck what she says. I'm getting tired of that spoiled child taking the...

party hostage.

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[JVS]

44. Just because I don't care what a couple washed-up blowhards have to say about when the nominee is...

selected? Yeah right.

[ericgtr]

42. Why do I get the feeling that she went for the VP and Obama said no

because she's flopping around like a flounder.

[Hieronymus]

45. Wow, you're going to be very disappointed some time in the next 24hrs.

[K Gardner]

46. What the hell are you talking about.. I'm an Obama supporter.