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AP: Clinton will acknowledge tonight that Obama has the delegates to win

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Chi City 81, Jun 2, 2008.

  1. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    If she doesn't officially quit, that means she retains her delegates, correct?
     
  2. BitterYoungMatador2

    BitterYoungMatador2 Well-Known Member

    "She ain't quittin'."
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  3. PeteyPirate

    PeteyPirate Guest

    She will acknowledge "where we are" but won't come off trying to convince the superdelegates:

    http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/?hpid=topnews
     
  4. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    This stance should last about a day, after Obama lowers the boom with
    the announcement of sufficient new superdelegate commitments to put him well over the top . . .
     
  5. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Exactly

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  6. Cape_Fear

    Cape_Fear Active Member

    She can quit like Edwards did and retain her delegates by "suspending" her campaign. It's one of the technicalities of the rules. Obama got Edwards' delegates only after the endorsement. Until then Edwards' delegates were still pledged to him.

    I think the problem in her case is her finances. I'm not sure she can continue to raise money if she suspends her campaign and she wants to scrape for every last nickel after loaning all that money to the campaign.
     
  7. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    There's something to be said for going out on your own terms. Also, Obama has a much better shot of winning over the bitter Clinton voter if he is perceived as not having pushed her out of the race before he clinched it. Clinton will get her (deserved) moment of glory, shower Obama with praise, and Obama will be free to push on against McCain without someone from his own party nipping at his heels. I doubt she's holding out for vice president. My guess is, she wants to leave with her head held high, and Obama has been very deft at doing the positive -- running against McCain, but not making a point of explicitly telling Clinton to butt out.
     
  8. Football_Bat

    Football_Bat Well-Known Member

    Obama has been the very embodiment of class the whole way through.
     
  9. zeke12

    zeke12 Guest

    Yup. And she still wants tonight to be about her.

    He's won the nomination. Everyone knows that.

    And she still wants it to be about her.

    The narcissism is simply staggering.
     
  10. Ben_Hecht

    Ben_Hecht Active Member

    BO is far from stupid -- and he's getting very, very good advice.
     
  11. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    I would expect she would go back to the donors she maxed out for the presidential race and have them contribute to her Senate re-election fund, which then would retire the presidential race debt. Other Democratic officeholders could donate to the Senate fund as well for the same purpose, and have that be the terms of leaving peacefully. It helps her get her cash back, and Obama doesn't have to piss off his folks by using their money to make Mark Penn's boat payments.
     
  12. spinning27

    spinning27 New Member

    Putting the Clintons on the ticket would be a circus. Just look at what's happening on the news shows tonight. Obama shouldn't make a peep about the VP until July 1 at the earliest. If he's winning back the Clinton supporters on his own, screw her. If he doesn't think he can win unless she's on the ticket, then pick her.

    If McCain goes with a woman, then Obama has to pick a woman as well. Sebelius, anyone?
     
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