Clinton Vows To Stay In Race Until Convention

Hillary Clinton told the Washington Post in an interview published Saturday that she would stay in the Democratic Presidential Race until the convention:

In her most definitive comments to date on the subject, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton sought Saturday to put to rest any notion that she will drop out of the presidential race, pledging in an interview to not only compete in all the remaining primaries but also continue until there is a resolution of the disqualified results in Florida and Michigan.

A day after Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean urged the candidates to end the race by July 1, Clinton defied that call by declaring that she will take her campaign all the way to the Aug. 25-28 convention if necessary, potentially setting up the prolonged and divisive contest that party leaders are increasingly anxious to avoid.

"I know there are some people who want to shut this down and I think they are wrong," Clinton said in an interview during a campaign stop here Saturday. "I have no intention of stopping until we finish what we started and until we see what happens in the next 10 contests and until we resolve Florida and Michigan. And if we don't resolve it, we'll resolve it at the convention -- that's what credentials committees are for.

"We cannot go forward until Florida and Michigan are taken care of, otherwise the eventual nominee will not have the legitimacy that I think will haunt us," said the senator from New York. "I can imagine the ads the Republican Party and John McCain will run if we don't figure out how we can count the votes in Michigan and Florida."

Asked if there was a scenario in which she would drop out before the last primaries on June 3, Clinton said no. "I am committed to competing everywhere that there is an election," she said.

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Comments

[juevosrancheros]

So glad she's becoming a champion of MI and FL ... those states she admitted last fall wouldn't count for anything. Hypocritical, perhaps? Or am I just too fixated on consistency?

[BubbaC33]

Until the super delegates seemed to be leaning more towards Obama David Axelrod was fighting to get the system changed, so it is beyond hypocritical to complain.

[lobo1939]

Why? Hillary? The harm being done by prolonging the inevitable is much more harmful the to Democratic Party than it is to just Obama and his chance of taking the Whitehouse. This daily catfight is also damaging the opportunity we have of strengthening our positions in the House and Senate. Think, Row v Wade, Social Security, Housing, etc. The sooner Obama can get out of Pennsylvania and Indiana to campaign in the other states and congressional districts where we stand a chance of taking a seat away from an republican, the better. That gives us an opportunity to build a party campaign. With the daily focus on “he said” “she said” we loose momentum for the party. Republicans like Rush know this full well and hence his meddling. The only thing that is keeping Hillary and Bill running at this moment, given the infinitesimal chance they have of pulling this thing off, is their combined egos. The Super Delegates have got to take the scathing dress down from the Clintons like Richardson did, and stop this madness now. As for Ralph Nader, he is certifiably delusional. Put him in a managed care facility in the Alzheimer’s wing.

[redisright]

sidenote----obama's followers are the left wing of the democratic party. His policies--the ones he has spoke about---aren't even close to the center of this countries philosophy's

[bridgeworker]

When you say left wing of the Democratic party - are you referring to Obama's foreign policy, which "is actually a return to the traditional realistic policy of George Bush's father, of John F. Kennedy, of in some ways Ronald Reagan"?

Or maybe to professed admirers such as Mayor Bloomberg, Colin Powell, Warren Buffet, or Michael Gerson, former Assistant to President GW Bush Jr.?

[Nyland8]

Rodham is as game as the Black Knight ...

... and as sane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNKSzmM44gE&feature=related

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[vincealy]

Superdelegates time to rein in the Clintons. It is still the Democratic party. Perhaps the Elders ; Gore ;Carter and others can make that clear.

[redisright]

I believe its the Clintons who hold the reigns. Im going to do a little research, but I bet all those turncoat politicians all had photo ops with the clintons for their campaigns.

[faretheewell]

She can't win. It is flat out mathematically impossible. What is she staying for? Lets just see how much damage she can do over the next six months. With any luck there will be enough mutual damage done so as to ensure a challenge in the Senatorial primary in NY, after she hands what should have been a shoe-in win for a democrat to McCain.

[truthyguy]

I have serious doubts that Hillary will in fact stay in the race until the convention.

There isn't enough Botox.

[Memorye]

Slam is you know. this world is in such a mess we need to talk about the good and bad . Stop slaming the people and slam the issues.

[Memorye]

Okay i left the word all. Slam me for that.

[Memorye]

I left out , out , slam

[Memorye]

I left out All

[JonStewart4President]

Oh come on. Enough with the personal, physical slams. So unworthy. Hillary has so many real things to slam her on, her lying, her overweening ambition that doesn't seem to care if she destroys the Dems, her being hypocritical and her campaign's pettiness, her poor strategy that has left her losing a race that she thought she had sewn up just a few months ago. So let's not resort to this kind of petty sniping (with or without any Bosnia references) to her. It's unworthy of us. And besides, there are so many real ways Hillary utterly sucks...le­t's try and keep it focused on those.

[BubbaC33]

No one running for president is without a huge ego. Not Ms. Clinton. Not McCain. Not Edwards. And certainly not Obama. It is clear he has an ego to match Ms. Clinton, so don;t argue she is the only candidate with an ego.

[TALLEST]

I can't recall when was the last time Hillary spoke about herself to convince voters she should be the nominee (sniper fire story obviously doesn't count)? Since Feb. when she really started losing this thing, and Feb was bad for her 'cause she didn't plan for it--she assumed she'd be anointed on SuperTuesday, all she's done is hack away at Obama. That to me is the sign of a weak candidate. They can't make a positive case for themselves so they go negative on their opponent.

How 'bout this. I have really come do dislike the Clintons during this process (and I voted for Bill), but I PROMISE to vote for her if she is the nominee 'cause I'm a Dem and 'cause we as a nation can ill afford Pres. McCain. Are you who support her capable of being big enough to PROMISE the same if Obama wins.?

Are you?

[Kalima]

Pending! Pendind, never ending pending,while the clueless get posted!

[Kalima]

Pending, so annoyed!

[raker]

Hillary ought to go for broke and speak the truth, that these "calls to drop out of the race" are contrived by and for the corrupt press (pardon my redundancy) - the very press that led her to this position because she's a controversial woman but is now working to discard her to focus on bringing down the other historic candidate, Obama.The very press that adores and promotes the corrupt, lying, egomaniacal, nutty old warmonger McCain, having decided to make him president.

[tumblewind]

She needs to stop, think and get out! If she ruins the election in the fall there are a lot of us never going to forget what she did. There's every likelihood if McCain wins she will get blamed for having prolonged the primaries. She needs to suck in that king sized ego of hers and admit she isn't as popular in this country as she thinks she is. Until recently I was for her. But, what she is doing is turning a lot of us off. It looks to much like what the Republican's did to her in the early years of her WH tenure...'­sour grapes'!

[redisright]

I love the pic of hillary, it makes her look like the cover of an ozzy album or a really bad '80s movie.

[Memorye]

nothing to say so Obama supporter will slam the person..

[k6007]

What about Hillary's past accomplishments convinced you to vote for her?

[GoLeftGoDeep]

-- also continue until there is a resolution of the disqualified results in Florida and Michigan. --

as to the voters in those state primaries beng disqualified -- reportedly many Dem voters sat out those primaries because they believed they would not be counted. To now count those primaries would disenfranchise those voters who didn't vote, thinking their votes wouldn't count..

How about assigning the delegate count in proportion to total popular vote won? That would give more to Obama but, principled politicians that she is, surely Sen. Clinton would endorse such a fair outcome.

[BishkekBuddy]

As an ardent Obama supporter, I think we ought to just let Shrillary do whatever it is she wants to do! Let her stay in the race until June, July, August - whatever! What WE can do is simply ignore her... why not? The longer she goes on, the more damaging it will be to her future in politics..­. and I can only count that as a good thing.

[akatsuki]

I agree to some extent. Obama should assign a very low-level lackey to issue responses to Hillary whose first statement should be calling her a sore loser. IT IS OVER.

Then spend time on campaigning against McCain, the real enemy.

[Memorye]

And the longer this race goes on . We will find out more about Obama. We know he went on vacation in the middle of the biggest race of his life. I hope if he is elected he does not stay on vacation . We need a fighter and not someone that just lays down by the pool.. And I not talking a fighter that wants to kill people I am talking about a fighter for the little people.

[skepticalindenver]

Yes we do find out more. We know Obama has the sense to know when to take a short break so that he is fresh when he needs to be. Or are you advocating someone should not take any break from non stop campaigning? Perhaps if he did, he could be as strung out as his opponent who seems to be mismanaging her money, suffering from hoof in mouth, and losing the race.

There is a HUGE difference between taking a few days after months of a grueling schedule, and someone that "just lays by the pool." If you can't figure that one out I don't think you will ever understand much of anything.

[mikekev58]

I don't think you'll be able to ignore Hillary. A run-of-the-mill comment by a presidential candidate draws 357 comments and counting. Where will the venom of the hopeful Obamanistas be directed? Towards John McCain? What about the theme of "disagreeing without being disagreeable"?

[IslandGyal]

Samantha Powers was nice, calling her a monster; I will not be that kind, she's proving nothing but a biatch.

[DukeFan]

Well whether or not Clinton goes on to the convention or even by some miracle gets the nomination, she will lose the general election which will serve her right. I think she needs to think long and hard before doing something like this and maybe that's the problem. Hillary and Bill think of nobody but themselves and just don't get the bigger picture.

[Memorye]

Well whether or not Obama goes on to the convention or even by some miracle gets the nomination, he will lose the general election which will serve him right. I think he needs to think long and hard before doing something like this and maybe that's the problem. Obama and Michelle think of nobody but themselves and just don't get the bigger picture.

[IslandGyal]

Memorye,
You are obviously among that 23% from the Pew Research Poll since it's only them singing that song lately. You should be ashamed of yourself.

[PensacolaTiger]

Another Xerox moment brought to you by the Clinton Campaign?

[Pjsandiego]

What utter bull. Obama has won more delegates, more states, more votes and you act, run a better more efficient campaign, raised more money and even leads in all polls regarding a match up. Your argument is apparently because YOU and HILLARY THINK they would make a better candidate we should ignore ALL OF THOSE OTHER FACTORS. What utter arrogance. Imagine Obama losing in all of those categories and demanding that nothing was going to be over until the convention- regardless of the harm it might be doing to the party. Hillary has ever right to be continue to run and she has every right to be stupid. She has every right to lie about her credentials, her experience, her real plans, etc. etc. But we all have a right to express our opinion that Hillary is doing something wrong and arrogant.

[Fabienne]

Obama HAS the nomination.

[redisright]

You'll be able to claim that you were a fan of two teams to be upset this year.

[AnninCA]

Yes, we know that Obama wishes to not have to actually win. Just step aside, please. In the meantime, the real world intrudes.

Coming up! Penn!

There's a great article on real clear politics today showing just how Hillary is likely to win the popular vote.

BTW, did you know that a full half of his own popular vote comes from one place: His home state, Illinois?

Interesting fact that I hadn't realized.

[Brutus1]

AnninCA, I'm surprised you were able to post something that is pro-Hillary. Usually those posts are eliminated. This is a pro-Obama site.