Obama Won't Wait For Clinton Concession To Declare Victory

The Obama campaign is not worried about the tempest that erupted at a Washington, D.C., hotel on Saturday when top Clinton adviser Harold Ickes threatened to take the fight over Michigan's delegates all the way to the convention.

"He said 'reserve the right,' not that he was going to do it," said Obama adviser Anita Dunn. "They have to get through the next three days. I've been there before."

Now that the Democratic National Committee's Rules and Bylaws Committee has decided what to do with the Florida and Michigan delegations, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is 68 delegates away from clinching the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, according to the ABC News delegate estimate.

Read the whole story here.

Comments

[scorpioleidy]

Good thing he's not waiting for a concession speech she's not gracious or respectful (of him) enough to give --- no matter, though, this will all be over Tuesday night/Wed a.m. ... finally!

OBAMA '08 & '12

[scorpioleidy]

Good thing he's not waiting for a concession speech she'll never be able to give --- no matter, though, this will all be over Tuesday night/Wed a.m. ... finally!

OBAMA '08 & '12

[neocon666]

What other choice does Barack Obama have? Hell will freeze over before she concedes.

[gditty]

Exactly....Hell will freeze over and she will continue to fight on the ice!

[naschkatze]

She will not concede. She will merely suspend her campaign and take potshots at Obama and try to poach his supers all summer long.

[rmetz74]

Is that picture just a play on the word "concession"? Or is there a hidden paragraph in here about lollipops?

[faretheewell]

The ball is in Hillary's court. Does she want to end this on a positive note, by making a very public and supportive statement of concession, or does she want to go down in history as a sore loser. Regardless, Obama will be the nominee. It is time for her to show some graciousness, and actively spport the party's nominee.

[nonofyabusiness]

How about some sillyseason MLB analogy (as Hillary sees it and since it's obviously a game to her)

Hillary: "They may be ahead and have more runs than me , but we have more hits and men left on base!" (no mention of their many errors) "And the umpires aren't fair and won't give us all the calls." And "Our strike zone needs to be larger than theirs." And we sold more seats and season tickets than they did"....."And we're the better team that has a better shot in October" "Plus they're more injurie prone" And you should count the preseason "And we need to create another wildcard"......

"CACKLE, CACKLE, CACKLE, WHAAAAAA"

[xenite69]

You people are so blind. The messiah has put his spell on the people! The reason that this Hillary supporter will not vote for Barack is very simple. It's not because I am a sore loser. Party unitiy means nothing to me. It's about having the right person in the white house. Barack would never make clearence if he was trying to join the FBI. Then why is he getting clearence to run for President? ..as Father Pfleger said..here come Barack Obama, a man who came from nowhere! He has ties to too many undesireables. And these people have a secrect agenda. The truth is coming out now...that's one of the reason's that BHO left his church....keep an eye out for that MO tape..it will be the end of your messiah.

[Sabreen60]

You lost. Game over. If you've got some sources or links or something to backup your claim. Post them. Otherwise have some pride.

[GravitonX]

It's ironic; the only people who think that Obama is the messiah are the people who really hate him. His supporters simply think that he's the most qualified candidate for the job. Get over it.

[WasteNJ]

xenite69 is cut/pasting this same post under multiple topics. He's a plant. Ignore.

[Ged2012]

Why Hillary Would Ultimately Lose:

1. She and her surrogates always talk to the press about Obama's problems with certain voters: If it's not working class whites, it is women, or Hispanics. And her strategy is pretty devious: she says one thing really bad, wait for it to work to Obama's disadvantage, then later retracts her statement by saying that she "regretted" what she said, only after she is victorious having taken advantage of such divisive statements.

It is amazing that Obama never tells Hillary that she has an African-American problem.

2. She still believes that votes from caucuses are not part of the popular vote. A caucus is also a way to determine the will of the people. Which is worse, fighting for Florida and Michigan that violated the rules, or pretending that caucus states do not exist in her popular vote theory?

3. She takes credit for the achievements of her husband.

4. CNN's latest calculations reveal that once the last two primaries are over, Hillary needs about 90% of the remaining 200 plus superdelegates to clinch the nomination, while Obama needs less than forty.

Try adding the 18 "uncommitted" superdelegates who voted for Obama during the DNC meeting a few days back, and include what an article by Huffington Post revealed last week that Obama was able to court DOZENS of superdelegates who would announce their support for him after this Tuesday's primaries. They could be with him at the GOP Convention.

Go figure.

[Glacial]

Interesting post over at abcnews' comments:

"Yeah I love it, not only did the CLinton's lose but they will be blamed for the Dems losing in November and be blamed for the overturn of Roe v. Wade. HAHAHA We orchestrated the whole thing, we kept her in the race, she won Ind and Tex and a few other states because of us, dragging it out, splitting the party and making her loss even more bitter. You Dems are such losers.

If she goes Ind, she will be even more embarrassed because she will come in third and be an outcast. The CLinton's are finally dead. Ding dong the witch is dead oops mispelling..... I can't believe how stupid a lot of Democrats are, you will never win the White House. We will win in 2012 also (please I hope she runs again) because half the party won't vote for her, she will never win the White House now, she made herself look insane. The great right wing conspiracy has beaten the Clintons.

I would love to see the baby killing law overturned and even the feminists blame Hillary. There name is mud, hated by Republicans and Independants and now over half the Democrats. It is like Christmas morn."

[walk0nwalls]

All the Obama people must be smoking weed every stop they make because I can't think of any other way for how these people stay so mellow.

[PhDiva]

I don't think they are smoking weed, but I do think they are remarkably calm. It actually shows how disciplined his campaign is, which I think is a good sign.

[Sabreen60]

Obama is a leader. He didn't make himself a leader the people made him leader. He has earned our respect. When he asked us not to show up at the Rules Committee meeting unless we had a ticket, we did as we were asked. The man has class and we're trying to have a little class, also.

[BLinCincinnati]

It's easy to remain calm when you know you are going to win.

[FogBelter]

I think the problem is Obama can't count on her conceding ... so if he hits the Delegate number he has to claim victory if only to lay down a marker. It's a prudent decision on his part.

[WasteNJ]

Indeed. He's been waiting for her to do the right thing forever. She won't, ever, so he just has to do what he has to do. After the last primary is the right time. By mid-Wednesday, it'll be official.

[michaelbiggs]

I hope the "Whitey Tape" really does come out tomorrow.

[slr51]

LOL - The tape has been reviewed by the media and they are rolling on the floor laughing at you fools.

Michele Obama made a speech criticizing Bush in which she said:

Why'd he cut folks off medicaid?
Why'd he let New Orleans drown?
Why'd he do nothing about Jena?
Why'd he put us in Iraq for no reason?

... and some complete IDIOTS have actually gone so far over the edge that they expect us to believe she's saying "whitey" instead of "why'd he"!

This is the very WORST that you could find against Obama? Get used to saying President Obama because the entire tape is available and the obvious clipping and misconstruing will just make you a laughingstock.

[uclafan]

Do you remember when Hillary was using the term "hire me for the job"?

Have you ever had a boss who was qualified for the position, but couldn't get things done because there was too much division and favoritism in your company?

Compare that to someone who is also qualified, but is inclusive, cares about the employees and brings people together.

I'd work for the latter anytime, any day of the week.

I'm proud of you Obama, don't let this lady push you around. We're all behind you!

[slr51]

I have hired people for years. Anyone caught in an obvious lie to puff up their resume (sniper fire anyone?) is immediately discounted and given absolutely no further consideration. In fact we put a note in the file to never consider them in the future for ANY job if they submit a new application and resume.

[ChiGuy]

Although in essence he already has declared victory by focusing primarily on McCain for the past couple of weeks, and his supporters have known it for some time, it will be nice to hear him say the words.

[CALISCHOLAR]

i never had to take CLINTON MATH 101 in high school, so here's the facts ....

as of FRIDAY MAY 30, popular vote count was 16,691,444 (Obama) - 16,230,486 (Clinton) ....
plus FLORIDA (576,214 - Obama) - (870,986 - Clinton)

= 17,267,658 (Obama) - 17,101,472


plus the ESTIMATE count where in Iowa, Nevada, Maine, Wash (caucuses) were not revealed (which BOTH PARTIES and the media are all using)
334,084 (Obama) - 223,862 (Clinton)

= 17,601,742 (Obama) - 17,325,334 (Clinton)

plus PUERTO RICO today
121,458 (Obama) - 263,120 (Clinton)


= 17,723,200 (Obama) - 17,588,454 (Clinton)



OBAMA has 134,746 POPULAR vote lead



the CLINTON MATH claims the election is INVALID, therefore OBAMA should have a ZERO vote count, but VALID so they should receive their 328,309 count, in order to get FULL delegate representation, opposed to 1/2



she makes me laugh

[hi5dud3n355]

No that is not correct. Clinton clearly has the advantage. All you have to do is look at Karl Rove's math and you'll clearly see that what you "estimate" is false. Sheesh, stop being so presumptuous.

Clinton/Rove '08!

[ahsaki80]

A-holes like you are the reason we've had 8 Bush years. Sad, really.