It is incomprehensible to me that Mrs. Clinton can seriously be touting the notion, with the support of the punditocracy of CNN and Fox, that she is leading in the popular vote and should therefore be seriously considered as the most electable candidate in the November election. She's including those who voted for her in Florida and Michigan's name recognition ballot saying that to exclude them would be to disenfranchise them. What about the Democrats in Alaska, American Samoa, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Nebraska, Washington, Hawaii and Wyoming who did not cast ballots because they were playing by the pledged delegates playbook and voted by caucus. What about them? Certainly if the rules are going to be changed and judgment is based on the 'popular' vote those voters in the eleven caucus states and Samoa will be disenfranchised. What about them?
And what about us? What about the American people? Haven't we had enough of Mrs. Clinton's mad antics in her pursuit of the realization of venal personal ambition; her 'say anything, do anything, no matter what' effort to manipulate our all too willing media to gull this country's populace into believing that her wretched illegitimacy is indeed legitimate. How much mendacity do we have to suffer, how much brazenness do we have to swallow before someone, anyone, has the decency, the common sense, to relieve us of this terrible trifle, this pathetic madness?
However - Hillary's claims have failed to convince superdelegates and she knows it, so she will probably announce an end to her campaign tomorrow night in NYC, pledge full support for Obama and ask her supporters and donors to do the same.
Hillary can do this - she continued her fight until she ran out of options and now, will drop the theatrics that have characterized her campaign.
She was out maneuvered, out foxed and out campaigned. Let's hope her supporters are willing to forgive, forget and subscribe to the Vision for Change Obama offers.
Stay tuned, as the Clinton campaign is also looking into possibly including Bill's totals under the theory that their martial status gives her a half of all his votes.
By the way, it has been confirmed that Terry McAuliff will be named to the Clinton cabinet to head up a new office in charge of converting the electoral counting system to the metric system. This will ensure that no matter how things add up, Hil Liary will always win.
The problem was getting answers to concrete questions, and the only relevant responses received were from the Edwards and Kucinich staffs.
"anyone, has the decency, the common sense, to relieve us of this terrible trifle, this pathetic madness?"
I'm sorry--what? DId you just call a sitting US Senator, and recipient of the second highest number of votes in Democratic history--"a terrible trifle", one is is "pathetically mad"? You're kidding, right?
I agree she can't win and her campaign needs to end--but--holy smokes, that sounds way too much like "who will rid me of this meddling priest?"
Not to mention it's horrofically sexist. I'm trying to imagine you calling Obama, McCain, or Guiliani or Edwards--"terrible trifles", pathetically mad ones to boot.
Way to reconcile the party, sir.
Looking forward to your next article...
Terry McAuliffe, of course! “it is now clear that Hillary Clinton has gotten more candidates more than any person ever running for president.”
Better lay off the rum before an interview, eh?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/clinton-strategist-terry_n_104680.html
HRC can try to persuade them that the results of the Primary Elections signify something or other but the fact of the matter is, the flow is not going nor is it likely to go her way. Fair or not, these are the determining factors and the Clintons knows it - that's why they're already laying off staff; and that's why HC for President staff members are hoping to join the Obama Campaign.
Those that want more of the same, can support John McCain. And those looking for a more substantial and nutritious political meal will support the DP's winning candidate, as Hillary herself soon will do.
Enough so, in fact, that I have begun to wonder if perhaps MSNBC's success is causing the two networks to merge their opinions together as a prelude to merging their financial futures?
Obama should reach the 2118 threshold tomorrow and then Mrs. Clinton should go away - hopefully with more grace than she shown in her campaign.