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Hillary Will Drop Out by June 15

Posted May 7, 2008 | 01:18 PM (EST)

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A senior campaign official and Clinton confidante has told me that there will be a Democratic nominee by June 15. He could not bring himself to say the words "Hillary will drop out by June 15," but that is clearly what he meant. I kept saying, "So, Hillary will drop out by June 15," and he kept saying, "We will have a nominee by June 15." He stressed what a reasonable person Hillary is.

Everything about our conversation implied that he had already had this reality-based discussion with Hillary. He said the Clinton campaign plan is to collect as many votes and delegates as they can right through June 3, then take no more than a week or so to make their case to the superdelegates. Nothing he said indicated that he actually expected the superdelegates to move to Hillary in the week after the final election. The Clinton campaign has not lost its grip on reality. Yes, Clinton spokespersons publicly seem to be lost on gravity-free planet Clinton, but privately they know the end is near.

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collapse New toosiehillary See Profile I'm a Fan of toosiehillary

A good candidate does not give-up so easily. And I think that speaks for Sen Clinton and who knows just maybe Obama's thoughts of improving the USA's troubles won't make the grade like some people think

BUT THERE IS A LOT OF THINKING TO BE DONE BEFORE NOVEMBER BECAUSE SOME MAY THINK THE GRASS IS GREENER ON THE OTHER SIDE BUT THAT AIN'T ALWAYS TRUE.

Sen Clinton has given a good fight and that is what we need a fighter even if she did sink in her own money.
God Bless us all.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:20 AM on 05/12/2008
collapse ann1 See Profile I'm a Fan of ann1

Wake me up before she goes!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:03 PM on 05/11/2008
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Yes, Clinton spokespersons publicly seem to be lost on gravity-free planet Clinton, but privately they know the end is near.

good.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:14 PM on 05/11/2008
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Hillary out by June 15th, wishful thinking but don't count on it just yet.

She'll stay in the race until January 20th, and on inauguration day she and Bill will sneak back into the White House and steal the pieces they didn't get the first time..

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:18 PM on 05/11/2008
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Hillary better get out of Obama's way if she knows what's good for her.

And you people need to stop hating on Obama just because your poor little Hillary has lost.

Why hasn't anybody told her yet?

I watch the news all the time and everybody on TV knows that Obama has won. Excuse me, everybody but Hillary!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:30 PM on 05/11/2008
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"I watch the news all the time and everybody on TV knows that Obama has won."

exactly my point.

You are buying the TV president again, beb, just like the last two times.

GWBush won because of TV, not because he was an excellent governor, nor was he a competent business man.

Turn off the TV, please and start reading: newspapers, magazine, books. It will open your eyes.
Television is corporate, it is about $$$ and so is their push for Obama,
All about ratings and the money they earn.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:59 PM on 05/11/2008
collapse MikeBHryan See Profile I'm a Fan of MikeBHryan

Well, we know you really do not watch TV, because if you did, then you would know that the people that you read in magaizines, newspapers and books, are the same people we watch on TV every night. With their same opinion. I do agree that would should have as many sources in making our decision as possible, though, if that's what you meant to say.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:00 PM on 05/11/2008
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Some people will say anything to keep a black man from becoming president.

It's all a big joke now though.

Too Late!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:48 PM on 05/11/2008
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Dream on....at least we know you guys think the dream is still alive...

anybody ever take history in school...

for being so smart Obama must have been sleeping through history class...

even the worst of the students when I went to school knew how many states are in this country...50

have a look and see how many Obama thinks there are...8(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpGH02DtIws

Oh well...maybe he will have enough states to get back in the lead...

after the thumping he's going to take in the next few states....8)

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:37 AM on 05/11/2008
collapse AnAmericanWoman See Profile I'm a Fan of AnAmericanWoman

Hey, that's one month too late! She's outta there on May 20th!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:47 AM on 05/11/2008
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This is not news, it is rumor. Wishing that Clinton will drop out does not make it so. her supporters are telling her to stay in until the very end and that is exactly what she is going to do. I don't understand why anyone familiar with Hillary Clinton would believe that she would quit at this stage of the campaign? She has half the voters and have the delegate so why doesn't Obama quit in favor of Hillary? Sadly Obama has no chance of being elected without Hillary. Her supporters have been behind her for over 16 years, do you think we are just going to quit and switch our support over to a newbie? N thank you. If we cannot vote for Hillary then Obama will need every one of those new voters he plans on registering before election day. I wish him well but without Hillary, he's on his own. No, I do not plan on voting for McCain, I'm a democrat, but I just cannot vote for Obama. I am a 52 year old white middle class male who didn't finish college and has voted in every election since I was 18 years old. I am also a veteran. Neither myself, nor my parents nor my four adult brothers and four adult sisters will be voting for Obama. We are in it for Hillary.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:02 AM on 05/11/2008
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I always thought the blue collar working person was the base of the Democratic Party. Since when is it the party of the 'elites', you know, the well educated who are full of themselves?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:19 PM on 05/11/2008
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The blue-collar working class community IS the base of the Democratic Party, but this is NOT the community that the MSM and Clinton are referring to. The blue-collar working class Americans are Americans from all racial, ethnic and faith backgrounds; they are black, Latino, Asian, and white, and all variations in between, and many of them are also supporting Senator Obama. But the "blue-collar" working class community that the MSM and Hillary so often speak of are older traditional white Americans, who will never vote for a black man! I think Faxus' post is perhaps a perfect example of the distinction between the ordinary working class, and those who are the core of Hillary's constituency. There is a stark contrast!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:42 PM on 05/11/2008
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"Sadly Obama has no chance of being elected without Hillary." Don't you feel betrayed by your own word? Get a refreshing shower of reality for a change.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:58 PM on 05/11/2008
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If you are "in it for Hillary," but not for the Democratic Party, then why do you call yourself a Democrat? Senator Clinton represents the values of the Democratic Party, as does Senator Obama, the values that we as Democrats all share, and the values that, at this time more than ever, will be the saving grace of our nation. If you're truly "in it for Hillary," then it seems that you would respect her investment in our shared values and be guided by her support for the Party and the Party's nominee. But based on your post, not only will you do just the opposite, but by sitting out this election, you will be undermining everything Hillary stands for and helping to seat an administration under John McCain that repudiates her values and the shared values of our Party. Your 33 years of voting as a Democrat has been a lie, because you're not really "in it for Hillary," nor are you in it for the Party or the country. You, your parents, your four adult brothers and four adult sisters, are in it for yourselves.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:11 PM on 05/11/2008
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I take solace in knowing that MOST Hillary supporters do not share your single minded, tunnel vision approach to politics and what's important for America. What are you, in high school still? Get over yourself! It's this "the world revolves around us" mentality of Hillary supporters like you, that many of the DNC talk about. "Sadly Obama has no chance of being elected without Hillary"...huh? If you truly believe that absolutely assinine statement, then your vision is even more distorted than I had originally thought. Obama has assembled a grassroots underground movement that has never been seen, and the GOP will try their Rovian/Atwater tactics of old, but the electoral map has evolved and people who desire change will see past the devisive politics of old. You have nerve to call yourself a Democrat, when your vote is needed in this, one of America's most critical crossroads. Tell you what, Hillary supporters like you can take your ball and go home, and sit this one out. Because with or without you Democrats will prevail!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:31 PM on 05/11/2008
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Then say hello to President McCain, and say goodbye to affordable healthcare, goodbye to a balanced budget, goodbye to a strong dollar, goodbye to international respect, goodbye to equal rights for all, goodbye to our constitutional protections, goodbye to more of our sons and daughters, and goodbye to the Supreme Court for a generation.

Get over yourself. If Obama is the nominee we must all support him. Even Hillary knows that. Because the alternative is not just worse, it's unthinkable.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:22 AM on 05/11/2008
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Faxus, I am saying this as one Hillary supporter to another. The race is over. We worked hard on it, and God knows Hillary is a damn fine candidate. I gave my life's blood to the campaign, and am just as sad as anyone that things didn't work out. I spent most of yesterday crying, but have accepted the decision. We have a presumptive nominee now. Hillary will stay in until the people have spoken, and will go out of the race with 3 of her biggest wins yet in West Virginia, Kentucky and Puerto Rico. Then she will concede and throw her support to Obama. I urge you to do the same.

I haven't a doubt that Obama will incorporate some of Hillary's platforms into his, and I think Hillary will get a cabinet appointment, or perhaps the VP slot. But we have to face facts and move on to November. Do you really want thousands more of our service personnel to die? Do you really want untold more innocent civilians to die in Iraq? Do you really want to see Roe vs Wade overturned and our women forced into illegal abortions? That's what we face if we do not give our loyalty to the Party and Senator Obama. If you really believe in what Hillary was trying to accomplish for our country, PLEASE do what she's going to do, and support the Democratic nominee. We need to unite. Otherwise we will be destroying our country from within.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 AM on 05/11/2008
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Good. She needs to. Hope we have something or a party even LEFT by June 15 but this is progress.

All elections end June 3. Frankly she needs to drop out no later than June 5 but I'll live with this.

Since there's nowhere else to state it: I'll live with Governor Strickland of Ohio as Obama's V.P. Still think Webb or Sebelius would be better but if this is the cost, fine. I'll take one of Hillary's supporters from the apparently holy and anointed state of Ohio which we must kowtow to at all costs. Strickland it is.

First thing i'm doing on January 20, 2013 (after Obama's re-election) is immediately pushing to ignore Ohio from here on in. We've been held hostage long enough.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:41 AM on 05/11/2008
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Hillary Clinton? Never heard of her, who is she?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:37 AM on 05/11/2008
collapse Faxus See Profile I'm a Fan of Faxus

The next president of the united states. that's who.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 07:02 AM on 05/11/2008
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I was a democrat for over 30 years, but I no longer consider myself a democrat. I would strongly urge others to get out of the democratic party !!!!!! It is being taken over by far left radical anti-American liberals !!!!! Something that I was once so proud of has now become nothing but a big disappointment and I am now ashamed that I was ever associated with the democratic party !!! The democratic party represents anti-Americanism and it will be the downfall of America !!!!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:54 PM on 05/10/2008
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I just read about republican operatives that plant posts like yours in order to create Democrat infighting and try to drive people away from the party. Usually they make wild and incendiary claims with no basis. Don't you know this is the era of post-stupidity? Think of how many people you've driven away from your own party or candidate with posts like these.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:00 AM on 05/11/2008
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REALLY??? OH MY, OH MY, OH MY!!!!!

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:57 AM on 05/11/2008
collapse EbonBear See Profile I'm a Fan of EbonBear

If you genuinely believe that the Democratic party has been taken over by the far-left then:
A) You left the party with the Dixiecrats.
B) You are lying about ever having been a Democrat.
C) There is no choice C.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:53 AM on 05/11/2008
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What do you mean? What is the evidence that the party is becoming far-left? I don't see it. There's no far-left healthcare plan, like a government run system. No far left taxation plan, like FDR's. What are you talking about?

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:43 PM on 05/10/2008
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Very persuasive argument. Maybe a few more exclamation points would strengthen it even more.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 09:34 PM on 05/10/2008
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Trojan Horse Troll

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:19 AM on 05/11/2008
collapse JohnTalbutt See Profile I'm a Fan of JohnTalbutt

Why June 15th? When she achieves the gas tax holiday just two weeks before.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 08:53 PM on 05/09/2008
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The dems don't need hillary haters - If Y'all want to win the General Election for President of the United States - You'd better unify your party and stop the vitriol among yourselves. Take a cue from your Idol Obama and take the high road. Get all the sectors of your voting base together. Otherwise you might be surprised in Nov.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:55 PM on 05/09/2008
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blessedfrog, the problem is that if not for the pundits and bias of the Press we would unite behind a person most reluctantly in the press admit now is the best candidate Senator Clinton. Not even half of Obama's skeletons have been released from his closet. Yes it would be great to have a black/white man as President, but not this guy! Maybe the fact the next President will only last one term is a buffer? In the meantime 4 years is a lot of time to screw things up even more. Should Obama become President with is naivity and inexperience it will be caos.

Too bad the press did cover Clinton fairly or the other candidates, excluding Edwards. We had a whole slew of people ready to do a better job. But wait until we see the skeletons in Obama's closet. We can thank the pundits and media/press for this fiasco.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:19 AM on 05/10/2008
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Well Pamela, enlighten us will you since you seem to be an expert in "Obama History". What, do you actually think that Hillary has no skeltons in her closet to be exposed? It's this very same GOP like scare tactic that have no traction in this process. We can thank the pundits and media/press for a lot of things, but the fiasco you speak of seems to have slipped passed many of us.

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:01 PM on 05/11/2008
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This is an example of a republican operative. No self-respecting Hillary supporter would ever make such wild, unsubstantiatedkkfkfk

replyReply favoriteFavorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:07 AM on 05/11/2008
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Since you proclaim to know that not even half of these skeletons have been released, you must know the exact number. How many are there exactly? And since you know what they are, why don't you go ahead and release them yourself and save the news media the trouble. That would speed things up a bit, no?