The Clinton Camp Has Officially Lost It
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Barack, Democrats, Hillary, MichiganThey want the 55 uncommitted delegates from Michigan to stay “uncommitted. ”
Umm…what was that about the will of the people again?
In a conference call with reporters, Clinton Senior Adviser Harold Ickes clarified their position on Michigan — they don’t want the 55 “uncommitted” delegates to go to Obama (his name did not appear on the ballot in Michigan).There have been reports that some of the uncommitted delegates in Michigan already selected are union supporters of Clinton. This solution, unsurprisingly, would make it much harder for Obama to clinch a pledged delegate majority.
Last week, the Clinton campaign was agnostic on the issue — but they seem to ratcheting up the noise, or at least their negotiating position.
Folks, the people who voted for uncommitted either voted for Edwards or Obama. And considering that Edwards backed Obama, all of the uncommitted votes should go to Obama if Michigan gets seated. It’s obvious that was the will of the voters at the time since they voted for “nobody.”
And as Josh Marshall reminds us yet again…
One of her most senior advisors, Harold Ickes, was on the DNC committee that voted to sanction Florida and Michigan by not including their delegates. Her campaign completely signed off on sanctions after that. And Clinton was actually quoted saying the Michigan contest didn’t count. Michigan and Florida were sanctioned because they ignored the rules the DNC had set down for running this year’s nomination process.The evidence is simply overwhelming that Sen. Clinton didn’t think this was a problem at all — until it became a vehicle to provide a rationale for her continued campaign.
Jeezus…WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!!!?!!?!?!
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May 22nd, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Awakened by the roar of the “I will never give up” lady. The little alien observer of this end game to the unknowing earth creature that has been asleep since the earliest of the primaries
“The grasping of straw she is” he said .
May 22nd, 2008 at 6:43 pm
The Clintons wanted to stay in the race precisely for the purpose of creating a fight on the convention floor and divide the party. In 2012 they plan to ride in to “unite” the party that they divided. It is going to be a hoot seeing the Democratic party with no Black people in it in 2012. The Clintons are going to get run out of town.
Also, those seeking fairness should not come to Court with dirty hands. Hillary and Bill sowed the seeds of racial animus throughout this race and have become increasingly shameless about it. Now they play the gender card. BTW, how come no one has mentioned the racial undertones to the Clinton feminist supporters (older white women)? They frequently invoke that Black men getting the vote before white women way back when and they should therefore not let a Black man become president before a white woman. Also, they dismiss Black women voting for Obama as women at all. If you include all races of women voting for Obama, then that’s a lot of women voting for him.
Also, let’s face it she lost. Barak beat her fair and square. Why does she want someone to “give” her the nomination. Work harder next time Hillary!
May 22nd, 2008 at 7:33 pm
This is an Election, not a give-away! Get a grip Hillary!
May 22nd, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Obama should get none of the MI uncommitted delegates. He took his name off the ballot voluntarily and he blocked a MI revote. Honorable conduct calls for Obama to accept the consequences of his own actions.
May 23rd, 2008 at 3:28 am
Word has it that Hillary got turned down for VP. She went begging hat-in-hand and got politely told that she wasn’t wanted. LOL! I wish I could have been there to see that!
May 23rd, 2008 at 6:45 am
Crat-
Shouldn’t you say the same thing about the dropping the delegates from Michigan and Florida also? All three major candidates agreed that the delegates be dropped. When Hillary was presuming that she was the nominee she agreed with this. When she got trounced on the first few contests, all of a sudden they should count the delegates. Honorable conduct calls for Clinton to accept the consequences of her own actions.
May 23rd, 2008 at 7:07 am
It is her arrogance that made her agree to the decision from the beginning. She was so sure she has the nomination that she didn’t fight for repeating the primaries in accordance to the rules or some other solution that it was possible to discuss back then
May 23rd, 2008 at 4:05 pm
And now we have Bobby-Gate. Apparently, Hillary’s heart has greatly desired the death of her rival. I’m getting images of Maleficent from “Sleeping Beauty” and a tempted Galadriel (Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: “in place of a dark Lord you would have a Queen; beautiful and treacherous as the sea)!
I’m sorry but Hillary Cheney is deeply unsettling in her lust for power. She wants to take a blood-soaked White House.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:28 am
Everything You Need To Know About The Consequences Of Complacency…
I can’t read anymore the whole Michigan and Florida primaries discussions, it is really so annoying that I decided to clarify the development of the events and see what comes out of it.
DNC committee set rules for this years primaries.
Michigan …