Comments on: Hillary Doesn’t Concede Tonight http://donklephant.com/2008/06/03/hillary-doesnt-concede-tonight/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:07:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: pico http://donklephant.com/2008/06/03/hillary-doesnt-concede-tonight/comment-page-1/#comment-408941 pico Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:27:35 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=5890#comment-408941 I kind of liked her line: "What does Hillary Clinton want?" Usually such transparent and bloated egotism spoken in the third person is reserved for professional wrestlers trying to antagonize a crowd. In any case... Obama should call Hillary's bluff. If a large number of her supporters--say, 3-5 percent of the electorate--cast a write-in ballot for HRC and that turns out to be the difference in an Obama loss, she can kiss her 2012 prospects goodbye; in such an event, she would be blamed for not doing enough to rally her supporters to Obama and essentially become the new Ralph Nader to the majority of Democrats. There's no chance in hell that she'd get close to the nomination after that. She wouldn't even be able keep her senate seat. It's just a game of chicken at this point. I kind of liked her line: “What does Hillary Clinton want?” Usually such transparent and bloated egotism spoken in the third person is reserved for professional wrestlers trying to antagonize a crowd.

In any case…

Obama should call Hillary’s bluff. If a large number of her supporters–say, 3-5 percent of the electorate–cast a write-in ballot for HRC and that turns out to be the difference in an Obama loss, she can kiss her 2012 prospects goodbye; in such an event, she would be blamed for not doing enough to rally her supporters to Obama and essentially become the new Ralph Nader to the majority of Democrats. There’s no chance in hell that she’d get close to the nomination after that. She wouldn’t even be able keep her senate seat.

It’s just a game of chicken at this point.

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