Honestly, I do not want Hillary to drop out before West Virginia and
Kentucky. It would look *terrible* if Obama - the "presumptive"
nominee, were to lose to someone who has already retired from the
race. Let her play it out - the deafening chorus is already building:
everyone knows Obama will win this thing. There's a lot of pressure
for her to tone down her negatives (her desperate, race-baiting
commments notwithstanding..) Honestly, at this point, Hillary is
becoming irrelevant. You're going to see supers coming out
increasingly by the day for Obama and he will declare victory on May
20th.
- Crystal
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Crystal M. Fleming
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology - Harvard University
Traveling Scholar - Sciences Po (Paris)
Website: http://www.wjh.ha...
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:04 AM, Zachary James Miller
<[address removed]> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Some of my thoughts on
>
> Possible Reasons Why Hillary is still running (aside from being delusional)
>
> 1) It's already cost her too much - She has a less than 5 percent chance of
> winning and nothing else to lose. What do you do if you're a gambler and way
> behind ? - You let it ride.
>
> They took a role of the dice and went hard negative and lost too many
> supporters, prestige and some of Bill's legacy in the process( in addition
> to more than 11 million in personal cash). They have in part sacrificed her
> future black vote and that of other Obama supporters in this last ditch
> attempt to divide and conquer, making herself into not only the "woman's
> candidate" but now the "white candidate" and her campaign trying to say that
> all Obama supporters are Black, or young, or egghead "s ( read elite). This
> is to many people (including many former supporters) divisive beyond repair.
>
> (read new New York Times editorial)
> http://www.nytime...
>
> (Bloggers are upset with her)
> http://blogs.usat...
>
> http://thecaucus....
>
> http://www.usatod...
>
> It has simply cost them too much not to come out of it with something. She's
> past the point of a graceful exit so she goes full steam ahead.
>
> It's been reported now that Hillary is willing to use the so called "nuclear
> option" in which she wages a massive campaign to use the rules comm. to vote
> her the Florida and Michigan delegates on May 31st. as if she won both those
> contests under normal circumstances. She will do that and she thinks she has
> the vote in the rules comm. to win. (some say she has at least 50 percent)
> This could be overturned by the Credentials comm. during the convention in
> August but by then the party is totally damaged. According to most
> calculations it still doesn't really add up to a win for her.
>
> and / or
>
> 2) She wants to make a deal for :
>
> - a) the Vice Presidency (she knows that no one inside the campaign wants
> her to be Vice-President but this threat of "nuclear option" may be a way to
> force herself on them)
> http://abcnews.go...
>
> - b) Having the Obama campaign pay off all her debts ( well over the 11
> million + she loaned herself ) she still owes Mark Penn 10 million more his
> firm was getting about 3 million a month from the Clinton campaign.
>
> - c) Raise more money herself to retire her campaign debt
>
> - d) Leave on a high note after winning the two states she is expected to
> win -
> West Virginia and Kentucky
>
> - d) any, and / or all the above reasons and more
>
> and / or
>
> 3) She wants to cripple the candidacy of Obama making it easier for her to
> run in 4 years.
>
> From Peggy Noonan
> http://online.wsj...
>
> From Dick Morris
> http://www.dickmo...
>
> http://www.dickmo...
>
> http://www.dickmo...
>
> Zach
>
>
>
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