Infinite MonkeysOK, in the interest of offering a non-scotch olive branch around here, I'll bring up a topic we can all agree on, left and right: Our mutual distrust -- that's the strongest word I'll use -- of Hillary Clinton.
From Politico, Hillary Clinton is asking superdelegates to commit to her in private -- that way they can avoid the fuss n' muss of a public endorsement.
“We do have some private supporters,” the staffer said. “[But] for their own political purposes, they can’t be on record.”
Call me crazy, but isn't Clinton's case to the superdelegates basically that she can win the presidency and Barack Obama can't? Doesn't it undermine that argument to sneak around because members of your own party can't take the political risk of being associated with you?
Cross-posted at my new home base. And then I'll shut up for the rest of the evening so that the monkey vets can have their say.
Posted by Joel at May 8, 2008 05:13 PMOr was that too wonky and not nearly clever enough?
Posted by: Joel at May 8, 2008 06:34 PMAh, the politics of the smoke-free, smoke-filled room. Why would Hillary sneak around and meet with superdelegates privately? Could it be that she can't promise ambassadorships, judicial posts and other comfy political appointments publicly? Just a thought.
Posted by: Ben at May 8, 2008 08:26 PMIt's really quite simple. She's doing absolutely anything and everything to win. It's Carlito's ... er ... I mean Clinton's Way.
It's becoming a public embarrassment that so many of her supporters are defecting. She's already had surrogates leak to the press that there will be recriminations down the line. But she can't make herself look even more unappealing in public, so she has to deliver the severed horse heads herself in private.
That quote is also self-serving, since it's impossible to prove, yet makes it seem that Hillary's still viable as a candidate -- something that will seem all the more believable when she crushes Obama in the swing state of West Virginia and Kentucky later this month.
She is simply not going to go away, period. I think she'd rather have McCain win and be proven right than have Obama win and be proven wrong. Remember this. Never forget this: The Clintons don't give a damn about the Democratic Party. They only care about themselves. Always have, always will.
In that light, everything Hillary is doing makes perfect sense.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at May 8, 2008 09:37 PMHey, don't take away my pleasure of seeing him crushed into a fine california pink cabernet the next two Tuesdays.
Why should she give a damn about the alleged democratic party at this point?
Posted by: john 2000 at May 9, 2008 10:29 PMHey, don't take away my pleasure of seeing him crushed into a fine california pink cabernet the next two Tuesdays.
Why should she give a damn about the alleged democratic party at this point?
Posted by: john 2000 at May 9, 2008 10:32 PM