Hillary is becoming the Ralph Nader of this campaign
Sen. Hillary Clinton can't win the Democratic presidential nomination, but she's going to stay in the race anyway, and that will help elect Sen. John McCain president. The Clinton candidacy is no longer about representing a political point of view in the Democratic Party. It's now about her, even if it hurts her party's chance of winning the White House in November.
On Wednesday, after a disappointing showing in two primaries on Tuesday, Clinton vowed to stay in the race "until there's a nominee." When there is a nominee, it won't be Clinton, and it's time for her to recognize that her campaign is over.
If she stays in the race until the Democratic convention this summer in Denver, she will be called the Ralph Nader of 2008. Nader already has said he's going to run an independent campaign so there will be two of them beating up on Obama. John McCain is smiling at his good fortune. Clinton's ego is his best friend.
On Tuesday, Obama increased his delegate lead, but is still short of the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination. Obama has 1,846 delegates to 1,696 for Clinton, according to the Associated Press.
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"Send her into a dark alley alone with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, and slip a paring knife into her hand, and Hillary is the one who comes out five minutes later, smiling." Chicago Trib columnist John Kass, May 7, 2008.
Beware of Hillary! Be afraid, very afraid!
Posted by: T C Morgan | May 7, 2008 3:34 PM
...could this be what Rupert Murdoch had in mind, when started supporting her early on?
Posted by: swift | May 7, 2008 7:40 PM
The delegates from Florida and Michigan must be seated.This will end up in court and "Operation Chaos" will expose to all what the Democrat party is...a bunch of self absorbed hypocrites that hate America.Which party has a race problem,a gender problem,an experience problem and a huge credibility problem.I'm talkin bout the big "D" and don't mean Dallas.
Posted by: Brian Murray | May 7, 2008 7:57 PM
If Obama doesn't have enough delegates to actually wrap up the nomination then she should stay. For crying out loud she has just as much right as Obama does to wait it out. This is a prime example of taking the voice from the people. Thyere is no need for primaries there should be one election with the popular vote being the decidion maker on who wins.
Posted by: Jackie Krage | May 8, 2008 7:21 AM
Brian asks which party has a race or gender problem? Not the Republican Party, for sure. They have no problem at all nominating one white male after another.
Posted by: Mike D. | May 8, 2008 8:54 AM
Let the primaries play itself out no matter who is running.
I think the Democrats have a better primary system then Republicans (although not by much). It was in the bag for McCain relativly fast. I felt some other candidates would have been better then he is.
Do the Republicans really want McCain? So far the money trail does not indicate such as big support for McCain.
Posted by: Rich | May 8, 2008 4:09 PM
McCain was not my first choice but the others didn't stay long enough to put up a fight. As we have seen with the Dems anything can happen as the have teetered back and forth.
Posted by: Jackie Krage | May 8, 2008 6:08 PM
Conservatives do not want McCain and feel the primary for the GOP was polluted by "Crossovers"and "Moderates" that dumped him on us.
Posted by: Brian Murray | May 9, 2008 6:42 AM
"Polluted," Brian? Do you consider voters who aren't as conservative as you to be just so much "pollution"?
In any case, you're probably wrong. The turnout on the Dem side has been far greater and more enthusiastic than in any of the GOP primaries, even when your race was still contested. So I don't think there were that many cross-overs in your direction. You just had an unusually weak field this year.
Posted by: Mike D. | May 9, 2008 9:52 AM
I kinda liked that Ron Paul fellow. He was a strong candidate.
Posted by: swift | May 9, 2008 3:46 PM
No Mike I meant the primary process was skewed just as "Operation Chaos" has skewed the Democrat primary accounting for an increase in Democrat turnout. You are right about the weak GOP turnout as I and some other Coservatives find McCain unacceptable and feel the primary was rigged from the get go by the above mentioned groups(D's&M's).Pollution-No! anyone who votes gets my respect...Except non- citizens(a.k.a. illegal aliens and dead people).
Posted by: Brian Murray | May 10, 2008 6:08 AM
Part of the concern lies in the fact that Sen.Obama has an abyssmal record passing legislature, and has not had enough experience developing relationships with Senate and House colleagues. If he had a stellar record, his nomination would not have been in doubt earlier this year, and Obama has far less advisors that can tap his shoulder and indicate to him cabinet choices compared to Hillary having Bill as her advisor.
Posted by: Sean Dorman | May 15, 2008 3:30 PM