Posted on 06/04/2008 6:58:58 PM PDT by Dawnsblood
Hillary Clinton's campaign said she would end her campaign for president at an event in Washington, D.C. Saturday.
Clinton will "thank her supporters and express her support for Senator Obama and party unity," the campaign said in a statement.
The campaign initially planned a Friday event, but rescheduled it to Saturday in a second statement, in order "to accomodate more of Senator Clinton's supporters who want to attend."
Clinton delivered something approaching a victory speech Tuesday night, just minutes after the media reported that Senator Barack Obama had clinched the nomination with a majority of the pledged delegates. But reality began to sink in Wednesday, as party leaders, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, declared Obama "the nominee" and close supporters like Harlem Rep. Charles Rangel lost patience with her delays.
By the afternoon, as she made plans to end her campaign's operations, a question of whether she would drop out and endorse Obama was rapidly turning into matters of choreography and psychology, questions of what form the inevitable would take.
A Clinton aide said that Clinton was also planning a New York homecoming with Rep. Charles Rangel, a key African-American supporter.
Clinton had convened a conference call with congressional supporters Wednesday to plead for time. Instead, a Clinton backer said, her supporters laid down the law: Time had run out , and she needed to leave the race this week.
Clinton's dropout drama had no chance of changing the outcome of the primary, as the Democratic Party began to close ranks behind Obama. But it did compete for attention with Obama's win.
Now, Obama has two more days to pay his respects to her and her supporters, though he has indicated that he doesn't consider the threat that they'll defect en masse to GOP Senator John McCain a serious one.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
She’s keeping her delegates for the convention. I don’t think it’s just to hear her name placed in nomination.
Hillary could paraphrase Mark Twain, the rumors of my political death are quite exaggerated by MSM and Barry butt boys like the NYT and the Politico.
I personally think that even now, her people are sitting down with his people, showing them what they’ve got on him and will release if he doesn’t see the light and make her his running mate.
Friday...Saturday...
What a difference a day makes...
Girlfriend...keeping us in suspense..
“ending her campaign” doesn’t mean what most people think it does.
I’m a little perturbed at the “media” for making a big deal out of this. What we inquiring minds want to know is WHAT IS SHE GETTING OUT OF THE DEAL? VP! Sec. of State? HHS Sec.? WHAT? That’s the REAL news here and once again, the “media” is failing to do its job.
After a nine-course State Dinner, featuring Grilled Fillet of Beef medallions sided with imported cepes and mushrooms, drizzled with Vin Rouge and Balsamic reduction, and potato cakes and vermeil flatware, gold pintuck silk tablecloths, sprays of white phaeleanopsis orchids with camellia foliage in the historic White House vermeil candelabras in the East Room for visiting Korean President Lee Myung Bak, a chorus of singers from the US Military Forces, top name entertainment, and final speeches and toasts by the heads of state before finishing for the night, President and Mrs. Obama escort Vice President and Mr. Clinton to the North Portico door, seeing them off, and that pair have to leave the White House they once occupied, not able to go upstairs to the family quarters which they feel they so richly deserve, but back to the Naval Observatory quarters. Second Fiddle for a Sociopath.
Could this dysfunctional woman (and man) even go through with that public and private humiliation, event-after-event at the White House, for eight long years?
She would snap, I swear, a corpuscle in her brain would burst from jealousy and anger. I don't think she would be able to contain her envious rage, nor would Bill for that matter. A real "two-fer". It would be one of the most pitiful, but perhaps even dangerous things to view in American history.
This would be the most rocky President-Vice President relationship perhaps in US history.
Also, Freeper Constitutional experts out there: The Vice President is also selected by electors in the Electoral College. What constitutional provisions are there by his or her FIRING by the President? Could a constitutional battle be triggered if Obama tired of her, or worse yet, had been politically threatened by her or worse in her unsatiatable thirst to become Commander in Chief, and attempted to remove her?? Everyone knows she would fight tooth and nail. Probably she would just run against him again in 2012. One wonders.
For Obama's staff and the man himself, they better realllllly think this one through over the weekend.
The official term is “suspending”, the shoe hasn’t dropped yet.
Pay attention, people.
He's right. It isn't, and it portends ill tidings, both for us, and for those very people who will be treated the same way that McCain treats Conservative voters within the GOP. - with disdain.
The VP can only be removed by a formal ratified act of impeachment.
Alone, the President is powerless to do anything of the sort.
Hmm, one can only hope...
I don’t buy it. Trial balloon. Why would she drop out? Barry is the “presumed” nominee. Superdelegates can change their minds.
Others Obama shoes can drop. More preachers. Rezko. Michelle tape (if it exists).
Like our Mormon candidate also suspended but not actually quit?
Waiting for the first guy to say,
“She WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! be the nominee!!!!!!!!!! PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!! She WILL!!!!! be PRESIDENT!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Waiting...
I believe that the VP can only be removed from office by a process of impeachment, trial, and conviction similar to what is prescribed for removal of a President.
I believe that the VP can only be removed from office by a process of impeachment, trial, and conviction similar to what is prescribed for removal of a President.
Maybe, but if he gave up his Delegates he ended it. She’s not going to do it.
Which Saturday?
I think she is done. Mondale and other high ranking Democrats have begun announcing their support for Obama for the past day or so. Mondale had been a Clinton supporter until today.
I think Clinton saw no hope. If bad news comes about Obama anytime between now and the election and he drops out, the for the good of the party, Hillary Clinton will step in.
And she's not going away. H stands for Hillary and it also stands for herpes - you think it's gone and then the lesions pop up unexpectedly.
Hmmmm they deliver welfare checks on fridays now ????
Now if the dang MSM would just be patient and back off she'd crawl away already. Every time they publicly announce.. she's gonna do it!! She's gonna concede.. Here it comes!! She yells.. SIKE!! and stays around for just one more day. What people aren't getting, well I think we do get it. She's giving everyone who promised her a victory lap early on and the MSM that jumped ship a HUGE middle finger. This was suppose to be her time and they took it all from her and in the process her beloved man became a babbling fool and she ended up looking.. well, looking like, well ya know. Hillary LOL.
I will be stunned if she ends up on Bam Bams ticket. After all the mudslinging and the fact that his only thing has been all about change I can't see where she offers that avenue. Not to mention she has repeatedly suggested he isn't ready for the job “on day one” I won't even point out how Mrs. Bam Bam will not want her man to share the spot light on the potential day of swearing in. Just can't see it happening.
What I find most insulting is this emotional hugging game they are doing with her at this point. Everyone calmly let the crazy lady walk out when she wants to ... OR ELSE. I say take your chances and tell her GET LOST!! It's OVER! Things happen. Give Rudy a call. He'll tell ya what it's like to go from front runner to has been and he's doing just fine. It's also an insult to those that voted for Bam. For some reason she wants to stick around for her supporters but truth be told some of that support was never really hers but rather this whole stupid chaos nonsense. Apparently her supporters deserve more respect than the winning guys supporters. Sheesh.
Just get this Aria over with Diva and get the hell out of the spotlight and let us at Bam Bam. This ones going to be very easy. All you gotta say is.. Wanna debate? And get him there and suddenly the playing field isn't a sure bet for the almighty media darling. Hell, I think we need to take bets when he will actually have a direct answer in regard to all this mythical change he keeps talking about. LOL.
Go home Hill. You've given us enough to nail this guy to the wall. We made sure you were dumped and used you in the process. Thanks!
A Clinton drops out of me every morning.
That’s in case she finds dirt on you know who.
She'll be almost 70 in 2012 - and while a man can be elected when he's 70 - I doubt a woman could pull that off. Walk into a nursing home and you'll find women in their 70's...
Damn! What’s left is the islamic & McPain.
Y’all are actually buying this crap from Politico.com? How quickly we forget, eh?
I don’t believe any of the rumors going around about her completely dropping out, and endorsing Obama. IMHO, it’s all wishful thinking on the part of the DNC, the media, and Obama’s campaign. She’s actually got them right where she wants them - scared... Why in the world would she give up now?
I may of course be wrong, but let’s not buy any of the crap the MSM is selling right now about it. Politico SAYS it’s from her campaign, but I have yet to see any names associated with this news... They were all saying the same thing last night, too.
It’s not over till August unless Hillary herself says otherwise - no matter what the media and Obama’s campaign says (and no matter how much we wish the reports were true). The Superdelegates haven’t voted yet, and they could always change their minds between now and then.
If I were her, I would just sit back for a while and let everyone stew. Chances are they would go into “meltdown mode” and start saying some REALLY stupid things. That could be just the thing that she’s waiting for, IMHO.
Is waiting till Saturday enough time to shred the incriminating donor information?
Is it enough time to make personal file copies of the dirt gathered on others?
So much work, so little time
May I use you “Picture This” in an e-mail?
or the house :)
Right now they are daring her to stay just one more day. Just to tick her off more. It's almost as if they haven't paid attention to a Clinton. NO ONE TELLS A CLINTON what to do. She has to call the shots. She's even trying to hold the VP position hostage. They all just need to back off. They can throw their party the second she says she's done. If they really wanted to get under her skin just keep the headlines simply. Hillary has LOST. Then move on.
I could see a group of people dressed in white with a straight jacket and net waiting for her on the sidelines talking to her like she's a little child. It's ok sweetie. Come this way. Every things going to be just fine. There ya go. Say it's over. Thats right sweetie...closer... GRAB HER! LOL
Once she is out; she is out. There is only room for one liar and that will be Obama for the time being.
Well if you don’t like McCain there’s always Obama who says he would like to rid the world and America of its nuclear weapons and gut our military.
LOL, that’s alot of congress critters! Oh, and a dog.
Well if you don’t like McCain there’s always Obama who says he would like to rid the world and America of its nuclear weapons and gut our military.
Which says nothing at all to the original point...
You are assuming Obama will be President for 8 years, but if he is, I am pretty sure he could pick another VP for his second term.
Heaven forbid any of this transpires
She wouldn’t be able to see that far into the future.
I did throw the dog in for your reference. :^)
The Media is killing her. They (the Clinton machine) are crafty but this is out there.
Clinton will “tank her supporters and surpress her support for Senator Obama and party hardy,”
Exactly - something like - you put me on the ticket as VP or I will tell my 18 million supporters to do whatever they want in Nov 2008....
OH my, what a predicament you’ve gotten us in this time, Dems!
I wouldn’t mind if most of the Congresscritters were in that house when it fell.
OOPS! I didn't ask.
Good post AIT.... nice menu....I'm hungry now
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