If a motto in French is good enough for the Queen, it's good enough for me.
The Clintoons have arranged so that the nomination will be useless for anyone but Hillary.
That's the idea.
With ten people in the race, either no one will emerge from the primaries with enough ballots in their pockets for the nomination, which would allow Hillary to step in to unify the party.
That's the idea. Additionally, she wouldn't have to go through the bruising primary process and answer questions from the other democrats that would give Bush ammunition during the general election.
Or the party will be so divided the nominee will have only a minority of a divided party and be destined to lose.
I order of preference for Hillary,
1. She becomes president.
2. She gets the nomination and Bush wins. She is the front runner for the 2008 nomination.
3. Some other democrat gets the nomination and Bush wins.
4. Some other democrat becomes president.
Don't believe the decision has been made yet whether she will or will not run. But she is trying to ensure that should she decline running in '04, no other Democrat can win.
Exactly!
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)