Don't bet on it. They can't afford for Kerry to win and have 8 years to seize all party power from them and deliver it to Edwards in '12.
If leading 'Democrat's for Bush' becomes their best shot at keeping Kerry out, they will do it.
So9
> They can't afford for Kerry to win and have 8 years
> to seize all party power from them and deliver it
> to Edwards in '12.
Excellent point.
Most of the pundits (myself included) have assumed that
the supposed desire of the Clintons to sabotage Kerry's
election had to do with Hillary's presidential timing.
And perhaps in part it does.
But if K&E are elected, the Clintons will have substantial
difficulty keeping control of the DNC. Kerry already
threatened once to fire McAwful (only to be forced into
a flipflop, presumably by the Clintons).
The President is the presumed supreme commander of his
political party, and if K&E are elected (and esp. if
they sense the Clinton sabotage and meddling), then
Kerry will take steps wrest control.
When you add the Hillary timing and the Clinton control,
the sum is that the Clintons MUST cause Kerry to lose
the election.
And the convention may yet contain some surprises.