DELEGATE FIGHT: CORZINE MULLING OPTIONS?

msnbc ^ | April 3, 2008 | Mark Murray

[RDTF]

Per NBC’s Tom Winter, Gov. Jon Corzine, a Clinton superdelegate, just said on CNBC's Squawk Box that he reserves the right to change his vote from Hillary Clinton if she doesn't have the popular vote.

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Sen. Maria Cantwell, another Clinton super, has said similar things regarding the popular vote.

[Red Badger]

The ‘Rats are leaving the Sinking Ship Hillary!..............

[The_Republican]

Klinton Super Delegates are putting pressure on Un-committed Super Delegates because that is their end game - Popular Vote.

They believe they can pull out the Popular Vote win. So they are starting that drumbeat now.

Only they are making it appear as if support is slipping from Klinton. While the fact is they are pretty upbeat about Popular Vote win from here on.

[Eurale]

Tick...tick...tick...tick...

[TexanToTheCore]

I think the Rats are slipping into damage control mode and may write off the election to keep their party in one piece.

That’s entertainment!

[The Pack Knight]

It'll be interesting. In any other scenario where Obama goes in with the most elected delegates, the Super Delegates couldn't give the nomination to Clinton without wrecking the Democrat Party.

It'll be interesting to see if the Obamaniacs will be willing to swallow the "popular vote" argument. On one hand, most of them also probably want to abolish the Electoral College and might be sympathetic to such an argument on principle. On the other, allowing the Democrat Establishment to throw their "messiah" under the bus over such a thin pretext is not likely to go over well.

This Democrat convention could end up looking like 1968 if they aren't careful.

[Rome2000]

Jon Corzine, a Clinton superdelegate, just said on CNBC's Squawk Box that he reserves the right to change his vote from Hillary Clinton if she doesn't have the popular vote.

Umm, would that be the popular vote with or without Florida and Michigan?

This is going to be great!!!

[Alberta's Child]

When Corzine originally endorsed Hillary Clinton in the New Jersey primary I suspected he had made that move in exchange for a promise that he'd be nominated for U.S. Treasury Secretary if she won in November.

Now I suspect he's made THIS announcement to secure the same position in an Obama administration.

[Carling]

Plus of Obama’s roughly 700k “lead” in the popular vote, 600k of that came from Illinois, and 400k of that 600k is from Cook County.

Plus, what does the popular vote matter to the Dim primaries anyhow? Clinton won Texas yet Obama ended up with more delegates. These sound like just the people to run something as complex as the U.S. healthcare industry. /sar

[GVnana]

I think Howard Dean is pushing Clinton out.

[drc43]

".."There is no such thing as a pledged delegate," Clinton said at a news conference in California, where she has been fundraising.."

Well then, there you have it. Corzine is free to act as he sees fit.

[Hardastarboard]

This Democrat convention could end up looking like 1968 if they aren't careful.

I'm going to apply to the Denver police force right now, and buy myself a dozen night sticks and 1,000 rounds of rubber bullets. I can't wait.

[The Pack Knight]

What's funny about 1968, too, is that they were protesting in spite of the fact that the Democrats put forth their most leftist nominee in history that year.

Considering that Obama would easily beat McGovern for that dubious honor, and Clinton is no slouch herself, we might be seeing a repeat in that regard, too.