Posted on 04/28/2008 2:49:14 PM PDT by LdSentinal
At least one source is saying people in the camp of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) are quietly floating the notion that if the road to the Democratic nomination for president comes to an end in Denver, that may not necessarily mean the end of the road in her pursuit of the White House. Is an independent candidacy a possibility?
The speculation comes from U.S. Politics Today. It says, At the moment, a Clinton independent candidacy is viewed as an idle threat, designed to pressure superdelegates with a party disaster if they don't nominate Clinton. But when you look at the electoral college calculus, an independent run could represent a realistic path to the White House for Clinton.
The thinking is that Bill Clinton made it into the White House with only 43% of the vote against a crippled Bush 41, who picked up only 38% of the popular vote. The thinking is that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain (R-AZ) is carrying so much baggage that Hillary Clinton could still come out on top in a three-way race.
The 'Rat convention in Denver will "decide" whether or not Cankles suddenly has money enough to launch an entirely new independent campaign, Poof!, like magic? They'll be "deciding" what the laws now actually are in 50 separate states, nationwide, re: already established time limits for even getting one's self listed on their respective ballots as a legitimate indy candidate in the first place, all by their li'l lone selves, end of story, case closed?
Ummmmmmmmm... "no" and "no." In that order. ;)
Run Hillary Run.
Hillary once said that she was committed to supporting the nominee of the Democrat party. She wouldn’t lie would she?
My bad..........
I do think she will steal the nomination though.......
No, she could do the same thing that "Jumpin' Jim Jeffords" did and switch affiliation if she decided to. Chances are she'd be just as out of office as he is today if she did. As it is, she likely owes the Chinese too many favors to simply flush away a senate seat, especially one as large as hers...
S'cool. It happens. ;)
I do think she will steal the nomination though.......
A much stronger possibility, that one. ;)
The RATS will make her Senate Majority leader rather than let this happen.
She could run as a third party spoiler, but can’t raise the money for a serious independent run.
I wonder why she hasn’t gone under the knife yet. She could use a face lift and maybe som lipo to get rid of the hips and hind qtrs.............
She’s bluffing. Or willing to let the dems lose if she’s not the nominee. If she goes independent she guarantees a win for McCain.
Also there are filing deadlines before the Dem convention.
Illinois is June 23.
California is August 8.
>>At least one source is saying people in the camp of Hillary Clinton (D-NY) are quietly floating the notion that if the road to the Democratic nomination for president comes to an end in Denver, that may not necessarily mean the end of the road in her pursuit of the White House.<<
“At least one source” is saying that Hillary is the reincarnation of Medusa. Hmmm, that’s probably closer to the truth than the premise of this article.
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