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Is Hillary preparing the "nuclear option" in Democratic race?
nationalpost.com ^ | May 31, 3008 | Sheldon Alberts

Posted on 05/31/2008 8:26:50 PM PDT by HAL9000

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Bill and Hillary Clinton no longer control the Democratic primary.

There's simply no other conclusion to draw after the party's Rules and Bylaw committee reached a decision Saturday that helps Barack Obama and hurts Hillary Clinton's chances of somehow winning the Democratic presidential nomination.

Clinton, in the words of Florida State Sen. Arthenia Joyner, wanted "it all" at Saturday's meeting. She wanted full delegations seated from Florida and Michigan, with a full vote.

She wanted Obama to get zero delegates from Michigan, since he followed the rules, ignored the outlaw primary and went so far as to take his name off the ballot. (Granted, he did this largely to please voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, but so did Clinton when she agreed not to campaign in either state).

Instead of acquiesing to Clinton's demands, the rules committee awarded full delegations with half votes. And they gave Obama a bunch of delegates from Michigan to boot, rejecting Clinton's argument those delegates should be uncommitted.

So did Clinton get ripped off? Her supporters certainly believed so, shouting their disapproval when the votes on Florida and Michigan were taken Saturday at a Washington hotel.

But let's look more closely. Clintonites on the rules committee actually voted unanimously to support the Florida compromise. ....

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cilntons; clinton; dnc; hillary; howarddean; nuclearoption; obama; operationchaos; rbc
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To: HAL9000

Hello, Larry Sinclair!


61 posted on 05/31/2008 9:58:09 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: fso301

lol


62 posted on 05/31/2008 9:58:36 PM PDT by ResponseAbility
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To: GOPJ

i just hope its her last hurrah


63 posted on 05/31/2008 10:00:15 PM PDT by bayareablues
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To: JLS
no...she actually think she will have another chance in 2012 after McCain beats Obama like a red-headed stepchild.

The Dims will have buyers remorse after McCain wins 350+ EVs in November. They will then turn to H.Clinton in 2012.

She absolutely will make sure Obama does not win.

64 posted on 05/31/2008 10:02:16 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: tflabo
Here’s a rabid Clinton supporter from Ca. video... extra bonus coverage of a DUmp thread included...

She may be a rabid Hillary supporter, but her analysis of Obama is pretty much on target. Many Hillary's supporters will vote for McCain just so Hillary has a chance in 2012.

65 posted on 05/31/2008 10:09:47 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: SeaHawkFan
Video of Feminist Hillary Nuts Going Crazy!
66 posted on 05/31/2008 10:14:03 PM PDT by Jay777 (My personal blog: www.stoptheaclu.com)
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To: zeugma
Aren't there any republicans in the senate?

Yes, but they have FBI files, doncha know.

67 posted on 05/31/2008 10:14:20 PM PDT by Mygirlsmom ("My advice: Quit supporting the party that is symbolized by an ass." Ted Nugent)
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To: ClearCase_guy

There are surely an awful lot of Democrats who are PRAYING she doesn’t get the nomination, and if she does, isn’t elected. There will be HELL to pay unlike anything we’ve seen before. She has been stabbed in the back by some of her nearest and dearest, and she will never forget that.


68 posted on 05/31/2008 10:15:46 PM PDT by ChocChipCookie (<----- Typical White Person)
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To: fso301

“But maybe she’ll come out of the closet.”

And divorce the bent one, perhaps?


69 posted on 05/31/2008 10:24:53 PM PDT by thelastvirgil
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To: HAL9000

70 posted on 05/31/2008 10:28:03 PM PDT by LibertyGrrrl (I'm not your daddy's conservative!)
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To: HAL9000

So the nuclear option would be a credentials fight? Isn’t it pretty clear that the rules committee is going to back this compromise?

In that case, what’s left? A Clinton-backed riot on the streets of Denver?


71 posted on 05/31/2008 10:40:05 PM PDT by Philo-Junius (One precedent creates another. They soon accumulate and constitute law.)
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To: Old Phone Man

You are 100% on mark. A sociopath like her (and Bill) will never quit. My guess is she is thinking about Samson pulling down the pillars in Dagon’s temple. Revenge will be exacted, perhaps in an unusual or unexpected way when it is least suspected.


72 posted on 05/31/2008 10:52:20 PM PDT by pankot
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To: Maine Mariner
Barrett is a special prosecutor who was investigating the Cisneros affair. Yes, the one that started 10 years ago when the Clintons were still in office.

When it became obvious that "forces" were at work trying to stifle the investigation and sway some witnesses Barrett extended the scope of the investigation. It is widely rumored that the report, if released, would be very damaging to the Clintons.

Read more about it here: http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/Whats-In-the-Barrett-Report.html

BTW, Clinton pardoned Cisneros as he was leaving office.

73 posted on 05/31/2008 10:52:25 PM PDT by O6ret
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To: meanman
She (and her husband) are done as a force in the Democratic party.

The Klintons will do anything for power, even switch to the GOP!

74 posted on 05/31/2008 10:55:51 PM PDT by rfp1234 (Phodopus campbelli: household ruler since July 2007.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Isn’t it likely a new face will emerge in 2012 on the Dem. side, similar to how Obama rose this year? The Clintons aren’t looked at the same way anymore. I think Hillary will have challengers in 2012, assuming McCain beats Obama in November.

It is possible. H.Clinton is a very bad candidate. She will be a worse candidate in 2012. So maybe the Dims again will turn to some other fresh face. But, if as it now looks Obama gets solidly spanked in this most Dim of years, buyer's remorse will help H.Clinton in 2012.
75 posted on 05/31/2008 11:19:51 PM PDT by JLS
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Message from Hillary Clinton - Hillary Clinton gives her take on the Democratic nomination
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/play.shtml?mea=250052


76 posted on 06/01/2008 1:44:24 AM PDT by LayoutGuru2 (Know the difference between honoring diversity and honoring perversity? No? You must be a liberal!)
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To: ClearCase_guy

>>This is her last hurrah. She will hold nothing back.

Perhaps NOW is the time for that birth certificate showing Hussein was born in Kenya or the imam that taught him in Indonesia to step forward.


77 posted on 06/01/2008 2:25:52 AM PDT by NTHockey
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To: gov_bean_ counter
"The Barrett Report"

That smokiest of smoking guns. I pray that some Senator out of revenge or just plain pique at the Clintons outs that document.

78 posted on 06/01/2008 3:29:05 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: LibertyGrrrl

There has to be another reason that Obama is being supported by so many Clinton loyalists. Dems don’t care about her (or Bubba’s) morals, ethics, pandering etc.. There’s SOMETHING we don’t know....


79 posted on 06/01/2008 4:25:50 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: All
"I Have A Dream"....That Hillary will quit the Senate and go away....never to be heard from again!!

And with this loss, it just might happen...Because walking into that Chamber with a "BIG L" on her forehead just doean't become an egomaniac.

80 posted on 06/01/2008 4:28:32 AM PDT by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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