Posted on 06/01/2016 3:24:14 PM PDT by Kaslin
The Dowager Empress of Chappaqua's doomed campaign begins to creak to a close. Veteran Democrat strategist Doug Schoen has the gory details:
There is now more than a theoretical chance that Hillary Clinton may not be the Democratic nominee for president. How could that happen, given that her nomination has been considered a sure thing by virtually everyone in the media and in the party itself? Consider the possibilities.
The inevitability behind Mrs. Clinton’s nomination will be in large measure eviscerated if she loses the June 7 California primary to Bernie Sanders. That could well happen...
A Sanders win in California would powerfully underscore Mrs. Clinton’s weakness as a candidate in the general election. Democratic superdelegates—chosen by the party establishment and overwhelmingly backing Mrs. Clinton, 543-44—would seriously question whether they should continue to stand behind her candidacy.
There is every reason to believe that at the convention Mr. Sanders will offer a rules change requiring superdelegates to vote for the candidate who won their state’s primary or caucus. A vote on that proposed change would almost certainly occur—and it would function as a referendum on the Clinton candidacy. If Mr. Sanders wins California, Montana and North Dakota on Tuesday and stays competitive in New Jersey, he could well be within 200 pledged delegates of Mrs. Clinton, making a vote in favor of the rules change on superdelegates more likely.
... with Mrs. Clinton’s negative rating nearly as high as Donald Trump’s, and with voters not trusting her by a ratio of 4 to 1, Democrats face an unnerving possibility. Only a month or two ago, they were relishing the prospect of a chaotic Republican convention, with a floor fight and antiestablishment rebellion in the air. Now the messy, disastrous convention could be their own.
Meanwhile, small children and "movement conservatives" unable to face reality are tearing themselves apart over the GOP nomination, which is now settled. Unreal.
There are increasing rumblings within the party about how a new candidate could emerge at the convention. John Kerry, the 2004 nominee, is one possibility. But the most likely scenario is that Vice President Joe Biden—who has said that he regrets “every day” his decision not to run—enters the race.
Mr. Biden would be cast as the white knight rescuing the party, and the nation, from a possible Trump presidency. To win over Sanders supporters, he would likely choose as his running mate someone like Sen. Elizabeth Warren who is respected by the party’s left wing.
You've been reading that here at PJ Media for months now, most recently here.
Excellent!
Nah...
She crawling under the bus all by herself.
1) Cankles will win CA.
2) Even if she doesn’t, she’s the nominee (tee hee).
3) If the Dems were stupid enough to try to screw both her AND Dinobernie, I don’t care what kind of appeal Plugs has, the angry Cankles/Dinobernie factions would stay home by the thousands.
4) There is only one ticket we have to fear: A Cankles/Dinobernie fusion would be tough.
Will not surprise me if they slip Biden and Fauxcahontas in at the last minute.
I wonder what would happen if you joined a group like that and started yelling “we want free sh*t, give us more free sh*t” . Would you be welcomed as one of them or kicked out for telling the truth!
“Towanda! Face it girls, I’m older and have more insurance.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx0z9FjxP-Y
Sorry...but your post reminded me of this. :)
I see CA going in either direction.
That would take her out, but the bus will be in the shop all next week.
I guess it depends on what type of “profiling” the mob is accustomed to.
Where is the other hand and foot?
Of course, the Demoncrat Party has no shame.
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