Hillary and Obama: It's About to Get Real Ugly
Posted on 02/18/2008 9:44:14 AM PST by smoothsailing
Hillary and Obama: It's About to Get Real Ugly
by Armstrong Williams
Posted 02/18/2008 ET
Before the primary season began the Democratic Party reached an agreement with its potential presidential candidates that they would not campaign in Florida or Michigan and that the delegates from those states would be meaningless. All the candidates agreed, which in effect, made the Florida and Michigan primaries moot because none of the delegates could be used by the candidates vying for the nomination. The Clinton campaign was the main advocate for this “ban” because at the time they felt they were invincible and would have little competition from the field. A few months later Super Tuesday arrived.
Super Tuesday was Hillary Clinton’s chance to wipe Senator Barack Obama out of the picture, but what happened was shocking and humiliating to the once unstoppable and formidable candidate. After the votes were tallied Clinton’s campaign had to face the realization that despite winning the big states (California and New York) she was still in a horse race that was neck in neck with the upstart from Illinois.
The result of Super Tuesday was a loss of momentum over the coming weeks which led to less money raised, less positive talk in the news, less volunteer sign-ups, and less energy than her rival. And then she shook up her campaign by removing (or forcing the resignation of) her deputy campaign manager. The cold hard truth is that Clinton is in danger of losing the nomination despite going against her word and campaigning (and winning the non-races) in Florida and Michigan. Now, out of desperation, the Clinton campaign is lobbying the Democratic Party to reverse its prior decision and count the Florida and Michigan delegates in the final delegate count, despite their earlier disqualification. How outrageous!
Even more astounding than Clinton’s backstabbing is the fact that now the Democratic super delegates are actually coming into play. This is how the super delegate system works: The super delegates are comprised of former presidents, governors, senators, party high ranking Democratic Party officials and other elite Democrats. They make up about 20 percent of the total delegates and have been around since the 1980’s. Super delegates are free to support any candidate they choose and are not tied to any specific state. Currently there are 796 Democratic super delegates, about 400 of which have yet to pledge their support for either Obama or Clinton. Usually these super delegates’ votes wouldn’t be important because the nominee would emerge before the convention as they win enough regular delegates. In this race however, it is possible that neither Democratic candidate will win the 2,025 delegates needed to secure the nomination; thus, at the Democratic Convention the super delegates could literally decide the winner.
The Obama campaign is now realizing that Clinton is willing to fight nasty by pushing for Michigan and Florida delegates to be included and by persuading super delegates by all available means. Well, the Obama camp is not sitting idly by and allowing the Clinton's to do what they do best: continue their trail of corruption, and total disregard for rules and guidelines.
The word on the street is that the Obama campaign and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg have already met and devised an incredible plan if Clinton wins the nominee. Mayor Bloomberg would give nearly $1 billion to Obama's campaign after which Obama would bolt from the Democratic Party and run as an Independent candidate with king-maker Bloomberg as his running mate. The Obama campaign realizes that Obama is too new at this game and doesn't have the political weight of the Clintons to bring in the true heavy-hitters of the party's hierarchy. So, according to sources it was Bloomberg himself who suggested this cunning strategy. It's mind boggling that the Clintons are willing to destroy the entire Democratic Party, and potentially in the process lose the White House and seats in Congress, for their own selfish thirst for power and glory.
Whether or not this sort of madness occurs, the race for the White House is becoming uglier with each passing day. Unless Clinton gets knocked out of this race in the coming days, which is a high possibility considering she has lost ten straight states and got swept last weekend and earlier this week, we can all expect her and her husband to pull out all the stops to get her through. But the fact remains, she is not nearly the candidate that Obama is, and the Democratic Party would be far better served to quickly move to support Obama and make him the nominee.
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Called "one of the most recognized conservative voices in America" by The Washington Post, Armstrong Williams is a pugnacious, provocative and principled voice for conservative and Christian values in America's public debate.
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It would be lunacy if the rats tried it - but there are conservatives who want to do the same thing to our party.
Too funny to be true but it would sure get Billary's attention. lol
Meant to say “she” won’t accept a loss under any circumstances.
Obviously, I do not support the ‘beast...except over OsamaObama for the primary in TX. Newly registed and undeclared, I am voting Dem if only for this one day to try to bring about this nomination bloodbath.
The Grifters have been outmanuevered by the newbie in the empty suit. Whoever’s advising him is very, very smart.
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I don’t think it’s a coincidence that the Dem opponent for his Senate race was crushed by a scandal . . . and then his Republican opponent was crushed by a scandal.
That said, if I actually saw Obama go third party with Bloombergs backing I would believe in that “loose association of millionaires and billionaires” . . . and know that McCain is somehow part of it.
I’m going to be drinking a lot of beer and eating a lot of popcorn this year. Bring it on!
It’s time for Hillary to get out of the way, and let the Obamarama revival roll on. Our pop culture has their messiah. I don’t know about the rest of you, but I can’t wait until the same flakes are begging someone to save them from the pop shock Obama is going to give them. I want Democrats to get into such a fever pitch over Obama that they swoon at his feet. The higher they float up on his hot air, the harder the crash when they fall.
Spot on!!!
You’re right, Perot did it and there’s no reason Obama couldn’t do it too.
Can you imagine how unhinged Willy would get if it happened? It’s possible he’d have a stroke.
I am! :)
Seriously, you make good points. The Clintons have never won the WH without a stalking horse. I sometimes wonder if the Huckster is working for the presidency or for the Clintons. It would be delicious to see the Clintons being stalked by an Obama horse.
“The word on the street is that the Obama campaign and New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg have already met and devised an incredible plan if Clinton wins the nominee. Mayor Bloomberg would give nearly $1 billion to Obama’s campaign after which Obama would bolt from the Democratic Party and run as an Independent candidate with king-maker Bloomberg as his running mate. The Obama campaign realizes that Obama is too new at this game and doesn’t have the political weight of the Clintons to bring in the true heavy-hitters of the party’s hierarchy. So, according to sources it was Bloomberg himself who suggested this cunning strategy. It’s mind boggling that the Clintons are willing to destroy the entire Democratic Party, and potentially in the process lose the White House and seats in Congress, for their own selfish thirst for power and glory.”
.....Did I miss a decade or something?.....
The rumor indicates that the rich and powerful businessman that happens to be mayor of New York City thinks Hillary Clinton et al are a disaster that will destroy America.
Earlier rumors put Bloomberg as third party candidate by himself. The new strategy is better.
A blilion$$$ is a small price for destroying Hillary Clinton.
The really far fetched part (to me) is Bloomberg putting up a BILLION dollars of his own money just to be vice president. I’d think that if Obama made this threat to the superdelegates/DNC powers that be, they’d have to call BS on that figure.
I know who Bloomberg is. I also think Hillary is a disaster. My question concerns just how popular Bloomberg really is. His 3rd party candidacy proposal was silliness in my opinion.
She didn’t drop anything. She “loaned” her campaign the money. And I’m sure for 20% interest or more.
I wish he’d also give Fred Thompson a billion to bolt the republican party.
That Bloomberg “bit” set off my BS meter. I don’t buy it.
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