Clinton Supporters Wondering: Will She Be Nominated at the Convention?

CQ Politics ^ | August 1, 2008 | Marie Horrigan

[cdchik123]

Toni Alves, a Clinton advocate, said she attended a Clinton fundraiser Thursday in Palo Alto, Calif., where the senator indicated she thought her nomination would be good for party unity. Alves told CQ Politics that Clinton said she wanted her supporters to have their voices heard and her delegates to have the chance to vote for her at the convention. . .

Will Bower, co-founder of the pro-Clinton group PUMA (“Party Unity My Ass”), said the organization has 200 of the 300 delegate signatures necessary to qualify Clinton for the ballot. . .

Bower said the Daily News report was an attempt by the media to quash the petition drive. “It’s not true. She wants her name to be placed in nomination but she can’t actively ask for delegates to do it because she has suspended her campaign and that would be campaigning. But we can make sure the petition is in place for her to sign if and when she needs to or wants to at the convention,” he said. . .

Heidi Li Feldman, a Georgetown University law professor, co-founded The Denver Group to push a roll call vote on Clinton’s nomination. She says Clinton is in a tenuous political situation, caught between her desire not to undermine Obama’s candidacy or Democratic efforts to win the White House, and giving voice to her supporters and delegates.

The Democratic National Committee and Democratic leadership “has chilled her speech,” Feldman claims. She charges that the Democratic Party leadership spent the entire primary season telling Clinton to get out of the race, “so she has every reason to believe that they’ll start beating that drum again” if she makes any sort of public statement.

[greccogirl]

It is truly frightening to see so many people that are this nuts. They keep clinging to the “Hillary will be President” against all sanity. It’s sad, really...............

[ripley]

“..how hopelessly delusional the left has become...”

the problem is, that as the electorate becomes more delusional, it continues to elect delusional, psychotic, adolescent left-wing, communist democrats.

[bushfamfan]

I will love the angry black base’s reaction! Can you imagine the great “first black president” and his partner in crime moving in and pulling a trick like that?! They are really just as fractured as Republicans. They are a ruthless bunch though. It will get real dirty, real quick. But with the Clintoons, they are THAT desperate for power I can’t see them ever letting up.

[tpanther]

Hypocrat party rules?

HUH?

[JasonC]

Nah, people just didn't like losing a war for ungrateful murderers. Now that it is won, it will sink in. They also don't like paying tribute to murderers and enemies at the pump. The left wants them to pay twice as much tribute and wear a hairshirt and repent for breathing. That will sink in, too. The left has no policies, it is just a screech factory, and its days are numbered.

[Zevonismymuse]

She can’t. According to the rules, unless she places her name in the pot, none of her supporters can petition for her.

I'm not sure of the deadline to do so. If I were the Clintons I would wait until the last possible moment, then do it claiming it is for the good of the children, pointing out how Obama has been frozen at 46% in the weeks leading up to the convention and cannot possibly win.

[Zevonismymuse]

Maybe six months ago but not now. She must have the black vote to win.

I agree with you, but she won't only lose the black vote. If Hillary steals the nomination it will cause such in-fighting in the Democrat Party that the so-called moderate will retreat to the safe, predictable haven of the McCain candidacy.

[BunnySlippers]

Actually I should have said, they can petiton for her but to no avail. According to the article that is.

[Finny]

Because [Hillary's] McCains running mate already! thats why Mitt is out of the picture lately.

You know, this has been the damndest cycle politically, so I really wouldn't put it past Hillary to gamble that she could actually get away with switching parties back to her original party -- if I recall correctly, she was a Republican (like her parents) in her earliest days. This whole election is becoming such a spectacular train wreck that I can really see it happening. Then ... who would you vote for, Republicans? Obama/Edwards (or whoever), or McCain/Clinton?

And which team you think Democrats would vote for? Hmmmmmmmmmmm?

Ah, it's all moot ... Dems are going to elect McCain anyway, Hillary or not, I think. Nobody likes Obama, but you know, a heck of a lot of Democrats don't like Hillary, either. It would be an interesting contest, then!