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.
Har-De-Har-Har!
Until she actually wins California.
Then all will be forgiven.
Be sure to put it in reverse, floor it.
Put it in drive, floor it.
Put it in reverse, floor it.
Put it in drive, floor.
Rinse, repeat.
And this idiocracy would elect plugs over Trump.
Wish it was under a total Division of Tank Treads.
“Exit, stage left.”
~Snaggle Tooth~
I hope she fails!!
I’ll contribute for pasting a collage of creepy hands on billboards and political infomercials.
Could happen. Most Superdelegates have declared for Hillary. But a phone call from Obama could change that in a heartbeat.
A phone call?
Yes, Obama to Loretta Lynch: “... now about that FBI report we’ve had under wraps, I’m thinking we should just go ahead and assemble that Grand Jury ...”.
Biden is not Clinton, but he isn’t Bernie either. If Bernie does this well only to lose to Biden who isn’t even running, that will tear the party apart. That’s like nominating Romney.
My gut tells me that soon the Dems will rally and fly around Hillary like flies on a dog poop.
This idiocracy likely will elect Clinton.
Plugs is senile! The people will not elect another senile idiot, a mouthpiece of Odumbo. Odumbo will be in DC to make sure his agenda stays in place with legal challenge after legal challenge is filed against President Donald Trump. He probably has Chief justice Roberts by the cajones with fishng line attached to yank em with blackmail material to threaten Roberts again and again. watch out the democrats might get someone like Harry Reid instead. Now there is another senile corruptocat.
Hillary’s circling the drain and I love to watch a good death spiral.
My goodness, what a fitting analogy. :=)
You’re not the only one who does.
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