Great piece from the Houston Chronicle - zjm
Posted 5/8/2008 6:35 AM CDTThe joke going around now is that Obama's inaugaration ceremony will be delayed while network television covers Hillary's latest campaign stop for the nomination. While there is some truth to that bit of humor, it assumes two things: One, she won't drop out, which indications are starting to come out that she will after the last primary on June 3, and that Obama will win the general election against McCain, which is by no means a shoo-in.
Word is now filtering out of Hillary's campaign that it will be all over but the crying by June 15. We'll see. Hillary, the Energizer Bunny from hell, seems bent on destroying Obama's chances in November and threatens many down ticket races along with his. I don't think Hillary is that stupid. Arrogant, driven, selfish, yes. Stupid, no. She'll pull out after a last ditch effort in the DNC Rules committee on May 31 to change the rules and seat Florida and Michigan, but that will fail. Even if it didn't, it's still not enough to claim she has the votes or the delegates. Even Russert is saying it's over:
What next for Hillary? She'll push on for the next 3 weeks, negotiating behind the scenes to get her campaign debt paid off (to herself), to get a prominent speech in prime time at the convention, and probably some big plush Senate leadership position with attendent office and staff to go along with it. Then she will drop out.
Thank God.
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