Login HereAccording to reports, Hillary Clinton is privately talking to members of Congress to see if enough superdelegates will commit to her campaign to convince her that she still has a shot at the nomination:
According to a senior Democratic aide, Clinton asked some uncommitted superdelegates if they could commit to her privately — without the political risks of a public endorsement — so that she could gauge whether she has the support she feels she needs to remain a viable candidate.
A Clinton staffer acknowledged Thursday that the campaign was in the process of “counting up” superdelegates because “at the end of the day, we have to know where our numbers are.”
“We do have some private supporters,” the staffer said. “[But] for their own political purposes, they can’t be on record.”
The staffer conceded that lawmakers could, in theory, “privately back” Clinton then ultimately support Obama but said: “We need to track where we are, and there’s no other way.”
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So, Cliff, I just got to your last post!
is this news? /s
What’s the score with “what’s his face” her campaign manager and the book deal?
Hope you liked it Ann
Dosido,
Maybe I wasn’t clear. It certainly wouldn’t be the first time. It is not news that she is wooing. That she is asking for private commitments so she can do the math and see if she should drop out is news, at least IMHO
This is true on Obama’s side, as well. Many have already committed but were waiting for an appropriate time to endorse…or waiting until they could change their endorsement. She’s just saying this stuff now to suggest that she actually has more than the announced Super D’s.
But she really knows that these folks are the least reliable.
I think Hillary even has to worry more about those that have declared for her defecting. There have been 3 of her “Declared Super D’s” that have switched in the last week.
Hillary’s rejection of the Michigan Compromise may also compel many of the Super Delegates there to commit to Obama in order to reach the same “delegate conclusion” without preventing the delegation from being seated. If they declare their support for Obama en masse and say that the delegation could be split in the fashion 50 Obama-73 Clinton fashion she insists upon…she’d have her hands tied. Obama would still get the 10 delegate differential. Plus it would put tremendous pressure on pro-Clinton delegates to switch in order to get the delegation seated.
Sorry, i was snarkily responding to the headline and cynically responding to the advisor’s angle that they have to know where the numbers are (ie continued armtwisting).
I’m not a fan of the Clintons.
These type of talkdowns take some time, relatives , friends, associates
talk to their friend and try to establish some reasonable baseline for
a calm conversation about the future instead the terrible now that
engulfs them… take all the time it takes is the standard procedure,
it’s OK, we can all move on.
Hi Cliff. Who’s this a secret to? Should we have expected that she’d announce that she was going to do this?
It just doesn’t look too under wraps to me, considering the staffer’s comments.
It is STILL despicable. She’s going into private conversations, behind closed doors with colleagues to barter deals. Exactly the thing I always knew she’d be way and far INTO, and exactly what I DO NOT WANT in my President. Who can’t understand that we’re just getting OUT of that situation! We hate it. Why would we want a new one????
As I re read this, and re read my post, I’m sitting here getting more and more pissed. She’s become an albatross. I feel like this is about trying to “escape” from her. Fighting to save the country FROM her. And save ourselves and the rest of the world with us! And she’s doing back room deals to undermine the majority of We The People!