Those living in reality knew this would unfold eventually just like this.
As the New
York Daily News reports:
A source close to the New York senator confirmed she won’t file a formal
request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama,
who eked out the victory in their fierce primary slugfest.“She is not going to submit the signed request,” the insider told
the Daily News. “People are still circulating petitions on her behalf,
but this is a done deal.”… Party rules stipulate that Clinton must ask in writing to be nominated
herself and also submit a petition signed by 300 to 600 delegates. Without
her signed request, petitions of support are meaningless.… Other Clinton backers, however, worry that she could be embarrassed by
a roll call because many of her delegates already have switched to Obama.
Though Clinton has openly asked her delegates to support Obama, she may go
the next step to formally release them at the convention. We shall
see.
Clinton has counseled her 1,886 delegates to vote for Obama. A source
familiar with discussions inside the Clinton camp told The News she may release
those delegates when she speaks to the convention on Aug. 26.“Hillary Clinton is 100% committed to helping Barack Obama become
the next President of the United States and realizes there are passionate
feelings that remain among many of her supporters,” said Clinton spokeswoman
Kathleen Strand. “No decisions have been made at this time.”
It’s my hope that Clinton will formally release her delegates, even though she’s done everything but that already. It’s the class move. Also, I don’t want any smaller numbers to be attritubed to her through a half-assed roll call than she earned during the primaries. I’m with the crowd that doesn’t want Clinton to come under any embarrassment. She’s gone out on a real high note and that’s where she should stay.
What will the anti Obama zealots do now? Denver of bust? Yeah, it’s going to be ugly for them.
Very late update: This has become a circular argument as the day has worn on. Obviously, the headline is what’s important to get out there. Nobody believes HRC and her team will make a formal request to put her name in nomination. But some are circulating a video of a back and forth with Senator Clinton with supporters, deducing that she’s saying she wants her name put in nomination. That’s not what she says at all. She states emphatically that she is negotiating it all right now. She goes on to state that she wants everyone to feel like they were heard, offering a well earned nod to her supporters in a group standing before her, admitting this isn’t all in her control. The argument goes round and round, but two things are clear: negotiations are underway; she won’t file a formal request. The reality is that HRC knows full well that Obama is now the DNC and this is his convention. Whatever she wants will have to be negotiated and agreed upon by the presumptive nominee, Senator Obama, but also the DNC, which he now controls. Around and ’round we go. I hope this helps clarify, but in reality we won’t know until it’s announced by both Senators Obama and Clinton. This isn’t in her hands.
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