Hillary on the Verge of Conceding?
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:49pm Matt Margolis
Looks like all the signs are pointing to it.. but I’ll believe it when I see it.
Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination, campaign officials said, effectively ending her bid to be the nation’s first female president.
Obama is 40 delegates shy of clinching the nomination, but he is widely expected to make up the difference Tuesday with superdelegate support and votes in South Dakota and Montana. Once he reaches the magic number of 2,118, Clinton will acknowledge that he has secured the necessary delegates to be the nominee.
The former first lady will stop short of formally suspending or ending her race in her speech in New York City.
Is it really over for Hillary, or does she have some trick up her sleeve?
UPDATE: According to The Hill, Hillary’s campaign is still saying she won’t drop out tonight.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (D-N.Y.) campaign spent much of the morning creating mass confusion as to what the evening could bring.
Terry McAuliffe, Clinton’s campaign chairman, said on MSNBC that he thinks Clinton would concede if Obama passes the delegate threshold Tuesday night.
Since those comments, however, and a subsequent story by The Associated Press that repeated that the former first lady was set to concede, the Clinton campaign has pushed back, asserting that the New York senator has no intention of dropping out Tuesday night.
UPDATE, by Mark Noonan: She didn’t quit. Not even slightly. Interesting.
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats
5 Comments
1. NeoClown | June 3rd, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Neither Hillary nor Obama can win the nomination without winning over some uncommitted super-delegates, so why should Hillary drop out now?
Super delegates do NOT vote for the candidate with the most delegates. Super-delegates vote for the candidate with the best shot at winning in November.
Hillary is polling much better in the key states than Obama is. Voting for Obama would be very risky.
2. neocon | June 3rd, 2008 at 2:00 pm
“Super delegates do NOT vote for the candidate with the most delegates.” - Neo
Of course not. Why would they respect the votes of their constituents? They never do. Remember when they told you they were going to pull out of Iraq in 2006?
3. FmrMarine | June 3rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
Neo;
>>>>Hillary Rodham Clinton will concede Tuesday night <<<
AMF to the klintons!
Her advisor’s are rumbling she will accept the VP spot,
I hope BO is that stupid, but I doubt he is.
4. Magnum Serpentine | June 3rd, 2008 at 5:32 pm
And a great success for Limbaugh’s Operation Chaos.
“…Just say no to a third term of george.”
5. FmrMarine | June 3rd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
MS
>>>“…Just say no to a third term of george.”>>>
and NO to a SECOND jimmah cartah term.