Hillary To Get Roll Call At Convention
August 14th, 2008 at 01:08pm Matt Margolis
Oh boy… I think it’s gonna be an ugly scene!
Democrats say Hillary Rodham Clinton’s name will be placed in nomination at the convention in Denver with a roll call for the vanquished rival of nominee-in-waiting Barack Obama.
The party will officially nominate Obama at the convention. But Democrats familiar with the discussions say the former rivals made a joint decision to place Clinton’s name in nomination and do a traditional role [sic] call of the state delegations.Details and mechanics of how that will happen still are being worked out.
I’ll be sure to cook up some popcorn that night!
Entry Filed under: Campaign 2008, Democrats
16 Comments
1. hermie | August 14th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
I’m sure the Obamamessiah is PO’ed that the peasants won’t just lay down and proclaim him the ‘Annointed One’.
2. jayhay | August 14th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
What you’re going to see is yet another example the Obama camp’s organization skill. No campaign this season has come close to their consistency, staying on message, and most importantly their lack of drama than his.
So cook up that popcorn, and you should probably take notes. By the way, how many Republican Congresspeople have announced they aren’t going to St. Paul? 8 at last count? There’s some McMentum for you!
3. hermie | August 14th, 2008 at 2:25 pm
Lack of drama? Consistency? On message?Organizational skill?
You’re from ‘The Onion’, right?
4. Retired Spook | August 14th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What’s gonna happen if, at the end of the first ballot, Hillary has more votes? Hell, slather the butter on that popcorn — diet be damned!
5. Christopher Estep's Ameri&hellip | August 14th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
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6. Upstart | August 14th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
There has been a roll call vote for about the last 100 years. What is the point of this post? Are the Repugs forgoing their roll call in favor of some form of fascism secession?
7. SEW | August 14th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
The ugly will begin after Barry actually gets the nomination. Camp McCain has some awesome dirt he feels the American voter needs to know about to make a good decision. The really good stuff will be released in early November. Expect 8 more years of ranting liberal loons on this blog. Thanks in advance for the spectacle.
8. glc | August 14th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
I think Hillary could get the nomination.
Why?
Obama asked the Credentials Committee to allow full votes to all the delegates from Florida and Michigan. This means if you count all those votes, that Obama beats Hillary by only 55 pledged delegates. And we have not talked about super delegates yet.
And with Obama going down in the polls and many Democrats realizing Obama is not quite ready for prime time on the world stage–the delegates could actually give the nomination to Hillary.
It could happen folks.
9. glc | August 14th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
I can’t wait to watch the Democratic National Convention–it’s going to be a bare bones shoot out (at least, well, I hope it is).
Having lived through a Clinton presidency, I cannot see the Clintons going down without a fight–a major power-hungry fight.
And Hillary does have a point. And I’m a Republican.
Go Hillary! (Obama, Dean and Pelosi have all crapped on her and she needs to let the voters pull her into the limelight as the nominee.)
I can’t wait until she asks Obama to be her vice presidential running mate.
10. bongoman | August 14th, 2008 at 9:03 pm
And what might that be?
11. glc | August 14th, 2008 at 9:35 pm
If Obama gets the nomination, Hillary will personally be feeding all the dirt her minions have dug up on Obama to McCain.
Let the fur fly! (Meow!)
12. neocon | August 14th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Obama is playing with fire. Never underestimate the Clintons ability to usurp power. Secondly, placing her name in nomination only pours salt on the wound of her staunch supporters furthering the divide, and glc is right, she could actually get the nomination.
This is must see tv.
neocon
13. Casper | August 14th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Looks like if the plan was to get people to watch the convention, it’s working.
14. neocon | August 14th, 2008 at 10:31 pm
It will be like watching a train wreck Casper. You don’t want to look, but you just can’t resist.
15. Macker | August 14th, 2008 at 11:55 pm
neocon: Get ready for race riots if that happens!
16. Dennis | August 15th, 2008 at 12:48 am
…Clinton countered with a respectful tribute to the presumptive Democratic nominee. “With every voice heard and the party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama president of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again,” she said.
Advisers on both sides said Clinton had initially been reluctant to pursue a roll-call vote for fear that defections would mean she would register an even smaller delegate count than she did during the primaries. She is also eager to avoid further inflaming her base, aware that any mid-convention disruption would reflect negatively on her.
But after a series of meetings with her most ardent supporters, Clinton concluded that it would be wise to suggest a roll-call vote. She said as much at a closed-door fundraiser early this month, when she cited the “incredible pent-up feelings” she knew some of her backers needed to air. “The best way I think to do that is to have a strategy so that my delegates feel like they’ve had a role and that their legitimacy has been validated,” she said in remarks that were captured on videotape and eventually became public.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/14/AR2008081403982.html