A Hillary superdelegate wavers?
Hillary superdelegate Maria Cantwell, the Democrat US Sen. from Washington state, looks like she’s softening up to Barack Obama.
I imagine she’s going to get a red phone call from Sen. Clinton soon.
Watch out, Maria:
U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, one of Washington’s 17 Democratic superdelegates, isn’t ready to shift her allegiance from Sen. Hillary Clinton to Sen. Barack Obama — yet.
But in an interview with The Columbian’s editorial board Monday, she said the candidate with the most pledged delegates at the end of the primary season in late June will have the strongest claim to the party’s presidential nomination.
“I definitely don’t want the superdelegates to be the deciding factor,” she said.
The Democratic party should come together around the candidate with the most popular votes, the most states won and the most delegates, Cantwell said. The pledged delegate count will be the most important factor, she said, because that is the basis of the nominating process.
Obama leads Clinton in pledged delegates, in the popular vote and in the number of state primaries and caucuses he has won. Most political observers say the party’s rules of proportionality mean Clinton has virtually no chance of overtaking Obama in the pledged delegate count in the 10 primaries that remain.
Clinton argues that she has won more of the big industrial states that Democrats must take to win in November and has momentum on her side.
Cantwell and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., both endorsed Clinton several months ago.Cantwell said she wouldn’t object to a primary contest that went into the summer if it focused on the issues facing the nation, but added, “We wouldn’t want to tear apart the party.”
A bit late for that, I think.
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What Henry Kissinger said about the combatants in the Iran-Iraq war seems fitting (paraphrase):
It’s a shame they can’t both lose.
But, maybe they can, if a dark horse emerges.
Enjoying it while I can.
“They”, of course = Clinton & Obama.
Apologies….
If she moves, knee cap her. What’s left? The racist vs the feminist. Couldn’t have picked a better pair of McGovernite socialists to duke it out, forever.
In the face of the Wracist Wreverend Wright we still have politicians suffering from white apologist guilt disorder.
If McCain had a relationship with a Grand Wizard spouting white supremacy like Obama’s pastor about white hatred, he would be hounded until he was gone from the presidential race and forced to resign from his senate seat.
Then all republicans would be branded as racists.
She better get her superdelegates in line. That’s her last hope, yes? So if they start dropping off like flies before those wacky Dems even get to Denver, then it’s all over for Hillary.
Ah, who am I kidding, it was all over for her months ago. I just want them to keep bloodying each other up for Straight Talk.
I hope Maria doesn’t have any pets she has become accustomed to having around. “She who must not be named” has a history of being ruthless to those that would go against her or the former molester in chief’s political ambitions.
Translation: Time for you to get of the race, Hill-bill-ary!
Since when has this country ever held election that was focused solely on the issues? NEVER! As we do not know the candidates personally, how else are we to judge their character and fitness for office except through their histories and past decisions.
Wouldn’t be surprised if the head of the family dog ends up under the covers one morning if Maria doesn’t vote for the Hillster..
I wonder if there will be some sort of revolt in the DNC if the super delegates go against the will of the people..
but then, that would mean that the people of the DNC would have to think and realize that the super delegate issue is another way the elites of the party get their way..
rooster said,
Funny you should mention that.
Newsbusters carried the story about Joy Behar stating that black people can’t be racists because they are oppressed minorities. Wait it gets better. She and Whoopi, then went on to say that Bush’s association with Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson is equivalent to Obama’s affiliation with Wright. Hasselbeck informed then that they would have a valid point if Falwell and Robertson were Bush’s pastor for 20 yrs. Dems are quick to whip out the moral equivalency card no matter how off base they may be. They do not see matters as right vs wrong. It’s always Dem vs. Rep.
I am ashamed to admit it but I am a pinhead. Would someone please given me a lesson in politics?
What is fair & democratic about staggered primaries so that only little states like Iowa & NH get to vote first & by the time the primary comes to our state there are no choices left? What is fair & democratic about delgates & super delgates who then decide further who we get to vote for?
IMHO all primaries should be on the same day so we can at least feel that we had a chance to vote for our choice. And I don’t get this delgate thing at all.
gosh, then there wouldn’t be any conventions! Gotta have THOSE to keep the excitement up….
Superdels exist to Thwart the will of the delegates. Cantwell’s lying through her teeth. But then again, she’s a democrat.
Say, isn’t that Columbian the newspaper that reported Sen. Patty Murray (D – WA)making kind remarks about Bin Laden?
MAHANGTTIAL
(mad as hell and not going to take it any longer)
It sounds like the politically obsessed are developing a deep nostalgia for smoke-filled rooms.
Excerpts from a comment on the above-referenced story in The Columbian:
“…I hope Senator Cantwell will change her mind and support frontrunner Barack Obama in his historic, ground-breaking campaign for the presidency.”
“I was a precinct captain for the Obama campaign in my small town of Camas, Wa. In over 30 years of voting, I have never seen anything like the enthusiasm and excitement that this campaign has generated. We had democrats and republicans, young and old, black and white united for change like never before.”
“The supers should reaffirm the will of the majority, support the democratic process, and vote with the majority of democrats to join this unprecedented movement for political transformation.”
So, folks should vote for Obama because his campaign is “historic, ground-breaking”?; because his campaign has generated “enthusiasm and excitement?; because it is an “unprecedented movement for political transformation”?
Exactly what “change”, what kind of “unprecedented political transformation”, is the commenter so breathlessly excited about?
Sure sounds rather like adolescent infatuation – this is what some voters are going to base their decision upon?
Our already onerous tax burden will be further increased; the danger we already face in this world will be further heightened; because of a crush on someone who has about him an aura of “change” and “unprecendented political transformation”?
Sorry, readers…but yet one more example (as if one more were needed) of why the fact that each American’s vote counts just as much as that of every other American is at the same time our greatest strength; and – as illustrated above – our greatest weakness.
Very scary.
Pray for our country.
Might yet see the Goracle as eventual dem nominee. We the Nobel Prize committee adores him and he did win that Academy “award” and “emmy” so the glitterati also hearts him. How about the media- could Chrissy Matthews leg tingle? And al did win the popular vote in 2000 even if his home state dissed him. Wonder who would be a VEEP consensus? The Silk Pony maybe?
And just how good will it look to Middle America and independents if those various leftist radicals show their butts egregiously in Denver? Why can’t the GOP point out the socialist underpinnings of the modern moonbat left platform?
granite,
Well said and in light of the Obama racist pastor revelations it is even scarier that this is being quieted by the willing media. Has a familiar ring; much like the illegal invasion that the RINO’s keep telling us is a non-issue.
BULLCHIPS! The mere fact that superdelegates can get paid is enough to make one want to puke over the whole situation (on both sides of the aisle). Unfortunately for Republican superdelegates, there is no need to buy them as McCain was forced on us so they are not going to be a factor.
This senator is sending Shill a message: “I want more money” and that is fact. The Dimocrap nomination will be decided by who buys the most superdelegates. I would love any liberal/Democrat to refute this statement.
Takers? lgm, you do not count as you cannot make a coherent thought to save your life.
Do you think they are singing this over at Hillary Central:
Maria Lyrics
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to Mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple
She has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey
She’s always late for chapel
But her penitence is real
She’s always late for everything
Except for every meal
I hate to have to say it
But I very firmly feel
Maria’s not an asset to the abbey
I’d like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the wisp! A clown!
Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
When I’m with her I’m confused
Out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as weather
She’s as flighty as a feather
She’s a darling! She’s a demon! She’s a lamb!
She’d outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She could throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle! She is wild!
She’s a riddle! She’s a child!
She’s a headache! She’s an angel!
She’s a girl!
How do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down?
How do you find a word that means Maria?
A flibbertijibbet! A will-o’-the wisp! A clown!
Many a thing you know you’d like to tell her
Many a thing she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh, how do you solve a problem like Maria?
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand?
#18 rbb:
Good one!
The movie was just on this past weekend(F, Sat, Sun).
Just imagine the consequences IF Hillary pulls it off……
Pity those that betrayed her…..
as they say…..”Payback’s a B*tch!”
#20 On March 26th, 2008 at 10:58 am, gayle said:
‘Just imagine the consequences IF Hillary pulls it off……
Pity those that betrayed her…..
as they say…..”Payback’s a B*tch!”’
Agreed.
I have little doubt that the consequences would be not unlike the way the Russian Communist revolutionaries and the Nazis treated their INTRAparty rivals; with vengefulness, ferocity, ruthlessness, and without mercy…if not literally, you can bet figuratively.
Stay tuned….
I’m voting for the David Cassidy/Leif Garret ticket. I mean, they’re just so … sooo dreamy. *Sigh*
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score
When two tribes go to war
A point is all you can score.
Hoping the Looney Left Leaning Liberals in the Democratic Party implode!
Dear Sen. Cantwell:
Do not agree to any late night meetings in Fort Marcy Park.
#23 On March 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am, Dandapani said:
“Hoping the Looney Left Leaning Liberals in the Democratic Party implode!”
…And take their enablers and fellow-travelers (?most of ?the rest of their party?) with them.