Hillary releases her hounds; Update: RNC hosts Hillary Happy Hour
Bottoms up!
But will they follow her lead and throw their support to Barack Obama — or flip him the bird?
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will tell her pledged delegates on Wednesday that they can vote for presidential hopeful Barack Obama at this week’s convention, several of her supporters said today.
Legally, delegates from 10 states who are elected to support a certain candidate are obliged to vote for that person, even if he or she isn’t running for president anymore. The rest of the state delegates can technically vote for whomever they want at the roll call.
By taking this action, Clinton is freeing up her pledged delegates in those states from their legal obligations.
Still many crestfallen Clinton delegates said Sunday they were still going to vote for her.
Hear the PUMAs roar.
Hot off the presses from the NYT and CBS, 42 percent of her delegates (20 percent of all delegates) say they’re ready to go PUMA. Will releasing them change that?
Still on schedule: The “Hillary Now/No Obamination – Hillary Now for McCain” rally on Thursday, 11:45am – 12:30pm from Mariposa Street to Federal/Invesco Field.
And there’s this:
Enraged by reports that Sen. Clinton was not even vetted to join the Obama ticket, some of her delegates are now circulating a petition to force a floor vote on Clinton for vice president. It’s hard for these diehards to understand why Clinton, who garnered 18 million votes, was passed over for Biden, whose standing in the polls was the same as comedian Stephen Colbert’s.
The delegate who organized the move, Texas high-school teacher Aaron Paz, says the petition needs at least 300 signatures. So far he has about 500 committments from national delegates to sign and circulate the petition.
The Paz crowd points out that the 1944 Democratic convention rejected President Franklin Roosevelt’s vice president, Henry Wallace, for another term – instead nominating Sen. Harry Truman of Missouri.
But the story’s more complex: Party leaders, concerned about his failing health, had already strong-armed FDR into ditching Wallace for Truman before the floor vote. No such thing will happen with Obama, obviously.Paz & Co. recognize the uphill battle they face, but he says they have a “hospitality room, copies of the petition, clipboards, communication plans, timelines, speeches, floor rules and a strong dedication to make the party stronger with Hillary on the ticket.”
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Update: Aw, how sweet…
RNC HOSTS HAPPY HOUR FOR HILLARY IN DENVER
DENVER – As the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Denver, Colo., the Republican National Committee (RNC) will host a Happy Hour for Hillary today. From Republicans to independents to open-minded Democrats, John McCain is gathering support from voters nationwide who believe that he is the most qualified candidate to lead our country as Commander in Chief.
Space is limited, and attendees must present both a valid DNCC and press organization credential to gain admittance.
WHAT: Happy Hour For Hillary
WHEN: Monday, August 25, 2008
8:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. MDT
WHERE: Paramount Café
519 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Update: Feel the pain.
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Talk is cheap, we’ll see if they really do something about it. I think they will fall in party lines.. Most Dems are weak when it comes to moral character and moral issues. All the PUMA nuts will end up voting for the Obamessiah.
The guerilla
Unfortunately, in a state like Kalifornia, that won’t work. The state government, through severe gerrymandering, is locked into extreme liberals probably for the next 5000 years at least. It’s heavily lopsided, and won’t work.
Unfortunely josetheguerilla, I have to agree with you. It is more important than ever that we get our base out to vote. If voters who fall any where near conservative show up and vote McCain will win.
If the far right stay home due to disagreements with McCain we lose.
Once again this election will be about voter turn out…we win if we get off our butts and vote!
Obama Supported By Hillary?
I see a lot of comments here about Hillary using her position to trade off for $$ to pay campaign debt. These comments are made by people who assume that she WILL pay her debt. However, does anyone remember the stories of the woman who sued to recover the “bump-up” on her credit card from the Hillary camp? This woman had made a contribution on her credit card which was under the statutory limit, but then was surprised to see that Hillary’s people had bumped it up to the limit…they “assumed” she would want to do this.
What about all the vendors who are being stiffed? Unless Hillary is threatened with jail time, I seriously doubt that she would use any funds received for their proper/intended purposes. IMHO
What’s Ted K. say about that drinking Ban?
what drinking ban?
thats what he’d say, then go for a drive and a swim.
Mrs. Clinton must recognize that tying herself to the Obamatross will finish her for the future. Make no mistake she is not done, she will be back. I’m sure she and her supporters recognize that he will lose because of what he stands for, the long long list. Bill’s adventures don’t seem to have hurt her too much but throwing her support behind her opponent will be the final nail in the Clinton coffin. Everyone watch what occurs after the election, all those Clinton ship jumpers better be ready because after the shake up they are going to find themselves in the dust bin of history. Its gonna leave a mark, that much is guaranteed.
I’ve had to call off my “Ding-Dong the witch is dead” party for at least four years!
BTW we’ve all forgotten about the one Hillary hound that has been running loose: Bill, the hound-in-chief.