{"id":4887,"date":"2008-03-06T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T10:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/clinton-is-preparing-her-endga.html"},"modified":"2008-03-06T10:00:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T10:00:38","slug":"clinton-is-preparing-her-endga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/03\/clinton-is-preparing-her-endga.html","title":{"rendered":"Clinton is preparing her endgame"},"content":{"rendered":"

And if you thought she was prepared to go quietly into that goodnight, then you are in for a rude awaking \ud83d\ude42 Oh and about those Florida and Michigan delegates? Yeah, they’re trying to figure out a way to get them seated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Clinton advisers acknowledged on Wednesday that the delegate arithmetic still has them at a disadvantage; Mr. Obama has 1,456.5 delegates to Mrs. Clinton\u2019s 1,370, and the upcoming primaries will award delegates proportionally to both the winner and the loser. That will have the effect making each candidate inch toward the 2,025 delegates needed for the nomination.
\nSenator Clinton is also hoping to get an extra boost by adding delegates to her column from Michigan and Florida, and her advisers today have been discussing ways to deal with the conundrum in those states.
\nThe Democratic Party stripped the two states of their delegates after they moved up their primaries to January, but Mrs. Clinton remained on the ballot in both _as Mr. Obama did in Florida. She won in both Florida and Michigan and is now seeking to have the delegates counted.
\nWhile Clinton advisers have publicly opposed talk of a \u201cdo-over\u201d vote in either state, which is possible, some of her advisers said today that they would now be inclined to support such a vote. They believe her strength with Hispanics, women and Jewish voters in Florida, and with union workers and women in Michigan, would be enough to overtake Mr. Obama\u2019s advantage with black and young voters in both states.
\nMrs. Clinton and her top officials continue to oppose such a do-over. The alternative is waiting until July for the party to consider allowing Florida and Michigan delegates to count at the August convention. But the Clinton advisers who support a new vote said they expected conversations on the issue to intensify in her camp.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh and they’re planning to continue hitting Obama, blooding him for the general (you really didn’t think Clinton would do anything that was good for the party, did you?):<\/p>\n

As for other upcoming primaries, Mark Penn, the campaign\u2019s chief strategist, predicted today that \u201ca fuller vetting process\u201d of Mr. Obama by the media would heighten concerns among voters about Mr. Obama\u2019s candidacy and \u201copen up a number of other states\u201d where Mrs. Clinton could compete intensively for delegates. He spoke on a conference call with reporters.
\n[…]
\nHarold Ickes, a senior adviser to Senator Clinton, said on the conference call that the Clinton campaign\u2019s chief objective was not to sully Mr. Obama\u2019s image or record, but to cast a spotlight on lightly examined or unknown aspects of both.
\n\u201cThis is not a question of trying to damage somebody \u2014 this is a question of trying to fully understand all the particular aspects of each of the candidates,\u201d Mr. Ickes said. \u201cThere\u2019s not another shoe in her closet to drop. It is clear that too much is yet unknown about Senator Obama.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course they wouldn’t want to “sully” him, they just want to find something heinous enough that Democrats would be concerned about him for the general. Without sullying him so that he can go on to the general where the Republicans can use it against him. (via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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