Well, there it is. She's not dropping out.

[tridim]

And she still thinks she can win.

Super Deligates, drop the bomb now. There's no reason to wait.

[kenny blankenship]

1. Cue the tinkly, toys-in-the-attic crazy person music

Anybody got a net?

[TwilightGardener]

2. OK, that cracked me up. I can hear that music in my mind.

[JackintheGreen]

3. I'm trying to figure out how to write it in letters

and i can't...

[Mooney]

4. Here you go.

[newmajority]

6. Crazy......toys in the attic she is crazy.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2u_tbrPT_c

[redqueen]

5. Edwards said the same thing, right before he dropped out. (nt)

[Jennifer C]

7. Good point.

[tridim]

12. Yes, but Edwards isn't batshit crazy. nt

[redqueen]

23. Neither is she.

There are lots of reasons she might want to stay in.

[Growler]

26. Exactly. 11.6 million of them.

n/t

[Dorian Gray]

30. HC isn't crazy...

that's just insane to say. She may be a lot of things, unlikable being the thing that comes most to my mind. But crazy? Not really.

[OzarkDem]

13. He also hadn't won any states

Clinton has won all the key battleground states so far, except for MO.

[redqueen]

Thank you. She has more reason to say this than he did!

:)

[Alexander]

29. I guess Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, North Carolina, and Colorado aren't battleground states?

[Jawja]

32. As well as Kansas, Minnesota, Illinois,

Georgia and Louisiana? :shrug:

[OzarkDem]

33. Iowa maybe

and if you think he can carry any of the others in the GE, you're dreaming.

[AngryOldDem]

8. You would think at some point that some concern for the good of the party would kick in.

Guess not. The SDs have to declare by the end of the month. Doing so any sooner is probably unrealistic. But this CANNOT go on for another month, unless we want the party in complete and total disarray. Do we really want to go into Denver divided among ourselves and with so much ground to make up that it borders on the impossible?

Why is she still in? Ego? Pride? Sense of entitlement? It sure isn't because of any care for the good of the whole.

[Maven]

9. Again, she HAS to stay in for now

unless you'd prefer Obama to lose two races in a row to a candidate who's not running. She also has to pave the way for unification. LISTEN to what she just said at that press Q&A--she was deliberately distinguishing both her and Obama from McCain ("if you voted for me OR him, you didn't vote for more time in Iraq or the Bush economic policies"). The superdelegates who were interviewed today--and I don't think it was any mistake that superdelegates made themselves available for interviews--had a very coordinated message of unification by June 3rd. So did McAuliffe. The race is essentially over but the transition has to be done carefully.

[Gore1FL]

11. On the flip side

She could just endorse Obama now and ask her supporters to vote for him in those contests. That would be the real unification message.

[tridim]

14. That's exactly what she should be doing.

Instead she decided to take more swipes at the Democratic party and the Democratic process.

[OzarkDem]

16. It wouldn't help

Obama has long ago alienated the women who make up Clinton's loyal base. Dumb move on his part.

[tridim]

19. I see you're still in swipe the party mode too.

Give it a fucking rest.

[OzarkDem]

28. Talk to Obama about it

It was his decision to use the strategy. :shrug:

[onenote]

20. so Democratic women would prefer to see Roe v Wade overturned than vote for obama?

Hmmmm....

[OzarkDem]

27. First, its not likely Obama will win the WH

Second, women voters are about fed up with fellow Dems marginalizing women's issues by cramming Roe v Wade down our throats. Frankly I could care less if its overturned. Modern medicine has all but eliminated the need for traditional abortions.

Grow up, there are a lot more important issues at stake that women care about. Like health care, secure retirement and balanced budgets.

[Maven]

18. Once she concedes and endorses him, she's basically out of the race.

Losing to her at that point wouldn't look any better for Obama.

[Gore1FL]

10. She only has to...

Win WV and KY with 100% of the delegates and the rest of the contests with 84% to pass Obama. With odds like that, how could she quit?

I wonder how badly she has ruined her future as a Senator.

[AllexxisF1]

15. By the end of this week.

By the end of this week I think the Super's will come out in droves. You can bet your ass that Dean is on the phone telling Supers to get off their asses!

Rachel was right last night, Hillary seriously thinks she can still win.


That is some seriously scary shit, this woman is hell bent on winning.


That's not a fighter, that's an egomaniac.

[underpants]

25. Not making excuses but this is a life long dream and it is going to die really hard

Look at all that she has put up with, and put up with to put herself in position to be Prez one day, and all that she represents to a lot of women. It is going to be a very bitter pill to swallow when the day comes (and it is coming) for her and all her supporters.

I have been there back in 04 it is tough. Very tough.

[dogday]

17. Didn't she meet with them this morning... What did they say that

influenced her to stay in the race I wonder?

[tridim]

21. They probably said, "There's no way you can win"..

and that pissed her off, so she's going on.

Her ego is freaking scary.

[dogday]

24. I don't believe that, she seemed spent last night and now this

morning she is back on the trail after canceling her appearances, which apparently she didn't... Who knows what to believe anymore?????

[Maven]

22. If you listened to all of the supers who were interviewed today

there was a very distinct, coordinated message. There are clearly reasons she's staying in that have little to do with actually taking the nomination.

[MadHound]

31. The longer that she continues this insanity, the more apparent it becomes

That she is doing all she can to get herself another chance in 2012. She is willing to sacrifice the good of the party and the good of the American people on the alter of her own vanity and greed.

[TexasObserver]

34. She's in deep debt, she's got $11 mil in the game herself, she's lost.

She can keep racking up debt, betting more money on a losing hand, and digging herself into a deeper hole. She has peaked, and from now on, it's going to be "what is wrong with this person?!" by media.

Obama needs to avoid letting her shenanigans distract him.

[backscatter712]

35. What's the rush?

Obama's won it. We don't need to browbeat it.

It's going to take a few days before it's officially over - she's probably playing the wheeling and dealing game with various bigwigs to find a way to bow out in a way that enables her to save face.