UK Telegraph: Hillary Clinton's Aides Prepare to Concede

[WilliamPitt]

Hillary Clinton's aides prepare to concede
By Toby Harnden in Washington

Senior advisers to Senator Hillary Clinton have prepared the ground for her to abandon her 2008 presidential ambitions within days and not dispute the Democratic nomination all the way to the party convention in August.

Although she won by a wide margin over Barack Obama in yesterday’s Puerto Rico primary - with 85 per cent of the vote in, she was leading by 36 percentage points - the former First Lady made no mention in her victory speech of taking her fight beyond this week.

Instead, she made a final appeal to some 178 uncommitted "super-delegates" - party officials whose convention votes are not tied to the primaries - that she would be the stronger general election candidate against John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee.

"The decision will fall on those leaders in our party empowered by the rules to vote in the Democratic convention," she said in San Juan. “I do not envy you the decision you must make." She needs some 90 per cent of the 178 to back her, which is almost certainly a vain hope.

More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uselection2008/democrats/2062606/US-Elections-Clinton-aides-prepare-the-way-for-her-to-concede.html

[Alvy Singer]

1. Has this paper even been right in any of their predictions?

They seem to report base on instinct and rumor more than anything.

[City Lights]

4. Hiya Alvy Singer!

:hi: Welcome to DU! :hi:

[Danger Mouse]

10. only 3 posts??? wow. that was quick.

[bridgit]

14. wait up, what's that supposed to mean? someone can't have opinions B4 they come here?

that's goofy :silly:

[2008]

15. probably referring to the tombstone which now memorializes those 3 posts

:D

[bridgit]

22. Yeah, seen that this morning...I love the smell of pizza in the morning...

:donut:

[Danger Mouse]

20. it's supposed to mean 'wow you only lasted three posts?'

[bridgit]

21. Dang! That *was* fast...

poor little guy :cry: better make that :spray:

[Danger Mouse]

23. sockpuppets are interesting in that they are very predictable.

usually, they don't make it past 30 posts...they don't even try to disguise themselves.

[Condem]

2. Watch out!

The UK is scooping the American Media.

[senseandsensibility]

3. Did you post this because you agree with it?

I don't mean to sound combative; I'm honestly curious. I saw her speech live and came away with another impression entirely. So if you AND the telegraph think otherwise, I may have to reconsider.

[stillcool]

6. The article doesn't really match...

the header. It's a hodge-podge of quotes from different people, and I don't understand how the author came to that conclusion. Sounds like guesstimation.

[senseandsensibility]

7. Yes, why is she still trying to convince superdelegates if

she's already in negotiations to get out?

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

5. Yeah right, and there really is a tooth fairy.

[AZBlue]

8. I hope this is right.

[Hardrada]

9. Will there be makeup sex

after all the battling ends?

"The lovely love, the hateful hates
The conversation with the flying plates...."

[Kool Kitty]

11. I'll bet

you wish you were in love again. ;)

[Hardrada]

16. Oh yeah, I would rather be punch drunk!

O unsurpassable Rogers & Hart!

[kwenu]

12. Bye!!!

[TwilightGardener]

13. "I do not envy you the decision you must make"--uh, Hill...

it won't be that hard a decision for them. Trust me.

[Puzzler]

17. For a conservative UK paper...

... the Telegraph seems to have been reasonably supportive of Obama (at least, from what I've read).

[Hieronymus]

18. Please .. you ever read the Telelgraph? Can you site their supposed lies?

[VotesForWomen]

19. she's "not continuing" because the state elections will be over; that doesn't mean she's conceding a

anything.

[WilliamPitt]

24. .