Gov. Rendell: Hillary Clinton may run again

[KittyWampus]

cut/paste from LBN

Gov. Rendell: Hillary Clinton may run again

Source: USA Today

DENVER — Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton will probably run for president again despite failing to secure the Democratic nomination this year.

"Yeah, she wants to run again," Rendell told USA TODAY Sunday morning at the site of the Democratic National Convention.

Rendell was a Clinton supporter and campaigned with her throughout his home state. He said she clearly enjoyed the process and reached a comfort level with voters the longer she stayed on the road.

Rendell recalled a night in an industrial area south of Pittsburgh shortly before the state's primary when 2,500 supporters filled an outdoor amphitheater despite a downpour to rally for the New York senator. Moments like those, Rendell said, will propel her to run again.

"By the end of the campaign, when she had really connected with American voters, particularly working-class voters, I think she was having a great time," he said.

[otohara]

1. Chomping - Hoping - Praying

Obama loses.

[KittyWampus]

2. We can COUNT on this bullshit mixed-message, psuedo-support from all Clinton surrogates

and the Clintons.

[redstate_democrat]

11. At this point, I think they should all just be taken out of the picture.

They are doing more harm than good with their half-assed support. They get to pretend to support, get media coverage and access, and then tear down the nominee. Who needs it? After this convention, Dems need to dispose of them. They should have no contact or connection with the campaign. Keep them in the dark. And when Obama wins, keep them there.

[Cha]

45. Yeah, like

fucking mushrooms.

[Radical Activist]

3. That would explain her behavior.

Its what many thought. But people won't forget the way she acted. And Obama is going to have two great terms.

[maximusveritas]

13. Yep, I didn't forget how she sat back, not helping us in 2004 and 2006

and I won't forget if she doesn't help us this year. She has the perfect opportunity with this latest McCain ad to show that she's a team player. If not, I will be committed to her defeat once the next time she runs.

[yourout]

4. She may run but this was her only chance to win.

[chitty]

5. What is wrong with these people?

Can't we get elected this time and then worry about later.

Get with the fucking program already.

Jesus Christ.

:banghead:

[Barack_America]

6. Rendell, will you run again? Because at this point I will support your primary challenger...

You slimy, sleazy fool.

[BlooInBloo]

10. I'm almost tempted to move back to PA and do the same.

[Cha]

47. I don't know if he has term limits or what but I'll

donate money to his Democratic opponent(hope there is one) if he runs again like I did for Lamont.

[BlooInBloo]

59. Donating to his primary opponent WOULD be easier than moving back, wouldn't it?

:rofl:

[Cha]

64. It's a

choice:)

[Eurobabe]

76. Me too Kristi, WTF is wrong with him announcing this

at the convention. He's not too bright sometimes.

Have you heard anything about who the Dems might run against Fast Eddie?

[terisan]

7. Ted Kennedy ran against President Carter. Took it to the convention.

Everyone is entitled to run. That is democracy in action.

[chitty]

8. Of course it is but.................

can we talk about it after November?

[Colobo]

31. And we fuckin' lost in 1980 thanks to that.

[Cha]

49. Yeah, let's talk about this shit now..right before the Democratic

Convention in 2008. hillary may have had a ball but she LIED and LOST and she'll LOSE AGAIN.

[Beacool]

73. Shhhh, Teddy is now a saint.

Who cares that he ran against a sitting president of his own party and took it all the way to the convention floor despite being behind by 700 delegates.

Who cares that he could barely muster enough enthusiasm to halfheartedly endorse president Carter. But, if it's Hillary, then she has to walk through hot coals and rend at her clothing to prove her loyalty to the party and our nominee.

Yep, meany Hillary is the only one who shouldn't run again.

Whatever...........

[Bobbie Jo]

78. Perhaps we should learn from our mistakes.....

and not support or encourage a repeat performance. :think:

[Renew Deal]

9. She could, and she would lose again.

I think this tells you a lot where Rendell's loyalties are at.

[Colobo]

32. Rendell is acting like a prick.

[Cha]

50. Yeah, who

knew?:P

[Kaylee]

12. Must. not. let. go. of. the. spotlight.....

Won't these people just shut up for a bit....let's get a Dem back in the White House, then they can spout their fairy wishes anywhere they'd like. Especially since it gives the appearance they are waiting for Obama to fail so they can jump back in the mix.

[Egnever]

22. The sad part is

The spotlight is there for them no one wants to take it away. All they want is for them to get on board the train lets work together and get these jobs done.

These are important times we face as a nation its no time for manipulation and thinking about the next election.

We want them on board screaming and yelling Gobama! Go Dems! Lets kick republican ass!

Instead we have to reprimand them beg them plead with them....Stop nipping at our nominees heels! WTF!

[TwilightZone]

14. Would someone please explain to me why she *shouldn't* run?

Silly me, I thought that our form of government allowed this kind of thing.

She won't win, but she certainly has a right to run, as does everyone else.

[chitty]

17. It's the timing.

She should do whatever floats her boat.

But now is not the time to rain on Baracks parade.

[WinkyDink]

44. Since she is DONE running for THIS election, she and her peeps need to GET with the GAME PLAN.

[Cha]

51. Oh I hope she does run again and LIES her a$$ off again

and LOSES AGAIN.

[K Gardner]

15. I've missed something.. when did she STOP running?

[NYC_SKP]

18. Hah!

There it is. Bingo.

:patriot:

[Genevieve]

52. Remember her concession speech--

when she didn't concede?

go away bill and hill.

[cliffordu]

63. Yep, there IS that little truth.

At this point she NEVER gets my vote.

[Lisa0825]

16. My fantasy is...

in 2016, the primary comes down to 2 major candidates.... Hillary Clinton and another woman (my wildest dream would be Rachel Maddow!). I would like to see 2 women face off for the nomination, and the other one win. Sexism couldn't be the scapegoat then!

[FrenchieCat]

19. And dear Mr. Rendell, she will fucking lose.

So stop hoping.

[monomach]

20. So I'll get to vote against her and the rest of the DLC again?

Sweet!

[panAmerican]

21. And people say Joe Biden needs to mind his mouth?

Rendell is insufferable sometimes.

[FrenchieCat]

25. He's trying to rankle the people of Pennsylvannia......

he must not have figured that the 3rd Senator from Penn would be on the ticket. He's going all out now, to make sure his state doesn't get excited for the Obama/Biden ticket. Boob that he is.

[Cha]

53. "3rd Senator from PA would be on the ticket"!

Ain't that truth..rendell is too busy slobbering over hillary to know much else.

[GoesTo11]

23. Not coincidence that her surrogates keep dog whistling

She is hoping to support Obama enough to keep in the party's good graces, but not enough for him to win. She wants her supporters to do the same and they know it. Corzine, Begela, Carville, Rendell ... She is maintaining plausible deniability, like with her "concession" speech where she spoke with a disgusted look as she praised (briefly) Obama and then turned into Happy Hillary when she talked about glass ceilings and never give up the dream blah blah blah. Every time I see that she could have done something better to help Obama and doesn't, I know she's sandbagging. Just indirectly responding to McCain's ad. Not telling her supporters to just cut the crap but rather talking about their need for catharsis.

She can say "I'm doing everything I'm asked." It's like a passive-aggressive employee working to rule. Yes, they do what you ask, but they don't really do it right and they don't do anything you don't ask even when it's what a normal person would do.

The really disgusting thing is that before all the niceness after early June, she basically said "They're going to make me be nice but don't believe me then, believe me now."

Better do a damn good job in Denver and after, if she doesn't want the whole election hung around her neck. I'm not going out of my way to be divisive here, but she really can do better, and just hasn't, hasn't and hasn't. After her kitchen-sink kneecapping spree in the spring, she owes the party big time, not the other way round.

Flame away.

[chitty]

27. No flames here...

I agree with a lot of your post.

She created this PUMA mess and the like by giving these people false hopes 5 or six weeks longer than it was feasible for her to win.

She should have bowed out gracefully when the math was insurmountable.

No sexism. Just math.

[Cha]

56. Both of you make excellent

points.

[DeschutesRiver]

69. No flames here

I completely agree. It has been disgusting to watch it unfold this way, but not unexpected.

Only thing I know for sure is that once either Obama or McCain (god forbid) wins this thing, Hillary Clinton will disappear like a bad rash. And has ticked off enough people who see through her that by the time 2012 comes around, nobody will understand why she'd even waste the money to run again. At least from November 2008 until then, the airwaves will be free of this nonsense.

This is an undignified way to spend her last moments on stage, grasping at a disappearing spotlight.

[nsd]

24. Wow, Rendell really needs to stop talking. n/t

[WinkyDink]

26. My love for my governor is slowly dimming. WTH is his PROBLEM?!

[Ikonoklast]

33. He missed his ticket to the Naval Observatory

And he's not happy.

No one else will ask him, except Hillary.

Fast Eddie needs to go back and re-tool his plans to sell the PA Turnpike to a foreign concern before he leaves office. Oh, yeah, and turn I-80 into a toll road, too. He's working very, very hard with the Republicans in the Pennsylvania legislature to make sure that happens.

Even though the people of Pennsylvania oppose it.

Slimeball.

[WinkyDink]

39. And the media are supporting his Turnpike plans, virtually NEVER mentioning SPAIN.

Selling our infrastructure. Wait; I mean, "leasing" it. For 99 years.
Democrats have become born-again Greed-heads.

He thought he'd be Hillary's VP? Bwahahahaha!

[Ikonoklast]

58. I really can't believe that the Keystoners aren't up in arms over this

What an incredibly bad deal, and to make things even worse, rumor has it that the consortium is on the verge of bankruptcy in Europe. The business model they have proposed projects toll revenues at double the current rate, while traffic is actually decreasing slightly.

Yet Fast Eddie plays ball with the Republicans to get the deal done.

I wonder just how much money will pass into the re-election coffers of those willing to sell out their constituents?

Like the Indiana toll road deal. Some of those people close to the governors' office got rich.

[DeschutesRiver]

70. Was there any chance

that he believed he was on a VP short list, and is ticked not only that he didn't get it, but that another guy from PA made the grade?

I think I recall hearing his name tossed around much earlier, as a potential running mate who could help Obama bring in PA and Ohio, etc...wondering if his sudden bad mouthing, coming right after the Veep announcement, means he feels passed over and pissed off.

[ErinBerin84]

28. ugh...let's just get through this election first, ok Ed? One at a time.

[Middle finga]

29. These Clinton supporters with their worshipping of their goddess

is getting to be a drag. Stop your fucking whining and go join the McCain campaign. Obama don't need this, we just gotta work a little harder to make up for the disgrunted Clinton supporters. Enough is enough Obama didn't cheat to win this election, if they are going to mad at someone be mad at Clinton and her campaign staff for losing an election they should have won.

[Cha]

57. It's time to consider the source of these whines..

not really respectable people who I would care to have dinner with.

Maybe we're giving eddie's fast mouth too much credit..it's not worth much and will die a slow death while we enjoy the Victory of Obama, Biden, and our Country:patriot: :bounce: :patriot: :party: :kick: :patriot::bounce:

[hughee99]

30. This may be helpful in one way...

Were I a hardcore Hillary supporter (I'm not) I might find it easier to support Obama now knowing that "my candidate" will be back. If I thought Obama ended "my candidate's" chances of ever being president, I might have more resentment towards Obama.

Personally, I think she'd done making serious runs for president, and I don't think Rendell was coming out with this for party unity, but I don't think it's all bad, either.

[FrenchieCat]

35. She's going to be in the wings for 8 years! Naw....that's not the idea

Ed Rendell is trying to give with that statement.

She will lose. Folks don't forget, and she is being watch.....and now, so is he.

[Colobo]

38. They want Obama to lose so that she can run in 2012.

[chitty]

40. Everyone wants to know........

What does Hillary want?

[Colobo]

55. Hillary vs. McCain, 2012. That's what many of her supporters want. I don't know about her...

[barack the house]

79. It's one theory hope it proves true.

[optimisticin08]

34. Rendell is

I will let you fill in the blank.

[blonndee]

36. Just when I thought that guy was on board and supporting the nominee...

That's what I get, I guess. Fuckhead.

[mikiturner]

37. This is just stunning

Why, Ed?

[Cha]

41. Stupid Shit Hole for a mouth..

Great, hillary will be mccain age but I'm sure she'll be in better shape without all that pow shit in her past.

[Middle finga]

42. I wonder how much the Clintons really wanted to see a Kerry win

in 2004? I'm not even sure they wanted a Gore win. Every thing was going according to plan then out of nowhere that damn Obama showed up. LOL

[Genevieve]

54. They didn't.

And they didn't in 2000 either.

[Life Long Dem]

43. Geez... with the excitement of the Obama/Biden ticket and now this!!

We all should be happy! I am glad for Clinton supporters. I said this awhile ago about Clinton. She is a young 60 year old woman IMHO.

[scarletwoman]

46. The Clinton machine is not about to relinquish power. A nest of vipers. (nt)

[Tutonic]

48. Dear Ed, down the sleeping pills with tap water. Relax.

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

60. She's gonna have an eight year wait

and doubtless new stars will have emerged in the party by then that we don't even know now. The landscape of 2016 can't even be imagined at this point, but it's safe to say that this was the one chance for Hillary. Time to get together to elect Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

61. someone should take Rendell aside!

[Colobo]

62. Obama should have a little talk with shithead Ed.

[Middle finga]

65. As far as I can remember, other presidents that served out their terms,

they along with their spouses chose to resign themselve to a more private life, they got out of Washington politics. Some made public appearances sometimes, some became authors, some did charity work. But I never seen any of the former presidents try yo hold on to power like the Clintons, the Clintons refuse to leave the national stage. They will sabotage the candidacy of the nominee of their own party just to maintain control of the party. What kind of people are they? Now I see why Obama didn't pick her and have to deal with Clinton's ego.

[MarjorieG]

72. Welcome to 2004.

[Zhade]

66. Let her. She'll just lose again anyway.

NT!

[Metric System]

67. Great to hear! Hillary 2016!!!

[Chloroplast]

68. She can run all she wants.

The only problem is that she's alienated a huge chunk of eligible voters. She'd have to reintroduce herself, try and convince people to give money, deal with the MSM...I have a headache just thinking about it. Her 'friends' are nothing but vipers and should keep their comments to themselves unless Sen. Clinton gave them the green light. And if she did...oh, boy.

[MarjorieG]

71. Many NY contingent mostly upset they lost their gigs, next Senator, privileges.

Really selfish.

[BeyondGeography]

74. Get it out of your sytem, Ed

The coronation (of the other guy) starts tomorrow.

[thewiseguy]

75. Shut up Ed.

[barack the house]

77. Let's just be grateful that she is voting for the nominee, and keep working.

[CreekDog]

80. winning is a lot harder than running

;)

[anonymous171]

81. Not our problem right now. nt

[Blue_Roses]

82. why this now?

:eyes: