Billy Jeff: “[T]his may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind”; Update: Hillary planning to suspend campaign, says HuffPo? Update: 34 House supers ready to endorse Obama?
posted at 1:47 pm on June 2, 2008 by Allahpundit
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How many tea leaves do you want? We’ve got (a) the Times reporting that she’s “come to terms” with reality; (b) Politico claiming she’s laying off her advance people, which is not something you’ll find Team Obama doing, needless to say; (c) Marc Ambinder noting that staffers and advisors are making vacation plans and being urged to turn in any outstanding receipts by the end of the week; (d) Newsday alleging that she and BJ are going to “huddle” with their top people tomorrow at home in Chappaqua for a potentially “momentous” decision; (e) the grand finale tomorrow night at Baruch College in NYC, which Ben Smith says top donors are being invited to attend; and (f) Terry McAuliffe waving around liquor bottles on air at MSNBC.
And now this.
I’m not saying I’ll be misty-eyed tomorrow night if the Reaper comes. But I’m not saying I won’t be either.
Bill Clinton acknowledged Monday that today may be his last campaigning for his wife.
“I want to say also, that this may be the last day I’m ever involved in a campaign of this kind,” the former president said at a town hall at the Milbank Visitor Center…
“I thought I was out of politics, ’til Hillary decided to run,” he said. “But it has been, one of the greatest honors of my life to go around and campaign for her for president.”
Just in case they need an extra nudge towards the exit, CNN claims Obama’s secret stash of superdelegates includes “most” of the remaining 17 undeclared Democratic senators and that they’re planning to endorse him publicly by the end of the week. Exit question one: Big sexism speech tomorrow night to go out with a bang, maybe? And exit question two, the one I prayed I’d never have to ask: Do we really not have Hillary Clinton to kick around anymore?
Update: No concession tomorrow night, senior aides tell Ambinder.
Update: HuffPo’s headline says Hillary’s “expected to suspend her campaign” but Tom Edsall’s story seems less certain of that. Although there is this:
Obama and Clinton spoke Sunday night and agreed that their staffs should begin negotiations over post-primary activities. In addition to help raising money to pay off some $20 million-plus in debts, Clinton is known to want Obama to help out black officials who endorsed her and are now taking constituent heat, including, in some cases, primary challenges from pro-Obama politicians.
“This has never happened before,” one donor said, referring to the personalized request by email to attend the event in New York Tuesday night.
Update: Obama needs 46 delegates to clinch by CNN’s count. He’ll pick up 15 or so from Montana and South Dakota tomorrow night. If the CNN report about the senate and this NBC report about the House are correct, he’ll pick up the rest from congressional superdelegates tomorrow afternoon and likely proclaim himself presumptive nominee tomorrow night.
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Heh, she’s not going anywhere, going nowhere.
She wouldn’t “suspend” herself in a DNC cage.
Black widows don’t suspend themselves before
the attack to devour the male. They position
themselves comfortably in their web and crouch
before thrusting death with the embracing kiss of death.
The DNC will hold a bonfire to which she’s
invited, either to support Obama,
or to be burnt at the stake.
That’s not to say what will actually transpire
at the Convention, only what plans are laid.
maverick muse on June 3, 2008 at 7:28 AM
She is either going to throw in the towel this week or she is going to go to her “scorched earth initiative” and throw the entire Democratic Party into an out of control tailspin.
Not saying this would be a bad thing, of course.
pilamaye on June 3, 2008 at 7:39 AM
I do believe I called it…
steveegg on June 3, 2008 at 8:15 AM
The late Barbara Olson wrote the definitive book about Hillary!: Hell to Pay. The Madame-in-the-Pantsuit will extract her pound of flesh one way or another.
onlineanalyst on June 3, 2008 at 8:40 AM
Thanks for remembering Barbara Olson. She was a great commentator.
right2bright on June 3, 2008 at 9:00 AM
Headline: Larry Johnson on Michelle O.
Featuring the Clintons and BHO as if
maverick muse on June 3, 2008 at 9:08 AM
BLAME THE MAID for the broken crystal.
The bell has rung and they’re off!
MSM dogpile on the rabbit
maverick muse on June 3, 2008 at 9:13 AM
To bad, So Sad, Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Now if NY voters would smarten up, and get rid of her, we can sing happy trails to the Clintons forever.
Masscon on June 3, 2008 at 9:43 AM
Masscon, the only way to raise New York’s IQ sufficiently would be to tow the city out to sea and sink it. Hillary has a virtually guaranteed lifetime appointment, Kennedy-style, if she chooses.
E1701 on June 3, 2008 at 9:57 AM
Honestly, doesn’t Bill Clinton understand that’s he’s become a parody of himself?
There are few things sadder than an aging human being who’s still stuck in his childhood.
philwynk on June 3, 2008 at 10:07 AM
Three bears in a bed and the little one said,
I’m tired. Roll over.
So they all rolled over,
and one fell out and banged his head.
Two bears in a bed…
maverick muse on June 3, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Very well put. I had the exact same thought, but didn’t know how to say it. It’s hard to get older, but harder not to.
JiangxiDad on June 3, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Answer.
Red Pill on June 3, 2008 at 11:05 AM
For anyone who doesn’t know…
Red Pill on June 3, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Red Pill on June 3, 2008 at 11:15 AM
GOOD GRIEF PEOPLE. Every person who in the democratic primaries voted was guilty of either racism or a sexist.
You may ask yourself how I can say this? Well I will tell
you. The democratic party has used TERMS to define thier party for forty + years. The democratic party likes words that end in ISM and IST. While a liberal runs for office they avoid any views or help for the american public. What
they do is call the conservitive opponent some sort of “ist”
or an “ism”.
By the democrate party policy if you voted for Clinton YOU are a racist. On the other hand if You voted for Obama You
are a sexist. The liberal left which has taken over the dems has decinded into to name calling without a platform to help the people they represent.
TomLawler on June 3, 2008 at 1:23 PM
Like Socialism and Socialist,
Communism and Communist…
They are not the Democrat party any more. JFK was the last Democrat President. The rest have been Democratic Socialists.
Red Pill on June 4, 2008 at 1:43 PM
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