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Originally Posted by maxiep
That's an interesting proposition. Can you elaborate? By the way, I'm not being sarcastic.
The way I'm looking at it is that the sooner she drops out and starts campaigning for Sen. Obama the better it's going to be for the Democratic Party. In my view, if she wins Kentucky and WV overwhelmingly and then drops out, it's just going to embitter two more states after she drops out.
If she spent this week saying that those two states needed to support Sen. Obama because he shares her values, it would make his ability to get those votes in the general that much easier.
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The attacks against Obama will stop, and I figure now she will be saying more of 'whoever the nominee is, I will do my best to support'. I think she is going to start pointing out Bush and Mccains' negatives, letting her voters know that you have to vote democrat November.
Now I was thinking this would be the most logical thing for her to do, and Lawrence O'Donell who is close to the campaign said the same thing yesterday BUT it seems the woman is hell bent on staying in this race. Today she sent out a letter to the DNC saying Florida and Michigan must be recognized, then again maybe she is just letting the DNC know that its important that the people in those states be given a voice.
Here's the letter by the way
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May 8, 2008
Senator Barack Obama
Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
Dear Senator Obama,
This has been an historic and exciting campaign. Millions of new voters have been brought into the process and their enthusiasm for the Democratic Party and the principles for which you and I have fought and continue to fight is unprecedented.
One of the foremost principles of our party is that citizens be allowed to vote and that those votes be counted. That principle is not currently being applied to the nearly 2.5 million people who voted in primaries in Florida and Michigan. Whoever emerges as the Democratic nominee will be hamstrung in the general election if a fair and quick resolution is not reached that ensures that the voices of these voters are heard. Our commitment now to this goal could be the difference between winning and losing in November.
I have consistently said that the votes cast in Florida and Michigan in January should be counted. We cannot ignore the fact that the people in those states took the time to be a part of this process and to make their preferences known. When efforts were untaken [sic] by leaders in those states to hold revotes to ensure that they had a voice in selecting our nominee, I supported those efforts. In Michigan, I supported a legislative effort to hold a revote that the Democratic National Committee said was in complete compliance with the party's rules. You did not support those efforts and your supporters in Michigan publically [sic] opposed them. In Florida a number of revote options were proposed. I am not aware of any that you supported. In 2000, the Republicans won an election by successfully opposing a fair counting of votes in Florida. As Democrats, we must reject any proposals that would do the same.
Your commitment to the voters of these states must be clearly stated and your support for a fair and quick resolution must be clearly demonstrated.
I am asking you to join me in working with representatives from Florida and Michigan and the Democratic National Committee to arrive at a solution that honors the votes of the millions of people who went to the polls in Florida and Michigan. It is not enough to simply seat their representatives at the convention in Denver. The people of these great states, like the people who have voted and are to vote in other states, must have a voice in selecting our party's nominee.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton
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