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Hillary: Postpone Texas results to confirm identities of 1 million caucusers
Ben Smith, reporting at Politico, regarding Hillary's attempt to delay releasing the official results of the Texas caucus:
Side note, I wish I could find another source for this but at the moment only Ben seems to have it.
In a letter sent to the state Democratic Party late Friday, the Clinton campaign requests the March 29 count and state Senate district conventions be postponed until the eligibility of an estimated 1 million caucus-goers are double checked.Anyone want to venture a guess as to why she'd want to delay these results? I suspect it has to do with the revelation that Obama picked up 7 additional delegates in the Iowa county conventions. Clinton does not need additional good news getting in the news about Obama's campaign.
Side note, I wish I could find another source for this but at the moment only Ben seems to have it.
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Hah! I didn't edit my own post. I found the other source, the one Ben himself links to at the Dallas Morning News, and included the link in my post.
Teach me to proofread one last time..
March 15, 2008 10:59 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hah! I did find another source, the very source Ben links to. I included the link and forgot to proofread one last time.
An edit function would be nice. Sorry for the screwup.
March 15, 2008 11:04 PM | Reply | Permalink
Bloody TPM...
March 15, 2008 11:10 PM | Reply | Permalink
nothing like a little disenfranchisement for the Hillpatine gang.
March 15, 2008 11:14 PM | Reply | Permalink
"Anyone want to venture a guess as to why she'd want to delay these results?"
I'm sure she just wants to make sure everyone's properly enfranchised...don't be so suspicious.
March 15, 2008 11:38 PM | Reply | Permalink
professordarkheart,
Perhaps you're simply credulous. I hope you're not being faux-naif.
I'm a Texan who voted in the primary and caucused. There is nothing in the conduct of either that should arouse the Clintons' "concerns" about the eligibility of caucus-goers. The process had perfectly adequate controls--there is no vulnerability in the process to warrant having to double-check the eligibility of all one million caucus-goers.
I was there. Yeah, I'm suspicious. And I feel very defensive when her campaign starts f*cking with our state's Democratic Party.
March 16, 2008 12:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
One could say she is a regular franchising machine.... assuming your state counts and you have big dollar donors.
March 16, 2008 12:48 AM | Reply | Permalink