Ultra Super Nuclear Option?
It may just be because I am a tad tipsy, but a scary thought went through my mind on this night of jubilation for Obama.
Step 1) Give indications through campaign people that she will officially concede if Florida and Michigan are seated "as is". Once Dean announces they will seat Florida and Michigan and the delegate proportions, they wont be able to take it back.
Step 2) Hillary doesn't concede and uses the newfound relative closeness of the delegate gap to persuade Obama's supers and uncommitted supers to join her side.
Step 3) Profit.
This sounds unlikely to me, but it just seems like she will never quit even if there is a sliver of hope. Please tell me I'm drunk and hallucinating.
Step 1) Give indications through campaign people that she will officially concede if Florida and Michigan are seated "as is". Once Dean announces they will seat Florida and Michigan and the delegate proportions, they wont be able to take it back.
Step 2) Hillary doesn't concede and uses the newfound relative closeness of the delegate gap to persuade Obama's supers and uncommitted supers to join her side.
Step 3) Profit.
This sounds unlikely to me, but it just seems like she will never quit even if there is a sliver of hope. Please tell me I'm drunk and hallucinating.
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Sorry, you're drunk and hallucinating.
Any "solution" for Michigan and Florida will require both campaigns to sign on.
The people who most want to take part in the Denver convention are not the delegates but the superdelegates for those states. Right now, because they defied the DNC, they're excluded.
Trust me, these superdelegates will cut a deal that will cancel out any advantage Clinton might have gained, in order to remain players in the party game.
Yes, those states will be represented in Denver --but only with iron-clad commitments that they won't try to pull a fast one for Hillary.
That's what Howard Dean has always meant when he promises the delegations will be seated. They'll be seated as long as the state's superdelegates (whatever their preferences) agree to cancel out any advantage Hillary might have hoped for.
The meeting at the end of the month is simply to hash out details of that quid-pro-quo.
May 7, 2008 5:10 AM | Reply | Permalink
Yes on both counts and I'll throw in a delusional for good measure.
May 7, 2008 5:23 AM | Reply | Permalink