March 25, 2008
What Rhymes With Hope?
Another day, another Team Clinton call pushing a revote in FL and MI. But Phil Singer managed a snappy new line during today's chat with reporters. About a new vote in FL and MI, he said: "Sen. Obama has turned the 'Audacity of Hope' into the 'Audacity of Nope'."
Give Singer a point for pithy. But the camp's disenfranchisement argument against Obama loses any remaining sway today with reports that Hillary Clinton is urging pledged delegates to reconsider their allegiances. In the Philly Daily News, she said: "I just don’t think this is over yet, and I don’t think that it is smart for us to take a position that might disadvantage us in November. And also remember that pledged delegates in most states are not pledged. You know, there is no requirement that anybody vote for anybody. They’re just like superdelegates."
Talk about disenfranchisement. So Clinton believes the pledged dels, who actually represent the will of the voters, are up for grabs? How does that square with the campaign's FL/MI argument?
Meanwhile, Singer and Harold Ickes seemed to offer different takes on what Clinton intended in her remark.
"Circumstances can change, and people’s minds can change about the viability of a particular candidate," Ickes said.
But Singer said the campaign is "not engaged in any effort" to flip pledged delegates. He added, "I don’t think she floated the idea. I think she was simply repeating what the DNC said in a memo that it put out several weeks ago. Look it was one of the rules of the DNC and the process. ... I wouldn’t read anything into it. Simply stating a fact is not, I think, a cause for hysteria."
(JENNIFER SKALKA)
Posted at 10:20 AM
Comments
More anti-Clinton bias. I'm not sure how the author got from the Philly Daily quote that she's "urging pledged delegates to reconsider their allegiances". Give me a break! Clinton was merely stating a fact, and not any sort of strategy that the campaign is undertaking.
Can we please get an anti-Obama writer on here as well to even things up a bit? Or at least a neutral writer.
Jon | 03.25.08 12:11 PM
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I am a lifelong democrat, but if she were to win the nomination by getting Obama pledged delegates to switch, I think I would have to vote for McCain in the general election. Sometimes the processes is more important than the issues.
Ben | 03.26.08 04:10 AM
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