Posted on 02/28/2008 9:23:57 PM PST by tcrlaf
AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Democratic Party is warning that its March 4 caucuses could be delayed or disrupted after aides to White House hopeful Hillary Clinton raised the specter of an "imminent" lawsuit over its complicated delegate selection process, officials said Thursday night.
In a letter sent out late Thursday to both the Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama campaigns, Texas Democratic Party lawyer Chad Dunn warned that a lawsuit could ruin the Democrats' effort to re-energize voters just as they are turning out in record numbers.
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It has been brought to my attention that one or both of your campaigns may already be planning or intending to pursue litigation against the Texas Democratic Party," Dunn said in the letter, obtained by the Star-Telegram. "Such action could prove to be a tragedy for a reinvigorated Democratic process."
Democratic sources said representatives from each campaign had made it clear they are keeping all their options open but that the Clinton campaign in particular had warned of an impending lawsuit.
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Another Democratic source who was privy to the often intense discussions confirmed that representatives of the New York senator's campaign had issued veiled threats in a telephone call this week.
"Officials from Senator Clinton's campaign at several times throughout the call raised the specter of 'challenging the process,' the official said. "The call consisted of representatives from both campaigns and the Democratic Party."
The source, who did not have authorization to speak about the matter on the record, said Clinton's political director, Guy Cecil, had pointedly raised the possibility of a courtroom battle.
The Democrat Civil War is FAR,FAR from over folks!!
(I call it-POETIC JUSTICE...)
Why is it that afte 250 years, it's only DemocRATS who have trouble voting?
Keep up the scorched-earth tactics, Hillary - they worked so well for Al Gore.
That’s the Hillary I’ve been waiting to see!! Lawyers as far as the eye can see, shooting it out. Yeeehawww!!
ROTFLMAO!
Why has she waited until five days before the primary to do this?
The Shadow Party already has a $140 million reasons to make sure she wins, even if they have to steal it...
Even if she LOSES the General, the Clinton’s continue to be the defacto heads of the Party...
The Court ruled that the Texas Democrat Party could not exclude blacks from voting in the Democrat primary.
The Clinton machine will be forced to fight a two front war. One agaist the Republicans snd one against the Obama Democrats.
Yeah let the civil war continue right to the convention.
The Clinton liberal filth rises again to the surface — she can’t win anything honestly or legally. The epitome of political scum. And half this country would vote for her — total anti-American ignorance and insanity.
awesome,
good news all the way around
as henry kissinger said, “let’s just hope the war doesn’t end soon.”
Oh, joy! Hillary’s plan to screw Obama is starting even sooner than I thought it would. Please, let it be so!
Nope, Hillary is Finished. She will be gone by March 5—she will lose all States to the Cool Cat Obama and the Soul Train Express. Get with the program—Obama is the next President of the USA—Heaven help us.
oooh maybe a brokered convention, Hillary, Obama and McCain all vying for the Democratic nomination...
So that Obama's side has little time to respond. You can be sure that Icke has been preparing the paperwork for weeks.
The tactics that Democrats use to invalidate elections are known but becoming quite clear as they now eat their own.
The tactics the media uses to slur candidates in print articles and photos are long known too (the tactic is shown in Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington when the DC press establishment mocks the rube in their captions to goofy posed photos). Only now the media is using such staging and unfavorable images to take down Hillary (latest shows a devil over her left shoulder).
So the biases and double standards that have always been in play remain. But now those on the Left who have a vested interest in him or her are seeing the tactics used against their candidate BY their side.
Why did the NYet Times wait until March of 2008 and a lock on the GOP nomination to question whether John McCain could legally run for President?
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