Clinton Spokesperson: She Is Not Conceding

ABC News ^ | June 06, 2008 | Kate Snow and Eloise Harper

[Berlin_Freeper]

Clinton spokesperson Mo Elleithee came to the back of the press plane as Clinton flew from Rapid City to Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

He was asked about Clinton's definition of when a nominee would be determined -– because she has refused to accept the new 2,118 delegates number that the Democratic Party says is needed to clinch the nomination.

"I think its pretty clear that she is not conceding." Elleithee said, "I think its pretty clear that she is staying in this race. She is going, in the coming days, to be aggressively courting uncommitted superdelegates aggressively courting unpledged delegates, making the case to them that she is a candidate best ready to take on John McCain."

...He continued “until there is a nominee we are going to still work to become that nominee. When asked when they would determine a nominee would be selected –- because the Clinton campaign has refused to accept fully the 2,118 number –- Elleithee said, “we're exploring -- she has said before she wants to have this to be resolved before the convention -- we are reviewing our options.”

Eliethee continued, “We do not expect that a nominee will be clear tomorrow night … she is mostly going to be working the phones and meeting with these delegates."

When asked why Clinton was spending tomorrow in New York at an event the campaign is calling a "victory party," Clinton’s spokesperson said, “it’s a good way to close out this phase of the campaign is come to New York bring all of her supporters together, have a big celebratory election night party as we move into the next phase of the campaign which is obviously the courting of these delegates.”

[Berlin_Freeper]

[Puppage]

More popcorn, please

[BOBTHENAILER]

“She is NOT conceding, she will be begging and pleading and whining and moaning, but not conceding.

[stockpirate]

Someone mentioned that the other PR may have been put out by an Obama shill. I agree.
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More popcorn please with butter.

[AU72]

Operation CHAOS continues.

[Veto!]

She is very smart. Hussein will tank soon and she has fervid support from Dems who would rather vote McCain than Hussein.

Take a look at what I believe is a typical Hillary supporter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KACQuZVAE3s

[McGruff]

So much for rumors of Satan’s demise. Now I have to return my cigar and re-buy the popcorn.

[Da Coyote]

The best side effect of all of this is watching the drive-bys come to the conclusions that we conservatives have known for years: 1) Bill ain’t bright at all, 2) Bill really has no creativity, and 3) Bill is in it for BIll. Oh, forgot about the long-suffering wench...sorry Hillary, had you ditched this looser years ago, I might have had some respect for you - even though you appear to have even less creativity than Bill (if that’s possible)

[kabar]

Falso bravado before tomorrow’s primaries. She will drop out after they are over. Obama is in NYC on Wednesday. Look for Hillary to announce her support for Obama then.

[LYSandra]

I never believed this because I think she would crawl thru broken glass for the nomination. She will be the nomination I strongly feel this.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Maybe she will get the party Mothers and Fathers to invoke the Eagleton rule. For those of you too young to remember Thomas Eagleton was a U.S. Senator from Missouri who had been nominated to run as George McGovern's running mate in 1972. When it became known that Eagleton had been treated by a psychiatrist who had used electroshock therapy, McGovern backed by the party bigwigs asked him to step aside which he did. The ticket became McGovern-Shriver and went down in flames.

Let's suppose the Democrats nominate Obamanure and then it becomes obvious that Obamanure cannot win because the tape with Michelle Obamanure and Calypso Louie plays on 75% of the computers in the country, the party "elders" might as Obamanure to step aside and replace him with the candidate who came in second in the balloting for the nomination in Denver (whether or not Hitlery is the VP nominee.)

[gridlock]

Hillary! needs to hang in there in case Obama suddenly becomes radioactive, for a reason yet to be determined (or if not determined, disclosed). The Popular Vote argument is intended to provide Superdelegates with some degree of political cover if they have to go against Obama. As they knife him in the back, they can intone seriously about "heeding the will of the American People."

[Snurple]

Clinton Spokesperson: She Is Not Conceding,

Of course she "is not conceding". She dug into her own money to the tune of 6 or 7 million bucks recently to keep things going, and the clintoons like their money. I read an article on FR just a few minutes ago saying she was going to concede tomorrow, the author evidently is engaged in wishful thinking. Money talks and her money is saying "screw you dean and the dnc, hold my shot glass and watch this."

[Dilbert San Diego]

Well, the Clintons never give up.

I expect her to say that the voting period is over, but now the super-delegate phase of the campaign is starting, or something along those lines.

And that super-delegates aren’t fully committed, until the actual vote at the convention.

I expect her to stay in the race and that she won’t concede tomorrow. I expect her to say she will see us all in Denver as an active candidate until then.

[Deo volente]

Anything can happen in June, as we all know.

[gridlock]

Let's suppose the Democrats nominate Obamanure and then it becomes obvious that Obamanure cannot win because the tape with Michelle Obamanure and Calypso Louie plays on 75% of the computers in the country, the party "elders" might as Obamanure to step aside and replace him with the candidate who came in second in the balloting for the nomination in Denver (whether or not Hitlery is the VP nominee.)

So, what would be the optimal date for a Torricelli Switch?

Don't even bother to look at the filing deadlines. They are meaningless.

I think October 10 or thereabout would be the best day to pull the switcheroo. So look for the bomb to drop on Sunday, October 5, and Obama to be pulled on the 10th. This would give Hillary! a 4 week sprint to the White House, which not even she could screw up.

[theDentist]

"She is not conceding... she is re-evaluating the liklihood of winning the nomination... in 2012."

[popdonnelly]

I was wondering why the hammer thrower had Obama’s logo on her shirt.

Okay, so who’s really behind the Obama campaign?

[BunnySlippers]

I think she willl announce that she is “temporarily suspending” her campaign ... just like John Edwards did. She’s hoping the SuperDelegates change their minds or that Obama stumbles.

[Miss Didi]

Donna England of Ashland, Ky, takes part in a rally in support of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., near the site of the DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee hearing on Saturday, May 31, 2008, in Washington.

[VOR78]

Can you imagine the complete, utter chaos if the superdelegates were to switch over to Hillary now? Oh how those Obama zombies would be howling. Regardless of which one of them ultimately comes out on top, there are going to be a lot of awfully angry lefties out there pretty soon.

More popcorn, indeed.

[Prokopton]

Well, the Clintons never give up.

I admire Hillary for her tenacity. If some of the Republicans running in the primaries would have had this same fighting spirit we might not be stuck with Juan the anti-Republican for our nominee.

[ASA Vet]

RUN HILLARY RUN

(My front bumper sticker>

[mkjessup]

Maybe she will get the party Mothers and Fathers to invoke the Eagleton rule. For those of you too young to remember Thomas Eagleton was a U.S. Senator from Missouri who had been nominated to run as George McGovern's running mate in 1972. When it became known that Eagleton had been treated by a psychiatrist who had used electroshock therapy, McGovern backed by the party bigwigs asked him to step aside which he did. The ticket became McGovern-Shriver and went down in flames. Let's suppose the Democrats nominate Obamanure and then it becomes obvious that Obamanure cannot win because the tape with Michelle Obamanure and Calypso Louie plays on 75% of the computers in the country, the party "elders" might as Obamanure to step aside and replace him with the candidate who came in second in the balloting for the nomination in Denver (whether or not Hitlery is the VP nominee.)

That's an interestin scenario you've painted there, although I don't see the release of a hypothetical tape of Michelle Obama being enough to force her husband out as the nominee. After all, nobody tried to force John F'in Kerry out of the nomination when it became obvious that his wife was possibly a borderline alcoholic (her gin'd up raisins, etc.) prone to all sorts of outrageous statements, the spouse of a nominee is just one of the risks that a political party takes, they might be an asset, they might be a disaster.

Now IF this purported tape of Michelle Obama going nutz on a "whitey-rant" actually exists and gets released, Obama (in my view) is probably the only politician who could get up in front of the cameras, and say something like:

"My wife Michelle used a racial epithet that she and I are both ashamed of. Does it make her a racist? No, no more than any white person who has ever used the word 'n*gger' without thinking makes them a racist. We're all human, we're all prone to make mistakes and errors in judgment and how we express ourselves, I've done it, you've done it, and if we say we've never done it, we've at least thought it. Racial slurs are ugly and have no place in our language, and we all know it, and if we can look at each other and see the humanity within us, instead of the color of the person on the outside, as Dr. King spoke of, we can make this a better America. Michelle and I want to make this a better America. I believe you do too, and I ask you for your support."

He would have the masses eating out of his hand.

[wtc911]

I admire Hillary for her tenacity. If some of the Republicans running in the primaries would have had this same fighting spirit we might not be stuck with Juan the anti-Republican for our nominee.

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Amen to that. I think that she has learned some hard lessons here, maybe she will become human...wouldn't that be something.

[Deo volente]

“Clinton spokesperson Mo Elleithee”

Is this the same Mohammed Elleithee who used to be Gov. Tim Kaine’s spokesperson? There’s only a handful of references on the web to his real name!

http://sicsempertyrannis.blogspot.com/2005/01/mohammed-elleithee-partisan-hack-and.html

[VOR78]

I’d be absolutely stunned if Hillary concedes anytime soon and IF she does, you can bet that she’s doing it in order to set herself up for 2012. Party unity my...well, you know.

[kabar]

If she does that, then Obama will give the green light to the uncommitted superdelegates to announce their support for him making it impossible for Hillary to get the nomination. It is a done deal. I am sure Obama thru the DNC is putting the pressure on Hillary to concede asap after the last primary. There is no way that this is going to the convention for a decision. We will know the Dem nominee before the convention.

[Law is not justice but process]

“Of course she “is not conceding”. She dug into her own money to the tune of 6 or 7 million bucks recently to keep things going, and the clintoons like their money.”

That’s the most convincing argument I have heard all day.

[Rebelbase]

“I was wondering why the hammer thrower had Obama’s logo on her shirt.”

Because someone Obamite spoofed an old ad for Apple Computer.

[VeniVidiVici]

She won’t concede. The MSM have been praying for a concession for months. The latest article says she is dissolving her staff; sending them home and will give a speech tomorrow. Well, duh. The primary season is at an end.

She will fight this to and thru the convention. Anyone who thinks otherwise may want to invest in some Tylenol.

[Rebelbase]

“If she does that, then Obama will give the green light to the uncommitted superdelegates to announce their support for him making it impossible for Hillary to get the nomination.”

It all means nothing until the final vote has been cast at the convention. Bribes, threats, coercion will all come into play regardless of declared loyalty.

[Rebelbase]

It ain't over until the house lands on the witch!

[Jack Black]

Not clear they could get away with that after the convention. Who is the “controlling legal authority”? It may devolve to the state Dem parties at that point. I doubt the national DNC has any ability to force Idaho to put Hillary on the ballot. Idaho probably has a rule that says the “candidate winning in the convention we voted to send delegates to ... shall be listed on the ballot”. Why are they obligated to replace him w/ who Howard Dean says on Oct. 1?

No, they can’t change after the convention, short of a death (and even that may be “tough luck”).

[rod1]

That’s more like them.

Don’t be wimps Ickes, Blumenthall and Grunwald. Take it to the mat (floor) in Denver. No delegate votes have been counted yet.

[comebacknewt]

More popcorn, please

Just when you thought it couldn't get any more fun . . .

I need to buy stock in Orville Redenbacher.

[rod1]

Declarations are meaningless with these democRATS anyway. So until the votes are counted on In August in Denver and on TV, its zero-zero among the zeros.

[petercooper]

bttt

[Berlin_Freeper]

LoL!

[TexasCajun]

"G.D. it Harold! ...I told you to find us a copy of that MF tape! ...Now move your ass!

[Jack Black]

Here are some dates in my state, Washington:
(The major party stuff is not well described on the web page. I put a call in to see if the SoS has the actual legal details. It would not surprise me that the DNC pulled a fast one in 1972 and think they can again. We neec to be prepared for that.)

6/6/2008Final day for all candidates to file for office (RCW 29A.24.050 & RCW 29A.20.201)

7/26/2008Last day of alternate nominating conventions held by minor party or independent candidates for president and vice-president of the United States (RCW 29A.20.121)

8/18/2008Last day a void in candidacy or vacancy in an elective office (other than Superintendent of Public Instruction or judge of the Supreme Court) will cause filings to be reopened for a three-day filing period for which the names will appear only on the General Election ballot

10/4 Ballots Mailed to Overseas and Military Voters

[rjp2005]

I still think she’ll win the nomination somehow.

[wolfcreek]

Was she in a big hurry or is that the best she could do?

[Jagdgewehr]

Uh...I’m assuming the latter.

[Miss Didi]

Gotta give her A for effort. ;)

[Jack Black]

OK! I found THE LAW for the State of Washington. Short answer: 50 days before the election. Sept 15 is the last date for a substitution in Washington by a major party. It would be the Washington Democratic Party which submitted everything, not Howard Dean. This will add another level of complexity in a late switch scenario.

RCW 29A.56.360
Slate of presidential electors.

In a year in which the president and vice president of the United States are to be elected, the secretary of state shall include in the certification prepared under *RCW 29A.52.320 the names of all candidates for president and vice president who, at least fifty days before the general election, have certified a slate of electors to the secretary of state under RCW 29A.56.320 and have been nominated either (1) by a major political party, as certified by the appropriate authority under party rules, or (2) by a minor party or as independent candidates under chapter 29A.20 RCW. Major or minor political parties or independent presidential candidates may substitute a different candidate for vice president for the one whose name appears on the party's certification or nominating petition at any time before forty-five days before the general election, by certifying the change to the secretary of state. Substitutions must not be permitted to delay the printing of either ballots or a voters' pamphlet. Substitutions are valid only if submitted under oath and signed by the same individual who originally certified the nomination, or his or her documented successor, and only if the substitute candidate consents in writing.

[Retired Greyhound]

Me, too. She is so relentless.

I don’t rule out 3rd party. She would be a force.

[tobyhill]

There's a tape of the Obama’s that will destroy him and Hillary knows it.

[expatpat]

I tend to agree with you. However, the blacks are going to be really pi$$ed! Many could leave the Dem party forever.

[expatpat]

If she gets the nomination, she will HAVE to pick a black VP, but that will only help a little, after Obama almost made it to Prez.