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That’s not the way I see it.
The nomination is not really “the Democrats” (’s) to give, , and so it’s not theirs to take away,and the ongoing machinations of the resurrected Clinton Machine prove that. I think they see that the Party Elders, or “deciders” or whomever, made their choice, and I think all believe it could very well have been the wrong one. Sometime before Denver two things could be established unmistakably: ONE: that Obama would have almost NO chance to beat McCain, and TWO: that Hillary and her hardcore supporters could be very insistent about airing their grievances and presenting HER as the true heiress to a “grass-roots” wildfire of support. In other words, they will steal that fire and thunder and all the associations that go with it , away from Obama, who looked like he OWNED it throughout most of the primaries that upended the Hillary Express. This could be very dramatic, and if it’s calculated with some care and intelligence, it could put Hillary right into the nomination. It’s a hard scenario to imagine, because of how fraught with difficulty it is, and how much it would exacerabate the “racial” angle (”uppity black man once again gets his whole world of possibilities stolen away from him by Whitey”,etc etc.) but the pros for Hillary far outweigh the cons. Handled right, a Hillary upsurge at the Convention would rally SO MANY people to her, not so much to vote for her, but as a classically moderating influence in the Party , with ultimately broader appeal than the Messianic Obama. The Party Deciders may not believe it now, but in due time they’ll see Hillary has a better chance of defeating McCain than Obama does, and it could ALL HAPPEN BECAUSE OF HOW THEY ENGINEER what happens in Denver. I can actually see for the first time the possibilities of Hillary’s not only getting the nomination, but getting the Presidency.