Comments on: Clinton To Drop Out Friday? http://informedspeculation.com/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/ Refunds Cheerfully Given To All Who Disagree Sat, 07 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ryan http://informedspeculation.com/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-505558 Ryan Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:06:11 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/#comment-505558 GCB: Excellent call on McCaskill. She's my dark horse right now, although I'm inclined to believe that Obama will not be picking a woman. I think he needs to skate a line between upsetting Clinton and upsetting Democratic women voters. My guess is he's attempting to do that by making Caroline Kennedy the head of the VP search. If she picks a man, it gives the whole search a woman's imprimatur without taking anything away from Clinton's place as historical "first". GCB: Excellent call on McCaskill. She’s my dark horse right now, although I’m inclined to believe that Obama will not be picking a woman. I think he needs to skate a line between upsetting Clinton and upsetting Democratic women voters. My guess is he’s attempting to do that by making Caroline Kennedy the head of the VP search. If she picks a man, it gives the whole search a woman’s imprimatur without taking anything away from Clinton’s place as historical “first”.

]]> By: Chris J. Breisch http://informedspeculation.com/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-505468 Chris J. Breisch Thu, 05 Jun 2008 12:43:33 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/#comment-505468 It will be Saturday, and I guess I must congratulate Ryan on being right and me being wrong. Sort of. Remember all day Tuesday we heard various reports that she was going to concede, and then that she'd "sort of concede", and then came a campaign speech, not a concession speech. We're already getting the same sort of two steps forward and one step back with this "concession" as well. I think unless Howard Dean's staff writes the speech for her on Saturday, you will hear much of the same. What she will say: * Thank you, all 18 million of you, for your support. I will continue to fight for you and the things we brought up during this campaign * We must unite behind our nominee and I will do everything possible to ensure that we retake the White House * Congratulations to Obama on his candidacy * I have always told Obama that I would support him if he were the nominee * I have told my staff that we are shutting down activities on the campaign (Notice here the distinction between 'candidate' and 'nominee'--the only time she will mention Obama and 'nominee' in the same breath is in a conditional statement 'if he were the nominee'. She will say that we must unite behind the nominee, but won't mention Obama in that part.) What she won't say: * I'm withdrawing from the race * I've realized that it's time to congratulate Obama on his victory and get behind him and do whatever I can to help him win the White House * Our campaign for the White House is over. * The better candidate won Bill and Hillary still hold out hope that Obama will do something between now and August that will enable them to take their fight to the convention. It will be Saturday, and I guess I must congratulate Ryan on being right and me being wrong.

Sort of.

Remember all day Tuesday we heard various reports that she was going to concede, and then that she’d “sort of concede”, and then came a campaign speech, not a concession speech.

We’re already getting the same sort of two steps forward and one step back with this “concession” as well.

I think unless Howard Dean’s staff writes the speech for her on Saturday, you will hear much of the same.

What she will say:
* Thank you, all 18 million of you, for your support. I will continue to fight for you and the things we brought up during this campaign
* We must unite behind our nominee and I will do everything possible to ensure that we retake the White House
* Congratulations to Obama on his candidacy
* I have always told Obama that I would support him if he were the nominee
* I have told my staff that we are shutting down activities on the campaign

(Notice here the distinction between ‘candidate’ and ‘nominee’–the only time she will mention Obama and ‘nominee’ in the same breath is in a conditional statement ‘if he were the nominee’. She will say that we must unite behind the nominee, but won’t mention Obama in that part.)

What she won’t say:
* I’m withdrawing from the race
* I’ve realized that it’s time to congratulate Obama on his victory and get behind him and do whatever I can to help him win the White House
* Our campaign for the White House is over.
* The better candidate won

Bill and Hillary still hold out hope that Obama will do something between now and August that will enable them to take their fight to the convention.

]]> By: Gulf Coast Bandit http://informedspeculation.com/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/comment-page-1/#comment-505401 Gulf Coast Bandit Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:32:25 +0000 http://decision08.net/2008/06/04/clinton-to-drop-out-friday/#comment-505401 Watch for Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) or Gov. Kathleen Sibelius (KS). I lean toward Sibelius at the moment. Watch for Sen. Claire McCaskill (MO) or Gov. Kathleen Sibelius (KS). I lean toward Sibelius at the moment.

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