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Here is Camille Paglia’s brilliant post-election summary, on Salon.com.
]]>The move is a logistical and security nightmare for the cash-strapped Democratic National Committee. But it will make for great television. The question remains… will Hillary be on stage at Invesco for a triumphant handraising, even if she is not on the ticket? Will Bill appear at all?
]]>But the contrarian opinion here is that Obama will not get even close to the $300 to $500 million the CW estimates he is likely to raise. First and foremost, he cannot count on Hillaryites to open their checkbooks unless she is on the ticket. He will learn that in the coming weeks. Second, he underestimates two important factors when it comes to the supposed financing power of Obama Nation. Many will feel less motivated to debit their Visa accounts now that Hillary has been vanquished. The May fundraising total is evidence of this, having dropped to $21 million. But more importantly the $25 per month small donors might not have an extra dime left for Obama as the Summer of Inflation wears on, and their $25 goes towards bread and gasoline.
Warning signs are already here: An Obama for America email today is offering a free tee-shirt as an incentive to get the $25 donors up to $30. The June deadline nears…. Look for a disappointing number, and more pressure to grow to name Hillary as VP.
]]>But an unnamed “Clinton insider” said the message was clear, and the message was “[Expletive] You.” The Wall Street Journal had reported that Solis-Doyle, although once extremely close to Hillary Clinton, had not even spoken to the Senator since she was unceremoniously canned shortly after the February 5th Super Tuesday debacle. She was replaced by Maggie Williams, but continued to draw a monthly salary of twelve large through the end of April, reported Allen.
Meanwhile, Senator Clinton herself must have borrowed Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak, and the axis of the Democratic Party slowly but surely turns to Barack Obama and, yes, Al Gore.
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