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Chris Cillizza writes on his Washington Post blog, The Fix, that Hillary’s “concession speech tomorrow afternoon in Washington will be one of the most closely watched — and eternally analyzed — political addresses in modern history.” Continue reading →

According to Associated Press reporters Beth Fouhy and Devlin Barrett, Hillary Rodham Clinton told colleagues Tuesday she would consider joining Barack Obama as his running mate, and advisers said she was withholding a formal departure from the race partly to use her remaining leverage to press for a spot on the ticket. On a conference call with other lawmakers, Clinton said she was willing to become Obama’s vice presidential nominee if it would help Democrats win the White House, according to several participants in the call. Continue reading →

This morning the Associated Press released a story quoting anonymous sources within the Clinton campaign, indicating that Hillary would “concede Tuesday night that Barack Obama has the delegates to secure the Democratic nomination.” Cable news networks jumped on the story and recast tonight’s Clinton rally as the venue for a concession speech, but campaign manager Terry McAuliffe and adviser Harold Ickes immediately took to the airwaves to emphatically deny the AP report.

RedPhoneDiaries is also hearing that the South Dakota primary is too close to call, Continue reading →

In December 2007, Clinton campaign adviser Harold Ickes told Tim Russert on Meet the Press, “Timothy, delegates nominate. Not states, not popular vote, delegates.”

Today, Mr. Ickes sings an entirely different tune. Here is the transcript of his visit yesterday with Tim Russert. Continue reading →

It’s 1968 all over again. Get out your armbands and flowers, people. Busloads of Hillary Clinton supporters are heading to the District from Florida and Michigan to protest at the DNC Rules & Bylaws Meeting on Saturday. Calvin Woodward of AP has the details as of today.

Naturally, the Clinton campaign disavowed having anything to do with the planned rally. “I am aware that there are lots of people very passionate about this topic who are coming,” said Clinton spokesman Howard Wolfson.

In today’s First Read, Mark Murray details “Hillary’s Final Pitch.” Her final argument to superdelegates relies on just one thing: electability. She and Bill are also talking a lot lately about the popular vote, but that argument is specious in the extreme, because it depends entirely on the inclusion of votes from the non-contested and uncounted Florida and Michigan primaries. Counting uncounted votes appears to be, well… Clintonesque. Continue reading →

This will be the first of many posts on the subject of why Barack Obama should not ask Hillary Clinton to join his ticket as the Democratic Party’s Vice-Presidential candidate. Reason Number 1 was articulated in an offhand witticism by the usually serious David Gergen, appearing on CNN on the evening of the North Carolina and Indiana primaries. Continue reading →

ABC News’ Jake Tapper reports on the latest salvo from Hillary in the Land of the Hanging Chads:

In Sunrise, Fla., Clinton assailed countries “where votes don’t count. Continue reading →

It gets curiouser and curiouser, said Alice. Here is Ben Smith’s account on Politico.com about Hillary’s latest crusade. It appears that she wants her people marching in the streets. Which is, apparently, what will happen on May 31st outside the meeting of the Rules & Bylaws Committee of the DNC. Get ready for the sit-ins. Maybe she will bring back Abbie Hoffman to attempt to levitate the headquarters of the DNC.

Hillary Clinton speaking yesterday Boca Raton, the Land of the Hanging Chad:

“Here in Florida, more than 1.7 million people cast their vote, the highest primary turnout in the history of Florida. And nearly 600,000 voters in Michigan did the same. And not a day goes by that I don’t meet someone who grabs my hand or holds up a sign, no matter where I am, in Kentucky or anywhere else, and says, ‘Please, make my vote count.’ I believe the Democratic Party must count these votes. They should count them exactly as they were cast. Democracy demands no less. Continue reading →