Clinton Begs Superdelegates to Allow Her to Stay in the Race

Clinton’s appeals to superdelegates are running parallel to her promises not to hurt the eventual winner.  Huh?  If you still think you’re in it, why are you saying you won’t hurt the obvious nominee, and why are you trying to push the goalposts out a little further to keep the race going (by saying the delegate number needed is 2209+ instead of the actual 2026)?  

What possible reason could Clinton have to want to stay in the race after her staff has admitted it is over and has already started looking for new jobs and book deals?  Oh, that’s right, Hillary can continue to collect money until the National Convention in August, but if her supporters think she’s out of the race, then she can’t get them to pay off her debt. 

I’m not sure what’s more sad, Hillary’s new reasons for convincing her supporters she’s still in the race (my favorite is that Karl Rove thinks she rocks!), or that she’s bragging about cashing the check of a young boy who sold his bike and video games to contribute to her campaign after she already knew it was over.  Congrats to this young man for helping Clinton pay off $11 million of money she lent to herself (while the overall debt of the campaign is up to $31 million) to spend on an ego campaign that Hillary’s advisers admit they knew was over in February.  Poor kid now has to sit on his blistered feet (from walking home from school) while playing jacks instead of getting in shape with his Wii.

As of tonight, Barack will now have the majority of the elected delegates (i.e.:  even if Clinton wins 100% of the remaining delegates due to Barack supporters forgetting to vote, she cannot catch up).  Furthermore, if he wins over 50 delegates (probably a few short), she can’t catch up even if she gets the delegates from Michigan and Florida in the %’s she has requested (which you know are on the up and up since everyone but Hillary wasn’t on the ballot in Michigan).

So, the question is, why does Hillary get to stay in the game longer than she should?  The answer, because nobody wants to upset her supporters…and with Hillary wielding the “sexism” card every few hours and the “her”oggate Gerraldine Ferraro threatening to not vote for Obama (again), expect Clinton’s debt to be paid in full…and the enormous strides Clinton has made for women to take one giant step back.

Hillary says:  Bike…check, video games…check, check from 11 year old…check.  Money repaid to self so I don’t have to sell my Madden 2007 or Wii Bowling…check.  Now I can exit the race with a clear conscience.