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Cornered Animal (4.00 / 1)

One thing no one has really discussed is, assuming Obama meets one of the above scenarios and guarantees victory, what will Clinton do when faced with certain defeat?  It seems like there are three paths: (1) actively support Obama in the general (2) be relatively quiet/neutral or (3)try to throw Obama under the bus.  The first option would clearly go a long way in healing the wounds opened up during the primary, but it seems more and more unlikely as this continues to get ugly.  The third option scares me the most - she could poison pill his campaign and then make another run in 2012.  I'm not trying to say she would do that, only that its an option that terrifies me.

Thoughts?

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by: quixote27 @ Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 12:44:38 PM CDT

If you plan on running again (0.00 / 0)

You don't throw anyone under the bus, especially not the Party nominee, who has more supporters than you.

You suck it up and compaign for the good of the Party, then collect your chits in 2012.

Only of she planned pn harassing Obama from the Senate and not running again would she not campaign for him.

John McCain--He's not who you think he is.

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by: Mimikatz @ Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 13:12:46 PM CDT

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Tell that to Ronald Reagan, 1976 convention. (0.00 / 0)

That's the scenario I foresee.

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by: Dumbo @ Wed Mar 26, 2008 at 05:49:51 AM CDT

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Re: Cornered Animal (4.00 / 1)

I've had your fear myself, but let's not get carried away with our paranoia. When you think it through, how exactly is Clinton going to torpedo Obama's campaign while keeping her hands clean? If he loses because of something she's done, then she has no realistic chance of being the nominee in 2012 either.

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by: KCinDC @ Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 13:24:19 PM CDT

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She'll throw him under the bus (0.00 / 0)

for sure. She's not going to quit. She's going to the convention with her delegates to make the case that Obama's unelectable. She and her supporters have convinced themselves that Obama is unelectable so all they need is to convince the super delegates who, as we all know, can change their minds as many times as they want up until the final vote.

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by: Matt H @ Tue Mar 25, 2008 at 14:19:42 PM CDT

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