People always want to make fun of Carter about that bunny, but have you seen one of those water rabbits?
He’s got huge, sharp…he can leap about…look at the bones!
I warned them, but did they listen to me? Oh, no, they knew it all, didn’t they? Oh, it’s just a harmless little bunny, isn’t it? Well, it’s always the same. I always tell them–
That’s why you gotta have the Colt M1911 hand gun. Put a couple of .45 caliber rounds in that bunny, it’ll slow him down long enough for you to escape.
Oh that is awesome!
I look for the nomination to wrap up in Obama’s favor by Wednesday afternoon the latest, and a Clinton concession speech on Thursday morning.
Maybe even tuesday night, reading between the lines of that Politico piece. I think the fact that she’s giving her speech in NYC tomorrow (her home state and a state that’s not in play for the GE) could be a signal that she’s bringing the campaign “home,” so to speak.
I have to wonder if she’s heard from enough supers and party elders that they intend to put an end to this on wednesday (or at least by the end of the week), that she’s going to take the opportunity to bow out graciously while she still has a chance. In effect, tomorrow might be her last chance to quit before she gets fired.
She was supposedly going to DC today to troll for supers. Maybe that didn’t go so well.
Wow, it’s really starting to feel like it’s coming to an end. I haven’t really felt that sort of finality before.
I don’t see why she can’t wait 'til Friday; what’s the difference?
[Clinton’s] victory party in San Juan, a city of more than 400,000, attracted only a few hundred people. Obama drew more than 2,000 supporters to the South Dakota town of Mitchell, population roughly 15,000.
Obama has gained another 1/2-super, Michigan DNC’s Brenda Lawrence.
It looks like the hysteria is just hype after all. Andrea Mitchell, interviewing Ickes this afternoon, told him that a number of Clinton superdelegates have told her that they are growing tired of all this, and want her to wrap it up. Mitchell also confirms that advance teams are being dismissed and their salaries discontinued. Ickes downplays this by saying they don’t need as many advance people now as they needed before.
We may not have always agreed here, but we do on this. Clinton will have a very small window post-Tuesday night to concede, regardless of whether Obama has the full majority or not. The higher-ups want to give her a chance to exit gracefully–but they won’t indulge her, so if she uses her speech as anything other than a full B.O. endorsement, I think you can count on the weight of a huge Superdelegate surge sealing the deal very shortly thereafter.
2012? Are you saying she’s assuming McSame will win? Or that Obama won’t run for a second term if he does?
Anyway, I think by 2016, she’ll be largely irrelevant to the political scene. This was her swan-song as far as Presidential hopes.
From your lips to God’s - and Hillary’s, and Bill’s - ears!
Yet another Michigander for Obama: Lu Battaglieri, of the Michigan DNC.
Apparently, if you’re a Clinton staffer who still needs to be reimbursed, you better turn in your receipts this week.
The smoke signals are coming in fast and heavy today.
Damn. I wish it wasn’t my wife’s birthday tomorrow. I’d be going to an Obama rally otherwise.
She may not be assuming McCain will win, but it sure wouldn’t hurt her feelings. I think her chances in 2012 after an Obama loss are a lot better than her chances in 2016 after two Obama wins. I don’t think she’ll ever lose that White House fever. If she has to wait till 2016, I’m sure she’ll think it’s owed to her.
From the linled piece:
Maybe I’m not cynical enough, but I think he actually means that. Maybe he went about some thingsin the wrong way and maybe (uncharacteristically for him), he let himself get too emotional about this campaign, but I think he sincerely wanted this for her as much as he’s ever wanted anything – not for selfish reasons but because he really thought she deserved it and because he thinks she would be good at it.
I have a feeling they’ve probably had a dream of them both having a turn at the White House since they were in college and it’s hard to accept this loss now. They got damn close to fully realizing an almost impossible goal though (that is, the goal of them both achieving the presidency).
BTW, I just read that the Democratic nominee is scheduled to accept the nomination at the convention on August 28th, which just so happens to be the 45th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech. I wonder if Obama can use that angle in his acceptance speech.