So if Hillary becomes the nominee, will Obama turn Independent?

[Deja Q]

If so, who will you vote for?

[truebrit71]

1. Won't happen. Obama has the nomination. HRC won't accept that fact...

...that's the only reason this goes on...

[niyad]

27. when did he reach 2,025? did I miss the announcement?

[truebrit71]

29. Do the math.

:eyes:

[onenote]

2. no

[WeDidIt]

3. There is no way Obama would go Indy

As far as who I would vote for, that is 100% dependent upon the manner in which Hillary won. IF she wins it by achieving the 2024.5 threshold, I goota go with Hillary.

If she nukes, she's worse than Repukes.

[scheming daemons]

4. MUCH more likely to be the other way around... Hillary has already abandoned Democratic principles..

[SoonerPride]

15. That's my thought. HRC more likely to start a third party funded by Bloomberg

Just my thought

[Deja Q]

22. Bloomberg, the mayor of NY who's replacing gas cabs with hybrid models?

[Triana]

5. Well since I'm an Indy he'd have my vote! n/t

[bowens43]

6. no, but I will

[Hansel]

24. Me too

[mythyc]

26. and me

it wouldn't be the Democratic party anymore anyway

[AllentownJake]

7. The time to file

as an Independent candidate in most states is before June so no one will be becoming an independent.

[StevieM]

8. Barack Obama will do what's best for Barack Obama. He always does (eom)

[GoesTo11]

16. The traitor didn't let Hillary have her turn

[StevieM]

28. That's not who Hillary Clinton is. It's just another Obama smear since he couldn't beat her on the

issues.

Steve

[GoesTo11]

30. Are you saying she beat him?

Maybe a little early for that.

[nichomachus]

18. Yeah -- so unlike HillBilly. They always think of the people first.

[nichomachus]

9. If Hillary manages to get the nomination

she will either lose in the GE -- likely with a probability of .82. If she manages, through some fluke, to get elected, she will be a one-termer and very vulnerable to even a Dem challenge in 2012. Obama would be stupid not to wait for the chance to run again in 2012. The problem with that scenario is that it will give the GOP four years to groom and pump up someone for 2012, which is why the Democrats need to elect a two-termer this time around.

Hillary, if elected, will almost certainly not serve two terms. She will go into office with an electoral victory, but little moral support from the Democrats who will hold their noses to vote for her. She has burned too many bridges and angered too many people. When the GOP attacks, which it will, she will find very few people standing by her side. They will be able to take her down.

And, don't look for her to be naming "liberal" justices to the Supreme Court. They won't let her. Between the very effective GOP minority in Congress and the very flaccid Dems (impeachment off the table), the demands of her corporate bosses, and the right-wing media she now dearly loves, she will be only be able to name people who are slightly less right-wing wacko than Clarence Thomas. She will be able to appoint no one who is not approved by the corporatocracy.

[Bucky]

10. There's excellent reason to believe exactly that. You see...

Donald Rumsfeld is giving the president his daily briefing. He concludes by saying: "Yesterday, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed."

"OH NO!" the President exclaims. "That's terrible!"

His staff sits stunned at this display of emotion, nervously watching as the President sits, head in hands.

Finally, the President looks up and asks, "How many is a brazillion?"

[Yukari Yakumo]

11. He won't but a whole helluva lot of us will. {nt}

uguu

[DefenseLawyer]

12. If Hillary takes the nomination, the party will splinter

At least in terms of national politics. It will insure Republican presidencies for the next 20 years.

[Barack_America]

13. If Hillary steals the nomination, the Democratic Party as we know it is dead.

So the point of whether he'll stay a Democrat or not is almost moot.

The real question is, will there still be a Democratic Party?

[featherman]

14. If frogs had wings...

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

17. Big, big "if."

[kenny blankenship]

19. No. Everyone but the Hillaryjugend now understand Obama is the nominee.

[Pisces]

20. If aliens landed and he did turn Indy, I would vote for him

[spoony]

23. I'd vote for the aliens

It'd be change, that's for sure :P

[Milo_Bloom]

21. He won't... but if he did I would vote for him.

[quakerboy]

25. Obama will not go Indy.

[lojasmo]

31. No, he won't.