I think she did mean she's sticking around in case Obama gets shot - here's why.

[Bread and Circus]

If Obama gets to the point of having a VP and they are well on their way toward November and something bad happens, Obama's VP might be the one to take over for him in the GE. However, if Hillary can string this along as far as possible to prevent the fait accompli, her interests would be served if the unthinkable were to occur.

Is there any other practical reason for her to say what she did today?

I think what she's talking about is her last and only hope.

At first I thought it was a Freudian slip but now I think its merely pragmatic for her.

Maybe I'm wrong...however, nothing shocks me anymore.

[MannyGoldstein]

1. She Could Suspend Her Campaign With The Same Result

She'd keep control of her delegates, and be in the wings if something bad happened to Obama.

This is something different.

[Median Democrat]

15. Exactly!

This is what makes the assassination reference stupid at best. The possibility of an assassination is no reason for her to stay in the race, which was the context of the question. Also, the fact that she made similar statements in the past. Hillary needs to fire her aides, because someone should have pointed out that you do not casually discuss the possiblity of assassination of U.S. leaders. In some countries, assassination is still an often used means of instituting political change. In the U.S., we have important political leaders assassinated. We should never casually accept the idea that assassination is something that we should expect, particulary when it really was not relevant to the question posed to her.

[roguevalley]

18. the remarks she made didn't even make sense. they didn't. that

makes her intentions clear to me.

[williesgirl]

2. I'm usually pretty hard core, but this shocked and hurt me today. rec'd

[mcctatas]

3. Whether or not she is thinking it (and I hope to god she isn't)

the fact that she said it is the worst part. Sometimes I think about how I'm going to redecorate my in-laws cabin when they kick off, doesn't mean I want it to happen...

[Double T]

4. YOU are wrong.

[Bread and Circus]

6. Then why did she do it? Repeatedly?

[Double T]

7. obama and his spouse suffer from foot-in-mouth disease.

stay tuned.

[Bread and Circus]

9. Keep fooling yourself...self delusion is a powerful thing.

[Double T]

12. My mind is clear and soon yours will be TOO!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

11. Oh please oh delusional seer, please inform us peasants.

Stay tuned huh? Got the inside scoop?

Seek help.

[Double T]

13. Gee, I thought WE were watching history continuing to repeat itself.

No crystal ball or ESP required HERE!

[goclark]

14. Like the foot in Bosnia and this today disease?

And when will Monica resurface with her new book deal?

[Double T]

16. Jennifer Flowers and Monica should make it a collaborative effort.

Let's drag ALL the skeletons out of the closets and WE can have a free-for-all annihilation of EVERYONE.

[goclark]

17. That's right, didn't Jennifer come out with a new book?

:(

[Zomby Woof]

5. curious last line there

Shades of my good friend Teena. :-)

[stillcool]

8. It seems to me...

for sometime now the hopes for a "Catastrophic Event" have been her only path to her victory.

Clinton campaign on ropes
BY JOHN GUERRIERO

Published: May 08. 2008 6:00AM
Murray, who has supported Bill and Hillary Clinton since 1991, said these are tough times for people like him who are in the Clinton camp but want to unify the party.

"The sense is, absent some catastrophic event that would take place in this campaign, it's going to be very difficult to see a path to victory for Hillary given what happened" Tuesday, Murray said.
http://www.goerie.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080508/NEWS02/805080437

Sun May 11, 2008
Analysis: Could Clinton land the VP nomination?

Several Clinton associates say there is still a ray of hope among some in her campaign: that a "catastrophic" revelation about Obama might make it possible for her to win the presidential nomination. But barring that, Hillary and Bill Clinton recognize that her candidacy is being abandoned and rejected by superdelegates whom she once expected to win over and that, even if she were to win the popular vote in combined primary states, she will almost certainly be denied the nomination.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/05/10/bernstein.clinton/index.html?section=cnn_latest

CBSNews.com Reports: N.Y. Senator Now Faces Nearly Impossible Odds To Capturing Democratic Nomination
May 7, 2008

Clinton's Path To Victory Slipping Away
There is one scenario which does work for Clinton and that’s a massive movement of superdelegates leaving Obama and supporting her. The party leaders could do that, but it would take some unforeseen development in the race between now and the convention for them to do so. Obama, in some way, would have to be rendered so unelectable that the party rejects him at the convention. That’s not much to hang a hat on but it’s starting to look like her best option.

And even that might not be a viable option, said Joe Trippi. “Even if the catastrophic thing existed or happened, if she were perceived to have caused it, I think it would end her campaign too,” Trippi said. I don’t think there’s any way now for her to gain the nomination. She’s at the point now where if she tries to make a case against Obama, it will actually speed up superdelegates joining his cause just to shut the campaign down.”

But Trippi notes that the Obama campaign and Democratic leaders are still likely to give Clinton the room she needs to go forward on her own terms, provided that she does so in a positive manner. “I think there’s lots of tolerance for her going on, running the table into the convention and having a presence there,” he said. “But if she actually tries to compete in the trenches for the nomination in a way that looks like it’s damaging the nominee … I don’t think there will be any tolerance for that at all.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/07/politics/main4078586.shtml

[OzarkDem]

10. ..

:tinfoilhat:

[eridani]

19. That's silly. If she had suspended her campaign after KY--

--and Obama dropped out for any reason, she could unsuspend it instantly. As could Edwards or any of the others.