Team Clinton uncompromising before Saturday's delegate battle

[not_too_L8]

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/Camp_Obama_conciliatory_Team_Clinton_uncompromising_0528.html

Camp Obama conciliatory, Team Clinton uncompromising before Saturday's delegate battle

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Camp Obama is taking a conciliatory approach to the delegate-battle, signaling that it will accept some sort of solution to include Michigan and Florida that gives Clinton a delegate-count boost. With three contests remaining -- in Montana, South Dakota and Puerto Rico -- Obama leads by 197 delegates overall, according to the count maintained at Real Clear Politics.

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"We don't think it's a helpful dynamic to create chaos," Obama campaign manager David Plouffe told reporters on a call Wednesday. "And in the interst of party unity, we're encouraging our supporters not to protest."

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Team Clinton is taking a more uncompromising approach to the delegate fight and making high-minded arguments that democratic principles require a full seating of the delegates in these two states whose primaries everyone knew going in wouldn't count for anything.

"This is an absolutely bedrock, fundamental principle," Clinton adviser Harold Ickes said on a conference call Wednesday, referring to apportionment of the delegates based on the popular vote.

[Max_powers94]

1. Go Team Clinton

:sarcasm: Obama is the man :)

[BlooInBloo]

2. Here's what I foresee....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsUyjJRJbwo

[4themind]

3. If it's the popular vote that the Clintons think is the determining factor

Why are they in such a tizzy over the specific allocations of the delegates? I mean it won't change the "raw numbers" so to speak right? If delegates are just cut straight in half, how does that change their "popular vote" argument? Delegates aren't awarded exactly in proportion to population anyway. The only thing I can think of is that they realize that the pledged delegates ARE important but they want to reduce it to a low enough number that it's seen as "close enough".

[CoffeeCat]

4. She's just using FL/MI to...

...as an excuse to stay in the race, create more chaos and take this to the convention.

Anything to punish Obama and his supporters for taking away her perceived entitlement.

Things will change after Obama wins both states on Tuesday. Being at the finish line--with
Obama clearly winning the delegate count, her arguments will be even more asinine. Then, when
30-40 Superdelegates come out for him, she'll have absolutely no argument.

Continuing this ridiculous charade--after next week--will erode her entire political career.

All we can do is wait until next week. Things will change.

[Symarip]

5. To those that show up Saturday to protest...

Don't forget your pots and pans. That'll really get their attention!

[ShortnFiery]

6. HRC's behavior is disgusting ... she shames my gender. I'm just embarrassed, in that

she's "living up to" every negative stereotype about the IRRATIONAL, SPOILED, WELL-KEPT, BOSS'S WIFE.

HRC will make it harder for women in politics. At least those women who will claim to ADMIRE her tactics of Cheating and Playing the "gender card" at every damn opportunity.

HRC is not a leader, she's a NATIONAL embarrassment. :(