Posted by Tina
Hillary and Bill have hijacked the Denver convention, making it into a carbon copy of what it would have looked like had she won until the last possible moment. By the time Obama gets up to speak and put his stamp on the convention, Hillary will have had one prime time night all to herself. Bill will have pre-empted a second night. *** Barack Obama: Is he strong enough to be president or can he be pushed around? – Townhall, by Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
This is a rather extraordinary turn of eventseven Chelsea will have a speaking spot. Are the Clintons being uniters or….something a little more “Clintonesque?
WASHINGTON: Her name will not be on the general election ballot this fall, but Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s presidential candidacy will receive one final tribute when her name is formally placed into nomination at the Democratic convention. The symbolic move, announced Thursday in a joint statement with Senator Barack Obama, is intended to soothe a lingering rift with Clinton supporters and to unify the party. – International Herald Tribune
Russia rolls over Georgia, Hillary Clinton does the same to Barack Obama. Now we know who’s boss. Obama blinked and stands guilty of appeasing Clinton by agreeing to a roll call vote for her nomination. That he might not have had much choice if he wanted peace only proves the point that he’s playing defense at his own convention. What does he get out of it? Not much and not for long. – New York Daily News
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