Latest from Camp Clinton

Posted on May 28th, 2008 by ecthompson md

I’m sure that tens of thousands of us are on Senator Hillary Clinton’s mailing list. I’m on her mailing list (in addition to lists for Senator Barack Obama and John Edwards). I just got another email from the Clinton campaign. It is interesting that back in January through March, I would get only one or two emails from Clinton’s campaign per week (Obama’s camp would email three to four times per week). Now that the race is really over, I’m getting about four emails per week.

The theme in this latest email is two-fold. First, she says “I can win.” Secondly, she sends a plea for more money. If I can’t bend my mind around the first item, then I will not be sending any money.

In her opening paragraph: “We are depending on the voters of Puerto Rico in our fight to secure the nomination.” How does Puerto Rico help her in any way? How does Puerto Rico give Clinton enough delegates to win the nomination? It doesn’t. In her next to the last paragraph, she says, “We can finish the primary races strong and win the nomination.” Again, I must ask how?

The only way that Clinton can win the Democratic nomination is if the Rules and Regulation Committee, which meets on Saturday, changes the rules of this contest or the superdelegates decide to mass defect from Obama to Clinton, which would cause the Democratic party to begin seizing.

Will Clinton try and take this fight to the floor of the Democratic Convention? How is that helpful to anyone who is a Democrat– besides Clinton?

Tags: Election 2008 // 5 Comments »

  • Independent Bostonian

    Actually, it is helpful to the country, because this is the only way we will not get four more years of Republican rule. Consider this: Massachusetts, yes the Bay State, may go to McCain if Obama is the Democratic nominee…

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    IB -

    The latest polling numbers that I can find from Mass doesn’t support your convictions. The April 25th Rasmussen poll show Obama ahead of McCain 51 – 39%. So, where are you getting your data?

    Thanks for the comment

  • margaret

    When I went to the state convention i was told the delegates vote twice at the convention. The second vote they can choose whomever they want. The people who were running to represent Hillary promised to vote for her both times. Now I am not positive about this maybe you can dig into it. I think she is hoping the delegates will vote for her regardless of how the state is suppose to award the delegate vote. They told me they can vote however they want at the convention. it is anonymous just like at the state convention.

  • http://godlessliberalhomo.blogspot.com/ libhomo

    This is interesting. It sounds like Clinton is staying in the race to try to raise enough money to pay off her debts.

  • http://www.whereistheoutrage.net ecthompson

    It did sound a lot like that.

    Thanks for your comments.

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