ProSense's Journal - "You don't bargain with the Presidential nominee." (The good, the bad and the bitter)

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Rendell: "You don't bargain with the nominee" - Updated: Rengel's Concession Call, Clyburn Harassed

by kubla000
Wed Jun 04, 2008 at 10:49:28 AM PDT

Well it seems that someone has regained their sanity...

There's no bargaining. You don't bargain with the Presidential nominee. Even if you're Hillary Clinton and you have 18 million votes, you don't bargain.

Compare this to some sillier Democrats who think they have a foot to stand on with this subject.

Members of Congress who support Clinton are weighing a joint letter to Senator Barack Obama pressing him to put Clinton on the ticket, a congressional aide confirmed.

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UPDATE: Word is Charlie Rangel appeared on MSNBC a little while ago and was equally displeased with the current state of the race and Hillary's speech last night.

News at this moment is that Hillary Clinton will be holding a conference call with major supporters at 4pm to discuss the race.

Clinton, according to one prominent backer, is scheduled to hold a conference call with top supporters at 4 p.m., in which they are expected to hash out how and when to concede the race to Barack Obama and figure out a way to unify the Democratic Party for the fall.

But Representative Charlie Rangel of New York, who is still awaiting cues from Clinton before officially backing Obama, called on her to formally concede, saying she could have been "far more generous" to him in saying Obama is the party's nominee.

Meanwhile some people really have no fricken class at all, this is beyond pathetic

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"I was absolutely shocked, could not believe that this happened. I could understand people saying, �Why are you doing this or why would you not support Hillary Clinton?� but to call me the kinds of names I have not heard since the �40s and �50s," he said.

Clyburn said some of the callers threatened to "sabotage this election." He added that he does not think Clinton understands her role in unifying the party.

Exactly... Bargaining and trying to publicly force a spot on the ticket certainly does nothing for Unity.

Senator Clinton's speech last night was a justifiably proud recitation of her accomplishments over the course of this campaign, but it did not end right. She didn't do what she should have done. As hard and as painful as it might have been, she should have conceded, congratulated, endorsed and committed to Barack Obama. Therefore the next 48 hours are now as important to the future reputation of Hillary Clinton as the last year and a half have been.

I am disappointed. As a long time Hillary Clinton supporter and more importantly, an admirer, I am sad that this historic effort has ended with such a narrow loss for her. There will be the appropriate "if onlys" for a long time to come. If only the staff shakeup happened earlier; if only the planning in caucus states had more focus; if only Hillary had let loose with the authentic human and connecting voice she found in the last three months of the campaign. If only. If only. I have written many times on this site about the talents of Hillary Clinton and why I thought she'd make a great President.

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So, I am also so very disappointed at how she has handled this last week. I know she is exhausted and she had pledged to finish the primaries and let every state vote before any final action. But by the time she got on that podium last night, she knew it was over and that she had lost. I am sure I was not alone in privately urging the campaign over the last two weeks to use the moment to take her due, pass the torch and cement her grace. She had an opportunity to soar and unite. She had a chance to surprise her party and the nation after the day-long denials about expecting any concession and send Obama off on the campaign trail of the general election with the best possible platform. I wrote before how she had a chance for her "Al Gore moment." And if she had done so, the whole country ALL would be talking today about how great she is and give her her due.

Instead she left her supporters empty, Obama's angry, and party leaders trashing her. She said she was stepping back to think about her options. She is waiting to figure out how she would "use" her 18 million voters.

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Hillary's campaign was offensive because she ventured into areas of attack that no Democrat should have. The divisiveness, repeatedly denied and ignored (inside and outside her campaign), was frustrating. Her speech last night was a culmination of all her damaging actions.

One has to wonder why someone of Hillary's stature would, after being given the benefit of the doubt for months, still lack the judgment to do the right thing in the end?

Let's see what comes out of the 4 p.m. meeting with donors.