It’s Official: Hillary Clinton Is Out of the Race
June 5, 2008 by Kristen King
Filed under Business
You already know that Hillary Clinton’s out and Barack Obama is the Democratic nominee, and no, she does not seem to be taking it well, as my co-blogger, Bridget, has alluded to in her recent post.
But I was far more interested in some of the behind-the-scenes goings on, which probably sheds some light on Hillary’s silence. My favorite quotes from today’s New York Times article about the end of Hillary Clinton’s campaign:
Mrs. Clinton’s decision to suspend her campaign, which was first reported by ABC News, was a bow to the emerging political reality. No one in her campaign — including by all reports Mrs. Clinton herself — saw a viable road to the nomination. A suspension of the campaign allows her to continue raising money and pay off millions of dollars in debt.
NO one? MILLIONS of dollars in debt? Ouch.
Representative Rahm Emanuel, the Illinois Democrat with close ties to Mr. Obama and Mrs. Clinton, and who had kept studiously neutral throughout the fight, said in an interview that he was “coming out from hiding under my desk” to endorse Mr. Obama. “The fact is that he is the nominee,” Mr. Emanuel said
He seemed quizzical at the slowness of Mrs. Clinton’s decision not to acknowledge this.
“You don’t answer about whether you want to be vice president unless there’s no doubt in your mind that he is the nominee,” he said, referring to Mrs. Clinton’s initial reluctance to congratulate Mr. Obama, noting that she told supporters she would be open to be his running mate if he wanted her.
Quizzical? Really? I don’t know, man, if I were the first WHATEVER to run for President, I’d be kind of reluctant to bail, too, if I had any POSSIBLE hope of making a good showing. I don’t think it was necessarily a good or bad choice, and I can’t say with any certainty that I would have done things differently. Aside from the fact that I would never run for President, that is. I mean, I don’t even vote. ANYWAY!
“We pledged to support her to the end,” Representative Charles B. Rangel, a New York Democrat who has been a patron of Mrs. Clinton since she first ran for the Senate, said in an interview. “Our problem is not being able to determine when the hell the end is.”
Sounds like that was EVERYONE’s problem here.
Most interesting to me about this article is that there’s only ONE quote from Hillary Clinton, and it wasn’t even a direct response to her losing the nomination. I find that odd. Do you?
What other articles should we be reading about the Presidential race? Leave your links in the comments.
Contents © Copyright 2008 Kristen King
Kristen! What do you mean you don’t vote. I hope you change your mind on that! :)
Rick
Hey, what do you mean you don’t vote? How come?
I don’t vote for religious reasons. In short, I believe that when Jesus said that his followers were no part of the world just as he was no part of the world and when he refused to participate in the political affairs of his day, he was setting a very important example of political neutrality, and I do my best to follow it.
I’m very interested in current events, discussing the news, and hearing others’ opinions, but I don’t support any political party or government, participate in demonstrations, salute the flag, serve on a jury, serve in the military, or vote. That being said, I do follow the laws, pay my taxes, and treat political officials with respect according to their office.
I don’t believe that human governments will ever solve our world’s problems, but I do believe that God’s government will, so I put my support there rather than with any human leader.
But that’s my choice, and how I choose to exercise my right to vote. If it were compulsory, it wouldn’t be a right, would it? And I support your right to vote or not vote as you see fit even though I have made a personal choice not to do it.
If you want to continue the discussion or you want me to provide scriptural reasons for the statements I made in this comment, I’m happy to do it — but only if you ask. I hope you will, but I don’t want to make this space a platform for my religious beliefs. HOWEVER, I will ALWAYS answer questions and engage in discussion, so if you want to continue, let me know.
Thanks for asking, both of you!