Curmudgeonly & Skeptical: On the road with Her Filthiness

February 23, 2004

On the road with Her Filthiness

I told reader Jake yesterday that I was going on record and saying, "Kerry will not be the Donk nominee." I'm sure y'all understand why; he has become of caricature of of himself, and quite unelectable. But ... who can take it away from him? The Carolina ambulance chaser is viewed by hard core Donks as vastly more conservative than Kerry (it would be hard not to be), and the Democrats cannot afford to let Nader flank them from the left. Anyway, the Prowler today has this report regarding Her Filthiness' shenanigans in this mess.

"According to a staffer at the Democratic National Committee, senior staff there continue to hear stories of Bill and Hillary Clinton emissaries fanning out to keep the New York senator's name in play during the final weeks of the Democratic primary season....several longtime Clinton cronies are talking to labor leaders and grassroots supporters about a spring push intended to ratchet up pressure on the Democratic nominee to put her on the bottom of the ticket... 'Her fingerprints can't be on this,' says the DNC staffer. 'But we know what she's doing. McAuliffe has talked to Bill about it. Everyone knows the drill.'"

And, if we have a brokered convention ... ?

Posted by pecksnif at February 23, 2004 08:24 AM | TrackBack

Comments

If somehow She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was to become the Donk nominee, wouldn't that invalidate the entire primary/caucus system?

Posted by: dave at February 23, 2004 09:35 AM

No. The only way she could gain the nomination is if Kerry does not receive the 1400 - or whatever the number is - delegates necesaary to lock it up. Remember, unlike the Republicans, winners of Democrat primaries do not get all of that state's delagates, just the percentage of the vote the received. So John Edwards, Sharpton, and possibly even people who have dropped out, will continue to get points. That could lead to an open convention, because after the first vote, all delegates are released to vote any which way. I think it's a foregone conclusion that, in that instance, Her Filthiness gets the nod.

Posted by: Rodger Schultz at February 23, 2004 10:41 AM