Clinton to Fight on… to the State Convention
March 30th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
The Obama campaign declared victory in the senatorial conventions held yesterday. This just in, the Clinton campaign has declared… something else. See below.
And of course, the counties are still counting.
Statement by Texas Campaign Chairman Garry Mauro
Austin, TX – Following the Democratic Party’s county conventions in Texas this weekend, Clinton Campaign Texas Chairman Garry Mauro issued the following statement.
“Our delegates came out to their county conventions in full force over the weekend, and as a result, we gained at least two delegates to the national convention, with the possibility of picking up two more. Barack Obama did not make threshold in at least 20 counties, and we out-performed in many areas throughout rural Texas, where Hillary Clinton’s support is strong.
“We continue to be grateful to the enthusiastic support Hillary continues to receive throughout the Lone Star state, and look forward to a strong showing at the Texas State Convention in June.”
March 30th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
I guess it is all about party unity. Gary and Hillary were the Democratic Party who built this ludicrous nominating process here in Texas and across the nation. This ploy demonstrates a manipulation of the process to serve their own purpose. What a great way to build the party! Instead of welcoming the large influx of new voters, let’s just slap them in the face with gamesmanship. The irony is in the end they still cannot change the final outcome except by attempts to highjack the nomination. The people own the Democratic Party not the relics from an old defeated, cynical leadership. These guys could be Republicans for all their incompetence in designing this nominating process and for all their attempts at chicanery.
March 31st, 2008 at 8:35 am
record turnout will always swamp the process. in some precincts/districts the turnout was more than 10 times that of 2004.
as the Democratic Party is currently constructed, the state Parties determine individually how things will be done, with some major consequences. (see MI & FL this year, part of the perennial argument over who goes first, ala Iowa & New Hampshire)
few states would even consider returning to the ‘winner take all’ format, therefore, i would suggest that the DNC promote to the state parties the Texas model, with a few variations.
the 2/3’s delegates selected by Primary and the 1/3 selected by caucus process could be modified to solve some of “calendar” problems of the past. states, especially big ones, could schedule their Primaries early (which so many of them long to do and did for 2008) which would give them the “prestige” of “counting”, and give the candidates the needed vehicle of publicity.
then schedule their respective caucuses for later in the year (either outright/all at once, or via the multi-step convention process ala Texas) which would double the publicity process if needed and/or helpful (to an early overwhelming candidate or to offset an early overwhelming candidate later found to be flawed, or like this year to winnow/select via voters/party leaders between two relatively equal candidates)
Iowa & New Hampshire could maintain their “prestige” of being the “firsts” by simply being the two states to select all of their delegates on the same day. (by DNC fiat, for whatever that would be worth)
April 7th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Hilliary did not lie! All she did was try to make the playing field between herself and a true American hero a little more even. That makes her perhaps envious and a little devious, oh what the hell a little lie isn’t that bad. But it does show a tendency to exaggerate the truth if you don’t care or think you can’t get busted or nobody would believe a Clinton would lie. Or would they?
Is it an optical illusion or is Hilliary’s nose getting longer after each time she is interviewed about her personal and political experiences.