What is Hillary Up To?

Just when you thought Hillary had slinked off the stage:

Hillary Clinton told a group of supporters recently that she has not yet decided whether she will put her name in for a roll-call vote at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month.

The New York senator was filmed addressing the matter apparently at a California fundraiser last week. The video was posted on YouTube.

“I happen to believe that we will come out stronger if people feel that their voices were heard and their views respected. And I think that is a very big part of how we actually come out unified, because I know from just what I’m hearing that there is just this incredible pent up desire,” Clinton said in the video, after being asked by a supporter if she’d consider putting her name in for the nomination.

“And I think people want to feel like ‘Okay, it’s a catharsis, we’re here, we did it,’ and then everybody get behind Senator Obama. … No decisions have been made.”

Clinton said she was trying to work out the issue with the Obama campaign and the Democratic National Committee. Such a vote would presumably allow her remaining delegates to throw their symbolic support behind Clinton on the convention floor.

“I could be wrong, but the best way I think is to have a strategy where my delegates feel that they have a role and that their legitimacy has been validated,” Clinton said.

What she’s up to is a rhetorical question obviously.

The Clinton machine is watching the polls carefully. They know that Obama should be up 12 points right now and anticipating another 4-6 point bounce after the convention.

More importantly, Clinton realizes the likely “Bradley Effect” that these polls are showing. Bottom line; Obama needs at least an 8 point lead on election day to win in a squeaker and that’s not looking very likely at this point.

Hillary needs to cut Obama off at the knees without being too obvious about it.

This postures her for another run in 2012.

The real fun will be the Stalin-esqe Purge of the Democrat party that Clinton will lead.

In any case, the childish antics that Democrats are notorious for will be in full bloom in Denver.

Category: Politics