VICTORY! Hillary’s Name In Nomination
By NancyA on August 14, 2008 at 1:15 PM in Democracy, Democratic National Convention, Democratic Nomination, Democratic Party, Hillary Clinton
Well, folks, we did it. Hillary’s name is to be placed in nomination, just released by the Associated Press this morning. This is great news for Hillary delegates.
[SUSANUNPC's Note: I just got off the phone with Proud Military Mom, who is THRILLED! She said she is "dancing, crying, whooping and hollering." She also said, "If I didn't have to work tonight, I'd get drunk!" This is so great for her since she has been a longtime, steadfast Hillary supporter, and she deserves this victory, as does The Denver Group, which worked ceaselessly towards this goal.]
Obama and Clinton see this move as a way to bring “peace to the kingdom” of the one! They had this to say in a joint statement:
The arrangement — which the rivals-turned-allies agreed to after weeks of negotiations — is intended to help the Democratic Party heal after a bruising primary while mollifying still-disgruntled Clinton backers and acknowledging the former first lady’s groundbreaking presidential run.
“I am convinced that honoring Senator Clinton’s historic campaign in this way will help us celebrate this defining moment in our history and bring the party together in a strong united fashion,” Obama, an Illinois senator, said in a joint statement.
Added Clinton, a New York senator: “With every voice heard and the party strongly united, we will elect Senator Obama president of the United States and put our nation on the path to peace and prosperity once again.”
Some 35 million people participated in the Democratic primary, and Obama and Clinton said they wanted to “honor and celebrate these voices and votes.”
According to Marc Ambinder,
…within the past week, Clinton advisers informed the Obama team that many of Clinton’s staunchest supporters felt strongly that something had to be done, and that Clinton had concluded that, in part for the sake of unity, their wishes ought to be respected. They heard back immediately: the Obama campaign had always been open to having her name placed in nomination alongside his. (I don’t believe this for one minute, again it is more political pandering, since the new Rasmussen poll shows Obama and McCain in a dead heat. My other thought is that Obama is looking for that big bump in polls when he is officially nominated.)
If Clinton’s name is formally offered up, she could be afforded the normal complement of nominating and seconding speeches, and the official role call of votes will include participation from her delegates. (In theory, if enough Obama delegates change their minds, then Clinton could win the nomination. In practice, there’s no chance that will happen.)
He goes on to say that the exact “choreography” has not been worked out. And says this about the two camps.
It is possible that Sen. Clinton, having had her name submitted, would use the occasion to release her delegates to Obama; depending on how the roll call is staged, Clinton’s released delegates could put Obama over the top.
Clinton aides also confirmed, and Obama aides did not dispute, that it was Clinton who informed the Obama campaign that she did not to give the keynote address to the convention. It is not clear whether the Obama camp would have offered the honorific, but they did not, sources said, deliberately deny it to Clinton.
Reuters had this to say,
Hillary Clinton will be symbolically put forward as a presidential candidate at the Democratic convention later this month even though she narrowly lost the nominating battle to Barack Obama, the two campaigns said on Thursday.
Again the olive branch falls short, her name in nomination is called “symbolic”, still short of truly recognizing her campaign or her supporters. And what will her backers have to say? They are going to make some “noise” in Denver. More on that from her backers:
One group intends to paper the city with fliers, promote a video detailing what they contend were irregularities in the nominating process and unleash bloggers to give their take on the proceedings. Another group has purchased newspaper advertisements demanding that Clinton be included in a roll-call vote for the nomination. Obama and Clinton announced Thursday that there will be such a vote.
“I am a very realistic woman,” said Diane Mantouvalos, co-founder of the Just Say No Deal Coalition. “I don’t think that anything is going to change, but I do think it is important to be heard, and this is our way of doing it.”
And more from PUMA (Party Unity My A$$) and The Denver Group:
Heidi Li Feldman, co-founder of The Denver Group, said the roll call vote is necessary for Obama to get her support. But, she said, it’s insufficient.
“The only way a Democratic Party will have the credibility to elect a Democrat in November is if the party uses a legitimate process to choose its nominee,” said Heidi Li Feldman, co-founder of The Denver Group. “We are not per se a Clinton support group, we are a Democratic Party get-your-act-together support group.”
Feldman, a Georgetown University law professor, said she is a loyal Democrat who won’t vote for McCain, but Obama hasn’t won her support. Will Bower, co-founder of the Just Say No Deal Coalition, said he would only support the Democratic candidate if her name is Clinton.
“I have been voting Democratic for 18 years. I only voted for Democrats, from dog catcher to president and everything in between,” said Bower, who lives in Washington. “I will be voting for someone other than Barack Obama come November.”
And what does Rep. Nancy Pelosi have to say to all of this activism from “diehard Clinton supporters”:
“I think Hillary Clinton has been very gracious,” the San Francisco Democrat told Bay Area talk show host Ronn Owens. “I think some of her supporters have been less than gracious.”
It is not that Clinton supporters have been “less than gracious”, we wonder why putting Hillary’s name for nomination has been such a “problem”. Uppitywoman had this to say:
The fact is, Obama is used to knocking competition off the ballot. I
have NEVER seen a candidate even have to ASK, much less “negotiate”
being on the nomination ballot at a convention.
Since 1884, “a roll call” with all nominees included has been part of the Democratic National Convention. The convention is not a coronation, it is a nomination.
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SusanUnPC’s CODA: Today, let’s rejoice! Let’s join ProudMilitaryMom in “crying, laughing, dancing, and hollering and whooping.” Let’s be happy for once!
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