Problems Mount For Barack Obama As The Democratic Convention Nears

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I personally don’t think there is any way in hell that they will allow Hillary Clinton’s name to be entered into nomination if they can find a way to get around it. It would be kind of fun to see a good old knock down, drag out convention though.

Problems Mount for Barack Obama as the Democratic Convention Nears
August 04, 2008 10:31 AM ET | Bonnie Erbe | Permanent Link

Call it delusional, even fanatical. But a growing Web-based movement of Sen. Hillary Clinton supporters is pressing to have Clinton’s name “placed in nomination” at the Democratic convention in Denver later this month. Some are hoping, as Congressional Quarterly reported, that “if the roll call of the states is conducted, she might—might—still win.”

There was a bit of a media dust-up about this story over the weekend. The New York Daily News cited a source close to Clinton confirming that “she won’t file a formal request to the convention asking to be nominated along with Barack Obama, who eked out the victory in their fierce primary slugfest. ‘She is not going to submit the signed request,’ the insider told the Daily News. ‘People are still circulating petitions on her behalf, but this is a done deal.’ “

Then Congressional Quarterly quoted a spokesperson for Clinton saying something slightly different:

Clinton spokeswoman Kathleen Strand said in a statement Friday that Clinton was “100 percent committed to helping Barack Obama become the next president of the United States and realizes there are passionate feelings that remain among many of her supporters.” Strand said that no decisions have been made (about whether Sen. Clinton’s name should be placed in nomination) but, when they are, “they will be made collaboratively with Senator Clinton and her staff, the DNC and Senator Obama’s campaign.”
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