Clinton Vows to Stay in Race Until Convention – Bad move by Billary
Clinton’s campaign is bleeding donors and losing supporters, this pronouncement was an attempt to, at least temporarily, restore some of the lost confidence.
The obvious downside to this recent proclamation is that it is likely to turn much of the democratic establishment against her. The staunchest Clintonites among Superdelegates pledged their support to Hillary early on in the process, very few of them remain in the ranks of the “undecideds”. These party functionaries are primarily concerned with nominating the candidate most likely to secure a democratic white house. A brokered convention, and the drawn-out process leading up to it, is widely considered detrimental to that very aim. For that reason, Hillary’s vow to stay in the race until the convention is counterproductive; it is likely to push nervous superdelegates into Obama’s column faster than would otherwise have been the case. After all, by signalizing her willingness to maraud her way to nomination, Mrs. Clinton is essentially acknowledging that all orthodox means have now been exhausted.
