The Last Hurrah

05 June 2008 |permalink | email article

Clinton’s badly received election-night speech in not immediately endorsing Barack Obama after he got enough superdelegates has suddenly been reversed. She will suspend her bid and publicly endorse the nominee Saturday in Washington after a private campaign staff event at her home in D.C. Friday.

Finally, she got it. The change of mind came after some of her major supporters on Capitol Hill, notably New York Rep. Charles Rangel, a patron of Clinton since she first ran for the Senate, said, “Our problem is not being able to determine when the hell the end is.”

Eight pro-Clinton senators also advised her to drop the hard line approach and get out immediately.

Even former vice president Walter Mondale, who supported Clinton, said “I’m glad we made a decision and I hope we can unite our party and move forward.”

The decision to change course occurs after Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid decreed on election eve that all undeclared superdelegates declare their preference by Friday.

Quote of the Day

“The media often overlooked how compassionately she spoke to the dreams and concerns of millions of Americans, and she deserves a lot more appreciation than she sometimes received.” - John McCain, pandering to some Clinton supporters who say they would never vote for Obama.

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