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Clinton's "Nuclear" Option to Win the Nomination

By Robert Justin Lipkin

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After Tuesday's primaries, it seems the only possible way for Senator Clinton to win the nomination is to count her wins in Florida and Michigan. Can Senator Clinton win the nomination by persuading the Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee to seat the Florida and br:

Michigan delegations? Will she deploy this "secret weapon" defying Party loyalty and commonsense? Consider Thomas B. Edsall's post at the Huffington Post: "Hillary Clinton's campaign has a secret weapon to build its delegate count, but her top strategists say privately that any attempt to deploy it would require a sharp (and by no means inevitable) shift in the political climate within Democratic circles by the end of this month. . . . With at least 50 percent of the Democratic Party's 30-member Rules and Bylaws Committee committed to Clinton, her backers could -- when the committee meets at the end of this month -- try to ram through a decision to seat the disputed 210-member Florida and 156-member Michigan delegations. Such a decision would give Clinton an estimated 55 or more delegates than Obama, according to Clinton campaign operatives. The Obama campaign has declined to give an estimate. . . . Using the Rules and Bylaws Committee to force the seating of two pro-Hillary delegations would provoke a massive outcry from Obama forces." Click here to read further. Also check out David Brooks' column in today's NY Times distinguishing between two vastly different approaches to political change.
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Full post as published by Essentially Contested America on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).