Hell Freezing Over? Hillary To Give Resignation Speech Tuesday Night?!

[Yes We Did]

Hillary Clinton has summoned top donors and backers to attend her New York speech tomorrow night in an unusual move that is being widely interpreted to mean she plans to suspend her campaign and endorse Barack Obama - if not that night, within a day or two.

Obama and Clinton spoke Sunday night and agreed that their staffs should begin negotiations over post-primary activities, according to reliable sources. In addition to seeking Obama's help in raising money to pay off some $20 million-plus in debts, Clinton is known to want Obama to assist black officials who endorsed her and who are now taking constituent heat, including, in some cases, primary challenges from pro-Obama politicians.

"This has never happened before," one donor said, referring to the personalized request by email to attend the event in New York Tuesday night.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/02/clinton-summons-top-donor_n_104715.html

All I can say is it's about F***ing time.

[AllentownJake]

1. Not counting on it

Been fooled one to many times. Till I hear the words I endorse Senator Obama than rewind it and it hear it again I will not believe.

[AllexxisF1]

8. I have a nasty gut feeling...

I have a nasty gut feeling that she will not quit and instead claimed that she won this primary race with a bullshit and completely false popular vote tally and say that now is time for the super delegates to vote.


Mark my words she will not quit tomorrow.

[Meshuga]

13. I'm with you

I will believe it when I see it.

[writes3000]

2. She's not going to concede. This is about creating her own event on Tues.

I'd love to be wrong but eventually, you learn - past behavior is the best indicator of future behavior.

[Carolina]

7. exactly is prologue

HRC has demonstrated that her word means nothing that's why she could malign BHO by saying... just words!

HRC has demonstrated that her pledge means nothing just look at FL and MI before Feb 5th and after!

She is not trustworthy. Period.

[ecstatic]

15. Yep. She wants breathless pundits cutting away to every appearance she makes

That's it.

[DJ13]

3. Bill Clinton hints at end to wife's campaign

2 hours, 46 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Former president Bill Clinton dropped a hint Monday that the end might be nigh for his wife Hillary's dogged campaign for the Democratic White House nomination, according to reports.

"I want to say also that this may be the last day I'm ever involved in a campaign of this kind," the former president told Clinton supporters in South Dakota, ABC and NBC reported on their news websites.

"I thought I was out of politics, till Hillary decided to run. But it has been one of the greatest honors of my life to go around and campaign for her for president," he added at the start of his stump speech.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080602/ts_alt_afp/usvoteclinton

:shrug:

[WeDidIt]

4. I'd say the percentage chance is somehwere South of 5% n/t

[Adelante]

5. Probably not

Aides Do Not Believe That Clinton Will Drop Out Tomorrow Night

02 Jun 2008 03:14 pm

Everywhere, there are rumors of an imminent drop-out by Sen. Hillary Clinton, and I have indeed fanned some of those flames. But there's no real evidence that tomorrow night's speech will be the moment.

Maybe it will, maybe it won't -- who knows how the reality of the results tomorrow will factor into Clinton's thinking at 6:00pm, 7:00pm, 8:00pm Tuesday night.

(1) Senior staffers swear that Clinton has not told them she will drop out and that she has not hinted to them that she will drop out.

(2) The idea to invite major donors and allies to New York was generated by a senior staffer and not by the Clintons.

(3) Donors are being asked to come up; they're not being urged; they're not being pressured; they're not being given information to suggest that tomorrow is a last hurrah.

(4) Tomorrow night's speech is being billed as a celebration of Clinton's campaign and what it and its 17 million supporters have accomplished.

What happens beyond Tuesday is unknowable. Aides are prudently and predictably preparing to leave, but none have been told to. Expense receipts are being gathered by the finance department, which is something that a smart finance department would do in this case.

http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/06/aides_do_not_believe_that_clin.php

[damntexdem]

11. Meantime, she's getting exactly what she wants:

endless speculation about what she'll do. It extends the impression that her campaign is still relevant.

If she wanted to actually BE relevant, she'd drop out and throw herself into supporting the Dem candidate.

[Thrill]

6. Not a Chance

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Another city, another clue from the Clinton campaign: this time that she will not, repeat, not, drop out on Tuesday night.

Spokesman Mo Elleithee told reporters that she will take at least several days after Tuesday's primary elections to talk to superdelegates. "She'll be spending the coming days making the case to undecided delegates. She's in this race until we have a nominee. She expects to be that nominee," Elleithee said.

[damntexdem]

9. Let's hope that it is Hellery freezing over ...

and not the Battle on the Frozen Lake.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. 30% Tuesday. 40% Wednesday. 30% Never.

[krawhitham]

12. Guess again

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/06/02/1097542.aspx

[Yes We Did]

14. You guess again...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6230702&mesg_id=6230702

[Lautremont]

16. That would truly be Super Tuesday if so.

[hokies4ever]

17. As Pat Buchanan said: Hillary will fight till hell freezes over, then she'll fight on the ice

:rofl:

[beac]

22. Ice Crap-ades!

:rofl:

[book_worm]

18. If she does I will have some respect for her.

[Hamlette]

19. I am going to enjoy saying "I told you so" to Rachael Maddow and John Cole

but just kinda. They said she'd never drop out.

I'm glad they were wrong.

REALLY glad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. On to the GENERAL ELECTION

time to fall in line folks

[SDJay]

21. Does it really matter...

what she says or does tomorrow night? If Obama wins SD and MT as he's expected to do, then the supers will begin the flood of support and endorsements, so she really won't have a choice. That trickle is already beginning. I can't think that even she would continue to slash and burn if Obama's got the majority of pledged delegates and the vast majority of supers that put him way over the top. It'd be career suicide.

It's over soon, and frankly, I'm still hoping there's a way they can work this out to come together. Even if she's not the veep, then some cabinet position that keeps her constituents engaged. That sets up a blowout in November, and a return of functional IQ's and above to power. That also means that Jesus goes back where he belongs - into churches of people's choosing, and not in the White House or in legislative and/or military policies.

[ieoeja]

23. Heck yes it matters.

With a few words Hillary can get most of her supporters behind Obama. Not all. There are two demographics supporting Hillary whom even she can not sway. But she can convince most of them.