Clinton apparently closing out her campaign

[LiberalAndProud]

http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics/story/646548-p2.html

Clinton’s advisers privately predicted she would lose both contests today — South Dakota and Montana. She planned to meet with advisers at her home in Chappaqua, N.Y., today.

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Sensing an opportunity to shut down the nominating contest, Obama’s campaign advisers said that they were orchestrating an endorsement of Obama by at least eight Senate and House members who had pledged to remain uncommitted until the primaries ended, and that the endorsements would come the moment the South Dakota polls closed tonight.

The group will be led by Sen. Tom Harkin of Iowa, who spent Monday afternoon meeting with three other uncommitted Democratic senators — Ken Salazar of Colorado, Thomas Carper of Delaware and Benjamin Cardin of Maryland.

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Ickes also spoke by conference call to members of Clinton’s finance committee, where he said she almost certainly would not appeal a Democratic Party rules committee decision giving her fewer delegates from Michigan than she thought she had earned. Clinton signaled Saturday she might appeal the ruling, which would have dragged the nomination fight to the party’s convention in August.

[tekisui]

1. Word throught the blackberry's is that there is no press sign up sheet

with the Clinton campaign for the following week.

"reports from journalist friends with the Clinton campaign that there is NO sign up sheet for media travel with the Clinton campaign for next week and some are booking their own flights back to D.C. this evening"

[LiberalAndProud]

2. The campaign must be down to the last dollar.

This has been a campaign to remember. I have never seen anything like it. For the record books in so many categories.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

3. Ickes said "no appeal"?

There is a snowball fight in hell today.

I am astonished.

[tekisui]

4. He just wanted to go down swinging.

Had they been serious about the appeal threat, they would have said "We are going to appeal!" rather than we reserve the right.

[boobooday]

5. Congrats to Hillary. She fought very hard

Competition is good for democracy.

Go Obama!

[LiberalAndProud]

6. kick

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