No Quarter tonight is saying that Hillary did NOT release her delegates.

[madfloridian]

I saw a post here that said she did.

So which is right.

I better not link to No Quarter, but you can find it.

[NYC_SKP]

1. I'm gonna take your word for it.

I just can't bear to visit that site.

It would take me straight out of my happy place.

[MadBadger]

2. She didnt release them

She said they can support who theyd like, but she didnt officially release them. Even after she said this, I read that Ickes says they should stay a bit longer.

[blogslut]

3. Once again, Larry attempts to shit on the truth

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

Clinton Asks Pledged Delegates To Support Obama (Updated)

10 Jun 2008 12:25 pm

Multiple Democratic sources say that Sen. Hillary Clinton, in a series of private conversations and conference calls, continues to urge her pledged delegates to vote for Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention. Clinton plans a series of calls with superdelegates, interest groups and state delegations over the next few days. (One of them took place last night, according to this report from Iowa's Quad Cities-Globe-Gazette.)

“She’s doing calls with supports and delegates and various other groups of supporters,” said Mo Elliethee, a spokesperson. “What she did was reiterate what she said on Saturday. She thanked them for their hard work and their dedication and all that they did for her and celebrated some of the accomplishments of her campaign…. And she urged them to get behind Sen. Obama and to work just as hard to elect him president.”

A Clinton spokesman said that Clinton is not technically releasing her delegates -- doing so would cause many of them to be dropped from the slate -- but noted that both Bill Bradley and Howard Dean did not formally release their slates until their conventions.

Still, Clinton's moves this week suggest that she opposes grassroots efforts by some of her supporters to hang on until the convention and submit Clinton's name for president or vice president. It also suggests that her campaign does not intend to challenge the DNC rules and bylaws committee decision to award Obama some of Clinton's delegates from Michigan. Pledged delegates and superdelegates can vote for whomever they want, but a split convention -- even if the split was lopsided -- would no doubt embarrass Obama.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. I still am laughing at his fist pound, pat on the butt post.

Where people said Michelle was sportin' gang signs!

I think it's required you sniff an entire can of spray paint before signing up over there.

[SoCalDem]

5. Suspension of a campaign does not automatically release delegates, BUT

she said it herself.. they are all free to vote anyway they want :)

She would have needed to SAY to them and to us.. "I'm supporting Obama and releasing my delegates to do the same".. She did not say it.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Still waiting on Larry to release that 'whitey' video he said he had.

[Tinksrival]

7. Have you read this post from another site which won't be named?

http://www.taylormarsh.com/archives_view.php?id=27902

Reality check

UPDATE II: I put in a request to the Clinton campaign for a statement about the conversations taking place, both in the conference call last night, as well as the private conversations being reported. What I received confirms the "update" below. Hillary Clinton is unequivocal in her support for Barack Obama and has asked her supporters and her delegates to support Obama and work to make him the nominee. The word "release," as I explain below, is a DNC technicality, and the bottom line is that Hillary wants all of her supporters to work to elect Barack Obama, which means they are no longer bound by their pledge to support her at the convention, though they can *choose* to, though the important emphasis, as you will see below, is that Hillary has asked us all to work and support Obama, the nominee. End of story.

Statement:

Senator Clinton thanked all of her delegates for all of their hard work and urged them all to come together behind Senator Obama. She wants to ensure that her supporters in states that have not completed the delegate process have an opportunity to go to the convention . And while we recognize that delegates are not bound to vote for anyone and can vote however they want, we’re urging her delegates to stay together if they so choose in order to keep advocating for the issues important to the 18 million voters who supported HRC. But she has been crystal clear — Barack Obama is the nominee of our party, and we all need to work hard to elect him President.