If Hillary Loses Ohio, It's On To Senate Majority Leader Submitted by Jerid on Tue, 02/12/2008 - 3:55pm.
This is a rumor. Repeat. This is a rumor. Spoke with a few of my friends in D.C. today and they told me the nasty rumor that popped up in the beltway political circles the last day or so. The claim floating around DuPont is that a deal has been struck should Obama sweep both Ohio and Texas, Hillary will step aside for the good of the party. In return, Harry Reid will find a cabinet position in an Obama administration and Hillary will be elected Majority Leader by her greatful peers. Sure, it's far fetched. But it is entirely unbelievable? Nope, not by a long shot. Howard Dean and others in the party leadership have stated repeatedly that a brokered convention is undesirable, and that a deal should be struck to avoid such an outcome. You better believe that a deal to scuttle a once viable presidential campaign is going to have to be pretty loaded. These same party leaders have expressed a willingness to help avoid a brokered convention. A deal of this nature is also more believable because of what it's execution requires. The rumor is Hillary would have to lose both Ohio & Texas to trigger it. Currently Clinton is expected to win both states, and a loss in those two states involves hundreds of delegates, and a sign that something would be very wrong with the Clinton campaign. It'd be apocalyptic. Even if there were no deal in place, Clinton would face dim prospects after Ohio and Texas losses. A deal ahead of time doesn't change that situation, it just assures some finality and stability should the two losses come. So once again. This is just a rumor, but an interesting one at that. http://www.buckeyestateblog.com/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
