Again, Hillary Clinton is silent after another loss

Once again, Sen. Hillary Clinton had no concession speech or anything to say publicly after her latest loss to Barack Obama, the Mississippi primary.

But Obama had some things to say. He expressed some worry this evening when asked about the possibility of Florida and Michigan redoing their Democratic presidential primaries by mail.

"I think there are some concerns in terms of making sure that whatever we do is fair and that votes are properly counted and the logistics make sense," the Illinois Democrat said on CNN after easily winning the Mississippi primary. "So, there are a bunch of conversations between the various campaigns and the Democratic National Committee. I'm sure it will get sorted out."

Party leaders in those states are contemplating mail-in elections to award delegates between Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton. As it stands now, delegates from the two states will not be seated at the party's national convention because the states held their contests too early, in violation of the party's rules.

"I think all of us are interested in making sure that they are seated in some way that doesn't advantage one candidate or another too much," Obama said. "What we believe is that there should be some way of arriving at a fair settlement that respects the fact that there were rules in place, but also makes sure that the Michigan and Florida voters are seated."

--John McCormick

John McCormick writes for The Swamp from the Chicago Tribune's Washington bureau.

Comments

[Brian in NYC]

Real classy, Hill. What a poor loser.

[pablo rachi]

obama continues to expand his lead in terms of nattional popular vote, states won and pledged delegates. even in hrc wins pennslvania 95% to 5%, she will still be behind in each of those three measures. stop the desperate attacks, let your personal ambition melt away and be a good patriot- drop out of the race hillary,.. you LOST fair and square.

that is, unless, you are interested in overturning the will of the people... are you? I think you are, we won't stand for it.

[concerned]

Of course he would certainly agree if the states chose to have caotic caucuses like the one that just took place in Texas. This would certainly be fair to both candidates.

[v63sfo]

That was good victory for Obama (unfortunately in a state the Democrats will not take in November). But pablo rachi, get a grip man. It's not over til it's over. You can't call someone a loser until they lose. Re-read the Democratic Party election rules for a briefing.

[Katy7540]

Clinton won Texas primary, Ohio and Rhode Island.

Obama won Texas caucus, Vermont, Wyoming and Mississippi. He has the momentum, he leads with twice as many states won, by number of delegates and by popular vote. Clinton doesn't congratulate him, just keeps attacking him. She is the LOSER in every way!
The American people will not let her steal the White House!

[jock]

Hillary is tried and tested in over 80 countries. As the wife of a visiting US President she was entitled to and professionally negotiated her way through incalculable amounts of complimentary tea and cookies. Does this mean that by Hillary’s childlike reasoning that Laura Bush is also tried and tested to be President.

Hillary has also had numerous experiences of answering the White House phone at 3am but unfortunately the callers always said CAN I SPEAK TO YOUR HUSBAND PLEASE !!

[Emlyn]

I don''t understand how Ms Clinton's stint as White House First Hostess in any way prepares her or qualifies her to answer the red telephone at 3 a.m., let alone having something above-average to say into it.

Experience?

Here's a diagram of the 823 bills from Senator Obama's record as state senator:
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

Is this somehow less meritorious than Ms Clinton spending an afternoon in Ireland or Bosnia??

[SimpleRep]

The possibility of Florida and MIchigan redoing their Democratic presidential primaries by mail will only further decrease what little is left of Ms. Clinton's credibility. Should Hillary steal the Democratic nomination with this move will most definitely fuel Obama supporters to retaliate and vote Republican come November. The Democratic duel has taken a personal attribute that differs from past Democratic presidential campaigns.

This manipulation of changing the rules in the middle of the game, albeit legal, will only benefit McCain's campaign. However, those who view Hillary as a desperate, power-hungry feminist are not surprised. It appears that the Clintons find themselves in a lose-lose situation. Stealing the nomination this way will prolong Hillary's eventual "agony of defeat" by four months.

[GoreFan]

In 1992 at a campaign stop at James Monroe High School's Law & Government Magnet School in L.A., then Gov. Clinton told the student audience that the choice of a Vice-Presidental candidate should not be based on political considerations. "I think it is important that this be perceived as sort of a non-political decision...". He critized President Bush for selecting Dan Quayle for political reasons. He also has been quoted as saying the choice should be someone who "can be a good President if something happens to Bill Clinton." (all references are from NY Times articles April/ May, 1992).

So, when Hillary and Bill Clinton suggest that Sen. Obama would make a good choice for vice-president is it,

A.) a serious lack of judgement on their parts, or
B.) an indication that they believe that Senaor Obama is prepared to be president.

I don't believe there is a third option.

Gore/Obama '08

[Mark Edwards]

Hillary has answered the white house phone many times already. Now it is time for somebody else to answer that phone.

When the phone used to ring at 3:00am Bill was usually somewhere else in the white house playing 'hide a cigar' with the interns. So Hillary got her experience answering the phone. But you can not use it against a straight talking Obama.