In a bittersweet gathering, Sen. Hillary Clinton this afternoon formally released her convention delegates, even though most had already voted for her.
The Observer's Jim Morrill reports from Denver:
Clinton spoke to more than 2,000 people, mostly delegates, at the Colorado Convention Center. She urged them to vote for their party in November, but she rarely invoked the name Barack Obama.
Clinton delegates have had an uneasy truce with Obama’s campaign. Some worried their votes for her would not be counted tonight.
“We’ve been cooperating and discussing how to have a unified convention with the Obama campaign,” Clinton said. “And I think we’re off to a real good start.”
When Clinton walked to the podium at around 1:50 p.m. local time, she was met with chants of “Hill-a-ry, Hill-a-ry.”
“We love you Hillary,” some shouted.
When she announced her intention to release delegates to vote the way they pleased, she was met with shouts of “No!”
Frequently interrupted by cheers, she told delegates she signed her ballot for Obama this morning. Most delegates voted at their state delegation breakfasts.
“It was almost like a goodbye but not a goodbye,” said delegate Barbara Sharpe of Concord. “My thing is, I think Obama can be a good president. The difference is, I know Hillary Clinton would be a good president.”
Clinton delegate Marc Friedland of Charlotte said party unity is up to Obama.
“Any disunity that might be there is on the shoulders of Barack Obama,” he said. But, he added, he’ll still vote Democratic in November.
“You don’t always get the leader you want,” he said, “but you get the party you want.”
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
To shouts of "no," Hillary releases delegates
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Why is all the pressure on Hillary? People have the right to vote for whoever they please. As far as I am concerned, the ball in in Obama's court, after all he is such a good speaker,he has promised the American people that he is the best, so time will tell.
After thirty years, and all the work Hillary has done for the American people, if he loses, it will not be her fault.
First, TERRIBLE Observer reporting. Come on, "more than 2,000 delegates?" What?! Did you even see this on TV? There was triple that in the convention center. While technically true, this is an awful understatement. In fact, more like an intentionally sly distortion leading the reader to think Hillary was speaking to 2,000delegates? (I guess, if it takes 2210 delegates to win the nomination, we're supposed to believe that 50% are Hillary supports, hence the ridiculous 2,000 number.) She never at 2,000 delegates EVER. In fact, other bloggers at the convention write that Obama's unofficial delegate tally was +3000. When the NY delegation (with Hillary speaking) declared unanimous consent, she was sitting on a mere 340+. So let's stop the pretense that she was anywhere close to him in delegate count. And her released delegates wouldn't have made a difference. It was theatre meant to move the outlying Hillary 10% to Obama.
Second the shouts of "'no" were pretty much drowned out by the cheers for Obama and the Party. Yes, I saw it on C-span. I expect the broadcast media to continue the concern troll, false narrative that Hillary's PUMAs are/were a presence at the convention, but you blogger?
Terribly conventional blogging about badly framed Observer reporting.
Sorry -- just saying
charlottemom
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