Notice that suspending her campaign does not equal conceding the race. What Hillary has done is give as much conciliation as needed to get the drop out army off her back. For people to continue to publicly press her to concede after this will only make the DNC machine look worse than it already does. If Obama continues on his slide in popularity, Hillary can still step up in August by getting enough super delegates to change their vote, and take the nomination. I think this is Hillary's best route. Considering that neither candidate can clinch without super delegates, and that the popular vote was essentially a virtual tie, Hillary can still take the Nom in August.

I have said all along that it's not over until the convention. All of this voting and fighting for delegates doesn't mean a thing really. It all comes down to the convention. I learned that when I studied FDR.

And this whole thing with the Bilderberg meeting coinciding exactly with all of this really leaves a hole in the pit of my stomach.

Why should Hillary drop out, Obama hasn't won the primary. His win depends on super delegates who have until the convention to make their selection, irregardless of who they are backing now. Obama has had the backing of the DNC, big media, and the repubs who prefer him as the candidate to face in the general, yet Obama failed to win the votes to put him over the top. Right now it is all party politics, and the disenfranchisement of Florida and Michigan put machine politics into the game before it even began.

Obama's popularity has been in decline since February. If by August it becomes clear that Obama has no chance to win, and Hillary does, then it would be foolish not to give Hillary the Nomination, after all, she is the candidate who got the most votes. It ain't over til it's over.


[edit on 8-6-2008 by poet1b]