As an early Obama supporter, I honestly don't see anything problematic with that quote.  

scores mostly 8's and 9's in the 'Not Helpful' category, but I give it a perfect 10.  

Call me naive, but, these days, I see her as the Hillary I always loved. Maybe it's the way she's campaigned for Barack, or maybe it's my forgiving nature (but probably not). See my recent diary for reference.

Really, really unhelpful diary.  The "death march" analogy hasn't gotten any less offensive with time.

So it was cool for Dean to get a roll call vote but it's not okay for a candidate who received 18 million votes...

Ah the drama. I for one think Hillary and the Obama campaign will work this out to the best advantage for both. So I think I'll let them work it out.

I agree with the posters above.  I see no problem with the quote as posted.  I don't personally think she's going to put herself in for the nomination, but even if she does, I don't care.  It's a symbolic gesture at this point, and she's not going to suddenly turn it around and win.

I'm halfway certain they're going to announce her as the VP candidate during her speech.

Ah, the Roveian-stupidity is strong in this one Luke...must be from dkos

wrong. period. there's nothing divisive about having her name on the first ballot. in fact, it would be arrogant and divisive to not do that. Obama will even still win on the first ballot!!! To claim that having the same sort of ballot as is STANDARD at all conventions (hmmmm, no one was demanding Kennedy or Hart remove their names from the first Ballot!!!) is Hillary stirring up trouble is well..... troll-worthy as being false and anti-Democratic.

You want divisive? Deny just about 1/2 of the convention delegates a chance to vote on the floor --- you'll see divisive then.

this isn't about trying to change the outcome of the nomination, just to have an official record of the first woman to win not just 1 but hundreds of delegates to a national convention!! Wouldn't it be ironic to take the vote away from all those women delegates on the anniversary week of the suffrage amendment???   hope that irony isn't lost on most people.

First of all - it's called "Democratic" Party.

Since neither candidate had enough PLEDGED delegates to secure the nomination then a roll call at the convention is completely in order.

If FDR did not win the nomination in '32 until the 4th roll call, if Ted Kennedy, who was 976 delegates behind Carter could challenge an incumbent President, if all the MALE counterparts that ran 2nd place and felt the desire to challenge #1 - then why the hell SHOULDN'T Hillary Clinton?

As an ardent supporter, I EXPECT her name to be placed into nomination and I EXPECT her delegates to vote for her.

If this does not happen then how can YOU honestly expect these 18 million people to get on board and support the "fixed" nominee?

"I'm halfway certain they're going to announce her as the VP candidate during her speech."

Well, if so, with everyone in on it, and IF they can keep it secret, it will blow the newscyles away for weeks.

It seems far-fetched, but I would love to see it!

i'm red from the embarrassment of having actually submitted a comment to this TR diary. What bait to try and stir up divisiveness. to all the genuine Obama supporters (from the primary) I apologise for even thinking for one minute that this trashy diary could have been written by one of you. obviously a muckracker.... (sp?)....

stormbear:
1) it's pretty rude to abandon your own diary not leaving one comment or participating in the thread

2) having this diary linked word for word in your sig line strikes me as borderline spamming, and inflammatory spamming at that.

Once again we have to treat Hillary as if she is a bomb that needs to be disarmed instead of a person who can choose to do what is right for the party as a whole.  

It is Obama's race to win or lose.  If he doesn't think putting Clinton's name on the ballot is going to help him win in November then she shouldn't put her name on the ballot.  A "catharsis" isn't needed. This isn't third grade. We don't need to give everyone a trophy.  Any Democrat who can't support the only Democrat left in the race isn't someone whose vote we should spend time worrying about.  

We need to use the convention to talk about our plans for our country.  Every minute the press is reporting on "healing" the party is a minute wasted.  

Are perfect to describe Obamabots.  Sorry- but true.  You reap what you sew.

day goes too...

I'm pretty sure there's going to be a roll call vote, but let's not kid ourselves, no one is going to watch it at home.  Modern conventions have become  occasions for political speeches.  Don't think Obama would be hurting himself at all if the Dems stage managed some process which acknowledged his narrow margin of victory (because everyone knows he won by a hair, what's the big deal?).

The interesting question, I think, will be whether Clinton comes out with a ringing nothing-held-back endorsement of the Democratic ticket or uses the occasion to feather her own nest.  We won't know until she gives her speech.  Don't think there's any question that she should do the first.  It's pretty obvious that the Clintons don't like being supporting players, though, so who knows how this will go down?

The prospect of Obama/Clinton tension at the convention, far from being a minus, will be the main reason why viewers tune in, because except for this most really have no reason.  In an odd way that's a plus.  Who will watch the Republican convention? (most voters no longer feel they have a civic duty to watch the speeches of the candidates, things have changed a lot during the past thirty years).

How big of you to have not problem with "letting" Hillary speak at the convention. Except, unless your name is Barack Obama or Howard Dean, you really don't get to have a say in the matter, do you?

 This diary sadly feeds disunity at a time when the party is trying very hard to unify it's factions. And furthermore the title of this diary smacks of trollism.

Schuster is on Schultz saying that the Clintons are trying to blackmail the Obama campaign into something (or they will wreck the convention) and that the Obama campaign is very upset at all of this...

Something's afoot.. the Clintons are addicted to drama, so it's no surprise that this is occurring... of course, the press is probably trying to make something out of nothing...

We'll see what really happens...

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