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Originally Posted by Sasha
Not if she actually manages to win the vote, and if the op is any indication, I wouldn't discount such a possibility. Obama was a fool and a tool for allowing this to happen.
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Hillary won't win the vote. And if she did, the Dems would be handing McCain the election, because the party would split right there. You can't have a presumptive nominee, and then switch to the person who came in second place.
And like I wrote before, there's a lot of bad blood and mistrust among Democrats toward Hillary. Her getting the nomination now would just cement that for a lot of people. And she wouldn't have a chance in hell of winning the election, because Republicans hate her and will never vote for her, and the Obama supporters won't vote for her if they think she just stole the nomination. Plus, her career in the Senate would be over because a lot of voters would blame her for the Dems losing the White House and wouldn't vote for her come re-election time.
And I wouldn't count on half of the House Dems voting for Hillary. They all want to get re-elected at some point.
Even Bill Richardson said he wasn't happy about the roll call for Hillary, but once the Obama people told him why they were doing it, and the precautions they took, he was okay with it. Obama's not stupid. He covered his bases.