By GottaLaff
Maybe, just maybe, a bunch of delegates to the Democratic Convention in Denver will change their minds at the last minute. Maybe there is an outside chance that between now and the last week of August a critical mass will decide that Barack Obama is not their guy -- that, to the surprise of one and all, Hillary Rodham Clinton is to be the 2008 nominee after all.
That is the thinking behind a small but determined band of Hillary backers, some of whom have formed a 527 fundraising committee that has already run one $9,700 ad in the Chicago Tribune, and plans more in the weeks to come.
But they're just exercising their rights. Hey, it's a free country! They should be able to do whatever they can to get Hillary nominated!
You do know I'm kidding, right?
The Denver Group: Keeping the Democratic Party democratic. The ad:
"Senator Clinton's name must be put in nomination. Her supporters must be allowed to make speeches on her behalf of her candidacy. There must be an honest roll call vote, not a symbolic one, so superdelegates can cast their votes honestly, for either candidate, as their judgment, conscience and democratic principles dictate."Color me crazy, but I could have sworn the votes were in, the superdelegates were declaring for Obama in droves, and we could actually, you know, move on.
Feldman argued that it is entirely conceivable that an open vote could produce a Clinton victory.It's also entirely conceivable that I could reach for a fork and poke myself in the eye.
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