Change The Rules For Me

This election just would not be as much fun without Hillary Clinton. Last week in "End Game", I thought Senator Clinton was on the ropes when John Edwards came out and publicly endorsed Barack Obama for President. I thought a back room deal might have been reached with the Clinton camp after Edwards spent the first ten minutes of his speech kissing her ass. Even comedian Jon Steward jokingly wondered just who Edwards was endorsing, on Comedy Central's Daily Show. The way Senator Obama himself had been whispering sweet nothings into Clinton's ear lately, only deepened my suspicions. Senator Clinton says no way and that she is not going anywhere. Last week I could not discern what her strategy would be, but I think it's becoming clear now. The Democratic Party's Rules and Bylaws Committee is meeting on May 31, to consider how to handle Michigan and Florida's 368 delegates. Once again Clinton has been pushing hard to get the rules changed because she would stand to net 111 delegates, using the results of the January elections with no votes for Obama from Michigan. This would put her only about 70 delegates behind Obama. I guess that Senator Clinton hopes that a small delegate deficit, paired with strong showings in the few remaining primaries, would be enough for her to make an appeal to the remaining super delegates. Senator Obama had better watch out because Hillary's attempt to change the rules, is only one of the dirty tricks in the Clinton political playbook.