On Morning Joe, Clinton Surrogate Lanny Davis-- the same Lanny Davis that supported the stripping of the delegates in Michigan and Florida as an official member of the DNC and who now believes that those vote should count in full regardless of the fictitious elections in both states-- argued that Senator Clinton would continue until "all the votes are cast...." Since Super Delegates cannot officially cast their votes until the DNC Convention in August....This will be a long summer.
The Clinton argument is that polls in May show her winning in November, giving her reason to stay in the race. They must figure that if this trend continues then the Super Delegates will support her in August even though they have not supported her since Super Tuesday.
Of course, Rep. Nancy Pelosi stated the race would be over next week. Who to believe?
Update: after thinking about this more, this could be an attempt to negotiate the VP slot for Senator Clinton. In addition to Lanny Davis, James Carville and Wes Clark have argued, ambiguously, that Clinton may take it to the convention or until things are settled, while Ed Rendell argues that Clinton ought to be the VP. If it is not an attempt to secure the VP, it may be an attempt to persuade the Super Ds to support her & take it to the convention, to beat Obama and run in 2012 (which 1/2 the party will be against her, making it very tough for her), or running third party, which would mean a McCain victory in the fall and a Clinton loss.
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