Completely Laughable

When asked if Senator Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the good of the party as Senator Patrick Leahy had suggested, Senator Barack Obama said:

"My attitude is that Sen. Clinton can run as long as she wants. Her name is on the ballot ... she should be able to compete and her supporters should be able to support her for as long as they are willing or able."

..."Some time in early June that at that point there are no more contests and I think it is important to pivot as quickly as possible, for the super delegates or others to make a decision as quickly as possible so that we can settle on a nominee and give that nominee some time before the convention to select a vice president or presidential nominee to start thinking about how the convention should be conducted," he said.

..."We will have had contests in all 50 states plus several territories," he said. "We will have tallied up the pledge delegate vote. We will have tallied up the popular vote, we will have tallied up how many states that were won by who. And then at that point I think people should have more than enough information to make a decision."

Classy, right? I thought so too. So what was Clinton's response today?

"My take on it is a lot of Senator Obama's supporters want to end this race because they don't want people to keep voting," she told CBS affiliate KTVQ in Billings, Mont. "That's just the opposite of what I believe. We want people to vote. I want the people of Montana to vote, don't you?"

Obama's campaign called that assertion "completely laughable."

Responding to Clinton, Obama spokesman Bill Burton said: "That is completely laughable from a campaign that thought the race would be over on February 5. We have encouraged our supporters to do no such thing and Senator Obama was very clear he supports her carrying on in this race."

That pretty much says it all right there. Clinton's campaign has been one of shooting from the hip, the "kitchen sink" of horrible desperation and prompting a Democratic leader to characterize her attacks as the "Tonya Harding option" ever since the February 5th Super Tuesday contests, when they though it would be over and the Queen would be anointed the Democratic nominee. And that is what sickens me.

It has nothing to do with gender and everything to do with the Clinton sense of entitlement and trying to change the rules of the game after the contest begins. Why else would she say she would follow Democratic Party rules and remove her name from the ballot in Michigan, as did Obama and Edwards, and then leave her name on? Why have a celebration for her "victory" in Florida when there was no contest in Florida? And then to cast blame on Obama as if he was the sole reason that Florida (with a Republican led state party) and Michigan aren't having revotes is just ridiculous. Those states voted not to have revotes. Contrary to Clinton, Obama has been vocal about following the rules set forth by the DNC, and not trying to change them during the game.

Obama has been picking up superdelegates at a rapid clip while Clinton's success with that group has slowed considerably.

"I don't even keep track of it, I can't even tell you that figure," Clinton said when asked by Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA how many superdelegates had endorsed her in recent weeks.

As she spoke, her husband, former President Clinton, was in Oregon, lobbying uncommitted superdelegates.

Aren't you tired of the bold-face lying that continues to come from the Clinton campaign?