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Hillary on Campaign Plane Today: It's Not Over

By Jeralyn

Watch for yourselves. What's your take?

Despite the media predictions she will suspend her campaign Wednesday, is she saying she will stay in longer? Or is she just trying to make sure the people in MT and SD have a reason to go out and vote and she has an opportunity to meet with superdelegates when the voting has ended? [More...]

I think Hillary will pull an upset in South Dakota -- just my sense and the poll that BTD reported earlier -- but MT, which has more people, likely will go heavily for Obama.

My position: After the last contest, people need to give Hillary some space and time to make her case to the superdelegates. They can decide or change their mind any time up until the convention.

Maybe she'll rally a large number behind her. It's a few days more, and calls for her to end the race in the name of party unity are both premature and insulting.

As to all the reports about staff layoffs and schedules, keep in mind the states all will have voted tomorrow. There are no more states to go to. There is is no reason for either candidate to maintain the state advance teams used for the primaries. Whoever gets the nomination will put a general election team in place.

This is the closest presidential primary the Democrats have ever had. Let it play out. It's not over until Hillary says it's over or until August.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on June 02, 2008 (boomark / email).