Legal Commentary

Oct 2007: Clinton Camp On MI

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Katie Bird at RiverDaughter reminds us of what the Hillary Clinton camp said about Michigan in October 2007 when she decided to keep her name on the ballot (along with Chris Dodd, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel):

Mrs. Clinton’s advisers said it would be foolish to rebuff an important swing state, especially since doing so could alienate Democratic-leaning independents who could be favoring her. But she is also taking a risk that staying in Michigan will not hurt her in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. Those states, all sanctioned by the Democratic National Committee to vote first, forced the Democratic candidates to sign a pledge not to campaign in Michigan and Florida. Clinton advisers said that even though she was staying in the Michigan race, she would not campaign there.

(Emphasis supplied.) BTW, the removal from the MI ballot was an Obama campaign stunt (done to gain advantage in Iowa and discredit the Michigan contest) created after the 4 state pledge was forced upon the candidates. It was, in the words of the Obama campaign, an "additional commitment," and not required by the 4 state pledge.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on April 06, 2008 (boomark / email).