Hillary Clinton has been publicly supporting Barack Obama since she excited the race for the Democratic nomination. But the Moderate Voice's Tony Campbell is hearing rumors that Clinton supporters are still actively pressuring delegates to switch their votes from Obama to Clinton:I talked to a Clinton delegate here in Maryland and he told me that they have been instructed to vote for Hillary on the first ballot. To make things more interesting, there is a movement to swing 160 delegates from Obama to Clinton. If that occurs, Clinton could re-establish her campaign and face John McCain in the fall.
Honestly, a floor vote for Clinton seems far-fetched, let alone an effort to swing more than 100 delegates her way. If Obama's candidacy were flailing, that scenario would have some plausibility. But what would such an effort, almost certainly guaranteed to fail, do to Clinton's reputation within the party? I'm guessing it would leave the entire Clinton legacy in tatters. If Obama held off the mutinous effort and won the general election, the Clinton's would be outcasts. But if Obama actually lost the election, HRC would be seen as nothing short of a Judas.
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