The Florida Primary meant nothing for the Democrats, but Hillary still decided to hold a victory party:
Cheering supporters? Check. Election returns on the projection screen? Check. Andrea Mitchell and Candy Crowley doing stand-ups? Check and check. In fact, the only piece missing from Sen. Hillary Clinton’s Florida victory party here Tuesday night was a victory.
Yes, Clinton (N.Y.), as expected, beat Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) by a wide margin in Tuesday’s Democratic primary in Florida. But all the Democratic candidates had agreed months ago to boycott the Florida race after the Democratic National Committee stripped Florida of its delegates to punish the state for moving up its primary date. The result was a primary without purpose, a show about nothing.
But in a political stunt worthy of the late Evel Knievel, the Clinton campaign decided to put on an ersatz victory party that, it hoped, would erase memories of Obama’s actual victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary. “Thank you Florida Democrats!” Clinton shouted to the cheering throng. “I am thrilled to have this vote of confidence.”
It’s a political stunt worthy of……….. her husband.
Gee, why am I not surprised ?
January 30th, 2008 at 6:33 am
My guess is after winning the delegateless primaries in both Michigan and Florida the Hillary Law Firm is working on how to get those delegates seated if they’d make the difference in her getting the nomination.