Now, he apparently wishes he was a Republican:
PITTSBURGH — Following a rally for his wife’s campaign at Market Square in Pittsburgh, former president Bill Clinton suggested his wife would already be the nominee — if she were running under Republican party rules.
“If we were under the Republican system, which is more like the Electoral College, she’d have a 300-delegate lead here,” he said. “I mean, Senator McCain is already the nominee because they chose a system to produce that result, and we don’t have a nominee here, because the Democrats chose a system that prevents that result.”
The former president was responding to increasing concerns among Democrats that a prolonged Hillary Clinton-Barack Obama race improves Arizona Sen. John McCain’s chances.
“Disenfranchisement is not a good strategy for Democrats,” Clinton said. “We do a better job when people are in power. So I just don’t agree with that.”
First of all, I thought that Democrats didn’t like the Electoral College.
Second, what Slick Willie is basically saying here is that the Clinton’s only like the rules when they’re winning.
Ron Chusid adds this:
It is also amusing how the criteria changes. Early in the race, when Hillary Clinton had the lead due to superdelegates who committed to her early, the claim was that this was a race about delegates. When Obama took the lead in delegates the Clintons claimed it was about the popular vote. With Obama winning more delegates, more states, and more of the popular vote, Clinton now claims that the nomination should have been settled by an entirely different set of rules.
Of course, they’re called the “Whatever it takes for Hillary to win” rules.
And, here’s the video. Notice how they’re playing Mellencamp’s Small Town at a rally in Pittsburgh, a city with a population of 330,000:
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Bill’s partly right, which is how he made his living. Winner-take-all states would’ve helped Hillary, but so would have actually having a strategy to win caucus states, which Clinton’s team totally dropped the ball on.
June 6th, 2008 at 10:41 am
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