Hillary and the superdelegates ... a final thought
Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 07:24AM One final post about Hillary Clinton and the superdelegates.
There's been a bunch of post-mortem articles about Hillary's failure to win the nomination, and one of the recurring themes is her failure to court the superdelegates.
Her campaign certainly courted them -- dozens of surrogates like Madeline Albright and Robert Johnson made countless calls and personal visits, as did husband Bill and daughter Chelsea. Hillary, it turns out, never picked up the phone and made those calls herself.
Obama personally called hundreds of superdelegates in an effort to woo them, but not until the very end did Hillary reach out directly to this critical constituency. There hasn't been any explanation given as to why this was the case, but add it to the laundry list of mistakes she made over the past four months in fumbling away the nomination. Had Hillary personally lobbied the superdelegates, she probably could have stanched the wave of defections that occurred while she was losing those 11 straight primaries and caucuses. Oh well ...
Reader Comments (1)
If this is true, it goes right to the point that she felt she had this in the bag well after those in her inner circle. She couldnt be bothered with something so below her stature. I have zero respect for the Clinton brand.