Why Hillary Won't Get Out
By Dick Morris
May 9, 2008
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When they left the White House in utter disgrace over their ethical lapses and greed, they were under attack from even the friendliest of liberal media. But years of keeping their heads low, working hard at getting along with people in the Senate, turning to charitable works (with a little help from George W. Bush) and helping the party regulars erased the sordid images. Memories of pardons sold for campaign and library contributions, their scoundrel lobbyist brothers, and the hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of 'gifts' that were solicited from people who wanted favors from the White House disappeared. Once again, time healed all.
Now, although seemingly out of time, they are still waiting. Something could happen to change things in just a minute.
They're patiently waiting for that minute.
But beyond their belief in Hillary's inalienable right to the nomination and Hillary's inevitability, there are two more factors that are keeping her in.
One is a combination of Hillary's incredible stubbornness and Bill's growing arrogance. They both believe that no one, absolutely no one tells them what to do. No one is going to force them -- a former president and a senator -- to do anything. So the more people tell them that Hillary should quit the race, the more determined they are that she should stay in.
And finally, there seems to be an uncharacteristic absence of a reality base in Hillary's thinking. Normally, she is a no-nonsense pragmatic politician who understand when she's up and when she's not. But lately she seems to ignore everything that's in front of her except the supportive cheering of the partisan crowds and the certitude of Bill Clinton.
The proof of this is that she has lent a total of $11.6 million to her campaign. The Clintons are not people who part with a dime very easily. For them to fork over that much money to a failing campaign already in deep debt is the clearest statement that they are out of touch. Even after she won Pennsylvania -- by only 12 delegates -- there was no mathematical way for her to win the nomination. But she then poured another $6.4 million into the campaign coffers.
The Clintons are still waiting for a miracle that isn't going to happen. They're hoping that over time something big will derail Obama (no doubt they're still frantically looking for that something).
And they're stubbornly refusing to go home. And they're desperately hoping to make sure the rules don't count for them.
When the reality becomes unavoidable and it is clear that Hillary has to concede the nomination in 2008. Well, there's always 2012 or 2016 or 2020 or ...
These folks aren't going away.
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