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Monday, May 12, 2008 --- 74 days ago http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2008/05/12/50-ways-to-love-your-lever/
 Filed under: Hillary Clinton , Democrats , 2008 President , Veepstakes The line is from The Rocky Horror Picture Show's double entendre-loving audiences, but it has its application to Hillary Clinton's exit from the Democratic Primary race. Ben Smith at Politico runs through some of Hillary's possible primary parachutes: 1. Never Say Die : There's no rule that Clinton has to drop out just because she can't win. 2. Extract a Job : Clinton still has leverage...force Obama to offer her something to make it stop - a spot on the ticket, a Cabinet post... 3. Cash Out : ... press Obama for fundraising help to retire her mountain of debt, then campaign for him hard enough that nobody can blame her for his inevitable defeat. 4. Kicking and Screaming : Sometimes, it takes a silver-haired party figure to tell the candidate it's over. 5. Racial Meltdown : Defections from black supporters such as Rangel and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones (Ohio) would threaten Clinton with the mantle of racial division, anathema to her husband's legacy and career poison in American - and particularly Democratic - politics. 6. Unconditional surrender : ...win his gratitude, and that of his supporters, by withdrawing cleanly and quickly, and working hard for his election. If I know anything at all about Hillary Clinton, the primary calculation involved here will be how best to use her exit as a lever to her political objectives. This is a r ... |
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