What's one of the more positive developements associated with the exit of Hillary Clinton from the presidential race? It means the probable end of Dick Morris' career.
Ever since the start of her first Senate campaign, Morris' entire career has revolved around scaring conservatives into the possibility of a Hillary presidency. Now that it's over, Dick is officially out of things to write about. That is, until he wrote this:
Media commentators and pundits heard what they wanted to hear in Hillary's speech on Saturday. Her endorsement of Obama and her "suspension" of her campaign seemed to indicate that it is all over. No, it's not.Morris didn't write that a month ago- he wrote it on SUNDAY. I always thought "concede" meant "concede," and "superdelegate majority" meant "superdelegate majority." And I thought it took Hillary too long to admit it was over. She apparently gave up earlier than her former adviser did.Hillary has not released her delegates. She still has 1,639.5 pledged, elected delegates, within reach of the 2,118 needed to be nominated if the superdelegates break in her favor.
So for now, Hillary is deferring to Obama, bowing to party pressure. But don't be deceived. If Obama makes a mistake and begins to drop in the polls or some other tape comes out or a new pastor emerges with more racial rhetoric, Hillary still has her 1,639.5 delegates. Count on her to back Obama in public, but look for her aides and supporters, and perhaps her husband, to raise the question of whether or not the results of the primaries should not be revisited in light of the trouble in the Obama candidacy.
I fully expect to see Morris, on Fox News next January 19, still spinning out scenarios of how Hillary might somehow usurp the presidency.
Posted by Stephen Silver at June 10, 2008 12:09 AM