I went to a new bookclub meeting last night and some ladies were talking about still holding out for Hillary being the next President. (Interestingly, one of them described herself as a Republican and the other said she and her husband were “very conservative.”)

“Something could happen,” they said.

So I started thinking, “what could happen between now and the Democratic National Convention that would make Hillary the winner?”

* Barack Obama could die, thus leaving her the only candidate on the ballot at the convention.

* Barack Obama could announce that he cheated on Michelle while she was pregnant with one of their daughters. (Wait, no we’re still allowing McCain to run on this adultery platform, so I guess he would have to have murdered his mistress to actual shock us enough to exclude him for philandering. Or does that exemption only apply to Republicans?) This would result in him backing out or most of the Barack delegates shifting sides.

It’s a pretty long shot. But, I still have hope that Barack will ask her to be the Vice President.

I can’t think of anymore scenarios where Hillary would have enough delegates to win the Democratic National Convention.

Can you?

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Hillary Still President?

Last night Barack Obama garnered enough delegates to become the Democratic Nominee.

Barack Obama is first ever black Democratic Party Nominee for President of the United States in American history.

Hillary did not officially conceed. She said she wasn’t making any decisons. She made a request that her supporters email her in a controversial speech.

It was controversial because many say it showed little grace by not allowing Barack Obama to have his rightful moment to shine.

I noticed he was pretty shiny and didn’t feel he needed her permission or concession to have his moment. It was a good moment.

This morning I’ve been bombarded by some insider emails from the Democratic Party declaring, It’s not Over! The Fight is On!

It’s not over? The fight is on? She didn’t concede?

Were we watching the same speech? I thought it was a concession speech, where she allowed her supporters a respectful period of mourning. It was a speech in which she celebrated what she accomplished rather than focusing on the sorrow of her failure.

She did not speak about continuing her campaign for president. She spoke of continuing her fight for universal healthcare, education, ending poverty, an economy for workers not just employers. Hillary knows she doesn’t have to be president to continue her fight for those things. She’s never been president before and she’s spent her whole life fighting for “the causes of her life.” I loved that she vowed to continue to do so.

They are the life blood of my campaign, and they have been and will continue to be the causes of my life.

This has been a long campaign, and I will be making no decisions tonight. But this has always been your campaign, so to the 18 million people who voted for me and to our many other supporters out there of all ages, I want to hear from you.

I’ll be consulting with supporters and party leaders to determine how to move forward with the best interests of our party and our country guiding my way,

This doesn’t sound like continuing her presidential bid to me.

“Whatever is next” is what she spoke about, which is rightly vague. Vice President, Secretary of State, Foreign Policy Advisor, Secretary of Universal Healthcare (whatever the head of our system will be titled), these are all reasonable and valid potential “whatever is next” for Hillary Clinton.

With 18 million votes, Hillary Clinton got more votes than any primary candidate in the history of The United States.

This speaks to a promising shift in voter apathy. Finally we care.

Barack Obama will be wise to utilize those 18 million votes by using Hillary Clinton in his bid for president.

I’m heading to the Texas Democratic Convention tomorrow morning and I’ll let you know how it goes. There’s a rumor circulating in those insider emails that Hillary Clinton will be speaking!

Ill let you know if she officially concedes.

I’ll publish my letter to Hillary Clinton here tomorrow.

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Barack Obama Won, Hillary Clinton (Doesn’t) Concede?

How cool is that?

I’ve never been able to participate quite this deeply in politics before because I was always reporting on it for newspapers. Reporters report, they don’t participate. So this year, I’ll participate and then report on what it’s like to participate – to you.

So, I got up and made a little speech and got elected to go be a Hillary delegate.

I have cousin in Austin, I’m hoping I can crash at his place so I don’t have to pay for a hotel. It’s delegates pay your own way, which is cost prohibitive if you’re poor. No wonder poor people don’t participate. They can’t afford it.

I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to go represent the State of Texas at the , but . . .

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State Delegate – Me