Clinton will Suspend Saturday not Concede, what does it mean?

By Albert N. Milliron, Iron Mill Interactive Media inc, Politisite.com

Senator Hillary Clinton stated that she would be suspending her campaign on Saturday not Conceding. The difference is clear. Had she conceded she would be throwing her delegates to Obama and allowing the process to fall where it may. When one suspends it gives the candidates the opportunity to use their delegates at the convention as leverage to get some of ones issues confronted and passed during the convention process.

One clue that she would be suspending rather then conceding, was that her letter to contributers last night still had the, “Donate” tag at the bottom of the letter. If you concede, you can’t fund raise as your campaign is over. If you suspend, you can still raise money. Since Clinton is in Campaign debt, she is still fund raising as if she concedes she loses the ability to recoup any money from her presidential campaign.

Here is another tid bit of news for you. A candidate who suspends can re-open the race. Meaning that it is entirely possible for Hilliary to still open a Battle on the floor of the Convention. Namely the Florida and Michigan issue. She could still work to get super-delegates to support her and fight for the nomination.

While we all hope this thing is over. Their are some woman and other voters who think she wasn’t given a chance as media seemed that Race trumped Gender. Anyone who watches MSNBC could see that bias in action.

What will happen in August? I am willing to go out on a limb and say that Hillary wants her health care plan above Obamas. With her number of delegates prevailing I can see her finally getting her health care program in the Democratic Platform.

So Clinton will Suspend not Concede on Saturday. So at a drop of a hat she could be in this thing again. Don’t dance around until the end of August.

The Long Goodbye

5:35 p.m. | Back at the New York Delegation: Here’s a little more about the New York delegation. Representative Louise Slaughter, who represents Rochester and Buffalo, tells us that some of her fellow members of the delegation were eager to be able to endorse Mr. Obama.

“There are districts that Obama carried almost exclusively, and some of them were feeling heat,” Ms. Slaughter said. In her own case, she noted that her district was split almost 50-50 between the two (and she represents areas that were home to both Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony).

She said the members came out today because “we wanted to do this for some of our members and we couldn’t wait.”

For those who might have forgotten, only one county in the state — Tompkins, where Cornell is located — voted for Mr. Obama over Mrs. Clinton in the primary on Feb. 5 (many Congressional districts in the state cover several counties). Parts of Brooklyn looked like they might go for him, but in the end, they went for Mrs. Clinton.

She said the members came out today because “we wanted to do this for some of our members and we couldn’t wait.”

For those who might have forgotten, only one county in the state — Tompkins, where Cornell is located – voted for Mr. Obama over Mrs. Clinton in the primary on Feb. 5 (many Congressional districts in the state cover several counties). Parts of Brooklyn looked like they might go for him, but in the end, they went for Mrs. Clinton.

Source: thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com via politisite