Quote Originally Posted by gugi View Post
I don't think that's the case - she's just positioning herself into getting as much leverage as possible. She seems to have lost the nomination, but that was rather close, so she wants to get as much as possible out of it. That's just being pragmatic. Whether it's appropriate in this situation is another issue and you'll find people on both sides of that argument.

My opinion is that she can't secure a VP nomination that early - Obama isn't that dumb, so by not conceding quickly she just looses the opportunity to pretend she's not a sore looser (and no matter how they play it all politicians are sore loosers).

I hope she really doesn't need a time to reconsider the situation, as that'll mean she's been very arogant and delusional over the last few weeks and not have an exit plan in place. From what I've seen I think more likely this is her exit plan - while still having some sort of leverage to push for place on the ticket. If that's the case it certainly shows determination but I doubt that's the top quality Obama is looking for.
From the coverage tonight, it looks like she was going to keep clinging to her obsession as her future rotted away, but her supporters in congress told her to cut it out and concede. I think we've gotten a look at her character that people won't forget. Had she been a gracious loser and got out a month or two ago, she'd be the prohibitive favorite in 4 or 8 years for the Democratic ticket. Now I bet she's done - after being effectively knocked out, she has injected all kinds of racial and gender animosity, and single handedly planted in everyone's mind the idea that Obama can't win. And why do all that AFTER being effectively knocked out. Because she is a divisive stubborn obsessed politician - not a leader. Buy bye.

Anyway, good news is we finally can get down to an election between two interesting and decent candidates, and the creepy crazy person is out of it.