Hillary fans plan to rally candidate in Denver
'I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Hillary is NOT dead'
August 07, 2008
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Some Hillary Clinton supporters are not going to let the Democratic National Convention in Denver happen later this month without pushing for her name to be at the top of the ticket, despite her primary campaign concession to Sen. Barack Obama.
The city has issued a permit to an organization called the Colorado Women Count/Women Vote for a parade Aug. 26, and officials announced plans to team with the group 18 Million Voices, made up of Clinton supporters, for a rally in a still-to-be-determined Denver park.
Aug. 26 is the 88th anniversary of women's suffrage and the day Clinton reportedly is scheduled to speak at the convention, according to a report in the Denver Post.
"We just want to celebrate Hillary's accomplishments and what she's done for the country as a whole and women in particular," Katherine Vincent, 55, of Louisville, told the newspaper.
Vin is organizing the parade and rally.
She said she believes delegates who committed earlier to Clinton still have a right to vote for her at the DNC.
"That's why they were selected," she stated.
WND reported some Clinton supporters have organized a group called PUMA, short for "Party Unity My A**."
The group estimates millions of Democrats have been disenfranchised by the upstart Obama and won't be in his camp come November.
The Post report said Hillary supporters are arranging buses to Denver and coordinating their efforts for the greatest impact.
The Post, however, said since Clinton conceded the primary battle in June, she would have to request a nomination in writing and published reports say she won't do that.
The Associated Press has reported Clinton plans to campaign for Obama in Nevada and Florida this month.
That doesn't dampen the spirits of her supporters, though, and even Obama supporters want to give her her due.
"Sen. Clinton is going to play a critical role in the convention," said Jenny Backus, a senior adviser to Obama.
A contributor to the newspaper's forum page said, "I've said it before, and I'll say it again: Hillary is NOT dead. Obama is dropping in every single poll versus McCain, including those run by typically left-of-center organizations. If he continues to lose ground, continues to play the race card, however inartfully, and takes another hit or two on his 'refining' of his positions, questions will be raised by Dem insider power brokers about his 'viability. Then all Hill has to do is survive the first ballot at the convention without him being nominated, and then its (sic) wide open." |
