Monday, May 12, 2008

Clinton not looking for help retiring debt...

Wink, Wink. CNN reports that the Obama camp, in the form of Axelrod, is denying they are in discussions with the Clinton camp on a "deal." This, given the Inverted CNN Spin rule, invariably means that the two camps are indeed in discussions over ending the battle. I would be amazed if a deal isn't being negotiated, my concern, however, is that one won't get done. Other than the potential retirement of campaign debt, I don't see much that the Obama camp can offer Clinton that she doesn't already have. I guess she may pressure him to pressure Harry Reid to step down as Majority Leader, but Obama surely can't act on any such pressure given the facts that Nevada is in play and Reid seems to get along quite well with Pelosi, whom Obama would definately need to be a viable president (as long as she remains in Speaker role). A real concern here for the Dems should be how do they keep Hillary happy, so that she doesn't turn Obama the young'en into a cooked and limp lame duck first termer through lack of ability to get anything through Congress. This would especially be a severe taint on his presidency, because the Dems are likely to control both houses.

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