Update II: James Carville: "Well, you know the convention is not the end game, folks. Now, don’t get me wrong I think Hillary Clinton will get the nomination in the end. But, if the Washintonian elites decide to throw her under the bus, who could blame her if she took this all the way to November." Posturing? Could be.
Update: Bill keeps building up McCain, saying McCain is a “moderate” who “has given all you can give for this country without dying for it.”
In Hillary Clinton's willingness to blow up a historic Democratic constituency (the African-American vote), her embrace of John McCain's national security credentials over Barack Obama's, and her utilization of rightwing media organs to smear Obama right as her money is drying up, one sees at least the outlines of a rationale for the messianic Hillary to morph into Joe Lieberman and stage an independent run for the presidency.
Certainly Hillary, in desperate straights towards the Democratic nomination, possesses the sense of entitlement and burn-down-the-house drive to wage such a battle.
And the Clinton's loyalty to the Democratic Party has never been that strong. And indeed, her continued presence in the race speaks clearly that she really does not care what damage she inflicts on the Democratic nominee.
Such a run would be the realization of the ultimate triangulation. We'll see.
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