Oh, the wails of August.
There has been a certain coyness in the way Hillary Rodham Clinton and her top aides answer the question, “How long will this go on?” The standard line, from Clinton herself and from operative Harold Ickes, is that all will be resolved in June, shortly after the Puerto Rico primary and two-plus months before the Denver convention. Campaign chairman Terry McAuliffe said last week “his gut” told him it would all be over by June.
Not all Clinton guts agree. A senior adviser, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Tuesday -- flushed by the victory in Pennsylvania: “June? No one’s promised anybody anything. We’re going to push this ‘til August. We’re not giving up.” And, Clinton appends her call for resolving the Florida-Michigan fiasco to the end of major speeches – including her “turning the tide” remarks after she won the Pennsylvania primary. Back in February she said in Wisconsin: “I'm prepared to go the distance, that's what I've always been committed to doing, that's what I will do... The rules provide for a vote at the convention to seat contested delegations.”
Glenn Thrush