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So what happens now? I think she folds this week; to take the Michigan argument to the Rules Committee, without any political context of primaries being won and supporters energised, would be too unforgiveable for too many people in the party. It would ruin 2012 or 2016 or Senate Leadership. And for the party to let Harold Ickes and those folks shouting "Denver, Denver, Denver!" win the day would be appeasement which as the president often points out, is a mistake.
that the mood against Hillary even in the room was strengthened by the ranters.
Still nothing is certain. But behind the scenes I am told the big push is to get enough super-delegates to endorse Obama within the next few hours so that the actual victory is delivered by the electors in Montana and South Dakota on Tuesday.
This theory supported by the reporting on the subject of emails from team Obama to superdelegates: "A number of people have reported that various members intend to endorse AFTER the last primary," said one e-mail message to wavering delegates from Mr. Obama's supporters, its warning barely couched. "Those members need to understand that they won't get any visibility from that."
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