Florida Primary Gives Hillary Clinton the Edge and Edges Rudy Giuliani Toward Endorsing John McCain
Hillary was asked on CNN if she would consider legal action to allow the Florida delegates to participate at the convention. She replied that no candidate has even been chosen yet. I gather from her answer that if Hillary is not the clear choice by the time of the convention, Florida will have the nation's attention again with appeals and lawyers galore and this time it will be strictly a Democrat affair.
Despite his proclamations about the Florida primary, Giuliani won't rise like Lazarus from the dead. It has been reported that he will endorse John McCain on Wednesday in California. If he is hoping for a VP spot he may be disappointed, It seems he has been attorney general rather than presidential material from the start.
McCain in his victory speech was gracious to everyone, especially to Rudy Giuliani and covered almost all of his talking points, pausing and smiling only when his supporters shouted and chanted. McCain now has 95 delegates pledged with 67 pledged to Romney. With Romney winning by a larger margin in Michigan than McCain has here in Florida, despite Florida's larger delegate grab we have a horse race, with California probably breaking one of these horse's legs.
John Edwards announced that he will be dropping out of the race, but has so far declined an endorsement of either Hillary or Obama. Maybe he is standing by for an endorsement from one or the other camp of him as VP material.
Right after the Kennedy endorsement, Obama suffers a loss of prestige, not delegates in Florida. If Hillary has strong showings in New York and California, which she most likely will, Obama might have to borrow a few moves from the Bill Clinton playbook to survive.
Published by Jim Wynn
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