2:50pm UPDATE: I wrote the draft of this post this morning—now I see that the Clinton camp is officially denying Simon's report. I wanted to put the denial up top so everyone sees it.
Also at Ambinder, I also see, unrelatedly, that Clinton failed to submit a full delegate slate in Pennsylvania—which I find utterly shocking.
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Not long ago one of my commenters used the phrase "setting fire to the future of the Democratic party" to describe the scorched earth strategy of the Clinton campaign. It was an apt description then, but if there's anything to this report from the Politco, it's worse than my worst imagination of what was possible.
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.Our only hope is that a knockout blow somewhere in the Texas/Ohio/Pennsylvania circuit ends this insanity and lets the Clintons slink off with some small amount of their dignity intact. But a Longtime Associate writes in echoing my own fears about Wisconsin and how things could go wrong tonight:
This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.
once again, obama has been unable to contain expectations. this is a very competitive primary, looking at demographics and polls, and clinton's last-minute attacks may again give her the win, as they did in new hampshire. the cult of obama / style over substance attacks are taking root, to some extent. the last gallup tracking poll shows a lot of movement to clinton. the painfulness of a possible wisconsin loss will be doubled due to the failure to manage expectations.Fingers crossed tonight, Obamaniacs.
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