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Article: Hillary Clinton to Run As Independent? Speculation Mounts That She Will Abandon Democratic Party to Win White House
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- April 25, 2008
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To: POLITICAL EDITORS
Contact: David Rothstein of EIN News, +1-202-318-8905
WASHINGTON, April 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Clinton insiders
have been floating this very possibility. See: http://
uspolitics.einnews.com/article.php?nid=461158
At the moment, a Clinton independent candidacy is viewed as an
idle threat, designed to pressure superdelegates with a party
disaster if they don't nominate Clinton. But when you look at the
electoral college calculus, an independent run could represent a
realistic path to the White House for Clinton.
Wouldn't a divided Democratic party leave the door open for
McCain to win handily? Not necessarily, the thinking goes. McCain
already is pulling some ...