Whither Weather February 19 2008
Did Governor Rendell’s extension of the ballot filing deadline have to do with a cock-up on the Clinton campaigns part?
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign failed to file a full slate of convention delegate candidates for Pennsylvania’s April 22 primary.
This despite the possibility the primary proves critical and despite Clinton owning the full-throated support of Gov. Rendell, state Democratic Party leadership, Mayor Nutter and, presumably, the organizational skill all that entails.
And despite a Rendell-ordered extension of the filing deadline that could be viewed as more than just coincidental.
“There are a number of Clinton delegates that did not file for reasons of illness or other issues,” Democratic state chairman T.J. Rooney conceded yesterday after being questioned by the Daily News.
It’s not really that bad, just really embarrassing.
But Clinton’s faux pas is more of an image problem than a practical one.
Under Democratic Party rules (and does any organization on the planet have more rules or more complex rules?) a presidential candidate winning in a congressional district gets delegates from that district (assigned at a later date) whether he or she files slates delegates or not.
Still.
For a national campaign stressing competence, experience, “ready day one,” one might expect a full slate in what could be a key state.
Especially given the backing of big-shot party leaders.
“The Clinton people had the support of the ward structure here in Philadelphia,” says Philly attorney Seth Williams, Obama’s eastern Pennsylvania coordinator. “We just had grass-roots volunteers.”
Tip to Allahpundit @ HotAir, who writes…
Practical consequences: zero. Symbolic value: golden. You can’t appreciate this story unless you’ve read the Atlantic piece on Hillary’s craptastic ex-campaign manager, who managed to blow through a cool $100 mil with the Glacier’s complete confidence for no reason more exalted than her abject cronyism.
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