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Hillary's Crashing Obama's Party

By Sam Biddle, Newser Staff

Posted Aug 13, 2008 11:36 AM CDT

(Newser) – Despite losing the nomination months ago, Hillary Clinton is taking her fight to the convention, writes Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. The New York senator’s continued machinations show she "feels no guilt about encouraging her supporters to mess up Obama’s big moment, thus undermining his odds of beating John McCain and improving her odds of being the nominee in 2012."

The Clintons are reveling in "the wave of buyer’s remorse that has swept the Democratic Party," Dowd writes, and with back-to-back primetime speeches, protests, and an "absurd" platform statement blaming media sexism for her loss, they've dragged "No Drama Obama into a swamp of Clinton drama." Hillary's elaborate "play within a play... will try to show the Democrats they chose the wrong savior."

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Hillary Clinton isn't giving up all hope for her own term in the White House--or at least blowing Obama's chances, writes Maureen Dowd. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Hillary Clinton isn't giving up all hope for her own term in the White House%u2014or at least blowing Obama's chances, writes Maureen Dowd. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

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Hillary feels no guilt about encouraging her supporters to mess up Obama’s big moment, thus undermining his odds of beating John McCain and improving her odds of being the nominee in 2012. - New York Times

Bill continues to howl at the moon — and any reporters in the vicinity — about Obama; he’s starting to make King Lear look like Ryan Seacrest. - New York Times

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