Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Bill Clinton's tirade stuns California superdelegates


The San Francisco Chronicle reports that last weekend's private meeting between Bill Clinton and California's superdelegates turned fiery. When asked about Bill Richardson's endorsement of Barack Obama, a "red-faced" Clinton exploded.

"It was one of the worst political meetings I have ever attended," one superdelegate said.

According to those at the meeting, Clinton - who flew in from Chicago with bags under his eyes - was classic old Bill at first, charming and making small talk with the 15 or so delegates who gathered in a room behind the convention stage.

But as the group moved together for the perfunctory photo, Rachel Binah, a former Richardson delegate who now supports Hillary Clinton, told Bill how "sorry" she was to have heard former Clinton campaign manager James Carville call Richardson a "Judas" for backing Obama.

It was as if someone pulled the pin from a grenade.

"Five times to my face (Richardson) said that he would never do that," a red-faced, finger-pointing Clinton erupted.

The former president then went on a tirade that ran from the media's unfair treatment of Hillary to questions about the fairness of the votes in state caucuses that voted for Obama...

Is it just me, or is the entire Clinton campaign imploding before our very eyes?

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