Yes She Will… congratulate Obama on his victory

by twit

It’s time for a drink! A strong one!

The Hill reports on June 3, 2008:

Terry McAuliffe, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton’s (N.Y.) campaign chairman, said Tuesday that he believes that, once Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) reaches the number of delegates necessary to clinch the Democratic presidential nomination, the former first lady

drumroll, please:

“will congratulate him and call him the nominee.”

update: From MSNBC:

Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois prepared to claim the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday night after The Associated Press said he had won a majority of delegates to the party’s summer convention.

“Tonight, I can stand before you and say that I will be the Democratic nominee for president of the United States,” Obama planned to say in a victory celebration in St. Paul, Minn.

update: The Daily Show video of the June 3, 2008 interview with Terry “deranged” McAuliffe can be seen here.

update: A video of Terry McAuliffe doing his best to show what a stupid decision it was to choose him to lead the Clinton campaign can be seen here.