Wait...is she serious?

[J. J.]

Ok, Hillary wants a "voice" at the convention. Fine. Now she wants to put her name in for nomination. Ok...

But what is this about her calling Obama her "opponent" at an event held about a week ago? Is she serious? Does she think something will happen so that she's seriously considered?

I think this woman has either lost it or she doesn't care about looking like she wants Obama to lose. Causing this type of pre-convention drama certainly doesn't help Obama.

By the way, we Republicans are grateful, Hillary!

Right now, Hillary is in charge.  She cannot win the nomination, but she can split the Democratic Party, in full view of the TV cameras.

This situation has been the creation of the primary battle.

[J. J.]

J.J. and Keystone, what exactly, if anything, do you think will happen?

I want it on record so we can evaluate the record in a month or so.

Or is this some amorphous thing that can be neither proved nor disproved?

Two things she could do.

1.  Royally screw up the schedule, forcing some of the things outside of prime time (shades of 1972).

2.  Have a sizable, but a minority, vote for her for President, or Vice President to make the news story be, "35-45% of the Democrats Don't want Obama/_______."

Now, it's the PR battle, not the procedural battle, but Obama wins in the Fall of 2008, Hillary really doesn't have any place to go.  She has little to lose, and may be able to become the king-maker, if not the Queen, of the Democratic Party.

[J. J.]

J.J. and Keystone, what exactly, if anything, do you think will happen?

I want it on record so we can evaluate the record in a month or so.

Or is this some amorphous thing that can be neither proved nor disproved?

Two things she could do.

1.  Royally screw up the schedule, forcing some of the things outside of prime time (shades of 1972).

This will not happen.

That's more than a bit optimistic.

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A sizeable minority will not vote for her for Vice President.

She received about 1800 delegates for President. Those delegates may be voting for her, but they will all be cheering for Obama. The correct story would be "Hillary's delegates for vote Hillary." No less, no more.
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You are confusing the version which you'd like to see with the one we all might see.  The story of "Democratic Disunity" has been running since Bill Clinton's comments.

The is another thing they can do; walk out.  It's happened before.  Procedurally silly, but great political theater.