Alice Palmer Campaigns For Hillary
26 April 2008 2:10 pm by Taylor Marsh
Alice Palmer Campaigns For Hillary
Guest post by Scan
Obama said recently that he believes he will do better in Indiana because the people know him a little better there. However, one Indianapolis-born politician (and former friend) knows him very well… and is now campaigning for his opponent.
Joining Chelsea Clinton and other women leaders to campaign for Hillary Clinton today is Alice Palmer, the former state senator who picked Obama to be her successor back in the mid-90s. When she tried to reclaim her spot, though, Obama got her booted from the ballot.
Just a guess, but I wonder if she sees echoes of her experiences with Obama in the handling of Florida and Michigan? Those not familiar with this ugly incident might want to check out this Chicago Tribune piece from last year:
The day after New Year’s 1996, operatives for Barack Obama filed into a barren hearing room of the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners.
There they began the tedious process of challenging hundreds of signatures on the nominating petitions of state Sen. Alice Palmer, the longtime progressive activist from the city’s South Side. And they kept challenging petitions until every one of Obama’s four Democratic primary rivals was forced off the ballot…
…Obama quickly mastered the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer.
Very interesting development to keep an eye on.
Open thread.
