Hillary holds on to pledged delegates

Seems there's a lot of hysteria over this. Obama's camp wants all the delegates needed for official nomination prior to the convention

But as pointed out, here, it's not unusual to do a first ballot at conventions in order to honor the 'also-rans' and to make a point as to where the ultimate support is coming from.

 

Hillary needs to bow out gracefully and find a way to make all this infighting stop.

 

Hillary = Rasputin? You'd think so with the way so many are treating her withdrawal.

Course, we are talking about the Clintons here, so I certainly understand their paranoia.

 

I don't want or expect her to "disappear completely." (She's the junior Senator from my state, after all.) What she needs to do, though, is make sure that her supporters (some of whom are zealots, just as is the case for any politician with a strong personality) don't make a big stink at the convention and give the country the impression that the issue isn't settled when it actually is - the appearance of infighting would be just as significant as actual infighting.

So, yes, I agree that her delegates should be at the convention. I agree that she should have an opportunity to speak at the convention, and in a time slot when she'll have an audience. I agree that her delegates should be seated (I think that's the right word) and that they should vote for her. What I don't want is for them to start trumpeting the "eighteen million people" and "won the popular vote" stuff that she was hanging her hat on even when it was obvious she wasn't going to get a majority of the delegates, and thereby give that appearance of infighting.

I guess my original post was phrased incorrectly. Hillary has, as I understand it, acted gracefully since she acknowledged defeat. What I'm asking here is that she does what she can to make sure that her hardcore supporters also act gracefully.