I Will Flip to a Clinton Delegate for a Billion Dollars

Everything is negotiable, and it appears the Clinton campaign is interested in my vote:

A few days ago, Ben Smith reported that during a conference call with reporters, top Clinton aide Harold Ickes noted that pledged delegates aren't formally bound to vote for the candidate they're elected to support. “That binding rule was knocked out in 1980,” he said. Ickes didn't actually say the Clinton campaign would start pursuing pledged delegates, but the fact that he would highlight the rule raised eyebrows.

Hillary Clinton personally sparked new speculation about this in an interview with Newsweek. Asked how she could still win the nomination given Obama's delegate lead, Clinton said:

"[The math] doesn't look bleak at all. I have a very close race with Senator Obama. There are elected delegates, caucus delegates and superdelegates, all for different reasons, and they're all equal in their ability to cast their vote for whomever they choose. Even elected and caucus delegates are not required to stay with whomever they are pledged to."

Those last 16 words have stirred quite a bit of controversy in Democratic circles over the last 24 hours.

I mean, my vote in the Washington Legislative Caucus on April 5th as an Obama delegate only represents seven people in my district. Surely that loyalty can't be worth more than a billion dollars. However, I should warn Clinton that even if she were to pay me a billion dollars, I'll still retain the ability to cast my vote for whomever I choose.

Hillary has proven herself to be someone willing to gamble supporter's money against next to impossible to beat odds, so she should try to get in touch with me. I'll be open to hearing how she might be able to toss some coin my way were she to come calling.

Or not.