The eyes of the world turn today to the Democratic Convention in Denver to watch Barack Obama’s next step in his bid for the United States Presidency.

There’s a burning questions on the minds of all of us here at the Global Affairs Council; will the Clintons hijack the convention?

Senator Obama was forced to grant many concessions to Hillary Clinton, giving both her and husband, former President Bill Clinton, key prime time speaking slots on Monday and Wednesday as well as allowing the Clintons to show a video on the life of Hillary. Further, on Thursday Clinton delegates will be allowed to make a “symbolic” role call vote for Senator Clinton’s nomination.

We see several possible outcomes.

Outcome One: the Clintons will successfully hijack the convention. Senator Obama hasn’t won anything yet, and with his recent slide in the polls against Senator McCain, delegates that had previously agreed to support Senator Obama could realistically switch their support to Mrs. Clinton; giving her the nomination.

Outcome Two: The Clintons will disrupt the convention enough to cast further doubts on Senator Obama’s leadership and weaken him enough to give Senator McCain the strength to win the general election. Under this strategy a refortified Senator Clinton will sweep in four years from now to run again against aging incumbent McCain.

Outcome Three: Everyone will play nice and Senator Obama will waltz out of the convention with a clear mandate and solid party nomination.

Of the three outcomes, we here at the Global Affairs Council tend to lean towards outcome number two. But one thing is for sure; if history tells us anything it is that nothing is impossible at a party convention.

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