Bye, Democratic Party. It Was Fun While it Lasted

By: Chris Guy
Published On: 3/9/2008 10:35:47 PM

I don't really have a problem with Hillary winning the nomination with less pledged delegates, if she wins the unofficial popular vote. What worries me is, the Clinton campaign apparently disagrees.

This morning's Meet the Press:

RUSSERT:  "Governor Rendell, if, in fact, Barack Obama goes to the convention in Colorado in August with the most elected delegates, having won more contests and a higher popular vote, the cumulative vote, could he be denied the nomination?"

RENDELL:  "Well, sure, Tim."

Sen. Clinton, in an interview with Newsweek:

"Even elected and caucus delegates are not required to stay with whomever they are pledged to."

As for her actually winning the popular vote, when all is said and done? Hillary would have to do slightly better than she did in Ohio, on average, in the rest of the contests over the next 3 months to overtake Obama. analysis here and yes, FL and MI are factored in as well.

And using the fact that no one will wind up with 2,000+ pledged delegates as an excuse to take this to the convention? Look, Bill Clinton couldn't win without superdelegates in 1992. This is all about overturning the will of the voters, not "letting it play out" for a little while longer.

You combine this with members of the Clinton campaign continuing to insult Obama supporters by calling them hippies who worship a "messiah"; and you have a recipe for disaster in Denver this summer. (not to mention the next 4 years with McBush in the White House)

Comments



Music . . . (JPTERP - 3/9/2008 11:05:25 PM)
to Rush Limbaugh's ears.

At this point I can say with 100% confidence that I will not support Clinton if she wins the nomination in part on the basis of seating delegates from uncontested primaries in Michigan and Florida.



You are correct, Chris (Hugo Estrada - 3/10/2008 12:11:33 AM)
The behavior of Hillary makes it hard to support her if she somehow manages to win the nomination.


a few weeks ago she denied trying to woo pledged delegates (Chris Guy - 3/10/2008 12:25:16 AM)
today? not so much.


If elected.... (sndeak - 3/10/2008 10:32:58 AM)
I am running for an Obama Delegate in Georgia. I look forward to a possible conversatin with the Clinton campaign.

Two words come to mind if asked to switch...  

"Hell NO!!"



Hillary Clinton is a vandal. (Jack Landers - 3/11/2008 11:07:53 AM)
I went into this thing not wanting her as the nominee. But I didn't 'hate' her. She just wasn't my preferred candidate.

Now, things are very different. I don't even really consider her a Democrat. She is hell-bent on vandalizing the entire Democratic Party in the vain hope of somehow securing the nomination through a combination of cheating and lying.

You can put her in the 'Joe Lieberman' column. If she steals the nomination somehow (fat chance, of course), I will ask fellow members of my local party committee to withhold support for her campaign in the general election. I can now honestly say that the idea of this person being President of the United States horrifies me. It would be like Richard Nixon with a 'D' beside his name.