The Undemocratic Party Revealed.

[robby]

Obama is scrambling for enough Democratic elite (super delegates) to pledge for him today so he can pretend that the 16 or so delegates he will gather tonight from the last two primaries have put him over the top and made him the nominee.

He wants the perception that he was nominated by popular vote, when in truth the Democratic party invented the super-delegate sham 20 years ago, so the people voting in the primary elections wouldn't have control of who is nominated. What an irony, that the "Democratic" party is less democratic than the Republican party, which lets the primary vote alone decide the nominee.

Comments

[4abudabit.livejournal.com]

My favorite part of it was that superdelegates were created to prevent another McGovern type nomination, yet Obama is definitely the Democrat's current McGovern.

[robby.livejournal.com]

One strange factor in the Obama equation is a press that is overwhelmingly advocating for him. Bill Clinton was quoted yesterday saying that he's never seen anything like it before.

[4abudabit.livejournal.com]

He's great for ratings, what can you say? Can't blame the press for looking out for number 1.

Unfortunately for the Democrats is he is also great for getting out the conservative vote. People who hate McCain will be voting for McCain in droves now.

[robby.livejournal.com]

One commentary I've read this morning suggests that if Hillary isn't in St Paul tonight to concede the nomination to Obama, there will be a lot of bad blood in the Democratic Party.

[hughknox.livejournal.com]

i think the smartest move the dems can make is to have both obama and clinton on the ticket. if they do that, they will landslide to victory.

[robby.livejournal.com]

In theory, that would be the perfect solution, but Clinton and Obama probably can't play nice together. Another factor is that the vice presidency is largely a ceremonial office, so remaining a US Senator is probably a better choice.