It's not math. The problem is the math is not in her favor. It's desperation. The ONLY way she can win at this point is to manipulate the system and override the will of the people. Yes Obama needs super delegates to get up to the 2024 as well. But he can do so very easily, in line with the people's will, and without coersion or manipulation of the system.
And yes there are systems in place that allow that manipulation for valid reasons, like if Obama were so horrible that she needed to save the people from themselves. But using those systems just so you can win is wrong. That's what this is all about, not math. You can keep saying it but it doesn't make it true. What she want's is more important than what the people want.
And bottom line, it's not gonna happen. She's using this to cast doubt on the outcome and as an excuse to stay in the game in hopes that some disaster will befall Obama. But pledged delegates aren't just random people. They are chosen to become a particular candidate's delegate because of their own hardcore support for that candidate. These are not just ordinary supporters. They are extraordinary supporters who have to go through a big deal to become a particular candidate's delegate. I'd be surprised if she gets even one to switch.
But let's remember this when she (or her supporters) talks about disenfranchising FLA and MI voters because apparently, it's only disenfranchising if it hurts her:
- She'd be happy winning by super delegate, even if it went against the will of the people.
- She wants to use the electoral college as a measure of winning despite the fact that it has nothing to do with the nomination process, plus the fact that she denounced the electoral college process in 2000 saying “I believe strongly that in a democracy, we should respect the will of the people and to me, that means it’s time to do away with the Electoral College and move to the popular election of our president.”
- She wants to convince pledged delegates, who are MORALLY, but not legally pledged to vote in line with the will of the people who elected them, to change from the will of the people to vote for her.
It's not so much that Clinton is a monster, it's that she's hard core old school politics as usual. She may have the same policy stances as Obama, but if she becomes POTUS, her bulldog, manipulating, double-talking, maneuvering will keep us in the same standstill we've been in for years. And none of those policy stances will matter, because nothing will ever get done.
And PJ, that business about paint brushes and her polls is just laughable. Are you saying that the general public are that stupid to be so easily fooled into hating Clinton? Are you the only one that can see Obama's evil mind bending death rays?
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Updated On: 3/27/08 at 08:39 AM
