UPDATE 2:
Michael at Curiouser and Curiouser says that in Hillary Land principles don’t matter. I think he’s right.
And Bill Nienhuis at PunditGuy quotes Mark Penn, chief strategist for Hillary Clinton:
Could we possibly have a nominee who hasn’t won any of the significant states–outside of Illinois? That raises some serious questions about Sen. Obama.
Ah! So if you voted for Obama, but you’re not from Illinois, your vote is…insignificant? Should raise some questions–if not eyebrows–about Mr. Penn.
Sometimes it’s fun to be a Republican voyeur.
UPDATE 1:
Tom Bowler at Libertarian Leanings opines on the Harold Ickes flip-flop. The lesson: How To Steal A Primary.
ORIGINAL POST:
Picture this, if you dare:
The 2008 Democratic primary and caucus season ends. Senator Barack Obama is leading in the delegate count, but has not quite reached the magic number of 2,025 delegates that would give him the automatic nomination. Still, Obama has received a majority of the popular vote. This includes a majority of the African American vote. The electorate is expecting an Obama victory at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
August 25th arrives, and the convention convenes. The proceedings are raucous and contentious. The Clinton camp refuses to go down without a fight, demanding the delegates they insist they won in Florida and Michigan. Someone somewhere in the DNC food chain caves in and gives Clinton the Florida and Michigan delegates. But she still hasn’t reached the magic number of 2,025. Obama is still in the lead by a slim margin.
The convention turns even more raucous…ugly even. Backroom maneuvering ensues. Democratic superdelegates are courted, badgered, bribed, and threatened by both sides.
Who has the biggest guns? Who has the deepest pockets? The air is thick with suspense and anticipation.
And somehow Hillary Clinton emerges from the fray as the Democratic Party’s nominee. The superdelegate vote has gone her way.
The mostly white superdelegate vote has gone her way, that is.
How many folks out there remember those long, hot summers of the 1960s?
Picture that, if you dare.
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