Posted on 03/16/2008 6:03:50 PM PDT by kingattax
(CBS) Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick said that he believed if Barack Obama goes into the Denver convention leading in the count of popular vote and pledged delegates, that he will have earned the support of superdelegates - and the nomination.
“I think the superdelegates in the end will ratify the will of the people and the pledged delegates," Patrick, a Democrat, said.
“He will have earned [the nomination], he will have earned it against a very entrenched and strong contender.”
Appearing on Face The Nation, Patrick told host Bob Schieffer that he hoped the Democratic Party would not become divided over the choice of a nominee.
Schieffer asked, if Obama were denied the nomination by the superdelegates despite his current lead in pledged delegates, "do you think black voters will stay home?"
"I hope not," Patrick said. "Because I think that it's the future of all of us, of our United States that's at stake, and ought to be at stake in this election, and always is at stake in a presidential election. And we all have a share in that future."
Former White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta, however, emphasized that the superdelegates are designated to exercise independent judgment when voting for the party's nominee. "The superdelegates were created as an independent body," he told Schieffer. "Otherwise, they wouldn't exist. And they have to exercise independent judgment.”
Panetta believed that the current division might only be healed by merging both candidates into one ticket. "Clearly, if this is a divided convention, and if it's one in which you've got constituencies in the Democratic Party going in different directions, it may be that some kind of combined ticket of these two candidates may be necessary in order to bring the party together and in order to win in November.
“If different segments and constituencies go off, if this party breaks apart, then clearly we'll probably pull defeat from the jaws of victory. But if the nomination is one in which all of the party comes together and decides this is the strongest nominee, this is the strongest ticket, then I think the Democrats have to unify behind that ticket and put a good race on for November.”
Also appearing: The New York Times' David Brooks said the Democratic campaign is entering "trench warfare," while the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page warned that the Democrats need to present a united front or else.
one of these days blacks might figure out that the only day that the dimocRATS care about them is election day !
"Not if they know what's good for them."
Obama has lost the nomination because of his pastor and his wife.
I smell a rat in the air.
Ain't no way the smoky back room establishment is going to let some novice have the top job.
Even though Obama is an unknown and he hangs out with and condones anti-American fruitcakes he still will go into the convention as the front runner.
To me Barrack Hussein Obama is, and would be no better leader if not worse, another sweet talking Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe fame.
He lost it because of his bad judgement in this matter.
I’m sure hoping for the “or else”.
They’ll be even madder when they know that the reason it was stolen from him is because of his “grievance monger” preacher (who has beliefs that so many of them also have).
Two jackasses won’t give an inch.. each one trying to out-bray the other.. this is a thing of beauty.. the uglier, the beautifuler...
Heee Hawwww Heeeee Hawwwwww Heeee Hawwwwww!
I’m starting to smell a threat of violence if things don’t go well for Obama. Will this be enough to throw Satan off her horse?
Well, couple this with a looming economic meltdown, and we very easily could be seeing riots soon.
I’m extremely worried about the markets tomorrow. Spot Gold and silver have rocketed to new highs, and the bad luck stories about banks failing just keep multiplying.
Tomorrow could be a doozie.
Democrats Must Unify — Or Else Lose (again)
...the USA and the world will do better.
I believe hillary is a more formidable candidate in the general election.
LOL LOL
Yeh right....
They will not unify.
I beg to differ. Obama may have lost the nomination because of Rush and his crazy notion that keeping Hillary alive was good for us. When she survived Texas, the tables turned and the media pack began sucking up to the new presumptive favorite and hitting Obama. All of this stuff would have made it very easy for us to handle him in the general but, nooooo, we had to be clever. It's gonna cost us all.
Democrats Must Unify — Or Else the U.S. Won't Be Doomed
“I’ll take the “Or Else” for $400, Alex!”
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