Clinton Backer Points to Electoral College Votes as New Measure

NY Times ^ | 3/24/08 | By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE

[GeorgiaDawg32]

I did the requisite title search and didn't see this. My apologies if it's a duplicate..

[snarks_when_bored]

Clinton Backer Points to Electoral College Votes as New Measure

Would that be the same Electoral College that Hillary Rodham Clinton is on record as wishing to abolish?

[GeorgiaDawg32]

the same..of course, now that it’s to her advantage, it’s a perfectly a-ok plan..

[Behind Liberal Lines]

I really don’t understand this logic. John Kerry won all the big states in the 2004 primary but that didn’t translate to winning them in the general.

[MrB]

It will be interesting to hear how the dhim/Clinton apologists justify using the EC as justification for using an EC style set of rules to steal the nomination from the black guy.

[Malone LaVeigh]

So far, Mrs. Clinton has won states with a total of 219 Electoral College votes, not counting Florida and Michigan, while Mr. Obama has won states with a total of 202 electoral votes.

I guess they're not expecting the Republicans to win any electoral votes.

[Rudder]

Great! They will argue over this endlessly until the convention.

[kabar]

LOL. I guess unless Hillary runs, the Dems will lose CA and NY.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Just another attempt by a partisan to offer a plan in an attempt to look diplomatic. A solution like this one would be as arbitrary as anything else proposed to date.

If they really care about fairness, a re-vote would be necessary. The knowledge that the vote would not count in determining delegates at the time the primaries were held in FL and MI changed everything in terms of who turned out.

Here in FL we had to listen to Debbie Wasserman Schultz (also a Clinton partisan) explain, feebly, how a re-vote would not work. Translation: “I’d prefer a solution more favorable to my candidate.”

Bayh just wants a spot on Hillary’s ticket. Which requires that Hillary have a ticket. Which causes Bayh to speak thusly.

[Poison Pill]

Would that be the same Electoral College that Hillary Rodham Clinton is on record as wishing to abolish?

Well by golly it should would be. I guess where you stand depends on where you sit.

[Fundamentally Fair]

But she won the states running against another dem in a primary! Surely this potential VP understands the difference.

[Always Right]

What a great idea. I propose doing that with the NCAA basketball tournament. Let’s say the team with the highest free throw percentage wins instead of the team with the most points. That way Oklahoma actually killed Louisville despite losing by 30 points on the scoreboard.

[kevinm13]

Typical Clinton. If the rules don’t fit, look to change the rules in their favor.

[Fundamentally Fair]

I guess they're not expecting the Republicans to win any electoral votes.

Well put.

[Vigilanteman]

Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, a useless vanilla politician who has the charisma of a leftover turkey the day after Thanksgiving and was handed his senate seat based on his last name. In other words, the perfect VP for Hillary.

Too bad she's going to have to pick Obama.

[TNCMAXQ]

Bayh’s theory is one of the most irrelevant things I have ever heard.

[Marylander]

Clinton Backer Points to Electoral College Votes as New Measure

Does this mean she is threatening that those who voted for her in the primary will not vote for Obama in the general?

[DakotaGator]

Gee golly gosh. The Clintons are losing by the rules. So they want to change the rules. And in the process they are mixing apples and oranges.

The Electoral Process is a Constitutional process. Political parties selecting candidates is not a Constitutional process. It is strictly the responsibility of the political parties to establish their processes.

The political parties can select their candidates for political office any way they wish. And now that one Democrat candidate is winning under the Democrat Party rules, the other candidate wants to change the rules.

Fine. Let the Democrat scum squabble. But don’t for a second allow them to confuse the issue by linking their treasonous criminal party activities to the Constitution. That is beyond the pale.

[Non-Sequitur]

Desperation. Some of Clinton’s biggest wins - Texas and Florida - came in states she has no chance of winning in November.

[Enchante]

ROFLMAO!! After 2000 the Demagogues were all up in arms about the Electoral College and called it antiquated, anti-Democratic, etc. Shrillary herself pledged that she would work to abolish it (would require a constitutional amendment, and of course she has done nothing, it was just just the usual 'Rat posturing). So now that it benefits Shrillary, suddenly counting Electoral College votes is of the utmost importance. These Clintonistas are beyond shame!!

[Shrillary Clinton]: “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.”