I cannot help but think that if they would have decided two months ago to include Michigan and Florida the current count would be different.
I believe there is an element of ‘bandwagon voting’ that has occurred since it looked like Milhous was gonna win anyway.
That’s true. If those primaries did count, Obama would not have had time to overcome Hillary’s lead. In State like Texas, he had long time to work on the lead and if not for Operation Chaos and Immigres, he would have shut the door on her then.
However, its also true that back then Obama was still a new kid on the block. Hillary’s brand name was a huge edge.
Also, Bill Klinton had not tried to deploy the RACE CARD yet. So in Michigan, his numbers would have been lot better. There was a poll that said that if their was a do-over in Michigan, it was tied at 43 each. Obama would probably lose the State due to Elitist/Bitter Gate. However, it won’t be net 300K votes that Hillary claims, after running against thin air.
Finally, Hillary has gotten unmeasureable help from Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Richard Mellon Scaife, Greata Van Susteran, Sean Hannity and Laura Ingrham. Nobody could have thought that the original Vast Right Wing Conspirators, would be doing EVERYTHING in their power to help Hillary Klinton. Strange bedfellows indeed.
As they say in sports, one bad call doesn’t determine the outcome of the game. In the end, it all evens out.