“These (rules) are _nasty_.”
AGREE! I’ve been saying that I think Skunk Cabbage’s plan had been to have a 3-way (or more) split in the first round of voting, where the delegates MUST support the person that they’re pledged to, based on the state’s primary/caucus...with no one reaching 50% plus 1 votes.
At that point, all bets are off. The Superdelegates then get to swoop-in and the regular delegates are free to vote as they choose. At that moment, Skunk Cabbage was going to mount her white stallion, nude, and gallop on to the convention floor to save the convention as the ‘consensus candidate’. But now there are problems. Bernie had a heart attack, while Biden collapsed under his own brainpower. So Warren was on the cusp of running away with it...winning on the FIRST BALLOT, where Skunk Cabbage CANNOT stop her. So SC has to elevate someone new to again split the voting - so why not Tulsi!
That’s a visual image NO ONE should every have to endure!
You may be right—but I do not see how Warren can be stopped.
The reason is that Democratic primary voters read the mass media, will get “hooked” by the horse race coverage, and the mass media will have to give Warren positive coverage when it begins to look like she is nearing the nomination.
Also, the large donors run in packs, and they will quickly abandon any challengers that can’t keep up with Warren in the early going.
Also, Warren is an excellent liar, Bill Clinton calibre. Her clips claiming Indian heritage in the MA Senate race are astounding. She is amazingly convincing even when you _know_ she is lying:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oIVinDXzOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX6Scdyu7S8