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To: 9YearLurker
Phony is the Clintons’ middle name, but it is an interesting case they are trying to make.

It's the only case they can make. They will be trailing in pledged delegates going into the convention.

The rules of the game are to tally up delegate and superdelegate votes at the convention. Obamaites are saying if the Clintons get the superdelegates to vote for her, when he has one more regular delegates, that that’ll be unfair insider trickery.

That's the current perception, i.e., Hillary will have to steal the election using super delegates to win. Pelosi and other party leaders have already said that whoever has the largest number of pledged delegates should win. In this case, perception is reality.

But if Hillary can rack up enough of the popular vote to say that no, the superdelegates are actually just righting the injustice of the delegate count not having reflected the majority—and the superdelegates are just as much a part of the process as the regular delegates—then the superdelegates will be bringing about the rightful result.

Obama and black voters will never accept such "sophistry." They will blame the result on racism since most of the super delegates are white.

204 posted on 03/23/2008 8:44:29 AM PDT by kabar
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To: kabar
Hillary will have to steal the election

Now, you're starting to get it.

217 posted on 03/23/2008 8:54:35 AM PDT by Cedric
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To: kabar
Obama and black voters will never accept such "sophistry." They will blame the result on racism since most of the super delegates are white.

I have always wanted Hillary to be the Dim nominee. However, I never expected her to gain the nomination because of her negatives with many Rats. I would have bet on Obama to gain the nomination, until the "Reverend" Wright issue broke. And even as Juan Williams observed this morning on FNS, Barry skirted the the basic issue in a speech that would have made Joe Isuzu proud.

Now, America's very own incarnation of Lucrezia Borgia may be back in the game. I am pleased with this latest development. The Dims currently have two potential candidates with serious flaws that are visible to the great mass of the electorate-- who rely on a TV playing in the background during dinner to provide political insight.

As you suggest, a Hilary nomination could split the Dims quite nicely. Sadly, for me, this would still be a bittersweet prospect given the GOP's choice of a nominee who's not worth a pint of spit.
261 posted on 03/23/2008 9:31:57 AM PDT by PerConPat (A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.-- Mencken)
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