Friday, May 30, 2008

Hillary Clinton, Democracy, Superdelegates, and the Rules

Does HIlary Clinton have a RIGHT to go to the Democatic Convention and obtain a fair VOTE of the delegates on her nomination, according the Democratic Party rules?  Of course she does, unless lyou are a leftist Democrat only interested in POWER, and who does not much believe in democracy anyway (see Florida and Michigan).   Then you are approaching the matter as described in this lead AP paragraph today (note the blatant AP AGENDA in the paragraph--"faltering candidacy" indeed!!!!):

"A top Democrat says that party leaders intend to push for a quick end to the grueling presidential nomination battle, as supporters of Hillary Rodham Clinton planned a rally in Washington in a last-minute effort to save her faltering candidacy."

Ronald Reagan went all of the way to a convention vote against Gerald Ford.  Democrats routinely used to go right up to the convention.

What is this sudden COMPULSION to FORCE Hillary Clinton OUT.

The "rules are the rules" (quoting Howard Dean).   The superdelegates do not VOTE until the convention.  Barack Obama will NOT have enough elected delegates to win the nominatioin before the convention.  WHY should Hillary Clinton get out NOW?  She has NOT LOST the nomination luntil the superdelegates vote at the convention.  Those are the RULES.  The superdelegates can CHANGE THEIR MINDS before they actually vote. 

Is it not the DUTY of Hillary Clinton to stay in the race to give the superdelegate "process" a chance to WORK.  Maybe Barack Obama will finally say something so bad that it is the "last straw".   He keeps trying.  Maybe it will become even more obvious that Hillary Clinton is the only WINNING candidate for Deocrats.  WHY should the superdelegates not be able to evaluate the situatiion at the TIME THEY VOTE (the convention).   Any other approach seems to violate both the spirit and the letter of those sacred "RULES

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