Posted by
Logical Party on Thursday, May 22, 2008 9:00:00 PM
Remember Obama's 230,000 vote win in North Carolina? Hillary just recouped 148,000 in West Virginia and between Kentucky and Oregon netted an additional 150,000. We are back to pre Indiana primary numbers when she claimed she had more popular votes by counting Florida. Add Puerto Rico and there is a strong chance she will have more votes than Obama.
What will the party that abhorred the 2000 Election of Bush over Gore do then? Do they think everything will be copasetic if we disenfranchise Michigan and Florida? Do they think they can ignore big state victories by Hillary come fall, when Barack will be struggling to keep Mrs. Clinton's votes? They might not defect by 35%, but 10% is damning.
One wonders about the alienation of Mrs. Clinton; is it the fatigue, or is it misogyny that explains why long term senators and old acquaintances support Barack over her. Regardless, super delegates have a decision to make; go with the candidate who has slightly more delegates and maybe less popular vote, or go with the candidate who can win. What do they want more? That decision is a Super delegate’s purpose for existing.
Barack will be a wonderful candidate in the future, but his urgency of now, or strike when the iron is hot, brings him to the precipice of the Presidency with 2 years senatorial experience, one of which was spent campaigning. That's less experience than JFK, who got us onto the Bay of Pigs crisis, near nuclear confrontation, US Spy planes, and attempted assassinations of world leaders. Obama is on track for a McGovern defeat, or even worse, a Carter Presidency.
Super delegates need to decide if they want to be right, or do they want to be happy come fall.