Rather than ask, "Why doesn't Hillary Clinton just drop out?," isn't the more apt question, "Why can't Barack Obama finish off Hillary Clinton?" The race is supposedly over, but Hillary Clinton keeps winning primaries. She will win in West Virginia and Kentucky. Had Florida and Michigan not violated Democratic Party rules, it's likely that she would be in the position Obama is in now. Obama backers incessantly remind that Clinton cannot win the nomination without the help of superdelegates. They omit the inconvenient fact that neither can Obama. Ironically, what's fueling Obama is what fueled Hillary before the primaries started: the inevitability factor. Voters are asked to back not the candidate they prefer, but the candidate who will win. If Obama, the presumptive nominee of the Democratic Party, can't win Democratic primaries, then he has nobody to blame but himself for Hillary Clinton continuing her campaign until the convention chooses a nominee.
Man, that convention is going to be great! I won't watch a second of the Republicans', but I wouldn't miss a second of the raw carnage that is going to be the Democrats'.
I have often lamented the fact that our elected representatives spend more time worrying about who is going to govern than actually "governing." Hence we have long confirmation hearings, court battles over elections and rules, etc.
Most if not all of these "Super Delegates" serve in some capacity as an ELECTED official.
Good to know that at convention time our governmental offices will be as empty as ever.
And if Hillary drops out now, she will still win WV and KY. How would that make Obama look if he can't win states even though he is unopposed?
Be well,
Sponge
When you consider that being a 'legislator' is an official paid JOB, why isn't it mandatory that candidates who run for President resign from their lofty, no heavy lifting gigs to pursue the office? Is it right that for some constituencies the people they elect to represent/work for them are not doing their jobs?
Obama's appeal is that of a philosophy major. Because he is quite adept at phrasing a problem, his supporters know that he is best suited to work out a solution. Isolating a problem in our system (easy stuff)and coming up with a workable solution (most difficult) are two diverse ideas. Plato wrestled with the promlem and suggested a benevolent dictator. So much for Plato.
Guido
Obama doesn't know how many states make up the U.S. and this chump is in line to be President?
News to me that there are 57.
Ay carumba. Lord help us.
Sounds like he is praticing some Ticketmaster math there. He sounds like some of the guys I went to engineering school with with his creative math.
Interesting that Puerto Rico's delegates will count, but not MI and FL.
Be well,
Sponge
Just shows how screwed up the Democrat Party is.
