Deadlock?
By Pejman Yousefzadeh Posted in 2008 | Barack Obama | Democratic Presidential Nomination | Hillary Clinton — Comments (13) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »
The prospects for a brokered convention on the Democratic side are growing. Howard Dean says that the party is "gonna have to get the candidates together and make some kind of arrangement, because I don't think we can afford to have a brokered convention" if the nominee is not determined by March or April of this year. How "mak[ing] some kind of arrangement" is different from having a brokered convention is anyone's guess. Meanwhile, there is deep concern that superdelegates may be called on to decide the issue, with Democrats like Donna Brazile warning that they will quit the party if that happens. Of course, Republicans salivate at the possibility that the Democratic party might be split asunder thanks to partisans being angry about superdelegates deciding the issue. This would have maximum destructive possibilities if Barack Obama was slightly ahead in the delegate count but short of a majority and then got overtaken by the votes of the superdelegates.
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Once again the state I currently call home gets to screw up presidential politics royally.
IIRC Dean was at the forefront of the move to penalize the early states. I would love to be able to listen to him explaining himself.
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
after all "superdelegate" also known as "dead people" have been deciding Democrat elections for years.
and having this reaction:
Fighting for conservatism one day at a time.
It sure is fun to watch this slow motion train wreck.
But I think the Republicans, no matter what, will have a huge hill to climb to win in the fall. History tells us that it is hard for a party to win three straight terms - people get tired of whoever is in office and the other side is hungry to get back in. The Dems have had 40-50% more turnout than us this year. And we have a candidate who may not get a good base turnout. So, I will enjoy it, but there is hard sledding ahead no matter what happens.
But - it is great to watch the Dems and their pals in the MSM start to sweat.
Maybe thats because FDR was the only guy to try it. Afterwards we put in an amendment to make certain nobody did it again.
P.S. If its so hard to win re-election why do congressmen keep coming back like unpaid bills ?
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"Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
-Thomas Paine: The American Crisis, No. 4, 1777
Democrat turnout in primaries was much higher than Republican turnout in 1988 as well. Fat lot of good it did them.
Yes, there are enthused Democrats. But their current process is almost bound to sap the enthusiasm of a nice chunk of people who find themselves on the losing side of all this. Someone's going home disappointed and I don't think they'll salvage it completely.
The Dems seem to be headed for a very bad situation with no good way out. Both candidates have a realistic chance of winning and each has many passionate supporters who see a chance to make history.
One of the left-wing sites has diaries about possible riots in Denver.
Then there was this quote:
"If he picks Hillary for VP Obama better start sleeping in body armor."
Look and tell me if I'm wrong.
Go Dawgs, Sic em' Woof Woof
Since FDR, only once has a party had the WH more than two terms (Reagan/Bush, '81 - '93). Very hard for a party to win more than two consecutive terms. ADD?
Democrat voters are hungry for power and they'll vote in droves for whoever their party nominates. They have their preferences but in the end I don't think they care who their nominee is as long as they win.
I have no problem with that. Will make it easier for McCain and his running mate