Thursday, May 8, 2008

Sounds like Huckabee

Yesterday, Hillary said, I will stay in the race until there is a nominee! Ring a bell? That's what Huckabee said, when it was clear McCain would be the nominee, Huckabee had no chance, but McCain had still not reached the magic number in the Republican process. And didn't Huckabee become a joke? Is that what Hillary wants?

I disagree a bit with you, Fair, about seating Michigan and Florida. No matter how stupid the DNC rules seem now, in retrospect, they are the rules that everyone agreed to - including Hillary - and Michigan - and Florida. I'm not expert in the DNC rules-making process, but there must have been a better avenue for Michigan and Florida, besides jumping ahead "in the line" without sanction from the party. Yes, the first-in-the-nation status of Iowa and NH could be reviewed - the DNC added Nevada and SC for that reason - but, like it or not, the Democratic party is the party of PROCESS, and FAIRNESS, and CONSENSUS - unlike that OTHER party.

I also don't think that if the DNC sticks to their guns - if they seat Michigan and Florida, but penalize them, say, by cutting their delegate value in half - that that will send those states totally over to McCain. If MI and FL go to McCain, it will probably be for other reasons - Obama's stance on fuel efficiency in Michigan, and his "perceived" lack of support for Israel in both states. But as I've said before, Obama has another path, with non-traditional blue states, as a means to the White House.

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