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Thread #110071 Message #2306076
Posted By: Ron Davies
03-Apr-08 - 10:15 PM
Thread Name: BS: FLA Delegation Will Be Seated at DNC
Subject: RE: BS: FLA Delegation Will Be Seated at DNC
"Doesn't look like anything will be final until the Convention".
As usual, far off the mark. And somehow, I detect a whiff of the usual--unjustified--schadenfreude.
Dean has said he wants it settled by 1 July. And when Hillary's campaign collapses as a result of the revelations of the Clintons' taxes, that should be eminently possible. As Bobert and I have pointed out, it's not just the stratospheric income of the Clintons, it's the seamy political deals--including with foreigners--which the general electorate--especially blue collar "Hillary" voters-- might possibly not like. They don't have to vote for Obama--just stay home. She already has problems with veterans who know what sniper fire really is. And it's patently obvious her claim to have been always against NAFTA is hogwash--uh, sorry, another "misstatement".
All it will take is her likely less than 15% win in PA, loss in NC, and split in IN. The superdelegate trickle to Obama becomes a flood. ( Hillary delegates like Corzine are already stating they reserve the right to change.)
Hillary's donations dry up. ( It's painfully obvious she never planned on this situation--in fact never planned at all beyond Super Tuesday.) Her campaign is the biggest organization she's ever run--and it's a disaster--ably assisted in that direction by her dear spouse.
And Dean gets his wish.
The agony about FL and MI may well prove totally pointless. Of course delegations from FL and MI will be seated. There never was any doubt. If nothing else, they could be seated 50/50 between Clinton and Obama. But there's a good chance Obama will be able to generously give Hillary all the delegates she "won" in those two state primaries she agreed would not count--and still handily beat her in delegate count.