Well, it WAS reported that way at the time of the primary, but the pundits (and the posters to this forum who get most of their information from them), never picked up on it.

While I agree in theory w/what you are saying that it would be a travesty, etc etc the reality is, those are the people who actually showed up to vote, so they are the ones who deserve to be seated, according to the way the Democratic party process works.

You see, this is where there is a disconnect. We have tons of enthusiastic Obama supporters who don't understand--or care--how the Democratic party system works. Sure, they are turning up to vote all over the place. Without having educated themselves on how the process works OR the Obama camp educating them on how the process works.

The end result will be, the Democratic party rules, and the Democratic party elites' decision on how to fudge the rules, is what the nation will get, like it or not.

That will alienate--according to Obama's supporters--most all of them who will then refuse to participate in a system they will perceive as rigged against their man...and on, and on, and on.

Same thing happened in the wake of Jesse Jackson's run in 1988, when he came in second place (the same place Clinton finds herself today). All those young, enthusiastic, voters of color and white progressives that piled on the bandwagon for Jesse, stayed home for the following 20 years, split their votes between the parties, or voted for independent and 3rd party candidates like Perot and Nader.

I predict the same thing all over again, even if Obama wins.