Counting All the Votes - Then and Now

The most probable outcome to the Democratic primaries will be that Obama will have the most pledged delegates which according the DNC rules is the primary factor which determines who will be the Democratic standard bearer for the 08 contest, Obama will have the most states, Obama may or may not have the most popular vote but in a general election it’s all about electoral not popular votes as in the 2000 election thus popular vote is of secondary importance to pledged delegates and if the super delegates override Obama’s victory which is already mathematically proven the Democratic Party will rupture beyond repair. One certainly hopes that the super delegates would fully understand the consequences of their actions.

Michigan and Florida? They violated the rules of the Democratic National Committee which both Sens. Clinton and Obama agreed to. Changing the rules well after the contest started is not an option if justice means anything unless both parties agree to subsequent changes. For Sen. Clinton to suggest that Sen. Obama doe not believe every vote should count and thereby imply that his nomination would be illegitimate is the kind of animus that needs to cease if the Democrats really want to win the presidency and possess the right to pursue a path that produces liberty and justice for all and not just those who can afford it.

As for Sen. Clinton’s concern that every vote counts part of her experience as an elected public servant began on January 3, of 2001 and the content of her character was tested within her first two weeks of public office when the Black Caucus in the House of Representatives challenged the legitimacy of the 2000 election and all it took for democracy to exist was for one senator from either party to support that challenge however Senator Clinton was part of the unanimous silence as was that loveable old maverick McCain. They both participated in legitimizing George Bush as our 43rd President accepted and as such are responsible for their silence when they had an opportunity to be patriotic.