Posted on 02/16/2008 6:07:24 AM PST by markomalley
On this long road to the Democratic presidential nomination, a frightening sign has popped up alongside the highway.
Warning. Potential Car Wreck Ahead.
There are two ways this riveting race for the prize between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton could careen into the ditch and both are giving party officials the yips at night.
It may all come down to how hard the Clintons, their dynasty hanging by a thread, the traditional path to a convention win looking increasingly unlikely, will fight to wrest this nomination from Obama.
The balance of power today rests with the 796 so-called superdelegates, an elite group so far controlled by Clinton, and 366 phantom delegates from Michigan and Florida, the majority of whom the New York senator seeks to claim as her own.
Neither route to the nomination would appear likely without an ugly battle.
If Obama pulls ahead in the race, there is an expectation the superdelegates will begin to ditch Clinton and move to the perceived winner rather than risk thwarting the will of the voters.
This is, after all, a party still stinging from 2000, when their candidate won the popular vote but lost the election.
Clinton could be setting them up for failure again by asking them to stay with her.
In Michigan and Florida – stripped of their delegates for bucking party rules – Clinton won the popular vote easily, although no one campaigned in either state and Obama didn't even put his name on the Michigan ballot.
She has begun a push to have those delegates counted before the nomination race is over but she will have to parry accusations that she is seeking to change the rules in the middle of the game.
(Excerpt) Read more at thestar.com ...
Will there be civil violence if Obama doesn’t get his way?
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Considering people were maimed, burned, beaten, robbed, etc... just because a few cops didn’t get convicted of beating up Rodney King, I’d say yes. That was just one city.
Oooh, great verbiage!
Yeah but he got a lot of publicity and made many contacts for his security business during his "candidacy" and didn't have to invest any of his own money!
She left her name on the ballot in Michigan, while both Obama and Edwards had their names pulled. In Florida, I think I remember that she went there the last day.
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