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Originally Posted by snuffy
Those 2 states moved their primaries up from their original dates against party rules, so the DNC stripped them of their delegates. The candidates all agreed to follow DNC rules and none of them campaigned in either state, Obama even took his name off the Michigan ballot. Clinton went on to win both states, and of course, now wants them to count. She basically won both uncontested.
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Yeah, Clinton agreed to those rules originally. I thought it was strange at the time that she still left her name on the ballot. So yes, she "won" in states where the DNC already said the votes didn't count. I almost think she anticipated that she could make a case later for Michigan and Florida - its so sleazy. Like the people were saying on CNN the other night, its like playing a whole game, and at the end when you're losing, you say "wait a second, I don't like these agreed rules anymore...lets change the rules" only so you can maybe have a potential chance to win (although the number crunchers were saying she STILL couldn't win, even if they did count). What a sore loser, just accept defeat gracefully and move on, don't keep damaging your party for your own pride.
What is Hillary to say to the superdelegates now? She was hoping that she could prove she is ultimately more electable than Obama - wrong. North Carolina was called in Obama's favor due to exit polls right off the bat. Like I said, Obama's won the popular vote, the most states, and the most delegates. Like someone on CNN joked "maybe she can make a case that she wins more in states with a certain amount of vowels?" To prove she's more electable, she actually needed to win when it counted. And she didn't. Case closed. Its surprising to me when people think she's actually more electable when these primaries have said the opposite. If the superdelegates don't commit to Obama now, I'm going to think something really fishy is going on, since they
should side with the will of the people. What I worry about most is that she's going to damage Obama so much while McCain is still garnering people to his side uncontested. I don't see why Howard Dean isn't pressuring her to drop out quickly. Even the most hardcore Hillary fanatics have been saying, "okay, now we need to unify the party, its time to move on."