Brandon: You realize you're essentially asking the SD's to nominate Hillary, right? Do you think this would be wise for the party?
Pelosi doesn't:
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/
I'm only going to say this once more. I like both Obama and Hillary.
This isn't about Super Delegates electing Hillary.
What I'd like to see is this:
*MI and FL work out some kind of arrangement and get MI to at least revote if nothing else. Get these states involved, because Democrats Abroad and territories like Puerto Rico currently have more of a say than two of our largest states. BOTH campaigns adhered to the rules and didn't campaign at all in January when they had the elections. Now the time has passed and we can hold another election or at least have the super delegates take into consideration these voters.
*Once the Primary season is totally complete, then whoever has the most votes and most delegates should rightfully get the nomination. As it stands today, Hillary would be ahead if MI and FL counted, and yes I'm aware of what happened. But she won those states and their voices are totally being disregarded. Is it right for super delegates to ignore these people? Two of the largest US states whose population is close to 25 million?
Again, I hate to be repetitive, but Obama stands to lose more of the Democratic base than Hillary. Its been proven in multiple polls from the Pew Center to Rasmussen to others.
In a primary and caucus season, if more people in the party will leave when Obama is the nominee, what is this "will of the people" argument that keeps getting thrown around?
The race is tight, and Hillary might not even win MI or FL in a revote. It will LEGITIMIZE whoever becomes the nominee and ultimately lower that 20-30% that is considering McCain.
I doubt this will happen, but its my hope whoever becomes the nominee is legitimized by a revote.
Something that seems to be forgotten is that if Obama is the nominee, I will support him 110% after he's decided. This isn't a partisan issue between Hillary or Obama for me, I just want us to win.
I prefer Hillary. I don't think she's an outstandingly better human being than Obama, nor do I think she has ran the best campaign. I can't believe some of the screwups of the Clinton campaign. How any campaign can even come close to making statements that appear semi-racist, when I know the Clintons and have seen their work such as the Clinton Foundation's work to significantly reduce the poor African and Caribbean nations of HIV infection in his post presidency, and her legislative support of such proposals, I don't understand. Hillary's campaign has been less than professionally ran, and I don't know why what is happening is happening.
But as an observer, I still think she's the stronger candidate. But I'll support Obama if he's the nominee (as it looks like he may be).