Yes, we can.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

I simply cannot wait until the kicking-and-screaming moment when she is silenced, just because at this point she's running on sheer chutzpah, not reality. Bottom line - She Is Hurting The Party. How unbelievably selfish of her, if she continues.

What is this "hurting the party" nonsense? How so? By keeping the democrats in the news 24/7? By making their contest exciting and making everyone want to participate? By not having the candidate selection over before every democrat in America gets to vote? By maybe having the first democratic convention in decades that's not an ignored yawnfest?


Also, while I don't approve of the "methods" Hillary might employ to win, the fact is tons of people are voting for her. Though she's behind in delegate counts, and even though it looks like she can't win, roughly half the voters still vote for her. Hmmmm, how does that make you want to quit?

I don't agree with her strategy ... but it's a legitimate one. Demonstrate that you can win in the states that actually MATTER in the General Election, and hope that super-delegates are swayed by that. Remember, there's nothing nefarious about super-delegates. The system is DESIGNED to over-rule the voters if the party big-wigs believe it's necessary.

I don't think it is, in this case. Nor do I think they will do that in this case. But the system is SUPPOSED to pick the candidate that the party big-wigs think can win in November, even if that's not what the pledged delegates were elected to do. I can't exactly find fault with a candidate who wants to use that function to their advantage.


Fat chance for Hillary, says me. But far from "hurting the party," I think it's giving the Democrats the biggest shot in the arm ever. The longer this goes on, the longer John McCain stays out of the news. He'd have to light himself on fire to get some press before the Dem candidate is selected.