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Edited on Mon Apr-28-08 09:13 PM by George_Bonanza
The Democratic primaries have been set up to reflect the will of the voters as best as a system can gauge it. The chosen tell-tale sign of the will of the Democratic electorate is expressed through the delegate count, or more specifically, the pledged delegate count. Furthermore, if that does not produce a clear winner, there's also the "popular" vote count which is inherently flawed due to the fact that every state plays by its own rules (caucuses, open primaries, closed primaries, caucus/primary hybrid).
The idea that a candidate who has proven him/herself in every category possible may still be denied the nomination because the party is all-too-obliging to cater to the worthless opinions of the low-information voter is extremely depressing. The passionate and loyal supporters of the Democratic Party have spoken. Why are we taking them for granted while trying to tap-dance for the low-information voters who probably will end up voting for McCain anyway once the Bush administration starts fabricating stories about Iran?
However you feel about his his general election prospects as of this moment, Obama has effectively won the Democratic nomination by every standard imaginable. The only hard evidence we have is that Obama has won the numbers game. Polls and hypothetical elections are insubstantial, and it would be a crime against democracy to overturn the hard results of the electorate because the party trusted itself more than the people it was created to serve.
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