Time For Party Unity -- Where Do YOU Want to Look??
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Democratic Party leaders, as you say, really need to lighten up. If they think for two seconds that either the Party, Hillary OR Barack are suffering by the brutality or the length of this primary they are crazy.
(1) The candidates are campaigning because they believe in a policy of change.
(2) Their respective campaigns are 100% representative of the will of the people they command.
(3) Not ONE campaign worker or supporter will be encouraged even remotely to support the other candidate when the perception is that one candidate drops out due to pressure from the top.
The top totally over rates their own importance in this election. And if THEY don't start listening to the people it may very well be themselves who are left out in the cold.
(4) Talking heads sound the drum beat. But who's? The talking Party Elders.
(5) If Hillary is forced out, so is Florida and Michigan. Not exactly the smartest thing these elders would have chosen.
(6) If Barack is forced out, so is the entire black vote. Not for the general. But for YEARS.
I could keep going.
But if there is a time for unity, it is the unity of an honest primary which stands fully behind the standard procedures. And not sniping over the shoulders of pre-approved candidates.
Super delegates are doing their damned best at proving that they and their role is obsolete.
(1) The candidates are campaigning because they believe in a policy of change.
(2) Their respective campaigns are 100% representative of the will of the people they command.
(3) Not ONE campaign worker or supporter will be encouraged even remotely to support the other candidate when the perception is that one candidate drops out due to pressure from the top.
The top totally over rates their own importance in this election. And if THEY don't start listening to the people it may very well be themselves who are left out in the cold.
(4) Talking heads sound the drum beat. But who's? The talking Party Elders.
(5) If Hillary is forced out, so is Florida and Michigan. Not exactly the smartest thing these elders would have chosen.
(6) If Barack is forced out, so is the entire black vote. Not for the general. But for YEARS.
I could keep going.
But if there is a time for unity, it is the unity of an honest primary which stands fully behind the standard procedures. And not sniping over the shoulders of pre-approved candidates.
Super delegates are doing their damned best at proving that they and their role is obsolete.
But for Clinton die-hards, there's a remote chance for a dream team. Check out voteboth.com and they will tell you what you need to know, like writing your superdelegate a petition form that you want a Clinton/Obama ticket.
....or vise-versa.