Living on Another Planet
"One big fact has largely been lost in the recent coverage of the Democratic presidential race: Hillary Rodham Clinton has virtually no chance of winning," Politico's Jim Vandehei and Mike Allen wrote earlier today.
"Her own campaign acknowledges there is no way that she will finish ahead in pledged delegates. That means the only way she wins is if Democratic superdelegates are ready to risk a backlash of historic proportions from the party's most reliable constituency.
"Unless Clinton is able to at least win the primary popular vote -- which also would take nothing less than an electoral miracle -- and use that achievement to pressure superdelegates, she has only one scenario for victory. An African-American opponent and his backers would be told that, even though he won the contest with voters, the prize is going to someone else.
"People who think that scenario is even remotely likely are living on another planet."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 21, 2008 at 4:32 PM
comment #1
Goulet
says ...
I could see a majority of Obama supporters boycotting the Democrats and voting for McCain if Clinton steals the nomination.
Posted by Goulet
at March 21, 2008 4:47 PM
comment #2
christian
says ...
Excellent analysis from right wing site Politico. Glenn Greenwald has his own analysis:
So the President and CEO of The Politico worked in multiple positions in the Reagan White House, and was continuously promoted until he rose to the level of Assistant to the President. And his close connection to the Reagan family and the Reagan presidency continues through today.
Are we supposed to treat this fact as irrelevant or something when assessing what The Politico is and what type of political coverage it churns out? There is nothing wrong per se with hard-core political operatives running a news organization. Long-time Republican strategist Roger Ailes oversees Fox News, of course. But it seems rather self-evident that a news organization run by someone with such clear-cut political biases ought to have a hard time holding itself out as some sort of politically unbiased source of news.
The Politico's biggest boosters are Matt Drudge and George W. Bush, and it is run by a Reagan loyalist. At the very least, those facts are worth considering.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/05/04/politico_funding/index.html
Posted by christian
at March 21, 2008 4:57 PM
comment #3
mizerock
says ...
Yeah, I don't see this happening. And in any case, why would Democrats vote for McCain? Out of spite?
Run Obama as an independent, draft Al Gore, riot in the streets - all of these seem like more likely [yet still incredibly unlikely] outcomes to me than Obama supporters voting for McCain.
Posted by mizerock
at March 21, 2008 5:20 PM
comment #4
americanrat
says ...
I'm pretty familiar with Politico and it's far from a right wing site. It's fairly middle of the road. I'm sure Salon feels threatened by the site but the truth is it's been pretty relentless in its coverage of the Bush admin and the GOP implosion.
I don't bother reading Salon, but, for example, Politico is far more balanced than the Clinton organ SLATE.
Posted by americanrat
at March 21, 2008 6:21 PM
comment #5
Josh
says ...
Democrats should be happy they actually voted with their beliefs than with who they thought was electable.
They're going to lose, and lose big, but it'll help them in 4 yrs. and In the future.
Like Goldwater in 64
Posted by Josh
at March 21, 2008 6:26 PM
comment #6
CinemaPhreek
says ...
She has no chance what so fucking ever.
Until she wins Puerto Rico
and gets handed 100 delegates. Obama needed to win Ohio and Penn. to rule that out. It's amazing no one is yet taking this seriously. Everyone is in for a rude surprise when this goes down and the convention becomes a dogfight.
Posted by CinemaPhreek
at March 21, 2008 7:30 PM