Wednesday, May 14, 2008

A couple things . . .

. . . about the Democratic Presidential Primary.

I was just reading a Robert Novak article on the Dem race, and several things came to mind:
--Though I disagree that Hillary's WV trouncing of Obama reflects any "momentum" for her campaign, it certainly reflects Obama's general election weaknesses.
--Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ) has just announced that he is switching his super delegate vote from Hillary to Obama. Call me old-fashioned, but it seems like majorly bad form for someone to pull that maneuver.
--Obama seems prepared (according to a story in Politico and reported by Novak) to proclaim the nomination his after he reaches "the pledged delegate majority not counting Florida or Michigan." It's not clear how Obama will handle such an announcement, but it seems a bit disingenuous for Obama to--in any way, diminish the significance of super delegates in deciding this race. There's no denying that the Democrats have a blatantly elitist system of selecting a candidate for president.

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