Originally Posted by jasonrh

The funny things about Hillary's people shouting "electoral college!" when it is pointed out that she is trailing are:

1) she not only is behind in the overall popular vote (big deal), but also behind in elected delegates. Bush won the majority of electors (all of whom are elected via each state's popular vote) in 2000. She wants to win via a back room deal with these party bosses.

2) suddenly she wants to count the original unsanctioned vote in Michigan in order to not 'disenfranchise' those voters. She signed a pledge that she wouldn't do so. In fact, when Obama and John Airh-Edwards pulled their names from the Michigan ballot, she promised to do the same and then blamed it on a 'bureaucratic snafu' (a classic Clinton excuse used for everything from Cattle Futures to Rose Law Firm billing records subpoenaed by Congress). Now she opposes a re-do on the grounds that it was their choice to remove their names and she won fairly (although only narrowly against a write-in for 'uncommitted')

3) she doesn't want a re-do in Florida because she violated the promise to not campaign in Florida and thus 'won' there. In the last 24 hours she had two 'open fundraisers' - meaning anyone who wanted to could come, something local Democratic bosses encouraged - which were basically campaign events. She then held a 'victory celebration' here when she 'won'.

The Clinton campaign does their usual lying and obfuscating when confronted with this by claiming that by Obama violated the rule by advertising on cable news channels on Super Tuesday. Those channels will only accept a 50 state ad buy and not allow cherry picking of 48 states. Presumably he shouldn't have bought any cable advertising because a small number of viewers in those states would see those ads on satellite. He requested the ads be replaced by local opt-outs on cable systems - something you cannot do on DirecTV or Dish Network - but Clinton now claims he should not have advertised at all on CNN, Headline News, MSNBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, FOX, FOX Business, ABC News Now, CNN International US, CNBC World US, Comcast Network and many more. Of course she doesn't mention she also ran 50 state adverts, and failed to request a cable opt-out (another 'bureaucratic snafu' according to her henchmen).

4) she has a hefty lead in Superdelegates, the anti-democratic bosses who are permitted to vote for the nomination. There are basically no Superdelegates in the Republican Party, and this system is not some ages-old relic of eras gone by. It was actually a system created in 1982 specifically to stop a black man (Jesse Jackson) from getting the nomination even if the people wanted him. Without Superdelegates Obama's lead is a lot more than 100.

5) many Superdelegates are scared shitless of the Clinton machine and thus are too afraid to openly support Obama unless he's sure of the nomination. They are notorious for abusing the power of the state to get back at those on their Enemies List. Think IRS records mysteriously getting into the hands of their political operatives and most of their political enemies being audited every single year of the Clinton administration. Think FBI files hidden in the White House basement. Think Arkansas State Troopers sent to physically threaten those women who wanted to take action against him for sexual harassment. Think Travelgate, when Hillary illegally fired federal employees who were not political appointments on false and defamatory grounds. Think her character assassination of untold people both private and public.

She will not hesitate to cut off at the kneecaps anyone who dares to have the temerity to oppose her once-inevitable candidacy. She is a ruthless and power-mad person, much worse than her husband who just gets off on having the power rather than being obsessed with abusing it to destroy enemies.

If she gains control of the Democratic Party via back room deals in spite of both the will of the majority of elected delegates, then the very essence of democracy will be sacrificed to give her power. If she wins the presidency, then we are set for another decade of the most disgusting and corrupt politics in American history. I just hope those who have pounced on every alleged indiscretion of the Bush Administration will do the same for her.