Of course, Florida and Michigan Democrats do not see that they are to blame for taking away their voters’ voice in the nominating process. Then there’s the irony that the very states that broke the DNC rules to have an early voice in the nominating contest now want to have the last word — the primary season’s final votes. And then there is the obnoxious maneuvering by the Clinton campaign to do anything to get Florida and Michigan’s previous primary to count, even though it — like all the Democratic presidential contenders — pledged last summer to not campaign there and agreed no delegates would be seated.
Here’s a solution so stunningly simple in concept that I’m shocked no one has thought of it until Steven Rosenfeld came along. Instead of wasting time, money, and column inches debating what to do about seating Democratic delegates in Michigan and Florida, how about….
….wait for it….
SPLITTING THEM?? Well, kick me in the nuts and call me Shirley…. While during this debate both campaigns have been launching verbal broadsides at one another, one things seem to have been lost. It seems highly unlikely that either Obama or Clinton would secure a significant advantage in the delegate count once all is said and done in both states. So why not seat the delegates from both states and just split them down the middle?
Why? Because the Clinton campaign in their desperation is looking for every last possible edge they think they might be able to secure. Given the delegate math as it currently stands, though, it would very difficult, if not virtually impossible for Clinton to win a sufficient number of delgates in the remaining primaries to pass Obama. Even if Clinton were to win, say, 60% of the delegate from both Michigan and Florida (which seems VERY unlikely), it wouldn’t do much to ease her arithmetical predicament. Let’s face reality, shall we? Things are simply not trending in Sen. Clinton’s direction. Obama’s delegate lead has steadily grown, and he’s also collecting a larger number of superdelegates. Since the beginning of February, Obama has gained the support of 80 Democratic superdelgates. Clinton has lost five. Unless something substantial happens- like, say, Obama being photographed wearing plastic diapers while getting an oil rubdown by a herd of naked Girl Scouts- Clinton’s propects will continue to dwindle with each passing day.
Desperation really is an ugly thing, isn’t it?
