Letters to the Editor
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Clinton Underestimates
won'tgetfooledagain-
Can you honestly not see the difference between deliberate divisiveness and fighting for the principles of popular democracy?
Senator Clinton and her supporters are seriously underestimating the outrage that will be generated within the Democratic Party if she tries to mitigate popular election results with an elite group of political appointees.
Democrats who expended a lot of energy in 2000 arguing that popular votes, not supreme court appointees, should decide the outcome of an election will be hard pressed to support George W. Bush's strategy within their own party. Apparently, the Clintons and the Bushes are drawn to exactly the same brand of 'winner take all' politics. Both families have apparently been corrupted by their powerlust to the point of seeing institutions as loopholes for achieving their own objectives.
But America does not need Politbureau politics and hijacking democracy is bad form no matter who does it.
If superdelegates decide on the basis of personal connections to overturn popular electioral decisions it will be time for Democrats to reevaluate how democratic their party really is.