Letters to the Editor
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The growing Anti-Obama effect
One peice of dangerous fallout from the continued primary season rumble to the convention is the disenfranchisement of voters on the Clinton side. You had mentioned the impact that was apparent if Clinton somehow became the nominee. There would be those that would claim "foul!" and not accept the candidate. The same is becoming apparent on the opposite side. As Obama's camp continues forcing it's way to the head of the class we are seeing more and more Clinton supporters being trampled in the process to crown their candidate.
The amount of vitriol being spate out on political blogs like DKos in favor of the Obama Campaign is deafening. As these two combatants are still marginally close in the popular vote this behavior has a way of damaging the party as a whole.
The largest issue that points to this is the 2008 version of the "hanging chad", the Michigan and Florida "do over" failures. These failures were largely attributed to the Obama campaign's instructions to stonewall the process in the legislature. Obama may have spoken on Larry King that he was all "for" a do-over in those states, but his operations on the ground and in the state senates were clearly told to oppose any "do over". This refusal to allow the citizens of these two large delegate states to be counted amounts to stealing the election much like George Bush did in Florida back in 2000. And we all know the animosity that grew out of that event.
We need to put these issues to rest before the convention and have a clear vote from all corners of the country before claiming victory for either candidate. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, "It's the Democracy, Stupid!"
Simply saying,
Wynter
Loudon, NH