Letters to the Editor
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"I don't want to alienate anybody"
Ah, the Democratic party motto. They could at least put it in Latin so it sounds more official. Or maybe Esperanto, so as not to offend any sensitivities.
I do feel for these people, but just in practical terms, if you don't want to cast a deciding vote, the best thing to do is spit it out already. Your desire not to alienate anyone is alienating everyone.
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Walking papers for Obama's waterboys
It's been obvious since super Tuesday Obama loses all the major demographics any Dem candidate has to win from the elderly to hispanics to Catholics and Jews and now working class whites and working women.
Anyone who was REALLY a Democrat would have dropped out for the interest of the party under those circumstances.
Only a pompous elitist blowhard who didn't care about the "little people" who are going to suffer big under John McCain would carry on the sort of divisive unwinnable race that Obama has.
Most importantly, walking papers are much deserved for the ax-grinders and grudge-bearers (Kennedy, Kerry), greedy oppotunists (can you hear me Bill Richardson?) and other schisters who either under GOP threat or otherwise refused to represent their constituents wishes such as Baron Hill.
Those self-serving sobs don't think they need to represent their constituents wishes? Well, it will be a pleasure to see the voters hand them their pinkslips next up.
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This mess didn't have to be
Several months ago, I thought that a prolonged Democratic race would be good for the party. I imagined months of our side dominating the news with debates over health care and the war being waged with little to no input from the Republicans.
I thought Democrats were too smart to not take full advantage of this glorious opportunity. That was a pipe dream. My party couldn't get it right even when it was handed the political landscape on a platter.
Instead, we've seen petty bickering and negative, damaging personal attacks.
And like everyone else in the party, I blame the candidate whom I don't support. Damn the other side for not seeing that my candidate is the far superior choice and rallying behind my candidate as our Party's nominee. (Yes, I honestly feel that way, and no, it doesn't matter whom I support.)
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Common Assumption?
Madden and Shapiro write:
There is a common assumption, particularly among passionate supporters of front-runner Barack Obama, that the unelected superdelegates to the Democratic Convention are waiting for an excuse to defy the wishes of rank-and-file voters and install Hillary Clinton as the Democratic nominee.
Where'd you come up with this "common assumption" fellas? I'm a passionate supporter of Obama, and I'm not assuming that the superdelegates are ready to break for Hillary.
I'm assuming that they're afraid of retaliation or excommunication by an apoplectic Bill Clinton, or they have to work with Hillary Clinton in the Senate and don't want to face her steely wrath any sooner than necessary, or they don't want to end up on the front page of the newspaper thanks to psycho RaginCajun Carville deciding they are the devil incarnate, or, perhaps that they simply want to wait until more votes are in before they go on the record.
If you go and check over at Huffington Post, and most of the sites covering politics (except for Salon, of course), there is actually increasing coverage suggesting that many of the superdels have decided FOR Obama and are waiting to announce.
So I'm not sure where these common assumptions came from, but, hey, no surprise. Salon is always fast and loose with the "common assumptions" and "everyone would say" and "most agree."
But in the end, it's a common assumption, and most would agree, that Salon actually talks to four people in the San Fran office to come up with these sorts of categorical statements...
That said, this was at least slightly less of a Hillary campaign brochure than the usual campaign coverage lately, although, it is duly noted that Salon is still unable to get through even one political article without using the words "Rev. Jeremiah Wright."
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I don't believe them
the superdelegates are in a position of power, and power is why they got into the game in the first place. with each passing day each superdelegate's vote gains in value, and each and every one is going to evaluate how they can best leverage that value.
in the end the votes will go to the candidate who has the best chance of rewarding the voters.
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Typically pathetic
These pols want all of the goodies and none of the responsibilities. At least the SD's for Hillary or Obama are taking a stand. A few of them might even be principled. If an SD wants to follow the lead of the people, then they should publically say so. At least pols like Donna Brazile are willing to publically take some heat for remaining aloof. I can respect that. As for the rest of them, we should flip over the rocks they are hiding under and expose them to some daylight. Supposed to be good for democracy.
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Superduperdelegates
If it bothers them so much, is it not possible to resign from being a superdelegate?
I think the real reason why just about all of these people refuse to commit to one candidate or the other is that they want nice jobs in the next administration, say as Ambassador to Greece or some other nice ally, and if they pick the wrong horse...The only reason why anyone at this point would honestly not be able to pick between the two candidates is stupidity of such intensity that the operation of one's pants becomes doubtful.
I mean, really, does anyone think that John Edwards really can't decide? More likely he wants to be Attorney General.
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Stop the circular firing squad
If I was a superdelegate and I got a call from Clinton or Obama this is what I would say: "Make your case against McCain. Now. The person who gets my vote is the one who attacks McCain the hardest and most effectively. I will not vote for a candidate who undermines and cripples a fellow Democrat."
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"Ego operor non votum ut mancipo quisquam"
Stamped in bronze, mounted on marble tombstone. (I especially like the "non votum" part).
I never could get the hang of Esperanto. Then again, I've never gotten the point of registering as a Democrat, though I've been awfully tempted of late, especially since my party adopted their new maxim, "Nos constituo quis est verus". Sigh...