Letters to the Editor
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@ Drewonimo
"Will someone please explain to me what the other option was? Honestly. What would the consequences of any candidate not agreeing to the rules have been? Exclusion from debates? Lack of party support? Does anyone know.
Until I hear otherwise, I will assume that the statement 'she agreed to the DNC rules' is pretty meaningless in terms of finding her solely at fault for the rules being such a mess and the outcome as well."
This is a good point, and I'd like to know more about how that all went down, too.
[Salon: this could be a relevant article; can Greenwald write it?]
I think the reason so many of are directing this observation at Senator Clinton is that she's the one who's now arguing for the votes to be counted.
I would say that the time to contest this issue was before the race, not once she started falling behind.
But maybe this "agreement" was a coercive necessity that she now has the political capital/insight to challenge? Well, one could make that case, I reckon...