Echoing the failed Al Gore cry that he won the popular vote in 2000, Clinton thinks she’s found a way to wrangle a few superdelegates writes the Washington Times;<\/p>\n
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton and her supporters are talking as if the Democratic nomination is within reach, claiming a popular vote victory with the last metric that possibly favors her.<\/p>\n
The senator from New York is pushing the vote totals as her final message, as the presidential nod is nearly in the hands of her rival Sen. Barack Obama.<\/p>\n
“Seventeen million Americans have voted for Hillary Clinton – more than for any primary candidate in history,” her campaign proclaims in an upbeat, last-minute television ad running in Montana and South Dakota, which end the long nominating season with primaries Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“Some say there isn’t a single reason for Hillary Clinton to be the Democratic nominee. They’re right – there are over 17 million of them.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
According to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> editorial board, it’s only fair the Democrats should be fighting over this election and stealing votes from each other – it’s karma;<\/p>\n
[I]t was hilarious to watch party chief Howard Dean on Saturday invoke the “stolen” election of 2000 without a hint of irony about what the Clintons are up to this time.<\/p>\n
To prevent this nomination theft, Democrats decided to count only every half vote. This means Mr. Obama needs to win a few more superdelegates to gain a majority, and it isn’t sitting well with the Clinton camp. Senator Clinton is now saber-rattling about challenging the Michigan ruling at the Denver convention. Her feminist supporters are also suggesting that their heroine is the victim of “sexism.” Meanwhile, if the superdelegates do give the nomination to Mrs. Clinton, many of Mr. Obama’s supporters will cry “racism.” The identity politics that Democrats love to use against Republicans has now come back to haunt them.<\/p>\n
There is little chance, based on what we know now, that superdelegates will overturn Mr. Obama’s solid lead in the pledged delegates. These Democratic pros aren’t about to give black voters an excuse to stay home in November.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
What no one wants to say out loud is that racism is playing a bigger role in this little theater than anyone wants to admit. Hillary voters think that Americans are too racist to vote for a Black president and Obama supporters think Americans are too scared of being admitted racists to vote against him.<\/p>\n
Of course, they don’t take into account that many think his proposed policies are odious, his experience is nonexistent, and his associations with real racists and terrorists tell us a little too much about him. Oh, and we’re not all that crazy about Hillary, either.<\/p>\n