Why should Hillary drop out of the race? [View All]

[GoldieAZ49]

I thought the Democratic party wanted every vote to count. Apparently some that call themselves democrats do not.

Having alienated Florida and Michigan, now there is a call for disenfranchising voters from the remaining states that have yet to vote.

So much for democracy. What happened to the '50 state strategy'? Ask yourself if your vote should count.

Should Democrats show the country that we are better at disenfranchising voters than the Republicans?

Why does the Obama campaign and supports keep pressuring, suggesting, demanding (and yes even begging on this board) that she should drop out?

Simply put, they are afraid Hillary will win over the delegates, pledged and super.

Thats right, all delegates can change their votes to whoever they think can win in November both pledged and super delegates.

This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about ssuper delegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.

What? Isn’t that impossible? A pledged delegate is pledged to a particular candidate and cannot switch, right?

Wrong.

Pledged delegates are not really pledged at all, not even on the first ballot. This has been an open secret in the party for years, but it has never really mattered because there has almost always been a clear victor by the time the convention convened.

But not this time. This time, one candidate may enter the convention leading by just a few pledged delegates, and those delegates may find themselves being promised the sun, moon and stars to switch sides.

“I swear it is not happening now, but as we get closer to the convention, if it is a stalemate, everybody will be going after everybody’s delegates,” a senior Clinton official told me Monday afternoon. “All the rules will be going out the window.”

Rules of good behavior, maybe. But, in fact, the actual rules of the party allow for such switching. The notion that pledged delegates must vote for a certain candidate is, according to the Democratic National Committee, a “myth.”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0208/8583.html

After the Rev. Wright shocker in the past 10 days many may change their minds, even tho their state primary is over. Do not kid yourself, the damage done is greater than what shows in the polls.

How can you win the nomination when the math looks so bleak for you?
It doesn't look bleak at all. I have a very close race with Senator Obama. There are elected delegates, caucus delegates and superdelegates, all for different reasons, and they're all equal in their ability to cast their vote for whomever they choose. Even elected and caucus delegates are not required to stay with whomever they are pledged to. This is a very carefully constructed process that goes back years, and we're going to follow the process.
http://www.newsweek.com/id/120062/page/2

As more 'vetting' of Obama continues and additional bombshells may come out party leaders are, after all, responsible first to preserving the party's reputation in the country. Putting forth the most electable candidate.

Hillary is doing the right thing, she will continue to run an aggressive campaign down to the last primary in this election cycle, and well she should.

This is a democracy after all, and every vote counts, the process will, and should, run its course.