This is the flaw in Sen. Clinton's campaign - to suggest that Obama's ability to get people to the polls for the Democrats by getting them excited is somehow bad - she just wants to be able to be the one that can do this.
From Meet the Press - today
MR. RUSSERT: But what you're (Carville) saying is that she would go to a convention and say, "I did not win elected delegates, I did not win as many states, primaries, caucuses as Obama, I did not win as much popular vote, but I should be the nominee because you should seat Michigan and Florida."
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MR. SHRUM: Barack Obama is going to carry California if he's the nominee, he's going to carry New York, he's going to carry New Jersey.
MS. MATALIN: I...
MR. SHRUM:
That's not the issue. The issue here--the issue here is you cannot go into this convention and not have some moral claim to this nomination.
MS. MATALIN: I...
I think she can acquire one in the next few weeks, but she's got to acquire it by winning these two states, then winning Pennsylvania, and doing better.
MS. MATALIN: I agree.
MR. SHRUM: But she cannot in the end, "By the way, nominate me by giving me the delegates out of the Soviet-style primary in Michigan where we only had one person's name on the ballot."
MR. CARVILLE: I wouldn't--Bob...
MR. MURPHY: From the Republican point of view, the wonderful delicious thing here is, if this happens, you know, and if Martians land to help her do it, if it happens, we'll be sitting over in Republican headquarters drunk and high-fiving each other, watching the Democratic establishment try to put the Barack Obama phenomenon back in the bottle and tell all those people, "Yes we can, no we can't." Not going to happen. Sorry. You know, we had delegate maps in the Texas...
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23434169/page/3/ (edited by powergirl to add link)
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