Clintons demand FL & MI votes but dismiss other 48 states

[grassfed]

Good point:

The tone and tenor of her campaign has also taken a surprising turn, becoming more and more a vehicle for open hypocrisy. Out of one side of her mouth, Hillary argues that all remaining contests should be completed before a decision is made and that Florida and Michigan ought to be seated for fear of their disenfranchisement. Out of the other side, she argues that the delegates that were allocated based on state primaries and caucuses should actually ignore their obligation to support the candidate to which they were pledged. She is uncomfortable disenfranchising Florida and Michigan, but perfectly content tossing out the other 48.

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/dylan_loewe/2008/04/the_writing_on_clintons_wall.html

[Kokonoe]

1. I thought you were going to say she is willing to disenfranchise

all 50 states with the super delegates.

[BzaDem]

2. That's not disenfranchising.

The voters still get 80% of the say. The super-delegates only get 20%. If Obama actually won by a higher margin, the super-delegates wouldn't be able to do anything. The idea of listening to party regulars is really the same idea as caucuses, which greatly oversample those party regulars. Many Obama supporters keep saying how they love caucuses and how they allow party regulars to have more influence. (At least when this benefits Obama.)