Originally Posted By: olivant
 Originally Posted By: goombah
 Originally Posted By: olivant
By the way, I don't understand how a re-vote, as you call it, would disenfranchise anyone.


Are you kidding me? Regardless of whether you would feel disenfranchised if it happened in your state, I guarantee that many African-American and minority voters will feel that way. Think about it - we have the first African-American candidate in history come this far in a presidential primary (leading the delegate count with over 30 states voting). Obama has earned that lead by adhering to the rules that have been long established by the DNC. Whether or not it is true, there will be accusations that bending the rules was to help the white candidate and to keep the African-American candidate down. Having a re-vote puts the Democrats in a nearly impossible situation: let the voices of the voters in Michigan & Florida be heard or risk offending a huge number of minority voters.


Oh gee, we don't want to offend any minority voters. Golllly. Shucks, darn, heck. Their poor feelings.

You still haven't explained how a re-vote would disenfranchise anyone.


Look here
http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/2008/03/black-bloggers-are-focusing-on-hillary.html

The only reason the Clinton camp is even talking about a revote is because their candidate is behind in the delegate count and absent something truly astounding taking place is not going to surpass Obama in pledged delegate count before the convention-unless she gets the delegates from Florida and Michigan. That eventuality, combined with a decisive win in Pennsylvania will put Clinton in a better position to twist arms of superdelegates to give her the nomination.

If she had won, rather than lost 12 straight contests, she wouldn't be at all interested in either seating the Michigan and Florida delegates or in having another election. Clinton would likely be lecturing people about rules and agreements.

Bottom line is that because she wants to win she is interested in changing the rules mid-contest. Understandable, of course but the side which is currently winning is not going to let that happen without a fight.

Should she win that battle, get those delegates and be awarded the nomination there will be a LOT of bad blood, a LOT of bad blood. She won't be able to count on huge Black turnout in the general election. She is already burning a great many bridges.


"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming

Now this is the Law of the Jungleā€”as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.