Someone Explain This To Me?

Senator Barack Obama
is poised to reach a milestone in the presidential race on Tuesday by
capturing a majority of pledged delegates, but he said he would not
declare victory against Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton or suggest the Democratic primary should end until the final three contests are finished on June 3.

For Mr. Obama, the situation is delicate. While eager to proceed to a general election match with Senator John McCain
of Arizona, the likely Republican nominee, Mr. Obama is also trying to
bring the contest to a close in a way that allows him to win over Mrs.
Clinton’s supporters and unify the party.

Ok, so if Obama has reached 51% of the vote, then why is there still a contest? Who designed the way that Democrats vote if someone can get the majority of the vote and there still be a possibility of someone else getting the nomination? Aren't Democrats by their very name, supposed to be DEMOCRATIC? Why bother having people vote if you're going to have this idiot idea of "superdelegates"? It makes zero sense. It reeks of idiocy. But wait, it gets better.

For her part, Mrs. Clinton is making a counterargument that she is winning the popular vote if Florida and Michigan are counted, and that the party’s leaders should take that into consideration before deciding which candidate to support.

Yep, Hillary is STILL claiming that with Florida and Michigan, she's winning. But let's take a look at the numbers:

State	Date		Obama		Clinton					Spread
Popular Vote Total			16,108,538	49.3%	15,512,424	47.5%				Obama +596,114	+1.8%
Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA*			16,442,622	49.3%	15,736,286	47.2%				Obama +706,336	+2.1%
Popular Vote (w/FL)			16,684,752	48.5%	16,383,410	47.6%				Obama +301,342	+0.9%
Estimate w/IA, NV, ME, WA*			17,018,836	48.5%	16,607,272	47.3%				Obama +411,564	+1.2%
Popular Vote (w/FL & MI)**			16,684,752	47.6%	16,711,719	47.7%				Clinton +26,967	+0.08%

Yes folks, that's right. Even with Florida AND Michigan, Hillary only leads by 26,967 votes. With Obama's name OFF of the ballot, she only managed to pull in a 27,000 vote lead. That's out of around 33 million votes. Unbelievable bullshit coming from this woman. She knows damned good and well she can't win.

Of course, that doesn't stop people from trying to subvert the rules that are in place:

The Democratic National Committee
will meet later this month to consider how to count Michigan and
Florida in the nomination fight, if at all. Mr. Obama is right now
aiming at accumulating 2,025 delegates, the number needed for the
nomination if Michigan and Florida are left out. The Clinton campaign
is arguing that the delegate goal will be higher because the two states
should be counted.

If the rules stated that Florida and Michigan would lose their votes if they held elections early, and they did it anyways, they shouldn't count. END OF STORY. You are taught at the age of 2 that if you don't follow the rules, you get punished. Why is it that a 60+ year old woman can't get it through her thick skull? Because she's losing. She's crying like a baby to get those votes counted for a hoped win. Rather than accept defeat like a normal person would, she's pushing forward and doing herself no favors.

But what do you expect from someone who feels entitled to the Presidency?

Travis
travis@rightwinglunatic.com