ViceZilla’s Views

When Hillary isn’t busy dodging sniper fire, she has other irons in the fire to worry about, all of which don’t seem to include her campaign’s financial commitments to pay it’s bills. No, Hillary seems to be past the point of worrying about public perceptions about who she is and what she stands for, but rather is focused on making sure she gets the Democratic party’s nod for the Presidential race against John McCain, regardless of cost or damage to the party.

Hillary want the results of Florida and Michigan to count, even though these states disqualified themselves by breaking party rules for moving their scheduled primaries in January. Clinton won both of these primaries, even though she was the only candidate on the ballot in Michigan, she needs both of these delegations seated to keep pace with Obama. Without them, she trails in the race by a sizable margin.

Should the votes from Florida and Michigan count? Yes and no. I believe that all votes should count, however that being said, the delegations of those two states shouldn’t have broken party rules and moved the dates of their primaries. Rules are rules after all. If all the other states followed the rules, why should Florida and Michigan receive special consideration just because their nullified outcomes favor Hillary? It is unfortunate that these voters’ votes won’t matter to the outcome of the Democratic race unless an agreement can be reached by all parties involved, and so far it looks as though a resolution isn’t on the horizon though.

During an interview Saturday, Clinton expressed her desire to take the Florida and Michigan situation all the way to the end:

“I have no intention of stopping until we finish what we started and until we see what happens in the next 10 contests and until we resolve Florida and Michigan. And if we don’t resolve it, we’ll resolve it at the convention — that’s what credentials committees are for.”

So Clinton does not have the party’s best interest in hand, but rather her own. Barring a complete meltdown by the Obama campaign, it is very unlikely that Clinton will be able garner enough votes to make it close, thus relying on the “superdelegate” vote, which will undoubtedly entail a lot of back room negotiations and deal making. As Hillary puts it, “wooing” the superdelegates.

Either way, by her dragging this all the way to the National Convention where it could end up being decided by the superdelegates as opposed to the voters, the Democratic party will endure a heated battle with each other, which can only weaken its unity. This madness has to end before the convention in Denver!

Greed seems to have taken over the Clinton campaign, and Hillary vows to keep the train on the rails all the way to the National Convention in August where the ensuing wheeling and dealing just may derail the Democratic Party’s bid for the White House.

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