Tomorrow…the last of the big primaries..

Primaries..aren’t we tired of them yet? Tomorrow will see half of the remaining delegates decided. Obama’s lead in NC has shrunk like a set of testes in the cold. Hillary is crowing about that, plus her margin has increased in IN.

After tomorrow, the biggest set of undecideds will be the Super Delegates..you know, the ones that don’t have to vote for anyone they don’t want to. There are roughly 260 of those folks still out there undecided.

Gas-tax Hillary will come out smelling like a rose no matter how tomorrow turns out. But those Supers…they still hold all the cards. Damn it.

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Grab a Cigar and Head for the Back Room

Come on, Dean, do your stuff. I know I’m tired of this, and I think we’ve shredded ourselves enough for one cycle. Harry Reid, speaking on 3/24 to the Las Vegas Journal:

Q: Do you still think the Democratic race can be resolved before the convention?

Reid: Easy.

Q: How is that?

Reid: It will be done.

Q: It just will?

Reid: Yep.

Q: Magically?

Reid: No, it will be done. I had a conversation with Governor Dean (Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean) today. Things are being done.

I hope so. We’ve gone from fielding a deep, accomplished and intelligent slate of candidates to high level infighting. I’m ready to send the whole lot of them to bed without supper. Let’s move on.

Hat Tip to Taegan Goddard’s Political Wire

Crossposted at Bring It On! 

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Every vote counts..unless your a Super Delegate of course

No matter how the masses vote this primary silly season, and I get to cast mine today..the true power is in the hands of the “Super Delegates” at the convention in Denver Colorado in August. Alternet has a decent writeup about the current situation with the remaining two Democratic nominees and delegates won and still up for grabs:

* With Michigan and Florida removed from the equation, 2,025 delegates are required to win the nomination, and there are 3,253 pledged delegates.

* To date, four states with a combined 137 pledged delegates have held nominating contests.

* Currently, Barack Obama is projected with 63 pledged delegates, and Hillary Clinton is projected with 48 (source).

* On Super Tuesday, 22 states and a couple territories with a combined 1,688 pledged delegates will hold nominating contests. From this point, quick math shows that after Super Tuesday, only 1,428 pledged delegates will still be available.

Now, to be honest, this Super Delegate crap gives me a huge headache..trying to figure it out is not something I want to do..I leave it to the damn pundits to do it for me. Hillary has the bulk of the Super Delegates, which are elected legislators, party big wheels, Governors and the like. Every time one of these jackasses comes out publicly for either Hillary or Obama, thats a Super Delegate telling you and me how they will vote at the Democratic Convention.

No one controls the Super Delegates. They can vote for whomever they want, unlike the regular joe and jill delegates that are pledged to vote however their primary turned out or how their caucus voted.

Its a damn shame that when it comes down to the convention..our votes won’t really determine who the Democrats put up as their candidate. .

Crossposted at Leftwing Nutjob

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