belvedere said:
So basically, let's avoid disenfranchising Florida voters by disenfranchising Florida voters.
That vote being allowed to stand as is is what's REALLY disenfranchising voters.
You know how many people likely stayed home knowing the votes wouldn't count? It's real disenfranchisement for people who stayed home to realize that the votes, that were originally not supposed to count, will now be counted and they are pretty much out of luck because they missed their chance to vote in the Primary. To count the votes as they were cast is real voter disenfranchisement.
The only reason that they are even being counted now is because Hilary made a big fuss about the votes the moment it became obvious that she needed an excuse to fall back on. Had Obama campaigned hard in Florida (Keep in mind this was before all the negative press about him) he would've either won it entirely or lost by a really close margin.
Edit :: Tamanon, but it gives her an even greater chance to prevent Obama from winning in November. Why is she still campaigning so hard right now when it's clearly over? Based on the things she is saying she is not simply campaigning JUST to reach the finish line. She is campaigning to amass a movement of support going into her surprise announcement that she will still be running for President, despite not winning the party's nomination. The very act alone would get her all sorts of press, a lot of negative press as well, but there would a lot of press around it regardless.
It would basically re-invigorate not only her base, but give her campaign a fresh start. She is campaigning the way she is now because she wants those voters to still feel that is viable come November when she is on the ballot.
I'm calling it here and now. Feel free to quote me on it later.
Hilary Clinton WILL be running for President even after she doesn't get the Democratic Nomination. She will be on the ballot in November for all states except maybe one or 2 Republican states that she knows she can't win anyway.
