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If The Dem Race Goes To The Convention, It Will Be Obama's Doing

By Big Tent Democrat

By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

With every Obama blog whining that Hillary Clinton should drop out*, it is worth remembering this key point - the reason the Democratic contest will not be decided by the Convention is because Barack Obama did everything in his power to remove certainty from the contest by acting to block revotes in Florida and Michigan.

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Chris Bowers wrote:

Finding some sort of solution in Michigan, like a part-run "firehouse" caucus, is paramount in order to avoid a brokered convention. Without a Michigan solution, even the undecided superdelegates might not be able to end the nomination campaign before the convention.

Previously, Bowers wrote:

We are now virtually guaranteed to have a floor fight at the convention, since no Michigan revote will take place . . .

Barring a miraculous deal on Michigan that both the Clinton and Obama campaigns agree to, the failure to secure a revote in Michigan all but guarantees that the nomination campaign will head straight through to the convention.

Previously, Bowers wrote:

{W]ithout a Michigan revote, we are guaranteed to head to a brokered convention, since no one will be able to reach 2,208 without Michigan. . . .

[I]nstead of just signing on to a revote agreement that will both give Obama a better chance to win and give us a nominee in June instead of late August, we instead have to deal with the "concerns" of the genius chair of Obama's Michigan campaign. I'm not sure what "concerns" those are, since they don't include improving Obama's chances to win the nomination, or in ending the nomination campaign in June. The Clinton campaign is basically handing OBama the nomination through this Michigan re-vote, and Obama's Michigan co-chair refuses to accept it.

As Bowers writes, Obama's opposition to revotes is why we are headed to a contested convention.

*I have stated in comments that I believe that, in the interest of the Democratic Party, Clinton should negotiate with Obama to gain what she might want and then drop out of the race. If that means continuing through Pennsylvania or continuing through Puerto Rico, it should not mean continuing through to the Convention.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on March 19, 2008 (boomark / email).