This close race would be more exciting if there weren’t so many variables. There are many folks who I daresay will still be deciding right up into the booth. That part is awesome. We’re making history here with these two candidates. It’s exciting. But I don’t like the way these decisions are being made at the bottom line.
Caucuses. They don’t seem right. But, nobody cared much about them before. And the primaries themselves are not uniform. Independents can vote in some states but not in others. Two states, Michigan and Florida, (them again?), made their primaries too early and got punished and no one knows what to do about them. And of course, there are the Super Delegates. If nothing else, I hope someone will do something in the future about the lack of uniformity in these big decisions. Meanwhile, the question remains, of how, what, and who will decide ultimately the democratic candidate. Pennsylvania is looking a lot more relevant than it has in years. And naturally we all want our vote to matter.
But, everyone who weighs in on the possibilities says something different. Each day there is a new observation about the delegate outcome. I’d really like to pay more attention to the issues, but right now, the math is killing me! So, help me out here. If a governor, who is also a Clinton Super Delegate from New York, hires a prostitute in Washington and then resigns, and that delegate can’t be replaced until after the election, and a train is traveling west at 60/mph, how many more votes does Hillary need in Pennsylvania to cover that delegate? As I said, too many variables.
I think the train will arrive at 3 AM. But who is answering the phone?
Patsy
As far as I understand it, when Spitzer resigns, she loses his superdelegate vote. She does have his Lieutenant Governor’s superdelegate vote. He’d become the new Governor. But who replaces the Lieutenant Governor?
Nobody replaces the Lt Gov’s vote. She loses a superdelegate vote.
That’s what I understood, as well. I just don’t think I like this super-delegate business.
No one I’ve talked to likes it either. It’s the Democratic party after all, you know fairness and equality for the little guy not big shots calling the shots.