Is the Democratic Primary Over Yet?
June 2nd, 2008 Posted in Politics | Tags: Barack Obama, primaryTomorrow could be the day Barack Obama declares victory and the Democratic Primary is finally over. Maybe. Two observations on the eve of whatever you call that:
1) What’s all this talk about who is winning the popular vote? Hilary has the lead in the popular vote, Obama has the lead in the popular vote, who cares? Last time I checked the election in November (and the Democratic Primary) were not decided by the popular vote. The popular vote may seem important, but as George W. Bush proved in 2000, you don’t need it.
2) All this quibbling over Michigan’s delegates is kind of insane. Barack Obama wasn’t even on the ballot, so how can Hilary say she beat Obama in Michigan? That’s like saying she beat John McCain in Michigan, and since he wasn’t on the Democratic Primary ballot, I guess she did. Maybe I should make a T-shirt: I got beat by Hillary in the Michigan primary.
Celebrating my 30th birthday with clean water and a clean shave.
2 Responses to “Is the Democratic Primary Over Yet?”
By Steve K. on Jun 3, 2008
Good call, Kevin. I’d buy one of those shirts! ;-)
By nicole on Jun 3, 2008
In addition, Hillary is claiming she is winning the popular vote because of the votes she received from the Michigan and Florida primaries she won.