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Politics : WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT IN 2004 -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (7134)	12/7/2003 5:32:36 PM
From: Glenn Petersen	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10965

Dean is kinda screwed when it comes to delegates...37% of delegates are held back from the entire process. These are owned by top Democrat officials and the DNC itself. They can cast their votes any way they want regardless of voter sentiment. They use these delegates as bargaining chips and safety cushions....Together with the DNC therefore, they can effectively block almost anyone's nomination...This practice was put into effect in order to stop George Wallace, Jesse Jackson, Eugene McCarthy (and Howard Dean?) type candidacies fueled by any angry "extremist" wing of the party (ie unelectables) from hijacking the party after a few scares in the past. As I have stated in the past, if Dean is ahead going into the convention and his nomination is blocked by the Super Delegates, the Democratic Party will be incinerating itself. Stab the Dean supporters in the back and you lose them for the general election. After the Chicago convention in 1968 and the mistreatment of the McCarthy people, HH was never able to recover. Read this article from today's NYT: Message 19570144 These people are on a crusade. A deal brokered in a smoke filled room will not cut it with them.