March 31, 2008...9:08 am
Dear God, They Are Actually Considering Handing The Nomination To Gore
The Dems are really honestly considering giving the nomination to Gore at the convention.
Plans for Al Gore to take the Democratic presidential nomination as the saviour of a bitterly divided party are being actively discussed by senior figures and aides to the former vice-president.
The bloody civil war between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has left many Democrats convinced that neither can deliver a knockout blow to the other and that both have been so damaged that they risk losing November’s election to the Republican nominee, John McCain.
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If neither Mr Obama nor Mrs Clinton has the 2,025 delegates needed to win the nomination, and if both appear unable to beat Mr McCain, under one scenario a group of about 100 party elders - the “super-delegates” - could sit out the first ballot in Denver, preventing either candidate winning outright, and then offer Mr Gore the nomination for the good of the party.
If this happens, we will finally have proof that your vote doesn’t mean dick, and the party elders will give the nomination to whoever they damn well please. That will be followed by the end of the Democratic party as we know it, for it will have officially jumped the shark.
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March 31, 2008 at 9:14 am
I can’t believe Gore would do it. Back in the day, sometimes the nominee had little of the popular vote (Hubert Humphrey) but I can’t see Gore agreeing to this. We’ll see.
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