DrAwkward wrote:alandeus wrote:fidelista wrote:alandeus wrote:Do the citizens of Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina, West Virginia, Kentucky, Oregon, Montana, and South Dakota (not to mention Florida and Michigan) not get a chance to cast their votes for the candidate they feel should be the Democratic nominee for president? Is Obama's candidacy not strong enough to stand up to a challenge?
Right now there is pretty much no way for Hillary to get more delegates than Obama. She basically has to hope she can dig up some scandal to take him down before the convention, or start stealing delegates he's won. Basically, there is no way she can win honestly.
A candidate has to achieve 2,025 delegates to claim the nomination. Obama currently has 1,403 (1,614 including superdelegates). There are 566 delegates up for grabs in those remaining states. Even if Obama were to win at a 60% clip, he'd only have 1,954 delegates at the end of the primary season, short of the number necessary. Why is nobody suggesting that he drop out?
Because while he won't reach 2025 either, there is no way Hillary is going to even win the national popular vote or win more delegates, while Obama will likely end the primary campaign with majorities in both areas, if not clinching majorities. There's a bit of a difference.
Plus people fucking hate Hillary, that's another reason.
If she slithers her sleazy ass snake self into the nomination, We'll have president McCain. Everyone knows it.