What a clusterfudge the Democrats’ nomination battle is tuning into. From Politico:
Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign intends to go after delegates whom Barack Obama has already won in the caucuses and primaries if she needs them to win the nomination.
This strategy was confirmed to me by a high-ranking Clinton official on Monday. And I am not talking about superdelegates, those 795 party big shots who are not pledged to anybody. I am talking about getting pledged delegates to switch sides.
Apparently the pledged delegates (admittedly, many of whom still haven’t been formally picked or allocated) aren’t bound by their pledges. And, given the potential lack of a clear front-runner….well, all’s fair in love, war, health insurance claims handling, and politics, right?
I hope that before 2012 some serious primary reform can be achieved.
In the meantime, perhaps the Democrats’ nomination battle could be settled by more civilized means….perhaps by tapping Vince McMahon to put on a pay-per-view extravaganza?