It's not over till its over

[howeird]

Note that the Obama "victory" is based on a delegate count which includes people who are free to change their mind. If you only count delegate who are required to vote for a candidate, nobody is coming into the convention with enough votes.

McCain passed that mark handily fairly early in the primary process.

As I've said before, I'm not pro-Clinton or anti-Obama. I am pro-choice, and the choice will be made in late August in Denver. A lot can happen in two months, and until the delegates vote, it's not over. If Barak wins on the first ballot, fine. If Hilary concedes before the convention starts, also fine, but I would rather have her see it through to the end because nothing sucks more for a delegate than to show up at a convention pledged to a candidate who has withdrawn from the race. Been there, done that.

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Lots of punditry this morning about who Obama will choose to run with him. If it isn't John Edwards, I'll be very surprised.

Comments

Re: The envelope please...

[howeird]

Sam didn't endorse Obama after winning some convention delegates. I can't see any reason Edwards endorsed Obama except to make a deal.

Re: The envelope please...

[damiana-swan.livejournal.com]

I think Edwards endorsed because he saw that the race was getting into knife-fight territory and has been working to (a) help move things along to the next step and (b) help negotiate a truce between the two parties. The way things have been going are *not* going to help get the White House out of Republican hands--they've already started running ads using Clinton's "commander in chief" comments to attack Obama, and that's just NOT a good scene.

Re: The envelope please...

[howeird]

Edwards had many ways to move things to the next step - he could have endorsed Clinton, for instance. McCain is a war hero and son of two admirals, he would have used the commander in chief line of attack regardless.

Re: The envelope please...

[herufeanor.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's naive of me, I think Edwards decided to back Obama because of his platform and style. Edwards is honestly populism incarnate, and Obama comes off a lot more populist the Clinton does.