Submitted by ldjnews, Mar 8, 2008 00:17

Elections were set up in Michigan and Florida with the understanding the delegate votes wouldn't count. If Obama were the candidate behind in delegates and the Obama campaign demanded the delegates be seated based on the previous results, would the voices of the people in these states even be an issue? I doubt it. The Clinton campaign, based on its more often than not knee-jerk frenzied reaction of attacking and distorting everything in its way, would call Obama a delusional loser. Clinton would be on the airwaves openly complaining that he is dividing the party for self-interest. My guess Clinton would be telling him to resign and get behind her to beat the Republicans. And it would be persuasive. Clinton used to say, "they're attacking me because I'm the frontrunner." Now she's calling any criticism of her questionable because it's divisive. And anything not in her favor seems foul play. Is she really asking we the people to now cheat so she has a better shot at the forerunner position again? All right. Let's be gracious just this one time. Besides, it's not entirely her fault. She has advisers, the same old advisers who still use all the campaign tricks we've watched men, in particular, architect over the years in these political campaigns. It's skillful and interesting and predictable. The truth is we the people are trying to get away from that kind of manipulation, and maybe being gracious this one time will help. The country needs to realign its political molecules so we the people have a voice again not so Hillary Clinton has a better chance of finding her voice and making history. Let the voters in Michigan and Florida go out and vote again in June. The states though not the candidates should pay for it and the people should hold their state leaders accountable for getting them into the situation in the first place. Let them caucus because it will cost them less. Let the people have their say but do not change the rules or set the accommodations to suit the personal and political designs of one candidate.

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