A superdelegate solution (hardly)

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A superdelegate solution

IT’S THE 'Democrats’ nightmare scenario: A bitter nominating fight that lasts all the way to the national convention in late August, giving Republican John McCain a clear field for the entire summer, and leaving their own party split and dispirited even after they settle upon a standard-bearer.
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And there’s increasing reason to be worried.

Although this campaign was informative and relatively mild for most of the winter, it has grown markedly more divisive in the last few weeks, with charges and recriminations flying.

New findings from Gallup show the peril that looms as the contest becomes more polarized, with 28 percent of Hillary Clinton supporters saying they would vote for McCain over Barack Obama and 19 percent of Obama supporters saying they would back the Republican over Clinton.

Adding to those concerns are recent suggestions by Clinton that she considers elected, or pledged, delegates fair game. That raises the prospect of a long summer in which her campaign battles not just to secure superdelegates, but also to lure pledged delegates away from Obama.

Bitterness and alienation will subside, but healing takes time, as does readying a nominee and a party for general election combat. So if the nominee isn’t known until the delegates vote at the August 25-28 convention in Denver, the party will be at a distinct disadvantage.

But one proposed solution is gaining currency among prominent Democrats and at the Democratic National Committee. That’s to have the superdelegates declare their preferences in early June, shortly after the last primaries in Montana and South Dakota.

‘‘Personally I think it would be very damaging to go all the way to August,’’ says US Senator John Kerry, the party’s 2004 presidential nominee and now an Obama supporter. ‘‘Once you get the primaries and caucuses under the party’s belt, it’s good for people to make it known where they are and resolve this.’’

The idea arose in part because of Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen, who is pushing to have the party’s 795 superdelegates convene in June to cast their votes.

As it has evolved, however, the notion is not for an actual meeting of superdelegates, but simply to have those superdelegates who haven’t already done so declare their presidential choice shortly after the final primaries on June 3. That would give the party an unofficial nominee and thus make an internecine summer much less likely.

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hillary will have to stop this somehow if her plan is to get the MI and FL delegations seated, and somehow twist enough superdelegate arms to grab the nomination.

[BlueStateSaint]

WE, if Messalina can't have the presidency, then no Dem can.  That's her thinking.