Obama is gaining traction in Hillary's home state of New York. While previous polls have shown HRC dominating the state by 25-30 points, Obama has cut her lead to 12 points with still 6 days to go.
http://tpmelectioncentral.com/2008/01/po ll_hillary_only_up_by_12_over_obama_in_n ew_york.php
Could Obama grab a serious hunk of delegates in a state that was supposedly a preconcluded blowout??
There's obviously a huge controversy on MyDD as to whether Florida and Michigan will end up sitting at the convention and count towards Hillary's delegate vote count.
Jerome and Hillary supporters say they will. Obama supporters say they won't.
IMHO, I think the nomination will already be decided before this will even matter...
But, for the sake of argument, what if it's a brokered convention and Obama is narrowly leading with delegates from all of the DNC approved states...
ALL OF A SUDDEN...
Hillary marches in with her heretofore "meaningless" Florida and Michigan delegates and declares herself the nominee!
This is all a big 'what if' but hey, it's worth asking - will some MyDDers be so upset by the perceived stealing of the election that they will A. be mad as hell and say the election was stolen or B. suck it up and accept it?
Obama supporters may be as welcome as herpes on MyDD, but you can at least be intellectually honest with your Delegate Counter.
CNN's Delegate counter doesn't list Michigan's Dem delegates; they aren't being counted.
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/
As much as you can dream that those delegates will be seated, there is no evidence to suggest that "they'll definitely be seated." The DNC hasn't said they will be, and it's wild speculation to suggest otherwise.
At the very least, if you want to still include MI's disregarded delegates, show that there were Uncommitted delegates awarded.
As a matter of fairness to Michigan voters who got a raw deal and the many who still made it to the polls to vote despite being screwed by their lack of choices, please remove Michigan's delegates from your counter or at least include Uncommitted delegates.
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