Are they really hurting our chances to win?
As a rabid Edwards supporter (Edwards, Angelides, Gen. Clark, Bob Graham…can you see a common theme developing?) I know the disillusionment that comes from having someone that you LOVE lose in a primary. I've said, more than once, that I probably just won’t vote at all. Of course, I WILL vote for whichever candidate the Dems settle on (Obama). I stumbled across this Pew Research poll on the effects of the contentious Republican primaries in 2000. Apparently the hurt feelings from primary competitions aren’t THAT long lasting.
posted by Matt Moline @ 8:15 AM
1 Comments:
I think you're right. The primary effect can be fleeting, but if the nomination fight goes into the convention hall, we run into the whole 1968-Chicago scenario.
While I don't see a whole lot of "The Whole World is Watching" occurring, we do have the specter of a race vs. gender battle on the floor.
And what's up with Florida & Michigan? In my mind, none of their delegates count--they broke the rules, they should suffer the consequences.
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