By the way, all this talk about how she has the popular majority (or popular votes put them "neck and neck") only works if you count Florida and Michigan.
The Clinton campaign has now switched from emphasizing delegate math to the popular mandate, claiming that she and Obama are more or less tied in the popular vote. Back Ally Media pointed me towards a story on TPM, which proclaims: “Dem Popular Vote Race A Virtual Dead Heat [Clinton actually up by ~30,000 votes!] — With FL and MI.”
This “with FL and MI” shit again. It's invoking this indignation in me, like someone on the playground didn't play fair and the teacher wasn't looking or told me not to make a fuss. What happened to the candidates' pledge not to campaign there? What happened to the DNC decision to strip these places of all delegates?
How can she even claim to have "won" Michigan when Obama’s name wasn’t on the motherfucking ballot???
Obama asked the state to remove his name from the ballot to comply with DNC rules. Hillary left her name on. Lots of people live in Michigan. And Clinton beats Obama — 328,151 votes to zero.
This is more than a little shady. It's reminiscent of the Republican brand of anything-to-win sliminess. Aren't Democrats trying to brand themselves as the party that plays fair?
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