Wednesday, February 20, 2008

The Delegate Hub

The Clinton Campaign opened a new site, The Delegate Hub, to argue that all Delegates should be counted. The Five Facts from the Cite:
FACT: Pledged delegates and automatic delegates are the same - they each count for ONE vote.

FACT: Neither candidate can secure the nomination without automatic delegates.

FACT: Automatic delegates are expected to exercise their best judgment in the interests of the nation and the Democratic Party.

FACT: Florida and Michigan should count, both in the interest of fundamental fairness and honoring the spirit of the Democrats' 50-state strategy.

FACT: There is a clear path to an overall delegate majority (pledged + automatic) for Hillary Clinton after all states have voted -- with or without Florida and Michigan.

If you go to the link, the campaign explains each fact in more detail.

This is an interesting means of persuasion, though some of the "facts" seem odd. For example, the web site argues that the Obama campaign should not be able to persuade the automatic delegates to support its cause, though the Clinton campaign is doing the exact same thing there.

Any thoughts?

1 comment:

Unknown said...

If you like parody:
www.delegatehubris.com