Severe weather knocked out the power in Bloomington until very early Wednesday morning. I was not only unable to post but also unable to follow the election night action. Boo.
This primary season is going to force us to change the way we teach about primary seasons.
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I struggle to think of the last election in which the nominations were not decided by or immediately after Super Tuesday. Unbelievably, the parity between Hillary and Obama is such that this really may go down to the wire for the first time since the institution of the McGovern-Fraser reforms of 1969-70, which turned the primaries/caucuses into actual nominating vehicles as opposed to simple popularity contests.
While I suspect that about 0.0001% of Americans understand how things like Superdelegates and convention politics work, the nation may be about to get a crash course-style introduction.
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On the GOP side, McCain's resurrection appears complete, a fact that speaks to both the pathetic field and the overwhelming tendency of this system to produce the lamest / least threatening nominees in each party.
BK says:
I can think of nothing better for the dem party than to have this nomination be decided at the convention. The fact that just about any Dem can walk out of a voting booth on their primary day knowing they just were a part of history is very exciting to people combined with prolonged coverage of what Obama and Hillary are saying on the trail (provided it stays at least a little above board) should result in more Americans seeing what the Dem party actually stands for and how it really is different from the GOP.
With many GOPers voting against McCain instead of for a canidate they like, we could see horrible turnout on that side come election day – which could spill over into the more than 20 open House races where Dems have a good chance of picking up seats held by retiring Republicans.
Overall, I think the left has to feel good after super Tuesday, even if your canidate of choice didn't win your state.
Mike says:
What is the deal with the superdelegates? Is this going to be a close election and then a bunch of insiders and officeholders who owe Bill Clinton favors from the 90s are going to throw it to Hillary? If so, will it appear to be less democratic than having the Supreme Court decide who will be the Democratic Nominee?
(Conversely, will Howard Dean swing it towards Obama? Am I overestimating how much pull Bill will have with the superdelegates?)