Clinton Backer Wants Primary Decided By Electoral Votes

NY Times:

Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, who backs Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, proposed another gauge Sunday by which superdelegates might judge whether to support Mrs. Clinton or Senator Barack Obama.

He suggested that they consider the electoral votes of the states that each of them has won.

"So who carried the states with the most Electoral College votes is an important factor to consider because ultimately, that's how we choose the president of the United States," Mr. Bayh said on CNN's "Late Edition."

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Comments

[Plowboy]

Since the rules must be changed continually until the Neocon's favorite win's, I suggest we use golf rules. Lowest score wing! Congratulations, Hillary!! ===

[waynesmyer]

"I AM NOT A SORE LOSER! WHY! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A SORE LOSER LOOKS LIKE" attributed to HRC or maybe to "Charming Billy "Clinton!

[KaAp]

I am so tired of the Clinton's and their lies, and manipulative exploitive games I could scream ... make them go back under the rock they crawled out from ... How absurd .... let's try and change the rules again .. dear god .. they really are poor excuses for human beings ... it is pathetic to see a former President stoop to this low ...

[Housewife]

Pretty soon they will be suggesting that the race be decided by a game of rock/paper­/scissors.

[Nonamnesiac]

Obama has proven himself to be as unprincipled -- as selfish and as much of a lowlife -- as Hillary is. He is willing to see John McCain win in November -- as his decision to torpedo a rerun of the MI and FL primaries almost guarantees that both states end up in McCain's camp.

[patriotscholar]

Here we go again. Obama stated for the record that he would support whatever the DNC came up with. The individual states determined whether or not to re-vote. Yet the Clintons are trying to foist this off on Obama and some people actually buy it. It is sad, really. Now, the Clinton campaign is trying to set up alternative scenarios and change the rules because the rules mean nothing to them. It is a shame that Michigan and Florida voters many not have a chance to vote, but it was their states that caused this whole mess to start with.

[nomobull]

this post has jumped the shark

[patriotscholar]

Whatever they do, they had better do it with total transparency, or they will lose democrats big time.

[waynesmyer]

Note To Sen. Bayh: What you are suggesting is the quickest way I know to destroy the Demaratic, uh! democratic? party! What blue dress? "Just me and and Johnny "Ride The Bomb" McCain are qualif ied to be Commanderess In Chief? Billy Who???

[sharpz111]

Here we have yet another desperate attempt to claw back the nomination by luring the superdelegates into a coup...

[vschicago]

Anyone want to send a message to Clinton to step out of the race? Here's a start:

[96Bravo]

LOL! I think we can rule out Obama considering Bayh as a running mate. This seems so hilariously desparate!

[thnk4self]

In response to Bayh's suggestion: Hell, why don't we dispense with this pesky thing called democracy? It's way too messy, and those who are entitled to be in power should not have to contend with the humiliation of being judged by citizen voters. Sen. DLC, er, Bayh, hand over your Senator's salary, office, perks and benefits, paid for by some of the same taxpayers who cannot see fit to choose your candidate, and we'll talk.

[treadway123]

Heck Howard Dean is scared to death of the Clintons! SOme leader we choose to represent us! Time to through him out with the clintons.

[trumbull9]

Not winning? Change the rules. Anyone familiar with George W. Bush's biography will note this was a hallmark of his formative years. Hillary appears to be more like W. each day. (Ironically, Obama is more like the Bill Clinton we knew in 1992- above the fray, interested in bringing people together, and so on).

[suekzoo]

Good lord! When will they quit? How many times do they want to change the rules? This is ridiculous.

[rojo7449]

If this went in Obama's favor, you would love it. Fact is, there is no accurate popular vote count. No numbers come out of caucus states, the votes of MI and FL are not included (they may have been denied their delegates right to be seated, but there are still vote numbers), there are still about a dozen states that have not voted, and the fact is neither candidate has won, and neither candidate has lost. The electoral count is every bit as valid as the methods the Obama camp wants to use. This is a political race. It's blind reasoning to think only one candidate can get away with using whatever means becomes available to try and win. Obama is doing this, too. Let's go by popular vote counts and end it NOW before we have the complete popular vote count. Can you see why this sounds just as ridiculous to Clinton supporters as the electoral count does to the Obama camp?

[frappe]

The Clinton people are unbelievable. The nerve. When will they accept the fact that Obama has earned the nomination and that this race is OVER. Had the situation been reversed, Obama would have long since withdrawn from the campaign for the good of the party. But the Clintons..­..their sense of entitlement approaches that of George Bush where he and the Clintons seem to think that rules only apply to others.

[rojo7449]

I can only conclude you need this to be OVER before it is proven your candidate has either won or lost because both are a fair distance away from the number of necessary delegates. Is your fear of a brokered convention because you have seen one in the past, or because the pundits are telling you the party is broken, divided and destined to doom if this goes on another day. My guess, and I'd challenge you to prove me wrong, is that the candidates are really, really tired of having to get up every day and say the same things over and over, defending themselves against some other off-topic, unimportant bit of trivia someone has dug up on them. But, they know they need to keep working at this until the numbers say one of them has truly won. The delegate vote must give them 2025 total, and until that happens, this will continue.

[nomobull]

at what cost and you would probably be at the head of the line calling for obama to withdraw if he were in her place.

[BeyondGoodAndEvil]

This guy is DLC. He is full of sh*t. He'd sell his own grandmother for more corporate bucks.