Why waste valuable time and energy that could be aimed at Republicans at the Democratic nominee, Barack Obama?

is what matters! A delegate lead gained in a bunch of undemocratic caucuses is not sealing the deal

How discusting that you put the love of your candidate over what's best for the democratic party. Thank god your candidate just lost and doesn't stand a chance of even initiating a floor fight in Denver. You lost, get over it.

IMHO there is only one way for BO to win in Nov and that will require winning CO.  I just dont see any other way.  And the Democratic convention is in Denver!!!!   Thus, Dean, BO, Edwards, and HRC need to put on one of the great unity conventions of all time to capture as many CO voters as we can to win the GE.  

The convention has to go prefectly.  No Booing candadates.  No interupting speakers.  It has to be done just right because we will get the most free airtime in the state during the conventionand all of CO will be watching.

david

Why do I feel so passionately about this?

Becaause...

1.) Jimmy Carter went to the convention with a "Stop McGovern" message

2.) Ted Kennedy went to the convention trailing by nearly 800 delegates and tried to switch delegates who were NOT allowed to change sides

3.) Jesse Jackson went to the convention in '88

And in all of the above cases NO ONE batted an eye! Yet, Hillary, who, like Barack will end the primary season just shy of the number needed to clinch is supposed to step aside like a good girl. The hell with that! The nominee will be selected at the end of August...to the floor we go.

Here's the problem.  Once Obama gets the pledged delegate lead (yes with FL/MI included), supers will flock to him.  I'm not talking about double digits, I'm talking 100's.  If Hillary starts to yell take it to the the convention,  I predict she ends up with at most 20% of the supers by the time Denver rolls around if she's lucky.  Then it will take her years to build up goodwill within her party.  Hillary's a smart cookie.  She'll do what's best for her and the democratic party.    

Stop with the FL and MI already.  It will get resolved.  Furthermore, it's not up to Obama. Why do I say that:

1. Obama has no reason to block their inclusion because if FL and MI were included Clinton would need 75% of pledged delegates to get a majority of pledged delegates and that would just not happen.

2. The DNC has its own reasons to exclude FL and MI. The other states don't want FL and MI to have no penalty because after all, those other states didn't break the rules. Furthermore, if there was no penalty for FL and MI, the DNC would have zero credibility in threatening sanctions in the future.

Clinton advisers said they were concerned that the candidate's online fund-raising, which boomed after her victory in the Ohio primary in March and in Pennsylvania in April, had slowed by comparison on Tuesday night and Wednesday, and that her donor base was either tightening somewhat or playing wait-and-see, despite her public appeal for money on Tuesday night. Clinton aides did not send out the near-hourly e-mail blasts bragging about online donations that came after previous successes.

Other advisers said in interviews that her campaign was nearly out of cash, raising questions about what kind of campaign she can continue to run.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/08/us/pol itics/08campaign.html?hp

The only winner of a floor fight at the convention is John McCain. Even if you got your wish and it was taken to the convention and your candidate prevailed she would not win against John McCain. The campaign would be too short and the party too divided. Fortunately the Clinton campaign realizes this. The rest of the primaries will play out, they will get the best deal they can on Michigan and Florida and then they will bow out if the break they need does not come.

Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton won with non-existent AA turnout and losing voters under 65 by large margins?  Cause that's the state of Clinton's coalition.

I saw LET'S GO!!!

YeeeeeeeeeeHaaaaaaaaaa